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Biden's infrastructure law funds Pajaro River flood project
After over 50 years of waiting, the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project has received its first federal investment to rebuild the river’s dilapidated levees, which protect the surrounding crops and Watsonville and Pajaro communities from flooding.
“These dollars are for construction. That is a big deal. That is a huge turning point for the Pajaro community,” Dr. Mark Strudley, the flood control manager for Santa Cruz County.
In 1963, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported that the levee system, built in 1963, is inadequate and only provides five to eight-year protection. The standard protection guarantee is 100 years.
Subsequently, multiple major floods have devastated homes and crops. The most devastating flood in 1995 caused more than $95 million in damage and claimed the lives of two people.
In 2017, the levees nearly broke again and could have recreated what happened in 1995.
The project has been at a stalemate since 1955 after repeatedly failing to acquire federal dollars to move the project along.
“Ever since the 80s, it was really a lack of investment from the federal side because of the way the Army Corps racks and stacks their projects. Their projects up until recently have been more strongly leaning towards protecting more affluent properties," Strudley said.
Federal funding will come from President Joe Biden’s historic $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. The project will receive $67 million as a first in a series of federal investments.
The project comes with a price tag of $400 million. About 65% of it will be federal funded, and the remaining will come from the state thanks to Senate Bill 496, which passed September 2021.
Joint federal and state funding for an infrastructure project is rare.
While construction dollars have been secured, the project is still short $1.2 million annual, for routine maintenance.
According to Strudley, the project will likely turn to the community for support, which could be in the form of a higher property tax. In return, residents would no longer be required to purchase flood insurance. These plans are still tentative.
If the proposal moves forward, and the community turns it down, the project could lose federal funding, bringing the project to another halt.
Continual federal investment is contingent on community support, and state funding is contingent on federal investment. | https://www.ksbw.com/article/bidens-infrastructure-law-funds-pajaro-river-flood-project/39603573 | 2022-04-01T01:42:12Z |
This week at a special league meeting, the NFL Workplace Diversity Committee announced policy changes to the Rooney Rule. As a part of their efforts to increase diversity, “[a]ll 32 NFL teams will hire a minority offensive assistant coach for the 2022 season…the coach can be ‘a female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority.’”
In order to be considered, a candidate is required to have “at least three years of collegiate or professional experience in coaching football. Those persons will receive a one-year contract with a salary and benefits, the organization announced. For the roles, the NFL will reimburse teams up to $200,000 in 2022 and $205,000 in 2023 from a league fund for coaches,” NPR reports.
These changes are being enacted to provide the NFL with a pathway for minority coaches, with an eventual goal of increasing the diversity pipeline for head-coaching positions.
Art Rooney II, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the NFL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee, said “It’s a recognition that at the moment, when you look at stepping stones for a head coach, they are the coordinator positions…We clearly have a trend where coaches are coming from the offensive side of the ball in recent years, and we clearly do not have as many minorities in the offensive coordinator [job].”
The Rooney Rule, named after Art Rooney’s father, was originally adopted in 2003, which was “an NFL policy requiring every team with a head coaching vacancy to interview at least one or more diverse candidates.”
In addition, the league announced the formation of “a six-person diversity advisory committee to review its hiring policies and practices with a ‘focus on senior-level coach and front office personnel positions.’”
While these policies are a step in the right direction, some are concerned that teams might “circumvent hiring ethnic minority candidates by leaning more toward women hires…[as] the rule now specifies that a ‘minority’ is either a woman or an ethnic minority.”
These changes are occurring a month after Brian Flores, former Miami Dolphins head coach filed a racial discrimination “lawsuit against the NFL and three of its teams” and the January firing of David Culley, former Houston Texans head coach, who was fired after just one season and in the same week as Flores. Currently, the NFL has only two Black head coaches, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin, and Houston Texans’ Love Smith.
The league said, “While we have made important progress, we have more work ahead of us to ensure we are approaching DEI holistically — including the need to evaluate and adjust policies, incentives, and additional requirements to ensure effectiveness and result in better outcomes for women and people of color.”
In a statement, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said, “We’ve worked for years and made progress in many areas to ensure that staff and leaders in our office and at our clubs reflect the racial and gender makeup of America, but we have more work to do, particularly at the head coach and front-office level.” | https://www.essence.com/news/nfl-rooney-rule-racial-minority-women/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:12Z |
Idaho lawmakers on Thursday failed to override any of GOP Gov. Brad Little’s vetoes, including his veto of the only bill they passed this year to address business vaccine requirements after considering numerous other proposals; legislators then adjourned their session for the year.
GOP Gov. Brad Little vetoed SB 1381, the “Coronavirus Pause Act,” on Monday; it sought to impose a one-year ban on businesses, venues or employers in Idaho requiring coronavirus vaccines. Little said the bill “significantly expands government overreach into the private sector.” Several large Idaho businesses vociferously opposed it.
The Senate had earlier passed the bill by more than a two-thirds margin, suggesting it could override the governor’s veto, but when it tried on Thursday, the vote fell short, coming in 21-14, compared to the original vote to pass the bill of 24-11. Three GOP senators switched from “yes” to “no,” Sens. Van Burtenshaw, R-Terreton; Lee Heider, R-Twin Falls; and Jim Patrick, R-Twin Falls. It's not uncommon for senators to switch their votes on an override to support a governor from their own party.
Sen. Todd Lakey, R-Nampa, was the only one to debate; he spoke in favor of overriding the veto. “Senators, as you know, we put a lot of work into this bill to try to find the appropriate balance,” he said. Lakey said the bill “prohibits discrimination based on that (vaccine) status,” but also recognizes and reasonable needs of businesses.
The only exceptions allowed in SB 1381 were for health care workers subject to federal law, existing contractual arrangements, and employees who are required to travel out of state or enter specific work areas where vaccines are required. Violations would have been misdemeanors punishable by $1,000 fines.
Meanwhile, in the House, Rep. Ben Adams, R-Nampa, the House sponsor of SB 1381, gave a scathing speech suggesting that anyone who opposed the bill didn't deserve to be reelected.
You can read our full story here at idahopress.com (subscription required), or pick up Friday's edition of the Idaho Press; it'll be on the front page.
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell. | https://www.idahopress.com/eyeonboise/ban-on-business-vax-mandates-fails-as-lawmakers-wrap-up-session-link-to-our-full/article_6335ce4d-e1d3-5678-a9c8-c2649439f3c7.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:12Z |
Lillian Maxine Chek – March 29, 2022
Lillian Maxine Chek, age 92, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, died following a period of declining health on March 29, 2022. Born on December 29, 1929, at Uhrichsville, Ohio she was a daughter of the late David and Lillie (Murray) McBeth. On June 2, 1953, she married her loving husband, Albert (Abe)...
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While opting not to try to override the governor’s veto of controversial legislation changing the Idaho Judicial Council and Idaho’s judge-selection process over objections from the courts, lawmakers ended their session Thursday with a final slap at the courts by not approving any raises for judges next year.
That makes judges the only class of state employees who won’t get raises; most state employees are getting up to 7%. The move comes despite a crisis in judicial recruitment, on which lawmakers were briefed repeatedly this year.
“There’s a couple things that I think we left on the table that we could have accomplished but we didn’t,” said House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, after the session adjourned Thursday afternoon. “And nine months from now, we’ll have a perfectly good legislative session with a brand-new Legislature, and they will be able to pick up where we left off. I think that’s the beauty of our system, and it works pretty well.”
HB 782, the last-minute bill that paired small raises for judges with major changes in the Idaho Judicial Council and the judge selection process, was vetoed by Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday. Its changes included expanding the council from seven to 11 members and having the governor appoint 10 of the 11; he currently appoints three of the seven. It also would have allowed the governor to reject a slate of nominees from the council for a judge opening and demand an all-new one with no repeats.
Little, in his veto message, wrote, “My office stands ready to support future efforts to modernize and improve the process by which Idaho fills judicial vacancies. I encourage my friends in the judicial and legislative branches to collaborate and identify areas of compromise that will increase transparency, preserve impartiality, and improve judicial recruitment.”
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell. | https://www.idahopress.com/eyeonboise/legislature-leaves-judges-as-only-state-employees-not-due-for-raises-next-year-link-to/article_91c0ddb2-e472-59b0-b865-8a0837a5782a.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:13Z |
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer was killed and two others injured Thursday during a shooting that occurred while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call. Nearly an hour later gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second was in critical condition, but stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said.
“This is an extremely difficult moment for everyone,” Capello said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man from Lebanon, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said.
“As one can imagine, it’s clearly a traumatic event,” Breiner said. “Our guys are strong, but we’re human and we have families.”
The slain officer’s name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members.
Police did not release further details. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/1-officer-killed-2-others-shot-in-pennsylvania/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-04-01T01:42:13Z |
BOISE — Idaho lawmakers on Thursday failed to override any of GOP Gov. Brad Little’s vetoes, including his veto of the only bill they passed this year to address business vaccine requirements after considering numerous other proposals; legislators then adjourned their session for the year.
GOP Gov. Brad Little vetoed SB 1381, the “Coronavirus Pause Act,” on Monday; it sought to impose a one-year ban on businesses, venues or employers in Idaho requiring coronavirus vaccines. Little said the bill “significantly expands government overreach into the private sector.” Several large Idaho businesses vociferously opposed it.
The Senate had earlier passed the bill by more than a two-thirds margin, suggesting it could override the governor’s veto, but when it tried on Thursday, the vote fell short, coming in 21-14, compared to the original vote to pass the bill of 24-11. Three GOP senators switched from “yes” to “no,” Sens. Van Burtenshaw, R-Terreton; Lee Heider, R-Twin Falls; and Jim Patrick, R-Twin Falls. It's not uncommon for senators to switch their votes on an override to support a governor from their own party.
Sen. Todd Lakey, R-Nampa, was the only one to debate; he spoke in favor of overriding the veto. “Senators, as you know, we put a lot of work into this bill to try to find the appropriate balance,” he said. Lakey said the bill “prohibits discrimination based on that (vaccine) status,” but also recognizes and reasonable needs of businesses.
The only exceptions allowed in SB 1381 were for health care workers subject to federal law, existing contractual arrangements, and employees who are required to travel out of state or enter specific work areas where vaccines are required. Violations would have been misdemeanors punishable by $1,000 fines.
Meanwhile, in the House, Rep. Ben Adams, R-Nampa, the House sponsor of SB 1381, gave a scathing speech suggesting that anyone who opposed the bill didn't deserve to be reelected.
“As many of you probably know, the Senate was unable to override the veto of the governor,” Adams told the House. “We talk about having the lightest touch of government, but why are we here if there’s no touch? If we wanted no touch of government, no government involvement in the private sector, then I would make the case that we should go back to 1920s industrialism where you could work people to death. You know, they created unions because of that. We’re a right-to-work state. That puts a higher level of responsibility on us to protect the workers’ rights.”
He decried “discrimination” against the unvaccinated, saying, “Discrimination doesn’t have any place in Idaho.”
“In the Book of Revelations it talks about people who are neither hot nor cold, they are lukewarm,” Adams said. He equated those who are “lukewarm” with “people who didn't support individual rights of people over big corporations,” and said those people should be treated “like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, that they spit you out.” Asked later by the Idaho Press what he meant by that, he said he meant those who didn’t support the bill shouldn’t be reelected.
“If people in this body who are elected by the people of Idaho won't stand up for them against big corporations when it comes to discrimination, they have no business being here,” Adams declared. “We all got elected to protect people's rights. That's the fundamental purpose of government.”
Numerous bills have been introduced by GOP lawmakers this year to outlaw vaccine mandates from private businesses. Among them: The House earlier passed HB 581, sponsored by Rep. Charlie Shepherd, R-Pollock, to make it a crime for any employer, even of just a single in-home caregiver, to inquire about an employee’s vaccine status.
Shepherd supported the Coronavirus Pause Act, which was proposed by Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder, R-Boise, calling it a “compromise.”
In his veto message, Little wrote, “I have been consistent in stating my belief that businesses should be left to make decisions about the management of their operations and employees with limited interference from government. For the same reason, I sued to stop President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates three times.”
It takes a two-thirds vote to override a veto. Even if the Senate had succeeded in overriding the veto of SB 1381, there’s no guarantee the House would have followed suit, as it passed the bill on March 18 on a 45-23 vote, which is 64.3%, short of the required two-thirds.
The House also declined, by unanimous consent, to try to override two other gubernatorial vetoes, of HB 782, a controversial proposal to change the Idaho Judicial Council and judge-selection process; and HB 723, on enrollment-based calculations for school funding.
Idaho’s legislative session this year clocked in at 81 days, a big contrast to last year’s record-long session that ran for an unprecedented 311 days.
House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, said, “I think we did some great stuff this year.” He cited historic income tax cuts, infrastructure investments, and education improvements, including a major upgrade in health insurance coverage for Idaho teachers.
House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, said, “We did do several things on the edges on property tax. There’s going to be more to do. The big one that I would prefer, when we take it off of everybody, and move the sales tax up a little bit, if I'm re-elected we’ll push that further.”
Every seat in the Legislature is on the ballot this year, in the May 17 primary and the November general election.
Little, in a statement Friday, said, “In all my years, I have never seen a more successful legislative session that produced so many positive results for the people we serve. We achieved what I never thought we could – ‘the trifecta’ – which is record tax relief, record education investments, and record transportation investments in one year.”
Rep. Brent Crane, R-Nampa, said he’d give this year’s session a “B-minus, C-plus.” He praised the passage of the income tax cut and SB 1309, the Texas-style abortion lawsuits law that’s already been challenged in court, while bemoaning the failure of the Senate to take up House-passed bills on everything from criminalizing librarians if minors check out “harmful” materials to outlawing mask mandates.
“We left a lot of issues on the table that we said we were going to deal with,” Crane said. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/ban-on-business-vax-mandates-fails-as-lawmakers-wrap-up-session/article_00e146b9-6180-5b9c-94c9-0488a863e0e6.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:13Z |
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2022
The unelected globalist and World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab proclaimed on Wednesday that a single world government is needed to solve global problems such as climate change, trade, and economic disruption.
Schwab praised the World Government Summit as a place for governments to “go beyond crisis management,” while adding, “In times of crisis, the role of governments is more important and more relevant than ever.”
He did not address the role played by those governments in the creation of the crises buffeting the world’s population.
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During his keynote speech on the opening day of the World Government Summit (WGS2022) in Dubai, Schwab insisted that a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” has arrived, major and enduring change is on the way, and rapid widespread cooperation between world governments is needed.
“The impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution accelerates global change in a much more comprehensive and faster way than previous industrial revolutions. Despite all the challenges, we have to uphold the responsibility we have towards the next generation through collaborations on a national and a global level,” Schwab said.
“Our futures are intrinsically connected and that requires collaborative responses.”
Schwab went on to say during the session, Our World Today: Why Governments Need to Act Now: “The world has to overcome not only the damage done to our economies and our societies by COVID-19, it also has to confront the repercussions of a dangerous clash between major global powers.”
It was Schwab who wrote a book celebrating the Covid pandemic not as a crisis but an opportunity for a “new normal.”
In “Covid-19: the Great Reset”, he wrote: “At the time of writing (June 2020), the pandemic continues to worsen globally. Many of us are pondering when things will return to normal. The short response is: never. Nothing will ever return to the ‘broken’ sense of normalcy that prevailed prior to the crisis because the coronavirus pandemic marks a fundamental inflection point in our global trajectory.”
It has also been pointed out that “Build Back Better” is also the slogan of the Great Reset and the man who invented it, Klaus Schwab.
Prof. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, @wef, praises the measures taken by the Government of UAE towards the 4th Industrial Revolution at the #WorldGovSummit#WGS2022 pic.twitter.com/d5MiJ5uotY
— World Gov Summit (@WorldGovSummit) March 29, 2022
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women's college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I ... am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey's response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It's quite shocking that he can't even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday's signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November's midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we've seen in the history of Arizona."
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey's action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women's sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
"Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists," Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman's right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well. | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Arizona-governor-won-t-say-transgender-people-17049806.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:13Z |
Victorian government to pay rent for thousands of homes as part of new scheme
Thousands of renters in Victoria will have their rent subsidised by the government in a targeted approach to address housing affordability.
In a national first, the government will make at least 2400 homes available to low to moderate income earners.
Families earning less than $132,000 can access the scheme, and will be given the chance to pay rent at a lower rate for at least three years, with help from the government.
Announcing the scheme on Friday, Housing Minister Richard Wynne said applicants would not need to be eligible for social housing to be accepted.
“The scheme will help sustain and grow affordable housing and ensure more Victorians have the safety, security and dignity of a home,” he said.
“This Australian-first program is a financially sustainable investment in boosting housing affordability and will encourage the rental market to provide more and better options for Victorians looking for a home to rent.”
Work will begin in the next month to identify rental managers for new properties, with the first renters able to move in an early as the end of the year.
In metropolitan Melbourne, rents will be at least 10 per cent below the median market rent of the area – and capped at 30 per cent of the median income in Melbourne.
In regional Victoria, rents will be set at the median market rental price for that area, as well as limited at 30 per cent of the median income in regional Victoria.
The scheme will be targeted at aged care, retail and hospitality workers who need to find a secure rental.
“With many households experiencing rental stress and spending more than 30 per cent of their household income on rent, the government is working to create new affordable options and encourage more private sector support,” Mr Wynne said.
Properties will be advertised through partner agencies and offered using an eligibility check and selection process.
Eligible households on the Victoria‘s housing register will be encouraged to apply for relevant properties.
At least 500 of the homes will be located in regional Victoria.
