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NORMAN — Cale Gundy has coached under numerous offensive minds as he enters his 24th season on the Oklahoma football staff.
The wide receivers coach was asked about the different styles of former head coach Lincoln Riley and new offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby.
Gundy, while diplomatic with his answer, did point out that Lebby starts a little more advanced than perhaps Riley did when he began calling plays at OU in 2015.
“Lincoln was a great offensive mind. We all know that. Lincoln was very creative. Probably one of the most creative offensive minds I’ve ever been around,” Gundy said this week. “Lincoln, over time, learned the run game. With his background and his history, it was mainly throwing and passing and getting the ball in space. I think he would tell you he became a better coach when he got here because we ran the ball more.
“Again, Jeff is already polished in those areas. He’s polished in everything. It is, it’s very impressive. Again, it’s something that’s only going to make us all better. Make us better players and better coaches.”
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Barnes growing up fast
Freshman running back Jovantae Barnes has impressed his peers as OU’s spring football drills enter the midway point.
The Las Vegas Desert Pines High School graduate began college classes early to get a jump start on his career.
“Jovantae’s doing a great job coming in as a true freshman,” OU senior running back Eric Gray said. “I was an early enrollee , so I know what he’s going through, that transition. But he’s doing a great job of handling it, learning the new offense, learning college-level running, because it’s different from high school. So him learning, I think he’s doing a great job.”
What have been Barnes’ recognized strengths during workouts?
“He’s very strong for his age. Very strong for how young he is. Very strong, runs well. He has a lot of good speed. So I think he’s doing a great job,” Gray said.
Barnes rushed for 567 yards and 11 touchdowns in six games in his senior season. His 2020 campaign was canceled due to COVID. As a sophomore, he ran for 1,022 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Gray, Marcus Major and Barnes are the scholarship running backs on campus this spring. Gavin Sawchuk, a member of the 2022 recruiting class, will arrive in Norman this summer.
From 'M-I-Z' to 'O-U'
Tight end Daniel Parker moved to OU after spending four seasons at Missouri.
While playing for the Tigers, Parker caught 41 passes for 337 yards and four touchdowns, including three scores last season.
Why did he leave Mizzou?
“I just felt like I needed to improve my game. I felt like just being there was just helping me maintain. And it’s not a knock on those guys. I love those guys over there. The program. Coach (Eli) Drinkwitz is a great coach. Love those guys. But personally, I felt like for me to improve my game I needed to be somewhere else,” Parker said.
After Parker hit the portal on Nov. 29 — just 24 hours after Riley departed for USC — he reached out to OU and a familiar face.
“I let coach (Joe Jon) Finley know. He told me, ‘There’s some stuff going on here. I’ll have to get back to you.’ I just prayed and prayed and prayed. And as time went on he called me and he was like, ‘Hey, do you still want to be a Sooner?’ And I’m like, ‘Without a doubt I want to be a Sooner,’” Parker said.
“Coach Finley was my tight end coach my freshman year as Missouri and we had that connection. He knows what I’m about. I know what he’s about. It was just good to get back with him.”
Mayfield excited for spring game
Baker Mayfield’s Heisman Trophy statue will be revealed at halftime of the April 23 spring football game.
On Thursday, Mayfield released a message to OU fans on social media.
“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate this tremendous honor than alongside my family, teammates and Sooner Nation. It took all of us, so to be back on Owen Field and have this statue unveiled there is incredible. See you at the spring game! #PackThePalace”
Mayfield’s statue will be the sixth to be enshrined at Heisman Park after he earned the award in 2017. Kyler Murray, the 2018 winner of the Heisman, also will have a statue placed in the park in the future. | https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/ou/is-there-a-difference-between-lincoln-riley-and-jeff-lebby-lets-ask-cale-gundy/article_5b38e156-b135-11ec-9af5-4b856a602bdd.html | 2022-04-01T01:42:49Z |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For the first time in California's 171-year history, a woman has signed a bill into state law.
Gov. Gavin Newsom normally signs the laws in California, but he left the state on Wednesday night for a family vacation in Central and South America. State law requires Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis to act as governor until he returns.
The Legislature on Thursday morning passed a bill to extend a law preventing some renters from being evicted until the end of June. The bill had to be signed into law on Thursday because the old law was set to expire and tens of thousands of renters could have been evicted starting Friday.
It ended up being an historic moment for the nation's most populous state, which has a reputation as a progressive powerhouse but has never elected a woman governor.
“It was very humbling. And I did feel that sense of history,” said Kounalakis, who also signed a separate bill relating to elections on Thursday. “For many years women have been writing legislation ... but no woman has ever signed a bill into law. And it felt like a moment in history that we should recognize as important.”
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California has elected plenty of women to other statewide offices.
In 1992 voters sent two Democratic women to the U.S. Senate. Dianne Feinstein still is serving while Barbara Boxer retired in 2017 and was replaced by Kamala Harris, who previously was state attorney general and now is vice president.
California's female power was on display during President Joe Biden's recent State of the Union address, when Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat behind him. Pelosi has represented San Francisco in Congress since 1987.
Kounalakis, a former president of a real estate development company who served as ambassador to Hungary under President Barack Obama, is California's first female lieutenant governor. She was elected in 2018 and replaced Newsom.
The state’s No. 2 executive has limited power. She casts tie-breaking votes in the state Senate and serves as a University of California regent, among other posts. Those who hold the office sometimes use the post to boost name recognition for future statewide campaigns — as Newsom did.
Historically, women don't run for governor at the same rate as they do other offices, according to Jean Sinzdak, associate director of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University. She said women usually make up about 25% of gubernatorial candidates nationwide. It's one reason there have been just 45 women who served as governors in U.S. history.
“People have these kind of unconscious biases, even against women in the executive position when they are the boss,” said Kim Nalder, professor of political science at California State University, Sacramento. “When they are members of a legislature they are members of a group. That plays into the positive stereotypes people have about women being good at collaboration.”
California is one of 19 states that have never elected a woman as governor. That likely won't change this year as Newsom is favored to win reelection. But it could change in 2026 when Newsom can't run again because of term limits.
California has four women elected to statewide office now while 38 women are in the Legislature — both all-time highs. Along with Kounalakis, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Controller Betty Yee, Secretary of State Shirley Weber and state Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins all could run for governor in 2026.
Kounalakis said any woman with a statewide platform should be thinking about running for governor — including herself. But with that election more than four and a half years away, she wasn't ready to commit to running for the office just yet.
“I think that what's important is that the women who could have a chance at being elected governor think about how we honor each other's abilities, because there is plenty of pressure for women to not help each other, when in fact the way that we'll see a women governor in the future is because women help one another,” Kounalakis said.
Newsom is scheduled to return to the state on April 12.
“The governor could have changed his plans. But he’s extremely supportive of elevating people around him, particularly those from underrepresented groups,” Kounalakis said. “And I am very grateful to him for helping to make this happen.”
This story has been corrected to fix two inaccurate spellings of Kounalakis' last name.
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BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations announced the appointment Thursday of an expert panel led by Canada’s former environment minister to scrutinize whether companies’ efforts to curb climate change are credible or mere “ greenwashing.”
Recent years have seen an explosion of pledges by businesses — including oil companies — to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to “net zero” amid consumer expectations that corporations bear part of the burden of cutting pollution. But environmental campaigners say many such plans are at best unclear, at worst designed to make companies look good when they are actually fueling global warming.
“Governments have the lion’s share of responsibility to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, adding that this was particularly true for the Group of 20 major emerging and industrialized economies that account for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions.
“But we also urgently need every business, investor, city, state and region to walk the talk on their net-zero promises,” he said.
The 16-member panel will make recommendations before the end of the year on the standards and definitions for setting net-zero targets, how to measure and verify progress, and ways to translate that into international and national regulations.
In addition to examining net-zero pledges by the private sector, it will also scrutinize commitments made by local and regional governments that don’t report directly to the U.N.
The panel includes prominent Australian climate scientist Bill Hare, South Africa-based sustainable finance expert Malango Mughogho and the former long-time governor of the People’s Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan.
It will be chaired by Catherine McKenna, who was Canada’s minister of environment and climate change from 2015 to 2019.
One outside expert called the creation of the new panel “well overdue,” noting that targets such as “net zero” are interpreted in different ways by companies and officials.
Harry Fearnehough, a policy analyst at the NewClimate Institute, said the think tank had recently reviewed several major companies and found “a number of critical issues with net-zero pledges, many of which are misleading consumers, regulators and shareholders.”
“Clear guidance on what is right, and what not, is welcome,” he said.
A report last month by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that more than three billion people worldwide are already at risk from global warming.
The panel will publish another report next week which is expected to confirm that the world is not on track to meet the goal of capping temperature rise at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, which was laid down in the 2015 Paris climate accord.
“If we don’t see significant and sustained emissions reductions this decade, the window of opportunity to keep 1.5 alive will be closed — forever,” said Guterres. “And that will be disaster for everyone.”
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Follow AP’s coverage of climate change at https://apnews.com/hub/climate | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/un-chief-names-panel-to-probe-companies-climate-efforts/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:48Z |
Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi on Thursday indicated that she will not mind Nitish Kumar, her husband Lalu Prasad's arch-rival, vacating his chair for a plush assignment in Delhi.
The RJD leader was replying to questions from journalists who were trying to make sense of a reportedly off-the-cuff remark by Kumar which has triggered furious speculations that he may move to Delhi as the next Vice President of the country.
“He should go. Everyone would like him to go away. (jana hi chahiye. Sabhi log chahenge ki chale jaayein”), she said replying to queries about the cryptic remark made by Kumar that he had been a member of both Houses in the state legislature and the Lok Sabha and a term in Rajya Sabha would complete his political journey.
To a pointed query about speculations that Kumar could emerge as the BJP's choice for the post of Vice-President after the expiry of Venkaiah Naidu's term in a few months, the reticent Rabri Devi repied “achcha hi na rahega (will it not be good for him?)”.
Kumar is reported to have made the Rajya Sabha remark during an informal chat with some journalists who had asked him about his recent tour of areas falling under the now abolished Barh Lok Sabha constituency which he had represented many times.
The journalists had queried, apparently in a jocular vein, whether Kumar had plans to contest parliamentary elections again. A section of the media has since been running reports speculating that the JD(U) leader, who has been in power in Bihar since 2005 and has become the longest serving Chief Minister of the state, could move to Delhi for a top constitutional post.
The reports also claim that he might agree to a new power-sharing formula in the state where the BJP, which had won far more seats than the JD(U) in the 2020 assembly polls, could be allowed to have its own Chief Minister. Incidentally, Bihar remains the only state in the entire “Hindi belt” where the BJP has never had its own Chief Minister.
BJP leaders like MLA Vinay Bihari have openly pitched for “our own CM” while taking care to add that the final decision rests with the national leadership. Upon returning to power for his fourth consecutive term in office, Kumar had claimed that he had, following the JD(U)'s relatively poor performance in polls, expressed the desire to step down and make way for the BJP but relented only after the alliance partner insisted that he continue occupying the top post.
Nonetheless, the state's hyperactive rumour bill is busy coming out with names of BJP leaders who could make it in the event of Kumar's departure. The “front-runners” include Nityanand Rai, the Minister of State for Home known to be trusted by both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, whose elevation brings the promise of breaching the sway of the RJD, the main opposition party, over the sizeable Yadav community.
Meanwhile, all eyes are fixed at the next move by Kumar, a deft player of the game of politics, who had cryptically told an election rally in 2020 that it was his “aakhiri chunav”, only to reiterate later “I will continue to work for the people of Bihar for as long as they wish”.
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Whatever one’s views on former vice president Mike Pence — ours have been critical — there’s no denying that efforts to silence and cancel him have been bipartisan. They are also unwarranted.
By refusing intense pressure by President Donald Trump and his acolytes to unconstitutionally block certification of the 2020 election results, Mr. Pence took what was one of the most consequential stands in the history of the vice presidency. There is no denying his courage on Jan. 6 last year, when rioters roamed the halls of the Capitol bellowing “Hang Mike Pence!” The Secret Service hid him in an underground Senate loading dock, where he spent more than four hours, along with his wife and daughter.
Mr. Pence’s actions that day have made him anathema in many conservative circles, including among some right-wing evangelical Christians who were once the firmest part of his base. At an appearance before one such group last year in Florida, he was booed, heckled and called a “traitor.” | https://www.iolaregister.com/opinion/editorials/mike-pence-deserves-to-be-heard | 2022-04-01T01:42:50Z |
SCAPPOOSE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man was shot and killed Thursday by two police officers in Scappoose, Oregon.
Columbia County officials confirmed the officer-involved shooting on social media. In a tweet, officials said that “no officers were injured and the incident is currently under investigation.”
A witness told KOIN-TV that he was dropping his wife off at work when he saw a man show up to the towing facility next door. The witness, Erik Tyler, said the man appeared angry and a fight escalated between the man and employees until the workers told him they would call the police.
Police arrived and Tyler said he heard them yell at the man to drop his weapon and the man didn’t comply.
Detective Shannon Wilde with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, which has taken over the investigation, told reporters police responded to the “disturbance” at Grumpy’s Towing just before 10 a.m. During the incident, Wilde said both a sheriff's deputy and an Oregon State Police trooper fired their weapons, killing the man.
Wilde did not identify the deceased man or specify whether he was armed at the time but said he was wanted for an unrelated “violent felony.”
Wilde also declined to comment on the circumstances that led up to the shooting. | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Police-Officers-shoot-kill-man-in-Scappoose-17049819.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:51Z |
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Museum to present Henlopen Hotel Memories of the 1960s
The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society will present The Henlopen Hotel: A Special Time, A Special Place, at 4 p.m., Friday, April 8, at the Rehoboth Beach Museum. The program is a visual presentation of stories and images that showcase the memories of John Witmer. Employed as a “house boy”...
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Labor challenges Cash on FWC 'cronies'
Labor has accused the federal government of stacking a workplace tribunal with "cronies" in the lead up to the federal election.
Industrial Relations Minister Michaelia Cash has declined to rule out making further appointments to the Fair Work Commission before the government enters caretaker mode, arguing it's still governing.
In a heated exchange during Senate estimates on Friday, Labor senator Louise Pratt pressed the minister on whether the government would appoint more "cronies" to the commission.
Senator Cash said the government was continuing to operate.
"That is a decision for government, and the government will make decisions as required," she said.
"I could not be clearer."
Senator Cash disagreed with Labor's claim the government had appointed "cronies" to the commission.
"These are highly qualified people with relevant expertise in the necessary area," she said.
"So I do reject the premise of your question."
On Friday, Senator Cash announced the appointments of a number of judges.
Two new FWC members were appointed in December.
A government official told the hearing there were currently 43 commissioners or higher level members, with funding for 44.
The election is due in May and could be called as early as next week.
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Duck Creek Technologies (NASDAQ:DCT – Get Rating) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.03, MarketWatch Earnings reports. Duck Creek Technologies had a positive return on equity of 0.57% and a negative net margin of 4.22%. The firm had revenue of $76.42 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $72.57 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.01) EPS. The business’s revenue was up 22.0% on a year-over-year basis. Duck Creek Technologies updated its Q3 2022 guidance to EPS and its FY 2022 guidance to EPS.
NASDAQ DCT traded down $0.35 during trading on Thursday, reaching $22.12. 1,244,185 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 743,134. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $22.79 and a 200-day moving average price of $29.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.92 billion, a P/E ratio of -276.50, a PEG ratio of 35.41 and a beta of -0.41. Duck Creek Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $18.60 and a fifty-two week high of $50.90.
In other news, COO Matthew R. Foster sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.50, for a total value of $587,500.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Vincent A. Chippari sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.01, for a total value of $1,400,500.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 100,000 shares of company stock worth $2,595,250. Company insiders own 2.90% of the company’s stock.
Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Zacks Investment Research cut Duck Creek Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 9th. Needham & Company LLC lowered their target price on Duck Creek Technologies from $55.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 7th. Raymond James lowered their target price on Duck Creek Technologies from $46.00 to $36.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 7th. Barclays decreased their price objective on Duck Creek Technologies from $38.00 to $31.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on Duck Creek Technologies from $47.00 to $38.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $41.10.
