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As Thursday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:
Russia claimed victory in its bid to take the strategic Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, though some Ukrainian soldiers remain inside the city's steel mill. Russian President Vladimir Putin told his defense minister in a televised meeting not to storm the Azovstal plant with its sprawling tunnels, directing him instead to seal grounds "so that not even a fly could come through." The Ukrainian soldiers previously rejected several Russian calls to surrender. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy said around 120,000 civilians remain stranded in the besieged and destroyed city.
The U.S. is providing another $800 million in military aid to Ukraine, President Biden said, adding that he plans to ask Congress for more funding next week. The new package includes heavy artillery weapons, ammunition and tactical drones. According to the Pentagon, the new military aid should start reaching Ukraine by the weekend. Leaders from Spain and Denmark, in Kyiv to meet with Zelenskyy, also pledged to send more weapons to Ukraine.
China maintained its stance of refusing to criticize Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Chinese leader Xi Jinping said his government supports diplomatic talks to resolve international disputes and opposes "wanton use" of sanctions.
The Biden administration announced a new program for Ukrainian refugees to come directly to the U.S. with support from a U.S.-based sponsor. U.S. officials hope the new procedure will discourage Ukrainians from attempting to enter the country from Mexico. The "Uniting for Ukraine" program will allow Ukrainian refugees, with financial guarantees from a person or a group in the U.S., to stay in the country for up to two years.
In-depth
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Dozens of comic creators collaborate on an anthology to benefit Ukrainian refugees.
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Mariupol evacuations fail as the U.S. agrees to more aid for Ukraine.
Earlier developments
You can read more news from Thursday here and more daily recaps here. For context and more in-depth stories, you can find NPR's full coverage here. Also, listen and subscribe to NPR's State of Ukraine podcast for updates throughout the day.
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The manager admitted he would like to retain striker Ellis Simms, defender Alex Cochrane and forward Ben Woodburn. They are on loan at Tynecastle Park from Everton, Brighton and Liverpool respectively.
Simms and Cochrane have contracts beyond the summer in England, while Woodburn is due to become a free agent. His vast salary would be a huge barrier to a permanent move to Edinburgh.
Asked specifically about Simms, Neilson said: “I would like to keep him but, with all the loan players, their parent club will make the decision on it. I would like to keep Ellis here, I would like to keep Cochrane, I would like to keep Woodburn here but their parent club will make the decision.
“It is out of our hands. We have spoken about it but in general with loan deals, especially coming from England, it tends to be July or even August before we get them in. We need to look at other targets and decide. ‘Do we wait for that one or go for this one?’
Hearts travel to Dundee United on Sunday for their first top-six fixture following the Premiership’s split. Neilson stressed the need to continue momentum after securing European football and reaching the Scottish Cup final.
“We have to continue winning football matches. We have had a meeting with the players and in the last five games we are playing against two teams who are challenging for the title, and three teams that are trying to get the European spot behind us.
“They are all going to be at it and we will need to make sure we are ready for it. We want to continue our form going into the cup final. We need to make sure we don’t start looking at that game and stay focused.
“When you are at Hearts you need to win every game. We will go into the game at Dundee United and put our strongest team out so we can try to win it. Then we will do the same whether it’s Ross County or Celtic, then we will be ready for the final. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-aim-to-keep-three-english-loan-players-for-next-season-3663358 | 2022-04-21T22:16:50Z | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-aim-to-keep-three-english-loan-players-for-next-season-3663358 | false | 2 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Seattle man has pleaded guilty to federal arson charges involving a fire that destroyed an Oregon horse slaughterhouse more than two decades ago.
Joseph Dibee, 54, pleaded guilty Thursday in Portland, Oregon, to federal arson and conspiracy to commit arson charges for his role in the fire that destroyed Cavel West, a slaughterhouse that processed and sold horse meat in Europe, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
Dibee also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit arson in California for his role in a 2001 fire that burned a pole barn at a Bureau of Land Management wild horse facility near Litchfield.
Prosecutors said in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Dibee joined about a dozen animal rights and environmental activists in setting fires around the West.
In 2006, a grand jury in Oregon indicted Dibee and several others in connection with the Cavel West arson. Dibee fled first to Syria and later to Russia.
He was arrested by Cuban authorities in August 2018 while traveling from South America back to Russia. The FBI flew Dibee to Portland, where he was arraigned and held in custody. Since 2021, Dibee has been in home confinement in Seattle, where he cared for his elderly father.
Dibee has long contested the government’s characterization of his actions as domestic terrorism.
Dibee will be sentenced in late July. As part of a plea agreement, the Justice Department dropped arson charges against Dibee in Washington state. He has also agreed to pay restitution, with the dollar amount to be determined at sentencing.
The U.S. Justice Department is recommending Dibee serve 87 months in prison. He is expected to ask for a lighter sentence. | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Eco-activist-pleads-guilty-to-slaughterhouse-arson-17117950.php | 2022-04-21T22:17:56Z | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Eco-activist-pleads-guilty-to-slaughterhouse-arson-17117950.php | true | 11 |
Dr. Norman Duane Love, passed away quietly on April 16th, 2022 at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife Suzanne of 59 years and their four children, Aaron, Heather (Constantino), Nathan, and Amber (Perkins), their spouses and their 7 grandchildren, Hannah, Ben, Isabella, Catie, Joe, Grace and Nick. He is also survived by his sister Ruth Charlene Musial and several nieces and nephews. He sang with The Faithful Men at Fairview United Methodist Church where he volunteered in the food pantry. Norm earned his PhD in Physics from Michigan State and was appointed as a faculty professor at Maryville College from 1967 - 1977. After which he became a Software Engineer Consultant for Hewlett Packard from which he retired. Norman will always be remembered fondly for his love of a good pirate dad joke, his hobby farm, and his absolute devotion to his family here in Maryville and his home town in Howell MI. Viewing will be on Friday April 22nd for family and close friends from 3:00-5:00pm at Smith Chapel. Reception to follow from 5:00 - 7:00pm for all at the Life Event Center. In lieu of flowers please donate to either the Fairview United Methodist Faithful Men or the Fairview United Methodist Church's Food Pantry, 2508 Old Niles Ferry Rd, Maryville, TN 37803. Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, 865-983-1000, www.SmithFuneralandCremation.com. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2576697261539/william-jeffery-jeff-austin | 2022-04-21T22:19:51Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2576697261539/william-jeffery-jeff-austin | false | 5 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former reality television star Blac Chyna testified Thursday that she had no personal knowledge of anything Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian or Kylie Jenner had said or done to harm her reputation.
Chyna was on the witness stand for the third day in a Los Angeles courtroom at the trial for her $100 million lawsuit against the four Kardashian women that alleges they forced the cancellation of her show “Rob & Chyna” and damaged her celebrity status.
As he cross-examined Chyna, Kardashian lawyer Michael G. Rhodes forcefully asked, “Am I correct, you are not aware of anything that Khloe Kardashian did or said, verbally or in writing, that harmed your career?”
“Correct,” she answered. “Not to my face.”
The same is true of Kim Kardashian, correct?
“Correct, everything to my face was all good,” Chyna said.
“As you sit here in this courtroom today, in front of this jury,” Rhodes said, his voice rising angrily, “are you aware of anything that any of them has done to harm your reputation?”
“No,” she replied, “but I know now what they did behind my back.”
All the Kardashian defendants except Kylie Jenner were in court Wednesday. All four have been present every other day of the trial.
Chyna, 33, whose legal name is Angela White, struggled far more on the stand than she did a day earlier, when she remained composed as she discussed a night of celebration in 2016 that turned into a bitter fight with her ex-fiancé and father of her daughter Rob Kardashian that led to the end of their relationship and reality series.
She repeatedly said she didn’t understand when Rhodes showed her a document that appeared to have her signature on it agreeing to receive a $100,000 “kill fee” for the cancellation of “Rob & Chyna,” at a time when she previously said she still believed the show would get a second season.
“I wouldn’t have signed this,” she said. “We had been green-lit.”
Rhodes also read a long list of negative headlines to Chyna about her getting into public fights and having run-ins with authorities, and asked her if the Kardashians had anything to do with those stories appearing.
She attempted to refute some and to explain others.
“They always report stuff that’s false,” she said after one report of a dispute with a neighbor who called the police.
But Rhodes repeatedly responded, “I’m not saying it happened or it didn’t, I’m just saying there was a public media report. Did you have any reason to believe any of my clients had anything to do with these reports?”
Chyna responded “no” each time.
At one point, she volunteered that Kris Jenner had taught her a lesson on the topic.
“Actually Miss Kris told me when you have celebrity kids people will randomly call the cops on you, and CPS might come,” Rhodes said.
The lawyer seized on the moment and asked her twice to tell the jury what “CPS” meant.
“Child protective services,” she said, repeating it more loudly the second time.
“Did they ever come to your house?” he asked.
“Yes,” she said.
Chyna is set to return to the stand Thursday afternoon. She is first to testify in a case in which all four of the defendants are also expected to take the stand.
The lawsuit, filed in 2017, alleges defamation and interference with contracts.
Two other defendants, Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner, were dismissed from the case during the run-up to trial.
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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A man killed his aunt and uncle, two young cousins and their dog before killing himself at their Minnesota home, police said Thursday.
Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken said at a news conference that Brandon Taylor Cole-Skogstad, 29, killed his relatives in their beds sometime Tuesday night, then shot himself as police knocked on the door around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Officers went to check on Cole-Skogstand late Wednesday morning at his home in Hermantown after a family member received a message from him saying he intended to harm himself and other family members, Tusken said. Hermantown police then asked Tusken's department to check on his relatives in nearby Duluth.
The chief said Cole-Skogstad also had posted a message on Facebook that said he had made “the absolutely horrid choice” to kill himself and his relatives. He also wrote that he had “suffered many years of mental illness” but rarely sought help “because I felt I never deserved it.”
Tusken identified the victims as Riana Lou Barry, 44; Sean Christopher Barry, 47; Shiway Elizabeth Barry, 12; and Sadie Lucille Barry, 9. He said they had been shot, and that, police found a 9 mm handgun near Cole-Skogstad's body.
Cole-Skogstad had stayed at the family's home previously, the chief said.
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STATESBORO, Ga. -- Debra Kaye Cogell Akins, age 57, died Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Ogeechee Area Hospice inpatient facility in Statesboro.
She was born January 15, 1965, in Texarkana, Texas, to Harry Glen Cogell and Carol Renee Torkelson Cogell.
Debbie married Richie Akins on July 17th, 1993, and since resided in Statesboro, Georgia.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Debra received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arkansas in 1988.
Following graduation, she worked in the college textbook industry for 23 years.
Debra enjoyed traveling and was very proud of having visited 48 of the 50 states. She especially enjoyed seeing national parks and monuments.
Debra also enjoyed going to Georgia Southern University football games, home and away, and seeing an occasional Arkansas Razorbacks football game when schedules allowed.
She loved her family and friends.
With her outgoing personality, she never met a stranger and would talk with everyone she met.
Surviving are her husband of 28 years, Richie Akins of Statesboro, Ga. Other relatives include a sister, Susan Renee Johnson of Shreveport, La.; and two brothers, Harry Otto Cogell of Texarkana, Texas; and Steven Glenn Cogell of Dallas, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
A private family graveside service and burial will be Sunday, April 24, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Emmaus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, 1048 Emmaus-Red Hill Church Road, Claxton, Georgia, with Pastor Sam Clay officiating.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, Georgia 30459.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, April 23, 2022
Sign the Legacy online guestbook at www.statesboroherald.com.
She was born January 15, 1965, in Texarkana, Texas, to Harry Glen Cogell and Carol Renee Torkelson Cogell.
Debbie married Richie Akins on July 17th, 1993, and since resided in Statesboro, Georgia.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Debra received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arkansas in 1988.
Following graduation, she worked in the college textbook industry for 23 years.
Debra enjoyed traveling and was very proud of having visited 48 of the 50 states. She especially enjoyed seeing national parks and monuments.
Debra also enjoyed going to Georgia Southern University football games, home and away, and seeing an occasional Arkansas Razorbacks football game when schedules allowed.
She loved her family and friends.
With her outgoing personality, she never met a stranger and would talk with everyone she met.
Surviving are her husband of 28 years, Richie Akins of Statesboro, Ga. Other relatives include a sister, Susan Renee Johnson of Shreveport, La.; and two brothers, Harry Otto Cogell of Texarkana, Texas; and Steven Glenn Cogell of Dallas, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
A private family graveside service and burial will be Sunday, April 24, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Emmaus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, 1048 Emmaus-Red Hill Church Road, Claxton, Georgia, with Pastor Sam Clay officiating.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, Georgia 30459.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, April 23, 2022
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DETROIT — Gleyber Torres snapped his hitless streak Thursday with a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning of the Yankees 3-0 loss to the Tigers. Still, the young infielder is finding himself the odd man out in the starting lineup.
After extending his hitless streak to 0-for-17 with an 0-for-4 on Wednesday, he was out of the starting lineup for the series finale at Comerica Park. It was the second time in three games he didn’t start, the irregular playing time is now the result of his struggles and the Yankees crowded infield.
“Just a little off. I thought yesterday his first at bat against (Eduardo) Rodriguez was good. Almost clipped him to left center there,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of Torres struggles at the plate. “Just just a little bit maybe a little bit off the last few games because I actually felt like the first week, I thought he was swinging the bat pretty good, but not getting a ton of results. So I don’t feel that he’s far off feeling his BPs have been really strong, so confident he’ll get it going.”
The problem is that Torres hasn’t gotten it going over the past two seasons.
After a stellar rookie year, Torres had a breakout season in 2019, hitting a career-high 38 home runs and slashing .279/.337/.535 with an .871 OPS. That power was enough for the Yankees to overlook his defensive woes and move ahead with Torres as their shortstop.
Torres has hit 12 home runs over the last two seasons.
In 2020, the Yankees—and to be fair other teams’ talent evaluators—felt that Torres was just hindered by the fact he showed up after the COVID-19 spring training shutdown out of shape and that resulted in a leg injury. Last year, in 127 games, Torres had nine homers and 51 RBI. He is slashed .259/.331/.366 with a .697 OPS. He also had a career-high 14 stolen bases.
But his defense was so bad that the Yankees had to move him back to second base last season and go out and get Isiah Kiner-Falefa this spring. And now the Yankees have a healthy DJ LeMahieu, with five years left on his $90 million deal, who is a better hitter and second baseman. LeMahieu is on a seven-game hitting streak and hitting .306.
In Wednesday’s series finale against the Tigers at Comerica Park, Boone felt he needed to play utility infielder Marwin Gonzalez, who last played Friday night, and couldn’t keep LeMahieu out of the lineup.
“I’ve been wanting to get Marwin in there and get him a day,” Boone said. “So, and obviously DJ’s on a pretty good stretch right now. So yeah, I mean just mix and match a little bit. But I wouldn’t read too much into it.”
NO SURPRISE
Lucas Luetge kind of knew what was coming. With first base open and Miguel Cabrera coming to the plate with 2,999 hits, the Yankees’ lefty fully expected manager Aaron Boone to still intentionally walk the veteran slugger and face Austin Meadows.
When (pitching coach Matt) Blake came out there we’re gonna have a game plan to face Cabrera and then Boone made the decision and rightfully so with a lefty on deck and we’re trying to win a game,” Luetge said. “As great as it is to see 3,000 (hits) we’re not concerned with that as much as they are.”
The crowd was very concerned. They were angry and vocal. Luetge stepped off the mound to regroup.
“I was just trying to slow the game down for that because if you get going fast and let the crowd get into it, then it can kind of go downhill real fast there,” Luetge said. “So to me I was just taking my time just to kind of get the crowd out of the game just a little bit.
Meadows had been 0-for-5 against Luetge when he was with the Rays, but the outfielder doubled off him Thursday to drive in two more runs.
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DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera was intentionally walked in the eighth inning with 2,999 career hits, setting off a loud chorus of boos and derisive chants at Comerica Park as the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 3-0 Thursday.
Cabrera was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts, forcing him and Detroit fans to wait at least another day for him to hit the 3,000 mark, a milestone just 32 players have reached in Major League Baseball history.
Ahead 1-0, the Tigers loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth against Miguel Castro. Reliever Lucas Luetge got Jeimer Candelario to hit a comebacker that was turned into a double play.
That brought Cabrera to the plate with two outs and runners on second and third. The 39-year-old slugger didn’t make even make it into the batter’s box when New York manager Aaron Boone held up four fingers to give Cabrera, a former Marlins teammate, a free pass to the unoccupied base.
Boone said “it’s a baseball call all the way.”
“Obviously, understanding the moment in time,” he said. “A little more gut-wrenching than usual.”
The 236th intentional walk of Cabrera’s career, while strategically sound, triggered perhaps the loudest boos ever heard at a Tigers game since Comerica Park opened in 2000.
Boone said he the crowd reaction wasn’t a surprise.
“Of course, certainly understand that,” he said, adding, “you don’t necessarily like being in that position.”
The crowd of 21,529 quickly turned the jeers into cheers when Austin Meadows blooped a two-run double on a lefty vs. lefty matchup to put Detroit ahead by three.
When the inning ended, Cabrera put out his hands as if to tell that crowd he was OK with how things went. He then put up three fingers and gestured to the scoreboard to indicate the runs his team had scored on a sunny, 60-degree day in the Motor City.
“That’s the beautiful game of baseball,” Cabrera said outside the clubhouse when the game ended.
Michael Pineda (1-0) gave up just three hits over five innings in his Detroit debut against one of his former teams. Jacob Barnes, Wily Peralta, Alex Lange and Gregory Soto, who earned his third save, followed with four innings of scoreless relief.
The Yankees were shut out for the third time this season and their 39 runs are their fewest through 13 games since 1972.
Jordan Montgomery (0-1) became the first Yankee to finish six innings this year. He gave up only one run on three hits while striking out five, but he teammates didn’t provide any help offensively.
Robbie Grossman hit an RBI double in the third, scoring Victor Reyes.
New York was limited to four hits over seven innings against three pitchers before Boone put a pair of pinch-hitters in the game in the hopes of providing an offensive spark.
Josh Donaldson hit a double on Lange’s first pitch of the eighth, Gleyber Torres singled on the fourth pitch of the inning and Aaron Judge drew a one-out walk to end right-hander’s brief appearance. Soto got the Tigers out of the bases-loaded, one-out jam by getting Anthony Rizzo to hit a comebacker, leading to a force out at home, and Giancarlo Stanton to ground out to first.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Tigers: RHP Matt Manning (shoulder discomfort) went on the 10-day injured list two days after RHP Casey Mize (elbow sprain) last week and he might be ready to throw a bullpen in a few more days. “Manning is ahead of Mize,” manager A.J. Hinch said.
UP NEXT
Yankees: Plan to start RHP Jameson Taillon (0-1, 3.72) to begin a six-game homestand Friday night.
Tigers: Continue a six-game homestand with LHP Tarik Skubal (0-1, 3.72) expected to face Colorado on Friday night.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame, a joint initiative between the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute and the West Virginia Coal Association and housed at the WVU Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources in Morgantown, inducted its newest class of honorees at a ceremony April 19 at the Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown.
This year’s honorees include R. Donald Cussins, former President of Buffalo Coal Company; Pramod Thakur, President of Expert Solutions for Mine Safety and longtime senior executive for CONSOL Energy, LLC; Doug Hardman, former Vice Chairman, J.H. Fletcher & Co.; and George Schuller, President of Peabody Australia and Chief Operating Officer of Compass Minerals.
This is the 24th class of inductees for the West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame, which began in 1998.
Chris Hamilton, President of the WV Coal Association, said, “These individuals are mining industry trailblazers who have led industry-wide innovations and advancements in coal mine extractive techniques, mine safety programs, land restoration and philanthropy over the course of their long careers. They have had an incredibly positive impact on the coal industry and the State of West Virginia and are absolutely deserving of this honor.”