Low and moderate income essential workers, including many healthcare workers and carers, will be eligible in areas of workforce shortage in regional Victoria.
The first affordable rental properties are expected to be available in regional Ballarat, Greater Geelong and Bendigo, while the first metropolitan Melbourne homes will be in Ascot Vale, Ashburton, and Heidelberg.
Originally published as Victorian government to pay rent for thousands of homes as part of new scheme
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Vandebilt Catholic names Tyler Howsen new boys basketball coach
Vandebilt Catholic has found its next boys basketball coach with the hiring of Tyler Howsen.
The school also announced Thursday that Brenton Cates will be new strength and conditioning coach.
“Both Coach Howsen and Coach Cates have qualities that are consistent with the values we strive to instill in our student athletes here at Vandebilt Catholic,” Vandebilt athletics director Kayla Vicknair said in a school release. “We are blessed to have them join our team and lead our students both on and off the playing fields.”
Howsen had been the basketball coach at West Feliciana in St. Francisville. He had a 15-11 record in the 2021-22 season.
Howsen has also been the basketball coach at Christian Life Academy in Baton Rouge and St. John of Plaquemine. He was the boys golf coach at both schools and was the athletic director at St. John. He has a 65-97 record as a basketball coach in three seasons at St. John and two seasons at West Feliciana.
“After meeting with the administration at Vandebilt Catholic, I left knowing that I would have a lot of support and a group of hard working, tough kids,” Howsen said. “I am extremely excited to get started. We will take a detailed approach; be mentally tough and unselfish in everything we do. We will be a program that plays extremely hard on the defensive end and that moves the ball and plays together on the offensive end.”
Howsen replaces Brandon Brown, who left the program after a 21-39 record in two seasons. He led the Terriers to a 14-18 record this season, including a trip to the Division II state playoffs where it lost to No. 1 Liberty 79-41 in the first round. Vandebilt's roster consisted of mostly freshmen and sophomores.
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Cates has held several positions since 2012. He was most recently at Tennyson Middle School in Waco, Texas, where he served as physical education teacher, strength and conditioning performance coach, defensive backs, running backs and receivers coach and track and field coach.
“I am excited and grateful for the opportunity entrusted in me to help build our student athletes to reach their fullest potential,” Cates said. “My philosophy is simple — speed is the king of all sports.”
Reach Chris Singleton at 985-857-2213 or chris.singleton@houmatoday.com and on Twitter @courierchris. | https://www.houmatoday.com/story/sports/high-school/basketball/2022/03/31/lhsaa-basketball-tyler-howsen-named-new-vandebilt-boys-coach/7234678001/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:13Z |
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Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
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Carry (CRE) traded up 14.5% against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 21:00 PM ET on March 31st. One Carry coin can now be purchased for approximately $0.0114 or 0.00000025 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Carry has a total market cap of $99.75 million and approximately $30.06 million worth of Carry was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last seven days, Carry has traded 30.7% higher against the dollar.
Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- Arweave (AR) traded down 4.7% against the dollar and now trades at $37.65 or 0.00082444 BTC.
- Pax Dollar (USDP) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002197 BTC.
- Pax Dollar (USDP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00001644 BTC.
- The Transfer Token (TTT) traded down 2.8% against the dollar and now trades at $4.82 or 0.00010544 BTC.
- SOLVE (SOLVE) traded 0.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0860 or 0.00000188 BTC.
- HoryouToken (HYT) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0052 or 0.00000013 BTC.
- Project Pai (PAI) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0032 or 0.00000007 BTC.
- Ripio Credit Network (RCN) traded down 2.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0091 or 0.00000020 BTC.
- HalalChain (HLC) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0074 or 0.00000018 BTC.
- HitChain (HIT) traded up 0.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has been presenting its annual budget amid a full media glare for decades, released the budget copies to the reporters late on Thursday night without a prior notice.
Such an unusual route was apparently taken to escape from taking questions and clearing doubts, a practice that generally takes place soon after the budget presentation. Senior BBMP officials had come under pressure for not presenting the budget much before new financial year begins.
As per the budget copies related on Thursday, the BBMP has projected a total revenue collection of Rs 10,484 crore from various sources including property tax, state and central government grants etc in 2022-23. The total expenditure during the corresponding period is estimated to be at Rs 10,480 crore.
Of the Rs 18,484 crore, the BBMP hopes to collect Rs 3,680 crore from property tax and cess, which is a major revenue source for the corporation.
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A few yards from goal, she ripped the ball to the upper left corner of the net. It was a remarkable shot, one that looked sure to break the evening’s stalemate. Instead, it was met by an even more remarkable save, as Colgan’s Chase Rooney dove to her right and deflected the ball with a long, outstretched arm.
It was that type of match. The two best girls’ soccer teams in Northern Virginia battled to a scoreless draw on a blustery afternoon in Lorton.
“That game really tested our team chemistry, and it asked us to go all in,” Stallions senior defender Brooke Birrell said. “We became a better team because of this game.”
The Sharks controlled the run of play in the first half, with junior forward Samantha DeGuzman creating a chances. But the script flipped at halftime as South County looked more dangerous in the second half and overtime. Mills’ close-range opportunity was one of several created by the Stallions in the game’s closing minutes.
The Stallions (5-0-1) returned eight of 11 starters and 16 players in total from last year’s undefeated state championship team. Coach Nina Pannoni likes to keep a big roster for this purpose, so that the transition from year to year goes more smoothly. In a title defense, that helps.
But, while the Stallions might resemble last year’s group, they have to find their own formula for success. With that in mind, Pannoni said the focus of the season’s first month has been on building an identity and finding ways to grow.
“Last year we had a great run and we’d love to continue that, but this is a different year,” Birrell said. “We want to build this team and make it even better. We’re starting over and creating a whole new thing.”
Colgan (4-1-1), similarly, is seeking to build on a young and talented roster. After reaching the region semifinal each of the past two years, Coach Tom Warzywak recognized the potential for this spring and scheduled a difficult nonconference schedule. The Sharks opened the season with wins over Prince William County contenders Patriot and Battlefield.
“You always want to play a team that can beat you,” Warzywak said. “You want to play a team that’s going to make you uncomfortable and makes you come together as a group. … You’re not going to improve by pouring in eight goals against a team that’s overmatched.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/03/31/south-county-colgan-girls-soccer/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:15Z |
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s says Kansas won’t enforce a federal mandate that nursing home workers get vaccinated against COVID-19, acknowledging Wednesday that it conflicts with an anti-mandate state law she signed four months ago.
Nursing home workers must still get vaccines, but the federal government will charge Kansas nearly $349,000 a year to have federal teams survey nursing homes for compliance.
Kelly announced the policy this week with conservative Republican legislators pushing to limit the restrictions that state and local officials can impose during future outbreaks and to weaken vaccination requirements for children enrolling in school and day care. GOP lawmakers continue to criticize Kelly ahead of a tough reelection race for her this year over actions she took in the spring and summer of 2020 to slow COVID-19’s spread. | https://www.iolaregister.com/news/state-news/state-wont-enforce-vaccine-rule-for-nursing-homes | 2022-04-01T01:42:14Z |
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Russia-Ukraine war LIVE updates: Last Russian troops leave Chernobyl plant
- Russia-Ukraine war: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian troops are now building up for new powerful attacks in the southeast after withdrawing from the north and center of the country as he also urged Ukrainians not to let up.
The war between Russia and Ukraine has entered its sixth week. Early Friday, a Ukrainian government agency – responsible for the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nunclear power plant – said the last Russian troops have left the nuclear plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his nighttime video address to the nation, said that Russian troops are now building up for new powerful attacks in the southeast after withdrawing from the north and center of the country as he also urged Ukrainians not to let up. “We know their intentions. We know what they are planning and what they are doing,” Zelenskyy said. “We know that they are moving away from those areas where we hit them in order to focus on other, very important ones where it may be difficult for us".
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday there’s “no clear evidence” that Vladimir Putin is scaling back military operations around Kyiv and suggested that the Russian president may have ordered some of his advisers fired or placed under house arrest.
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Excluding Russia from the Group of 20 major economies and other international institutions could slow efforts to address a worsening global food crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, the head of German aid group Welthungerhilfe (WHH) told Reuters. Read more
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European Parliament leader says visiting Kyiv
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has said she is on her way to Ukraine, making her the first EU leader to visit the war-torn country, reports AFP.
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Pentagon: Weapons shipments arrive in Ukraine
The Pentagon says an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance have reached Ukraine as part of the $800 million package of aid that President Joe Biden approved on March 16.
Don't throw Russia out of G20, aid group says, with eye on food crisis
- Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February is driving food prices sharply higher across the world and triggering shortages of staple crops in parts of central Asia, the Middle East and north Africa, according to United Nations officials.
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Russia-Ukraine war LIVE: Last Russian troops leave Chernobyl plant
- Russia-Ukraine war: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian troops are now building up for new powerful attacks in the southeast after withdrawing from the north and center of the country as he also urged Ukrainians not to let up.
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‘Kyiv not Kiev’: Zelenskyy plea on ‘outdated Soviet spellings’ of Ukraine cities
- Japan's foreign ministry announced that the capital of Ukraine will henceforth be referred to on all official documents as “Kiiu” as the Japanese transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling “Kyiv”. Till now, the official usage was “Kiefu”, which more accurately reflects the Soviet spelling of “Kiev”.
US citizens can now select 'X' as gender marker on passport application: Blinken
- The change was one of several measures announced by President Joe Biden administration a day after the Republican governors of Oklahoma and Arizona signed bills banning transgender athletes from girls' school sports.
Ukraine-Russia war: UK's Elizabeth Truss says India needn’t be told what to do
- Speaking at an event, jointly addressed by external affairs minister S Jaishankar, Truss said "We are living in a more insecure world, precisely because we have (Vladimir) Putin's appalling invasion of Ukraine."
On foreign power against him, Imran Khan names US in TV address | Top quotes
- Imran Khan address: The Pakistan Prime Minister said he had never accepted defeat during his career in cricket, and would not do the same at the moment, while adding that he would return stronger irrespective the no-trust vote on Sunday. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/russiaukraine-war-live-updates-april-1-101648771717349.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:17Z |
It appears that the ongoing federal corruption trial in Philadelphia may have a new indictment charge.
Philadelphia city councilmember Kenyatta Johnson has been involved since last week, but now his wife, Dawn Chavous, is also indicted in the case.
The prosecution is arguing councilman Johnson’s seat was sold in a bribery scheme. They claim Chavous was given a consultant job for Universal Companies, a nonprofit that develops affordable housing and operates charter schools, in exchange for Johnson’s vote on key projects.
In looking at her contract, Chavous made nearly $67,000, but prosecutors claim it was a “low show” job that only existed so money could be funneled to Johnson’s accounts.
The lawyer for Johnson argued that no bribe was necessary because the councilman supported Universal’s mission for years before Chavous was hired. It is being contested by Chavous’ attorney that she was hired only due to expertise and not because of any martial ties to her husband.
The case has gripped those in Philadelphia tightly as earlier this year former councilman Bobby Henon was convicted earlier this year.
The trial involving Johnson and Chavous is expected to last for about three weeks. | https://www.essence.com/news/philly-kenyatta-johnson-bribery-indictment/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:18Z |
A late burst of selling left stocks broadly lower on Wall Street Thursday, as the market closed out its worst quarter since the pandemic broke out two years ago.
Despite posting a 3.6% gain for March, a dismal January and February left U.S. indexes lower for the year to date. The S&P 500 ended the day 1.6% lower, bringing its loss since the beginning of the year to 4.9%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.6%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 1.5%. Both indexes also notched gains for March, thanks largely to a market rally in the two weeks heading into this week.
Oil prices fell as President Joe Biden ordered the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve. The move to pump more oil into the market is part of an effort to control energy prices, which are up nearly 40% globally this year.
Wall Street’s downbeat finish to March comes as investors try to navigate the market risks amid surging inflation, geopolitical instability and uncertainty over how aggressively the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates to quash inflation.
“Yesterday’s weakness and some weakness today may be in response to sentiment that’s a little more cautious given the recent strength in the last two weeks and the ongoing uncertainty related to inflation and earnings,” said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.
The S&P 500 fell 72.04 points to 4,530.41. The Dow fell 550.46 points to 34,678.35, and the Nasdaq slid 221.76 points to 14,220.52.
Smaller company stocks also fell. The Russell 2000 index dropped 20.94 points, or 1%, to 2,070.13.
About 85% of stocks in the benchmark S&P 500 fell. Much of the movement seemed like a “consolidation” for investors, said Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.
“This is a little give back today just from the big run that we had, but we’re hanging in here pretty well,” Wren said. Major indexes fell on Wednesday to end a four-day winning streak.
Technology and communications stocks were among the biggest weights on the market. Many of the companies in those sectors have pricey stock values that tend to give the broader market a more forceful push either up or down. Chipmaker Intel fell 3.6%, while Facebook parent Meta Platforms slid 2.4%.
Banks also fell along with bond yields, which forces interest rates on loans lower, making lending less profitable for banks. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 2.34% from 2.36% late Wednesday. Bank of America fell 4.1%.
U.S. crude oil prices fell 7% and Brent, the international standard, fell 4.9%. The pullback slightly trimmed what have been soaring oil prices amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The conflict has elevated concerns that tightened supplies will only worsen persistently rising inflation that threatens businesses and consumers globally.
An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, marking the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
Energy prices have been a key factor in pushing inflation higher and Biden’s plan to release more oil into the system comes as little relief is expected from the oil cartel OPEC. The cartel and its allied oil producers including Russia are sticking to a modest increase in the amount of crude they pump to the world, a step that supports higher prices.
Higher prices for everything from energy to food has been a key concern of central banks globally, which are moving to raise interest rates to help temper the impact. Investors have been trying to measure how the economy and companies will fare amid rising inflation, higher interest rates, the war in Ukraine and other factors. That has made for a rocky start to the year.
Investors received a lukewarm update on the job market on Thursday. More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain at historic lows. Wall Street will get a fuller report on Friday when the Labor Department releases employment data for March. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/asian-stocks-fall-after-china-manufacturing-weakens/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:15Z |
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BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at banning discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles in workplaces, school districts, and school-related organizations was unanimously approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
The vote comes two weeks after the Massachusetts House approved a similar bill.
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
The Senate added a provision to the House version of the bill that would include the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to the list of school entities banned from adopting and implementing restrictions on natural hairstyles.
Advocates say the change will ensure those participating in sports and extracurricular activities will not be asked to change their natural or protective hairstyles in order to participate.
The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. After intense criticism, the school abandoned the policy.
The U.S. House also approved a bill earlier this month that would bar discrimination against Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists in society, school and the workplace. The federal bill would explicitly say that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law. It now heads to the U.S. Senate.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate now have to come up with a single version of the bill before taking a final vote and shipping it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the fifteenth state to adopt the measure, known as the CROWN Act. | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Bill-banning-hairstyle-bias-approved-by-17049811.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:19Z |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial diversion program that allows him to avoid jail time and potentially have all charges dismissed.
A court commissioner on Wednesday granted the diversion request for Steve Sungho Lee. He and his companies must pay more than $15,000 in investigative fees, make sure the property meets fire and building codes and arranging for Fire Department training.
Lee owned a commercial building on East Boyd Street in the city’s Toy District that caught fire on May 16, 2020. Firefighters had to run for their lives when a ball of flames shot out the building and scorched a fire truck across the street.
Firefighters inside the building had to run through a wall of flames he estimated as 30 feet (9 meters) high and wide, and those on the roof scrambled down a ladder that was engulfed in fire.
Fire officials said the building was a warehouse for Smoke Tokes, a wholesale distributor of supplies for smoking and vaping products including butane hash oil, a concentrated cannabis extract that can be eaten, smoked or vaped. Highly flammable butane is used in the manufacturing process.
Most of the injured firefighters still haven’t returned to work and one, Capt. Victor Aguirre, was hospitalized for more than two months and all of his fingers had to be partially amputated, according to a lawsuit he filed against the building and business owners.
Aguirre alleged that the area contained “hundreds of illegally and improperly stored butane canisters and thousands of illegally and improperly stored nitrous oxide cylinders.”
A fire department report concluded that the blaze, which spread to a nearby building, was fueled by an “excessive quantity” of the containers.
Investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives concluded that the fire started under a storage rack in the building and that a worker with a lit cigarette was seen in the area. The cause of the fire was ruled accidental.
However, city prosecutors filed more than 300 misdemeanor charges of violating fire and safety codes against Lee, his companies and owners of businesses in the building and nearby properties. That included more than 160 counts against Lee and his companies.
If Lee meets all conditions of his judicial diversion program for two years, the charges will be dismissed.
“Mr. Lee will be deemed by law to have never been charged,” said his attorney, Blair Berk. “The exhaustive federal investigation of the tragic fire objectively concluded that the cause was accidental, and there was no finding of any wrongdoing by Mr. Lee or his companies.”
City Attorney Mike Feuer opposed diversion for Lee, noting the severity of the fire, the injuries suffered by the firefighters and Lee’s alleged failure “to take steps which could have mitigated the extent of the blaze.”
The owners of Smoke Tokes and another business, Green Buddha, agreed in November 2020 to pay $139,000 each to cover investigative costs and to move out of the building. Charges against them were later dismissed.
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DENVER (AP) — A man who shot and wounded two demonstrators while apparently aiming at a Jeep that was headed toward the crowd during a protest in suburban Denver in 2020 was convicted Thursday of several charges.
Samuel Young, 24, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree assault, four counts of attempted manslaughter and a single count of illegally discharging his gun, The Denver Post reported.