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Duck Creek Technologies, Inc provides software-as-a-service core systems to the property and casualty insurance industry in the United States and internationally. The company provides Duck Creek Policy, a solution that enables insurers to develop and launch new insurance products and manage various aspects of policy administration ranging from product definition to quoting, binding, and servicing; Duck Creek Billing that provides payment and invoicing capabilities, such as billing and collections, commission processing, disbursement management, and general ledger capabilities for insurance lines and bill types; and Duck Creek Claims that supports entire claims lifecycle from first notice of loss through investigation, payments, negotiations, reporting, and closure.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.
In New York, union supporters have the edge in a count that will continue Friday morning.
Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could potentially overturn that result. A hearing to go through the challenged ballots will occur in the next few days.
Meanwhile, in a separate union election in Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union is leading by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 tallied.
The close election in Bessemer marks a sharp contrast to last year, when Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected the union.
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“This is just the beginning and we will continue to fight,” said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which is organizing the union drive in Bessemer, at a Thursday press conference. “Regardless of the final outcome, workers have shown what is possible. They have helped ignite a movement.”
Appelbaum said RWDSU will be filing objections to how Amazon handled the election but declined to be specific. He also took the opportunity to lash out at current labor laws, which he believes are rigged against unions and favor of corporations.
“It should not be so difficult to organize a union in the United States," he said.
If a majority of Amazon workers votes yes in either Bessemer or Staten Island, it would mark the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company's history. Organizers have faced an uphill battle against the nation’s second-largest private employer, which is making every effort to keep unions out.
In New York, the ALU has led the charge to form a union along with Chris Smalls, a fired Amazon employee who now heads the fledging group. Turnout for the in-person election was unclear but Smalls was hopeful of victory.
“To be leading in Day One and be up a couple hundred against a trillion dollar company, this is the best feeling in the world,” Smalls said after the conclusion of Thursday’s counting.
While Smalls’ attention has been focused on securing victory in New York, similar efforts in Alabama also weighed heavily.
“I’m not too sure what’s going in Alabama right now, but I know that the sky’s the limit if you can organize any warehouse,” he said, noting that the vote in Alabama could well end up differently. “I hope that they’re successful. I don’t know what’s going on yet, but we know we show our support and solidarity with them.”
The warehouse in Staten Island employs more than 8,300 workers, who pack and ship supplies to customers based mostly in the Northeast. A labor win there was considered difficult, but organizers believe their grassroots approach is more relatable to workers and could help them overcome where established unions have failed in the past.
John Logan, director of Labor and Employment Studies at San Francisco State University, said the early vote counts in New York has been “shocking.” ALU has no backing from an established union and is powered by former and current warehouse workers. The group had also filed for a union election after getting support from about 30% of the facility's workforce, a much lower percentage than what unions usually seek.
“I don’t think that many people thought that the Amazon Labor Union had much of a chance of winning at all,” Logan said. “And I think we’re likely to see more of those (approaches) going forward.”
Though RWDSU is currently lagging behind with challenged ballots outstanding, Logan said that election was also remarkable because the union has made a good effort narrowing its margin from last year’s election.
After a crushing defeat last year, when a majority of workers voted against forming a union, RWDSU is hoping for a different outcome in the Bessemer election, in which mail-in ballots were sent to 6,100 workers in early February. Federal labor officials scrapped the results of the first election there and ordered a re-do after ruling Amazon tainted the election process.
The RWDSU said election there had a turnout rate of about 39% this year, much smaller than last year. Appelbaum blamed the low numbers on high turnover — he believes thousands of people who worked for Amazon in January and were on the official list to be eligible to vote either quit or were fired. He also believes that an in-person election, which the RWDSU had asked for, would have made a difference
Amazon has pushed back hard in both elections. The retail giant held mandatory meetings, where workers were told unions are a bad idea. The company also launched an anti-union website targeting workers and placed English and Spanish posters across the Staten Island facility urging them to reject the union. In Bessemer, Amazon has made some changes to but still kept a controversial U.S. Postal Service mailbox that was key in the NLRB’s decision to invalidate last year’s vote.
Both labor fights faced unique challenges. Alabama, for instance, is a right-to-work state that prohibits a company and a union from signing a contract that requires workers to pay dues to the union that represents them.
The mostly Black workforce at the Amazon facility, which opened in 2020, mirrors the Bessemer population of more than 70% Black residents, according to the latest U.S. Census data.
Pro-union workers say they want better working conditions, longer breaks and higher wages. Regular full-time employees at the Bessemer facility earn at least $15.80 an hour, higher than the estimated $14.55 per hour on average in the city. That figure is based on an analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual median household income for Bessemer of $30,284, which could include more than one worker.
The ALU said they don’t have a demographic breakdown of the warehouse workers on Staten Island and Amazon declined to provide the information to The Associated Press, citing the union vote. Internal records leaked to The New York Times from 2019 showed more than 60% of the hourly associates at the facility were Black or Latino, while most of managers were white or Asian.
Amazon workers there are seeking longer breaks, paid time off for injured employees and an hourly wage of $30, up from a minimum of just over $18 per hour offered by the company. The estimated average wage for the borough is $41 per hour, according to a similar U.S. Census Bureau analysis of Staten Island’s $85,381 median household income.
A spokesperson for Amazon said the company invests in wages and benefits, such as health care, 401(k) plans and a prepaid college tuition program to help grow workers’ careers.
“As a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “Our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making Amazon a great place to work.”
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Dominic Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open champion, tested positive for COVID-19 after his first match in more than nine months.
Thiem lost 6-3, 6-4 to Pedro Cachin at the Andalucia Open on the lower-level Challenger Tour . The 28-year-old Austrian had been sidelined by wrist and hand injuries and last competed in June.
Thiem posted on social media that he “started feeling unwell and didn’t have a good night” after dinner and developed what he called mild symptoms before testing positive.
Thiem was the runner-up at the French Open in 2018 and 2019, losing to Rafael Nadal each time, and at the Australian Open in 2020, losing to Novak Djokovic.
Later that year, Thiem collected his first Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows, coming back from two sets down to beat Alexander Zverev in a fifth-set tiebreaker in the final.
Once ranked as high as No. 3, Thiem is currently No. 50.
Another past major champion, Stan Wawrinka, also made his return from injury at the Andalucia Open, losing his first match 6-2, 6-4 to Elias Ymer.
Wawrinka, who owns three Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal won in doubles with Roger Federer, hadn’t played in a year because of operations on his foot. | https://sports.nbcsports.com/2022/03/31/dominic-thiem-positive-for-covid-19-after-1st-match-in-9-months/ | 2022-04-01T01:42:57Z |
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies purchased by a Northern California county was left outside during a rainstorm because no one anticipated wet weather to start so early in the season, according to an investigation released Thursday.
After a KGO-TV news report showed hundreds of drenched cardboard boxes, San Mateo County officials acknowledged the supplies were moved outside an event center last September to make room for a conference.
There was no definitive timeline for how the supplies would be distributed “even though the Fall rainy season was not far off,” the probe by James Lianides said. County officials said they hired the retired school superintendent to conduct the inquiry because of his experience dealing with large organizations and purchasing practices.
Lianides said the boxes of non-medical-grade gowns, face shields and goggles as well as cleaning supplies were also moved out of the event center to avoid the $100,000-per-month storage fee.
“It does not appear that there were any discussions or actions taken in the process of (moving) to protect the equipment in the event of inclement weather, such as wrapping or covering each pallet,” he wrote.
The county's executive officer, Mike Callagy, has said the county purchased the items early in the pandemic when PPE was becoming scarce nationwide so that local first responders and medical providers would have what they needed. The demand for the equipment decreased as the pandemic continued.
The county’s supply of gloves and masks — including N95 and KN95 respirators — are stored indoors.
“What’s clear is that that this shouldn’t have happened. What is equally clear is we are taking the steps necessary to make sure that we put the checks and balances in place so this never happens again,” Callagy said in a statement Thursday.
An inspection of the damaged boxes determined that most of the safety equipment remains usable because they were packed in sealed plastic wrapping, the probe found. Equipment that could not be salvaged were worth about $128,000, according to Lianides. | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Report-Rain-not-anticipated-when-7M-in-PPE-17049873.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:57Z |
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.lmtonline.com/news/article/Jury-convicts-man-who-shot-protesters-in-suburban-17049894.php | 2022-04-01T01:42:57Z |
S.Korea factory growth slows in March as output, export orders shrink - PMI
SEOUL, April 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's factory activity slowed in March, as the economic fallout from the Ukraine war added strains to firms already struggling with supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressures, a private-sector survey showed on Friday.
The Markit purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 51.2 in March from 53.8 in February, standing above the 50-mark threshold that indicates expansion in activity. It was the 18th straight month of expansion, although it was the lowest in four months.
"South Korean manufacturers reported that sharp price rises and sustained supply chain disruption had hindered production and demand at the end of the first quarter of the year," said Usamah Bhatti, an economist at S&P Global.
"Moreover, manufacturing firms noted the impact that economic sanctions on Russia and the war with Ukraine had on international demand, with new export sales falling at the fastest pace since mid-2020."
New export orders returned to contraction in three months and posted the sharpest reduction since July 2020, as respondents were reportedly pressured by higher raw material prices and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Overall new orders barely grew with the sub-index standing at 50.4.
Output also shrank in the same month, the first contraction in three months.
Friday's survey pointed to a further rise in input prices, notably in oil, metals and semiconductors, extending the current sequence of inflation to 21 months.
Still, firms remained optimistic over the coming year about hopes that price pressures and supply imbalances would ease and drive up demand at home and from abroad.
(Reporting by Joori Roh; Editing by Sam Holmes)
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials on Thursday adopted a rule aimed at reducing deaths and environmental damage from oil and gas pipeline ruptures — a long-delayed response to fatal explosionsand massive spillsthat have occurred over decades in California, Michigan, New Jersey and other states.
But safety advocates said the move by the U.S. Transportation Department would not have averted the accidents that prompted the new rule. That’s because it applies only to newly constructed or replaced pipelines — and not to hundreds of thousands of miles of lines that already crisscross the country, many of them decades old and corroding.
The rule requires companies to install emergency valves that can quickly shut off the flow of oil, natural gas or other hazardous fuels when pipelines rupture. It came in response to a massive gas explosion in San Bruno, California, that killed eight people in 2010, and to large oil spills into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River and Montana’s Yellowstone River and other spills.
The National Transportation Safety Board since the 1990s has recommended the use of automatic or remote controlled valves on large pipelines — whether they are existing or new — to reduce the severity of accidents. Following a 1994 gas pipeline explosion and fire that destroyed eight buildings in Edison, Jersey, the safety board urged the Transportation Department to expedite requirements for shut-off valves in cities and natural areas.
But pipeline companies for years resisted new valve requirements because of the expense of installing them and concerns they could close accidentally and shut off fuel supplies.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the more stringent regulations for the industry were needed because too many people have been harmed by pipeline failures.
He said installation of the valves would also protect against large releases of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas blamed for helping drive climate change.
“Today we are taking an important step to protect communities against hazardous pipeline leaks — helping to save the lives, property, and jobs of people in every part of the country while preventing super-polluting methane leaks.” Buttigieg said.
The Pipeline Safety Trust, a Bellingham, Washington-based advocacy group, said the rule marked progress since Congress mandated more stringent pipeline regulations over a decade ago.
But the group said exempting pipelines that are already in the ground means it would not prevent a repeat of the accident at San Bruno, which involved a pipeline that was more than 50 years old.
“This rule falls far short of the NTSB recommendation and will offer no additional safety to communities living near existing pipelines,” said Bill Caram, executive director of the safety trust.
The government estimated it would cost a combined $5.9 million annually for companies to comply with Thursday’s rule. By comparison, industry representatives said a single valve on an existing line could cost up to $1.5 million and it would take billions of dollars to retrofit lines nationwide.
Industry representatives were closely involved in crafting the rule. Their request to allow valves to be more widely spaced along pipelines and remove the requirement for some low-risk pipes was rejected. However, transportation officials adopted some of industry recommendations that will give operators latitude to make adjustments to where valves are placed.
Association of Oil Pipe Lines Vice President John Stoody said the final rule still contains “arbitrary requirements” for pipeline operators that don’t reflect real-world operating conditions or the low risk of spills in some scenarios.
Amy Andryszak, president of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, said her organization and companies it represents were still reviewing the rule but were “generally supportive” of rules that encourage safety.
Experts say automatic valves can help eliminate some human-caused errors that contribute to accidents, such as a delay of more than 17 hours to confirm the 2010 Kalamazoo, Michigan, pipeline rupture because workers ignored alarms indicating a possible spill. The break released more than 800,000 gallons (3,600,000 liters) of crude oil and caused roughly $1 billion in property and environmental damage.
In San Bruno, a 30-inch (76-centimeter) gas pipeline exploded and burned like a massive blowtorch in a suburban California neighborhood for 89 minutes before a manual valve was used to shut it down. An AP investigation found that pipeline operator Pacific Gas & Electric Co. agreed as far back as 1997 that remotely operated valves did a better job of protecting public safety, but opted against using them widely because they weren’t necessary or required.
Officials with the Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration did not immediately respond to questions about the new rule.
Also missing from the new rule are standards for equipment that can detect when and where leaks hit, a recurring problem in pipeline accidents, Caram said.
Instead, the rule says pipeline companies must quickly take steps to confirm a spill if they get an alarm or other notification, but the confirmation process itself remains up to the company.
Faulty leak detection systems played a role in recent accidents including a 350,000 gallon diesel oil spill in December into a wetlandsoutside New Orleans and an underwater rupture off California’s coastlast October that fouled the ocean with tens of thousands of gallons crude oil.
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Could the Chiefs set up shop in Kansas?
A tweet Tuesday morning from Kevin Clark, who covers the NFL for The Ringer, seems to indicate the NFL franchise is exploring the idea of building a new stadium in the Sunflower State.
The idea came from Chiefs president Mark Donovan. The NFL is holding owners meetings this week in Palm Beach, Florida, and Donovan made the comment there. | https://www.iolaregister.com/sports/chiefs-may-put-the-kansas-in-kansas-city-moniker | 2022-04-01T01:42:57Z |
Two employees sustained injuries in a fire that broke out at the state-run oil and gas giant ONGC's plant at Uran in neighbouring Navi Mumbai on Thursday evening, police said.
The fire started around 5.35 pm in a sump where raw oil was stored but it was brought under control within an hour, said an official, adding that the exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.
At least seven fire brigade vehicles were pressed into action to douse the flames, he said. Contractual employees Banarasi Bhoiya (28) and Babuni Bhaiya (40) were injured in the fire. One of them was rushed to the National Burns Center at Airoli for further treatment, the official said.
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Teenagers can apply online for summer jobs
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Morrison challenges Labor over tax plans
Labor has come under fire for ducking questions on tax, but says its focus will be on making multinationals pay their fair share.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese on Friday was asked on Nine's Today show several times whether he would increase taxes to pay back debt, which under the coalition government is heading towards $1 trillion.
Mr Albanese said Labor would be announcing its multinational tax evasion policy during the campaign, as well as stopping "the waste and rorts" of the Morrison government.
But he declined to say what other changes could be made.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, campaigning in the Sydney seat of Lindsay on Friday, said Labor had no answer on taxes.
"It's a very simple question to answer," Mr Morrison told reporters.
"There are no increases in taxes or new taxes in the budget we handed down this week and there will not be any under the government that I have led and will continue to lead."
Mr Morrison, who is widely expected to trigger a May 14 election this week, said it was important to scrutinise Labor's commitments.
"Australians will make an important choice and you've got to be able to bear up to that scrutiny," he said.
He said Labor hoped to "skate in under the radar" by limiting its policy platform during the campaign.
"He is a blank page, not a small target, so I'm going to give Australians an opportunity to have a close look," Mr Morrison said of the Opposition leader.
Mr Albanese told reporters in Parramatta, where he campaigned alongside new candidate Andrew Charlton, the prime minister should call the election immediately.
"Enough of the pantomime - call the election," he said.
"Let the Australian people decide.
"This business of not calling the election, so that he can use taxpayers' money for ads, is just yet the latest example of a prime minister who thinks that taxpayers' money is the same as Liberal Party money."
The government is able to roll out millions of dollars in advertising of budget initiatives until the election is called - a strategy it used after the 2019 budget.
At least three campaigns have been approved, covering health and skills.
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Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere
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.
Ukraine's state power company, Energoatom, said the pullout at Chernobyl came after soldiers received “significant doses" of radiation from digging trenches in the forest in the exclusion zone around the closed plant. But there was no independent confirmation of that.
The withdrawal took place amid growing indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation in Ukraine as cover while regrouping, resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in the eastern part of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian withdrawals from the north and center of the country were just a military tactic and that the forces are building up for new powerful attacks in the southeast.