Vlad Kecojevic, President of the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute, said, “These four individuals have tirelessly served the State of West Virginia and their contributions to the modern coal mining industry have been recognized, not only on a national, but also an international level. Their hard work and dedication for the continuous improvement of the coal mining industry has been exemplary and their induction to the West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame is more than deserving.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founder of the “We Build The Wall” project aimed at raising money for a border wall pleaded guilty Thursday to charges in a case that once included former President Donald Trump's adviser Steve Bannon.
Brian Kolfage admitted to pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars while promising all donations would pay for the wall. His plea came a month before a trial in a case that began in dramatic fashion in August 2020 when Bannon was pulled from a luxury yacht off the coast of Connecticut and arrested on allegations that he and three others falsely promised donors that all donations would help build a wall on the southern border.
Bannon was pardoned by Trump just before he left office last year. Bannon had pleaded not guilty to charges that he pocketed over $1 million, using some of the money to secretly pay Kolfage, an Air Force veteran who lost both legs in a mortar attack in Iraq.
A guilty plea Thursday by codefendant financier Andrew Badolato in the case during the same remotely conducted electronic hearing before U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan meant that only one of the four defendants originally charged might go to trial in mid-May.
Plea agreements between the government and Kolfage and Badolato specified the defendants will not challenge sentences within an agreed-to guidelines range. For Kolfage, that range was four to five years. For Badolato, it was roughly 3 1/2 years to four years. Sentencing was scheduled for Sept. 6.
Kolfage, of Miramar Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and tax charges brought originally in Florida. Badolato, of Sarasota, Florida, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy. Without the plea deal, Kolfage could have faced up to 46 years in prison while Badolato faced a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison.
The organizers of the “We Build The Wall” group raised more than $25 million from thousands of donors as they repeatedly pledged that every dollar would be used for the project.
Asked to describe his crimes by the judge, Kolfage said the group had originally intended for all the raised money to be used to build a wall, but it “soon became apparent” that the plan to donate the money to the U.S. government for the wall's construction was not possible.
At that point, he said, they “induced donors to opt in to the new project” to build a border wall on private land by falsely representing that none of the donations would be spent on salaries or compensation to the fundraisers.
“I knew what I was doing was wrong and a crime,” he said.
After he spoke, Torres asked questions, including whether he had promised the public that “100 percent” of the money would go toward building the wall.
“That is correct,” he answered.
“Despite your promise, you made an agreement with others to keep a large sum of money for yourself,” the judge said.
“That is correct,” Kolfage answered.
Badolato said he engaged in the conspiracy from 2018 to 2020, agreeing to assure donors that all the money would go toward building the wall when he knew the statements were false.
“I knew this was wrong and I’m terribly, terribly sorry for what I did and I humbly beg the court for mercy,” he said.
When the judge asked Badolato if he was aware that Kolfage was going to get money from donations, he said: “Yes I did and I helped facilitate it.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Roos said evidence against the men at trial would have included testimony from donors, along with transaction records following donations into the defendants' bank accounts, emails and text records, along with public statements made by the coconspirators that were false. | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/2-plead-guilty-in-We-Build-The-Wall-fraudulent-17118011.php | 2022-04-21T22:26:24Z | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/2-plead-guilty-in-We-Build-The-Wall-fraudulent-17118011.php | false | 39 |
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — The National Corvette Museum in Kentucky says it’s adding an education gallery that will feature artifacts and interactive technology to share the brand’s story.
Construction of the 2,000-square-foot gallery is set to begin in late May, museum officials said. The gallery is scheduled to open late this year or in early 2023 at the Bowling Green-based museum.
“This new gallery will educate, engage and entertain our guests,” said Sharon Brawner, the museum’s president and CEO.
The gallery will provide a state-of-the-art educational experience geared toward the next generation of Corvette enthusiasts, the museum said.
“The new education gallery will be designed for both children and adults to enjoy, featuring artifacts and interactive technology celebrating the unique story of Corvette,” said museum educator Deb Howard.
The project was made possible through the generosity of donors Tim and Melanie McMichael of Gypsum, Colorado, the museum said. | https://www.somerset-kentucky.com/kentucky/national-corvette-museum-to-add-education-gallery/article_90b50bc4-c1b7-11ec-95af-cb4870814056.html | 2022-04-21T22:28:12Z | https://www.somerset-kentucky.com/kentucky/national-corvette-museum-to-add-education-gallery/article_90b50bc4-c1b7-11ec-95af-cb4870814056.html | true | null |
National News: Shootings, fire and anti-abortion legislation spread across the nation
In the past week, two shootings—one in New York City and one in Pittsburgh—a several-thousand-acre fire in New Mexico and a Florida ban on all abortions after 15 weeks topped national headlines. In New York City, suspect Frank R. James is believed to have set off a...
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Today Square Enix unveiled a lot of info, including a release date, for the upcoming expansion to Outriders, dubbed Worldslayer. Launching June 30th, 2022, this expansion features a whole host of new options for returning players, including a new campaign that picks up after the end of the previous one, new secondary skill trees and sub classes, lots more loot, enemies, environments, and a re-tooled Challenge Tiers concept now called Apocalypse Tiers.
In addition, Worldslayer will feature a level boosting system so brand new players can jump right into the new content, and can subsequently go back and finish the old campaign whenever they want without losing progress. There’s also a new progression system called Ascension, which you’ll gain XP for and use to level up different categories like Brutality, Endurance, Prowess, and Anomaly, which will in turn give you more health, armor and so on, sort of like building up stat points. It’s designed to keep you engaged far beyond the campaign by giving you consistent progression even if you’re not always getting the loot your desire.
Speaking of loot, Apocalypse weapons will be introduced, allowing for a third mod slot, along with additional mods. There will also be new legendary armor sets that are both universal and built for specific classes.
All in all, this sounds like a pretty hefty upgrade to the original Outriders, and Square Enix looks to unveil even more, including the new endgame mode called The Trial of Tarya Gratar, in the near future. Pre-orders are also available starting today, and if you pre-order, you’ll get 48 hours early access prior to launch on June 30th.
Outriders Worldslayer screens:
Outriders Worldslayer Reveal Broadcast:
OUTRIDERS WORLDSLAYER is a brutal 1-3 player co-op looter shooter set in an original, dark sci-fi universe, where you create will your own Outrider from one of four powerful classes. Begin with the original OUTRIDERS campaign or use the all-new Level 30 Boost to jump straight into the WORLDSLAYER content with a fully geared up Outrider and journey across the diverse and deadly planet of Enoch.
Face off against the most deadly Altered ever encountered, Ereshkigal, in humanity’s last fight for survival. Beyond her, even greater horrors exist in the ultimate endgame experience, taking place in the ancient ruins of Tarya Gratar.
Combining aggressive gunplay with violent powers and an arsenal of increasingly twisted customisable weaponry and gear-sets, OUTRIDERS WORLDSLAYER offers countless hours of visceral gameplay from one of the finest shooter developers in the industry – People Can Fly.
“We can’t wait for players to experience WORLDSLAYER. In addition to a whole new story, we’ve introduced a number of new features that really expands and improves on everything players loved about the original game,” said Bartek Kmita, Creative Director at People Can Fly. “WORLDSLAYER includes nearly a hundred new legendary items, higher gear level caps, Apocalypse tier difficulty, Apocalypse gear, and new ways to progress your Outrider with the all-new PAX tree and Ascension levels. Not to mention the Trial of Tarya Gratar, a new endgame experience that’s different from anything we’ve done in OUTRIDERS before”.
OUTRIDERS WORLDSLAYER will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC Steam, Epic and Windows Store, Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now on June 30th, 2022.
Existing OUTRIDERS owners can purchase the WORLDSLAYER Upgrade to access WORLDSLAYER content. | https://gaming-age.com/2022/04/square-enix-unveils-much-much-more-about-outriders-worldslayer/ | 2022-04-21T22:28:26Z | https://gaming-age.com/2022/04/square-enix-unveils-much-much-more-about-outriders-worldslayer/ | false | 1 |
Deviled eggs with smoked paprika: You'll relish this recipe this spring
It's the rare person who doesn't enjoy the delicious chilled treat of deviled eggs, either as an appetizer or as a side dish at parties and gatherings. But first, a little interesting history about the hard-boiled deviled egg recipe. Deviled egg recipes appeared as early as the 13th century,...
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13 Nassar victims seeking USD 130M from FBI over bungled probe
Thirteen sexual assault victims of Larry Nassar are seeking USD 10 million each from the FBI, claiming a bungled investigation by agents led to more abuse by the sports doctor, lawyers said Thursday.Its an effort to make the government responsible for assaults that occurred after July 2015.
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Thirteen sexual assault victims of Larry Nassar are seeking USD 10 million each from the FBI, claiming a bungled investigation by agents led to more abuse by the sports doctor, lawyers said Thursday.
It's an effort to make the government responsible for assaults that occurred after July 2015. The Justice Department's inspector general concluded that the FBI made fundamental errors when it became aware of allegations against Nassar that year.
Nassar was a Michigan State University sports doctor as well as a doctor at USA Gymnastics. He is serving decades in prison for assaulting female athletes, including medal-winning Olympic gymnasts.
“This was not a case involving fake 20 dollar bills or tax cheats,” attorney Jamie White said. “These were allegations of a serial rapist who was known to the FBI as the Olympic US doctor with unfettered access to young women.” Nassar, he added, continued a “reign of terror for 17 unnecessary months.” Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics told local FBI agents in 2015 that three gymnasts said they were assaulted by Nassar. But the FBI did not open a formal investigation or inform federal or state authorities in Michigan, according to the inspector general's report.
Los Angeles FBI agents in 2016 began a sexual tourism investigation against Nassar and interviewed several victims but also didn't alert Michigan authorities, the inspector general said.
“No one should have been assaulted after the summer of 2015 because the FBI should have done its job,” said Grace French, founder of a group called The Army of Survivors. “To know that the FBI could have helped to avoid this trauma disgusts me.” White is not suing the FBI yet. Under federal law, tort claims must be a filed with a government agency, which then has six months to reply. A lawsuit could follow, depending on the FBI's response.
The FBI declined to comment Thursday but referred to Director Christopher Wray's remarks to Congress about how the matter was poorly handled.
“I'm sorry that so many different people let you down, over and over again,” Wray told victims at a Senate hearing last year. “And I'm especially sorry that there were people at the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed. And that's inexcusable. It never should have happened.” White said more than 100 women were assaulted after July 2015, and he expects other lawyers will file claims against the FBI. Nassar wasn't arrested until November 2016 during an investigation by Michigan State University police.
The Michigan attorney general's office ultimately handled the assault charges against Nassar, while federal prosecutors in Grand Rapids, Michigan, filed a child pornography case.
White noted the 2018 massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The FBI received a tip about five weeks before 17 people were killed at the school, but the tip was never forwarded to the FBI's South Florida office. The government agreed to pay $127.5 million to families of those killed or injured.
Michigan State University, which was also accused of missing chances over many years to stop Nassar, agreed to pay USD 500 million to more than 300 women and girls who were assaulted. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee made a USD 380 million settlement.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – More than 300 children in Berkeley County participated in the first annual One Berkeley United Games.
After the official torch was lit, the games began.
“It makes me feel really good. I love the inclusion; a lot of these kids don’t get to experience things like this so it’s good to get them out here and get the community involved,” said Megan Sanders, whose 10-year-old daughter, Ansley, took part in the games.
Sanders said her daughter has a genetic disorder that affects her development. “She’s a happy girl. She loves to be outside. She loves the music, so this is right up her alley,” she said.
Students from more than a dozen elementary schools across the county represented their schools.
“This is a great day for kids, Berkeley County, and for the special-needs population. We are so excited and let them have a great day and create some wonderful memories,” said Natalie Lockliear, principal at Foxbank Elementary School.
Lockliear said the event was organized by principals.
“We wanted to do something in our own county. To let our students with special needs have a day. Typically, we go to other counties and we felt we were big enough to do that here, to give them a special day.”
This is also a chance for parents to learn about how to get the support they need to help their kids.
“Not everyone knows to reach out and try to get that involvement themselves for their children so for the community the school district to do it, it’s amazing.”
Based on how this event turned out, the district plans to make this an annual event.
“I think these kids make everyone else happy and I think they deserve a spotlight. That’s completely included where they can do things that are adapted to them.”
While elementary school students participated on Thursday, middle and high school students will have their day of games at Cane Bay next week. | https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/berkeley-county-news/students-participate-in-first-annual-one-berkeley-united-games/ | 2022-04-21T22:34:17Z | https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/berkeley-county-news/students-participate-in-first-annual-one-berkeley-united-games/ | false | 2 |
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Google's Bull Thesis In 4 Charts
Summary
- Google’s recent price correction created an entry opportunity.
- As a business, Google enjoys a wide moat and extreme capital allocation flexibility.
- And as an investment, it features one of the most attractive valuations among the FAAMG stocks, especially when adjusted for its growth opportunities.
- To add icing to the cake, it also provides effective hedging against interest rates, market valuation, and geopolitical uncertainties.
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The Investment Thesis
The stock price of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has declined about 15% since its peak earlier this year above $3000. Such a correction has created an entry opportunity for long-term investors. You will see in four charts how strong the business fundamentals remain and how attractive its valuation is. In particular:
- In terms of business fundamentals, GOOG enjoys a formidable moat. Furthermore, it features a balanced combination of segments with cow-cash characteristics and also high-risk and high-reward segments. It enjoys absolute dominance in the search engine space. Aided by its search engines, its bread-and-butter business, digital advertising, has been generating plenty of cash sustainably. The cash provides extreme capital allocation flexibility for it to pursue other growth opportunities and fuel future growth.
- Despite its superb business fundamentals, its valuation is compressed both in absolute and relative terms. The combination of strong cash generation ability, strong balance sheet (with more than $140B of cash currently sitting on its balance sheet), and compressed valuation also opens up the possibility for large-scale share repurchases to boost shareholder returns.
- Finally, in addition to its superb fundamentals and valuation, you will also see that it is relatively isolated from the ongoing geopolitical uncertainties and provides an earnings yield that is substantially above the project interest rates hikes.
Chart 1: Search Engine Dominance And Its 2nd Order Effects
GOOG's digital advertising business currently generates about 80% of its revenue and forms a duopoly with Meta Platforms in the digital ad space, but it is not an advertising company. Its true moat is in its "free" search services, where it totally dominates, as seen in the chart below. As seen, Google has been maintaining nearly 90% market share of the global search traffic - and it has been maintaining such dominance for over a decade!
Its dominant search engine position not only provides a wide moat for its digital advertising business (and other segments like YouTube, et al) but also creates a wide range of new opportunities. For example, the search engine provides access to a vast amount of data, which in turn offers stronger leverage to many of its new initiatives (the Other Bets), such as autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, new healthcare technologies, FinTech, and also more futuristic metaverse and quantum computing technologies.
Chart 2: Extreme Capital Allocation Flexibility
Thanks to its wide moat and low-capital requirement business model, GOOG also enjoys extreme capital allocation flexibility to fuel future growth. As commented in our earlier articles:
Warren Buffett regretted he made the wrong call in not buying GOOG for good reasons. Buffet said multiple times that there are businesses that, at the end of the day, point to a bunch of depreciated properties and equipment and tell the investors, "these are our profits." He hates his business. And as you can see from the following chart, GOOG is the exact opposite of such a business - it generates plenty of cash and at the same time only needs a very low level of reinvestment to fuel further growth.
As seen, in recent years, GOOG only needs 18% of its operating cash ("OPC") to cover the maintenance CAPEX. So this leaves a whopping 72% of the OPC to be dispensable cash. As a result, after allocating a large part of the remaining earnings for share repurchases (on average 37% in recent years), it still has plenty of cash to invest in high-risk and high-return futuristic technologies; ranging from autonomous driving to artificial intelligence and the metaverse, as well as quantum computing technologies.
Finally, the balance sheet is a fortress. It currently has more than $140 billion of cash or cash equivalent sitting on its balance sheet. In contrast, the long-term debt load is a mere $14B. As a result, GOOG has plenty of ammunition to build out its future processing capabilities to grow organically and also to pursue strategic growth via acquisitions. Also, there are a few good reasons for the company to upsize its buyback programs to boost shareholder returns. As just mentioned, it has a sizable cash position and requires low maintenance CAPEX, resulting in enviable capital allocation flexibility. As also to be seen next, it is currently traded at a very reasonable valuation. As a result, a sizable buyback will be quite potent and accreditive.
Chart 3: Attractive Valuation
Despite its superb business fundamentals, its valuation is compressed both in absolute and relative terms as shown in the chart below. A few highlights:
- In absolute terms, its accounting PE is about 22.6x FW and the owners' PE is only about 21.2x.
- In relative terms, it is substantially lower than the overall market (e.g., the current valuation of the Nasdaq 100 index is about 33.8x). So GOOG is cheaper than the overall market by almost 1/3. While GOOG is overall a stronger business than most of the businesses in the Nasdaq 100 index in terms of debt (it is essentially debt-free as aforementioned), profitability, moat, and so on.
- It is also among the most attractive among the FAAMG stocks (the only FAAMG stock that features a lower valuation than GOOG is Meta Platforms). But I do not see GOOG's business model, profitability, or financial strength as any weaker than other FAAMG stocks.
Before leaving this section, just a word about the owners' earnings ("OE") is shown in the chart. A detailed analysis of the OE is provided in my earlier article. Just two quick notes to facilitate the ease of reference:
- GOOG's OE is higher than the accounting EPS, on average by about 30%.
- The reason is that almost ¼ of its CAPEX spending is growth CAPEX, and the growth CAPEX should not be considered a cost because it is optional.
Chart 4: A Key Hedging Piece
Given the nature of its business fundamentals and valuation, GOOG can provide investors with effective hedging against interest rates, market valuation, and geopolitical uncertainties.
First, GOOG's business has little or no exposure to the major geopolitical risks undergoing. For example, GOOG halted all advertising in Russia since the Russian/Ukraine war broke out. But GOOG had little exposure to Russia to start with before the war given censorship concerns. Similarly, GOOG withdrew from the Chinese market completely in 2010 due to cyber attacks originating in China and had no exposure to ongoing conflicts between the U.S. and China.
Second, interest rates and inflation are major concerns for investors. The 10-yr treasury bond yield rate is pushing towards 3%, the highest level since 2018, and the FOMC members are expecting further rate hikes. In the meantime, inflation is around 7%, making real bond rates negative. So investors would be taking return-free risks instead of enjoying the risk-free return that bonds are supposed to offer. This is where GOOG can help.
As aforementioned, GOOG is essentially debt-free and does not need debt financing for its growth. So interest rate raises won't impact its bottom line. Furthermore, its reasonable earning yield provides a widespread against interest rate fluctuation too as shown in the next table. Many investors only consider dividend yield as "yield" and GOOG does not pay a cash dividend. Admittedly, for investors who seek current income, only a cash dividend matters. However, as explained in my earlier articles,
For long-term investors, earning yield is what's really matters. The reason is that it doesn't really matter how the business uses the earnings (paid out cash dividends, retained in the bank account, reinvested to further grow the business, or used to repurchase stocks), as long as used sensibly (as GOOG has done in the past), it will be reflected as a return to the business owner. That is why earning yields are more fundamental for long-term shareholders.
As can be seen from the next table, currently the earning yield of GOOG is about 4.6%, and the 10-year treasury yield is about 3%. So GOOG provides a comfortable 1.6% spread about the 10-year treasury yield. Now, let's consider the worse scenario for the interest rates in the next few years based on the Fed's latest dot plot. And to make a worst-scenario forecast, let's further assume that the 10-year treasury rates always stay about 1.5% above the Fed fund rates. Under these assumptions, the 10-year treasury rates will be about a whopping 4.5% around 2025.
As seen, even under these dramatic assumptions, GOOD still provides a yield spread comfortably above the 10-year treasury rates to protect investors from treasury rates uncertainties.