Several hundred people who attended the July 2020 protest in Aurora to bring attention to police violence walked onto and blocked all of the lanes of Interstate 225. Shortly after, a Jeep approached from behind and headed toward the crowd, prompting Young to fire five shots.
Two shots hit the back of the Jeep, and two shots hit fellow protesters. One man was shot in the leg, and another man was grazed in the head. A woman also broke her leg when she leaped from the highway.
The driver, who pulled off the highway and contacted police after the shooting, was not criminally charged. During Young’s trial, prosecutors said he didn't intend to hurt any protesters.
The protest was organized in support of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was arrested in August 2019 after someone called 911 to report a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and waving his arms while he walked down the street.
He was arrested by Aurora police and injected with 500 milligrams of ketamine by EMS workers called to the scene. He suffered cardiac arrest, was declared brain dead and taken off life support less than a week later.
McClain’s death became a national rallying cry along with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in protests calling for police reform. | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Jury-convicts-man-who-shot-protesters-in-suburban-17049894.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:20Z |
How to Choose the Best Baby Monitor to Meet Your Needs
(StatePoint) Creating a baby registry? Upgrading the nursery? If you’re like most parents, you probably have questions about baby monitors. Thanks to many new and exciting technological advancements, these essential gadgets have totally transformed over the last few years. To choose the best one to meet your needs, here’s what to know and consider about the latest features:
• A fuller picture: For a fuller picture of your child’s slumber, look for a model that not only features both audio and video monitoring, but also gives you greater control over how you view your baby. VTech Communications, Inc., a leading manufacturer of award-winning baby monitors, has launched its first-ever line of LeapFrog Baby Monitors. Among the line-up is the LF920HD, which offers 360-degree horizontal viewing capability and an 80-degree vertical tilt angle on its built-in, wide-angle lens. Plus, advanced color night vision technology allows you to see your baby with vivid clarity, even in low-light on its 7-inch, 720p high-definition LCD parent unit display.
• Multiple functions: Some of today’s top-of-the-line monitors double function as nightlights, giving you the ability to remotely light the nursery as needed. Hint: to create the ideal sleeping environment and ease fussiness, look for a model with adaptive lighting that automatically adjusts to the brightness of your nursery in day or night.
• Greater connectivity: Wi-Fi technology is a good solution for on-the-go parents who want the ability to check in, even when someone else is on caregiving duties. This is why four new LeapFrog baby monitors were just introduced and additional models will be released later this year that offer a 5-inch, 720p high-definition LCD parent unit display to be used at home, as well as the option to see and hear your baby remotely on a smartphone or other device through a free synced app. Bonus: the app also offers an array of expert tips and advice about sleep and child development inspired by the experts at WeeSleep and LeapFrog. The monitors are available online and at select retailers.
• Soothing sounds: Sometimes all a baby needs to get to sleep is to be comforted. That’s why some baby monitors play soothing sounds when crying is detected. Nothing beats a lullaby from you though. Monitors featuring two-way, talk-back intercoms allow you to comfort your infant from any room of the house, or in the case of models with Wi-Fi, from your smartphone.
There’s no comparison between today’s best baby monitors and those of just a few years ago. New technologies are offering better sleeping environments for babies and unprecedented peace of mind for parents. | https://www.bocaratontribune.com/bocaratonnews/2022/03/how-to-choose-the-best-baby-monitor-to-meet-your-needs/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:20Z |
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Actor John Abraham, last seen in the commercially-unsuccessful Satyameva Jayate 2, is set to return to the big screen with Attack, slated to hit the screens on Friday. The action-thriller has created a reasonable amount of buzz among the action hero's die-hard fans with its 'The action-thriller has created a reasonable amount of buzz among the action hero's die-hard fansmassy' trailer. So, will this be enough to help it emerge as a commercial success? Here is our SWOT analysis.
Strengths
The film appears to be an out-and-out actioner, a genre that is essentially John's forte. Judging by the trailer, it has an intriguing plot that deals with the concept of a 'Super Soldier'--a cyborg-like fighter who tries to wipe out terrorism. Attack might prove to be a gamechanger for Indian cinema if the execution is up to the mark. The film's leading ladies--Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul Preet Singh-- are established names in their own right. The NGK star, in particular, has the potential to help Attack find an audience in the Telugu states and Tamil Nadu as she is a known name in Tollywood and Kollywood.
The production values too appear quite impressive.
Weaknesses
The film has been directed by debutant Lakshya Raj Anand, who doesn't have any brand value right now. His association with the flick won't boost its commercial prospects. Attack might not do well in the smaller cities if the screenplay contains too many technical. terms/jargons Its urban setting too may go against it on this front. While its songs have garnered attention,.they haven't really become earworms.
Opportunities
The film comes at a time when producer Jayantilal Gada is going through a terrific phase on the work front. He is credited as the 'Presenter' for the recently-released movie RRR, which has set the box office on fire. His association with Attack should help it find wider patronage. The flick, like the recent Telugu blockbuster Pushpa, might spring a surprise in the run if the word of mouth is positive.
Threats
RRR, which hit the screens on March 25, emerged as the choice of the masses in its first week. The S S Rajamouli-helmed period drama is set to put up phenomenal numbers in its second week, something that might spell trouble for Attack if the actioner doesn't offer something extraordinary. The fact that John's last three movies--Pagalpanti, Mumbai Saga and Satyameva Jayate 2-- bombed at the box office too will affect its performance on the opening day.
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Razzies take back Bruce Willis 'award'
The Razzies have rescinded the satirical award they had created poking fun at Bruce Willis for his body of work in 2021 after his family announced he was retiring from acting due to the cognitive disorder aphasia.
The awards' founders also rescinded a worst actress nomination for Shelley Duvall in the 1980 film The Shining because of reported mistreatment by late director Stanley Kubrick.
The Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, skewer what they consider Hollywood's worst films and performances on the eve of the Oscars ceremony each year.
They created a special category for Willis this year, nominating him eight times for "worst performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie" for each of his movies, but rescinded the award given his recently disclosed diagnosis.
"If someone's medical condition is a factor in their decision making and/or their performance, we acknowledge that it is not appropriate to give them a Razzie," Razzie co-founders Mo Murphy and John Wilson said in a statement.
The Willis family made the announcement on Wednesday, four days after the Razzies. The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday that co-workers on film sets raised concerns about Willis' health in recent years and that filmmakers reduced his roles because of his diminished capacity.
Aphasia's symptoms vary widely and can affect speech, comprehension and reading ability, said Brenda Rapp, a professor of cognitive science at Johns Hopkins University.
The Razzies also said "extenuating circumstances" led them to rescind Duvall's nomination because of "Stanley Kubrick's treatment of her throughout the production".
Kubrick was known for demanding long hours and shooting an extraordinary number of takes. Duvall told The Hollywood Reporter last year the experience was traumatising.
Asked if Kubrick had been unusually cruel or abusive, Duvall said, "He's got that streak in him. He definitely has that."
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The MLB began looking into the matter when it learned of it Thursday, but was unaware any of those involved other than Nix, a spokesman said.
Court records offered no names of the players who worked for Nix or those who placed bets with his business, but they provide a glimpse of the kind of money being wagered, earned and lost.
A professional football player paid Nix $245,000 for gambling losses in 2016. An MLB coach paid $4,000 in losses that same year. It was not disclosed if either bet on their own games or their own sports.
MLB prohibits players from betting on baseball or gambling illegally on sports. They can bet on other sports if it’s legal. The National Football League policy bars all personnel from betting on football games.
A Los Angeles check cashing business that has agreed to plead guilty to failing to prevent money laundering in the scheme cashed over $18 million in checks from two single bettors, prosecutors said.
One client wagered $5 million on the Super Bowl but it was not revealed if that gambit paid off.
Sports betting is legal in 30 states, but not in California. However, voters will have a chance to legalize it at the polls in November.
Nix, 45, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to run an illegal gambling operation and faces up to eight years in prison. He also admitted he failed to report $1.4 million in income in 2017 and 2018. He has agreed to pay back taxes and interest of $1.25 million and forfeit $1.3 million seized from bank accounts.
Nix began the sports bookmaking business about 20 years ago after his six-year minor league career — with stops in Arizona, Texas and California — ended, prosecutors said.
His client list was created from contacts he had made in the sports world and included current and former pro athletes. The agents he hired helped expand that clientele.
The operation eventually began using a Costa Rican business, Sand Island Sports, to create accounts where bets could be placed and tracked and credit limits set, prosecutors said. Bets were placed online or through a call center, though Nix paid winners and kept most of the money from losing bets.
Those who exceeded credit limits were shut off, though exceptions were made, according to court documents.
A sports broadcaster’s account was reactivated in February 2019 after he told Nix he was refinancing his home mortgage to pay off his gambling debts.
In September 2019, Nix increased the credit limit to a baseball player with debts so he could make additional bets.
In November, 2019, Nix’s partner, Edon Kagasoff, told a business manager for a professional basketball player that he would increase the maximum wager he could place to $25,000 per NBA game.
Kagasoff, 44, faces the same conspiracy charge as Nix. He also agreed to plead guilty and forfeit over $3 million in funds seized from his home and bank accounts. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/ex-minor-leaguer-ran-major-league-sports-betting-operation/2022/03/31/009473b8-b154-11ec-9dbd-0d4609d44c1c_story.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:21Z |
BOISE — While opting not to try to override the governor’s veto of controversial legislation changing the Idaho Judicial Council and Idaho’s judge-selection process over objections from the courts, lawmakers ended their session Thursday with a final slap at the courts by not approving any raises for judges next year.
That makes judges the only class of state employees who won’t get raises; most state employees are getting up to 7%. The move comes despite a crisis in judicial recruitment, on which lawmakers were briefed repeatedly this year.
“There’s a couple things that I think we left on the table that we could have accomplished but we didn’t,” said House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, after the session adjourned Thursday afternoon. “And nine months from now, we’ll have a perfectly good legislative session with a brand-new Legislature, and they will be able to pick up where we left off. I think that’s the beauty of our system, and it works pretty well.”
HB 782, the last-minute bill that paired small raises for judges with major changes in the Idaho Judicial Council and the judge selection process, was vetoed by Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday. Its changes included expanding the council from seven to 11 members and having the governor appoint 10 of the 11; he currently appoints three of the seven. It also would have allowed the governor to reject a slate of nominees from the council for a judge opening and demand an all-new one with no repeats.
Little, in his veto message, wrote, “My office stands ready to support future efforts to modernize and improve the process by which Idaho fills judicial vacancies. I encourage my friends in the judicial and legislative branches to collaborate and identify areas of compromise that will increase transparency, preserve impartiality, and improve judicial recruitment.”
On Feb. 28, Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Bevan invited legislators to join a broad-based committee to study and make recommendations on judicial selection and recruitment, to include lawmakers, judges, attorneys and members of the public.
Bedke, when asked Thursday whether he’ll appoint House members to the court’s committee, demurred, saying, “We haven’t talked about that yet. … I don’t think that the citizens of the state are well-served when all three branches do a working group. The legislative branch are the policy-setters, the lawmakers,” he said. “And the other two branches have their distinct and separate roles. I think the more bright that line, the better our system works.”
Asked how that squares with Idaho’s recent widely praised three-branch efforts on behavioral health, and before that on criminal justice reinvestment, Bedke said, “This speaker is reluctant to do a three-branch interim committee.”
House Majority Caucus Chair Megan Blanksma, R-Hammett, and Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, said the House approved raises for judges — in HB 782 — and blamed the governor’s veto for the fact that judges are now the only class of state employees not set for raises next year.
Bedke said next year’s Legislature can consider that when it convenes in January of 2023. “I’m assuming that the Legislature will correct that,” he said.
Little, in a transmittal letter sent to lawmakers Thursday regarding HB 800, the budget bill for the courts for next year, expressed concern over that.
“This year I proposed, and the Legislature appropriated, a historic CEC,” Little wrote, referring to Change in Employee Compensation, the official state term for raises lawmakers consider each year for state employees. “Given the tight labor market and record inflation under President Joe Biden, this salary adjustment will be critical to recruiting and retaining top talent for state agencies. The judicial branch is no different.”
“Recruiting and retaining high-quality judges serves Idaho well,” the governor wrote. “Tying judicial salaries to HB 782 is unfortunate, and our judges deserve the courtesy of having their salaries considered separately from complex policy changes. I sign this appropriation bill in the hopes that judicial salaries are remedied early in the 2023 legislative session.”
The Senate still had a separate bill just granting raises to judges next year pending on its calendar, but didn’t take that up on Thursday.
Some lawmakers were angry at the courts this year because of the Idaho Supreme Court’s ruling last year invalidating an unconstitutional anti-initiative law that lawmakers passed, and because the court rejected challenges to a new legislative redistricting plan that is forcing some sitting lawmakers to face off in the primary. Others were upset that former longtime Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis wasn’t appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court last spring, when the council submitted an all-female list of three nominees to the governor. He appointed current Justice Colleen Zahn.
On Thursday, former Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Jones sent a letter to legislative leaders and key committee chairs, writing, “Provided that both houses do not override the governor's veto of HB 782, there will be need for the Legislature to approve a judicial pay raise. Otherwise, judges will be the only state employees to be denied a pay raise. It would certainly exacerbate the recruitment problems that have plagued the state in recent years for positions on the District Court bench. Since it was thought appropriate to raise the pay of most state employees the equivalent of 7% to keep up with inflation, a similar across-the-board increase should apply for all judges.”
Rep. Brent Crane, R-Nampa, chair of the House State Affairs Committee, responded, “The House and the Senate both passed HB 782 which included a pay raise for the judges. However, Gov. Little is the one who decided to veto the bill. Maybe Gov. Little will call a special session to get the judges a pay raise this year.”
Nate Poppino, court communications manager for the Idaho Supreme Court, said late Thursday, "The court will continue its effort to work with policy makers to address the concerns that have been raised over the past few months and seek appropriate solutions to issues facing the judiciary." | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/legislature-leaves-judges-as-only-state-employees-not-due-for-raises-next-year/article_de3f99ac-bf71-5dd4-8ae2-5014f567f6fa.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:21Z |
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ROME — A Kremlin decree says “unfriendly countries” can continue to pay for natural gas in foreign currency through a Russian bank that will convert the money into rubles.
The decree published Thursday by state media came a day after the leaders of Italy and Germany said they received assurances from President Vladimir Putin.
Putin talked tougher, saying Russia will start accepting ruble payments starting Friday for Western countries that imposed sanctions over its conflict with Ukraine. He said contracts will be stopped if buyers don’t sign up to the new conditions, including opening ruble accounts in Russian banks. | https://www.iolaregister.com/news/world-news/russia-wants-countries-to-pay-for-gas-in-rubles | 2022-04-01T01:42:21Z |
To Imran Khan's 'I have everything', ex-wife Reham Khan's reply
Imran Khan's ex-wife and vocal critic Reham Khan said what Imran Khan does not have is intelligence as the Pakistan Prime Minister in his address to the nation said by God's grace he does not need anything as he has attained everything in life -- fame, wealth. Reham Khan, however, agreed with Imran Khan's point as he said he saw Pakistan rising to the top when he was a child. "Yes, Pakistan was great when you were not the PM," Reham Khan tweeted sharply criticising the speech. In his address, Imran Khan made it clear that he will not be resigning ahead of the no-trust motion, buckling under the pressure of the opposition. Imran Khan also named the United States accusing it of being the driving force behind the no-trust motion of the opposition, which the US categorically denied.
"America has -- oh, not America but a foreign country I can't name. I mean from a foreign country, we received a message," Imran Khan said.
"The embarrassment continues," Reham Khan tweeted reacting to the US state department's statement that it has not sent any threat to Imran Khan.
Talking about Pakistan's lost glory, Imran Khan in his speech said he saw a different Pakistan growing up. Malaysian princes used to study with him in school. "South Korea had come to Pakistan to learn how we progressed. Middle East countries used to come to our universities. I have seen all this sinking, seen my country getting insulted," he said.
Terming Imran Khan as a know-all who knows everything except that he has lost his majority, Reham khan took a jibe at Imran Khan's 'defining moment' comment and said, "This is a lesson for all that if you are a person who is ambitious without a cause, then you will go without any achievement."
Reham Khan was married to Imran Khan in 2014 and a year later they parted their ways mutually. A journalist of British-Pakistani origin, Reham Khan was the Pakistan Premier's second wife.
Imran Khan's party has lost the majority in the lower house of the parliament after MQM-P joined the opposition. "On Sunday, there will be voting [on the no-trust resolution] and a decision will be taken about the [future] direction of this country ... Somebody suggested that I should resign. I always fight till the last ball. I want the entire nation to see on that day who sold their consciences," Imran Khan said.
If Imran Khan is ousted through the no-confidence motion, he will be the first one, though he is the third PM to face a no-confidence motion. No Pakistani prime minister has ever completed a full five-year term. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/to-imran-khan-s-i-have-everything-ex-wife-reham-khan-s-reply-101648775575635-amp.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:23Z |
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Shares of Casey’s General Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:CASY – Get Rating) have received an average rating of “Buy” from the twelve research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and seven have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $232.70.
A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and set a $243.00 target price on shares of Casey’s General Stores in a research report on Tuesday, December 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of Casey’s General Stores from $257.00 to $259.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 10th. StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Casey’s General Stores in a research report on Thursday. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Casey’s General Stores from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $206.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, December 1st. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on shares of Casey’s General Stores from $237.00 to $235.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 9th.