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“We know their intentions,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation. “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.”
As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russia’s tech workers are looking for safer and more secure professional pastures.
By one estimate, up to 70,000 computer specialists, spooked by a sudden frost in the business and political climate, have bolted the country since Russia invaded Ukraine five weeks ago. Many more are expected to follow.
For some countries, Russia’s loss is being seen as their potential gain and an opportunity to bring fresh expertise to their own high-tech industries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has noticed the brain drain even in the throes of a war that, according to the U.N. refugee agency, has caused more than 4 million people to flee Ukraine and displaced millions more within the country.
This week, Putin reacted to the exodus of tech professionals by approving legislation to eliminate income taxes between now and 2024 for individuals who work for information technology companies.
Trump's 8-hour gap: Minute-by-minute during Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lot is known about the few hours that shook American democracy to the core. The defeated president’s incendiary speech, the march by an angry crowd to the U.S. Capitol, the breaking in, the beating of cops, the “hang Mike Pence” threats, the lawmakers running for their lives, the shooting death of rioter Ashli Babbitt. All of that chaos unfolded over about eight hours on one day: Jan. 6, 2021.
But for all that is known about the day, piecing together the words and actions of Donald Trump over that time has proved no easy task, even though a president's movements and communications are closely monitored.
There’s a gap in the official White House phone notations given to the House committee investigating Jan. 6 — from about 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m., according to two people familiar with the congressional investigation into the riot. Details may still turn up; the former president was known to use various cell phones and often bypassed the White House switchboard, placing calls directly.
And over the past four-plus months a lot has surfaced about what Trump did do and say on Jan. 6 — in texts, tweets, videos, calls and other conversations.
The following account is based on testimony, timelines and eyewitness reporting gathered by The Associated Press and The Washington Post and CBS News, and from officials and people familiar with the events who spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity.
Biden oil move aims to cut gas prices 'fairly significantly'
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.
The president said it was not known how much gasoline prices could decline as a result of his move, but he suggested it might be “anything from 10 cents to 35 cents a gallon.” Gas is averaging about $4.23 a gallon, compared with $2.87 a year ago, according to AAA.
“The bottom line is if we want lower gas prices we need to have more oil supply right now,” Biden said. “This is a moment of consequence and peril for the world, and pain at the pump for American families.”
The president also wants Congress to impose financial penalties on oil and gas companies that lease public lands but are not producing. He said he will invoke the Defense Production Act to encourage the mining of critical minerals for batteries in electric vehicles, part of a broader push to shift toward cleaner energy sources and reduce the use of fossil fuels.
The actions show that oil remains a vulnerability for the U.S. Higher prices have hurt Biden’s approval domestically and added billions of oil-export dollars to the Russian government as it wages war on Ukraine.
Report: US military must do more to avoid civilian deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, training, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants, a new RAND report said Thursday.
The report requested by the Pentagon reflects criticism of the military's airstrike campaign that, according to some estimates, killed more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa, as the U.S.-led coalition worked to destroy the Islamic State caliphate that wrested control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the report, which lays out a series of recommendations to improve military procedures and strategy, will be used as the department develops its own broader plan to reduce civlian harm.
“No other military works as hard as we do to mitigate civilian harm, and yet we still cause it,” said Kirby. ”We're going to continue to try to learn from past issues.”
RAND concluded that the battle for Raqqa provided important lessons.
Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome
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.”
Many — including Eichler's own students — thought it had been finished already. “I was teaching them, and they said, 'Wait a minute. Isn’t this like the sixth time you guys have declared victory? I said, ’No, this time we really, really did it!”
Scientists said this full picture of the genome will give humanity a greater understanding of our evolution and biology while also opening the door to medical discoveries in areas like aging, neurodegenerative conditions, cancer and heart disease.
Amazon staff reject union in Alabama, lean toward it in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.
In New York, union supporters have the edge in a count that will continue Friday morning.
Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could potentially overturn that result. A hearing to go through the challenged ballots will occur in the next few days.
Meanwhile, in a separate union election in Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union is leading by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 tallied.
The close election in Bessemer marks a sharp contrast to last year, when Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected the union.
California reparations plan advances movement, advocates say
DETROIT (AP) — In the long debate over whether Black Americans should be granted reparations for the atrocity and injustices of slavery and racism, California took a big step this week toward becoming the first U.S. state to make some form of restitution a reality.
The state's reparations task force tackled the divisive issue of which Black residents should be eligible — it narrowly decided in favor of limiting compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century.
Whether Tuesday's vote by the task force spurs other states and cities to advance their own proposals, and whether they adopt California’s still controversial standard for who would benefit, remains to be seen. Some veteran reparations advocates disagree strongly with proposals to limiting eligibility to only Black people who can prove they have enslaved ancestors, while excluding those who cannot and leaving out victims of other historic injustices, such as redlining and mass incarceration.
Still, one advocate noted California's move is a step that could lend momentum to stalled reparation proposals elsewhere in the U.S.
“It’s precipitated a debate and it will influence communities,” said Ron Daniels, president of The Institute of the Black World 21st Century and administrator of the National African American Reparations Commission, an advocacy group of scholars and activists.
Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
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.
South Carolina's Aliyah Boston wins AP player of the year
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Aliyah Boston dominated women's college basketball on both ends of the court this season.
The junior forward helped South Carolina go wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the country, putting up an SEC-record 27 consecutive double-doubles, and she has helped put the Gamecocks two wins away from the program's second national championship.
Boston was honored as The Associated Press women's basketball player of the year on Thursday. She is the second player from South Carolina to be recognized with the award, joining former Gamecocks great A'ja Wilson.
“Not often do you get the complete package. I think this recognition is for what she was able to do on both sides of the ball,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. “The player of the year is usually for offensive-minded people who think that when you put the ball in the hole, you should be bestowed the player of the year. She’s the full package. Every single day.”
Boston's parents and aunt as well as the entire South Carolina team were in the audience of the ceremony that also honored AP Coach of the Year Kim Mulkey.
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Sierra 6, Kimball 3
The Sierra Timberwolves held a 3-2 lead after three innings over the Kimball Jaguars on Tuesday at Kimball High. Both teams scored again to make it a 5-3 game after five and Sierra scored one more run in the sixth for the 6-3 win.
Senior Trent Phillips went three-for-three for the Jaguars and batted in a run, and senior Dylan Anderson also had three hits. Sophomore Isaiah Velazquez also had a hit, and senior Lorenzo Deperio batted in a run.
Senior starting pitcher Nick Coronado allowed 10 hits and five runs, four of them earned, over 4 1/3 innings and he walked two and struck out four. Velasquez pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed no hits and one unearned run while walking three and striking out five.
Lincoln 15, Tracy 4
After three scoreless innings the Lincoln Trojans scored in the top of the fourth, and the Tracy High Bulldogs took the 4-1 lead with four runs in the bottom of the fourth. That lead disappeared in the fifth inning when Lincoln scored four runs, and the Trojans rallied for seven runs in the top of the sixth and scored three more in the seventh for the 15-4 win.
Senior Drew Giannini drove in two runs for Tracy with a double, senior Cooper Wilcox tripled, singled and batted in a run. and junior A.J. Verduszo also drove in a run.
Giannini started on the mound and went three scoreless innings before he gave up five runs. Junior Jacob Jones allowed six runs in the sixth inning and Austin Oneto and Trevor Jennings combined to allow four runs.
Mountain House 10, Los Banos 2
Mountain House High senior Armando Ponce-Torres struck out 12 batters on Tuesday, including eight out of nine consecutive batters at one point, as the Mustangs beat Los Banos 10-2 in Los Banos. Ponce-Torres went all seven innings and allowed five hits and two runs for the win.
Junior Jordan Rimando-Fabro tallied three hits, including a double, while senior Richard Andrade, junior Cameron Valentine, and senior Isaiah Castillo all recorded two hits each. Senior Tyler Hingco added a triple and scored twice, and junior Ny'Zaiah Thompson, Andrade, and Valentine also scored twice.
Tokay 12, West 4
The West Wolf Pack scored first in Tuesday’s game at Tokay High in Lodi, but the Tokay Tigers came back with five runs in the bottom of the first and scored again in the late innings for a 12-4 win.
Senior Manny Tellez doubled twice for the Wolf Pack, senior Kyler Hickman doubled, singled and drove in a run and Devin Smith also had a hit.
Junior starting pitcher Jacob Bourke gave up 11 hits and nine runs over four innings, and junior Emiliano Nolasco allowed three hits and three runs over two innings.
Millennium 11, West 1
The Millennium Falcons launched into a six-run fourth inning to secure an 11-1 win on Friday at West High.
The Wolf Pack scored first when senior Manny Tellez reached on an outfield error in the first inning and rounded the bases on Millennium errors, but the Falcon defense settled into its game after that.
The Falcons held a 5-1 lead after three innings, with senior Anthony Boswell hitting an RBI triple in the second inning and junior Xavier Moore hitting a home run far over the right field fence in the third inning. Millennium’s fourth inning rally included doubles from junior Cristian Virgen, sophomore Zachary Reyes and seniors Christian Sanderford and Diego Ruiz.
Ruiz and Reyes finished with three RBIs each, and Sanderford and Moore totaled two RBIs each.
Boswell pitched all five innings and gave up two hits while striking out seven batters. West had hits from seniors Dallin Silcox and Trenten Wood. West juniors Ty Pagan and Anthony Camarena combined to allow 12 hits and 11 runs over four innings with four strikeouts, and senior Devin Smith closed for the Wolf Pack, allowing one hit in the fifth inning. | https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/baseball/article_2595fe92-b14b-11ec-bd26-ab530f726d47.html | 2022-04-01T01:43:02Z |
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Tommy Thompson, just weeks removed from leading the University of Wisconsin System, met with former President Donald Trump on Thursday for a talk about “Wisconsin politics,” a former aide said.
Thompson was elected to four terms as Wisconsin's governor, and earlier this year declined to rule out another bid. Thompson, 80, spent almost two years atop the university system before leaving earlier this month.
Bill McCoshen, a former chief of staff to Thompson when he served as governor, said the two met at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
“The primary topic was Wisconsin politics," McCoshen said. “They talked about the gubernatorial race, the Senate race and what it will take to win in Wisconsin. The topic of running for governor may have come up, but the purpose was to talk about Wisonsin politics more broadly.”
A Trump spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
McCoshen said he expected Thompson to make a decision in April. The primary is in August. Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, businessman Kevin Nicholson and state Rep. Timothy Ramthun are Republicans vying to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Thompson was first elected to the Legislature in 1966 and was first elected governor in 1986. He resigned midway through his fourth term to serve as Health and Human Services secretary under then-President George W. Bush, and ran briefly for president in 2008. | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Thompson-and-Trump-meet-to-talk-politics-17049815.php | 2022-04-01T01:43:03Z |
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It was midway through the second set and Daniil Medvedev was standing several feet behind the baseline, hand propped on one of his knees, his sweat turning his dark blue shirt several shades darker as he tried to catch his breath.
Hubert Hurkacz, on the other side at that moment, looked like he was having a day at the beach.
He won’t be No. 1 in the world when the Miami Open is over. He made sure Medvedev won’t be, either. Hurkacz, seeded eighth, moved two wins away from defending his Miami title by wearing down the top-seeded Medvedev 7-6 (7), 6-3 in a men’s quarterfinal.
“I was returning pretty well, I was putting some pressure on his serves and that was helping my game,” Hurkacz said. “I was able to get some free points on my serve and that was pretty big.”
Had Medvedev prevailed, he would have overtaken Novak Djokovic and returned to No. 1 in the world rankings.
Instead, the Russian will stay No. 2 in the world and find out who wins the Miami title like everyone else. Hurkacz, who is from Poland, will next meet either No. 14 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain or unseeded Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the semifinals. Kecmanovic and Alcaraz play in the last quarterfinal.
The other semifinal pits sixth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway against unseeded Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina.
Hurkacz has played Medvedev four times, and Medvedev has been ranked No. 2 in the world in each of those meetings – which they’ve now split. Hurkacz improved to 14-5 this year, and his record in Miami is 12-1 all-time.
“Coming here is so much fun,” Hurkacz said.
The women’s semifinals saw unseeded Naomi Osaka facing No. 22 seed Belinda Bencic and No. 16 Jessica Pegula taking on No. 2 Iga Swiatek – who will replace the now-retired Ashleigh Barty as No. 1 in the world. | https://sports.nbcsports.com/2022/03/31/hurkacz-wears-down-medvedev-in-miami-denies-him-no-1-ranking/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:03Z |
Kyiv still in Ukrainian control despite Russian offensive
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday confirmed that the country’s capital, Kyiv, is still under the control of Ukraine’s government.
Zelensky said that the nation has “withstood and successfully repelled enemy attacks” from Russian forces, which entered the city on Friday, according to CNN.
“We have ruined their plans. They have no advantage over us,” he reportedly added.
Zelensky’s comments come amid escalating violence in the region as Russia continues to invade.
He confirmed that Russia had targeted residential areas with rockets, and he has encouraged Ukrainians to fight back against the invasion, CNN reported.
“Each Ukrainian should keep one thing in mind: if you can stop and destroy the occupiers — do it. Everyone who can come back to Ukraine — come back to defend Ukraine,” he reportedly said.
“All the friends who want to join us — please come, we will give you weapons,” he added, noting that help from volunteers abroad is also welcomed.
Zelensky also reportedly called on the European Union to acknowledge that Ukraine has earned its membership, saying that “now the decisive moment has come to end the many years of discussions.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to pay $113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation into whether they violated campaign finance law by misreporting spending on research that eventually became the infamous Steele dossier.
That’s according to documents sent Tuesday to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, which had filed an administrative complaint in 2018 accusing the Democrats of misreporting payments made to a law firm during the 2016 campaign to obscure the spending.
The Clinton campaign hired Perkins Coie, which then hired Fusion GPS, a research and intelligence firm, to conduct opposition research on Republican candidate Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. But on FEC forms, the Clinton campaign classified the spending as legal services.
“By intentionally obscuring their payments through Perkins Coie and failing to publicly disclose the true purpose of those payments,” the campaign and DNC “were able to avoid publicly reporting on their statutorily required FEC disclosure forms the fact that they were paying Fusion GPS to perform opposition research on Trump with the intent of influencing the outcome of the 2016 presidential election,” the initial complaint had read.
The Clinton campaign and DNC had argued that the payments had been described accurately, but agreed, according to the documents, to settle without conceding to avoid further legal costs.
The Clinton campaign agreed to a civil penalty of $8,000 and the DNC $105,000, according to a pair of conciliatory agreements that were attached to the letter sent to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation.
The documents have not yet been made public and FEC spokeswoman Judith Ingram said the FEC has 30 days after parties are notified about enforcement matters to release them.
The Steele dossier was a report compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele and financed by Democrats that included salacious allegations about Trump’s conduct in Russia and allegations about ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Documents have shown the FBI invested significant resources attempting to corroborate the dossier and relied substantially on it to obtain surveillance warrants targeting former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
But the dossier has been largely discredited since its publication, with core aspects of the material exposed as unsupported and unproven rumors. A special counsel assigned to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe charged one of Steele’s sources with lying to the FBI and charged a cybersecurity lawyer who worked for Clinton’s campaign with lying to the FBI during a 2016 meeting in which he relayed concerns about the Russia-based Alfa Bank.
Trump, who has railed against the dossier for years, released a statement celebrating the agreement and once again slamming the dossier as “a Hoax funded by the DNC and the Clinton Campaign.”
A DNC spokesperson played down the decision, saying: “We settled aging and silly complaints from the 2016 election about ‘purpose descriptions’ in our FEC report.” The lawyer representing both the campaign and the DNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The letter was first reported by the Washington Examiner. | https://www.wavy.com/news/politics/dnc-clinton-campaign-agree-to-steele-dossier-funding-fine/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:02Z |
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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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A nonprofit arm of West Virginia University took ownership of a shuttered pharmaceutical plant Thursday with the goal of improving area job and education opportunities.
WVU Medicine will work with the university through the WVU Innovation Corp. to oversee the 1.1-million-square-foot (102,190-square-meter) facility in Morgantown. Discussions with potential private industry tenants are ongoing, said WVU Health System President and CEO Albert Wright.
“There is significant interest from many parties in that building,” Wright said on a conference call. “We’re going to be working up a lot of different possibilities as to how we use that building over time.”