Risks
- In the near term, GOOG faces a tough year-over-year comparison in 2022. Its 2021 financials enjoyed relatively easy YoY comps due to the impact of COVID in 2020. As a result, its 2021 sales posted an almost 40% growth compared to 2021 and earnings almost doubled, setting up a tough comparison for 2022.
- Cost control is also a focal point for the business moving forward, including both labor costs, energy costs, and traffic acquisition costs.
- The business also faces the possibility (although a remote one) of an anti-trust regulatory risk. It has been involved in multiple lawsuits and investigations both in the U.S. and abroad.
Conclusion and Final Thought
The recent price correction created an entry opportunity for GOOG, a wide moat business with extreme capital allocation flexibility and growth potential. In particular:
- Despite its superb business fundamentals, its valuation is compressed both in absolute and relative terms. Its accounting PE is about 22.6x FW and the owners' PE is only about 21.2x.
- As such, it provides investors with effective hedging against interest rates, market valuation, and geopolitical uncertainties. Even under a set of worst-scenario assumptions, GOOG provides a yield spread comfortably above the projected 10-year treasury rates to protect investors from interest rates uncertainties.
- With its growth prospects, it offers favorable odds to outgrow inflation too. Consensus estimates are projecting double-digit growth rates in the years to come, and a large-scale share repurchase at these accreditive valuations can further boost shareholder returns.
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Wayne Rooney has reportedly turned down the chance to return to Manchester United on Erik Ten Hag's coaching staff.
The Dutchman has put pen to paper on a three-year deal, with an option of a fourth, to become the new Red Devils boss at the end of the season. United confirmed the 52-year-old's appointment on Thursday with Mitchell Van der Gaag, Ten Hag's long-term Ajax assistant, poised to join him at Old Trafford as his no.2.
Ten Hag is also set to appoint Steve McClaren to form part of the new-look coaching setup at the club. Ten Hag was assistant to McClaren when the former England boss was appointed at Dutch club FC Twente in 2008 before he moved on to PSV Eindhoven and the two have maintained a close relationship since.
It's also claimed that Rooney was a target for United as he was informally proposed as a possibility to join Ten Hag's coaching staff, but the Derby County boss made it clear he would only leave the Rams for a managerial position, according to The Athletic.
Ten Hag insists he is "honoured" to be named United's new boss, saying: "It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead.
"I know the history of this great club and the passion of the fans, and I am absolutely determined to develop a team capable of delivering the success they deserve. It will be difficult to leave Ajax after these incredible years, and I can assure our fans of my complete commitment and focus on bringing this season to a successful conclusion before I move to Manchester United."
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United's football director John Murtough was over the moon to get the deal for Ten Hag across the finish line.
He added: "During the past four years at Ajax, Erik has proved himself to be one of the most exciting and successful coaches in Europe, renowned for his team’s attractive, attacking football and commitment to youth.
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The closely watched race for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District continues to bring in big dollar amounts.
Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, has raised more than $3.5 million in his second bid for office, raising more than $900,000 in the last quarter, according to the most recent filings with the Federal Election Commission.
That’s on pace with what he has raised in previous quarters, and far above any Democratic contenders at this point.
In a statement, Van Orden said, “Americans are fed up with the radical policies of the left and are Fired Up to Fire Pelosi. From out of control spending that is driving up costs for families to chaos at the border leading to record drug overdoses, we need to flip the House in November and stop Biden Administration’s failing agenda that is hurting all Americans.”
Van Orden has spent about $1.76 million for his campaign and has about $1.82 million cash on hand.
The leading Republican in the race, Van Orden jumped into the race about six months earlier than any other candidate. But Democrats still trail in quarterly raising.
State Sen. Brad Pfaff, D-Onalaska, raised the most of any of the five Democrats in the race. He raised $206,821 in the last quarter, and has raised a total of $560,450 since launching his campaign.
“It’s humbling to know that so many people from across the state of Wisconsin stand with us in our campaign for Congress,” Pfaff said in a statement.
He said that his campaign has been focusing on, “building a campaign that will center the issues that matter most to Central and Western Wisconsin and take the fight to insurrectionist Derrick Van Orden. I am proud of what we have built and am ready to deliver for the folks of the 3rd District in Washington, as I have in Madison.”
Pfaff has spent $291,779 and has $268,671 cash on hand at the end of the reporting period.
Close behind Pfaff is Deb McGrath, a former CIA agent from Menomonie who is running to fill the seat previously held by her father. McGrath has raised $169,117 in the last quarter, and $403,009 in total since launching her campaign last fall.
She has spent about $167,289 and has about $235,720 cash on hand.
Other Democratic candidates Rebecca Cooke of Eau Claire and Mark Neumann of La Crosse have raised a total of $278,624 and $27,566, respectively. Cooke raised about $120,220 in the last quarter and Neumann raised about $24,533.
Democrat Brett Knudsen, Republican Denis Hurless and libertarian candidate Morgan Smith did not file reports with the FEC.
Democrats will have to play catch-up to meet Van Orden financially. For comparison, in 2020 Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, raised just over $3 million for his successful reelection campaign against Van Orden.
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Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, a Republican elected to four terms starting in the 1980s, announced Monday that he will not run for the office again this year.
Gableman's contract is currently slated to run through the end of April and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has hinted at the possibility of withdrawing some of the former state Supreme Court justice's many subpoenas.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Shopping for Passover on a recent day at a kosher supermarket in the Hasidic Jewish section of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, Moshe Werzberger worried about how inflation is driving up prices during one of the most important holidays for Jews.
“It affects us very much,” said the 23-year-old, who recently canceled plans to vacation in Florida with his wife and 2-year-old son because of skyrocketing prices. Inflation has become a main topic of debate for worshippers at his synagogue and also in his extended family as they share the celebratory Passover meals, Seders.
“It just keeps on going up and up …” he said as announcements rang out in Yiddish on the store's intercom. “And at some point it’s going to have to stop, or no one is going to be able to afford to go shopping.”
As households feel the squeeze of surging consumer prices, some U.S. Jewish families observing Passover have struggled to pay for eggs, gefilte fish and the unleavened bread known as matzo, which represents their ancestors’ exodus from slavery in Egypt.
The need is so great that the Met Council, which runs the country’s largest kosher food pantry, expects to supply a record of nearly 3 million pounds of food in Passover packages and $500,000 in emergency food cards among the Jewish community in greater New York City and New Jersey.
“We’ve been doing charitable work for 50 years, and we’ve never seen anything like this,” said David Greenfield, the council's executive director. He added that there's “no question” that hundreds of thousands of families are eating less meat during Passover, which this year falls from April 15 to 23.
Grocery prices rose 10% in March on a year-on-year basis — the most in 41 years — driven by higher prices for poultry, fish, eggs, beef and other meats.
The reasons for the surge vary: supply chain snags, unfavorable weather and rising energy prices. The latter, driven by Russia’s war against Ukraine, pushed wholesale prices up a record 11.2% last month from a year earlier. Transportation problems are weighing on food imports, particularly seeds and other items that produce oils.
The only thing likely to put a dent in inflationary pressures is the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, said Laura Veldkamp, a professor of finance and economics at Columbia University. But families suffering sticker shock from shopping for Seders can’t expect a respite anytime soon.
“Last year there were a number of government subsidies and programs that people were able to tap into," said Yitzy Weinberg, executive director of Flatbush Community Fund, a Brooklyn-based charity. "But this year the COVID subsidies are over, and between that and inflation, it was a double whammy that hit working families when they needed it the most.”
Weinberg's organization has distributed food, grocery cards and checks to more than 1,100 families this Passover, up from 850 last year.
Diana Kogan, director of Caring for Jews in Need, an initiative of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, said inflation and shortages have been “a huge issue” for Jewish groups in Southern California that provide holiday food packages to vulnerable communities including older adults, Holocaust survivors and people without housing.
“Kosher meat, kosher chicken in particular, has been an issue,” she said. “Chicken used to be $1.89 per pound. But this year it’s over $3 a pound. We’ve also seen a 20% to 30% increase in kosher food prices.”
Kogan said groups such as Jewish Family Service of LA and Tomchei LA have been stockpiling food since before Passover, buying items when they are on sale. But that has created a need for storage space, freezers and generators.
Meanwhile some organizations that hand out both food packets and gift cards during Passover are finding that people often prefer to get the packets.
“That’s because the prices of items are so high,” Kogan said. “The gift cards don’t go too far.”
Kosher products tend to be slightly more expensive. But Passover products are even costlier, according to the Met Council's Greenfield, because there needs to be an extra certification that there’s no there’s no leavening or bread involved.
“Passover is the most expensive time of the year for someone who keeps kosher,” he said.
Back at the supermarket in Brooklyn, Eliot Spitzer, perused the vegetable aisle with two of his seven children, 9-year-old Faigy and 11-year-old Abba. His family hosted a Seder for 14 people at their home, and he said high prices have made things tough for everyone this Passover.
“It’s definitely harder,” Spitzer said. “We (Hasidic Jews) have bigger families — average seven, eight, nine kids per family — and it’s not easy.”
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Associated Press reporter Deepa Bharath in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of Tomchei LA.
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Police officers surprise shoppers with cash in California
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KFMB) – If you’re interacting with a police officer, usually it’s because you’ve been in an accident, are a victim of a crime, or you’re getting a ticket.
But in one California city, officers are changing that by giving away thousands of dollars.
Officers T.J. Dunn and Charles Dabney surprised shoppers Wednesday at a Walmart store located in the area where they regularly patrol.
“So, how much money do you think you’re going to spend today?” Dunn asked Sandy Hughes as she was shopping.
“More than I want to!” Hughes said.
Hughes is in the middle of moving because her rent just went up again, but her quick trip to the grocery store ended up making her smile.
“I’m going to give you $100 in cash,” Dunn told her before handing her the money. “It’s called an act of kindness.”
Technically, it’s called the Random Acts of Kindness Project, which was made possible by an Oceanside resident who donated $20,000 to the Oceanside Police Department to randomly give out to residents throughout the year to help make ends meet.
The project is giving officers the opportunity to meet people in a more relaxed and friendly environment than usual.
“Most of the time when people call the police, it’s not under the greatest circumstances,” said Jennifer Atenza, the department’s public information officer. “It’s when something bad has happened, there’s an emergency, there’s trauma involved. So, this affords us the opportunity to make connections under positive circumstances.”
Last month, Oceanside officers visited gas stations along their regular beat to help people with spiking gas prices.
Officers said soon they will randomly stop by other grocery stores across the city to give away cash.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man who attacked police officers while storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection was arrested Thursday, officials said.
Barry Ramey, 38, of Plantation, was arrested in South Florida, where he is scheduled to make his initial court appearance Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Plantation is just west of Fort Lauderdale.
Ramey faces charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon, civil disorder and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon. The case is being prosecuted in federal court in Washington, D.C.
According to court documents, Ramey on Jan. 6, 2021, joined with others objecting to Democratic President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory over former Republican President Donald Trump. A mob attacked the Capitol that day in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying election results, authorities said. Five people died in the violence, including a police officer.
According to a criminal complaint, Ramey marched in a group to the Capitol, where he and other rioters fought with police officers who were protecting the Capitol. Ramey sprayed two officers in the face and eyes with an orange substance that is consistent with pepper spray, prosecutors said. Both officers reported that the spray caused them to become disoriented and have their vision impaired.
Online court records didn't list an attorney for Ramey to contact for comment.
Since Jan. 6, 2021, nearly 800 people have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, officials said. More than 250 people have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. | https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Florida-man-charged-with-attacking-officers-at-17117905.php | 2022-04-21T22:48:24Z | https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Florida-man-charged-with-attacking-officers-at-17117905.php | true | 13 |
Veerman and Pulkkanen lead European tour event in Spain
LA PINEDA, Spain (AP) — Johannes Veerman and Tapio Pulkkanen have both shot 6-under 64 to share an early lead at the ISPS Handa Championship. They were tied with Hennie Du Plessis and Shiv Chawrasia, who didn’t finish their opening rounds because of darkness. They had two holes to finish. Veerman started with consecutive bogeys before making eight birdies at the Lakes Course in eastern Spain. Pulkkanen had seven birdies and a bogey. Jack Senior was in the group of four players one shot off the lead along with David Law, Rasmus Højgaard and Guido Migliozzi. The 108th-ranked Højgaard had three holes to finish and Migliozzi had one. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/21/veerman-and-pulkkanen-lead-european-tour-event-in-spain/ | 2022-04-21T22:48:40Z | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/21/veerman-and-pulkkanen-lead-european-tour-event-in-spain/ | false | null |
Toronto just got a free weekly live concert series called Happy Sundays
It looks like live shows are slowly trickling back into Toronto after a long two years of lockdown restrictions, and we're ready to sing and dance our hearts out.
Music venue The Baby G has just announced they're going to host a new weekly concert series called Happy Sundays, featuring live performances from local artists starting this Sunday.
This week's lineup includes alt-rock band Omhouse, synth magician Robin Hatch, singer/songwriter Lydia Persaud and DJ COLBOI bringing home fresh beats.
The Baby G opened in 2016 by the same owner of the iconic Toronto music venue The Garrison.
Though it's one of the smaller venues in Toronto with a capacity of approximately 200 people, it gives visitors a more intimate and exclusive concert experience compared to larger concert halls.
It's become a well-known spot for catching local bands and debut artists in the city.
Happy Days will allow people to go out and discover new music at no cost - all Sunday concerts featured in the series will be free. The next concert will be taking place this Sunday April 24, and will be happening every Sunday in May.
You can discover more details about the upcoming Happy Sunday events as well as all other Baby G concerts on their website.
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The Secret Bill Murray Is Hiding: Comedian's Ex-Lover Once Claims He Was A ‘Drug Crazed, Adulterous Wife Beater’
Apr. 21 2022, Published 5:48 p.m. ET
Hollywood was shocked when it was revealed filming on Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut was halted over a mysterious complaint. It has since been revealed the complaint about “inappropriate behavior” was made against veteran megastar, comedian Bill Murray.
“The complaint was filed last week with production halting this past Monday and a decision was ultimately made to suspend production going forward as the investigation continues and next steps are decided on,” Deadline first reported.
“Cast and crew were told about production being suspended last night in a letter sent out by the studio.”
Radar has learned this isn’t the only skeleton in Murray’s closet when it comes to women.
In court filings seen by this website, Murray’s ex-wife, Jennifer Butler Murray, said Bill was an adulterer who had an “addiction to marijuana and alcohol, abusive behavior, physical abuse, sexual addictions and frequent abandonment.”
She also cited frequent abandonment while Murray indulged muses — and vices — as the reason for seeking a restraining order against the father of six, aged 71.
Butler Murray, a Hollywood costume designer who had worked on several of her husband’s movies, made the startling claims in 2014.
The complaint, which did not specify instances of Murray's alleged marijuana or alcohol use, alleged he would often leave without telling his wife and claimed he traveled “overseas where he engages in public and private altercations and sexual liaisons."
She also said the former Saturday Night Live star physically abused his wife, and on one occasion "hit her in the face and then told her she was ‘lucky he didn't kill her.’”
Butler Murray told a judge in Charleston, South Carolina, she was forced to move with the children to an island home to escape Murray’s alleged physical abuse.
Butler Murray said the star “left threatening messages on the home telephone which the minor children have heard.”
The bombshell secret that Murray is hiding was his second divorce. He was wed to Margaret Kelly from 1981 to 1994 and has two adult sons from that marriage. | https://radaronline.com/p/bill-murray-drugs-wife-beater-inappropriate-behavior-film-suspension/ | 2022-04-21T22:55:37Z | https://radaronline.com/p/bill-murray-drugs-wife-beater-inappropriate-behavior-film-suspension/ | false | 1 |
UK patient had COVID-19 for 505 days straight, study shows
A U.K. patient with a severely weakened immune system had COVID-19 for almost a year and a half, scientists reported, underscoring the importance of protecting vulnerable people from the coronavirus.
There’s no way to know for sure whether it was the longest-lasting COVID-19 infection because not everyone gets tested, especially on a regular basis like this case.
But at 505 days, “it certainly seems to be the longest reported infection," said Dr. Luke Blagdon Snell, an infectious disease expert at the Guy’s & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Snell's team plans to present several “persistent” COVID-19 cases at an infectious diseases meeting in Portugal this weekend.
Their study investigated which mutations arise — and whether variants evolve — in people with super long infections. It involved nine patients who tested positive for the virus for at least eight weeks. All had weakened immune systems from organ transplants, HIV, cancer or treatment for other illnesses. None were identified for privacy reasons.
Repeated tests showed their infections lingered for an average of 73 days. Two had the virus for more than a year. Previously, researchers said, the longest-known case that was confirmed with a PCR test lasted 335 days.
Persistent COVID-19 is rare and different from long COVID.
“In long COVID, it’s generally assumed the virus has been cleared from your body but the symptoms persist,” Snell said. “With persistent infection, it represents ongoing, active replication of the virus.”
Each time researchers tested patients, they analyzed the genetic code of the virus to make sure it was the same strain and that people didn't get COVID-19 more than once. Still, genetic sequencing showed that the virus changed over time, mutating as it adapted.
The mutations were similar to the ones that later showed up in widespread variants, Snell said, although none of the patients spawned new mutants that became variants of concern. There's also no evidence they spread the virus to others.
The person with the longest known infection tested positive in early 2020, was treated with the antiviral drug remdesiver and died sometime in 2021. Researchers declined to name the cause of death and said the person had several other illnesses.
Five patients survived. Two cleared the infection without treatment, two cleared it after treatment and one still has COVID-19. At the last follow-up earlier this year, that patient’s infection had lasted 412 days.
Researchers hope more treatments will be developed to help people with persistent infections beat the virus.
“We do need to be mindful that there are some people who are more susceptible to these problems like persistent infection and severe disease,” Snell said.
Although persistent infections are rare, experts said there are many people with compromised immune systems who remain at risk of severe COVID-19 and who are trying to stay safe after governments lifted restrictions and masks started coming off. And it's not always easy to know who they are, said Dr. Wesley Long, a pathologist at Houston Methodist in Texas, who was not part of the research.
“Masking in crowds is a considerate thing to do and a way we can protect others,” he said.
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LUDLOW, Vt. – On Saturday, May 14 at 2 p.m., agents from the fictional organization, “The International Time Navigators Association,” will be live on stage at Ludlow’s Town Hall auditorium.
Written entirely by the Expeditionary School at Black River’s student body, “We Are Nature” is a comedy. The ITNA agents go forward in time to look back and reflect on the ways in which today’s climate challenges could have been different. Resolving the causes of pollution is the script’s overarching theme.
When their time capsule lands in the future, Damian turns to Desmond, and declares: “Where else would we be? We’re in the future! In order to find out how we can fix the past, where’s a better place to go than the future?” The ITNA agents are determined to figure out how to minimize the destruction occurring to the earth’s ecosystem. They find themselves back in a school in 2022, trying to blend in, and trying to understand how to influence changes in human behavior.
Having had to postpone this live performance a number of times due to concerns regarding the spread of Covid, students decided to incorporate that reality into the script’s themes as well. These fictional characters come to the conclusion that developing “informed and integrative thinking skills” is one step toward resolving pollution and saving the planet.
Directed by Susan Haefner, this learning experience was made possible by a Vermont Arts Council grant. Please join the ESBR community on Saturday, May 14, for a live performance of “We Are Nature.”
Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.esblackriver.org/social-fundraisers or at the door.
For additional information, contact Kendra Rickerby, Head of School, at krickerby@esblackriver.org. | https://vermontjournal.com/arts-entertainment/esrb-students-write-and-perform-we-are-nature/ | 2022-04-21T23:02:32Z | https://vermontjournal.com/arts-entertainment/esrb-students-write-and-perform-we-are-nature/ | false | 1 |
A long shadow
Growing up on a cult compound shaped three siblings for life
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IN THE LATE 1970s, the Rev. David Earl King purchased 58 acres of land along a ribbon of rural blacktop near Jayess, Miss. His wife and their passel of children accompanied him there, as well as an Apostolic congregation seeking a fresh start a few county lines away from old troubles. The spot became known as “Valley of the Kings.”