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in shares of Casey’s General Stores by 79.7% during the 2nd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 118,252 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,017,000 after acquiring an additional 52,443 shares in the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Casey’s General Stores during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $201,000. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. grew its stake in shares of Casey’s General Stores by 222.2% during the 3rd quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 3,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $215,000 after acquiring an additional 2,593 shares in the last quarter. Procyon Private Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Casey’s General Stores during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $268,000. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp grew its stake in shares of Casey’s General Stores by 45.6% during the 3rd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 217 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 68 shares in the last quarter. 85.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Casey’s General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 8th. The company reported $1.71 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.45 by $0.26. Casey’s General Stores had a net margin of 2.71% and a return on equity of 15.56%. The firm had revenue of $3.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.05 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.04 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 51.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Casey’s General Stores will post 8.83 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 16th. Investors of record on Monday, May 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 29th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.71%. Casey’s General Stores’s payout ratio is 16.26%.
Casey’s General Stores Company Profile (Get Rating)
Casey’s General Stores, Inc engages in the management and operation of convenience stores and gasoline stations. It provides self-service gasoline, a wide selection of grocery items and an array of freshly prepared food items. The firm offers food, beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty aids, automotive products, and other non-food items.
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DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden is again dipping into the nation’s petroleum stockpile to try to corral rising energy prices.
The White House announced Thursday that Biden ordered the daily release of 1 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve for the next six months. Biden will also ask Congress to penalize oil and gas companies that lease public land but aren’t producing energy.
The administration hopes that tapping the petroleum reserve will buy time and tamp down gasoline prices long enough until domestic producers can boost output.
Global oil prices were rising even before Russia invaded Ukraine in February. When Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports in early March, he acknowledged it would come at a cost to American consumers.
This is the third time Biden has turned to the strategic petroleum reserve in a little over four months. Back in November, he ordered the release of 50 million barrels of oil. Then, in his state of the union speech in March, Biden announced another 30 million barrels as part of a multi-nation effort to boost the oil supply.
Tapping the reserve among the few things a president can do alone to try to control inflation, which makes Americans poorer and often creates a political liability for the party in control of the White House.
Here is a look at what’s involved:
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WHAT IS THE PETROLEUM RESERVE?
America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a collection of underground salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana that can hold more than 700 million barrels of oil, although it is not currently full. The reserve held about 568 million barrels last week, down from more than 650 million barrels in mid-2021, according to the U.S. Energy Department.
The reserve was created after the 1970s Arab oil embargo to give the United States a supply that could be used in an emergency.
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WHY IS IT USED?
The U.S. now exports more oil than it imports, but the reserve remains and has been tapped for various reasons, from offsetting the impact of hurricanes and ship-channel closings to raising money for deficit reduction.
In 1991, President George H.W. Bush authorized withdrawing nearly 34 million barrels during the Gulf War, although only 17 million barrels were used. In 2011, President Barack Obama approved the release of 30 million barrels to offset the disruption of supply from Libya.
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HOW DO THEY GET THE OIL OUT?
Oil is lighter than water — that’s why disasters like those caused by the Exxon Valdez tanker and the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig create slicks on the surface. To remove oil from the reserves, water is pumped into the salt caverns, making the crude float to the surface, where it is captured and sent through pipelines to refineries.
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WHY IS BIDEN TAPPING THE RESERVE?
Supply and demand. Biden is hoping that by releasing more oil on the market, prices will fall. Prices did dip for nearly two weeks after Biden’s initial announcement about tapping the reserve back in November but then resumed their steep climb. U.S. crude is up almost 40% this year and has grown even more volatile in the past month.
Whether Biden’s latest move works will depend on several factors. One factor to keep in mind: Even though 1 million barrels a day is a huge amount of oil, the U.S. consumed nearly 20 million barrels a day last year, and worldwide consumption topped 97 million barrels a day.
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WILL GASOLINE GET CHEAPER?
What most people want to know is what’s going to happen to prices at the pump. Many factors go into the price of gasoline. Refineries buy crude oil in advance, so they could still be working with more expensive oil. States have differing tax rates that affect the price that motorists pay.
On Thursday, the national average price for a gallon of regular was more than $4.22, down about a dime from the peak earlier in March, according to auto club AAA.
The average is still under $4 a gallon in many states in the middle of the country, but it’s higher in the Northeast and highest in the West. In California, it’s an eye-popping $5.90 a gallon.
Even if those prices don’t drop, Biden can argue that by tapping the reserve he tried to help.
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WHO GETS HURT MOST?
Gasoline prices are regressive — lower-income people are more likely to spend a higher percentage of their money on gasoline than are affluent Americans — so increases hurt the most price-sensitive consumers. Kevin Book, managing director at Clearview Energy Partners, says those consumers might not show up in measures of the nation’s economy, “but they show up in vote counts … if we get down to it, that’s really what this is about.”
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WHY DOES OIL MATTER?
The future of oil and gas in the U.S. is a political flashpoint and source of tension, especially as companies and government agencies grapple with climate change and the transition to cleaner sources of energy.
On one hand, the U.S. oil and gas industry has been praised by some political leaders for creating energy independence. Where the U.S. once relied heavily on imports, other nations now rely on the U.S. for oil. It’s also a job supplier: The oil and gas industry employs more than 10 million people in the U.S. and contributes about 8% of the nation’s gross domestic product, according to the American Petroleum Institute.
Companies that supply oil benefit from higher prices. But consumers don’t like it when those higher prices trickle down to the pump.
The institute has previously said that any release of oil from the strategic reserve should be paired with policy measures that encourage more U.S. energy production. That collides with Biden’s promise to reduce dependence on fossil fuels that contribute to climate change. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/explainer-what-is-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-2/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:24Z |
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Rilee Hanna socked a three-run home run and Trinity Edge pitched a three-hit shutout on Thursday as Franklin's girls softball team opened its season with a 10-0 five-inning win over visiting Corry in Region 4 action.
After plating a run in the bottom of the first inning, the Knights scored five more runs in the second inning, capped by Hanna's three-run blast. Franklin added three more runs in the fourth and closed the game with a tally in the fifth.
Edge was on her game in the circle, giving up just three singles without walking a batter while striking out 12.
Brandy Atwell had a double and single to highlight Franklin's 12-hit attack. Sydni Hoobler, who stole four bases, had a pair of singles, as did Edge, Gabby Laderer and Gabriella Wimer. Rounding out the offense was Abby Boland, who doubled.
Hanna had three RBIs, Laderer and Atwell had two apiece with Boland and Wimer adding one each.
Kiran Bugbee, Kayla Hayes and Reghan Trask had singles for Corry.
Franklin will be back in action on Saturday at home against Mercyhurst Prep. | https://www.thederrick.com/knights-blank-corry-10-0-in-opener/article_eb76fb28-b14d-11ec-83d9-0bfa748f8cd5.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:26Z |
TULALIP — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law a bill that creates a first-in-the-nation statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people, to help address a silent crisis that has plagued Indian Country in this state and nationwide.
The law sets up a system similar to Amber Alerts and so-called silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states. It was spearheaded by Democratic Rep. Debra Lekanoff, the only Native American lawmaker currently serving in the Washington state Legislature, and championed by Indigenous leaders statewide.
“I am proud to say that the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s and People’s Alert System came from the voices of our Native American leaders,” said Lekanoff, a member of the Tlingit tribe and the bill’s chief sponsor. “It’s not just an Indian issue, it’s not just an Indian responsibility. Our sisters, our aunties, our grandmothers are going missing every day … and it’s been going on for far too long.”
Tribal leaders, many of them women, wore traditional hats woven from cedar as they gathered around Inslee for the signing on the Tulalip Reservation, north of Seattle. Afterward they gifted him with a handmade traditional ribbon shirt and several multicolored woven blankets.
The law attempts to address a crisis of missing Indigenous people — particularly women — in Washington and across the United States. While it includes missing men, women and children, a summary of public testimony on the legislation notes that “the crisis began as a women’s issue, and it remains primarily a women’s issue.”
Besides notifying law enforcement when there’s a report of a missing Indigenous person, the new alert system will place messages on highway reader boards and on the radio and social media, and provide information to the news media.
The legislation was paired with another bill Inslee, a Democrat, signed Thursday that requires county coroners or medical examiners to take steps to identify and notify family members of murdered Indigenous people and return their remains. That new law also establishes two grant funds for Indigenous survivors of human trafficking.
This piece of the crisis is important because in many cases, murdered Indigenous women are mistakenly recorded as white or Hispanic by coroners’ offices, they’re never identified, or their remains are never repatriated.
A 2021 report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found the true number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the U.S. is unknown due to reporting problems, distrust of law enforcement and jurisdictional conflicts. But Native American women face murder rates almost three times those of white women overall — and up to 10 times the national average in certain locations, according to a 2021 summary of the existing research by the National Congress of American Indians. More than 80% have experienced violence.
In Washington, more than four times as many Indigenous women go missing than white women, according to research conducted by the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle, but many such cases receive little or no media attention.
The bill signing began with a traditional welcome song passed down by Harriette Shelton Dover, a cherished cultural leader and storyteller. Dover recovered and shared many traditions and songs from tribes along Washington’s northern Pacific Coast and worked with linguists before her death in 1991 to preserve her language, Lushootseed, from extinction. Women performed an honor song after the event.
Tulalip Tribes of Washington Chairwoman Teri Gobin said Washington and Montana are the two states with the most missing Indigenous people in the U.S. Nearly four dozen Native people are currently missing in Seattle alone, she said.
“What’s the most important thing is bringing them home, whether they’ve been trafficked, whether they’ve been stolen or murdered,” she said. “It’s a wound that stays open, and it’s something that we pray with each person, we can bring them home.”
Investigations into missing Indigenous people, particularly women, have been plagued by many issues for decades.
When a person goes missing on a reservation, there are often jurisdictional conflicts between tribal police and local and state law enforcement. A lack of staff and police resources, and the rural nature of many reservations, compound those problems. And many times, families of tribal members distrust non-Native law enforcement or don’t know where to report news of a missing loved one.
An alert system will help mitigate some of those problems by allowing better communication and coordination between tribal and nontribal law enforcement and creating a way for law enforcement to flag such cases for other agencies. The law expands the definition of “missing endangered person” to include Indigenous people, as well as children and vulnerable adults with disabilities or memory or cognitive issues.
The law takes effect June 9 and some details are still being worked out. For example, it’s unclear what criteria law enforcement will use to positively identify a missing person as Native American and how the information will be disseminated in rural areas, including on some reservations, where highways lack electronic reader boards — or where there aren’t highways at all.
The measure is the latest step Washington has taken to address the issue. The Washington State Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Task Force is working to coordinate a statewide response and had its first meeting in December. Its first report is expected in August.
Many states from Arizona to Oregon to Wisconsin have taken recent action to address the crisis of murdered and missing Indigenous women. Efforts include funding for better resources for tribal police to the creation of new databases specifically targeting missing tribal members. Tribal police agencies that use Amber Alerts for missing Indigenous children include the Hopi and Las Vegas Paiute.
In California, the Yurok Tribe and the Sovereign Bodies Institute, an Indigenous-run research and advocacy group, uncovered 18 cases of missing or slain Native American women in roughly the past year in their recent work — a number they consider a vast undercount. An estimated 62% of those cases are not listed in state or federal databases for missing persons.
The law is already drawing attention from other states, whose attorney generals have called to ask how to enact similar legislation, said state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who called the law “truly groundbreaking.”
“Anytime you’re doing something for the first time in this country, that’s an extra heavy lift,” he said. “This most certainly will not be our last reform to make sure that we bring everybody back home. .. There is so much more work that needs to be done and must be done.”
Flaccus reported from Portland. | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/wa-approves-first-statewide-missing-indigenous-people-alert/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-04-01T01:42:25Z |
DELANO, Calif. (AP) — The death of an inmate at a central California prison is being investigated as a homicide, officials said Thursday.
Juan E. Mendoza, 26, was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
He had visible injuries and died a short time later despite life-saving efforts.
Mendoza shared his cell with another man, Jorge L. Mendoza, who was removed from the cell and placed in segregation while the death is investigated, authorities said.
Juan E. Mendoza went to prison in 2020 after receiving a six-year sentence in San Bernardino County for second-degree attempted murder and personal use of a dangerous weapon, officials said.
Jorge L. Mendoza was admitted from Monterey County in 2018 and was serving a sentence of life with the chance of parole for second-degree murder with the use of a firearm by a second-striker.
Kern Valley State Prison is located in Delano, northwest of Bakersfield. It has more than 3,200 inmates. | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/California-prison-inmate-death-investigated-as-a-17049814.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:25Z |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial diversion program that allows him to avoid jail time and potentially have all charges dismissed.
A court commissioner on Wednesday granted the diversion request for Steve Sungho Lee. He and his companies must pay more than $15,000 in investigative fees, make sure the property meets fire and building codes and arranging for Fire Department training.
Lee owned a commercial building on East Boyd Street in the city's Toy District that caught fire on May 16, 2020. Firefighters had to run for their lives when a ball of flames shot out the building and scorched a fire truck across the street.
Firefighters inside the building had to run through a wall of flames he estimated as 30 feet (9 meters) high and wide, and those on the roof scrambled down a ladder that was engulfed in fire.
Fire officials said the building was a warehouse for Smoke Tokes, a wholesale distributor of supplies for smoking and vaping products including butane hash oil, a concentrated cannabis extract that can be eaten, smoked or vaped. Highly flammable butane is used in the manufacturing process.
Most of the injured firefighters still haven't returned to work and one, Capt. Victor Aguirre, was hospitalized for more than two months and all of his fingers had to be partially amputated, according to a lawsuit he filed against the building and business owners.
Aguirre alleged that the area contained “hundreds of illegally and improperly stored butane canisters and thousands of illegally and improperly stored nitrous oxide cylinders.”
A fire department report concluded that the blaze, which spread to a nearby building, was fueled by an “excessive quantity” of the containers.
Investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives concluded that the fire started under a storage rack in the building and that a worker with a lit cigarette was seen in the area. The cause of the fire was ruled accidental.
However, city prosecutors filed more than 300 misdemeanor charges of violating fire and safety codes against Lee, his companies and owners of businesses in the building and nearby properties. That included more than 160 counts against Lee and his companies.
If Lee meets all conditions of his judicial diversion program for two years, the charges will be dismissed.
“Mr. Lee will be deemed by law to have never been charged," said his attorney, Blair Berk. “The exhaustive federal investigation of the tragic fire objectively concluded that the cause was accidental, and there was no finding of any wrongdoing by Mr. Lee or his companies.”
City Attorney Mike Feuer opposed diversion for Lee, noting the severity of the fire, the injuries suffered by the firefighters and Lee's alleged failure “to take steps which could have mitigated the extent of the blaze."
The owners of Smoke Tokes and another business, Green Buddha, agreed in November 2020 to pay $139,000 each to cover investigative costs and to move out of the building. Charges against them were later dismissed.
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This story has been updated to correct that Lee and his companies must pay more than $15,000, not $125,000. | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/No-jail-for-LA-building-owner-over-explosion-that-17049830.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:26Z |
Police fired tear gas and water cannons at angry protesters on Thursday after they gathered in front of the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence here on Thursday clamouring for his resignation, as the island nation continued to reel under its worst economic crisis in decades.
A foreign exchange crunch in Sri Lanka has led to a shortage of essential goods such as fuel. cooking gas, and power cuts that last up to 13 hours a day.
Protestors shouted slogans, directing their ire against what they perceive as the Rajapaksa regime's gross mismanagement that has exacerbated Sri Lanka’s foreign-exchange woes.
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“No petrol, no gas, no milk powder, no electricity”, “Go home Gota”, placard carrying protestors were then seen walking towards the Rajapaksa private residence here at Pangiriwatte Lane.
Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the protesters after they pulled down a steel barricade, which had been placed near Gotabaya’s residence.
On Thursday, Sri Lanka turned off street lights in several parts of Colombo and other towns to conserve electricity.
The country has been grappling with power outages for upto 13 hours on Thursday as the government does not have foreign exchange to pay for its fuel imports.
So dire is the current situation that several government-run hospitals have stopped conducting surgeries as they have run out of essential life-saving medicines.
According to the country’s Central Bank, inflation has surged to 17.5% in February this year, and it is expected to rise even further in the near future because the government has allowed the local currency to float freely, resulting in higher prices for fuel and other essentials.
Rajapaksa, however, has defended his government saying the forex crisis was not his making and the economic downturn was largely pandemic driven.
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Zantuck reveals 'horrible' time at Tigers
Former Tigers player Ty Zantuck says the AFL club's management of a chronic back injury left him in constant severe pain, but he couldn't afford to sue Richmond or its doctors until recently.
Zantuck played with Richmond for four seasons until 2004, and wants damages for the club's management of his back problems as well as on-field concussions.
He revealed on Friday the experience left him with "horrible feelings" about his time at the club and still gets goosebumps when he goes near its facilities.
After 68 games with Richmond and nine games with Essendon in 2005, Zantuck moved between several lower-grade clubs and struggled to make a living, Victoria's Supreme Court was told.
He would receive a $5000 sign-on payment but after a few games clubs would realise he was useless, he said.
"I was trying to get anything I could to just get some food," he said.
At the same time he was so heavily medicated he couldn't drive.
In December 2006, he trained with Carlton, but this too was short-lived.
"I battled through for two weeks and I just said 'that's enough'," he said.
Zantuck wants more time to build his damages case against Richmond, former club doctor Chris Bradshaw and current doctor Greg Hickey, telling the court he didn't have enough money to do it before now.
The former Tigers hard man, who gave evidence by video after contracting COVID-19, had coughing fits during his evidence.
On Thursday, the court heard Richmond didn't have a system for properly managing head injuries, leaving him with suspected brain degeneration from repeated concussions.
In court documents Zantuck said he was diagnosed with a back injury stemming from the club's weight-training and running program in December 2001 or January 2002.