Wright said he envisions a few anchor tenants and other, smaller businesses in the building, as opposed to one big tenant. He said it’s possible that portions, but not all, of the building could be available for use as a pharmaceutical business.
“We’re looking to be an economic engine here,” Wright said. “We’re looking for some big-anchor tenants, but we’re also going to have a component to what we’re doing to be an incubator for startup businesses, to provide some of the infrastructure to get them going from the start.”
Prospective tenants don’t necessarily have to be health-care related, “but we’d like to tie it into the health science capability of the university,” Wright said. “So we have had a number of small startups that are interested.”
Viatris Inc. transferred the facility for $1 under a memorandum of understanding with the university. Viatris announced in December 2020 that it was laying off 1,500 workers at the plant, which was formerly operated by the generic drug company Mylan.
Mylan merged with Upjohn in 2020 to form the new company. Viatris, which announced it would slash 20% of its workforce worldwide, is now one of the world’s leading makers of generic drugs and maintains research and development operations in Morgantown.
“Our goal has always been to identify a responsible new steward for this unique site that would secure the best possible future for the facility, our impacted employees and the Morgantown community, a community that continues to play an important and vital role for Viatris,” company executive chairman Robert J. Coury said in a statement.
The plant closing left workers scrambling to find new jobs in a state that is often trying to lure new companies to uplift a stagnant economy once dominated by the coal industry.
Rob Alsop, WVU’s vice president for strategic initiatives, said former Mylan employees will be offered a tuition-free education at the university. Coupled with the state’s existing offer of free tuition at its community colleges, it will “make sure that those employees are ready for the new job opportunities that we hope come from this,” he said. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/wvu-nonprofit-arm-takes-over-shuttered-plant-tenants-sought/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:03Z |
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The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration and the security forces are doing themselves a great disservice by creating an extremely coercive eco-system for journalists in the Union Territory (UT). Those administering the UT are rapidly losing out on the critical feedback that could make the system more stable.
An apocryphal story amongst journalists in Srinagar is that a senior official holds that of "five Ms" that are the 'cause' of the Kashmir issue – Masses, Mosques, Maulavis, Militants and Media, all have been tamed in the last year except the media. People have been prevented from reaching out to the media as they had begun to do by staging protests outside Srinagar's Press Colony.
Local journalists in Srinagar claim that they are routinely questioned about their sources, and if they refuse to reveal them, their reports are dubbed 'fake news'. They allege that the security forces often ask journalists to hand over their cell phones to examine their call records. This has curtailed source-based reporting in the Valley. Even the social media accounts of journalists are closely monitored, and they are questioned about their posts even if they relate to public grievances.
This coercive attitude towards the media has been amplified by the recent arrest, bail and subsequent re-arrest of two journalists – Sajjad Gul and Fahad Shah. Gul, a trainee reporter with 'The Kashmir Walla' news site, was arrested on January 6 after he posted a video of a protest outside the home of a militant killed in an encounter with the security forces. He was accused of misusing journalism to "spread disinformation and false narratives" on social media in a bid to make people "resort to violence". When he was granted bail, he was promptly re-arrested under the draconian Public Safety Act, allowing the administration to keep him in jail without trial for up to two years.
Fahad Shah, editor-in-chief of 'The Kashmir Walla', was arrested under UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) on February 4 for his social media posts termed "anti-national" by Pulwama Police. When he was granted bail on February 26 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, he was immediately arrested by police from another district, Shopian, in another case of provoking riots. A week later when he got bail, he was re-arrested yet again, this time by Srinagar police on charges of defamation, public mischief and UAPA. On March 14, afraid that he would be granted bail, the police detained Shah under PSA, a favourite mode by which the J&K administration can avoid due judicial processes.
The Kashmir Times is a reputed newspaper whose editor took an adversarial position on the Centre's policy towards the erstwhile state. The paper was silenced by using the Estates Department to seal its offices in Srinagar and reopening income tax cases going back nearly three decades. The bank accounts of the newspaper and its editor were sealed. The editor is now occupied with attending courts every day, and the newspaper is unable to print its hard-copy edition regularly.
These are not exceptional cases. Journalists are routinely summoned and questioned in the Kashmir Valley. Noted senior journalist Ashiq Peerzada of The Hindu had two FIRs lodged against him and was questioned by the Cyber Police for a report. Freelance photographer Masrat Zahra was charged under UAPA by the Cyber Police for allegedly uploading "anti-national" social media posts. Such is the terror of the administration that apprehensive of being locked up, even author and journalist Gowhar Geelani was forced to go on the run after an arrest warrant was issued for not appearing before a Tehsildar to sign a bond committing to maintaining peace. lot of learning in journalism takes place through interaction with one's peer group as well as senior journalists. Instead of encouraging such interaction, the administration used a putative coup against the office bearers of the Kashmir Press Club to seal the club and take over the building which housed it.
Almost every journalist of repute complains of surveillance and monitoring by the state. Journalists are told not to report the version of the family members of victims/militants who are killed in encounters with the security forces. The extent to which the administration's suspicion of the media is evident from the instance of a journalist, who recalled being asked by an army officer before an interview, "First, tell me whether you consider yourself an Indian citizen or not."
Simultaneously, the police and the security forces are apparently creating a new group of "influencers" on social media who target reporters working for the national or foreign media. The adversarial attitude of the administration is justified as preventing 'misuse of journalism' by militants. If the aim of the UT administration is to drain the swamp of misinformation and disinformation in a conflict zone, then it must ask itself whether this is the best way to achieve that goal.
Preparing background notes on journalists listing the name of their parents, siblings, spouses, bank accounts, property owned, and often, even ideology is clearly intimidatory tactics. These BGs (background notes) are then used to categorise journalists so that the administration can decide whether to deny or give them access.
The best method of countering misinformation and disinformation is by setting in place a rule-bound and collaborative accreditation process to recognise serious journalistic practitioners and ease their access to the administration. Yet in J&K, especially in the Valley, the administration, suffering from a siege mentality, is shutting out journalists and using draconian methods to deal with inconvenient reportage. It is important that the "managed" news now emerging is displaced by news that is credible, evidence-based and which highlights different facets of truth. The quest for one truth, one version and the promotion of fake normalcy by the J&K administration is destined to fail. An attempt at homogenising journalism to report only the official version of events will never bring normalcy.
(The writer is an independent journalist based in Delhi. He was recently in J&K)
Disclaimer: The views expressed above are the author's own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of DH.
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Enel (OTCMKTS:ENLAY – Get Rating) was upgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Thursday, Zacks.com reports.
According to Zacks, “Enel SpA is an electricity operator in Italy, which engages in the generation, distribution and sale of electricity. It operates a range of hydroelectric, thermoelectric, nuclear, geothermal, wind, and photovoltaic power plants. The Company is also involved in the import, distribution and sale of natural gas. It listens and compares with consumer associations, environmentalists, small businesses and local governments to prevent critical issues and develop projects in accordance with the needs of all. Enel SpA is based in Rome, Italy. “
Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Credit Suisse Group reduced their target price on shares of Enel from €9.20 ($10.11) to €8.30 ($9.12) in a report on Thursday, February 24th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Enel from €9.00 ($9.89) to €7.20 ($7.91) in a report on Friday, March 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Enel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $7.75.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — This is the Big One, some 70 years in the making, the unthinkable and the unimaginable.
When Duke and North Carolina unexpectedly resume their rivalry Saturday in the Final Four, that 258th game unavoidably and unquestionably becomes the biggest sporting event in the history of the state, inside or outside these borders.
Which is, given the sporting history of North Carolina, a high bar to clear. | https://www.iolaregister.com/sports/duke-unc-showdown-may-be-biggest-sporting-event-in-states-history | 2022-04-01T01:43:03Z |
Feds approve second booster for 50 and up, immunocompromised
Many Massachusetts residents will likely soon be able to schedule appointments for a second booster shot against COVID-19 after federal health regulators on Tuesday endorsed an additional dose in older adults and those who are immunocompromised, though the timing of the Bay State rollout remains unknown. As the Baker...
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Richmond to stick with Balta in attack
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick says the threat posed by St Kilda spearhead Max King won't sway him from using swingman Noah Balta at the opposite end of the ground in their AFL clash.
Premiership defender Balta has impressed in attack this season, kicking six goals across the opening two rounds.
He combined well with Tom Lynch against GWS last week in the absence of veteran forward Jack Riewoldt, who has been named to return from a thumb injury against the Saints at the MCG on Sunday.
"We know what we've got with Noah down back but we wanted to see what he could be and we've really enjoyed what he's brought," Hardwick said.
"He's a powerful man, a great contested mark and he's a great kick at goal as well.
"At this stage we'll settle him down up forward for this week but that's not to say that in the upcoming weeks he won't swing down back at various stages."
King's dominant third-quarter showing against Fremantle last week was crucial in St Kilda claiming their first win of the season.
The 21-year-old, now in his third full season after injuries ruined his rookie year, booted four goals in a performance that made the rest of the competition take notice.
Balta is arguably the Tigers' best physical match-up for King but Hardwick will try his other options first.
"He's an incredible talent, Max. He's getting better and better every year we see him play," Hardwick said.
"But we're really confident with Robbie (Tarrant), Josh Gibcus and Dylan Grimes ... that one of those players will be able to fill the role and negate him as best they can.
"He's going to take some marks, he's going to kick some goals - that's what the very best players do.
"We've got to make sure we manage that as best we can and keep it to a relatively low total."
Riewoldt and Grimes, who missed last week because of soreness, both took part in the Tigers' light training session at Punt Road on Friday.
Meanwhile, Richmond superstar Dustin Martin is no closer to returning from personal leave.
Martin has been away from the club since last week as he grieves the death of his father, Shane, last December.
"We have no further update at this stage. It's still at the same stage that we had last (week)," Hardwick said.
"We give him time and we wish him all the very best, and we can't wait to welcome him back at some stage.
"When that is, we're not too sure."
Hardwick chose not to disclose further details, brushing off questions about whether Martin is training while away from the club.
"I appreciate that everyone does want to know where we're at but we'll keep our cards pretty close to our chest," Hardwick said.
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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.
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“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.
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The Mountain House High swim team beat Beyer High at the varsity boys level on Friday in Modesto, and Beyer prevailed in the varsity girls competition.
The Mountain House varsity boys outscored Beyer 115-48, with the Mustangs winning nine of the 11 events, including all three relays.
Senior Dawei Zhou won both the 200-yard individual medley (2:05.25) and the 100 freestyle (50.56), junior Preston Wiedner won both the 50 freestyle (25.16) and the 100 backstroke (1:06.27), junior Daakshesh Thangavel won the 100 butterfly (1:05.04) and freshman Caden Busuttil won the 500 freestyle (5:28.00).
The team of Wiedner, Thangavle, Zhou and junior Carter Stout won the 200 medley relay (1:57.22), Thangavel, Stout, Wiedner and sophomore Steven Guilano won the 200 freestyle relay (1:47.34), and Zhou, Stout, Guilano and Busuttil won the 400 freestyle relay (3:45.04).
Beyer won the varsity girls competition 90-79. The Mustangs won four individual events and two relays. Junior Harsini Prakash won the 200 individual medley (2:44.70) and 100 butterfly (1:13.94) and senior Ansley Bergado won the 50 freestyle (26.47) and 100 freestyle (59.32).
The team of Prakash, Bergado, senior Soo-Ahn Kim and junior Maria Gimeno won the 200 medley relay (2:12.48) and the team of sophomore Bria Eaquinto, junior Eesha Kolikineni, senior Katrina Troncales and freshman Ashley Venzor won the 400 freestyle relay (4:23.86).
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Naomi Osaka’s eyes welled with tears when her match ended, an all-too-familiar scene for her in recent years.
These were of the happy variety.
For the former world No. 1, that’s major progress.
The unseeded Osaka defeated No. 22 Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday in the Miami Open semifinals. She’s in a championship match for the first time since the 2021 Australian Open, and will meet either No. 16 Jessica Pegula or No. 2 Iga Swiatek on Saturday.
“Damn, I’m almost crying,” Osaka said.
Maybe not even almost. She hid her face in an orange towel a few times right after the match ended, at least one tear clearly making its way down her right cheek. Osaka entered this tournament ranked No. 77 in the world, will leave Miami no worse than 36th and would be back in the top 30 if she wins the title.
It has been a long, trying and often emotional ride for Osaka since her win in the 2018 U.S. Open final over Serena Williams. She was rattled during a loss at Indian Wells on March 12 following a derogatory shout from a spectator, withdrew from last year’s French Open to address her mental state and left last year’s U.S. Open in tears.
But in South Florida, one of the places she considers home, it’s been all support from the fans.
“From the bottom of my heart, thank you,” Osaka told them in her on-court interview.
Pegula and Swiatek – who will replace the now-retired Ashleigh Barty as the No. 1-ranked women’s player in the world next week – were meeting in the other women’s semifinal on Thursday night.
Meanwhile, Daniil Medvedev came into the tournament as the No. 2-ranked men’s player in the world. Hubert Hurkacz ensured he will stay there.
Hurkacz – the No. 8 seed and defending Miami champion – wore down the top-seeded and cramp-riddled Medvedev 7-6 (7), 6-3 on Thursday in a men’s quarterfinal.
“Every muscle just went `cramp, cramp, cramp, cramp,”‘ Medvedev said.
Had Medvedev prevailed, he would have overtaken Novak Djokovic on Monday and returned to No. 1 in the world rankings. Instead, the Russian will stay No. 2 in the world and find out who wins the Miami title on Sunday like everyone else.
“For me, it was more important in a way just to win the match itself than to become No. 1,” Medvedev said. “Winning the match, I saw it more as a bonus.”
Hurkacz, who is from Poland, will next meet either No. 14 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain or unseeded Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the semifinals. Kecmanovic and Alcaraz play in the last quarterfinal later Thursday.
“I was returning pretty well, I was putting some pressure on his serves and that was helping my game,” Hurkacz said. “I was able to get some free points on my serve and that was pretty big.”
The other semifinal pits sixth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway against unseeded Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina.
Hurkacz has played Medvedev four times, and Medvedev has been ranked No. 2 in the world in each of those meetings – which they’ve now split. Hurkacz improved to 14-5 this year, and his record in Miami is 12-1 all-time.
“Coming here is so much fun,” Hurkacz said. | https://sports.nbcsports.com/2022/03/31/osaka-rallies-tops-bencic-to-make-miami-open-womens-final/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:09Z |
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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.lmtonline.com/news/article/Oldest-U-S-active-park-ranger-retires-at-100-17049910.php | 2022-04-01T01:43:09Z |
A defiant Imran Khan on Thursday said that he will not resign from the post of Pakistan's prime minister despite losing the majority in the National Assembly and insisted that he will face the vote of no-confidence which would take place on Sunday.
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei went on trial in Beijing on Thursday on espionage charges, with diplomats denied permission to attend the proceedings.
Australian Ambassador Graham Fletcher told reporters outside the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court that he was told he could not be present on the grounds that the trial involved state secrets.
“This is deeply concerning, unsatisfactory and very regrettable,” Fletcher said. “We can have no confidence in the validity of the process which is conducted in secret.”
Australia will continue to advocate for Cheng’s rights and interests in accordance with the consular agreement between China and Australia, Fletcher said.
Trials in China are typically completed in one day. Cheng and her defense lawyer were present at the trial and a verdict will be announced at a later date, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said.
“Australian citizen Cheng Lei is suspected of committing the crime of illegally providing state secrets to foreign countries, and the case involves state secrets, so the court held the trial in a closed session in accordance with the law,” Wang said at a daily ministry briefing.
“The parties concerned should earnestly respect China’s judicial sovereignty and refrain from interfering in the law-based handling of cases by Chinese judicial organs in any way,” he said.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement that while Australia respects the sovereignty of China’s legal system, Cheng’s case has “lacked transparency and the Australian Government has never been provided with details of the charges.”
Since Cheng’s detention, the Australian government has “consistently stated the fundamental importance of procedural fairness, basic standards of justice and China’s international legal obligations,” Payne said. “Following Ms. Cheng’s trial, we renew our calls for China to uphold these principles and to allow Ms. Cheng unimpeded access to her lawyer.”
Cheng’s family said they had been informed of the trial and thanked Australia’s diplomats for their support.
“Her two children and elderly parents miss her immensely and sincerely hope to reunite with her as soon as possible,” they said in a statement that was forwarded by Australia’s Foreign Ministry.
