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2022-04-13 01:15:24
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – For some people, overdraft fees are a frustrating inconvenience. For others, they pose crippling costs. Some lawmakers now want to change how they’re charged altogether. Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced legislation called the “Overdraft Protection Act.” The bill includes provisions to cap the amount and number of fees a bank can charge. “My bill tries to cut down on these unfair and deceptive practices,” the New York Democrat said. Advocates like Elyse Crawford-Hicks with Americans for Financial Reform say overdraft fees hit low-income families and people of color the hardest. “Overdraft fees are paid the most by people who can least afford them,” Crawford-Hicks said. Others say over-drafting is a useful service because it can function like a short-term loan. Paul Kundert is the CEO of UW Credit Union, which recently reduced their overdraft fees and put more limits on how they charge them. “When prices are fair, we believe consumers do benefit from access to the credit provided by overdraft fees,” Kundert said. Recently, major banks like Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America have made changes themselves, by reducing their overdraft fees or eliminating them altogether. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, says that demonstrates the legislation is unnecessary. “The market is naturally, naturally taking care of the issue without government intervention. And we do not need more rules from Washington,” Williams said. Because banks make billions of dollars in revenue from overdraft fees, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law Todd Zywicki argues the proposed changes would cost consumers. “We’ll see higher bank fees, we’ll see higher minimum monthly deposits as basically insurance against over-drafting and we will see a loss of access to free checking,” Zywicki said. Lawmakers like Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., are promising to continue pushing for the reforms. “How can we perform such an abusive and predatory practice that punishes people simply for being poor?” Pressley said.
https://wgnradio.com/news/bill-seeks-to-put-cap-on-overdraft-fees/
2022-04-01T01:43:25Z
ATLANTA — There has been an increase in reported overdoses from drugs mixed with fentanyl, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Many of the drug mixtures included cocaine, methamphetamine, and counterfeit pills. Between early February and mid-March, according to the DPH, at least 66 emergency department visits involved the use of cocaine, methamphetamine, crack, heroin, pain killers and cannabis products that were likely laced with fentanyl. The DPH recorded suspected drug overdose emergency department visits between Feb. 2 and March 14, representing their findings in a geographic and demographic distribution below. Fentanyl-related overdose deaths have increased 106.2% between May 1, 2020, and April 30, 2021, as compared to the same period of time for the previous year, the DPH said. According to Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Judy Fitzgerald, the total number of overdose deaths within Georgia between April 2020 and April 2021 increased by 36% compared to the same period in the previous year. Fentanyl is a deadly substance that can cause a number of symptoms: • Unconsciousness, or inability to wake up • Limp body • Falling asleep, extreme drowsiness • Slow, shallow, irregular or no breathing • Pale, blue, cold and/or clammy skin • Choking, snoring, or gurgling sounds • Slow or no heartbeat Drugs that contain fentanyl cannot be detected by sight or smell, the DPH said. Even a small amount of the substance can cause an overdose. Fitzgerald said that thanks to Johnson & Johnson's multi-state $26 billion opioid distribution settlement, there is hope for Georgia residents suffering from substance abuse. "The settlement dollars, that now really are coming out to almost every state, we have begun to receive those here in Georgia," Fitzgerald told 11Alive. "DBHDD is the recipient of the first large portion of those, an $11 million settlement. Our work at the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities is to, as quickly as we can, turn those dollars right back into community services." In order to turn those settlement dollars into help for Georgia residents in need, Fitzgerald has a few plans. "That first $11 million– we'll begin putting those into an evidence-based practice for opioid use disorder, and that's called medication assistance treatment," she said. "What we want to be doing is have the gold standard of treatment available here in Georgia, while also having detoxification beds. Right at that moment of overdose, we want to make it as easy as possible to get help." With more money on the way, Fitzgerald said the department also plans to use the money to battle substance abuse-related stigmas. "And then we are also going to use those funds to contract for anti-stigma campaigns, really reminding people what substance abuse disorder looks like– also helping them see what recovery looks like," she said. "It's not just about despair and addiction. It's really about what's possible when people find that path to recovery, so we are excited to get all those dollars on the ground, working for people in need here in Georgia. And the most exciting news of all: There's tens of millions more on the way." Attorney General Chris Carr first announced on Jan. 7 that Georgia had joined the list of states on the $26 billion settlement agreement between pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen and opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. The settlement agreement resolves investigations and litigation over all four of the companies' roles in creating and fueling the country's opioid epidemic, Carr said.