Zantuck claims he was injected with local anaesthetic on training and game days to get through matches in early 2002, as well as 15 to 20 epidural injections in the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
The hearing is continuing.
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Roblox backs Apple in antitrust case, says App Store offers privacy and security
March 31 (Reuters) - Online gaming platform Roblox Corp RBLX.N said on Thursday Apple Inc's AAPL.O App Store offers privacy and safety benefits to its users, supporting the iPhone-maker's bid to beat an appeal by Epic Games in a key U.S. antitrust case.
Epic, known for its "Fortnite" game, largely lost a trial last year over whether Apple's fees and payment rules for app makers were anti-competitive. It appealed in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
"Apple's process for review and approval of apps available on the App Store enhances safety and security, and provides those apps greater legitimacy in the eyes of users," Roblox said in a legal filing on Thursday.
Roblox had played a prominent role in the original trial last year. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing key revelations from the antitrust trial between Apple and Epic Games, in which the "Fortnite" maker had argued that Apple had given a free pass to Roblox, whose app lets people pick from a selection of games to play.
An Apple senior director described Roblox's offering as "experiences". Soon after, Roblox changed descriptions on its website to "experiences" from "games" and called itself a metaverse company.
Apple has said its rules promote several benefits for consumers, including increased security and privacy. Two former Central Intelligence Agency directors and 21 other former U.S. national security officials advanced that argument in Apple's support on Thursday.
The appeal hearing is expected next year.
(Reporting by Paresh Dave in Oakland, Calif.; additional reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. | https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/roblox-backs-apple-in-antitrust-case-says-app-store-offers-privacy-and-security | 2022-04-01T01:42:27Z |
Hojgaard fired a 66 despite a double bogey on his final hole. Matt Kuchar is another stroke back after an opening 5-under 67 and is among a group that includes Denny McCarthy, Aaron Rei and J.J. Spaun.
Defending champ Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy finished at even-par 72. They were outside the top 60 after one round and could flirt with the cut line on Friday.
Bryson DeChambeau had a 1-over 73. After holing a bunker shot for eagle on his 11th hole and following with a birdie on the next, he made bogey on four of his last six holes.
Knox, a 32-year-old Scotsman with two career PGA Tour wins, started his birdie streak at No. 12. All of his birdie putts were inside 10 feet. At the 15th, he was about 20 feet away from a back pin position following his approach and chipped in from the fringe. It was his second chip-in in the round.
“That was one of those kind of bonus birdies that you need when you’re going to have a good day,” Knox said. “Obviously thrilled with the round. It’s been more of the way I want to play.”
Hogjaard, a 21-year-old from Denmark and two-rime winner on the European Tour, had his sights on the first-round lead heading to his closing hole. But, his drive sailed well left of the fairway. It took him four shots to reach the green on the par-4 ninth.
“I had to chip sideways back into the fairway,” he said. “Just was a little too aggressive after that. Yeah, short-sided myself and I didn’t get up and down and suddenly you walk away with double-bogey. Yeah, that was a bit annoying, but it happens.”
Kuchar was 5 under after 11 holes. Thirty feet away from the pin on the next hole, he failed to get up and down and missed a seven-foot putt for par. He got a shot back with a birdie on his 14th hole, and parred out, falling short in a bid to match his season-best round of 64 at the Sony Open, where he finished in the top 10.
“A lot of good and bad that can happen here on this course,” Kuchar said. “I was kind of managing early on in the round and then found a little something on about the fifth or sixth hole. I started having some birdie chances and converted on a few late in my first nine.”
Kuchar has won nine times on the PGA Tour. McCarthy, Rai and Spaun are looking for their first.
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More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/golf/knox-uses-4-birdie-run-for-a-one-stroke-lead-at-texas-open/2022/03/31/b7757094-b151-11ec-9dbd-0d4609d44c1c_story.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:27Z |
MERIDIAN, Idaho — Meridian police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a wanted man, still at large after a search that led to lockdowns at two schools Thursday.
Cody Rose, 30, and his passenger, Marissa Riley, 40, were involved in a police chase that started just after 11 a.m. on state Highway 44 in Canyon County, the Meridian Police Department said.
Rose is considered armed and dangerous. His car is described as a black spray-painted late-1990s Chevrolet Tahoe with a maroon hood, a broken rear window and a "1P" Payette County, Idaho, license plate. Meridian police ask anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the department at 208-846-7300.
After the chase Thursday morning ended at the Ada-Canyon county line, Rose and Riley were believed to have gone into the Paramount subdivision near Chinden Boulevard and Linder Road. Meridian police set up a perimeter in an effort to contain the suspects, and announced lockdowns at Paramount Elementary School and Rocky Mountain High School as a precaution. Those lockdowns were later downgraded to hall checks. The precautionary measures at the schools were lifted after police determined Rose and Riley had fled the area.
Meridian police also said rumors that there was an active shooter in the area were false.
Police later located Riley and took her into custody as she was trying to catch a ride out of the area via Uber. Riley is being held on a parole warrant and suspicion of misdemeanor drug possession. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/wanted-man-on-loose-after-chase-that-ended-in-meridian-neighborhood/article_e58c450f-49d3-5c58-b1d7-f60c5b2675fc.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:28Z |
To Imran Khan's 'I have everything', ex-wife Reham Khan's reply
Imran Khan's ex-wife and vocal critic Reham Khan said what Imran Khan does not have is intelligence as the Pakistan Prime Minister in his address to the nation said by God's grace he does not need anything as he has attained everything in life -- fame, wealth. Reham Khan, however, agreed with Imran Khan's point as he said he saw Pakistan rising to the top when he was a child. "Yes, Pakistan was great when you were not the PM," Reham Khan tweeted sharply criticising the speech. In his address, Imran Khan made it clear that he will not be resigning ahead of the no-trust motion, buckling under the pressure of the opposition. Imran Khan also named the United States accusing it of being the driving force behind the no-trust motion of the opposition, which the US categorically denied.
"America has -- oh, not America but a foreign country I can't name. I mean from a foreign country, we received a message," Imran Khan said.
"The embarrassment continues," Reham Khan tweeted reacting to the US state department's statement that it has not sent any threat to Imran Khan.
Talking about Pakistan's lost glory, Imran Khan in his speech said he saw a different Pakistan growing up. Malaysian princes used to study with him in school. "South Korea had come to Pakistan to learn how we progressed. Middle East countries used to come to our universities. I have seen all this sinking, seen my country getting insulted," he said.
Terming Imran Khan as a know-all who knows everything except that he has lost his majority, Reham khan took a jibe at Imran Khan's 'defining moment' comment and said, "This is a lesson for all that if you are a person who is ambitious without a cause, then you will go without any achievement."
Reham Khan was married to Imran Khan in 2014 and a year later they parted their ways mutually. A journalist of British-Pakistani origin, Reham Khan was the Pakistan Premier's second wife.
Imran Khan's party has lost the majority in the lower house of the parliament after MQM-P joined the opposition. "On Sunday, there will be voting [on the no-trust resolution] and a decision will be taken about the [future] direction of this country ... Somebody suggested that I should resign. I always fight till the last ball. I want the entire nation to see on that day who sold their consciences," Imran Khan said.
If Imran Khan is ousted through the no-confidence motion, he will be the first one, though he is the third PM to face a no-confidence motion. No Pakistani prime minister has ever completed a full five-year term.
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Don't throw Russia out of G20, aid group says, with eye on food crisis
Excluding Russia from the Group of 20 major economies and other international institutions could slow efforts to address a worsening global food crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, the head of German aid group Welthungerhilfe told Reuters. Mogge said in an interview this week. Mogge said he expected Group of Seven leaders to address the issue during their upcoming meetings.
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Police offered to arrest Will Smith, Oscars producer reveals behind the scenes
Los Angeles police were present at the Dolby Theatre and offered to arrest actor Will Smith for slapping presenter Chris Rock, the producer of the Academy Awards said on Thursday. The authorities, however, did not any action because Rock declined to press charges against Smith, producer Will Packer said. Packer said that police were discussing options with Rock who was “was being very dismissive of those options”.
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Not seeking to change India-Russia ties: US on Russian FM's New Delhi visit
The United States on Thursday said every country has its own relationship with the Russian Federation and the US is not seeking any change in that, state department spokesman Ned Price said on Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to New Delhi amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. He will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday.
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US launches satellite TV channel for Afghanistan after Taliban bans broadcast
After the Taliban banned Voice of America broadcasts from terrestrial television, the US government-funded news agency has launched a 24/7 direct-to-home satellite-delivered television channel for Afghanistan, local media reported. VOA's programs were ordered off affiliated television stations in Afghanistan effective on March 27, as part of a broad ban on content regarded as undermining Taliban policies, including prohibiting women from anchoring newscasts with men.
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Heavy fighting rages near Ukraine capital
Heavy fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other zones Thursday amid indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation as cover while regrouping and resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an early morning video address that Ukraine is seeing “a buildup of Russian forces for new strikes on the Donbas, and we are preparing for that”. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/to-imran-khan-s-i-have-everything-ex-wife-reham-khan-s-reply-101648775575635.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:29Z |
Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.
An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome – the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being – in research published Thursday in the journal Science. The previous effort, celebrated across the world, was incomplete because DNA sequencing technologies of the day weren’t able to read certain parts of it. Even after updates, it was missing about 8% of the genome.
“Some of the genes that make us uniquely human were actually in this ‘dark matter of the genome’ and they were totally missed,” said Evan Eichler, a University of Washington researcher who participated in the current effort and the original Human Genome Project. “It took 20-plus years, but we finally got it done.” | https://www.iolaregister.com/news/world-news/scientists-finish-decoding-human-genome | 2022-04-01T01:42:28Z |
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What started as lingering thunderstorms turned into a heavy rain that delayed the start of the second round for for seven-and-a-half hours. That led to what should be a longer day, but far more fun on Friday.
Fifty-one players will finish the second round in the morning — some with only one hole to play, others with nine holes — before heading over to Augusta National for a practice round.
It starts with an elite competition. It ends for so many of them with a dream come true.
Of the nine players who finished, Davis was at 2-over 146 and in a tie for eighth, virtually assured of being among the 30 players from a field of 60 who advance to the final round at the home of the Masters.
No one was under par.
Beatrice Wallin of Sweden was 1 under for the round through 16 holes and even par for the tournament, tied with Amari Avery, who also was 1 under for the day through 16.
Joining them at even par was Hailey Borjas, the Californian who plays at Michigan. Her day ended on a sour note with consecutive bogeys. Even so, she was excited for Friday.
She was at Augusta National earlier in the week, driving down Magnolia Lane and having a group dinner hosted by the club chairman.
“Seeing Augusta for the first time, it was like a dream come true,” Borjas said.
She was more excited about her first chance to play it than her position in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, in its third year but already considered elite among amateur events because of where it’s at.
“I don’t really like to think about golf when I’m playing golf, if that makes any sense,” Borjas said. “I like to talk about other things, like shoes. So to think about Augusta National tomorrow will keep me going.”
U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Jensen Castle had the best round going at 2 under through 16 holes, leaving her one shot out of the lead.
The course was just as difficult as the opening round, when strong wind allowed only five players to break par. The wind subsided after the rain, though it left the course soggy and longer, even as the greens were slightly more receptive.
Rose Zhang, the No. 1 amateur in the world, made progress by not really going anywhere. She put together one bogey and 13 pars and improved from a tie for 39th to a tie for 26th.
Rachel Heck of Stanford, the No. 3 player in women’s amateur golf who won six times in one semester last year as a freshman, was going the other direction. Heck had a pair of double bogeys in her opening four holes and was 5 over through 10 holes, leaving her outside the projected cut line at 6 over.
The cut is a hard 30. Any ties lead to a sudden-death playoff to see who advances, although everyone gets to play a practice round at Augusta National on Friday.
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RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service announced.
Soskin “spent her last day providing an interpretive program to the public and visiting with coworkers," a Park Service statement said.
She led tours at the park and museum honoring the women who worked in factories during wartime and shared her own experience as a Black woman during the conflict. She worked for the U.S. Air Force in 1942 but quit after learning that “she was employed only because her superiors believed she was white," according to a Park Service biography.
“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history – my history – and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” Soskin said in the Park Service statement. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”
Soskin won a temporary Park Service position at the age of 84 and became a permanent Park Service employee in 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday last September.
“Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission,” Director Chuck Sams said. “Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation.”
Soskin was born Betty Charbonnet in Detroit in 1921 but recalled surviving the devastating Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 while living with her Creole family in New Orleans, according to the Park Service biography.
Her family then moved to Oakland, California, and Soskin remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where in 1945 she and her first husband founded one of the first Black-owned record stores in the area, the biography said.
She also was a civil rights activist and took part in meetings to develop a general management plan for the Home Front park. She has received several honors.
She was named California Woman of the Year in 1995.
In 2015, Soskin received a presidential coin from President Barack Obama after she lit the National Christmas tree at the White House.
In June 2016, she was awakened in her home by a robber who punched her repeatedly in the face, dragged her out of her bedroom and beat her before making off with the coin and other items. Soskin, then 94, recovered and returned to work just weeks after the attack. The coin was replaced.
Soskin also was honored with entry into the Congressional Record. Glamour Magazine named her woman of the year in 2018. | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Oldest-U-S-active-park-ranger-retires-at-100-17049910.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:32Z |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former minor league pitcher ran a major league illegal sports betting operation in California that used other former pro athletes to take bets and took wagers from players still in the game, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Wayne Nix, who threw for Oakland Athletics farm teams, used his connections to recruit three former Major League Baseball players and a former pro football player as fellow bookies, prosecutors said.
The MLB began looking into the matter when it learned of it Thursday, but was unaware any of those involved other than Nix, a spokesman said.
Court records offered no names of the players who worked for Nix or those who placed bets with his business, but they provide a glimpse of the kind of money being wagered, earned and lost.
A professional football player paid Nix $245,000 for gambling losses in 2016. An MLB coach paid $4,000 in losses that same year. It was not disclosed if either bet on their own games or their own sports.
MLB prohibits players from betting on baseball or gambling illegally on sports. They can bet on other sports if it’s legal. The National Football League policy bars all personnel from betting on football games.
A Los Angeles check cashing business that has agreed to plead guilty to failing to prevent money laundering in the scheme cashed over $18 million in checks from two single bettors, prosecutors said.
One client wagered $5 million on the Super Bowl but it was not revealed if that gambit paid off.
Sports betting is legal in 30 states, but not in California. However, voters will have a chance to legalize it at the polls in November.
Nix, 45, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to run an illegal gambling operation and faces up to eight years in prison. He also admitted he failed to report $1.4 million in income in 2017 and 2018. He has agreed to pay back taxes and interest of $1.25 million and forfeit $1.3 million seized from bank accounts.
Nix began the sports bookmaking business about 20 years ago after his six-year minor league career — with stops in Arizona, Texas and California — ended, prosecutors said.
His client list was created from contacts he had made in the sports world and included current and former pro athletes. The agents he hired helped expand that clientele.
The operation eventually began using a Costa Rican business, Sand Island Sports, to create accounts where bets could be placed and tracked and credit limits set, prosecutors said. Bets were placed online or through a call center, though Nix paid winners and kept most of the money from losing bets.
Those who exceeded credit limits were shut off, though exceptions were made, according to court documents.
A sports broadcaster’s account was reactivated in February 2019 after he told Nix he was refinancing his home mortgage to pay off his gambling debts.
In September 2019, Nix increased the credit limit to a baseball player with debts so he could make additional bets.
In November, 2019, Nix’s partner, Edon Kagasoff, told a business manager for a professional basketball player that he would increase the maximum wager he could place to $25,000 per NBA game.
Kagasoff, 44, faces the same conspiracy charge as Nix. He also agreed to plead guilty and forfeit over $3 million in funds seized from his home and bank accounts. | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mlb/ex-minor-leaguer-ran-major-league-sports-betting-operation/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-04-01T01:42:32Z |
Jumpstart at GW Promotes Children’s Literacy at Cherry Blossom Kite Festival
Jumpstart at GW, part of the national AmeriCorps program that trains and places students in teams to serve preschools in low-income neighborhoods for an academic year, hosted a booth supporting language and literacy for young children on Saturday at the Cherry Blossom Kite Festival on...
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BERLIN (AP) — The operator of Frankfurt Airport said Thursday that it is selling its minority stake in China’s Xi’an Airport after failing to expand its business in the huge Chinese market.
Fraport AG said it is selling its 24.5% stake in the airport’s operating company to Chang’an Huitong Co. Ltd. for 1.11 billion yuan ($175 million).
CEO Stefan Schulte said Xi’an “gave us an opportunity to showcase our expertise in airport management,” with passenger numbers more than quadrupling to over 40 million per year over the 14 years since Fraport acquired its stake.
“We always regarded our minority stake in Xi’an as a starting point for expanding our business in China,” Schulte said in a statement.
“However, this never materialized in Xi’an or at any other Chinese airport,” he added. “Consequently, we have now decided to cease our activities in the Chinese market.”
Fraport said the Xi’an operating company, Xi’an Xianyang International Airport Co. Ltd., expects the transaction to be concluded during the second quarter. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/frankfurt-airport-owner-sells-stake-in-chinas-xian-airport/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:31Z |
The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday it would open a humanitarian corridor from the besieged city of Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia on Friday, Tass news agency reported.
It quoted Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, the director of the Russian National Center for Defense Management, as saying Moscow was acting on a request that French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had made to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
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"They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment," Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to "Good Morning America." "They said 'we will go get him. We are prepared. We're prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him.' They were laying out the options."
But Packer said Rock was "very dismissive" of the idea.