The group’s charismatic worship and plain style of dress stood out in the community, and some locals still call the place a compound, even though different owners now occupy the sprawling blond-brick house at the center of the property and stacks of office furniture fill the two-story church building out front. Compound, however, is a word with connotations. Maybe that’s why in 2001 King’s defense attorneys filed a motion to prohibit use of it during his criminal trial. Even today Bill Goodwin, the prosecutor who put King in prison, hesitates to label the group’s leanings as those of a cult, preferring to call them “fundamentalist” instead.
But a trio of siblings who grew up on the property have a different take. They’re comfortable using both cult and compound as they talk about Valley of the Kings, and they lace the words into conversations about their past with frequency and firmness. As they do, an obvious, though unspoken, truth emerges. The Gipson sisters may have escaped Valley of the Kings, but decades later they’re still trying to leave it behind.
SPRING BRINGS rising water levels and a host of canoeing enthusiasts to the Okatoma, a muddy Mississippi tributary Choctaws once called “Shining River.” After she left Valley of the Kings, Joanna Lawrence, the oldest of the Gipson sisters, built a business near its banks cleaning houses for residents who don’t have time for mopping. On a fresh March morning, she’s seated beside her sisters in her own kitchen. The smell of just-cooked hash browns hangs in the air. A box of doughnuts lies open on the counter.
It doesn’t take long to see the sisters’ mark of kinship isn’t so much resemblance as it is their easy talk around the table and the knowing glances that pass between them as freely as the doughnuts. Part of that comes from shared childhoods going door-to-door, and parking lot-to-parking lot, selling candy. Candy was the compound’s bread and butter. Church members made peanut brittle back at Valley of the Kings while the Gipsons and others worked a three-state sales territory stretching from Monroe, La., to Mobile, Ala.
“I remember being left in Jena, La., by myself when I was 9 years old,” recalls Lawrence, now 51. “We’d have about $70 worth of candy in our baskets, a heavy load for a child, and if people didn’t want to make a purchase, we had to ask them for a donation.” Not meeting their $40 sales quota meant no evening meal, maybe even a beating from their mother or King.
The sisters grew up peddling peanut brittle six days a week in the summer, and every Saturday during school terms. In between, they did their lessons, worked the compound’s row crops, and attended church gatherings. Lots of church gatherings. The preaching at Valley of the Kings grazed the gospel but was skewed—a false “faith-plus salvation,” with the plus being unquestioned obedience to the pastor’s rules. Members couldn’t wear skirts without pleats or shoes taller than 1½ inches. They couldn’t listen to secular music, watch television, or read novels. They couldn’t trust outside ministers.
Thus, Valley of the Kings was closed off, a nearly self-sufficient farm with its own school, housing, and social circle. The sisters shared a mobile home with their mother, Adra Gipson, on a back section of the property, and it’s Adra the sisters hold responsible for their tumultuous upbringing.
Valley of the Kings was closed off, a nearly self-sufficient farm with its own school, housing, and social circle.
Iowa native Adra Anne Heetland met her husband, Larry Gipson, in the military. She was a D.C.-based secretary for a Navy chaplain, and he was a Marine who served in Vietnam. They married and settled in his Mississippi hometown where they welcomed four children in six years, but according to the couple’s daughters, Larry was unfaithful, and that led Adra to seek something deeper outside her marriage. She believed she’d found that something in King’s church.
By 1975 Adra’s new beliefs had caused her to isolate herself and her children from all of their extended family, and when King eventually encouraged her to leave her husband, she did. Then, when he suggested her husband should die, Adra took her pastor’s words literally. One morning as her children watched, she shot Larry Gipson outside the front door of their home. He lived. Adra went to prison.
But that didn’t end her entanglement with King. When she completed her sentence two years later, Adra collected her children and moved to his newly established enclave in Jayess.
Lawrence says as a child she knew something wasn’t right with her mother’s relationship with King, even though it was platonic: “She wasn’t dumb. She was brainwashed. That’s the only thing I can lay it to.” Lawrence also felt the weight of responsibility for her younger sisters. “I remember holding them close. Mama was the adult, but she couldn’t keep us safe. She couldn’t make wise decisions.”
Customers along their candy route tried to help. Sometimes King punished the girls by withholding food, and middle sister Leah Lofton, 50, remembers a week when she could only have bread and water. “Mom would go into a building to sell, and I’d go into a different one. My friends would have something ready, like a piece of chicken or a Little Debbie. God sent people to nourish me, and it’s been that way all through my life.”
The women around the table have been talking pretty matter-of-factly until this point, but the mood changes when Lawrence produces a stack of Polaroids, including one from 1979 that shows their oldest sibling, Shawn, with his shirt tucked in tight, an arm draped around Joanna’s shoulder. That’s when they soberly bring up another layer of the Valley of the Kings story—the leader’s sexual abuse of young males.
“Mom literally gave our brother to King when Shawn was 10 years old,” Lofton explains, emotion affecting her voice. “I remember King telling her she wasn’t qualified to raise a boy.”
Shawn went to live in the compound’s main house and even got a new last name—King. Authorities used that name some 20 years later when they made arrests at the compound. A jury soon convicted the Gipsons’ brother, as well as the elderly King, in a sexual abuse trial involving a boy in their church.
ALL THREE of the Gipson sisters were long gone from Valley of the Kings by that point. Each of their escapes was individual and harrowing.
Lawrence made three attempts to leave before achieving success at age 20. After crawling through a field of briars in the middle of the night, a friend picked her up as planned. In time, a Pentecostal preacher’s wife took her in and made her part of her family.
The other sisters faced additional challenges. Both were married. Both were mothers. They managed to leave, but Lofton remembers feeling despair as she and her children settled into a domestic abuse shelter. Then, during a church service, a preacher’s words nudged her on. “He reminded me that God had carried me through every difficult time in my life. I couldn’t have survived if He hadn’t.”
But their new life had some steep learning curves, starting with employment. “I had no idea how to apply for a job,” Lawrence says. “I could read, of course, so I filled in everything on applications, but I didn’t really understand the concept of getting a job.”
They encountered communication gaps when people referenced something from movies or TV. They faced custody battles and counseling sessions. Financial hardships. Threats on their lives.
But in time, the Gipson sisters went on to start businesses and earn college degrees. They bought their own homes. If they suffered from their past in any obvious way, though, they say it’s been their relationships. They have four divorces among them.
One relationship has remained strong, though, despite the false teaching they were under so long, and that’s their relationship with God. The sisters say their story—every part of it—testifies to His faithfulness.
“As early as first grade, I realized what I was being taught was wrong,” Lofton says. “I started praying then, asking God to show me what was right. He did.”
The Valley of the Kings school required Bible reading—Genesis through Revelation twice before graduation—and Lawrence points to that as a means of bringing her to a true knowledge of Christ. “Having a personal walk with the Lord made all the difference, being able to read the Bible for ourselves and work out our own salvation.”
Ironically, the sisters point to their peanut brittle sales as a saving grace, because they learned there was life outside Valley of the Kings. “It gave us a window on the world,” says Lofton. “When we were ready to leave, we knew it wasn’t that scary.”
But even as they took flight, their mother remained firmly entrenched. Adra Gipson only left Valley of the Kings when a burst appendix and failing health forced her to. Assisted by her daughters, she lived her last years outside Valley of the Kings. One Sunday while Lofton was cooking dinner, Adra came to her with questions. “She asked, ‘Did I abuse you? Was I really that mean to you?’” remembers Lofton. “My sisters heard it and told her, ‘Yes, you were,’ and she burst into tears. She asked me to forgive her, and I did, but that parent-child bond, I couldn’t re-create it.”
That was Adra’s singular instance of contrition. The sisters still struggle to explain how their mother got under King’s spell and why she stayed under it, but something happened at the end of Adra’s life that gave them some insight. She was on her deathbed at the VA Hospital in Jackson, Miss. It was Christmas Eve, and one of her childhood friends called. The sisters watched in surprise as Adra sat up in bed and started to babble, started trying to talk to him.
“We still don’t understand it because we’re there, we’re talking to her, and there’s nothing. No verbal communication in days,” Lawrence admits. “We realized then that Mom’s life had revolved around pleasing men, whoever that man was in her life at the time.”
That was 2015. Two years later, David Earl King died in prison at the age of 83. Lawrence says when she heard the news, she cried, not because he was dead, but because her mother didn’t live to see it. “Maybe if she’d lived long enough to see him die, she could have been free mentally, because she never truly was. Even when she’d been out 15 years, he still had some hold on her.”
At that moment the conversation pauses. Someone opens a phone and pulls up proofs from their recent “sister shoot.” They’re good photos. In one, the morning sun bears down through a thicket of trees and lands on faces turned toward each other talking, laughing. It also lands on coordinated clothes with on-purpose navy blue, a color that represents strength. Power. Bravery.
Those qualities show up when the Gipsons speak of skills gained during a hard upbringing, like sewing, gardening, and carpentry, and when they describe a survival attitude that’s made them into capable problem solvers. But a simple statement made in the midst of it all is hard to shake: “Being raised in that environment cast a long shadow over our lives.”
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SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron visited a multicultural, working-class suburb north of Paris on Thursday to woo leftist voters ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff vote against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen.
Reflecting the vote’s wide international influence, the centrist Macron received support Thursday from the center-left leaders of Germany, Spain and Portugal, who urged French voters to choose him over the nationalist Le Pen. Their appeals came only a day after imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny also spoke up about the French vote, alleging that Le Pen is too closely linked to Russian authorities to become France’s next president amid Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Macron, who led the first round of voting on April 10 that eliminated 10 other candidates, said he was taking nothing for granted and was seeking broader support.
“Nothing is final until the last minute,” Macron said Thursday, as recent opinion polls show a stabilized lead against his rival.
He said he chose to make one of his last campaign stops in a place that “is facing many difficulties” in the poorest region of mainland France, the Seine-Saint-Denis, where many residents are immigrants or have immigrant roots.
His visit came after the two rivals clashed bitterly in a televised debate Wednesday, with Macron saying that Le Pen’s plan to ban Muslim women in France from wearing headscarves in public would trigger “civil war” in the country, which has the largest Muslim population in Western Europe.
“We must not get used to the rise of far-right ideas,” Macron said Thursday in front of an ethnically diverse crowd in Saint-Denis.
Le Pen, meanwhile, used her last big campaign rally to accuse Macron of “unlimited arrogance” in the debate and in his presidency.
“I’ve had enough, like you, of this permanent disrespect,” she told voters in the northern city of Arras, in the struggling former industrial heartland of France where she enjoys broad support among working-class voters.
She framed Macron as soft on immigration and security and called his economic record — hurt by the pandemic and Ukraine war — “catastrophic.”
Macron did not have an easy task in Saint-Denis, where an overwhelming majority of voters had supported far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who came in third in the first round of voting and did not make the runoff. One woman told the 44-year-old leader that the presidential runoff, to her, amounting to choosing between “plague and cholera.”
Macron answered that he was ready change his platform to meet the needs of French voters, “including of people who did not vote for me” in the first round.
Pierre Flament, 75-year-old leftist voter, said he will pick Macron’s ballot Sunday “with no pleasure.”
Calling Macron “the president of the rich,” he said he initially planned to vote blank. But he changed his mind in face of the “enormous risk” that Le Pen may win. Polls show the far-right figure has significantly narrowed the gap with Macron compared to their previous faceoff five years ago.
“If I vote Macron, I hope that we can start demonstrating the following day. We will have to take to the streets because Macron’s measures will be bad. But if Marine Le Pen wins, we might not even be allowed to demonstrate at all,” he said.
The Socialist mayor of Saint-Denis, along with 14 leftist mayors and the head of the Seine-Saint-Denis region, called this week for people to back Macron in the runoff.
“With Marine Le Pen as president of the Republic, Seine-Saint-Denis residents will be the first victims of discrimination,” they wrote, calling her platform “racist” and “a negation of democracy.”
Le Pen has sought to appeal to voters struggling with surging prices amid the fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine. She says bringing down the cost of living would be her priority if elected.
But she has faced scrutiny over a 9 million euro ($9.7 million) loan that her party received in 2014 from the First Czech-Russian Bank and her 2017 visit to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the French presidential runoff that year.
In a column published Thursday in several European newspapers, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa wrote that Sunday’s vote is “critical for France and all and every one of us in Europe.”
“It’s the election between a democratic candidate who believes that France’s strength broadens in a powerful and autonomous European Union and an extreme-right candidate who openly sides with those who attack our freedom and democracy, values based on the French ideas of Enlightenment,” the joint comment said without mentioning Macron or Le Pen by name.
Social Democrat Scholz and Socialists Sánchez and Costa wrote that Europe “is facing a change of era” due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and that “populists and the extreme right” are viewing Putin “as an ideological and political model, replicating his chauvinist ideas.”
“They have echoed his attacks on minorities and diversity and his goal of nationalist uniformity,” they said. “We must not forget that, no matter how much those politicians are now trying to distance themselves from the Russian aggressor.”
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Grocers are giving back this spring through several initiatives aimed at helping local food banks and those in need.
Food Lion Feeds, the company’s hunger relief platform, has donated $1 million to help fund a new location for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina. The facility will be located in Salisbury, N.C., and will facilitate agency food distributions and food pantry partners across three counties, as well as disaster preparation and support for food banks throughout North Carolina and Georgia.
“We’re privileged to be able to support this new facility and honored to be a 34-year partner with Metrolina,” said Kevin Durkee, manager of Food Lion Feeds. “Working with Metrolina’s amazing team, we have made it our mission to shine a light on our neighbors in this region who are food insecure and in need of a helping hand and a little bit of hope.”
Food Lion Feeds has donated more than 900 million meals to those in need since 2014 and plans to donate 1.5 billion meals by 2025.
“Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina could not ask for a better partner in ending hunger than Food Lion,” said Kay Carter, CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina. “They have supported our efforts for decades assisting with our expansion in Charlotte and now helping insure the development of our next major site in Rowan County. Everyone at the food bank is excited to see how many more hungry people we can serve in Rowan and the surrounding counties all thanks to the generosity of our neighbors, Food Lion.”
Meanwhile, Hy-Vee and its Dollar Fresh Market have launched a “Food Bank Fridays” campaign as part of its One Step Initiative to support local food banks across its eight-state market. Shoppers will be invited to make $1 or $5 donations, all of which will benefit community food banks, and the grocer will feature a different food bank on its social media channels each Friday during the campaign.
“This fundraiser is just one example of Hy-Vee’s ongoing initiative to eliminate food insecurity in the communities we serve,” said Randy Edeker, Hy-Vee chairman and CEO. “We hope our customers, community partners and suppliers will join us in this effort which will have a major impact on the lives of many.”
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Taking a punch from boxing legend Mike Tyson, even at his current age of 55 years old, is a shock to the system that we’re sure no one is lining up to experience anytime soon.
A drunk plane passenger found out the bloody way why that statement rings true after Iron Mike had to lay paws on him for repeatedly harassing the Golden Gloves champ while on a recent flight from San Francisco to Florida.
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Based on an exclusive report from TMZ, sources claim the man had way too many to drink and couldn’t contain his excitement of being seated behind Tyson. No one could blame him for being a fan, but his overzealous behavior soon proved to be too much for “The Baddest Man on the Planet” to handle by the time things got violent around 10:30 PM PT.
More details from the in-flight fright below, via TMZ:
“A witness on the plane says as he and his friend were boarding Tyson’s flight … the boxing legend was initially cool with them and the other passengers.
The witness tells us Mike took a selfie with him … and then was patient with his overly excited buddy, who kept trying to talk to the 55-year-old fighter as he sat behind him.
Eventually, though, we’re told Tyson had enough of the guy behind him talking in his ear … and told him to chill. When the guy didn’t, that’s when the witness says Tyson started to throw several punches at the man’s face.”
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Tyson was said to have exited the plane seconds after the attack, with the man receiving medical attention soon after and also speaking with authorities. With everything he has going for himself at the moment, including a popular podcast and burgeoning bud business, we’re praying Mike’s understandable loss of temper in the moment doesn’t land him back behind bars.
We’ll be sure to keep you all updated as more details are revealed.
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Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake Registered Near Kuril Islands - Seismologists
Faizan Hashmi Published April 22, 2022 | 03:40 AM
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd April, 2022) SAKHALINSK, Russia, April 22 (Sputnik) - A 5.4 magnitude earthquake has been registered near Russia's Kuril islands, Elena Semenova, the head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismological station, told Sputnik.
"The 5.4 magnitude earthquake took place at 23:38 local time (12:38 GMT on Thursday) ... at a depth of 52 kilometers (over 32 miles)," Semenova said.
The epicenter was located 171 kilometers southeast of the uninhabited island of Simushir.
There is no information about any victims or damage caused by the earthquake. No tsunami alert has been declared.
The Kuril Islands are located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire, which is regularly affected by powerful earthquakes. On November 5, 1952, the 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a huge tsunami that devastated the town of Severo-Kurilsk, leaving more than 2,300 people killed.
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The World Health Organization now recommends Pfizer's Paxlovid for people at risk for hospitalization due to COVID-19. Photo by Kches16414/
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April 21 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization strongly recommends Pfizer's oral antiviral drug Paxlovid for people with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at the highest risk for developing severe illness and needing hospital treatment, officials with the agency announced Thursday.
Paxlovid, which combines two antiviral drugs, nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, can be used to treat those at increased risk for developing severe COVID-19, including the unvaccinated or older adults, the agency's Guideline Development Group said in an article published Thursday by The BMJ.
It can also be used in infected patients with weakened immune systems due to cancer or other underlying health conditions, they said.
It should also be made available in places where COVID-19 vaccine supplies have been limited, such as in the global south, according to the organization.
"Antiviral drugs should be administered as early as possible in the course of the disease," the WHO said in a statement.
"Access to these drugs is tied to the access to [COVID-19] diagnostic tests, especially for those targeting the early phase of disease," it said.
This recommendation is based on data from two clinical trials involving more than 3,000 participants, according to the agency's Guideline Development Group.
In these studies, treatment with Paxlovid lowered participants' risk for hospitalization 85%, they said.
The Food and Drug Administration granted Pfizer and emergency use authorization for Paxlovid in December.
Under that authorization, the drug can be used for treating mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and children age 12 years and older who weigh at least 88 pounds and are at high risk for progression to severe disease, the agency said.
Paxlovid is available by prescription only and should be initiated as soon as possible after diagnosis of COVID-19 and within five days of symptom onset, it said.
Currently, the United States has stockpiled 20 million courses of the drug, though Pfizer says it will increase supplies to 80 million doses by the end of the year, according to reports.
Concerns remain regarding Paxlovid's availability in low- and middle-income countries, the WHO said.
Although Pfizer has committed to distributing the drug in nearly 100 poorer nations, the global health agency has accused the company of a "lack of transparency ... [that] is making it difficult for public health organizations to obtain an accurate picture of the availability of the medicine."
In addition, a licensing agreement made between Pfizer and the global Medicines Patent Pool, in which drug composition information is shared, "limits the number of countries that can benefit from generic production of the medicine," it said.
In the new recommendations released Thursday the WHO's Guideline Development Group said Paxlovid "likely represents a superior choice ... because it may prevent more hospitalizations than the alternatives."
Pfizer's drug also has fewer potential harms than the antiviral drug molnupiravir, which is manufactured by Merck, and is easier to administer than intravenous options such as remdesivir and antibody treatments, or those that use donated or lab-created immune proteins, they said.
However, they recommend against its use in people at lower risk for severe COVID-19, as the benefits for these patients "are trivial," and they make no recommendation for patients with severe or critical COVID-19.
This is because Paxlovid has not yet been studied on patients in this latter group, the agency said.
The FDA granted Merck an emergency use authorization for molnupiravir in November, but recommends against its use in people who are pregnant because of side effects.
Merck is allowing makers of generic drugs to manufacture and distribute molnupiravir, which the WHO recommends for high-risk patients with non-severe COVID-19, the company announced in January.