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/drugs-laced-fentanyl-georgia-overdose-increased-reports/85-252ad620-0602-44eb-af3d-b4650b2aba57
2022-04-01T01:43:25Z
BOSTON (AP) — An untimely losing streak has left the Miami Heat with some late-season competition for the Eastern Conference’s top seed. They took a step toward regaining some of the ground they lost recently against one of their chief challengers. Jimmy Butler scored 24 points, Kyle Lowry added 23 and the Miami Heat rallied in the fourth quarter to hold off the Boston Celtics 106-98 on Wednesday night to stay atop the tight race for the conference’s top seed. Bam Adebayo finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds as Miami posted its second straight win since a season-worst four-game losing streak. “I think we did a good job of just communicating and being there for each other,” Lowry said. After briefly taking over the East’s top spot, Boston has lost two in a row for the first time since late January. Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 28 points and 10 rebounds. Jayson Tatum added 23 points and six assists. Despite the loss, Tatum said in the long run it will help strengthen the mettle of this team. “It’s a good thing for us to learn from,” Tatum said. “The season is not decided today. We’ve still got games to play, playoffs. So, we’ll be good.” The back-and-forth game had very much the intensity of a playoff matchup, featuring nine ties and 16 lead changes. Trailing by four points entering the fourth, Miami outscored Boston 27-15 over the final 12 minutes with a level of execution that has been missing over the past few weeks. “We’ve gotten a lot better of knowing where the ball has to go,” Butler said. “Putting everybody in the position that they need to be in to be successful.” Miami led by just a point at the half, but opened an 11-point cushion at the start of the third quarter. The Celtics answered, running off 16 straight points to nudge back in front and eventually carried a 83-79 edge into the fourth. It grew to 90-85 with 7:40 remaining when Daniel Theis tipped in a lob from Derrick White through contact from Dewayne Dedmon, who fouled out on the play. The Heat stayed composed and responded with 12-3 spurt to take a 98-93 lead on a short jumper by Butler. Boston cut it 98-96 with less than three minutes left, but came up empty on three straight possessions. Lowry broke the stalemate with a jumper. Brown then had his shot blocked on the the Celtics’ next trip, and Lowry fed Butler for a fastbreak dunk to make it 102-96 with 1:43 left to play. Boston had its own transition chance trailing 102-98 before Tatum was called for an offensive foul. The Celtics challenged the call, but it stood after review. After another miss by Boston that was called out of bounds on Boston, Marcus Smart threw his hands up in frustration at the call and was ejected. Miami was then able to close out the game on the free throw line. Coach Erik Spoelstra said he likes the seeds his team is planting with the playoffs looming. “That’s why I like going through all these kind of games during the regular season,” Spoelstra said. “We had our share of challenges going down the stretch. But what I love about this group is we come in the next day, work at it and really try to get better. Those experiences make you stronger.” TIP-INS Heat: Caleb Martin sat out with a right calf bruise. Celtics: Grant Williams took Robert Williams place in the starting lineup. … Tatum was whistled for a technical foul late in the second quarter after complaining about a foul on Butler. EARLY ACTION Wednesday marked the first true glimpse at what the Celtics’ lineup and rotations will look like for the foreseeable future with center Robert Williams III sidelined following knee surgery. Things started a little rocky for Boston with Miami jumping out to an early 8-3 lead, scoring some wide-open baskets as it capitalized on some early miscommunication by the Celtics on the defensive end. Boston cleaned that up in the second quarter by limiting the Heat to one-shot possessions, forcing turnovers and converting them into points. Miami took a 53-52 advantage into halftime, with both teams virtually mirroring each other on the stat sheet. The Heat shot 46% from the field with 14 assists, knocking down eight of 19 from the 3-pont line. The Celtics shot 45% from the floor with 14 assists, connecting on eight of 21 of their shots from beyond the arc. UP NEXT Heat: Continue three-game road trip at Chicago on Saturday. Celtics: Host Indiana on Friday. ___ More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/tag/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
https://www.wavy.com/sports/jimmy-butler-scores-24-to-help-heat-fend-off-celtics-106-98/
2022-04-01T01:43:24Z
Esports, for non- traditional athletes DUTCHESS COUNTY — School sports have be on the decline since the COVID-19 pandemic and due to a shrinking student enrollment, according to local athletic directors. It’s caused some schools in Dutchess County to merge various athletic teams in an effort to let student athletes keep playing the sports they... tricornernews.com
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556716217431/esports-for-non-traditional-athletes
2022-04-01T01:43:25Z