"He was like, 'No, no, no, I'm fine,'" Packer said. "And even to the point where I said, 'Rock, let them finish.' The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, 'Would you like us to take any action?' And he said no."
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night's ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined to comment Thursday on Packer's interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group's standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that "Mr. Smith's actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television."
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying "I was out of line and I was wrong."
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said "I'm still kind of processing what happened." | https://www.ksbw.com/article/oscars-producer-police-offered-arrest-will-smith/39603725 | 2022-04-01T01:42:32Z |
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s independent vaccination advisory panel is recommending a booster shot with a messenger RNA vaccine for people who have had a full course of four Chinese, Indian and Russian COVID-19 vaccines that aren’t currently approved for use in the European Union.
In a draft recommendation Thursday, the panel, known by its German acronym STIKO, said the advice applies to people given a full course and also a booster of the Chinese Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines, the Indian-made Covaxin and Russia’s Sputnik V.
It said that the new booster shot should be administered at least three months after the previous vaccination.
The German panel said that people who have received only a single shot of the four vaccines should start a new vaccination series.
And it added that recipients of other vaccines not cleared by the EU should in general start a new series with a vaccine European authorities have approved.
Scientists believe that mixing and matching vaccines prompts a better immune response.
The BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines have been the mainstay of Germany’s vaccination program. Three other vaccines using different technologies have been cleared for use in the 27-nation EU — the AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax products.
The mRNA vaccines have shown to be better than others at protecting against newer variants like omicron.
Separately, efforts to find a majority in the German parliament for a bill that would require all adults to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have reportedly stalled.
German publications Bild and Der Spiegel reported that talks between parties haven’t resulted in the necessary support, and lawmakers may now focus on a vaccine mandate for residents age 50 and over.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz declined Thursday to comment on the reports but said he continues to back the idea of a vaccine mandate for all adults.
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US launches satellite TV channel for Afghanistan after Taliban bans VOA broadcast
After the Taliban banned Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts from terrestrial television, the US government-funded news agency has launched a 24/7 direct-to-home satellite-delivered television channel for Afghanistan, local media reported.
The channel carries uncensored news and information in both the Pashto and Dari languages of the country, according to Voice of America (VOA).
VOA's programs were ordered off affiliated television stations in Afghanistan effective on March 27, as part of a broad ban on content regarded as undermining Taliban policies, including prohibiting women from anchoring newscasts with men.
VOA's new TV stream, identified as "VOA Afghanistan," is on the Yahsat Y-1A satellite (52.2 degrees East), Transponder 12 (downlink frequency 11.938 GHz), Channel 469. The Yahsat satellite is Afghanistan's most popular platform, ensuring the Afghan audience will have access to VOA's programming despite the Taliban censorship, reported VOA.
"Afghanistan is now one of the most repressive media markets in the world," said Acting VOA Director Yolanda Lopez.
"Despite the Taliban's attempt to end press freedom, VOA News stands by its Afghan audience with credible and authoritative news and information," Lopez added.
The new VOA Afghanistan satellite stream includes its popular "TV Ashna" newscasts, its women's show "Etesal," viewer call-in programming, and programming from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Azadi radio. Additional programming is planned, including entertainment shows to fill a void in Afghanistan, where local channels cannot air music programs, reported VOA.
It further reported that the VOA satellite channel has been in development since August, before the fall of Afghanistan's elected government. The channel is also accessible on YouTube and on VOA's Pashto and Dari language websites.
Domestic and international critics say media and freedom of speech have worsened under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
Afghan journalists have been repeatedly detained and subjected to violence by security forces. In December, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a survey, showing that at least 40 per cent of Afghan media outlets have disappeared and more than 80 per cent of women journalists lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover of the country.
Hundreds of journalists have also left Afghanistan since August for fear of Taliban reprisals or because of problems associated with practising their profession under the new rulers.
More than 6,400 journalists and media employees have lost their jobs since August 15 when the Taliban seized control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to the RSF survey. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-launches-satellite-tv-channel-for-afghanistan-after-taliban-bans-voa-broadcast-101648771366288-amp.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:35Z |
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A new report by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency criticizes the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation and its Parks Division for not having a detailed inventory of assets, questions some expenditures and says the division's recent spending does not line up with the things park users say are most important to them. Keystone State Park is west of Sand Springs on Lake Keystone.
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Quartz Mountain State Park Lodge, given back to the Parks Division after a decade under the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, was "uninhabitable" and wound up costing $10 million to reopen instead of $3 million, Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation Director Jerry Winchester told legislators Thursday.
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Visitors enjoy the renovated lobby of the log post-and-beam Quartz Mountain State Park Lodge.
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Jacquline Norman and her daughter, Kylie Glass, both of Sand Springs, lie on an inflatable raft in the lake at Keystone State Park in 2020.
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Kylie Glass uses a paddle to propel the raft she's on with her mother, Jacquline Norman, farther into the lake at Keystone State Park in 2020.
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Families enjoy the water at Keystone State Park last year.
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Vicki Cormon enjoys a beer as she watches a duck in Keystone Lake at Keystone State Park last September.
Oklahoma's state parks are badly managed and have spent too much in recent years on amenities the public does not want, says a report presented to a legislative panel on Thursday.
Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation Director Jerry Winchester rejected many of the report's conclusions, saying the state had no choice but to spend tens of millions of dollars renovating park lodges and other accommodations.
"We couldn't not fix them," Winchester told the committee, a position he repeated several times during the two-hour, 15-minute meeting.
The report by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency, which is controlled by House and Senate leadership, criticized the Department of Tourism and Recreation and its Parks Division for not having a detailed inventory of assets, questioned some expenditures, and said the division's recent spending does not line up with the things park users say are most important to them.
Lawmakers were critical of what seemed to be the lack of a detailed business plan, especially for individual parks.
Specific questions raised Thursday largely stemmed from recent reports that the state has paid far more than originally estimated to renovate and operate restaurants at five state parks and the department's request for roughly $200 million over 10 years to rebuild park facilities after decades of neglect.
The broader management issues, though, have been around practically since the first state parks opened in the 1930s. In between stretches of ignoring them, legislators have advocated closing state parks, selling them, fancying them up and stripping them down.
Lodges have been a particular issue. Rarely do they make money, but abandoning them altogether — as Oklahoma has done on Lake Eufaula and Lake Texoma — raises a whole different set of issues, not to mention the hackles of local residents and their lawmakers.
Under Gov. Kevin Stitt and Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, the current administration has taken direct control of state parks and sought to revitalize them as means of encouraging tourism. Stitt tapped Winchester, a career oil and gas executive, in 2019 after the Legislature agreed to give the Governor's Office appointment authority over the position.
The department's head previously answered to a commission.
Some legislators seem to regret that decision. Although a deal with Swadley's Restaurants to essentially rebuild and operate park restaurants was Thursday's primary target, legislative dissatisfaction began manifesting itself last year when rural lawmakers began protesting what amounted to user fees at state parks. Several bills to tighten the reins on the Parks Division were introduced this session.
Then came the revelation that Swadley's, a popular barbecue chain located mainly in the Oklahoma City area, had been paid $17 million, instead of the originally contracted $4 million, in its first year of operating the restaurants.
Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, seemed particularly disturbed, describing the arrangement as a "sweetheart deal."
Winchester said most of the increase was because Swadley's acted as the contractor on the projects, which turned out to be much more expensive than expected. The restaurant at Beaver's Bend State Park, he said, had to be taken down to "the floor and one wall," and at Robber's Cave, it was discovered that fire damage had been "roofed over."
Winchester said the state park restaurants have habitually lost money, no matter who operated them, and that they're actually losing less now than before.
"Our goal was that if we had to have a restaurant to have a functioning lodge, and if that meant we were going to lose money, we would lose it on good food instead of bad food, and we would have place where people could say they had good time," said Winchester.
Quartz Mountain State Park Lodge, given back to the Parks Division after a decade under the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, was "uninhabitable," Winchester said, and wound up costing $10 million to reopen instead of $3 million.
Somewhat cryptically, Winchester said twice that he "was told" that the first $3 million in proceeds from a 2019 bond issue had to be spent on Quartz Mountain and that the work had to be done quickly.
"We didn’t believe not rebuilding was an option," Winchester said. "And in fact when the bond money came out, we were told the first thing to be fixed was Quartz Mountain, and it was."
He didn't say from whom the order originated.
Ultimately, Winchester said, the goal is to break even or perhaps make a little money on lodges and restaurants.
But that raised an old question: Why have them at all? State park questionnaires and a formal survey conducted in 2017 found that people who use the parks don't care much about those two amenities. Their priorities are RV hookups, hiking and cabins.
Winchester said the division spent 38% of its budget on cabins and public restrooms last year, compared with 27% for lodges and restaurants, and he expects the difference to widen as big ticket capital improvements are completed.
He said the hope is also that upgrading the lodges will bring back convention and catering business and broaden the parks' user base.
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5. Talimena National Scenic Byway: Beauty mixes with history
6. Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: Largest patch of native tallgrass left on Earth
7. Little Blue: Destination for photo ops, campers, anglers and explorers
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The practical effect of Mullin's resolution calling Trump's first impeachment unwarranted — or whether it will even be heard by a Democratically controlled Congress — is unclear.
He cited "physical advantages men have over women on the field, in the pool, on the track, on the course, in the weight room." Opponents say the state now risks losing federal funding.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, and OSBI would be placed under the Department of Public Safety, with an appointed commissioner.
A bill that got through the House on Tuesday proposes to use blockchain technology to provide digital financial services outside regular banking system regulations — which largely exclude marijuana businesses — and monitor all aspects of a marijuana business, right down to utility usage and taxes.
From over 50,000 applications, about 8,000 have been approved for the $1,200 incentive offered by the state to workers returning to the labor force last summer.
The measures included a moratorium of up to two years on new business licenses, steep fee increases for large grow operations, a new procedure for obtaining business licenses and authorization for the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority access to grower water and electric usage records.
A new report by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency criticizes the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation and its Parks Division for not having a detailed inventory of assets, questions some expenditures and says the division's recent spending does not line up with the things park users say are most important to them. Keystone State Park is west of Sand Springs on Lake Keystone.
Quartz Mountain State Park Lodge, given back to the Parks Division after a decade under the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, was "uninhabitable" and wound up costing $10 million to reopen instead of $3 million, Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation Director Jerry Winchester told legislators Thursday. | https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/legislative-office-raps-oklahoma-state-parks-management/article_a9b23d74-b107-11ec-983d-87d34c890652.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:37Z |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site, Ukraine’s state power company said Thursday as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
Energoatom, the company, gave no immediate details on the condition of the troops or how many were affected. But it said the Russians had dug in in the forest inside the exclusion zone around the now-closed plant, the site in 1986 of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
The troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began to prepare to leave, Energoatom said. | https://www.iolaregister.com/news/world-news/ukraine-russians-leaving-chernobyl-after-radiation-exposure | 2022-04-01T01:42:36Z |
These are some trending topics for today, March 31.
Morbius
Struggling with a rare blood disorder, Dr. M ‘copters into Costa Rica to subject himself to a caveful of vampire bats. His research suggests a blend of human and bat DNA will cure him, and he’ll be able to save his similarly afflicted childhood friend nicknamed “Milo” (played by Matt Smith of “Doctor Who”) as he promised him years earlier.
“Morbius,” a Sony Pictures release slated for theaters Friday, is rated PG-13 for “intense sequences of violence, some frightening images, and brief strong language.” Running time: 104 minutes. Apparently not worth the watch?
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner has joined Fox News as a contributor.
The 72-year-old reality star - who was born as Bruce Jenner and became known for winning Olympic gold in Decathlon during the 1976 games in Montreal before transitioning into a woman whilst starring on 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' - is "humbled" to become part of the news network and to be able to "speak directly" to Americans.
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Severe storms in the south, massive fires in Tennessee
A line of severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds ripped across the Deep South overnight — killing at least two in the Florida Panhandle, toppling trees and power lines and leaving homes and businesses damaged as the vast weather front raced across several states.
In Florida, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said Thursday morning that two were killed and two injured when a tornado touched down in the western Florida Panhandle.
Firefighters, meanwhile, have been trying to get handle on a wildfire spreading near Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, amid mandatory evacuations as winds whipped up ahead of the approaching storm front. Read all about today's wild weather here:
Bobby Wagner
Linebacker Bobby Wagner agreed to a five-year deal Thursday to join his hometown Los Angeles Rams.
The Super Bowl champions outmaneuvered several suitors for Wagner, one of the NFL's top inside linebackers after his decade with the Seattle Seahawks. ESPN reported Wagner's deal contains $50 million guaranteed and could be worth up to $65 million.
The Seahawks released the six-time All-Pro anchor of their defense on March 9. Read about it here:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linebacker Bobby Wagner agreed to a five-year deal Thursday to join his hometown Los Angeles Rams.
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Trans Day of Visibility
The Biden administration is marking the International Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday with a series of measures in support of transgender Americans as they face efforts to curb their rights across the country.
Chernobyl
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
Bruce Willis
The Razzies canceled a 2021 special category for Worst Performance by Bruce Willis despite initially defending a decision to move forward with it.
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This morning's top headlines: Thursday, March 31
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday by denouncing “hateful bills” being passed at the state level as the White House played host to “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider, the first openly transgender winner on the popular quiz show.
A line of severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds ripped across the Deep South overnight — killing at least two in the Florida Panhandle, toppling trees and power lines and leaving homes and businesses damaged as the vast weather front raced across several states.
Defense attorneys quickly rested their case Thursday after one of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer repeatedly said “absolutely not” when asked if he had agreed to abduct her before the 2020 election.
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Two crewmembers rescued from the midweek crash of a U.S. Navy aircraft in Eastern Shore waters near the Virginia-Maryland line have non-life-threatening injuries and remain hospitalized, authorities said Thursday.
BOSTON (AP) — Chris Rock received several standing ovations before he told one joke Wednesday at his first comedy show since Will Smith slapped him in the face onstage at the Oscars.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Wednesday said that Will Smith was asked to leave Sunday's Oscar ceremony after hitting Chris Rock but refused to do so.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Christian Pulisic walked across the field with a towel draped around his head, angry after another U.S. defeat.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Bruce Arians unexpectedly retired as coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a stunning move Wednesday night that the 69-year-old who guided the team to its second Super Bowl title says is not related to health. | https://wcfcourier.com/entertainment/morbius-is-not-just-another-bat-man-caitlyn-jenners-new-job-and-more-trending-topics/article_869aa6ea-3013-5ac0-904d-f1fc62f54e9f.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:37Z |
A two-time All-Star, and the winner of the 2014 Vezina as the NHL’s top goalie, Rask announced his retirement last month after a setback in his attempt to come back from a torn labrum in his hip. The Bruins invited him back to drop the ceremonial first puck before Thursday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils, and again – perhaps for the last time – the chants of “Tuuuuk!” echoed through the TD Garden.
Rask took the ice with his wife, and their three daughters dressed for a ballet class. He bumped fists with the players on the Bruins bench while both teams tapped their sticks on the ice to salute him.
“I don’t know what the future holds,” Rask told reporters beforehand, saying that he would be showing up at games and golf outings as a team ambassador. “Maybe I’ll get into coaching. Maybe not, but for now, I’ll be hanging out with sponsors.”
The franchise’s all-time leader in wins, Rask helped the Bruins allow the fewest goals in the NHL in the pandemic-interrupted 2019-20 season, when Boston finished with the most points in the league. He injured his hip during the 2021 playoffs and worked his way back to the team midway through this season.
But after just four starts, he aggravated his injury on Jan. 24 against the Anaheim Ducks. Two weeks later, he announced he was through.
“It was kind of time to be honest with yourself,” he said. “I just figured it was better for everybody to call it. I had a great career. No regrets.”
While his hip still has some good days, Rask said no one could talk him out of retirement. His immediate future will involve as much golf as he can squeeze in between shuttling his daughters to dance class and school.
He may need a hip replacement at some point.
“It was at a point where it affected my everyday life,” Rask said. “I’m a guy who makes pretty quick decisions, anyway. So I wasn’t dwelling on it too long.”
Rask was 308-165-66 with a 2.28 goals-against average and .921 save percentage in a franchise-leading 564 games. He was the backup goalie for the Bruins team that won it all in 2011, and he led the team to Stanley Cup Final appearances in 2013 and ’19.
Although coaching is not in his plans, Rask said he would be available if Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman wants him.
“I told him right after I retired: Tell me if you need anything,” Rask said. “Just make sure you don’t get too high or too low.”
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DuBOIS -- Bailey Crissman pitched five solid innings on the mound while Gary Amsler and Zach Cooper combined to drive in all three runs as Allegheny-Clarion Valley/Union improved to 2-0 on the season after posting a 3-1 victory over Cranberry at Stern Field.
The game was tied 1-1 after the first inning, but the Falcon Knights tallied a run in the second and another run in the third. That was more than enough offense for Crissman as he limited the Berries to one earned run on four hits over five innings to log the win. He finished with seven strikeouts and three walks. Ryan Cooper tossed the final two frames to earn the save. He gave up one hit while fanning four and walking one.
Amsler led the offense with a single and two RBIs while Zach Cooper added a single and an RBI.
Nathan Bell drilled a double for coach Pat Irwin's Berries while Preston Forrest had a single and an RBI. Kenny Lavrich, Austin Fento and Ashton Weaver each added a single.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
“They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment," Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”
But Packer said Rock was “very dismissive” of the idea.
“He was like, ‘No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer said. "And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night's ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on Packer's interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television."
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
Rock publicly addressed the incident for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.