In a guideline update issued Thursday, WHO also makes a conditional recommendation to use the antiviral drug remdesivir for patients with non-severe COVID-19 at highest risk of hospitalization.
This recommendation is based on new data from five clinical trials involving 2,700 patients and replaces a previous recommendation against treatment with remdesivir in all patients with COVID-19, the agency said.
WHO guidelines recommend the use of the monoclonal antibody, or lab-created immune protein, treatments, sotrovimab or casirivimab-imdevimab in selected patients with COVID-19, as well as corticosteroids in those with severe disease.
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A smaller portion of U.S. children got routine vaccinations required for kindergarten during the pandemic, government researchers said Thursday, raising concerns that measles and other preventable diseases could increase.
Rates were close to 94% for measles, whooping cough and chickenpox vaccinations for the 2020-21 school year. That was down 1% from a year earlier and means 35,000 U.S. children entered kindergarten without evidence that they were vaccinated for extremely contagious diseases, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report.
In addition, almost 400,000 fewer children than expected entered kindergarten and their vaccination status is uncertain, the CDC said.
Pandemic-related disruptions likely contributed to the decline, the report said, as pediatricians canceled non-emergency appointments, parents skipped checkups for their children and vaccine requirements were eased for students doing remote learning.
“We haven’t seen outbreaks and that’s probably representative of the fact that families were staying home during the pandemic,’’ said Dr. Georgina Peacock, the CDC’s director of immunization services. But authorities worry that could change if kids remain behind on their shots as more people return to normal routines.
Data for the current school year, due in November, should indicate whether the lag persisted, said the CDC’s Shannon Stokley.
The data come from schools' reports on vaccination rates in 47 states plus Washington, D.C. The CDC said staffing shortages and other pandemic disruptions could have led to incomplete or absent school reports, a limitation in assessing the true vaccination rates.
In 16 states, rates for kids entering kindergarten were at least 95% for measles shots and for the combination diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough shot. The rates were below 90% for the combined whooping cough shot in eight states plus Washington, D.C., and in seven states plus Washington, D.C., for measles shots.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Poshmark, Inc. (Nasdaq: POSH), a leading social marketplace for new and secondhand style for women, men, kids, pets, home and more, today announced it will release its first quarter 2022 financial results on Thursday, May 12, 2022, after market close. Poshmark will also host a conference call and earnings webcast at 1:45 p.m. Pacific Time (4:45 p.m. Eastern Time) on the same day to discuss the results. The call will be hosted by Manish Chandra, Founder and CEO and Rodrigo Brumana, CFO.
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Election 2022 LIVE updates: Australia knew about Solomon Islands-China security pact, Albanese has COVID-19 as continue campaigns across the nation
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia remains to be the Solomon Islands’ safety associate of alternative, even after sources mentioned Australian intelligence companies performed a task in leaking a secret draft security pact between China and Solomon Islands.
This morning The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age reported Australia knew about the pact between the two countries weeks earlier than it mysteriously surfaced on the web.
Morrison advised Sunrise on Friday morning whereas it was a severe difficulty, there was no “credible information” that might counsel China would construct a naval base within the Solomon Islands.
“I know that would be their (China’s) wish, and I know that would be their intent, and that is why we have been very proactive over many years, we’ve lifted our aid into the Pacific up to $1.8 billion,” he mentioned.
“We’ve continued to engage. But China doesn’t play by the same rules as liberal transparent democracies like Australia, the United States, Japan and so on.
“We’ve taken a lot of actions, but at the end of the day, sovereign countries will make sovereign decisions.”
Morrison mentioned whatever the draft safety pact, Australia remained the Solomon Islands’ safety associate and “first call when it comes to support”.
But talking to Today on Friday morning, deputy Labor chief Richard Marles mentioned the leaked doc confirmed the Australian authorities had “failed” to be key collaborator of the Solomon Islands.
“We were the natural partner of choice … Australia was winning the strategic contest with China,” he mentioned.
“I would not have imagined that this government could have stuffed it up so badly that on their watch that you would see this agreement being signed between China and Solomon Islands.
“It is definitely a watershed which absolutely raises the threat, and certainly raises my anxiety about Chinese military presence in the region.” | https://thewall.fyi/election-2022-live-updates-australia-knew-about-solomon-islands-china-security-pact-albanese-has-covid-19-as-continue-campaigns-across-the-nation-2/ | 2022-04-21T23:35:14Z | https://thewall.fyi/election-2022-live-updates-australia-knew-about-solomon-islands-china-security-pact-albanese-has-covid-19-as-continue-campaigns-across-the-nation-2/ | true | 1 |
Berks Encore to Host Community Breakfast Fundraiser
Berks Encore will be hosting the 2022 Community Breakfast on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at 7:45 a.m. at the Reading Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in downtown Reading. Community Breakfast is the annual fundraising event where Berks Encore honors an individual or company with the Leadership by Example Award. Berks...
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Boston urges masks as battle brews over transit rule
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Associated Press
Boston has urged people to start wearing masks and the Biden administration is weighing its next legal step in a court fight over the abrupt end of the national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit. In early April, Boston followed New York, Los Angeles and other major U.S. cities in relaxing pandemic restrictions as officials pushed for more normalcy after two grueling years of the pandemic. Philadelphia last week became the first big city to bring back a mask mandate, responding to a rise and infections and hospitalizations. The Boston Public Health Commission cited a 65% increase in cases in its decision Thursday. | https://ktvz.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/21/boston-urges-masks-as-battle-brews-over-transit-rule-2/ | 2022-04-21T23:40:12Z | https://ktvz.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/21/boston-urges-masks-as-battle-brews-over-transit-rule-2/ | true | null |
Festivals are well and truly getting their mojo back, with Spilt Milk being the latest out the gate to announce their 2022 return this week.
The music, food and art festival is heading to sites in Canberra and Ballarat in November and December; Spilt Milk has also secured its first ever Queensland edition, with a Gold Coast instalment locked in for the final stop of the tour.
In previous years, Spilt Milk has hosted everyone from Gang Of Youths to CHVRCHES; Channel Tres, BENEE and the late Juice Wrld. This year’s lineup will be revealed on triple j Breakfast with Bryce and Ebony at 8am on Thursday 28 April.
Going off the festival’s history of selling fast too, Spilt Milk’s return after a few years off is sure to get punters excited (it’s known for selling out in half an hour flat). If you wanna be amongst it this year, you can get involved in the official pre-sale here.
Pre-sale tickets for Spilt Milk 2022 are on sale from 8am, Tuesday 3 May; general admission tickets will be on sale from Thursday 5 May.
In the meantime, check out the official 2022 tour dates below!
- Saturday 26 November – Exhibition Park, Canberra
- Saturday 3 December – Victoria Park, Ballarat
- Sunday 4 December – Doug Jennings Park, Gold Coast | https://www.topnewsphil.com/spilt-milk-is-returning-to-the-east-coast-this-summer/ | 2022-04-21T23:40:47Z | https://www.topnewsphil.com/spilt-milk-is-returning-to-the-east-coast-this-summer/ | false | 1 |
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Donald Trump Jr has agreed to meet in the near future with the US House of Representatives panel that is probing the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, the New York Times reports, citing a source.
Trump, the eldest son of former president Donald Trump, is set to meet with the House committee under his own will and without the threat of a subpoena, the outlet said on Thursday without reporting when the testimony was scheduled.
A request for comment from the House committee investigating the Capitol siege was not immediately returned to Reuters.
The meeting would come in the wake of appearances by other Trump family members before the select committee investigating the events that lead to the deadly raid on the Capitol building in protest against the result of the 2020 presidential election.
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Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump's daughter and one of his senior White House advisers, testified for about eight hours earlier this month days after Jared Kushner, her husband and former White House adviser, testified to the committee.
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The Disney+ catalogue that will launch in South Africa next month might not be the same as in other countries.
Disney told MyBroadband that existing licencing commitments might result in slight variances between the content available to subscribers in South Africa and other regions.
“There may be slight differences within the library content across the different markets, given existing licensing commitments,” Disney said.
Licencing commitments — or broadcasting and streaming rights — are made between a broadcaster or streaming provider and the copyright holder to screen content.
These deals may include exclusive rights for a specific region.
Therefore, broadcasters and streaming providers in South Africa may already have commitments from Disney for exclusive rights on specific programming that would otherwise have been included in the Disney+ catalogue.
Walt Disney Company announced that it would launch Disney+ in South Africa on 18 May 2022, and the streaming service will cost R119 each month, or R1,190 yearly up-front.
It also announced that it would launch a cheaper, ad-supported subscription in the United States later in the year.
The South African launch is slightly earlier than expected, with Disney initially stating it would launch in the summer of 2022 (winter in the Southern hemisphere).
In the US, the summer release season is traditionally measured between the last weekend in May and the first Monday in September — 28 May to 5 September 2022.
The company also confirmed that the content shown in South Africa would include programming from the Star content hub, which features TV shows and movies aimed at adults, rather than Disney+’s more family-oriented and franchise-based content.
In the UK, Star includes shows such as Alias, Blackish, Bones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Grey’s Anatomy, Prison Break, The X-Files, and 24.
If any of the copyright holders behind these programmes entered into licencing commitments with a South African broadcaster, Disney+ will not be able to show it in the country.
Similarly, films on Star hub include Deadpool 2, Good Morning Vietnam, Independence Day, Planet of the Apes, Pretty Woman, White Men Can’t Jump, and cult classic Starship Troopers, to name a few. | https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/440640-why-disney-in-south-africa-might-not-look-the-same-as-overseas.html | 2022-04-22T00:01:13Z | https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/440640-why-disney-in-south-africa-might-not-look-the-same-as-overseas.html | true | 1 |
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Tenn gov calls off execution, citing oversight in plan
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's governor on Thursday called off what was to have been the state's first execution since the start of the pandemic, granting a temporary reprieve to the oldest inmate on death row for what was called an "oversight" in preparations for the lethal injection.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee didn't elaborate on what issue forced the surprise 11th-hour stop to the planned execution of 72-year-old Oscar Smith. The inmate was to have received a three-drug injection only a short while later in the evening at a Nashville maximum security prison.
"Due to an oversight in preparation for lethal injection, the scheduled execution of Oscar Smith will not move forward tonight. I am granting a temporary reprieve while we address Tennessee Department of Correction protocol," Lee said in a statement on Thursday evening. "Further details will be released when they are available."
Smith was convicted of the 1989 killings of his estranged wife and her teenage sons. Shortly before the governor´s surprise announcement, the U.S. Supreme Court had denied a last-hour bid by Smith´s attorneys seeking to block the execution plan.
Dorinda Carter, a Department of Correction spokesperson, said the state Supreme Court would need to reschedule the execution. She said Smith would be removed from death watch and returned to his cell on death row. She declined to provide any more information and referred questions to the governor´s office.
It was to have been Tennessee's first execution since the start of the pandemic.
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows inmate Oscar Smith. Tennessee's governor said Tuesday, April 19, 2022, that he will not intervene in the scheduled execution later this week of Smith, convicted of fatally stabbing and shooting his estranged wife and her sons decades ago. Attorneys for the 72-year-old asked Republican Gov. Bill Lee for clemency, citing problems with the jury in his 1990 trial. Smith is set to receive a lethal injection on Thursday, April 21. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File)
In Houston, Texas´ oldest death row inmate was facing a scheduled execution Thursday evening. Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was sentenced to death for the June 1990 fatal shooting of a Houston police officer, James Irby, during a traffic stop.
In Tennessee, authorities had said earlier that the state was planning for five executions this year, including Smith's. It has been seeking to resume its quick, pre-pandemic pace of putting inmates to death. The five pending death warrants tie Tennessee with Texas for the most nationally this year, according to the Washington-based nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.
Smith had initially been scheduled for a June 2020 execution, one of several dates delayed because of the pandemic.
Smith was convicted of fatally stabbing and shooting Judith Smith and her sons Jason and Chad Burnett, 13 and 16, at their Nashville home on Oct. 1, 1989.
Smith has maintained he is innocent. In a clemency filing, rejected Tuesday by Lee, Smith´s legal team claimed problems with the jury in his 1990 trial.
His attorneys were earlier denied requests to reopen his case after a new type of DNA analysis found the DNA of an unknown person on one of the murder weapons.
The state has not conducted any executions since February 2020, when Nicholas Sutton died in the electric chair for the killing of a fellow inmate in an east Tennessee prison. Of the seven inmates Tennessee has put to death since 2018 - when Tennessee ended an execution pause stretching back to 2009 - only two died by lethal injection.
Smith had earlier declined to choose between the chair and lethal injection, so lethal injection became the default method.
Tennessee uses a three-drug series to put inmates to death: midazolam, a sedative to render the inmate unconscious; vecuronium bromide, to paralyze the inmate; and potassium chloride, to stop the heart.
Officials have said midazolam renders an inmate unconscious and unable to feel pain. Expert witnesses for inmates, however, say the drugs would cause sensations of drowning, suffocation and chemical burning while leaving inmates unable to move or call out. The assessment has led to more inmates selecting the electric chair over lethal injection.
In Oklahoma last October, an inmate put to death using the same three-drug lethal injection convulsed and vomited after receiving midazolam. Oklahoma has carried out three lethal injections since, without similar reactions reported. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10741371/Tennessee-plans-1st-pandemic-era-execution-scheduled.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-22T00:04:04Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10741371/Tennessee-plans-1st-pandemic-era-execution-scheduled.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true | 4 |
Family awarded $1.5 million for wrongly being told family member had died
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KCAL) - A California family has been awarded $1.5 million after they were wrongly told their family member had died.
The family even held a funeral for him and didn’t learn he was alive until weeks later.
“Well, ... it was unbelievable ... I mean, we had buried him a couple of weeks prior,” Carole Meikle said.
When her brother, Frankie Kerrigan, showed up at his pall bearer’s house in Orange County in May 2017, everyone was stunned.
The family had buried who they thought was Kerrigan a few weeks earlier.
It turns out it was a different man who was discovered dead behind the Verizon store in Fountain Valley, California.
Jurors sided with the family on Tuesday, awarding them more than $1 million for the mix-up at the coroner’s office.
“Today we achieved a verdict, and the jury awarded compensation in the amount of $1.5 million for the emotional stress and mental anguish they suffered,” the family’s attorney, James Desimone, said.
The Orange County coroner isn’t commenting on the unusual case. However, in a statement in 2017, the department apologized to the Kerrigan family.
Policies and procedures will be reviewed to ensure no further misidentifications occur, the coroner’s office said.
According to the family’s attorney, the family was told their loved one was identified through fingerprints, which was not true.
Meikle said the identification was done with a 12-year-old DMV photo of Kerrigan and little information from a police officer.
“A positive ID was made without verifying his fingerprints, without any biometrics, without any science, and it was wrong,” she said.
Kerrigan’s father, Frank Kerrigan, said that while the experience was traumatizing for the family, there was some good that came out of it.
“It’s traumatic for us in every way from the beginning to now, but now it’s in a good way because we’re helping Frank, and we’re helping everybody else that could possibly have this kind of mistake,” he said.
Copyright 2022 KCAL via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.wave3.com/2022/04/20/family-awarded-15-million-wrongly-being-told-family-member-had-died/ | 2022-04-22T00:04:16Z | https://www.wave3.com/2022/04/20/family-awarded-15-million-wrongly-being-told-family-member-had-died/ | false | 33 |
The Louisiana House approved Thursday pay raises for schoolteachers and college faculty but not for local police and firefighters.
Though it took all day, the House made fairly quick work of the 10 bills that moves money around, assigns surplus dollars and authorizes spending for the legislature, judiciary, and $38.6 billion to operate state agencies for the fiscal year that begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2023. The House voted 94-4 to approve and send the main budget measure, House Bill 1, across Memorial Hall for Senate consideration.
The total funding of the budget is $42.9 billion, of which $10.9 billion comes from Louisiana taxpayers, $19.7 billion from the federal government, and the rest from various other pots. All the funding must be included because HB1 gives state government legal authority to actually spend the money.
Speaking to reporters while the House was debating budget bills, Gov. John Bel Edwards said he is generally pleased with how the budget is unfolding, including House approval for $1,500 teacher pay raises and $750 for support workers.
He said the legislation “reflects the vast majority of what I asked the Legislature to do and that is a good thing.”
Most of the afternoon – more than four hours – was discussion on the main state operating budget, HB1.
Representatives got sidetracked in questioning Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson on the progress of highway projects and maintenance in their districts. At one point, Rep. Robby Carter, D-Greensburg, who was presiding in the speaker’s absence, scolded his colleagues for spending so much time asking when and whose grass is going to get cut, while very few queries focused on how money would be spent for roads, highways and other infrastructure.
Coming off more than a decade of tight budgets because not enough revenue could be raised to cover expenses, lawmakers entered the 2023 budget year with $1.4 billion from federal pandemic aid, $700 million of surplus from the 2021 fiscal year and $853 million in higher-than-planned tax, fees and royalty collections for the current year. Altogether, an extra $2.8 billion was available.
Unlike previous administrations, Edwards insisted that the extra money be spent once to pay specific projects and not on salaries and programs that need to be paid year in and year out.
“We’ve gone from needing to use one-time money for recurring expenses to now using recurring revenues on one-time expenses,” said Rep. Jerome “Zee” Zeringue, the Houma Republican who chairs the House Appropriations Committee and sponsored most of the bills.
Edwards wanted to put $500 million in a fund and begin the studies and preliminaries necessary to erect a $2 billion bridge over the Mississippi River somewhere between Interstate 10 bridge in Baton Rouge and the Sunshine Bridge near Sorrento. The hope was to draw off enough Interstate 10 through-traffic and relieve traffic snarls in Baton Rouge.
Republican leadership, while saying how much they back the idea of a new bridge, balked at Edwards’ wanting to spend $500 million on it right now. The budget bills approved Thursday moved the $500 million into funds but opened it up to a number of other projects too.
Zeringue told state Rep. Barbara Frieberg, R-Baton Rouge, during the debate that just how much would be spent on a new Mississippi River bridge would probably be decided in conference committee when legislative leaders work out the differences between what the House passed and the changes the Senate ultimately will make.
The governor said he is disappointed the House rearranged his $500 million bridge plan pending negotiations with the Senate.
Edwards repeated his view that the bridge is Louisiana’s top infrastructure project. “It just needs to be done now,” he said.
The legislation included $148 million for $1,500 pay raises for schoolteachers and $750 for school support staff. Also, another $104 million was included to pay college and university faculty more.
“It doesn’t get us to the Southern average” for teacher pay, said Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne. But the bump gets Louisiana closer and makes a teaching career little more enticing, he added.
The governor would like to see higher pay and is waiting for the Revenue Estimating Conference, which determines how much money available to spend, to rule on whether tax collections have increased to the point that a large salary bump could be paid. If $50 million was added to the funding approved Thursday, the state would be able to increase pay raises to $2,000.
The REC is expected to meet again in May, before the legislative session ends June 6.
At the same time lawmakers are wary of past experiences with large surpluses during which programs were expanded and salaries were raised that when the economy soured, required legislators to cut spending and raise taxes.
Lake Charles Republican Rep. Brett Geymann, who led the Fiscal Hawks in the years after the Katrina-Rita bubble burst, persuaded his colleagues to add language to HB1’s preamble that would treat any additional money recognized by the REC as one-time – not to be used to pay for new ongoing expenses.
Edwards also wanted $100-per-month increase in state supplemental pay for local police and firefighters. But saying that could increase the recurring budget too much, House members removed the money.
Edwards also faulted the House for deleting his proposal for the increases, especially on the heels of the pandemic and the role of first responders.
“I am not sure what that is about,” said Edwards, a former House member himself.