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The Ukrainian government said Russian forces blocked 45 buses that had been sent to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol, and only 631 people were able to get out of the city in private cars. Twelve Ukrainian trucks were able to deliver humanitarian supplies to Mariupol, but the supplies were seized by Russian troops, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said late Thursday. According to Ukrainian officials, tens of thousands of people have made it out of Mariupol in recent weeks along humanitarian corridors, reducing the prewar population of 430,000 to about 100,000 by last week. Vereshchuk said about 45,000 Mariupol residents have been forcefully deported to Russia and areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed separatists. KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: — Heavy fighting rages near Kyiv as Russia appears to regroup People are also reading… — Kremlin decree says foreign currency can still buy natural gas — As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain — Ukraine refugees encouraged to find work as exodus slows — Ukrainians in US mobilize to help expected refugees — Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for more coverage OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: LVIV, Ukraine — The last Russian troops left the Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, according to the Ukrainian government agency responsible for the exclusion zone around the plant. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian troops who dug trenches in the forest were exposed to radiation, but that could not be confirmed. The Ukrainian nuclear operator company Energoatom said Thursday that Russian troops were headed toward Ukraine’s border with Belarus. Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live. LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after Russian troops withdrew from the north and center of the country, the situation has been heating up in the southeast where Russian forces are building up for new powerful attacks. In his nighttime video address to the nation Thursday, Zelenskyy said it was heartening for all Ukrainians to see Russian troops retreating from north of Kyiv, from around the northern town of Chernihiv and from Sumy in the northeast. By he urged Ukrainians not to let up, saying the withdrawal was just a Russian tactic. Zelenskyy said he spoke Thursday with European Council President Charles Michel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while his adviser spoke with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan. “We need more support from our partners right now when Russian troops are concentrating additional forces in certain areas,” Zelenskyy said. WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be “crushed” if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began. Archbishop Borys Gudziak said groups at risk include Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox who have broken away from the patriarch of Moscow. Gudziak also cited reports that Russian forces have damaged two Holocaust memorials and Moscow’s false portrayal of Ukraine as a “Nazi” state although Ukraine overwhelmingly elected a Jewish president in Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “What is at stake for the people of faith is their freedom to practice their faith,” Gudziak said during an online panel discussion on the war, hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University. Gudziak is head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and president of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He also oversees external relations for the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance have reached Ukraine as part of the $800 million package of aid that President Joe Biden approved on March 16. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that the shipments included Javelin anti-tank weapons, Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, body armor, medical supplies and other material. He said the 100 Switchblade armed drones that Biden approved as part of the package have not yet been delivered. Kirby said the $800 million in assistance is likely to be fully delivered within about two weeks. It also includes Mi-17 helicopters, small arms, ammunition, vehicles, secure communications systems, and satellite imagery and analysis capability. Separately, Kirby said U.S. troops are not training Ukrainian troops in Poland but are acting as liaisons with Ukrainian personnel who cross the border into Poland to take possession of U.S. security assistance. He noted that the standard U.S. military training mission that had existed in Ukraine for years was suspended shortly before Russia invaded. DOHA, Qatar — A video showing the head of Ukrainian soccer wearing an armored vest on the streets of Kyiv brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress. Andriy Pavelko used a recorded message to the gathering in Qatar on Thursday to talk about the deaths of footballers even as the sport “has taken a back seat in our country.” The gathering in Doha featured delegates from Russia, including Alexey Sorokin, the chief executive of Russia’s 2018 World Cup organizing committee. Russia won’t be in the draw for the World Cup on Friday after being disqualified from playing internationally by FIFA over the war. Ukraine can still qualify but its playoff semifinal against Scotland has been postponed until June with the hope the team will be in a position to return to the field by then. LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s ombudsperson says that at least one person has been killed and four others have been wounded in the Russian shelling of a humanitarian convoy. Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova said those who came under the shelling on Thursday were volunteers accompanying a convoy of buses sent to the northern city of Chernihiv to evacuate residents. She said that the Russian forces besieging Chernihiv have made it impossible to evacuate civilians from the city that has been cut from food, water and other supplies. The Russian shelling continued two days after Moscow announced it would scale back military operations around Kyiv and Chernihiv. BERLIN — The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has been informed by Ukraine that the Russian forces which were in control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant have “in writing, transferred control” of the facility to Ukrainian personnel. Ukraine said three convoys of Russian forces have already left the site toward Belarus, while the remaining troops were presumed to be preparing to leave, the agency said Thursday. The IAEA added that it was in close consultations with Ukrainian authorities on sending a first assistance and support mission to Chernobyl in the next few days. The agency said it has not been able to confirm reports of Russian forces receiving high doses of radiation while being inside the exclusion zone of the now-closed plant, but is seeking further information in order to provide an independent assessment of the situation. ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his offer to host a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders during a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A statement from Erdogan’s office said the Turkish president also told Zelenskyy Thursday that a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators who met in Istanbul earlier this week had given “a meaningful impetus” to efforts to end the fighting. Earlier this week, Ukraine’s delegation laid out a framework under which the country would declare itself neutral and its security would be guaranteed by an array of nations, including Turkey. Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a joint news conference with a top Turkish Cypriot official that Erdogan also is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin. WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said there’s “no clear evidence” that Vladimir Putin is scaling back military operations around Kyiv and suggested that the Russian president may have ordered some of his advisers fired or placed under house arrest. Biden told reporters that “there’s some indication” that Putin has taken those steps against some of his advisers. He added, “But I don’t want to put too much stock in that at this time because we don’t have that much hard evidence.” The White House on Wednesday released unclassified intelligence findings that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing. The president made the comments after formally announcing that the U.S. would release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve in hopes of easing surging gasoline prices. Biden also reiterated that his administration remains skeptical that Russia will scale back operations around Kyiv as Moscow announced earlier this week. Russian forces continued to shell Kyiv suburbs Thursday, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significantly scale back operations near both the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv. UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine says the United Nations and its partners have delivered supplies for thousands of people in the country’s northeast but have been unable to reach some encircled cities in the south. Osnat Lubrani said Thursday that food rations from the humanitarian organization People in Need and the U.N. World Food Program will benefit nearly 6,000 people in Sumy and areas including Trostianets and Okhtyrka. In addition, she said, basic household items including blankets and kettles from the U.N. refugee agency will support 1,500 people and sanitation kits will help 6,000 people with hygiene and drinking water. Lubrani said medical supplies and trauma kits from the U.N. World Health Organization will treat 150 patients needing intensive care for serious injuries while other medical supplies will support 10,000 people for three months. Shei said the U.N.-facilitated humanitarian notification system with Ukraine and Russia enabled safe passage for the convoy to Sumy on Thursday “but this is clearly not enough.” Efforts over the past month to reach Mauripol, Kherson and other encircled cities in the south have been unsuccessful because of safety concerns. BERLIN — The U.N. nuclear watchdog says its director-general has arrived in Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad for talks with senior Russian officials. The International Atomic Energy Agency didn’t specify in a tweet whom exactly Rafael Mariano Grossi will meet on Friday or give further details of his agenda. He arrived in Kaliningrad Thursday following a visit to Ukraine, where he visited a nuclear power plant and conferred with the energy minister and other officials on efforts to ensure the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants. Ukraine has 15 active nuclear reactors at four plants -- one of which, at Zaporizhzhia, is under the Russian military’s control. GENEVA — A team with the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in