The agency said the Trump administration's decision in 2020 not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water was made with the “best available peer reviewed science.” The chemical is used in rocket fuel and fireworks.
At the time, Trump's EPA said perchlorate was not found widely enough in drinking water or "at levels of public health concern" to warrant federal regulation. The decision was one of many Trump-era rollbacks or eliminations of existing or pending public health and environmental protections. The Biden administration ordered a review of that decision at the start of his term.
EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox said the agency was “applying the right tools to support public health protections.”
Environmental groups slammed the Biden administration’s decision.
“The Trump EPA gave perchlorate a pass; it was a bad decision then, and it’s a bad decision now,” said Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council advocacy group. “Tap water across America will remain contaminated by this toxic chemical.”
Perchlorate from runoff contaminates the drinking water of as many as 16 million Americans, the Obama administration said in 2011 when it announced the EPA would for the first time set maximum limits for the chemical compound. It has been used in the U.S. for decades, particularly by the military and defense industries, and is commonly found in munitions, fireworks, matches and signal flares.
Exposure to the compound can damage the development of fetuses and children and cause measurable drops in IQ in newborns, the American Academy of Pediatrics said in 2019, when it called for stringent federal limits. It damages human development by disrupting the functioning of the thyroid gland.
In its 2020 review, the EPA said state-level regulations and cleanup activities at contaminated sites had lowered the health risks posed by the compound. Massachusetts and California, for example, limit perchlorate in drinking water to 2 parts per billion and 6 parts per billion, respectively.
“But the problem is that for the rest of the country the states have not set standards,” said Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He said the compound is in “the top tier of problematic chemicals in our water.”
In the Southwest, perchlorate has been detected in groundwater that entered Lake Mead in Nevada. Manufacturing facilities in Henderson, Nevada, were the source of the chemical. The EPA said cleanup activities at two industrial sites in the state between 2002 and 2006 resulted in reduced levels of perchlorate in data provided since then by Nevada environmental and water agencies.
The EPA said Thursday it was considering other steps besides a federal drinking water limit, such as setting standards at open burning and detonation sites, where severe perchlorate contamination is generated from the burning of hazardous byproducts from weapons manufacturing and munitions. One such site is in Colfax, Louisiana, where environmentalists have long advocated for reform.
But environmental advocates said such measures fall short of what's needed.
“Simply put, toxic chemicals used in rocket fuel do not belong in our drinking water," said John Rumpler, senior attorney with Environment America.
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AP reporter Matthew Daly contributed to this report.
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The Taliban raised a giant white flag of their movement on a hill overlooking the Afghan capital Thursday in a ceremony held nearly eight months after they returned to power.
Several hundred Taliban, many armed, attended the ceremony presided over by Abdul Salam Hanafi, a deputy prime minister, on the hill in Wazir Akbar Khan, near the mostly deserted diplomatic enclave in Kabul.
Measuring 40 metres (130 feet) wide and 26 metres high, the white flag is decorated with the Islamic profession of faith in black letters.
Some of those in attendance showed their joy by touching or grabbing the flag before it was raised.
"Today, a flag has been hoisted which is the flag of independence, peace and brotherhood, and the symbol of the rules of the Islamic system," said Hanafi.
"It is not the flag of the Taliban or the mullahs, it is the flag of the whole nation that has made sacrifices. This flag belongs to the whole of Afghanistan."
The Afghan national flag had been a black, red and green vertical tricolour with the national emblem overlaid in white, but the Taliban have ordered all government departments to display the white standard instead.
After returning to power in August, the Taliban promised a softer version of the harsh rule that characterised their first stint in power from 1996 to 2001, but restrictions have crept back -- often implemented regionally at the whim of local officials.
The flag-raising comes a week after the Taliban shut down all girls' secondary schools just hours after they allowed them to reopen for the first time since August.
In recent days, they have also barred women from flying unless accompanied by a male relative, and decreed men and women cannot visit parks in the capital on the same days.
Women are increasingly being shut out of public life -- barred from most government jobs, and ordered to dress according to the Taliban's strict interpretation of the Koran.
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Camp #2 F-6 — You will find multiple Yagudo Mendicant roaming the area on your way to Camp #1
Also if you run into trouble you can run back to G-6 where two pixies roam and will gladly give you free raise III’s
- There is only one Goblin Veterinarian that is feasible to steal a pet from. That being the case, if one other solo-er is at the camp you will be unable to level unimpeded. There are two other Goblin Veterinarian in the zone, however due to their placement and mobs around them (Pots, Elementals, Snoll, Hecteye, and other Goblins) they might not be worth the effort.
- Bats are hard to sleep, but you should be able to do it with ES + Sleep.
- Due to the nature of the doorway that the goblin is behind, occasionally you will be “Unable to see” the goblin’s pet. Try to maneuver around this without getting aggro if you can.
- An easy way to circumvent this is to cast Invisible on yourself so that you can get in a good position to cast without being seen by the Goblin. You https://americashpaydayloan.com/pawn-shops-sd/ can run to either side right as your spell goes off and you will be able to cast with no problems.
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895 – 935 Note: Burst in Wind/Fire, Quake on Fire, Tornado on Earth. p Location(s): West Sarutabaruta (S) Camp #1: F-7 (closed entrance to Giddeus) There is a Yagudo Mendicant and Yagudo Piper that wander E-W in front of a group of 8 pillars. They do not walk down the pillar area, so it is safe to rest/cast within the 3 sets of southward pillars. There is a perfect camp just south of the main path at the F-6/G-6 border. Here you will notice a Mendicant. If you continue a little further south you will find another. You can camp between these two, giving the opportunity to pull from the north or the south. Note that Pixie Raise III’s allow for no EXP loss, which was quite helpful while I camped this location Camp #3: F-6 — This camp uses the first Yagudo from camp #2 (the Yagudo Mendicant to the north). You can cast spells from around the corner near the F-6/G-6 border – as long as you don’t go past the tree in the corner you’ll stay out of aggro range.You can also stand to the side of the tree past the grassy area, you will know it when you stand on it, and you will never be out of range of casting on an elemental. The Elementals will be in casting range for about 90% of the time. Using this camp you’ll have a easier time getting to the pixies in case you get in trouble, as there are no other Yags along the way.
Also if you run into trouble you can run back to G-6 where two pixies roam and will gladly give you free raise III’s
- Was able to one-shot Wind Fire elementals almost always. A drain-able sliver of health was usually left on Earth elementals.
- Elementals never seemed to be out of casting range and Yagudos never within aggro range (stand between the second pair of pillars from the north to cast). -able of course so MP was not an issue.
- Close to a Campaign front if you need an emergency Instant Reraise scroll.
- Even closer to a pair of Pixies who’ll give you free Raise III’s that allow for no EXP loss.
- Chain 5 easily.
Also if you run into trouble you can run back to G-6 where two pixies roam and will gladly give you free raise III’s
- I would definitely recommend this camp. It is extremely accessible through the use of Campaign Arbiters. Although the Pso’Xja camp is probably better exp once you get there, this camp is a great alternative and is rarely occupied! I first came to this camp as 55BLM/WHM (Hume F) with notable equipment being Moldy Earring, AF gloves and equipment giving INT+24 (without food). I did not possess any HQ elemental staves but was able to one-shot each variety of elemental pretty consistently, although as stated above, the Earth Elementals did sometimes have a small amount of health remaining. Resists seemed few and far between. Although the Yagudo occasionally turned at an inconvenient time causing it to link, the presence of the Pixies nearby dulled the blow as there was no exp loss. This was a plus in comparison to Pso’Xja which allowed only one reraise scroll per visit, as well as a trek to get there. | http://www.adotas.com/2022/03/camp-2-f-6-you-will-find-multiple-yagudo-mendicant-5/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:37Z |
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George Washington University sophomore Kate Dressel, who is concentrating in business analytics and finance, struggled to find representation in the career field that interested her, and startling statistics show why. According to a recent study, women account for just 15% of Fortune 500 CEOs, while women founders secured only 2% of...
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The game of baseball might be for boys, but beyond the mound and home plate, the playing field has become more diverse. Katie Beekman joined the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in June of 2010. She's been General Manager since 2019. Her career started with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, though...
Diversity and inclusion have become buzzwords in the workplace, with companies sounding off about their importance. But the numbers on corporate boards tell a different story. Black Women on Boards is on a mission to increase diversity in corporate boardrooms. Merline Saintil is a Fortune 500 board director and one of the group’s founders.
The following information was provided by event organizers:. FocusWC, a non-partisan women’s organization, is proud to announce the keynote speaker for the Focus Women’s Conference 2022. Presenting on radical love and self-acceptance, FocusWC welcomes Nadia Bolz-Weber as the keynote speaker on March 28, 2022 at the Mobile Convention Center. New York Times bestselling author Nadia Bolz-Weber has been called “a pastor for America’s outsiders” (BBC). From her roots as a hard-drinking standup comic to an ordained Lutheran pastor, Bolz-Weber’s gospel is not just for spiritual seekers. Her message of radical love and acceptance empowers everyone. Bolz-Weber explores friendship and community; life purpose and activism; self-care; and leadership. She makes the deeply felt argument that honesty and human connection are key to creating and sustaining a community. The conference will encourage women to develop relationships and provide the tools, knowledge, and network to enable women to economically empower themselves, encourage them to live their best life, and impact their community in positive ways. In 2019, the Focus Women’s Conference hosted more than 540 attendees to connect and learn together in Mobile.
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What is it going to take to get more women of color in tech? The answer is complex, but MacKenzie Scott aims to be part of the solution. Her philanthropy continues to focus on moving the needle toward equity for all. As such, she’s donated $3.9 billion to 465 nonprofits over the last nine months. One notable group on the list is NPower, a nonprofit that provides tech training to advance race and gender equity in the industry. Although the nonprofit was part of a recent Google.org initiative for its job-training efforts, Scott’s $15 million donation is the single largest gift from an individual or organization in NPower’s 20-year history.
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A recent survey from tech giant HP shows that while women are very interested in advancing their careers, men are still promoted at a much higher rate. Managing Director of North America at HP Stephanie Dismore joined Cheddar News to discuss the data and how changes brought on by the pandemic helped — and hurt — women in the workforce. "This whole idea of hybrid working is a challenge, but it's also an opportunity. And ideally what it can do for women is provide extreme flexibility, and it gives them an opportunity to really be very vocal about what they need and how they can contribute the best in the environment that they're in," she said. "However, at the same time, while women are applying and wanting to advance their careers. COVID actually had the reverse effect. And if you look at other studies, one in four women actually took a step back from their careers or exited the workforce altogether."
Women’s History Month is a key moment in time to reflect on and celebrate the triumphs of women across the world. Women have come a long way, baby, as that Virginia Slims tagline used to tell us. But there is still so much more to be done for the advancement of womankind. Since I am a professional communications strategist, I am typically thinking and actively analyzing the voices that are prominent during these moments in time, amplified by brand partnerships and social media posts. The big names, who are celebrities and influencers we know about, are so important to those who find value and inspiration in women who have dominated music, entertainment, health and wellness, corporate America, and the like. I would add though for those of us who are on a journey to know ourselves better as women, we can look inward for inspiration and within our families and friend groups for inspiring women. Those women who don’t have millions or even thousands of followers on social media or don’t have brand partnerships. They are more accessible and real to us in terms of representations of success, resilience, and growth. That is where we can find our mentors and members for our mastermind groups. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556713659631/gwwib-spring-conference-to-highlight-women-in-leadership | 2022-04-01T01:42:39Z |
Aged care pay rise not in federal budget
A pay rise for aged care workers has not been budgeted for this year, a federal minister has confirmed.
Government Services Minister Linda Reynolds says the coalition government will review any decisions by the independent regulator before committing to a pay rise for aged care workers.
"(The government) will wait for (the Fair Work Commission) to do their work, they'll make a determination, we will review it and then we will take whatever position we do after that review," she told a Senate estimates committee on Friday.
But the prime minister says the government will implement the commission's recommendation.
"It's impossible to know what that (decision) is," he told reporters in Sydney.
"The Fair Work Commission finding has to be honoured and it will be."
Greens senator Janet Rice says it's surprising the government hasn't budgeted for the pay rise when it knows the commission will be making a recommendation.
"(The government) didn't see any need to put any form of contingency in the budget to cover those increased costs," she said.
"It's pretty evident - given what we know about the low wages of aged care workers who work tirelessly and are paid a pittance - that there will be recommendations."
But Senator Reynolds says the government can't predict what those recommendations will be.
"We are many things ... but we're not mind readers in terms of what the Fair Work Commission will determine and we'll (budget) that at the appropriate time," she said.
Meanwhile, only half of aged care providers have had the $400 bonus per worker promised by the government approved.
Officials from the health department said 499 of 807 aged care service providers have had their applications for the payment approved since the bonus was announced earlier this year.
But it could take between three and six months for an audit to determine if workers haven't received the bonus, Health Department official James Benson told the committee hearing on Friday.
Before then, it will be up to workers to alert the department if they haven't received it.
Senator Rice said this shows the government is not following through on its promises.
But Health Department head Brendan Murphy says providers want to do the best thing by the workers and will apply for and pass on the payment.
Labor made aged care a key plank of its budget reply on Thursday, pledging to improve the pay of aged care workers and making a formal submission to the commission in favour of a rise.
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US launches satellite TV channel for Afghanistan after Taliban bans VOA broadcast
After the Taliban banned Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts from terrestrial television, the US government-funded news agency has launched a 24/7 direct-to-home satellite-delivered television channel for Afghanistan, local media reported.
The channel carries uncensored news and information in both the Pashto and Dari languages of the country, according to Voice of America (VOA).
VOA's programs were ordered off affiliated television stations in Afghanistan effective on March 27, as part of a broad ban on content regarded as undermining Taliban policies, including prohibiting women from anchoring newscasts with men.
VOA's new TV stream, identified as "VOA Afghanistan," is on the Yahsat Y-1A satellite (52.2 degrees East), Transponder 12 (downlink frequency 11.938 GHz), Channel 469. The Yahsat satellite is Afghanistan's most popular platform, ensuring the Afghan audience will have access to VOA's programming despite the Taliban censorship, reported VOA.
"Afghanistan is now one of the most repressive media markets in the world," said Acting VOA Director Yolanda Lopez.
"Despite the Taliban's attempt to end press freedom, VOA News stands by its Afghan audience with credible and authoritative news and information," Lopez added.
The new VOA Afghanistan satellite stream includes its popular "TV Ashna" newscasts, its women's show "Etesal," viewer call-in programming, and programming from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Azadi radio. Additional programming is planned, including entertainment shows to fill a void in Afghanistan, where local channels cannot air music programs, reported VOA.
It further reported that the VOA satellite channel has been in development since August, before the fall of Afghanistan's elected government. The channel is also accessible on YouTube and on VOA's Pashto and Dari language websites.
Domestic and international critics say media and freedom of speech have worsened under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
Afghan journalists have been repeatedly detained and subjected to violence by security forces. In December, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a survey, showing that at least 40 per cent of Afghan media outlets have disappeared and more than 80 per cent of women journalists lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover of the country.
Hundreds of journalists have also left Afghanistan since August for fear of Taliban reprisals or because of problems associated with practising their profession under the new rulers.
More than 6,400 journalists and media employees have lost their jobs since August 15 when the Taliban seized control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to the RSF survey.
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Heavy fighting rages near Ukraine capital
Heavy fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other zones Thursday amid indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation as cover while regrouping and resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an early morning video address that Ukraine is seeing “a buildup of Russian forces for new strikes on the Donbas, and we are preparing for that”.
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Pak NSC issues demarche over letter
Pakistan's top security body on Thursday decided to issue a strong demarche to an unnamed country over a “threatening letter”, which Prime Minister Imran Khan has claimed is evidence of a foreign conspiracy to oust his government - and expressed concern at the undiplomatic communication and “interference” in the country's internal affairs. He claimed that it had been sent to the ministry of foreign affairs.
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Is the end near? Imran Khan’s options fade
Facing imminent ouster, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly offered to dissolve the National Assembly on the condition that the opposition withdraw the no-confidence motion against him, local media reported on Friday. According to a report in Geo News, an “important personality” delivered PM Khan's message to the leader of the opposition Shahbaz Shariz. Khan also said that he is willing to face any situation if his offer finds no takers.
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Protests outside Sri Lanka President's home as economic crisis deepens
Police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of protesters trying to storm the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the capital Thursday, demanding his resignation as the South Asian nation's economic crisis worsened. Outside Rajapaksa's home in Colombo's Mirihana residential quarter, anti-riot squads beat back demonstrators after they blocked the roads for more than two hours.
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‘Kyiv not Kiev’: Zelenskyy plea on ‘outdated Soviet spellings’ of Ukraine cities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it is “high time” that outdated Soviet spellings of the east-European country's cities are scrapped and the “correct Ukrainian form” is adopted. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-launches-satellite-tv-channel-for-afghanistan-after-taliban-bans-voa-broadcast-101648771366288.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:41Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain at historic lows.
Jobless claims rose by 14,000 to 202,000 for the week ending March 26, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The previous week’s tally of 188,000 claims was the fewest since 1969. First-time applications for jobless aid generally track the pace of layoffs.
The four-week average for claims, which compensates for weekly volatility, fell to 208,500 from 212,000 the previous week.
In total, 1,307,000 Americans were collecting jobless aid for the week ending March 19, the fewest since December 1969.
Employers added a robust 678,000 jobs in February, according to recent government data, the largest monthly total since July. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.8%, from 4% in January, extending a sharp decline in joblessness to its lowest level since before the pandemic erupted two years ago. The government reports March jobs data on Friday, and analysts forecast that the U.S. economy gained 477,500 jobs for the month.