Will Sentell contributed to this report
Highlights of Louisiana’s 2023 budgets
- Pay raises for schoolteachers: $1,500 annually
- Pay raises for school support staff: $750 annually
- Upgrading water and sewerage systems: $450 million
- Refill unemployment trust fund: $550 million
- Higher education faculty pay raises: $31.7 million
- Settle 1983 lawsuit over flooding caused by I-12: $75 million | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_91900b4a-c1bf-11ec-b86a-8f05e6b7c09e.html | 2022-04-22T00:05:32Z | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_91900b4a-c1bf-11ec-b86a-8f05e6b7c09e.html | false | 1 |
Arbery’s killers scheduled for August hate crimes sentencing
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday postponed sentencing for the white men convicted of hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery until Aug. 8.
U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood agreed to push sentencing hearings back one week after prosecutors cited a scheduling conflict. She scheduled the three defendants to be sentenced individually during hearings spaced two hours apart.
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan each face possible life sentences after being convicted of hate crimes in February by a federal jury that concluded they chased and killed 25-year-old Arbery because he was Black.
All three defendants are already serving life in prison for the February 23, 2020, killing after being found guilty of murder in a Georgia state court last fall.
The McMichaels armed themselves and used a pickup truck to chase Arbery after spotting him running in their neighborhood just outside the port city of Brunswick. Bryan joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.
None of the three men were arrested until more than two months later, when the graphic video of Arbery’s shooting leaked online and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case from local police.
Prosecutors during the federal trial revealed more than two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis McMichael and Bryan repeatedly used racist slurs. Witnesses also testified to hearing racist comments spoken by both McMichaels.
Defense attorneys denied the McMichaels and Bryan targeted Arbery because of his race. They argued the men acted on an earnest, though mistaken, suspicion that Arbery had committed crimes in their neighborhood.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wcjb.com/2022/04/20/arberys-killers-scheduled-august-hate-crimes-sentencing/ | 2022-04-22T00:06:25Z | https://www.wcjb.com/2022/04/20/arberys-killers-scheduled-august-hate-crimes-sentencing/ | false | 42 |
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IEP Utility Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Icahn Enterprises L.P. (the "Offeror"), announced that it has extended the expiration date of its tender offer (the "Offer") to purchase any and all of the issued and outstanding shares of the common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company" or "Southwest Gas"), including the associated rights issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated October 10, 2021 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Rights Agreement"), between the Company and Equiniti Trust Company, as rights agent, that are issued and outstanding (the "Rights" and, together with the Common Stock, the "Shares"), for $82.50 per Share in cash, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes (the "Offer Price"), until 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Monday, May 9, 2022, unless further extended or earlier terminated in the event that a condition to the Offer becomes incapable of being satisfied.
The Offer continues to be subject to the remaining conditions set forth in Section 14 — "Conditions of the Offer" of the Offer to Purchase. Complete terms and conditions of the tender offer can be found in the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, the Supplement to the Offer to Purchase, and certain other materials contained in the Offeror's tender offer statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on October 27, 2021, as amended and as may be further amended from time to time and are available at www.sec.gov. Except as described in this press release, the terms of the tender offer remain the same as set forth in the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, and the Supplement to the Offer to Purchase, in each case, as amended.
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the depositary for the tender offer, has advised the Offeror that, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 21, 2022, a total of approximately 10,764,906 Shares had been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn, representing approximately 16.1% of the outstanding Shares (based on 66,849,225 Shares outstanding, which includes the issuance of 6,325,000 Shares by Southwest Gas in an underwritten public offering on March 31, 2022, or 17.8% of the outstanding Shares excluding the Shares that were recently issued in an underwritten public offering). Of the Shares tendered, 3,651,334 Shares were tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures. Stockholders who have previously validly tendered and not withdrawn their shares do not need to re-tender their shares or take any other action in response to this extension.
Copies of the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and other materials related to the tender offer may be obtained for free from the information agent, Harkins Kovler, LLC, at (800) 326-5997 (U.S. banks and brokerage firms, please call (212) 468-5380). The depositary for the tender offer is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
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Santa Barbara Fair & Expo April 27 – May 1 2022
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Earl Warren Showgrounds is excited to present the full fair experience this year with thrilling carnival rides and games, children’s carnival rides and games section, farm animals, exhibits, food contests, entertainment, live music and deli cious fair food.
This year’s theme is “MEET ME AT THE FAIR,” bringing back a bit of nostalgia. The family adventures never end with over thirty thrilling carnival rides that twist, twirl, and spin. For the little ones, we have a separate kiddie rides and games area. Entertainment all day, live music, adorable farm animals, petting zoo, and delicious fair food. See all the creative projects made by youth and adults of all ages and skill levels in the exhibit hall. Meet us at the fair and create memories that will last a lifetime!
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Haley and Hanna Cavinder are about to expose 4 million fans to Miami women’s basketball.
The Cavinder sisters — identical 5-foot-6 twin guards who combined to average 34.2 points per game in their three seasons at Fresno State and built an enormous social media following during the pandemic — announced Thursday night that they are transferring to Miami for their senior seasons.
Their notable stats: 3,040 combined points in 89 games, 400,000 Instagram followers apiece and 4 million more on their shared TikTok account that mostly features them dancing side-by-side.
“WHAT’S UP MIAMI,” Hanna Cavinder wrote on Instagram, under a photo of she and her sister in Miami uniforms.
Haley Cavinder was the Mountain West’s player of the year as a sophomore in 2020-21, plus was an all-conference selection as both a freshman and a junior. Hanna Cavinder also was all-conference as a freshman. Haley Cavinder is one 3-pointer shy of 200 for her career; Hanna Cavinder has had at least 100 assists and 50 steals in each of her college seasons.
The Cavinders instantly became stars of the Name, Image and Likeness phenomenon as soon as it became officially an option for college athletes on July 1, 2021. Boost Mobile signed them immediately, touting that move with a giant advertisement in New York’s Times Square. Many other deals — including ones with Champs Sports, Eastbay and apparel company PSD — soon followed, and they even have an ownership stake in another apparel company.
They can be hired through the site Cameo for personalized video messages ($75) or ones for a business ($750). Some estimates have said that their deals are already worth in excess of $1 million; others within the NIL space said it could be significantly more.
And now they’re coming to Miami, a school that has already seen several football players and others get lucrative NIL deals in recent months. The Cavinders join a Hurricanes program that finished 21-13 this past season, went to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game for reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.
The additional exposure that the twins will bring won’t hurt. Miami averaged 1,378 fans at home games this past season, only 11th-best out of the 15 teams in the ACC.
The Cavinders are from Arizona, but the move to Miami is a homecoming of sorts for the family. The sisters’ father, Tom Cavinder, played at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida — about 45 minutes north of Coral Gables — from 1992 through 1994.
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2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Athletics 2, Orioles 0.
Orioles fifth. Ryan Mountcastle singles to right field. Rougned Odor flies out to center field to Cristian Pache. Austin Hays doubles. Ryan Mountcastle scores. Ramon Urias called out on strikes. Anthony Bemboom flies out to right center field to Billy McKinney.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Athletics 2, Orioles 1.
Athletics fifth. Nick Allen grounds out to shallow infield, Ramon Urias to Ryan Mountcastle. Tony Kemp singles to left center field. Sheldon Neuse called out on strikes. Sean Murphy homers to left field. Tony Kemp scores. Seth Brown grounds out to shallow right field, Rougned Odor to Ryan Mountcastle.
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2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Athletics 4, Orioles 3.
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Orioles eighth. Cedric Mullins doubles to deep right field. Anthony Santander strikes out swinging. Ryan McKenna out on a sacrifice fly to center field to Tony Kemp. Cedric Mullins scores. Ryan Mountcastle strikes out swinging.
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Elon Musk has secured $46.5 billion in funding to buy Twitter Inc and is considering a tender offer for its shares, a filing with U.S. regulators showed on Thursday.
Musk himself has committed to put up $33.5 billion, which will include $21 billion of equity and $12.5 billion of margin loans, to finance the transaction.
Banks, including Morgan Stanley, have agreed to provide another $13 billion in debt secured against Twitter itself, according to the filing.
Twitter was not immediately available for comment.
Musk's latest move comes after Twitter failed to respond to his offer and adopted of a "poison pill" to thwart the billionaire's effort to buy the social media platform for $43 billion.
Musk, a self-described "free speech absolutist," has said the social media company needs to be taken private to grow and become a platform for free speech.
The offer from Musk, who is the second-largest shareholder of Twitter, has drawn private equity interest in participating in a deal for Twitter, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Apollo Global Management Inc is considering ways it can provide financing to any deal and is open to working with Musk or any other bidder, while Thoma Bravo has informed Twitter that it is exploring the possibility of putting together a bid.
Musk, an active Twitter user with over 80 million followers on the platform, has made of number of announcements on the platform, including some that have landed him in hot water with U.S. regulators.
In 2018, Musk tweeted he had "funding secured" to take Tesla Inc private for $420 per share - a move that led to millions of dollars in fines and him being forced to step down as chairman of the electric car company to resolve claims from the U.S. securities regulator that he defrauded investors.
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Arrow Electronics has a new landlord for a portion of its headquarters in the Denver Tech Center.
The Centennial-based Fortune 500 company’s building at 9151 E. Panorama Circle — one of three the company leases in the Denver Tech Center — sold earlier this week for $106 million, according to public records.
San Francisco-based Drawbridge Realty purchased the eight-story building from DCS Owner LLC, which bought it in October 2017 for $87 million, records show. That’s around the time the structure was completed.
The building is about 223,177 square feet, meaning the latest sale corresponds to about $475 a square foot. The property is technically in an unincorporated part of Arapahoe County, although it is surrounded by the city of Centennial.
Arrow leases another office building literally across the street at 9201 E. Dry Creek Road, which is also part of its headquarters. The company’s third local office is about a mile and a half away at 181 Inverness Drive West.
Arrow shifted its headquarters from New York to the DTC back in 2011, although the company already had a significant presence in the area prior to the change.
According to the firm’s website, Drawbridge’s holdings also include the Greenwood Corporate Plaza buildings at 5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. and 8051 E. Maplewood Ave. in Greenwood Village.
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Arrow Electronics has a new landlord for a portion of its headquarters in the Denver Tech Center.
The Centennial-based Fortune 500 company’s building at 9151 E. Panorama Circle — one of three the company leases in the Denver Tech Center — sold earlier this week for $106 million, according to public records.
San Francisco-based Drawbridge Realty purchased the eight-story building from DCS Owner LLC, which bought it in October 2017 for $87 million, records show. That’s around the time the structure was completed.
The building is about 223,177 square feet, meaning the latest sale corresponds to about $475 a square foot. The property is technically in an unincorporated part of Arapahoe County, although it is surrounded by the city of Centennial.
Arrow leases another office building literally across the street at 9201 E. Dry Creek Road, which is also part of its headquarters. The company’s third local office is about a mile and a half away at 181 Inverness Drive West.
Arrow shifted its headquarters from New York to the DTC back in 2011, although the company already had a significant presence in the area prior to the change.
According to the firm’s website, Drawbridge’s holdings also include the Greenwood Corporate Plaza buildings at 5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. and 8051 E. Maplewood Ave. in Greenwood Village.
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Thirteen sexual assault victims of disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar on Thursday filed claims against the FBI totaling $130 million.
All the agents involved in the Nassar investigation elected to "turn a blind eye" to the sexual abuse perpetrated on children by Nassar, accusing them of "negligence" and "wrongful acts" during the investigation, according to administrative tort claims seeking $10 million for each victim.
The filing targets the FBI Indianapolis and Los Angeles field offices specifically for failing to act properly on sexual abuse allegations against Nassar, the former Olympic doctor who sexually abused girls for decades.
The FBI declined comment on Thursday but referred to Director Christopher Wray's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last September -- in which he called "the actions and inaction" of agents "inexcusable and a discredit to this organization and the values we hold dear."
By law, the victims must file the administrative claims with the government agency before they can file a civil lawsuit. The agency has six months to respond and potentially settle with the claimants before they can opt to file a lawsuit.
The claims are based largely on the findings of a scathing Inspector General's report released last July, disclosing in part that senior officials in the FBI Indianapolis field office failed to respond to the Nassar allegations, made numerous and fundamental errors when they did respond and violated multiple FBI policies when undertaking their investigative activity.
READ: Inspector General's report on FBI's Larry Nassar investigation
Nassar, the former longtime doctor for the USA Gymnastics team and Michigan State University, is serving a 60-year sentence in federal prison on child pornography charges.
He also was sentenced to a 40-to-175 year state prison sentence in Michigan after pleading guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct.
Last month Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Sen. Jerry Moran in a letter called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to conduct a comprehensive review of all information related to Nassar, noting "to date there has been little to no action taken to hold those at DOJ, who should have protected Nassar's victims, accountable."
In September, Olympic gymnasts McKayla Maroney and Simone Biles in Senate testimony ripped the FBI and the Justice Department for how the agency mishandled abuse allegations and then made false statements in the fallout from the botched investigation.
At the time, Wray testified that he felt "heartsick and furious" once he learned the extent of the agency's failures.
Still, Wray painted the botched investigation as the product of "individuals" who "betrayed the core duty that they have of protecting people," rather than as being reflective of the agency as a whole.
Wray vowed to "make damn sure that everybody at the FBI remembers what happened here in heartbreaking detail."
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9 Sequin Jumpsuits to Shop in Case You're Obsessed With Harry Styles's Coachella Look
It's the *nowstalgia* for me.
I love Y2K hair, beauty, and fashion trends as much as the next girl. I mean, how could you be anything less than obsessed with hair stamps, baby tees, and low-rise jeans? But there's another vintage era revival, and I'm *so* excited about the nowstalgia of it all. Disco-era fashion trends that reigned supreme during the 1970s are back like they never left. Platform sandals (no matter how high) have influencers selling out their most-trusted brands, flare-leg jeans are gracing the pages of beloved fashion sites, and now sequin jumpsuits are next in line.
Just take "Watermelon Sugar" singer Harry Styles for instance. He rocked a custom rainbow sequin jumpsuit by Gucci during his set at the Coachella music festival over the weekend, and it was one of the most-talked-about looks of the entire fest. PrettyLittleThings reports that Harry's 'fit was so popular that it sent its site searches through the roof after his performance.
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Spot-on dupes of Harry's Coachella festival rainbow sequin jumpsuit have been sold out since he graced the stage, but tons of other replicas serve an impressive slay with minor tweaks in style, shape, and color. Check out these jumpsuits that will have you shining in disco-inspired ensembles, just like Harry.
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Kevin O’Leary’s Tax Hive Partners With Kennected For Special Offers on Free LLC and Workshop in Indianapolis
/EIN News/ -- Indianapolis, April 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Indianapolis, Indiana -
Mr. Wonderful, the well-known entrepreneur and TV personality, is also well known for his ownership in Tax Hive. Tax Hive is built differently than other tax planning and consulting companies.
According to their website, “Tax Hive is a vetted network of licensed service providers specializing in helping small businesses optimize their business structure. Our network of experts constantly monitors the ever-changing rules of the tax game and then meets your unique needs while helping you manage tax risk, control costs, and reap maximum benefit to keep dollars in your business.”
Tax Hive is coordinating with Kennected to offer a Free LLC to Kennected customers. Existing Kennected customers need only to click the link inside the software tool, via app.cloudkennect.com to receive the offer by clicking the Tax Hive button when they are logged in.
Tax Hive is a natural partner for Kennected as both organizations are built to empower entrepreneurs and simplify their lives by creating value. One in the form of tax prep and savings, and the other through automating lead generation.
Mr. Wonderful had this to say about why he loves Tax Hive and is involved from an ownership perspective: “I am excited to partner and invest in Tax Hive because I know small businesses are the backbone of our economy. I’m an advocate for small businesses and their voice, and I believe small business owners should have the same tax advantages that big businesses have but at an affordable price. It has been, after all, my use of professionals who understand the tax code and the opportunities that have been a key factor in my business growth and success. Tax Hive is the best source you can turn to.”
CMO at Kennected, Stephen Twomey had this to say about the partnership, “Kennected could not be more pleased to partner with the amazing people at Tax Hive. They are hard-working, creative, and offer so much value to their customers. Tax Hive’s mission aligns with Kennected’s to empower entrepreneurs and sales organizations to save time and simplify opportunities. Tax Hive is a great resource to relieve entrepreneurs from the worry about tax code and tax prep.”
Mr. Wonderful will speak via video conference at a June 21-23 event in Indianapolis, Indiana. He will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers include Kennected CEO Devin Johnson, who at 25 years of age has grown Kennected to the top 11% of the INC 5000 list and shows no signs of slowing down. Anyone interested in attending the event that is not a Tax Hive, or Kennected customer can purchase tickets for $200, or sign up for one of these amazing companies’ services and receive a complimentary ticket.
Attendees will enjoy a walk through the Kennected headquarters in downtown Indianapolis. Kennected will also be offering stations during the open house time, that provide additional value to the attendees. These stations can range from professional headshots to helping attendees get comfortable on camera and leveraging the latest technology in video marketing during sales prospecting.
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Updated April 21, 2022 at 7:22 PM ET
After months of back and forth, lawmakers in Florida have passed Gov. Ron DeSantis' controversial congressional district voting map — and have pushed forward his last-minute plan to scrap Disney World's special regulatory status in the state.
It's a clear display of the Republican governor's power, just about six months before he's on the ballot for reelection. But Democratic lawmakers resisted his congressional map until the final moments, staging a sit-in on the floor before the final vote.
"When Black votes are under attack, what do we do? Stand up. Fight back," members of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus shouted as Republican lawmakers filed out and Democrats began their protest. "We will occupy this floor. We will not be denied."
The map will give Republicans a 20-8 seat advantage in a state where registered Democratic and Republican voters are nearly equal in number. It will also eliminate two congressional districts held by African American Democrats: Rep. Al Lawson of Tallahassee and Rep. Val Demings of Orlando.
State GOP lawmakers passed the governor's map about two days after taking it up. No changes to the drawing were made.
Democrats blasted the map as unconstitutional and admonished GOP lawmakers for acquiescing to the governor on that and on the governor's move to eliminate a decades-old governing district set up for Disney World and nearby properties.
Disney's special status revoked
As the special session for redistricting kicked off on Tuesday, DeSantis amended the agenda to include two last-minute bills involving Disney.
The move came after weeks of battling between Republican leaders and Disney over a new law that restricts instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. Formally it's called the Parental Rights in Education law, but critics have dubbed it the "don't say gay" law.
One of the new bills passed this week dissolves Disney's special independent district status. That's a 1967 provision that allows the company to collect taxes and issue bonds. It also exempts the park from nearly all state regulations. The other bill eliminates a social media carveout for theme parks following a 2021 law aimed at punishing certain platforms that ban political candidates.
In March, DeSantis slammed Disney for coming out against the Parental Rights in Education law. "I think that crossed the line. This state is governed by the interests of the people of the state of Florida. It is not based on the demands of California corporate executives," he said.
Senate President Wilton Simpson, also a Republican, said the measures were not meant to penalize Disney. "We're not looking for retaliation, we're looking and saying this is an organization amongst others that have many powers that we do not believe they should have in 2022," he said.
But for some Republican committee members, the legislation was clearly about Disney.
"Shamefully, Disney betrayed us," Republican Rep. Jackie Toledo said, adding that Disney had been "perverted by a woke mob of liberal extremists."
That is the tell-tale sign of a party drunk on power.
Amid the shouts from House Democrats protesting congressional maps, Republicans pushed through the two bills aimed at Disney without debate.
Democratic state Rep. Fentrice Diskrell says the governor is using the legislature to take revenge on one company for taking a stand.
"Disney did the right thing by speaking out in opposition to the horrible bill that is suppressing the stories of the LGBTQ community and their families," she said.
State Rep. Anna Eskamani, a Democrat from Orlando, said Republican House leaders steamrolled the bills forward after halting debate as Democratic lawmakers continued protesting the governor's map. "That is undemocratic," Eskamani said. "That is the tell-tale sign of a party drunk on power, and it's how democracy dies."
"It was never about good government. It was all about just being petty, being performative and trying to bully opposition into submission," Eskamani said.
Democrats' protests
But it was the new congressional redistricting maps that received the most protest this week.