Payne said Cheng had the right to speak with her children.
“Australia stands by Ms. Cheng and her family at this difficult time,” she said.
A former presenter for state-owned China Global Television Network, Cheng has been held for 19 months on suspicion of relaying state secrets abroad.
China has not provided any specifics about what offenses Cheng is accused of committing.
“We have no information about the charges or allegations against Ms. Cheng,” Fletcher said. “That is part of the reason we are so concerned.”
China’s state security statutes are notoriously vague and the ruling Communist Party is frequently accused of using them to silence political enemies or other critics.
Her trial comes amid prolonged tensions between China and Australia over trade, Chinese foreign policy moves, accusations of Chinese meddling in Australian politics and Australia’s call for a thorough investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in China.
Australian diplomats last visited Cheng in detention on March 21 and Fletcher said she appeared to be “doing OK.”
Cheng has been unable to speak with her two sons in Australia, although she has been able to choose her own lawyers and Australian diplomats were “satisfied” regarding her welfare, Fletcher said.
China does not recognize dual citizenship and Chinese-born defendants are often not afforded the same treatment as other foreign nationals, particularly when facing espionage charges.
The Committee to Protect Journalists listed China as the leading jailer of journalists in 2021 for the third year in a row, with 50 behind bars.
In a joint statement Wednesday, Australia’s Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the International Federation of Journalists, the Australian National Press Club and its U.S. counterpart called for Cheng’s release, saying she was being held on “dubious charges that have yet to be substantiated with any evidence.” | https://www.wavy.com/news/world/china-opens-espionage-trial-of-chinese-australian-journalist/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:09Z |
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, setting off a gun battle in which two Palestinians were killed and 15 were wounded, as Israel targeted what it said were militant networks after a series of deadly attacks.
In a separate incident, a Palestinian stabbed a 28-year-old Israeli man on a bus in the West Bank before being killed by a bystander, the military said. The Magen David Adom emergency service said the stabbing victim was treated and taken to a hospital.
Videos circulated online showing smoke rising from the center of the Jenin refugee camp as gunfire echoed in the background. Others appeared to show Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen moving through the narrow streets.
The raid came two days after a Palestinian from a village near Jenin shot and killed five people in central Israel, part of a wave of attacks in recent days that have left a total of 11 people dead.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said 17-year-old Sanad Abu Atiyeh and 23-year-old Yazid al-Saadi were killed on Thursday. It said 30-year-old Nidal Jaafara was shot and killed near the West Bank town of Bethlehem, apparently referring to the stabbing incident.
The Israeli military said troops came under fire after entering Jenin to arrest three suspects linked to Tuesday’s attack. It said one soldier was wounded and evacuated to a hospital for treatment. The army said it has arrested a total of 31 suspects in recent West Bank raids aimed at preventing more attacks.
The Jenin refugee camp was the scene of one of the deadliest battles of the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising. In April 2002, Israeli forces fought Palestinian militants in the camp for nearly three weeks. Twenty-three Israeli soldiers and at least 52 Palestinians, including civilians, were killed, according to the U.N.
The Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the occupied West Bank and coordinates with Israel on security matters, appears to have had little control over Jenin in recent years. Israeli forces operating in and around the city and refugee camp often come under fire.
The Islamic Jihad militant group announced a “general mobilization” of its fighters after Thursday’s raid.
In Tuesday’s attack, a 27-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank village of Yabad, near Jenin, methodically gunned down victims, killing five. On Sunday night, two Islamic State group sympathizers shot and killed two police officers in the central city of Hadera. Last week, a combined car-ramming and stabbing attack in the southern city of Beersheba — also by an IS-inspired attacker — killed four. The two attacks claimed by IS were carried out by Arab citizens of Israel.
President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday to express his condolences, saying the U.S. “stands firmly and resolutely with Israel in the face of this terrorist threat and all threats,” according to the White House.
The recent wave of violence has brought the conflict with the Palestinians back to the fore at a time when Israel is focused on building alliances with Arab states against Iran. There have been no serious Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in more than a decade, and Bennett is opposed to Palestinian statehood.
Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian leaders have held a flurry of meetings in recent weeks, and Israel has announced a series of goodwill gestures, in an effort to maintain calm ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins this weekend.
They hope to avoid a repeat of last year, when clashes in Jerusalem set off an 11-day Gaza war. After a Security Cabinet meeting late Wednesday, Israel decided to carry on with plans to ease restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
Israel captured east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza in the 1967 Mideast war, territories the Palestinians want for a future state. Israel annexed east Jerusalem in a move not recognized internationally. In the West Bank, it is steadily building and expanding Jewish settlements, which most of the internationally community views as illegal.
Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, and the Palestinian militant group Hamas seized power there two years later. Since then, Israel and Hamas have fought four wars and Israel and Egypt have maintained a blockade on the territory, which is home to more than 2 million Palestinians.
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Associated Press reporters Areej Hazboun and Tia Goldenberg in Jerusalem contributed to this report. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/israel-raids-west-bank-2-palestinians-killed-in-gun-battle/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:09Z |
Cyber officials urge agencies to armor up for potential Russian attacks
U.S. cybersecurity officials are urging federal agencies and large organizations to remain vigilant against the threat of Russian cyberattacks amid the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) updated its “Shields Up” guidance for organizations after Russia’s incursion into eastern Ukraine, urging officials to remain “laser-focused on resilience.”
“Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, which has been accompanied by cyber-attacks on Ukrainian government and critical infrastructure organizations, may have consequences for our own nation’s critical infrastructure, a potential we’ve been warning about for months,” the CISA guidance states.
“While there are no specific or credible cyber threats to the U.S. homeland at this time, we are mindful of the potential for Russia’s destabilizing actions to impact organizations both within and beyond the region, particularly in the wake of sanctions imposed by the United States and our allies. Every organization—large and small—must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber activity,” it added.
The specter of broad cyber warfare has increased following Russia’s invasion this week, with experts warning that Moscow could respond to retaliatory sanctions over the incursion with additional cyberattacks against the West.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has also threatened consequences for countries who try to interfere with his military operation, though the details about what those consequences are remain unclear.
“We’ve moved into an era of hybrid warfare, where you can induce fear and debilitate an adversary’s capacity to do something using cyberwarfare,” said John Cofrancesco, a cyber expert and vice president of government at Fortress Information Security.
“There’s no doubt that the frequency and the voracity of what these guys are doing is increasing,” he added.
Last week, White House deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger urged the private sector to put in place cybersecurity defenses, including encryption and multi-factor authentication, to counter cyberattacks.
Cyber and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have also sought to bolster precautions among the federal workforce as agencies seek to shore up their cyber defenses.
“As a reminder, DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency recommends all organizations adopt a heightened posture when it comes to cybersecurity and protecting their most critical assets,” read a notice sent to employees with the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week.
The guidance, which was viewed by The Hill, went as far as to suggest that employees stock up on food, gas and other supplies as part of a “personal and professional preparedness” plan. “Have some cash on hand in case ATMs or credit card readers are unavailable,” stated the email from USDA security and technology heads.
“Do not allow your vehicles to get low on fuel,” employees were told in another bullet point. The alert further instructed employees to “have basic food and emergency preparedness supplies available” and “ensure that you have a family emergency plan.”
DHS reiterated to The Hill in a statement Friday evening that it had not identified “any specific, credible, cyber threats to the U.S.” but urged all organizations “to take steps now to improve their cybersecurity and safeguard their critical assets.”
Federal officials have long warned about the need to shore up defenses, not just against cyberattacks but also against other efforts targeting critical infrastructure.
CISA earlier this month released additional material to “help critical infrastructure owners prepare for and mitigate foreign influence operations.”
“We need to be prepared for the potential of foreign influence operations to negatively impact various aspects of our critical infrastructure with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine geopolitical tensions,” CISA Director Jen Easterly said at the time. “We encourage leaders at every organization to take proactive steps to assess their risks from information manipulation and mitigate the impact of potential foreign influence operations.”
Neuberger said last week that “the U.S. government has been preparing for potential geopolitical contingencies since before Thanksgiving,” though officials are now in a position where their cyber preparations may be readily tested.
Regional cyberattacks have already started amid Russia’s violent attack on Ukraine, with several Ukrainian government websites down earlier this week following a cyberattack that targeted the Parliament as well as the Foreign affairs and Defense ministries.
The Biden administration suspects that Russian government hackers are behind the attacks, though Russia has denied any involvement.
President Biden said earlier this month that he’s “prepared to respond” if Russia launches attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure and American companies as part of its campaign against Ukraine.
Cofrancesco said that the majority of U.S. businesses are not at the level of cybersecurity needed to efficiently counter attacks, adding “now is the time to make those investments.”
For instance, he said the oil and gas industry is one of the most vulnerable sectors to cyberattacks because, unlike the energy sector, it is not mandated by law to invest in cybersecurity.
However, the Biden administration issued a security directive last year to bolster reporting of cybersecurity incidents weeks after a crippling ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline.
“Cybersecurity spending is a very difficult thing to do,” Cofrancesco said. “It’s a lot like asking somebody to buy a new roof on their house when they’ve been saving to remodel their kitchen.”
— Ines Kogubare contributed
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SURPRISE, Ariz. — On opening day, the Kansas City Royals will hand the ball to one of the three pitchers in franchise history who’ve won a Cy Young Award: Zack Greinke.
Greinke will start the season opener against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday, April 7 at Kauffman Stadium, Royals manager Mike Matheny announced following Wednesday’s spring training game.
“This decision was made the day we met, before he even signed here,” Matheny said. “It was very clear to him the expectations of what he was going to do for this club. I told him, as soon as we get the green light, we’ll rewrite what it looks like for opening day because you’re the guy that we want out there. It’s the right guy, and I know our fans are going to be excited about it too.” | https://www.iolaregister.com/sports/greinke-gets-opening-day-nod | 2022-04-01T01:43:10Z |
UT Southwestern Medical School ranked among nation’s best in primary care, research by U.S. News & World Report
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Two weeks after a woman was shot and killed in an argument over a bowling ball, Atlanta Police said they have arrested the man who pulled the trigger.
On Thursday, detectives said they have taken a 25-year-old man into custody in the death of LaKevia Jackson. The U.S. Marshals assisted with the arrest, according to the Atlanta Police Department.
Police said the man will face charges in connection with a March 17 shooting at Atlanta's Metro Fun Center in southwest Atlanta along Metropolitan Parkway. The argument spilled out of the building, escalating into gunfire that killed 31-year-old Jackson.
It has been reported that Jackson shared a child with Young Thug, and her social media accounts featured photos of her son and the rapper.
A representative for Young Thug previously said he would not be releasing a statement.
The suspect is being held in the Fulton County Jail. He was arrested on felony warrants of murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, police said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/25-year-old-arrested-shooting-metro-fun-center-lakevia-jackson-death/85-3f6be6b0-8c42-4791-bafb-4ea9e78379eb | 2022-04-01T01:43:13Z |
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued 18 migrants crammed inside a U-Haul trailer with little ventilation early Tuesday morning.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said a U-Haul pickup pulling the trailer stopped at the Border Patrol checkpoint on NM Highway 185, which runs parallel to Interstate 25. Agents found 17 migrant adults and one unaccompanied child inside the trailer.
Agents linked the smuggling scheme to a driver who had crossed the checkpoint minutes before the U-Haul and was found to have a 9 mm handgun, an AK-47 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, ammunition, and a flare gun.
Agents arrested both drivers on suspicion of conspiracy to transport migrants.
On Sunday, a resident alerted border agents to a possible human smuggling scheme after spotting a tractor-trailer parked along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near the Texas-New Mexico state line in Northeast El Paso.
Agents responded and freed 15 adult migrants and one unaccompanied child inside a poorly ventilated cargo container.
The rescued migrants, agents said, were from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. Some of them ended up at the Central Processing Center, and agents expelled the others to Mexico under Title 42.
According to a news release, agents referred the driver to the El Paso Sector Integrated Targeting Team and the Texas Department of Public Safety as part of an ongoing interagency investigation.
CBP said that since Fiscal Year 2022 began in October, Border Patrol agents from the El Paso Sector have disrupted approximately 525 smuggling schemes.
“Ruthless human smugglers continuously endanger human lives as one of their tactics is to smuggle migrants in confined spaces with restricted oxygen,” El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez said in a statement. “I am extremely proud of the actions of our El Paso Sector Border Patrol Agents as they often encounter situations, where if not for their involvement, events as these would turn into tragedies. Our Border Patrol Agents are true heroes as they display compassion and professionalism (every day) in our very complex mission of border security.” | https://wgnradio.com/news/34-migrants-rescued-from-cargo-trailers-in-separate-smuggling-attempts/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:13Z |
As statewide tenant protections extend through June, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday he has warned nearly 100 law firms against filing false claims in eviction cases.
The attorney general’s housing strike force sent letters to 91 law firms in recent days, alerting attorneys not to file evictions against tenants who have applied for state emergency rental assistance. The state bans evictions for nonpayment if a tenant has applied to the state’s relief program, Housing is Key.
More than 100,000 California tenants have pending relief applications. The program was set to close at midnight March 31.
“We have reason to believe that some landlords and their attorneys may be filing false declarations to push hardworking Californians out of their homes,” Bonta said. “This is unacceptable, and more importantly, absolutely illegal. California families were already struggling with the high cost of housing before the pandemic, and these past two years have only made things worse.”
Attorneys for landlords said the attacks were unfair, and blamed the state for delays in reporting details about aid applications and complex new rules to file eviction papers. “This is so clearly politically motivated,” said Todd Rothbard, a landlord attorney in Santa Clara who received a letter on March 25.
The statewide eviction ban was enacted early in the pandemic to prevent tenants struggling with COVID-19 illness and job loss from becoming homeless. State lawmakers extended a narrow ban for the fourth time on Thursday, protecting renters who have aid applications under review by the state.
As many as 373,000 tenants have applications pending or are waiting for their landlords to get paid, according to an analysis of state data by the National Equity Atlas. State housing officials say the number is between 165,000 and 190,000 tenants.
The attorney general’s office received complaints that some landlords or their lawyers “may be falsely declaring that tenants have not notified them of a pending emergency rental assistance application in order to push through evictions,” Bonta said.
Landlords cannot remove a tenant for unpaid rent accrued during the pandemic unless a tenant has been denied assistance. The landlord can also evict if they have filed for relief and, after 20 days, have not received confirmation that the tenant has also filed an application.
Bay Area attorneys receiving the letters said they have no reason to file claims that can be disproved by data from the state’s Housing is Key website. Some have been asked to preserve files for a potential investigation.
Rothbard said delays in reporting applications and serving summons can create a gap between when a suit is filed and when a delinquent renter reaches out to the state.
Rothbard believes only three cases of the dozens filed by his office involved a tenant who had an active aid application. In one of those cases, the renter had texted the application to the landlord — but mistakenly sent it to an old phone number, he said. The case and two others were dismissed.
Daniel Bornstein, a landlord attorney in San Francisco, also received the letter and called it insulting and unfair. The state has made evictions more difficult during the pandemic, and attorneys shouldn’t be blamed for logistical errors. “When I first got it, I felt vulnerable,” Bornstein said. “Then, anger.”
Sid Lakireddy, Berkeley landlord and past president of the California Rental Housing Association, said property owners would rather keep people housed. “Evictions are very expensive to process,” he said. “It’s a last resort, not a first resort.” | https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/03/31/california-ag-takes-aim-at-landlords-attorneys/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:13Z |
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/nation-world/insulin-cap-35-dollars-month-bill/507-855508ee-6b9d-4ce8-9937-22fa115af232 | 2022-04-01T01:43:13Z |
BTC finally hit the projected $45,000 support zone, but analysts have mixed views on whether continuation or consolidation will be the next step.
The euphoric calls for a return of the bull market may have been a bit early especially after Bitcoin (BTC) bulls failed to push the price over the $46,000 level on March 31. Even with the current pullback, analysts continue to expect a lower support retest at the $45,000 level.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that today's attempt to push the price of BTC above $47,500 was soundly rejected by bears which sent the top cryptocurrency plunging to $45,500.
BTC/USDT 1-day chart. Source: TradingView
Here’s a look at what several analysts in the market are saying about the price pullback for BTC and whether or not traders should brace for further losses or prepare for another move higher.
This is just a short term correction
Not all traders were caught flat-footed by Thursday's move lower in Bitcoin, including market analyst and pseudonymous Twitter user ‘IncomeSharks’, who posted the following chart prior to the price drop noting that the “4h looks like it wants to correct a bit.”