Job openings hovered at a near-record level in February, little changed from the previous month, continuing a trend that Federal Reserve officials see as a driver of inflation. There were 11.3 million available jobs last month, matching January’s figure and just below December’s record of 11.4 million, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
The number of Americans quitting their jobs was also historically high, at 4.4 million, up from 4.3 million in January. More than 4.5 million people quit in November, the most on records dating back two decades.
The Federal Reserve launched a high-risk effort two weeks ago in an effort to tame the worst inflation since the early 1980s, raising its benchmark short-term interest rate and signaling up to six additional rate hikes this year.
The Fed’s quarter-point hike in its key rate, which it had pinned near zero since the pandemic recession struck two years ago, marks the start of its effort to curb the high inflation that followed the recovery from the recession. The rate hikes will eventually mean higher loan rates for many consumers and businesses.
The central bank’s policymakers have projected that inflation will remain elevated at 4.3% through 2022.
Also Thursday,an inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, with sharply higher prices for food, gasoline and other necessities squeezing Americans’ finances. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/more-americans-apply-for-jobless-benefits-layoffs-still-low/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:40Z |
Santa Cruz County merchant mariner trapped in Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown
New omicron outbreaks have forced China to extend its lockdown in Shanghai, one of the country's most critical areas.
Among those trapped in that lockdown is a merchant mariner from Santa Cruz County.
"About 10 days ago we had probably about 100 shipyard workers working with us and then they got the call around lunch time and everyone just left," said Giancarlo Thomae, a merchant mariner from Aptos stuck in the China coronavirus lockdown.
The crew quickly learned that a new COVID surge had triggered a stay-at-home order in the massive city.
"There were settling torches just laying all over the place, unopened water bottles," Thomae said, adding it was like a scene from a movie.
Thomae and his team were supposed to be in the shipyard for about 35 days, but it has not been 45 days and counting.
Since March 1, China has reported around 90,000 new COVID infections largely driven by the subvariant BA.2. It is the same variant that now accounts for most cases in the United States.
"Lockdowns might have been used for the original Wuhan variant, they might have worked for alpha and delta, but they are not going to work for omicron and they're certainly not going to work with BA.2, which is anywhere from 30 to 60% more tangible than omicron," UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong.
With spring break around the corner and BA.2 spreading, Chin-Hong said he suspects we will see a surge in the coming weeks, but it will not be as significant as China's spike in cases.
"Because China has done a great job until this point in protecting the population from natural infection, you see a situation where a lot of people are going to be vulnerable," Chin-Hong said. "Also, they've used different vaccines, which are not mRNA."
Chin-Hong said he believes our hospitals will be OK during the next surge, however, he believes we could see disruptions at work and school.
Back in Shanghai, Thomae is left to wait it out trapped by the precautions meant to prevent bigger disruptions. | https://www.ksbw.com/article/santa-cruz-county-merchant-mariner-trapped-in-shanghai/39603931 | 2022-04-01T01:42:43Z |
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Bales, Cecille L., 95, retired Ackerman-McQueen advertising and marketing executive, died Friday, March 25. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Ninde Brookside.
Fitzpatrick, Frances Wanda, 97, died Monday March 28. Services pending. Ninde Funeral Home.
Harper, Jessica Rose, 36, died Tuesday, March 29. Celebration of life 11 a.m. Friday, Fellowship Congregational Church. Schaudt’s Tulsa Funeral Service.
Messick, Deloris, 88, homemaker, died Sunday, March 27. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Asbury Methodist Church. Moore's Southlawn Chapel.
Thomas, Barbara J., 97, Iowa State University chemistry teacher, died Sunday, March 27. Memorial service, 2 p.m. Monday, Moore’s Southalwn Chapel.
Vokoun, Nancy, 80, retired secretary, died Thursday, March 31. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Rhema Bible Church, Broken Arrow.
Ward, Stephen Craig, 69, physician, died Wednesday, March 30. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel.
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Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bixby
Guinn, Sandra “Sandy,” 83, homemaker and retired from the Daily Oklahoman, died Wednesday, March 30. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, both at RiverCrest Chapel. Bixby-South Tulsa Funeral Service.
Jennings
Cox, Denver, 67, pipeline inspector, died Monday, March 28. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Crossroads Community Church, and interment Jennings Cemetery. Chapman-Black, Cleveland, Okla.
Pryor
Darnell, Jewell “J.D.,” 83, REC electrical lineman supervisor, died Wednesday, March 30. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Shipman’s Funeral Home Chapel. | https://tulsaworld.com/obituaries/deathnotices/deaths-published-friday-april-1-2022/article_0843191e-adf0-11ec-9922-9ff9b6aaf4ad.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:43Z |
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — One officer was killed and two others were shot Thursday in Pennsylvania while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call when gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second is in critical condition, but is stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said.
The slain officer's name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members.
Police did not release further details.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/1-officer-killed-2-others-shot-in-pennsylvania/article_9936515a-e8e9-5170-8793-c5f2a18acd40.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:43Z |
Although debated, most scholars agree that Mexican immigrants first introduced recreational marijuana use to the United States in the early 1900’s. As homage to the Mexican culture and their involvement in bringing marijuana use to popular culture, we decided to choose “Canamo” as the name of concentrate brand. Canada is an anglicized version of cáñamo, which is the Spanish word for hemp. However, many Chicanos in the United States and Latinos all across the world use cáñamo as slang for cannabis.
Our brand’s logo is an altered version of a Mexican sugar skull; it is only natural to choose a turquoise color to further represent our corner of the country and the history of its people. Looking at our name, chosen colors and logo, it’s easy to see that Canamo Concentrates radiates southwestern vibes. | https://www.leafly.com/brands/canamo-concentrates/products/canamo-concentrates-king-musa-shatter-solvent | 2022-04-01T01:42:43Z |
Just 34 seconds later — and more than 500 miles away — the Hurricanes’ Aho scored his 31st goal in Carolina against Montreal. Both gave their teams 1-0 leads in the first period.
It’s not the first time the two have combined on a statistical oddity. In 2018, New York’s Aho committed a hooking penalty on Carolina’s Aho, causing MSG Networks Islanders play-by-play broadcaster Brendan Burke to exclaim: “A little Sebastian Aho-on-Sebastian Aho crime.”
The two Ahos are not related, by the way. The Islanders’ Aho, Sebastian Johannes Aho, is 26 and from Sweden. He has three career NHL goals in limited action.
The Hurricanes’ Aho, Sebastian Antero Aho, is 24 and from Finland. He’s a two-time NHL All-Star and has 176 career goals.
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Newly revealed text messages from Ginni Thomas to a top Trump administration official show the conservative-activist wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wasn’t merely rooting for former President Donald Trump to win reelection. She inundated Trump’s chief of staff with frenzied post-election texts offering direct advice on how they might overturn the results — and infused that advice with crazed conspiracy nonsense worthy of Q-Anon’s most feverish followers.
All this as Trump was desperately trying to get the justices, including Justice Thomas, to review the election outcome. The whole episode further casts a shadow upon a Supreme Court already falling from grace with much of the American public.
It has long been problematic that Justice Thomas consistently declines to recuse himself from cases in which his wife is deeply involved as an activist. But the airing last week of the texts between Ginni Thomas and Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, adds a whole new layer to the issue: They indicate the justice’s wife is in thrall to some of the most extreme, outlandish and potentially dangerous conspiracy theories out there regarding the election. | https://www.iolaregister.com/opinion/editorials/ginni-thomass-texts-show-why-high-court-needs-recusal-standards | 2022-04-01T01:42:43Z |
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DEEPSPACE (DPS) traded 4.6% lower against the dollar during the one day period ending at 20:00 PM Eastern on March 31st. One DEEPSPACE coin can currently be bought for about $0.16 or 0.00000360 BTC on popular exchanges. In the last seven days, DEEPSPACE has traded down 12.1% against the dollar. DEEPSPACE has a total market capitalization of $8.68 million and approximately $148,146.00 worth of DEEPSPACE was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- Tether (USDT) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002192 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded down 4.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.82 or 0.00001802 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded 4.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $21.50 or 0.00047111 BTC.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded 5.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded 0.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0744 or 0.00000163 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded 3.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $3,270.20 or 0.07164958 BTC.
- EarnX (EARNX) traded up 396,248.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0008 or 0.00000002 BTC.
- Bitcoin BEP2 (BTCB) traded 3.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $45,599.75 or 0.99908370 BTC.
- stETH (Lido) (STETH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3,479.19 or 0.06807369 BTC.
- Internet Computer (ICP) traded down 4% against the dollar and now trades at $21.15 or 0.00046332 BTC.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former minor league pitcher ran a major league illegal sports betting operation in California that used other former pro athletes to take bets and took wagers from players still in the game, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Wayne Nix, who threw for Oakland Athletics farm teams, used his connections to recruit three former Major League Baseball players and a former pro football player as fellow bookies, prosecutors said.
The MLB began looking into the matter when it learned of it Thursday, but was unaware any of those involved other than Nix, a spokesman said.
Court records offered no names of the players who worked for Nix or those who placed bets with his business, but they provide a glimpse of the kind of money being wagered, earned and lost.
A professional football player paid Nix $245,000 for gambling losses in 2016. An MLB coach paid $4,000 in losses that same year. It was not disclosed if either bet on their own games or their own sports.
MLB prohibits players from betting on baseball or gambling illegally on sports. They can bet on other sports if it’s legal. The National Football League policy bars all personnel from betting on football games.
A Los Angeles check cashing business that has agreed to plead guilty to failing to prevent money laundering in the scheme cashed over $18 million in checks from two single bettors, prosecutors said.
One client wagered $5 million on the Super Bowl but it was not revealed if that gambit paid off.
Sports betting is legal in 30 states, but not in California. However, voters will have a chance to legalize it at the polls in November.
Nix, 45, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to run an illegal gambling operation and faces up to eight years in prison. He also admitted he failed to report $1.4 million in income in 2017 and 2018. He has agreed to pay back taxes and interest of $1.25 million and forfeit $1.3 million seized from bank accounts.
Nix began the sports bookmaking business about 20 years ago after his six-year minor league career — with stops in Arizona, Texas and California — ended, prosecutors said.
His client list was created from contacts he had made in the sports world and included current and former pro athletes. The agents he hired helped expand that clientele.
The operation eventually began using a Costa Rican business, Sand Island Sports, to create accounts where bets could be placed and tracked and credit limits set, prosecutors said. Bets were placed online or through a call center, though Nix paid winners and kept most of the money from losing bets.
Those who exceeded credit limits were shut off, though exceptions were made, according to court documents.
A sports broadcaster's account was reactivated in February 2019 after he told Nix he was refinancing his home mortgage to pay off his gambling debts.
In September 2019, Nix increased the credit limit to a baseball player with debts so he could make additional bets.
In November, 2019, Nix's partner, Edon Kagasoff, told a business manager for a professional basketball player that he would increase the maximum wager he could place to $25,000 per NBA game.
Kagasoff, 44, faces the same conspiracy charge as Nix. He also agreed to plead guilty and forfeit over $3 million in funds seized from his home and bank accounts. | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Ex-minor-leaguer-ran-major-league-sports-betting-17049855.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:44Z |
Israeli security forces on Thursday raided a West Bank city after three fatal attacks rocked the Jewish state in a week, with two Palestinians shot dead and a third killed after launching a stabbing attack on a bus.
The violence comes after a Palestinian armed with an M-16 assault rifle killed two Israeli civilians, two Ukranian nationals and an Israeli-Arab policeman in the streets of Bnei Brak, an Orthodox Jewish city near Tel Aviv, on Tuesday night.
The shooting took to 11 the number of people slain in attacks carried out since March 22 by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians, including two attacks linked to the Islamic State group.
The latest bloodshed erupted in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday morning when Israeli soldiers mounting an operation to arrest suspects linked to the Bnei Brak attack returned fire after being shot at, the army said.
"Palestinian assailants fired toward the troops, who returned fire," a statement from the military said.
The Palestinian health ministry said "the Israeli occupation forces" killed two Palestinians, Sanad Abu Attia, 17, and Yazid Al-Saadi, 23. Another 15 people were wounded, it said.
Throngs of people accompanied the bodies of Abu Attia and Al-Saadi through Jenin to pay their last respects, and masked men in black fired weapons into the air.
Israel said forces arrested a total of 31 people across the West Bank overnight, including three suspects in the village of Yabad, which was home to the attacker in Tuesday's fatal shooting in Bnei Brak. An Israeli sniper was wounded during the raid, the army said.
Also Thursday, a Palestinian man stabbed an Israeli civilian with a screwdriver on a bus south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the police said, before "a civilian on the bus shot the terrorist dead," according to the army.
Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem said it treated a man aged about 30 for stab wounds to his torso, and that he was in "serious but stable" condition.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the alleged assailant as Nidal Jumaa Jafara, 30.
The Gaza Strip-based secretary general of Islamic Jihad, Ziad Al-Nakhala, announced the group's armed wing would step up activities "in light of the storming of Jenin camp by the Zionist enemy army".
Osama Al-Hroub, an Islamic Jihad leader in Jenin, called the killing of the two young Palestinian men there a "crime" aimed at "covering up a series of disappointments and the occupation's security failure, which failed to prevent the attacks deep inside" Israel.
The violence has cast a pall ahead of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, which begins this weekend.
A senior Palestinian intelligence official told AFP on Thursday that the Palestinian security services were "raising" security readiness, both in terms of Palestinian attacks inside Israel and violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers.
Later Thursday, Israelis flocked to the Nazareth funeral of Amir Khoury, 32, the Arab Christian policeman who died while confronting the Bnei Brak gunman.
Last year, clashes in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem escalated into 11 days of bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip.
On Thursday morning, far-right Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir taunted Hamas as he walked through the compound, which Jews revere as the site of two ancient temples.
"All night Hamas threatened me and said that I was in the line of fire and told me not to come here," he said. "I say to the Hamas spokesman shut up".
The violence has undercut regional efforts to defuse the situation.
Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a rare visit to Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday, where he met with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas. He hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Defence Minister Benny Gantz in Amman later during the week and condemned "violence in all its forms".
Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty in 1994 and the Hashemite Kingdom serves as custodian of holy places in east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in 1967 and later annexed in a move not recognised by most of the international community.
Palestinians seek to end Israeli control and build a state in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, also captured in 1967.
Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians have been frozen for years.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is opposed to a Palestinian state, and instead has pursued a policy of economic easements for Palestinians.
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Tinder releases other a los angeles carte provider, Very Boost, restricted to members
Tinder now introduced a moment, really advanced style of the most well known a la carte order, Boost, together with the discharge of Very Raise – an improvement merely desired to Tinder confident and you can Tinder Gold advanced participants. The theory from the new service is eliminate more funds from those users that currently revealed a determination to cover relationship app, even though the creating anybody else several other motivation to improve to a premium Tinder membership.
Much like Increase, hence for a half hour leaves your on top of the heap out of users shown to prospective suits, Very Upsurge in inclusion enables you to slice the line.
Tinder states the choice would be shown to see Tinder work for and you can Tinder silver people throughout the maximum task minutes, and simply at night. Whenever purchased and you will triggered, ultra Raise pledges the ability to be considered of the to help you one hundred period a lot more you are able to caters to. However, Increase merely expands character views of the to 10 situations.
In addition particularly Increase, Awesome Increase might not have a team cost. Tinder rates the products it makes dynamically, considering different factors such as years, urban area, age of registration with other factors. (Tinder’s decision to upwards its prices getting elderly users generated an decades discrimination classification action lawsuit, the providers ultimately paid. That it limitations to be able to bills according to ages, but merely in California.)
The company haven’t however, satisfied into an amount aim – or alternatives – for super Boost, it is now evaluating different alternatives inside the find opportunities during the that your function happens real time. Very Raise isn’t generally available across all Tinder areas nor to everyone state-of-the-art clients now, once the providers feedback so it an examination for the moment.
The advance, in the event that successful, could have a giant influence on Tinder’s summary.
Because Tinder’s customer feet grows, their a los angeles carte purchases perform the exact same – the firm also observed it attained checklist stages from inside the Q4 2018, regarding including shared one to a la erotic pornography other sites carte makes up up to 31% regarding push cash. Boost and you will Very Including will be the most useful, and you can Tinder possess for quite some time hinted it wishes grow its diet off a la carte enjoys while the increases.
Throughout the earliest you to-last regarding 2019, Tinder averaged cuatro.7 billion members, right up of 384,100000 over the last you to-4th and you will step one.3 billion season-over-season. The current money on the other hand topped prices , thanks to Tinder’s continued development, getting mother or father organization fit Group’s net income round the the line of relationship software to $123 billion, or 42 dollars a share, upwards away from $99.eight million, otherwise 33 dollars a percentage, into the year-back movement.
That said, the choice to monetize a user ft up against a key algorithm prejudice would be an extended-title riskier wager to own Tinder together with other internet dating app, which have been currently the subject of far cultural grievance thanks to content lamenting its lives, damning documentaries, their unique connection to sets from racial discrimination so you can today dinner conditions, along with search that describe her unjust reputation – like this current people from Mozilla.
For any near-title, online dating application makers centered on this product was bringing for the profits because of too little other options. But there is still room to have an opponent which will change the character quo. Got Myspace perhaps not waited up to their name was indeed dragged courtesy mud from of several privacy scandals, the fresh myspace relationships items could have been that disruptor. For the present time, however, Tinder and its particular opposition was basically safe – as well as users will likely continue steadily to pay for one function providing them the capacity to enhance their chance. | http://www.adotas.com/2022/03/tinder-releases-other-a-los-angeles-carte-provider/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:44Z |
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