Voting rights groups, voters and members of the Florida Black Legislative Caucus rallied outside the state capitol on Tuesday before lawmakers convened to pass the governor's map. Constituents who live in U.S. Reps. Lawson's and Demings' districts traveled to make their voices heard. "It's unfair, unconstitutional, an attack on Black representation and injustice to Black voters," said Northside Coalition President Ben Frazier, who came in a motorcade from Jacksonville to protest the map. Frazier describes the map as "a sham and a scam."
DeSantis' map expands U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn's Republican district to cover the Tallahassee area — including Gadsden County, which has a majority Black population.
The protest on the floor was decried as an "insurrection" by GOP lawmakers. Republican House Speaker Chris Sprowls declined to speak with reporters, but said in a statement that lawmakers who protested "decided to hijack the legislative process."
State Rep. Driskell explained that members of the minority party felt they had no choice but to protest. They were given little time to review and discuss the governor's map with colleagues during the special lawmaking session, which lasted a little over 48 hours.
"We did everything we could to approach it from a policy point and from the actual process and the rules. What happens when people don't feel heard? Civil disobedience is a fundamental principle in this country."
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MAYOR UPDATES COUNCIL ON INDUSTRIAL PARK EXPANSION
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WFO SACRAMENTO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 21, 2022
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TORNADO WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
503 PM PDT Thu Apr 21 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM PDT FOR EASTERN
SAN JOAQUIN...NORTHERN STANISLAUS...WEST CENTRAL CALAVERAS AND
SOUTHWESTERN AMADOR COUNTIES...
At 502 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Valley Springs, or 7 miles southwest of Paloma,
moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.
Tree damage is likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Campo Seco around 515 PM PDT.
Valley Springs around 525 PM PDT.
San Andreas around 545 PM PDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
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Hannity Surpasses TV Legend to Become Longest Serving Primetime Host in Cable News History
On Thursday, Fox News host Sean Hannity surpassed the late cable news legend Larry King to become the longest running primetime host in television history.
In a news release, Fox News described Hannity as “a staple of FNC’s primetime lineup since the launch of the network in 1996, where his candid style and passionate commentary have made him one of the most prominent and influential voices in the country.”
Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said, “Sean’s authenticity and insightful commentary have created one of the most enduring connections with our audience, and it’s been an honor to watch him over the years.”
“A Fox News original, he has helped innovate the industry, and we are incredibly proud of his extraordinary success,” she added.
Congrats @seanhannity 👏👏 https://t.co/nIlrs1LId9
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) April 21, 2022
Hannity first hit the primetime air over 25 years ago with “Hannity and Colmes,” which he co-hosted with the late Alan Colmes starting on Oct. 7, 1996.
Hannity launched his current solo show in January 2009 after Colmes stepped down.
“Larry King Live” aired on CNN from June 1985 to December 2010.
“Hannity” has ranked No. 1 in total viewers, in addition to winning the 25- to 54-year-old demographic in his time slot for 13 consecutive years, Forbes reported.
It consistently ranks in the top 5 most viewed programs on cable news.
Cable News Rankings Tue Apr 19
1⃣@TuckerCarlson
2⃣@TheFive @DanaPerino @GregGutfeld @JudgeJeanine @GeraldoRivera @SeanDuffyWI*
3⃣@SeanHannity
4⃣@BretBaier
5⃣@JessePrimetime Pete Hegseth*
6⃣@IngrahamAngle
7⃣9⃣@DanaPerino @BillHemmer
8⃣@OutnumberedFNC
🔟@FoxandFriends pic.twitter.com/P4EEBCIEmH— RoadMN 📈 (@RoadMN) April 20, 2022
Hannity attributes his success, in part, to being true to himself.
“Eventually, you realize if you’re going to be successful, you’ve got to be who you really are,” Hannity told Forbes.
“I’m very clear with my audience that as a member of the press, I also give opinion,” he explained.
“I don’t hide my conservatism. I’m a registered conservative. I tell people who I’m voting for, what politicians I like and why I like them. So that’s sort of like the editorial in the Op-Ed pages of a newspaper. And then we do culture and sports. So what I say is, as a member of the press, I’m like a whole newspaper.”
“I look at a lot of competitors out there who claim they’re journalists,” he added, “and they’re not. They’re talk show hosts like I am. And I think they’re dishonest about who they are.”
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Reflexer Ungovernance Token (FLX) traded 1.2% lower against the US dollar during the 1 day period ending at 20:00 PM Eastern on April 21st. One Reflexer Ungovernance Token coin can now be bought for about $79.24 or 0.00196002 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Reflexer Ungovernance Token has a market cap of $15.36 million and approximately $157,610.00 worth of Reflexer Ungovernance Token was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last week, Reflexer Ungovernance Token has traded down 3.6% against the US dollar.
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Kyla Pratt Net Worth: Details on the 'Call Me Kat' Star
By Elizabeth RandolphApr. 21 2022, Published 6:58 p.m. ET
While some actors find fame later in life, Kyla Pratt didn’t have the same experience. At age 8, she began her career by starring in commercials for Nike and other brands. Since then, Kyla has appeared and starred in several TV shows and films, from Sister, Sister and The Proud Family to the Doctor Doolittle flicks.
In her latest role, Call Me Kat starring Mayim Bialik, Kyla plays Randi, Kat’s co-worker who often gives unsolicited advice regarding her boss’s personal life.
Now, fans can't help but wonder: What is Kyla’s current net worth? Here's what we know.
What is Kyla Pratt’s net worth?
Kyla currently has a reported net worth of $3 million, mostly earned from acting. After appearing in multiple commercials, Kyla eventually got her start in television work. The actress’s first guest spot was on a show called Where I Live in 1993. Kyla went on to do more projects, with roles on Living Single, ER, Walker, Texas Ranger, Touched by an Angel, and more.
In the late ‘90s, she navigated between film and television with movie roles in the Doctor Dolittle and Barney’s Great Adventure, among others. By the 2000s, though, Kyla landed the lead character in One on One. Soon, she simultaneously starred in One on One as Breanna Barnes while lending her voice to Disney Channel’s The Proud Family as Penny Proud.
Kyla Pratt
Actress
Net worth: $3 million
Kyla Pratt is an actress who got her start in commercials at age 8. Some of her biggest roles include Penny Proud in The Proud Family, Breanna Barnes in One on One, and Randi on Call Me Kat.
She shares two children with her longtime partner, Danny Kilpatrick. Kyla and Danny reportedly got engaged in 2011.
Birthdate: Sept. 16, 1986
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Birth name: Kyla Alissa Pratt
Father: Johnny McCullar
Mother: Kecia Pratt-McCullar
Children: Lyric Kirkpatrick, Liyah Kirkpatrick
In 2012, she returned to TV in BET’S Let’s Stay Together. Then, in 2022, Kyla came back to The Proud Family for its Disney Plus reboot, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. In an interview promoting the new show, Kyla said she had no idea how vital seeing those characters was to Black girls back in 2001.
"I didn’t realize at 14 years old that we needed that type of representation,” she told Elle in February 2022. “That wasn’t my thought process at that time."
"At that time, I was just a young girl who was a teenager who wanted to be around her friends but also had an amazing job and got to act," she continued. "I didn’t realize until years later the impact that The Proud Family had on me, mainly because people would always come up to me and let me know how much of an impact it had on them. It made me realize that representation matters so much.”
Is Kyla Pratt married?
Although she’s been in the public eye most of her career, Kyla only recently began discussing her life away from the cameras. In 2019, the private actress appeared in Black Ink Crew: Compton with her longtime partner, Danny “KP” Kirkpatrick. In 2010, Kyla gave birth to the couple’s first daughter, Lyric, followed by their second child, Liyah, in 2013.
The actress and the tattoo artist reportedly got engaged in 2011. In a 2014 interview with VLADTV, Kyla revealed they would walk down the aisle “when we feel like it.”
While they seemingly haven’t made their relationship legal yet, the actress said she prioritizes their relationship and family as much as her established career.
“I’m all about your mindset, being focused, staying positive, being optimistic, and knowing that these are all aspects of my life that I love and enjoy,” Kyla told Ebony in 2014 about finding balance. “I have to nurture each of those relationships and give those relationships a great amount of time.” | https://www.distractify.com/p/kyla-pratt-net-worth | 2022-04-22T01:03:09Z | https://www.distractify.com/p/kyla-pratt-net-worth | true | 1 |
TOKYO (AP) — A popular Japanese beef bowl chain, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., has fired an executive over sexist remarks he made about a marketing strategy aiming to get young women “hooked” on its products as though turning “virgins into drug addicts.”
Masaaki Ito, a managing director at Yoshinoya, known for its “gyudon” beef-over-rice dish, made the inflammatory remarks at a marketing lecture at Tokyo’s Waseda University on Saturday.
Gender disparity runs deep in Japan, where only a small percentage of women hold decision-making positions in business, academia and politics.
The comments made by a rising marketing strategist that only surfaced at a seminar outside the company suggest how gender bias and other discrimination are still widespread and tolerated in the Japanese corporate world.
The revelation of the Yoshinoya case came only days after the Nikkei business daily came under fire for publishing a full-page advertisement for a comic book featuring a high school girl in a mini-skirt uniform with bulging breasts, prompting complaints from UN Women that it was “unacceptable” and violated guidelines against stereotypes.
Ito was asking participants in the lecture to devise a marketing strategy that would “get country girls hooked on (Yoshinoya) like drug addicts while they are still naive virgins,” according to a participant who complained about the remark on social media. Ito continued, saying “they won’t eat (gyudon) once they start getting treated to expensive meals by men.”
The participant who posted the message expressed disappointment and anger over the content of the lecture, which was part of an expensive course at a prestigious university.
Ito’s comments quickly sparked outrage on Twitter and other social media, where people said the remarks insulted women as well as people from the countryside, prompting the company to apologize and dismiss Ito.
Yoshinoya, in a statement Monday, apologized for “causing trouble and unpleasant feelings.” It said “the choice of words and expression used during the lecture were extremely inappropriate and could not be tolerated.”
On Tuesday, Yoshinoya said its board had decided to fire Ito as of Monday, adding that the company will organize a compliance session for executives.
Japan remains far behind other advanced nations and ranks 120th in the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Gender Gap index of 156 countries. | https://kdvr.com/news/money/yoshinoya-beef-bowl-chain-executive-fired-over-sexist-remark/ | 2022-04-22T01:04:15Z | https://kdvr.com/news/money/yoshinoya-beef-bowl-chain-executive-fired-over-sexist-remark/ | true | 43 |
Wichita police identify victims of fatal hit-and-run incident
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Insurance Brokers Say Attys Filed Bogus Suit To Force Payout
By Josh Liberatore · April 21, 2022, 4:04 PM EDT
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Cidara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CDTX – Get Rating) and Evaxion Biotech A/S (NASDAQ:EVAX – Get Rating) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
46.3% of Cidara Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of Evaxion Biotech A/S shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Cidara Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
This table compares Cidara Therapeutics and Evaxion Biotech A/S’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Evaxion Biotech A/S has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cidara Therapeutics. Evaxion Biotech A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cidara Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cidara Therapeutics and Evaxion Biotech A/S, as reported by MarketBeat.
Cidara Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $6.45, suggesting a potential upside of 719.67%. Evaxion Biotech A/S has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 645.76%. Given Cidara Therapeutics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cidara Therapeutics is more favorable than Evaxion Biotech A/S.
Profitability
This table compares Cidara Therapeutics and Evaxion Biotech A/S’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Volatility & Risk
Cidara Therapeutics has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evaxion Biotech A/S has a beta of -0.41, meaning that its share price is 141% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cidara Therapeutics beats Evaxion Biotech A/S on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cidara Therapeutics (Get Rating)
Cidara Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of long-acting anti-infectives for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases and oncology in the United States. The company's lead product candidate is rezafungin acetate, a novel molecule in the echinocandin class of antifungals for the treatment and prevention of invasive fungal infections, including candidemia and invasive candidiasis, which are fungal infections associated with high mortality rates. It also advances its Cloudbreak platform to develop conjugates for the prevention and treatment of influenza and other viral infections, such as RSV, HIV, and the SARS-CoV-2 strains causing COVID-19. The company was formerly known as K2 Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. in July 2014. Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Diego, California.
About Evaxion Biotech A/S (Get Rating)
Evaxion Biotech A/S, a clinical-stage artificial intelligence (AI)-immunology platform company, identifies and develops novel immunotherapies for the treatment of various cancers, bacterial diseases, and viral infections. Its proprietary AI platforms include PIONEER, an immuno-oncology platform; EDEN, a bacterial disease platform; and RAVENTM, a viral disease platform. The company develops EVX-01, a novel liposomal, peptide-based cancer immunotherapy that is in clinical Phase I/IIa trial for indications, such as metastatic and/or unresectable melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and bladder cancer; EVX-02, a novel, DNA-based cancer immunotherapy that is in Phase I/IIa trial designed to induce a therapeutic immune response in the adjuvant setting in patients with resected melanoma; and EVX-03, a DNA-based neoepitope immunotherapy, which is in Phase I/IIa trial for the treatment of various cancers. Its programs also include EVX-B1, EVX-B2, and EVX-V1, which are in pre-clinical stage for the treatment of infectious diseases. The company has collaboration agreements with National Center for Cancer Immune Therapy (CCIT-DK) at Herlev Hospital, Department of Health Technology at Danish Technical University, Center for Genomic Medicine at University Hospital Copenhagen, and the Center for Vaccine Research at SSI for the development and Phase 1/2a clinical trial of its EVX-01 product candidate; and a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with MSD International GmbH and MSD International Business GmbH. Evaxion Biotech A/S was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Hørsholm, Denmark.
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Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of REX American Resources (NYSE: REX) in the last few weeks:
- 4/12/2022 – REX American Resources was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating. According to Zacks, “REX American Resources Corporation, formerly known as REX Stores Corporation, is engaged in the production and sale of ethanol and distillers grains. The Company owns interests in corn- or sorghum-based ethanol production facilities in Illinois, Iowa and Texas. The Company also intends to monetize its real estate assets via leases and property sales, as market conditions allow. REX American Resources Corporation is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. “
- 4/8/2022 – REX American Resources was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating.
- 4/7/2022 – REX American Resources had its price target lowered by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $120.00 to $115.00.
- 3/31/2022 – REX American Resources is now covered by analysts at StockNews.com. They set a “strong-buy” rating on the stock.
Shares of NYSE:REX traded down $1.13 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $89.36. 23,522 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 37,139. REX American Resources Co. has a 1 year low of $72.06 and a 1 year high of $113.43. The company has a market cap of $529.01 million, a P/E ratio of 10.18 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $94.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $94.27.
REX American Resources (NYSE:REX – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 23rd. The energy company reported $3.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.81 by ($1.23). REX American Resources had a net margin of 6.76% and a return on equity of 10.86%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.59 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that REX American Resources Co. will post 5.62 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in REX. Denali Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of REX American Resources in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $120,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of REX American Resources by 465.8% in the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,788 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $172,000 after buying an additional 1,472 shares during the period. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new stake in shares of REX American Resources in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $192,000. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System purchased a new stake in shares of REX American Resources in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $203,000. Finally, CIBC World Markets Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of REX American Resources in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $213,000. Institutional investors own 81.54% of the company’s stock.
REX American Resources Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells ethanol in the United States. It operates in two segments, Ethanol and By-Products, and Refined Coal. The company also offers distillers grains and non-food grade corn oil; and dry distillers grains with solubles, which is used as a protein in animal feed.
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Mike Tyson punches man ‘harassing him’ on plane
Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, has been filmed repeatedly punching a passenger on a plane. He was reported to have become irritated by the man’s attempts to talk to him.
Mobile phone video appears to show Tyson, 55, leaning over the back of his seat and delivering a flurry of blows to the passenger as another man says: “Hey Mike, Mike, let’s stop that, c’mon.”
A passenger filming the altercation says from behind the camera: “My boy just got beat up by Mike Tyson.”
Earlier Tyson was said to have posed for a selfie with the man and his friend as they boarded the flight in San Francisco. However, he reacted after the man “would not stop provoking him”, the TMZ entertainment | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mike-tyson-punches-man-harassing-him-on-plane-9vlgttd50 | 2022-04-22T01:11:15Z | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mike-tyson-punches-man-harassing-him-on-plane-9vlgttd50 | false | null |
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Dwayne Haskins apparently ran out of gas before being fatally hit
Published: Apr. 20, 2022 at 2:59 PM CDT
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins apparently ran out of gas and was returning to his vehicle when he was fatally struck by a dump truck earlier this month in Florida.
On Wednesday, the Florida Highway Patrol released a recording of a 911 call Haskins’ wife Kalabrya made to the agency shortly after the April 9 accident.
Calling from Pittsburgh and unaware of the accident, she told the dispatcher that Haskins had called her to say he had run out of gas and would call her back.
When the former Ohio State star didn’t and she couldn’t reach him, she called 911.
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Repeat honors for nationally respected pair for mass torts, multidistrict litigation
DALLAS, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- When asked by D Magazine researchers to identify the very best trial lawyers in North Texas for mass torts and multidistrict litigation – the ones they'd turn to for their most important lawsuits – peer lawyers in Texas recommended courtroom veterans Ben Martin and Laura Baughman.
The two founders of Dallas-based Martin Baughman law firm earned recognition on the 2022 Best Lawyers in Dallas list for their work on behalf of people injured by defective medical devices. They have represented patients harmed by IVC filters used to prevent blood clots, surgical staples, and transvaginal mesh, among other products involved in mass torts. The D Magazine honors are based on votes by peer lawyers and vetting by a blue-ribbon panel.
In addition to litigation involving medical device and pharmaceutical defects, Ms. Baughman and Mr. Martin have built a team of trial lawyers with specific expertise. They handle claims involving catastrophic vehicle accidents, oil field explosions, medical and hospital negligence, and a range of other causes of personal injury.
In 2019, Ms. Baughman and Mr. Martin secured the first verdict finding that the Cook IVC filter is defective and dangerous. In 2021, the firm won four verdicts – including record monetary damages – for victims of injuries and serious complications from defective Bard IVC filters. Following those verdicts, the team reached settlements on behalf of hundreds of plaintiffs who sued Bard.
Mr. Martin serves as co-lead counsel in national litigation involving the Cook and Argon IVC filters. In addition, he serves on the plaintiffs' steering committees in the national Cook, Bard, and Cordis MDLs and the Argon Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings (JCCP).
Ms. Baughman has held leadership positions in a range of litigation including consumer class actions, toxic torts, and pharmaceutical and medical device litigation on behalf of individuals and public entities. She was co-lead counsel in two of the largest cases involving Proposition 65, a California law that permits private citizens to enforce certain environmental regulations on behalf of individuals and public entities.
Martin Baughman attorneys have helped thousands of victims of accidents and injuries caused by catastrophic vehicular and trucking accidents, oil field explosions, medical and hospital negligence, medical device and pharmaceutical design defects, and personal injuries caused by negligence and gross negligence. For more information, visit https://www.martinbaughman.com.
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Lynn Burkhead — Staring at an empty hole in the water
Some anglers make a career out of big fish moments, catching bucketmouths that wow the Instagram crowd and become a viral sensation almost overnight.
Others catch a giant fish with sizable girth and length measurements that becomes a fish replica that hangs proudly on the wall for many years to come. And for still others, an enormous fish is the focal point of a treasured photo that hangs in a den or office, a picture that captures a moment in time that will never be forgotten.
Not me. Instead, I’ve made an angling career out of staring at an empty hole in the water, the kind of hole made by a big fish that got away.
Take, for instance, the huge largemouth bass I hooked a few years ago on my eight weight Temple Fork fly rod. One minute, the silvery fly I was throwing that day — a Murdich Minnow, a smallmouth classic up north, and as it turns out, a pretty good fly for Texas largemouths too — was pulsing its way through the water with each strip of the clear intermediate line that I was throwing.