BTC/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: Twitter
IncomeSharks said,
This is not me being bearish, I'm just noticing 3 reasons why a little correction makes sense. Supertrend is going flat, we probably will re-test this breakout, and we can bounce at the trend line. Good time for me to take profits.
BTC searches for support between $42,000 and $45,000
The next available levels of support to keep an eye on were discussed by market analyst and economist Caleb Franzen, who posted the following chart showing the 21-day, 55-day and 200-day exponential moving averages (EMA) for Bitcoin stating, “Sometimes it's helpful to cut out all the noise, remove price structure analysis, and just look at the exponential moving averages.”
BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: Twitter
Franzen said,
All are potential support for Bitcoin, giving us a range of $42,000 - $45,000.
A necessary period of sideways consolidation
A more macro view on what comes next for Bitcoin was provided by analyst and pseudonymous Twitter user ‘BTCFuel’, who posted the following chart comparing the BTC price action in 2012 to its current movement and suggested that “after being up 28% in the last 2 weeks and breaking a major resistance, some sideways consolidation should be good for Bitcoin.”
BTC/USD price in 2012 vs. BTC/USD price in 2022. Source: Twitter
BTCFuel said,
In the next months, I believe that Bitcoin will move slow and steadily up like in 2012. But altcoins will go nuts.
The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $2.087 trillion and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 41.6%.
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Knox uses birdie run for Texas Open lead
Russell Knox recorded four straight birdies on the back nine and fired a seven-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Valero Texas Open.
Knox closed out his round with a seven-foot putt to save par at the par-5 18th at TPC San Antonio, and was one shot ahead of Rasmus Hojgaard on Thursday.
Hojgaard fired a 66 despite a double bogey on his final hole. Matt Kuchar is another stroke back after an opening five-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 one-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-time 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 five 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.
Matt Jones leads Australia's assault. His four-under 68, which included six birdies and a double-bogey on the par-three seventh, left him three behind Knox in a tie for seventh.
Compatriot Aaron Baddeley is one shot behind Jones, but Jason Day and Min Woo Lee both struggled with two-over rounds and face a battle to make the cut.
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BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado couple face felony charges in connection with the fentanyl death of their 1-year-old child, whom prosecutors say died after ingesting enough of the extremely lethal drug to kill an adult.
Alonzo Montoya, 31, and Nicole Casias, 30, of the Denver suburb of Brighton were charged with child abuse resulting in death and distribution of a controlled substance in connection with the girl's death on Jan. 2, the 17th Judicial District's Office said in a statement Thursday.
It said the Adams County Coroner had determined that the child died after ingesting fentanyl and that Montoya and Casias “participated in illicit drug activity” in the child's presence at home before and after her death.
Montoya was being held on $250,000 bail at the Adams County Jail. Bail was set at $100,000 for Casias. A status hearing for both was set for Monday.
Telephone and email messages seeking comment from Casias' attorney, Rachel Lanzen, were not immediately returned. Montoya was being represented by the public defender's office, which doesn't comment on pending cases.
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Fentanyl is an unpredictable and powerful synthetic painkiller blamed for driving an increase in fatal drug overdoses. It’s 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Gerdau S.A. (NYSE:GGB – Get Rating) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,490,000 shares, a decrease of 31.9% from the February 28th total of 15,410,000 shares. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 10,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days.
A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of GGB. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in Gerdau by 176.7% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,826,482 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $63,876,000 after purchasing an additional 6,913,089 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its position in Gerdau by 272.3% in the second quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 8,285,048 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $48,881,000 after purchasing an additional 6,059,718 shares in the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. increased its holdings in shares of Gerdau by 126.1% during the fourth quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 10,036,257 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $48,378,000 after buying an additional 5,596,967 shares in the last quarter. SPX Equities Gestao de Recursos Ltda increased its holdings in shares of Gerdau by 445.5% during the third quarter. SPX Equities Gestao de Recursos Ltda now owns 3,381,300 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $16,636,000 after buying an additional 2,761,400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG increased its holdings in shares of Gerdau by 63.8% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 6,621,093 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $32,575,000 after buying an additional 2,579,593 shares in the last quarter.
Shares of GGB traded up $0.04 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $6.43. 8,699,095 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 11,001,770. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $5.50 and its 200 day moving average is $5.08. The stock has a market cap of $11.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.30 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 2.33. Gerdau has a 1-year low of $4.19 and a 1-year high of $7.27.
A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on GGB shares. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Gerdau from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $6.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, January 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of Gerdau in a research report on Friday, December 10th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $6.05.
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Gerdau SA engages in the production and commercialization of steel products. It operates through the following segments: Brazil Operation, North America Operation, South Africa Operation, and Special Steels Operation. The Brazil Operation segment includes rebar, bars, shapes, drawn products, billets, blooms, slabs; wire rod, structural shapes, and iron ore.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A $64.1 billion supplemental state budget that spends on statewide programs ranging from homelessness and behavioral health to the ongoing COVID-19 response was signed Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
The supplemental plan builds off of the $59 billion, two-year spending plan adopted by the Legislature last year, and benefited from the significant influx of revenues the state has seen over the past year. Additionally, lawmakers used more than $1 billion in remaining pandemic-related federal relief funds in the budget.
More than $800 million is allocated for homelessness and housing, including $50 million to transition unhoused people from unsanctioned camps to housing.
Inslee specifically called out the efforts on addressing homelessness, saying that lawmakers “gave us relief that is big, that is bold, and that is fast.”
While there are no general tax increases in the plan, there are also no across-the-board tax cuts, something Republicans had argued for throughout the legislative session that ended March 10.
“It’s been easy to explain to my constituents why Republicans opposed this budget – all I have to do is point to how the costs of living have continued to rise in the weeks since it was adopted, and the huge revenue surplus the Democrats had available,“ Republican Sen. Lynda Wilson said in a statement.
A small business tax credit was included that would affect about 125,000 small businesses in the state, and was among the bills signed by Inslee Thursday.
Starting in January, businesses making less than $125,000 a year would pay no state business taxes, and those making up to $250,000 a year, business taxes will be cut in half.
The supplemental operating budget also spends state or federal money on things like adding more social supports like nurses and counselors for students, increasing rates to vendors providing services to people with developmental disabilities or long-term care needs and shoring up the state’s paid family leave program, which officials warned was nearing a deficit.
It also allots funding for raises for state workers. According to the Office of Financial Management, about 63,800 general government employees will get a 3.25% general wage increase, about 6,700 state corrections workers will get a 4% general wage increase and about 1,200 state patrol officers will get a 10% general wage increase. The last general wage increase for represented employees was July 1, 2020.
The operating budget also transfers more than $2 billion to the nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that Inslee signed last week. The plan leaves about $3 billion in total reserves.
Inslee had several full or partial vetoes of bills, including a section of a bill that would have expanded the state’s existing warehouse sales and use tax to include smaller warehouses of at least 100,000 square feet. In his veto notice, Inslee said that while he understood the importance of manufacturing and warehousing to rural economies, he said the tax incentives in the bill were overly broad.
Inslee on Thursday also signed a $1.5 billion state construction budget that spends on areas ranging from housing, homelessness, behavioral health facilities, and seismic upgrades at public schools. | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Washington-governor-signs-64-1-billion-17049827.php | 2022-04-01T01:43:15Z |
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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A banner reading that vendors belonging to non-Hindu religion are not permitted to set up stalls in Maha Ganapathi fair slated to be held in the town from April 2 to 28 was removed on Thursday after it went viral on social media networking sites.
Tahasildar Mallesh B Pujar clarified that taluk administration has not put up any such banner and it has not imposed restrictions on vendors on the basis of religion.
Stalls were allotted in auction in the town. Dharmika Datti Parishat member Raghavendra Bhat said, vendors who get stalls in the auction must set up the same and they must not allow others to set up stalls in the fair. If stalls are given to non-Hindus, they would be seized.
He said Muzrai department has made it clear that non-Hindus are not permitted to carry out business in fairs, and religious festivals of Hindus. "We have no enmity towards other religions."
A vendor belonging to Muslim community said "though taluk administration has not officially issued any order that non-Hindus were not permitted to set up stalls in the fair, we did not participate in auction considering the current situation."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose again this week as the key 30-year loan rate vaulted over 4.5% and attained its highest level since the end of 2018.
Against a backdrop of inflation at a four-decade high, the increases in home loan rates come a few weeks after the Federal Reserve raised by a quarter point its benchmark short-term interest rate — which it had kept near zero since the pandemic recession struck two years ago — to cool the economy. The central bank has signaled potentially up to seven additional rate hikes this year.
The developments mean that mortgage rates likely will continue to rise over the year.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year loan this week rose to 4.67% from 4.42% last week. That’s a sharp contrast from last year’s record-low mortgage rates of around 3%. A year ago, the 30-year rate stood at 3.18%.
The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages, popular among those refinancing their homes, jumped to 3.83% from 3.63% last week.
Home prices are up about 15% over the past year and as much as 30% in some cities. Homes available for sale have been in short supply even before the pandemic started two years ago. Now higher prices and rising loan rates will make it even harder for would-be buyers as the spring homebuying season gets underway.
The government reported Thursday that an inflation gauge closely monitored by the Fed jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year earlier, with sharply higher prices for food, gasoline and other necessities squeezing Americans’ finances. That figure was the largest year-over-year rise in 40 years — since January 1982. Excluding volatile prices for food and energy, so-called core inflation increased 5.4% in February from 12 months earlier.
Robust consumer demand has combined with shortages of many goods to fuel the sharpest price jumps in four decades. Measures of inflation will likely worsen in the coming months because Thursday’s report doesn’t reflect the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24. The war has disrupted global oil markets and accelerated prices for wheat, nickel and other key commodities.
Squeezed by inflation, U.S. consumers increased their spending by just 0.2% in February, down from a much larger 2.7% gain in January. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/long-term-mortgage-rates-rise-again-30-year-breaches-4-5/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:17Z |
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Christian Braun’s eyes opened wide when he learned that after Kansas had beaten Miami to return to the Final Four such a raging party had broken out back in Lawrence that authorities had to shut down Massachusetts Street, the popular bar and restaurant district near campus.
It was a much more welcome shutdown than the one Braun experienced two years earlier.
Braun and his teammates were sitting in their hotel room in downtown Kansas City in 2020, waiting to play in the quarterfinal round of the Big 12 Tournament, and news began filtering out that it had been canceled because of a virus few knew anything about. In short order, the NCAA Tournament also was shut down, and what may have been one of the best teams Jayhawks coach Bill Self had ever assembled would never have a chance to prove it. | https://www.iolaregister.com/sports/jayhawk-players-recall-the-tourney-run-that-wasnt | 2022-04-01T01:43:17Z |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With a flip of a switch, it was lights out on the world famous Las Vegas Strip.
Then bright red strobes flickered up and down iconic Las Vegas Blvd. to announce Formula One’s arrival.
The most glamorous motorsports series in the world will add a third race in the United States to the 2023 calendar — a Saturday night event down the Strip — as F1 continues to expand its North American footprint.
F1 will turn 50 laps around a temporary 3.8-mile street course next November that will feature the Bellagio, Caesars Palace and the MSG Sphere among the many landmarks on the circuit. F1 will promote the event alongside Liberty Media Corp., the American parent company of F1.
It will be the first F1 race promoted by Liberty, which took over as F1’s rights holder in 2017 and set a determined focus on growing the series within the United States. ESPN said viewership for Sunday’s race in Saudi Arabia broke the week-old record for the network and was ESPN’s largest F1 audience since 1995.
The fourth season of the Netflix docuseries “Drive To Survive” dropped earlier this month to enormous ratings; the behind-the-rope look at F1 ranked No. 1 in 33 countries the weekend it was released. It’s made the American market irresistible, and F1 and Liberty are intently chasing every set of eyeballs it can attract.
“It’s our home market, so that makes it more interesting, and obviously it’s the largest economy in the world, the largest disposable income,” Greg Maffei, President and CEO of Liberty Media, told The Associated Press. “It’s an opportunity that had not been pursued historically and it’s where we think a lot of our growth can come.”
But unlike the bulk of the F1 calendar, a host country isn’t writing a check to the series for the rights to host a grand prix. Liberty and F1 are the promoters — there are official partners in the endeavor — and have agreed to an initial three-year deal with Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas race will be the third stop in the United States next season for F1, which has raced at Circuit of the America’s in Austin, Texas, since 2012 and in May will make its debut in Miami. Barring any shakeups, existing races in Mexico City and Montreal will bring F1 to North America five times next season.
COTA, which about five years ago was struggling to draw 100,000 fans over a three-day F1 weekend, was well over 300,000 fans last season. This year’s inaugural race in Miami sold out in one day, and COTA is also sold out already.
And that’s why F1 is so certain the market can withstand a third U.S. race. No other country hosts more than two races a season.
“We know how to run this business and we know how to add the right element to make the right valuation,” Stefano Domenicali, the CEO of F1, told AP. “We do believe, without being arrogant, that Formula One will be something that the American fans will love to be involved even more. We do believe this is a very important market in developing the love of our sport.”
Speculation surrounding a third race in Las Vegas that utilized the world famous Strip has swirled for more than a year and was at last confirmed Wednesday night in a lavish announcement made at the rooftop pool of The Cosmopolitan Hotel. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said the city expected 170,000 visitors on race weekend to account for 400,000 nights of hotel rooms and and an estimated economic impact of half a billion dollars.
“What happens in Las Vegas only happens in Las Vegas,” said Sisolak, adding that Las Vegas is “the entertainment and sports capital of the world. Nobody puts on a party like Las Vegas and I predict that this will be the iconic race, the flagship race, of F1 within a couple of years.”
F1 and Liberty are also partnering with Live Nation Entertainment and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on the race. The “founding partners” announced Wednesday night were Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Las Vegas.
MSG Sphere, Resorts World Las Vegas and The Venetian Resort were announced as presenting sponsors.
No date was given for the November race, but the Saturday night after Thanksgiving has been discussed. The track layout revealed Wednesday night included three main straights, 14 corners that includes a high-speed cornering sequence, and a single chicane section.
COTA drew more than 300,000 spectators to its three-day weekend last October and track president Bobby Epstein said the addition of Las Vegas to the F1 calendar shouldn’t dilute his event.
“There’s plenty to sustain this sport. What I like about what F1 is doing and what I think the fans will realize, is that each event is very different from the other and will be very unique,” Epstein told The Associated Press.
“The other US races are going to be more about the city and the destination, and ours is going to be more about the event itself. I’m excited to go to Vegas, not just for F1, but because the city has so much more entertainment, outside and away from whatever the track will be. If I’m already a regular Vegas visitor, it will be more a question of am I choosing to go to F1 this year and not March Madness or a heavyweight fight?”
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AP Sports Writer Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas, contributed to this report.
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Rarely do large parcels of land on gorgeous hillsides become available for a handful of custom homes in their own exclusive community.
Especially in Northern California. And especially when those protected hillside parcels span nearly 15 acres dedicated to three Italian farmhouse-style estates.
La Dolce Vita Place, Auburn is waiting. Here, custom homebuyers are surrounded by natural beauty while only minutes from the charm, lifestyle and many conveniences of Auburn.
Tailored to the buyer, each estate will occupy a private parcel in the exclusive development of Bella Tuscany.
“We knew this setting would be spectacular for a small development,” says Catherine Curtis, managing partner of La Vita Dolce LLC, Estate Homes. She noted that the fully established area is spread out and offers views as far as the Coastal Range or Mount Diablo.
“We’re also ready to start building without the long lead time that other custom projects might require of the buyer,” Curtis says. “Buyers don’t have to endure the initial costs and timelines typically associated with custom homes.”
La Vita Dolce Estate Homes has already completed all approvals, permits, fire mitigation, environmental reports, septic design and established connections to treated water (PCWA), she explained.
In addition, the distinctive community has no HOA bylaws or fees and no Mello-Roos taxes.
“Early buyers get to choose their own finishes and custom architectural details,” says Kurt Sandhoff, La Vita Dolce LLC, Estate Homes managing partner.
One buyer might opt to create a family resort compound with pool, spa and sports courts. Another may envision a primary dwelling with a separate residential artist’s retreat. Still another might fulfill equestrian or other agricultural passions on the property around their custom home.
Meanwhile, the community sits just minutes from the amenities of Auburn.