a Ukraine-held city where staff are preparing to take civilians out of the beleaguered port city of Mariupol. Julien Lerisson, deputy director of operations for the ICRC, said Thursday that the team assembling in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, has medicines, food, water, hygiene items and other essentials. He said the organization has high-level agreement for the mission but is focused on making sure “the order trickles down the chain of command,” allowing the team to enter and leave Mariupol safely. The Russian military has said it committed to a cease-fire along the route from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian authorities have said 45 buses would be sent to collect citizens and provide resources to those who remain. Lucile Marbeau, a staff member with the ICRC team hoping to enter Mariupol, said on Thursday: “We’re here because really, we hope to be able to facilitate safe passage for civilians desperately wanting to flee Mariupol.” LONDON — Britain’s defense minister says Ukraine’s international allies have agreed to send more military equipment, including artillery ammunition and armored vehicles. U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace held a conference call Thursday with defense ministers from more than 35 countries, including the United States, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan. Wallace said that as a result “there will be more lethal aid going into Ukraine.” He said that would include “more long-range artillery, ammunition predominantly,” to help counter Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s cities. Wallace said Ukraine was “also looking for armoured vehicles of some types, not tanks necessarily, but certainly protective vehicles.” He said allies were also “looking to see what more we can do” to help Ukraine defend its coastline. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has sanctioned an employee of a state-affiliated Russian defense firm that developed malicious software that was used to target the energy sector. The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh. He was one of four Russians charged in Justice Department indictments unsealed last week that alleged the hacking by Russia of critical infrastructure around the globe, including in the U.S. energy and aviation sectors. Among the thousands of computers targeted in some 135 countries were of a Saudi petro-chemical plant where the hackers overrode safety controls. That hack is singled out in a Treasury Department release announcing sanctions against Gladikh and several other employees of the research firm. In total, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that it was designating 21 entities and 13 individuals, including in the aerospace, marine and electronics sectors. LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said Thursday. The operator, Energoatom, said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live. Energoatom also said reports were confirmed that the Russians dug trenches in the Red Forest, the 10-square-kilometer (nearly four-square-mile) area surrounding the Chernobyl plant within the Exclusion Zone, and received “significant doses of radiation.” The Russian troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began to prepare to leave, the operator said. The claim couldn’t be independently verified. Energoatom said the Russians have signed a document confirming the handover of the Chernobyl plant and stating that the plant’s administration doesn’t have any complaints about the Russian troops who were “guarding” the facility. LONDON — The head of Britain’s military says Russian President Vladimir Putin has “already lost” in Ukraine and is weaker than he was before the invasion. Adm. Tony Radakin at a think-tank seminar Thursday in London said Moscow’s aim to “take the whole of Ukraine” fell apart. He added that the coming weeks “will continue to be very difficult” for Ukraine. “But in many ways, Putin has already lost,” he said. “Far from being the far-sighted manipulator of events that he would have us believe, Putin has damaged himself through a series of catastrophic misjudgements.” Radakin also said there was “disquiet” at all levels of Russia’s military about the campaign, from troops who were not told they were invading Ukraine up to senior commanders. Western officials say Putin’s small inner circle is not giving him the true picture of the war, and his isolation may have contributed to miscalculating the strength of resistance Russian troops would meet. BERLIN — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe expressed regret Thursday at Russia’s decision to veto the extension of its observer mission in Ukraine. The OSCE’s special monitoring mission has been present in Ukraine since 2014, when fighting between Ukrainians and Russia-backed separatists broke out in the country’s eastern regions after Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who holds the OSCE rotating chair, said the observers had played a “crucial role by providing objective information on the security and humanitarian situation on the ground and relentlessly working to ease the effects of the conflict on the civilian population” in Ukraine for the past eight year. The Vienna-based body’s secretary general, Helga Maria Schmid, expressed gratitude to the mission’s members, several of whom were wounded or killed over the years. BERLIN — Germany’s economy minister says Europe should impose additional