And then suddenly, it was gone, disappearing in a hole in the water created when a huge largemouth bass ate it just a few feet away from me. Trying to channel my inner Flip Pallot or Lefty Kreh, I tried to hit the big bass hard with a textbook strip strike.
Instead, I weakly hit the fish with a full-fledged trout set, as my guide friend Rob Woodruff, calls it, raising the rod tip like there was a 12-inch rainbow at the end of the line and not an 11 or 12-pound bass.
For 10 or 20 seconds, it was the thrill ride of a fly angler’s lifetime as the line surged out of the rod guides and heading for parts unknown. And then suddenly, as I dreamed of seeing fly line backing I hadn’t seen in a good while, the line went limp. And with the excitement over, all that was left to do was reel in an empty fly line and think about what might have been.
It’s a feeling that I’m unfortunately familiar with. Take, for instance, a long ago trip with my friend Doug Rodgers, to the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico. As we fished with Matt Pyles in a fabled run called Texas Hole, the strike indicator on my nymph rig suddenly disappeared from sight.
For a brief second, I stared at the hole in the water on one of America’s top trout tailwater streams. And then I remembered to lift the rod and strike hard, driving the hook point into the jaw of a big San Juan River rainbow or brown.
When I did, nothing happened. In fact, it felt like there was nothing but dead weight at the other end of my fly line. Perplexed, I turned to Pyles, who was rowing the drift boat, and asked what he thought.
“Sometimes, when you hook a really big trout here on the San Juan, it takes them a second or two to realize that they’re hooked,” he shrugged as he dug into the oars once again.
Seconds later, the big trout came to life and headed downstream at a high rate of speed. It wasn’t long before my fly line had evaporated out of the reel, my backing was being exposed quickly, and the Temple Fork five weight fly rod was bending double.
That’s when Pyle’s gave me the bad news, noting that with all of the drift boat traffic in front of us, there would be no way he could give chase and keep up with the fish. Instead, I was going to have to apply some serious heat and pray for a good ending.
I did as instructed and tightened the drag, starting to do battle with a big trout heading for parts unknown. Unfortunately, the heat of battle doesn’t go well with a big fish, a tiny fly, and 6X tippet.
Before long, I was muttering again and reeling in empty fly line, wondering aloud how big that trout might have been. “Oh, he was big, all right,” grinned Pyles. “A fish that does what that one did is usually six, seven, or eight-pounds.”
Perfect, I thought, thinking about my growing collection of the ones that got away.
A number of years ago, I stared at another empty hole in the water, this one right after my topwater popper hit the surface on a small East Texas lake. As it did, a huge bass I nicknamed Orca leaped from the water, arcing through the springtime air like a bass in an old Heddon Lures advertisement.
Fishing with my buddy Rob, he yelled out something about hammering the hook home into the jaw of the five-pound plus bass. I tried to do just that and felt resistance for a few brief seconds. And then again, there was another empty fly line to reel in.
Seeing a trend here? Good, neither am I.
And then there was that sultry late summer morning a number of years ago with Randy Oldfield, one of the best bass guides of all-time in East Texas and a man who has seen numerous double-digit fish come into his boat.
That particular morning, despite the slowly building heat of an August day, I had hoped to fish one of the state’s best bass lakes with one of its best guides, catching the bass of a lifetime.
And I almost did. In fact, on my third cast that morning, I flung a Bill Norman DD-22 crankbait in a Tennessee Shad finish towards a roadbed that had been submerged when the Sabine River Authority had closed the dam on the river and created 27,264-acre Lake Fork.
At Randy’s instructions, I brought the crankbait across the old roadbed and into the ditch laying on the other side. About halfway back to the boat, my lure hesitated. Or actually, it stopped. When I continued cranking, there was suddenly solid resistance and I grunted hard and told Randy that I had a fish on.
He asked if it was a good one and I said, “I don’t know yet.” Seconds later, we both knew when the big Lake Fork bass rolled on the surface 35 yards from the boat. In fact, we both realized in an instant that I not only had a good one, but I also actually had the fish of a lifetime on!
As I fought the big lunker, the bass kept thrashing her head and trying to dislodge the hooks. I kept cranking and brought the fish towards the boat. But as Randy swung the net over the side of his bass rig, the hefty largemouth saw the flash of the net, made one final bid for freedom, and shook her head violently yet again.
And as she did, there was a sudden and awful sound of “SNAPPP!!!” as my monofilament line gave way.
As the fish disappeared slowly into the deep, warm waters of Lake Fork, I slumped back in the chair and wondered aloud just how big the biggest bass I had ever seen up close and person truly was.
To my question, Oldfield told me politely that I probably didn’t want to know. When I persisted, he told me again to let sleeping dogs lie. Finally, on my third query, he looked at me, grinned big, shook his head, and said “Lynn, that fish was at least 11 pounds or better, and quite possibly 12 pounds or better. And next spring, she’d probably have been a ShareLunker.”
All I had wanted to do in that moment — all of the moments above, really — was to weigh the fish on a certified scale, measure it for a replica, take a photo of me and the fish of a lifetime, and kiss it a la Jimmy Houston style before letting it swim away to fight another day.
What made the loss of that Lake Fork giant even more difficult to swallow is that I had to confess to Oldfield that I had not changed my 14-pound test monofilament out to the 17-pounds or better mono line that he had recommended. Too busy with work, family, and other things that week, I had thought “Will it really matter?”
As it turns out — and as it usually does when a guide gives an angler instructions of what to bring and what to do on a fishing trip — yes it did. And it’s a hard lesson that I’ve never forgotten and a bitter mistake I’ve never repeated since.
But in the end, even though the fish got away and I failed to get a career defining big bass replica and a memorable grip-and-grin photograph, I still smile big and remember the one that got away on a hot summertime day deep in the heart of East Texas.
Because sometimes, as I’m constantly trying to prove, or so it seems, the fish wins and gets away. And that’s ok because the memories of big fish battles that end up being lost somehow never seem to fade.
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Early In-Person Voting Begins on Wednesday, April 27
Charleston, W.Va. – The overwhelming majority of West Virginia voters enjoy the opportunity to vote in person. On Wednesday, April 27, West Virginia registered voters have the opportunity to vote in person early at their courthouse (or annex), and in several counties at an additional approved community voting location.
According to Secretary of State Mac Warner, the most efficient and secure way for voters to cast a ballot is in person at a polling location where trained poll workers guarantee every voter the right to vote a secret ballot without intimidation, undue influence, or uncertainty. Ballots cast in person remain under the care and custody of election officials throughout the entire voting period.
All 55 counties offer early voting, with several offering more than one location around the county during the 10-day period. Any registered voter may vote their ballot early at the county courthouse (or annex) or designated community voting location in the county. Early voting hours differ depending on each county’s normal business hours during the weekdays. Early voting is also available on the last two Saturdays before the May 10 Primary Election, between the hours of 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in all counties.
West Virginia’s 2022 Primaries are semi-open, allowing for voters who are not affiliated with a recognized political party to participate in the party’s primary of their choosing. However, unaffiliated voters must ask the poll workers for the specific party’s ballot they desire to cast. Poll workers are instructed to refrain from prompting voters to request any specific party’s ballot.
"History shows that West Virginians love the experience and security of voting in person," said Secretary Warner. "Our state’s option to vote early provides flexibility for voters who wish to avoid lines, crowds, or those who cannot participate on election day."
Warner said that recent data for absentee-voting figures suggest that the substantial shift in absentee-by-mail voting during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic is returning to normal, expected mail-in participation for this election, and we might expect to have more than 90% of participating voters cast ballots in person. For certain voters in the military, overseas, or living with a physical disability, who cannot vote in person or independently, they are eligible to participate using electronic absentee ballot delivery and return technology.
To learn more about in-person and absentee voting guidance and options, view a list of early voting locations, or check your registration, visit the WV Secretary of State's secure elections website at GoVoteWV.com.
Warner advises that consistent with state and federal health officials’ directives, wearing a mask inside a polling location is not required. However, voters and poll workers who choose to voluntarily wear a mask while inside a polling location may certainly do so. | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/569488571/early-in-person-voting-begins-on-wednesday-april-27 | 2022-04-22T01:17:10Z | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/569488571/early-in-person-voting-begins-on-wednesday-april-27 | false | 1 |
By Heather Hollingsworth and Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press
Boston urged people to start wearing masks Thursday and the Biden administration weighed its next legal step in what is shaping up to be a high-stakes court fight over the abrupt end of the national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit.
The Boston Public Health Commission noted a rise in hospitalizations, as well as a 65% increase in cases and an even larger spike in COVID-19 levels in local wastewater samples. It also stressed that the guidance was merely a recommendation, not an order.
The country is wrestling with how to deal with the next phase of the pandemic and find the right balance in enacting health measures at a time when many Americans are ready to move on after two exhausting years.
A federal judge in Florida this week threw out a national mask mandate on mass transportation, and airlines and airports responded swiftly Monday by repealing their requirements that passengers wear face coverings. That put the Biden administration in the position of trying to navigate an appeal that could have sweeping ramifications over the power that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has in regulating future health emergencies.
Los Angeles County bucked national trends and said Thursday it will still require masks on public transit including trains, subways, buses, taxis and rideshares. Cases have risen in the past week and hospitalizations have plateaued after falling the previous two months.
Philadelphia last week became the first big city to bring back a mask mandate, responding to a rise and infections and hospitalizations there, and other cities in the Northeast have been closely watching the trend lines and a new color-coded map from the CDC to decide next steps.
The map that the CDC switched to in late February is less focused on positive test results and more on what’s happening at hospitals to give community leaders clearer guidelines on when to urge masking. Nearly 95% of U.S. counties still have low transmission based on the map, but more places have shifted to medium and high transmission in recent weeks, including many places in upstate New York.
Hospitalizations nationally have ticked up in recent weeks but are nowhere near the peak reached at the height of the omicron surge.
“COVID-19 cases have increased rapidly citywide, so we need people to be vigilant and take precautions that can help us avoid another potential surge,” said Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, the Boston commission’s executive director. “Living with COVID-19 is about collective responsibility and working together.”
She said people in Boston should mask indoors, stay up to date with their vaccinations and test for suspected infections.
The Boston recommendation came two days after the city’s transit system lifted mask requirements in response to the national transportation ruling, reflecting the mishmash of reactions following the court decision by an appointee of former President Donald Trump.
As the Biden administration figures out an appeal, Lawrence Gostin, a public health law expert at Georgetown University, said a “monumental battle” was shaping up, with the future of the CDC at stake. The agency continues to recommend that people wear masks in all indoor public transportation settings.
“The question the courts are going to have to decide, and the public will have to decide, is when the next health crisis hits — and it will — will we have a strong public health agency to protect the population?” he said. “Or will the CDC simply have its hands tied behind its back? I think it’s a very really possibility we’re going to see the CDC handcuffed.”
While the Supreme Court did strike down the agency’s eviction moratorium for housing, that was more at the edge of the agency’s authority. Setting rules for mask wearing on public transit is a basic, core tenant of the CDC’s power, Gostin said.
“If someone gets on a flight from New York to LA, there’s no state stopping them. The only thing preventing that transmission is the CDC,” Gostin said.
Temple University Law Professor Scott Burris echoed that sentiment, saying that the U.S. government’s legal authority to respond sensibly to epidemics and other kinds of emergencies is at stake in the case.
Burris said the ability to manage future health emergencies “must have weighed heavily” in the reasoning of the Justice Department to appeal the ruling, “but let’s not forget we’re going into another surge” and there is the potential for new variants.
An appeal would go to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considered a right-leaning court, and conservative justices have a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court. A ruling could take away the CDC’s power to issue mask orders and cast any future orders under a “legal cloud,” he said.
Temple Law’s Craig Green said the federal government’s strategy is “really almost brilliant” because it could win in two ways with its appeal. If COVID-19 cases numbers continue to fall, Justice Department attorneys could argue that the issue is moot and ask to have the case thrown out.
“No one will have reason to cite it ever in the future as a precedent,” he said.
But he said that if cases rise, the federal government would be better positioned to reimpose a mask mandate.
“I think the arguments about what a government can do, what the federal level can do under conditions of emergency were very difficult and problematic,” he said. “I can understand why the Department of Justice and the United States government really did not want to see that kind of limit on their authority in the future, even if COVID ends up being more controlled in the future.
Amid the court battle, American, United and Delta have all indicated that they will lift the bans they imposed on passengers who refused to wear masks now that masks are optional on flights.”We have talked to them individually,” United CEO Scott Kirby told NBC on Thursday. “Many of them assure us that now that the mask mandate is off, everything is going to be fine, and I trust that the vast majority of them will.”
Many passengers were shrugging off the changes. When Jon Schaudies flies from Chicago to San Antonio next week, he’ll wear a mask, but won’t worry if the passenger next to him doesn’t do the same.
Schaudies, who travels frequently as vice president of a small manufacturing company, feels that he has enough protection from the COVID-19 vaccine and booster to avoid becoming seriously ill if he does contract it.
“I feel like people are at such extremes, but I’m sort of right down the middle,” said Schaudies, 51, who plans to get a second booster shot.
He understands the worries of parents traveling with children who are too young to be vaccinated, but says “they have decision to make” about whether to fly. “But for business travelers, we can’t stop.”
“The world has to go on at some point.” | https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/04/21/as-transit-rule-battle-brews-boston-urges-people-to-mask/ | 2022-04-22T01:17:11Z | https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/04/21/as-transit-rule-battle-brews-boston-urges-people-to-mask/ | true | 40 |
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As energy in the upper-levels begins to move into the Northern Plains, chances for snow, rain, and freezing rain will increase overnight. Lows will fall into the upper 20s to the northwest to low 40s in the southeast. The best chance for light icing by tomorrow morning will be found across our northern counties. Highs tomorrow will warm back into the 30s, 40s, and 50s from north to south. A general lull in precipitation may come into play later tomorrow morning and into the early afternoon, but things will ramp back up quickly by tomorrow night as a Colorado Low rapidly deepens. There will be chances for rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain with this system. In fact, severe thunderstorms will be possible late tomorrow night across far south-central North Dakota! The best chances for significant snowfall look to be across far western North Dakota and up into the Bakken area, and together with strong winds a Blizzard Warning will go into effect early Saturday morning. No matter what type of precipitation falls, there is a good chance for additional widespread moisture into the ground.
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Report: Vaccinations could have prevented 60% of COVID deaths
Published: Apr. 21, 2022 at 8:37 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - A recent report suggests COVID-19 vaccinations could have prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S.
On Thursday, the Kaiser Family Foundation released an analysis on preventable deaths due to the coronavirus.
Researchers suggested the vaccine could have saved at least 234,000 lives between June 2021 and March 2022, about 60% of the COVID deaths among adults during that same time period.
The initial vaccine series became widely available in the U.S last year, and the report found booster shots could have potentially prevented even more deaths.
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REYNOLDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Two Southern Illinois University-Carbondale graduate students and a Missouri woman died Thursday after their vehicles collided on a highway, police said.
The crash that occurred about 4:15 a.m. on Illinois Route 3 in Union County killed Marie A. Meunier, 32 of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and students Pavan Swarna and Vamshi K. Pechetty, both 23, of Carbondale, state police said.
They were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, police said.
Meunier was driving a 2013 blue Fiat sedan when her car crossed the center line and struck the front of the 2019 Toyota sedan Swarna was driving, police said.
Three other SIU graduate students were injured in the collision, police said: 23-year-old Yaswanth S. Uppalapati, 24-year-old Kalyan Dorna and 23-year-old Kakumanu Karthik.
Three other SIU graduate students were injured in the collision, police said: 23-year-old Yaswanth S. Uppalapati, 24-year-old Kalyan Dorna and 23-year-old Kakumanu Karthik, all of Carbondale. Karthik suffered lift-threatening injuries, police said.
“We are working to support the families during this incredibly difficult time,” SIU Chancellor Austin Lane said in a statement. “Our thoughts and hearts are with these students and their loved ones.” | https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Crash-kills-2-Southern-Illinois-students-17118372.php | 2022-04-22T01:46:16Z | https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Crash-kills-2-Southern-Illinois-students-17118372.php | true | 20 |
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Steph Curry Creates Junior Golf Tour to Promote Diversity, Aid Disadvantaged Kids
Steph Curry is increasing his brand on the golf course. The three-time NBA champion is launching a junior golf tour to serve the game's disadvantaged and forgotten markets.
Curry’s brand, “Underrated,” in collaboration with American Junior Golf Association, will host five golf tournaments as a way to create pathways for student-athletes to the game and increase the number of people participating in the sport from diverse communities.
Curry, in a video message, stated that less than two percent of golfers are people of color, something he hopes to improve upon. “Our tour provides a platform for equity, access and opportunity for boys and girls who want to play and compete with the current best players on the AJGA.”
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During the first year of the initiative, the Underrated Golf Tour will choose 24 of the most talented boys and girls to compete for a chance to win the Curry Cup at the end season at the Underrated Tour Championship at TPC Harding Park. The eight-time All-Star plans to cover all travel, lodging expense and entrance fees for the group.
The tour will begin in Chicago at Cog Hill in June and will make stops in Houston, Phoenix and Tampa. Curry's newest golf initiative comes after sponsoring the men's and women's golf teams in 2019 at Howard, a historically black college and university located in Washington D.C. His donation allowed for the program to have a Division I golf program for the first time in its 152-year history.
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Wall Street analysts expect Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:XENE – Get Rating) to post sales of $9.22 million for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks Investment Research reports. Five analysts have issued estimates for Xenon Pharmaceuticals’ earnings, with the highest sales estimate coming in at $15.00 million and the lowest estimate coming in at $6.75 million. Xenon Pharmaceuticals posted sales of $4.36 million during the same quarter last year, which would indicate a positive year-over-year growth rate of 111.5%. The company is scheduled to announce its next earnings report on Monday, January 1st.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Xenon Pharmaceuticals will report full-year sales of $22.02 million for the current financial year, with estimates ranging from $6.80 million to $57.50 million. For the next financial year, analysts anticipate that the company will report sales of $28.00 million, with estimates ranging from $16.00 million to $40.00 million. Zacks’ sales calculations are an average based on a survey of sell-side research analysts that that provide coverage for Xenon Pharmaceuticals.
Xenon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XENE – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, March 1st. The biopharmaceutical company reported ($0.57) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.47) by ($0.10). The firm had revenue of $3.74 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.20 million. Xenon Pharmaceuticals had a negative return on equity of 24.14% and a negative net margin of 425.88%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.34) earnings per share.
XENE stock traded down $1.11 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $32.72. The stock had a trading volume of 257,020 shares, compared to its average volume of 449,503. The firm has a market cap of $1.70 billion, a PE ratio of -17.59 and a beta of 1.79. Xenon Pharmaceuticals has a 12-month low of $14.65 and a 12-month high of $36.42. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $31.52 and its 200 day moving average price is $29.88.
In related news, Director Simon N. Pimstone sold 9,325 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.61, for a total transaction of $285,438.25. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Simon N. Pimstone sold 31,086 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.50, for a total transaction of $948,123.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 94,974 shares of company stock worth $2,899,047. Company insiders own 7.48% of the company’s stock.
Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Xenon Pharmaceuticals by 101.7% in the 1st quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,959 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 2,500 shares during the period. Accel Wealth Management bought a new stake in Xenon Pharmaceuticals in the 3rd quarter valued at $60,000. Deutsche Bank AG boosted its holdings in Xenon Pharmaceuticals by 14,969.8% in the 3rd quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 7,987 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $122,000 after purchasing an additional 7,934 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank boosted its holdings in Xenon Pharmaceuticals by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 63,400 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $969,000 after purchasing an additional 1,500 shares during the period. Finally, Monashee Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Xenon Pharmaceuticals during the 3rd quarter worth about $2,750,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.15% of the company’s stock.
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Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing therapeutics to treat patients with neurological disorders in Canada. Its clinical development pipeline includes XEN496, A Kv7 potassium channel opener that is Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of KCNQ2 developmental and epilepsy encephalopathy; and XEN1101, A Kv7 potassium channel opener, which is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological disorders.
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