Known for its equestrian and endurance sports and its charming downtown with a vibrant dining scene and boutique shops, Auburn also is home to a thriving arts community and abundant major retail.
A La Dolce Vita Place address also simplifies getaways. Homesites are 5 miles from Interstate 80 and within 10 minutes of Auburn Municipal Airport and the Auburn Amtrak station.
Travel by rail to Seattle, Southern California, Utah and several stops in between on Amtrak. Take a private jet across the globe from the local airport. Or board a helicopter from the helipad from the backyard.
Only 5 miles from I-80, but seemingly worlds away, the location allows relaxed drives to Tahoe, Napa, San Francisco, Folsom Lake, greater Sacramento and the Bay Area.
A huge attraction for golf enthusiasts, the homes/lots are across the street from the Black Oak Golf Course’s 5th Hole.
Parcel A, on 5.9-acre splits, will feature 5,200 square feet of custom living space consisting of a 4,000-square-foot luxury home plus a 1,200-square-foot guesthouse or ADU over the detached three-car garage. Parcel A may be split into two, separate residential lots.
For the 3.25-acre Parcel B, preliminary designs showcase a 3,600-square-foot, Italian farmhouse with four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a daylight basement. The Parcel B lot on 3.25 acres is available for sale for $450,000.
And the estate at Parcel C, on 4.24 hilltop acres, can incorporate 6,500 square feet with exquisite comforts. Indulge in indoor-outdoor living, five bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, a gourmet kitchen, upscale entertaining features and even a helipad.
Isn’t it time for a custom Mediterranean-style oasis?
For more information, contact Kurt Sandhoff at kurtsandoff@gmail.com, visit lavitadolcehomeestates.com or call (530) 305-5641.
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JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Myrna and Julio Flores fled El Salvador after gang members levied a “tax” on their home-based business and threatened harm if they didn’t pay up.
“We had a baby on the way. That motivated us to close our business, quit our jobs and come to the United States,” Myrna said, holding her now 8-month-old daughter.
The couple crossed the Rio Grande at Reynosa, Mexico, but didn’t have a chance to plead their case for asylum. The U.S. Border Patrol fingerprinted them at a processing center near McAllen, Texas, put them on an airplane to El Paso and expelled them to Mexico under the Title 42 public health rule last month.
Immigration advocates say Title 42 exposes migrants to violent crime in Mexican border cities like Juarez. The Flores couple can attest to that.
On Feb. 12, armed gunmen allegedly belonging to a cell of the Aztecas gang arrived at a church in South Central Juarez where a funeral was being held for a rival. The gunmen murdered six funeral-goers including a 12-year-old boy and wounded several other people. The Floreses were staying at a small migrant shelter in the back of that church and escaped the fusillade.
“When we went out, we had to step over the dead because there were several dead and wounded. We found refuge in the house across (the street),” Myrna said. “The church had to close to because of threats.”
Seeing days go by at a Juarez shelter, the couple is looking forward to the termination of Title 42, which news reports out of Washington, D.C., say will happen on May 23.
“We were fleeing violence and we found more violence,” Julio said. “I hope they let us apply for asylum (in the United States). Most of us are fleeing because there are too many problems in our countries. The violence in El Salvador has exploded. […] There’s a 6 p.m. curfew in most towns (because of gang violence). People cannot come out of their homes.”
Enrique Valenzuela, head of the Chihuahua Population Council (COESPO), says between 10,000 and 12,500 migrants are in Juarez waiting for the end of Title 42.
“The shelters are at 80 percent capacity. That’s between 2,000 and 3,000 people, but for every migrant that comes to us for assistance, there are four to five that do not,” said Valenzuela, whose office oversees Juarez’s Migrant Assistance Center.
The council in 2019 helped U.S. Customs and Border Protection bring order to a then-chaotic border in which flash mobs frequently materialized across from U.S. ports of entry and hustlers sold places in line.
Back then, COESPO helped manage access to international bridges and provided guidance to migrants as to what documents CBP expected of them.
This time, though, it’s still not known what shape that cooperation will take.
“At this point, we don’t know how much of an influx we will have or how the United States chooses to handle that flow,” Valenzuela said. “It’s important for people to know they have to wait for official information, for them not to be tricked that it will be an easy way into the United States now that Title 42 is going to be lifted. No, that is not the case.”
But Valenzuela said Chihuahua Gov. Maru Campos has instructed his office and other state agencies to continue helping migrants regardless of where they come from. That includes Mexican families displaced by a bloody drug war in several regions, Central and South Americans already in the city or on the way, and those whom the United States continues to expel daily.
“It’s our duty to provide humanitarian attention to people arriving at this border. We work with allies that include all three levels of government (in Mexico), the United Nations, local and international NGOs,” he said. “Our primary duty is to provide them shelter – a place to stay – and also medical and mental health screenings.”
Meantime, Myrna and Julio Flores hope to finally soon have a chance to state their case and flee the violence in El Salvador and Mexico. “Our hope is that at least they let us apply for asylum in the United States. Most of us are on the run, running from problems because our countries are too conflictive,” Julio said. | https://wgnradio.com/news/at-least-10000-in-juarez-waiting-for-title-42-rollback-chance-at-u-s-asylum/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:19Z |
HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. — The investigation into a traffic stop from June of 2021 that left a Holly Springs Police officer and a suspect dead is now closed -- and investigators said the officer's use of deadly force was justified.
The GBI sent 11Alive a 251-page investigation summary along with body and dash camera video from the incident.
During the incident 25-year-old officer Joe Burson was killed, 29-year-old Ansy Dolce, the man police pulled over, also died after being shot by Burson during a struggle.
The report includes a letter from the Cherokee County District Attorney calling Burson's actions justified and stating if Dolce would have lived murder charges would have been filed against him.
In the videos 11Alive received, Dolce can be seen stepping out of his car along Hickory Road.
The GBI's report details late in the evening of June 15 Dolce was pulled over by Holly Springs Police Sergeant Andrew Drake for driving 72-miles per hour in a 40-mile per hour zone. Burson arrived to provide backup.
Also in the report are details of Dolce's past.
He is described as a mixed martial arts fighter with a criminal history and attached court records list him as a confirmed member of the Sex Money Murder gang, a subset of the larger Bloods gang.
According to U.S. Marshals interviewed by the GBI and quoted in the report, Dolce was out of prison on parole in New York for robbery and attempted robbery convictions, and he had an open domestic violence case involving his then-wife in Illinois.
Twenty months before the traffic stop in Holly Springs, the GBI report details Dolce removing a department of corrections ordered GPS monitor, and U.S. Marshals had tracked and attempted to take Dolce back into custody in New York, Illinois and Missouri.
The week before the traffic stop, Marshals waited outside his mother's house near Holly Springs, where it was believed he might be staying.
Also in the report, Dolce is described as saying during the traffic stop that he didn't have a driver's license on him and then provided his brother's name along with a date of birth instead of his own.
Drake walked back to his squad car to check out the name and date of birth.
At that time, Burson's conversation with Dolce was recorded by his body camera. Dolce asks if he can call his mother or an attorney. Burson tells him he can't make a call at that time.
"Why do you need a lawyer if what you're telling us is true?" Burson said.
"Because you guys are about to arrest me," Dolce replies.
"Why?" Burson asked.
"I know the drill," Dolce said.
"Sorry?" Burson then asked.
"I know the drill. You said you smelled pot. So you're going to search the car," Dolce said.
The GBI report details Drake smelling a strong odor of what he suspected to be marijuana in Dolce's car. Investigators later found several bags with marijuana on the labels and a canister filled with a leafy green substance.
"Is there pot in there?" Burson asked.
Dolce is seen on the video nodding his head up and down.
"How much?" Burson inquired.
"I'll show you," Dolce said and then started walking toward his car.
Burson replies "No," and walks in front of Dolce to cut him off.
Drake then exits his car, walks up behind Dolce, and attempts to put him in handcuffs.
The video shows him pulling away and running back into his car.
During a struggle with both officers, they tased Dolce as he was in the driver's seat and then drives off with Burson still inside the car.
"He's got Burson the car! He's got Burson in the car!" Drake is heard yelling into the radio. Moments later he's heard yelling, "Shots fired! Shots fired!"
The report details Dolce driving approximately 1,000 feet down the road before hitting a guardrail and crashing in the ditch.
During that time, Burson shot Dolce multiple times while also receiving extensive injuries.
Burson was taken to the hospital, but the GBI report mentions he most likely died at the scene of the crash. Dolce was taken to a different hospital where he later died from his injuries sustained during the shooting.
Once the GBI completed its investigation, it sent its files to Cherokee County District Attorney Shannon Wallace for review.
In a letter responding to the GBI she wrote:
"Based on the information contained in your case file and my review of this case file, there is no evidence of criminal conduct on behalf of Officer Joseph Burson as the shooting of Mr. Dolce was justified under Georgia law. Had Mr. Dolce survived, this office would have pursued a prosecution against him for murder as well as other charges." | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/holly-springs-officer-joe-burson-actions-in-deadly-shooting-justified-gbi-report/85-dc720dbd-0b3b-4f9e-a6ca-7a23ca1fe6d5 | 2022-04-01T01:43:19Z |
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On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his proposal for the next federal budget.
Though Congress has the final say in the annual budget, presidents create a proposal highlighting their fiscal priorities. Then, the president typically spends time advocating for their plan to the public, arguing for those priorities.
While promoting his latest proposal, Biden tweeted, “This year, my administration is on track to cut the deficit by more than $1.3 trillion… that would be the largest one-year reduction in the deficit in U.S. history.”
THE QUESTION
Would a $1.3 trillion reduction in the deficit be the largest single-year reduction ever?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, if the deficit shrinks by $1.3 trillion this year, that will be the largest single-year reduction in history.
WHAT WE FOUND
Both the Federal Reserve and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) track how much money the federal government takes in each year, and how much it spends. The Fed has records dating back to 1901, and the CBO dating to 1962.
If the government makes more than it spends, there’s a budget surplus. Since 1962, there have only been five years with a surplus, and none since 2001.
More commonly, the government spends more than it takes in. That’s a deficit, and it results in the U.S. borrowing money to make up the difference, which in turn adds to the federal debt.
According to the Fed and the CBO, the year in which the deficit shrank the most was 2013. In 2012, the budget was nearly $1.08 trillion in the hole, and in 2013, it was just under $679.8 billion. The deficit decreased by roughly $396.8 billion, more than in any other year in history.
If the deficit drops by $1.3 trillion in 2022 like Biden projected, it would indeed be the largest deficit reduction in American history, by a big margin.
The Fed and CBO track numbers on a fiscal-year basis, with the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30. So we won’t really know if Biden’s projections for 2022 are accurate until at least October.
But budget experts VERIFY spoke with agreed it’s likely the deficit reduction could wind up being more than a trillion dollars. However, they said that drop is mostly due to COVID-related spending programs expiring.
“It's not really due to any particularly aggressive policy action to, say, raise more revenue than we would have otherwise, or spend less. It's mostly just a factor of temporary things,” said Alex Muresianu, a federal policy analyst for the Tax Foundation.
“We had deficits that were over $3 trillion [in 2020], and one that was $2.8 trillion [in 2021]. That was as a result of a huge recession, and trillions of dollars that we were spending to fight COVID. So we will be dropping for sure. The deficit will be closer to a trillion dollars this year,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a non-profit group. “But that doesn't come from policies to reduce the deficit.”
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The report earlier this week of SK Group's $1.6 billion investment over the next three years on semiconductors and blockchain follows a presidential campaign that made crypto-friendly policies an important issue; major altcoins also decline.
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:
Prices: Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies decline.
Insights: The South Korean crypto industry has had some good news lately.
Technician's take: BTC is declining from overbought levels; support at $43K.
Prices
Bitcoin (BTC): $45,808 -2.7%
Ether (ETH): $3,292 -2.7%
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Bitcoin, other major cryptos plunge
Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies plunged on Thursday amid worsening inflation numbers and a vote by the European Union on crypto legislation that the industry viewed unfavorably.
The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading at under $46,00, a more than 2% drop over the past 24 hours. Ether, the second-largest crypto by market cap, was similarly off for the same period and changing hands at about $3,300. A number of prominent altcoins were faring even worse, suggesting lessened risk appetite among investors. Meme coins DOGE and SHIB were recently off about 3% and 4.5% respectively.
Major cryptos' performances dovetailed with those of equity markets. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were all down 1.5%. Traditional safe havens such as gold and the U.S. dollar rose, while the 10-year Treasury yield continued to decline from Tuesday's high of 2.5%, as CoinDesk reported.
The U.S. central bank's preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index (PCE), showed annual inflation rose 6.4% in February, the Labor Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday. The inflation rate accelerated from the 6% clip reported a month ago. The February pace was the highest since 1982.
Some crypto traders watch inflation readings closely because the bitcoin (BTC) market sometimes moves after economic indicators are released. Some investors hold bitcoin as a protection against inflation. The report also showed that consumer spending slowed to 0.2%, from 2.7% in January. Bitcoin at least initially did not react to the news.
European Union lawmakers voted in favor of controversial measures to outlaw anonymous crypto transactions, a move the industry said would stifle innovation and invade privacy. The proposals are intended to extend anti-money laundering (AML) requirements that apply to conventional payments over EUR 1,000 ($1,114) to the crypto sector. They also scrap the floor for crypto payments, so payers and recipients of even the smallest crypto transactions would need to be identified, including for transactions with unhosted or self-hosted wallets.
Meanwhile Lawmakers worldwide continued to look for ways to protect consumers from further increases in energy prices stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On Thursday, the Biden Administration said it was considering the release of about 180 million barrels of oil over the next six months from the U.S.'s reserves at a rate of one million barrels per day. The price of Brent crude oil, a frequently watched measure of energy prices, was recently selling at about $105 per barrel, down about 1%.
Markets
S&P 500: 4,530 -1.5%
DJIA: 34,678 -1.5%
Nasdaq: 14,420 -1.5%
Gold: $1,937 +0.1%
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Crypto in South Korea has enjoyed a tailwind lately.
Earlier this week, The Korean Herald reported that SK Square, the investment arm of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, would spend 2 trillion won (US$1.6 billion) in the next three years on semiconductors and blockchain.
“This will mark the first year when SK Square creates new shareholder value by investing in chips and blockchain, the fields that we are familiar with, and we see a high growth potential,” Park Jung-ho, CEO and vice chairman of SK Square, told The Korean Herald on Monday.
Seoul-based SK, which has 95 separate companies in chemicals, logistics, energy and materials, among other sectors, has been looking to broaden its portfolio. It is South Korea's third-largest conglomerate. The interest of a so-called chaebol reflects South Korean investors' and entrepreneurs' surging interest in crypto.
The firm plans to introduce its own token before the end of the year, according to a report last week by the Korea Economic Daily last week. SK Square, has set up a blockchain task force that is responsible for the project.
The token would be the first of its kind launched by any company under the purview of South Korea's top 10 conglomerates. The cryptocurrency will be aimed at integrating virtual economies across the group's businesses, the Economic Daily reported.
SK Square is also the largest shareholder of SK Hynix, the world's second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung. In November 2021, SK Telecom spent KRW 87.3 billion acquire a 35% stake in crypto exchange Korbit.
SK Group's most recent initiative follows close behind the election of one of two presidential candidates who promoted crypto-friendly proposals in an effort to win younger voters. Yoon Suk-yeol, the conservative candidate who won the election, said he would take legal measures to confiscate crypto profits gained through illegitimate means and return them to the victims.
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India's passage of a finance bill with high taxes will hinder the fledgling industry's innovation and growth, the bill's opponents say.
“Treating profits and losses of each market pair separately” will discourage crypto participation and throttle the industry's growth,” said Nischal Shetty, CEO of crypto exchange WazirX, in a statement. “It’s very unfortunate and we urge the government to reconsider this.”
The crypto measures impose a daunting 30% capital gains tax on crypto transactions and a 1% tax deducted at source (TDS) with no offsetting losses. Industry advocates had hoped to convince lawmakers to limit at least the source tax.
Technician's take
BTC daily price chart shows support/resistance, with RSI below. (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)
Bitcoin (BTC) is in pullback mode after sellers responded to resistance at $48,000. The cryptocurrency could find support at $43,000 into the Asia trading day, which could stabilize the down move.
The relative strength index (RSI) on the daily chart is declining from overbought levels, which typically precede pullbacks in price. On the weekly chart, however, the RSI is neutral with positive momentum readings. That means buyers could remain active at lower support levels.
Still, BTC is attempting to break below a two-week long uptrend, similar to what occurred in early February, which preceded a brief price drop.
For now, buyers will need to maintain the breakout above $45,000 to yield an upside target toward $50,966.
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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.
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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.
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/ex-minor-leaguer-ran-major-league-sports-betting-operation/article_b6565fab-22f7-5627-bedc-4395d39fd041.html | 2022-04-01T01:43:20Z |
Topor-Stanley could play 400 games: Aloisi
Nikolai Topor-Stanley will break the A-League Men's games record when Western United take on Central Coast, and coach John Aloisi believes the defender can become the first player to 400 games.
Topor-Stanley will play his 359th league match on Saturday, overtaking former United skipper Andrew Durante as the competition's longest-standing player.
"He will break it and it's an amazing feat. It's not only because he's such a great player and a talented defender, it also shows the professionalism and the way he's gone about his career," Aloisi said.
"Because early on he probably wasn't as professional ... but then over time he learned how to look after himself and look after his body and that's why he's been able to play so many games.
"It's a lot of games, 359, in the A-League especially because when we started it was only a 20-game season and if you didn't make finals, that was it.
"The amount of games he's been able to play is incredible and I still think that he'll get to 400.
"Just watching him train and watching him move still and play, he hasn't missed a beat with us."
Aloisi said the 37-year-old's speed was underrated while his size, presence and ability to read the game set him above many of his contemporaries.
Neil Kilkenny will return from personal leave but Aloisi conceded the prognosis was "not looking great" for luckless defender Josh Risdon, with United still gathering information on his ankle injury.
Meanwhile, Aloisi is confident Alessandro Diamanti will return this season after a prolonged absence with a knee injury.
"I'm pretty confident he will play again this season but it's one of those ones that it's hard to say when and how quickly he'll come back," he said.
"I can't give you a timeline on it but we're pretty confident and positive he'll be back and hopefully when we're challenging, that would be nice."
United will have their work cut out against dynamic Mariners attackers Marco Urena and Jason Cummings.
"They work really well together, they're hard working, especially going forward," Aloisi said.
"So the players understand their movements and understand what they're going to come up against.
"Then it's up to us to try to limit them as much as possible but also (when we're) with the ball, make them run as much as possible so they don't run as much when they get the ball."
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A 17-year-old Union male was killed Wednesday night in a two-vehicle collision west of Union, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
A 2009 Chevrolet Impala, driven by 17-year-old Adam Beery, was eastbound at 9:32 p.m. on Highway 50, near the intersection with St. Jordans Road, according to the highway patrol.
Beery lost control and entered the path of a westbound 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, driven by Vickie A. Dement, 59, of Gerald, according to the highway patrol. Officials said the Grand Cherokee collided with the right side of the Impala.
Beery was pronounced dead by Union Ambulance District officials at 9:43 p.m. and transported to the St. Louis County Morgue, officials said. Dement suffered serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital St. Louis.
Beery was wearing a seatbelt, while Dement was not, officials said. | https://www.emissourian.com/local_news/union-teen-killed-in-crash/article_87259458-b13f-11ec-abae-c73e4dafd7f6.html | 2022-04-01T01:43:22Z |
Biden’s border headache to come whipping back
Immigration is about to roar back as a major crisis for President Biden: Republicans are already testing harsh new border messages for the coming midterm ad war.
Driving the news: This week's reports — that the administration plans to end the use of a COVID-19 immigration ban called Title 42 by May 23 — put a timeline on a scenario for which Homeland Security officials have spent months preparing.
- Axios recently scooped details of officials' internal deliberations about how to manage a hypothetical "mass migration event" in the coming weeks or months.
- The end of Title 42 and the movements that could trigger is what they were talking about.
The big picture: Democrats already were worried about losing suburban voters and centrist Hispanic voters over inflation and culture wars. A new border surge may only exacerbate those concerns while inflaming national security considerations.
- The White House has been in triage mode as it responds to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a Supreme Court nomination, rising inflation, culture wars and multi-state challenges to voting rights and abortion rights.
- That all comes while it tries to salvage elements of Biden's Build Back Better plan stuck in a 50-50 Senate.
What we're hearing: The GOP senses opportunity and has pounced on immigration as an election issue.
- The Republican National Committee on Wednesday rolled out part one of a new video series focused on the border, which it calls "Unchecked."
What they're saying: "You would think there would be some concern about the politics of this," Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told Axios. "I think this is a disaster for the administration and for Democrats generally."
- Some Democrats are raising concerns, as well. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) says he’s worried the administration doesn’t have a plan in place to deal with the fallout and prematurely ending the program could result in a humanitarian crisis.
- Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he thought it would be a "huge mistake" to do something that "might invite doubling, tripling, quadrupling of the numbers at the border."
- Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) also told reporters Thursday he's opposed to ending Title 42, saying: "Just watch the news y'all put out every day, what’s coming across.”
There's also support from many Democrats to end Title 42.
- For example, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the policy "is not the answer to whatever immigration crisis there is."
- If ending Title 42 leads to a new border crisis, he said, Democrats need a new law to deal with it — not keep leaning on the public health order.
Between the lines: Immigration has been a no-win situation for Biden.
Republicans blame his relaxation of hardline Trump-era policies for inviting new waves of undocumented immigration.
Progressives criticize the administration for not doing more to help undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers.
- Some congressional Democrats have held press conferences and sent letters calling for the end of Title 42.
- On the other hand, Democratic border-area representatives like Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas joined forces with Republicans on Tuesday.
- They petitioned the departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services to keep Title 42 until the government is better prepared and stronger measures are in place to address a border surge.
- Kelly and his fellow Arizona Democrat, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, also recently warned Biden to keep Title 42 in place until agencies are ready.
How we got here: Title 42's use, begun under Trump and continued under Biden, has allowed officials to automatically turn back asylum seekers because of the COVID-19 emergency.
- Court challenges and the virus' transition from pandemic to endemic set the clock ticking on rescinding it.
- While many progressives and immigration activists have long criticized the policy as inhumane, argued it was illegal and sought its end, it's proved a useful tool in managing surges of undocumented immigrants to the southern border.
- Without it, officials predict surges up to a potential 18,000 people a day.
The bottom line: Immigration is bound to play a bigger role in some midterm races than others.
- But it could also fuel broader attacks from the right alleging that Biden is being weak and not controlling the border.
Editor's note: Axios' Hans Nichols and Sophia Cai contributed reporting to this story. | https://www.axios.com/bidens-border-headache-to-come-whipping-back-7c44715d-475d-4595-ba8b-4f0c3d98de22.html | 2022-04-01T01:43:22Z |
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Thursday he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels next week to lay the groundwork for peace talks to end the decades-long conflict over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The two leaders will meet in Brussels on April 6 with European Council President Charles Michel.
There have been recent clashes that have raised concerns about the stability of a cease-fire that ended the 2020 war over the separatist region.
“I hope to discuss at this meeting with the president of Azerbaijan and agree on all issues related to the start of negotiations on a peace agreement,” Pashinyan told a government meeting Thursday. He said Armenia “is ready for the immediate start of peace negotiations.”
Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces reignited in Nagorno-Karabakh this month, and three soldiers in the breakaway region were killed last week.
More than 6,600 people were killed in the six-week war in 2020 that ended with Azerbaijan reclaiming control over large parts of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas that the Armenia-backed separatists controlled.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a decades-old dispute over the separatist region, which lies within Azerbaijan but was under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994.
The cease-fire in 2020 was mediated by Russia, which then sent some 2,000 troops it called peacekeepers to the region.
Tensions on the two nations’ shared border have been building since May, when Armenia protested what it described as an incursion by Azerbaijani troops into its territory. Azerbaijan has insisted that its soldiers were deployed to what it considers its territory in areas where the border has yet to be demarcated.
Clashes have been reported ever since, and they intensified this month as Russia became increasingly bogged down in its invasion of Ukraine. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/armenia-azerbaijan-leaders-to-meet-amid-recent-fighting/ | 2022-04-01T01:43:23Z |
ABBA Voyage, the concert experience featuring digital avatars of the Swedish pop icons’ four members, is set to open in London on May 27, and in celebration of the premiere, ABBA has announced plans to release a number of special audio collections.
Coinciding with the show’s premiere, career-encompassing 10-disc box sets featuring all nine ABBA studio albums, including 2021’s reunion project, Voyage, as well as a bonus disc of tracks that originally were only issued as singles, will be released May 27 on CD and vinyl.
Both collections — CD Album Box Set and Vinyl Album Box Set — feature the band’s classic eight original albums, spanning from 1973’s Ring Ring through 1981’s The Visitors, the aforementioned Voyage and the singles compilation, which is titled ABBA Tracks. The CD box set also comes with a 40-page booklet features information about the albums and a variety of photos. The LP set features discs pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
ABBA also will be releasing a limited-edition bundle featuring picture-disc versions of all of their studio albums on June 10. The collection will be available as a discounted eight-LP bundle featuring the group’s first eight albums and as a nine-disc set that adds a picture of Voyage. The picture discs also will be available for purchase individually.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, a new series of lyric videos was launched at ABBA’s YouTube channel that will eventually see clips for all of the songs from group’s classic ABBA Gold compilation premiering over the next 12 months. The first video, “Chiquitita,” debuted on March 18, while the second, “Waterloo,” premieres April 6.
The ABBA Voyage show will take place at the specially built ABBA Arena at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Visit ABBAVoyage.com for full details.
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UNITED STATES - Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin successfully carried out its fourth crewed spaceflight Thursday, a ten-minute ride beyond the planet's atmosphere and back again.
The New Shepard suborbital rocket blasted off from the company's Launch Site One base in west Texas at 8:58 am local time (1358 GMT) with six crew members.
The crew included Gary Lai, chief architect of the New Shepard program, plus 5 paying customers -- though the ticket price hasn't been disclosed.
"I felt my skin pulling taut," Lai said, of the rocket ride.
Lai's inclusion came after comedian Pete Davidson, the boyfriend of reality star Kim Kardashian, canceled his participation without disclosing a reason.
After launch, the reusable, zero greenhouse gas emissions rocket landed vertically at a pad, while the capsule continued soaring, crossing the Karman line that marks the start of space, 100 kilometers (62 miles) high.
Passengers unbuckled and enjoyed a few minutes of weightlessness, taking in the majesty of Earth before the capsule re-entered the atmosphere, deployed its chutes and floated to the surface for a gentle desert landing.
Blue Origin's past flights have included its founder Bezos as well as Star Trek icon William Shatner.
After years of promise, the space tourism sector is finally taking off.
Lai told reporters the company was continuing to make improvements to the vehicle "under the hood" aimed at pushing down costs and reducing the time between flights.
"Someday you're going to see us launching every single week," he said.
Elon Musk's SpaceX is targeting next week to fly three tycoons and a former astronaut to the International Space Station on the Axiom-1 mission -- though the crew involved insist they're doing serious research work rather than going on vacation.
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Colin Kaepernick SPAC deal with minority lender is said to collapse
Dec. 24, 2021 7:39 PM ETMission Advancement Corp. Units (MACC.U), MACC, MACC.WSDISAUBy: Joshua Fineman, SA News Editor139 Comments
- Colin Kaepernick-backed SPAC Mission Advancement Corp.'s (NYSE:MACC) deal to buy a lender that focused on minority borrowers is said to have collapsed.
- The SPAC's deal to acquire The Change Co. is said to have ended over the former NFL quarterback and social activist's reluctance to appear on TV to promote the deal including appearing on "Good Morning America," according to a WSJ report. Kaepernick declined to be involved in interviews surrounding the transaction.
- A spokesman for Kaepernick’s Mission Advancement told the paper said the SPAC will continue to look for a merger partner in 2022.
- Mission’s IPO in early March sold 30M investment units at $10 apiece to raise $300M.
- Kaepernick, a former NFL quarterback, serves as MACCU’s co-chairman. He came to wide attention in 2016 while playing for the San Francisco 49ers by kneeling rather than standing during the playing of the U.S. national anthem at games’ beginnings. Kaepernick, who is biracial, was protesting U.S. racial issues.
- The protest expanded over time, with other NFL players and pro athletes in different sports kneeling when the U.S. national anthem played. That’s made Kaepernick a controversial figure, loved by some and hated by others.
- Kaepernick is not the only professional athlete or celebrity to be involved in a SPAC. Back in March, Patrick Mahomes, Justin Verlander backed a SPAC called Disruptive Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:DISAU). | https://seekingalpha.com/news/3783327-colin-kaepernick-spac-deal-with-minority-lender-is-said-to-collapse | 2022-04-01T01:43:24Z |
After vaccinating thousands against Covid-19, this CNN Hero is fighting inequity in the medical system
By Kathleen Toner, CNN
As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s difficult to understand where we are in the pandemic.
But two years ago, the situation was clear: for many people, coronavirus had brought the world to a stop. That’s when pediatric surgeon Dr. Ala Stanford sprang into action, bringing Covid-19 testing to Black and Brown communities in Philadelphia that were hard hit by the virus.
In the months that followed, Stanford brought testing and vaccines to more than 75,000 people through her nonprofit Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium. And as she worked to help underresourced communities weather the pandemic, she diagnosed an even greater problem.
“We were seeing folks that hadn’t seen a doctor in a decade,” said Stanford, who was honored as a Top 10 CNN Hero last year. “We were just literally putting a Band-Aid to a much bigger problem with health inequities and health disparities.”
It’s well-documented that Black and Brown communities have suffered greater hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19 for a host of reasons, including higher risk factors for exposure and a higher risk of severe disease.
But lack of accessible and affordable health care is a key factor that leads to worse health outcomes for people of color. In particular, lack of outpatient care, like annual checkups and doctor’s visits, can play a critical role in preventing health issues.
This larger, systemic issue is what Stanford is trying to remedy.
In November, she began seeing patients at the Dr. Ala Stanford Center for Health Equity, her new facility in north Philadelphia. This multi-disciplinary clinic offers services ranging from primary care and mental health, diagnostic testing like EKGs and mammograms and, of course, Covid testing and vaccinations.
“We take care of newborns through grandma and grandpa,” she said. “And that is the next step … wanting to not just save lives, but really impact an entire lifetime with people.”
Located on the grounds of Deliverance Evangelistic Church, in an area that once housed a day care center, the space underwent a massive renovation. The center now includes exam rooms, consultation areas, a children’s play space, even a fish tank. Most importantly, it provides care to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay.
“If you have insurance, we run it,” Stanford said. “If you don’t have insurance, we help you get (it). And if you don’t have anything, you’re not going to be turned away.”
This fall, as the coronavirus seemed to recede into the background, Stanford was excited to switch gears to focus on this broader health mission. But the Omicron variant of the virus changed her plans.
“After Christmas, there were so many people sick, literally wrapped around this building to get Covid tested. The positivity rate was 45%” she said. “So, we had to stop primary care and just focus on testing and vaccination.”
Yet, she and her team still figured out a way to provide brief wellness checks with each vaccination.
“You come in for a shot and you see your vital signs are out of whack — you might say ‘Did you know you have high blood pressure?’ or ‘Did you take your medication today?'” Stanford said.
And in early January, when Stanford realized that Covid rates were rising in children and young people, she added another approach.
“In a public health crisis, you go to the people. And the kids are primarily in school, so that’s what I pushed for,” she said.
Since then, Stanford’s team has worked with FEMA to hold nearly 20 vaccination clinics at schools in and around Philadelphia. She says in some of them, they have doubled the vaccination rates among students. Her group also still offers vaccinations and testing throughout the community at police departments and mass transit SEPTA stations.
Two years later, Stanford’s surgical practice is still on hold. While she admits to missing the operating room at times, she knows that the work she is doing now is making a difference on a much larger scale.
“What we’ve done has touched over 100,000 lives. And that refuels me,” she said. “The need here right now is so great. I feel that this is where I’m supposed to be.”
Want to get involved? Check out the Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium website and see how to help.
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SAN JOSE Costa Rica (AP) — Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams had relief on their faces as they headed straight from the stadium for a charter jet to Europe and weekend club games.
“This is whatever I’ve always wanted to be, and right now emotions are a bit crazy,” Pulisic said, his voice quavering.
Coach Gregg Berhalter had rushed out for a red-eye to New York and a 12 1/2-hour connecting flight to Friday’s World Cup draw in Doha. | https://www.iolaregister.com/sports/relieved-more-than-joyful-u-s-sets-sights-on-qatar | 2022-04-01T01:43:24Z |