sanctions on Russia to prevent what he described as a “barbaric” war in Ukraine. Robert Habeck said he discussed what further measures could be taken with his French counterpart during a bilateral meeting in Berlin on Thursday. “The last package (of sanctions) doesn’t need to be the final one, it should not be the final one,” he told reporters, adding that he and French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire had “identified additional points that could be included in a (sanctions) package.” Habeck declined to elaborate on what those points might be. Speaking ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on new rules requiring countries to pay for Russia’s natural gas sales in rubles, Habeck insisted that contracts would be adhered to. These stipulate payment in euros or dollars. BERLIN — The Austrian and German leaders have underlined their rejection of a halt to Russian energy deliveries at this point. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer noted that several central and eastern European countries depend to one extent or another on Russian gas deliveries. He and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz argued that existing sanctions already are having a significant effect and said they need time to switch to new providers and renewable energy sources. Nehammer said that “sanctions only make sense … when they hit those they are supposed to hit, and don’t weaken those who carry out sanctions.” ROME — A Kremlin decree says “unfriendly countries” can continue to pay for natural gas in foreign currency through a Russian bank that will convert the money into rubles. The decree published Thursday by state media came a day after the leaders of Italy and Germany said they received assurances from President Vladimir Putin. Putin talked tougher, saying Russia will start accepting ruble payments starting Friday for Western countries that imposed sanctions over its conflict with Ukraine. He said contracts will be stopped if buyers don’t sign up to the new conditions, including opening ruble accounts in Russian banks. European leaders had rejected paying for deliveries in rubles, saying it would undermine sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine. The decree Putin signed and published by state news agency RIA Novosti says a designated bank will open two accounts for each buyer, one in foreign currency and one in rubles. The buyers will pay in foreign currency and authorize the bank to sell that currency for rubles, which are placed in the second account, where the gas is formally purchased. ROME — Italy’s leader is urging Europe to “cultivate all available land” as a partial remedy to reductions in agricultural imports, especially of Russian grain, due to the war in Ukraine. Premier Mario Draghi told reporters on Thursday that under existing agricultural practices in the European Union 10% of land is purposely left fallow, but that must now change as European countries search for ways to reduce dependency on farm imports. It’s not clear whether Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, maize and sunflower oil, might be able to salvage any of this planting season. Meanwhile, Draghi noted that Western Europe will be looking to food producers like Canada, the United States and Argentina to help make up the shortfall of imports from Ukraine and Russia. STOCKHOLM — The deputy director of Sweden’s Military Intelligence and Security agency says Russia has made “a strategic miscalculation when invading Ukraine.” Daniel Olsson said the invasion of Ukraine “has shown that the Russian leadership is ready to take great risks, larger than previously taken.” The government agency’s analysis suggested a likely “a western containment of Russia,” including reducing trade in Russian energy. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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2022-04-01T01:43:26Z
Kiara Blanchard met the coaches from Cal Poly when she was playing under-14 travel ball, and assistant coach Gina Vecchione, aka “Coach Puppy,” made an immediate impression. “She was just so energetic, it just brought me in,” Blanchard said, adding that a visit to the San Luis Obispo campus convinced her. “Once I finally got there it was love at first sight.” Her experience includes playing outfield at third base for four years on the Wolf Pack varsity team, which has been supportive since she first arrived as a freshman. She said that seniors on that 2019 team, including Kimberly Morreira, Jalen Ervin and Alexandra Naraval set the tone for the team. “They were all seniors, and they all got scholarships as well,” she said. “It was just great to have them as mentors. They were all kind. It helped me grow as an athlete and helped me become more of a leader that people see today.” Now she tries to set the same example for upcoming players. “I feel like I’m more a big sister, someone they can talk to. Someone they can look up to and say, I want to be able to come up to that level.” At West High she has been part of the school’s Space and Engineering Program, and in addition to playing softball at Cal Poly she plans to study architectural engineering or business. • Contact Bob Brownne at brownne@tracypress.com, or call 209-830-4227.
https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/west-senior-commits-to-cal-poly/article_3abd521a-b14c-11ec-9a12-ff56106b66ad.html
2022-04-01T01:43:27Z
BOSTON (AP) — After a 15-year career in which he etched his name on the Stanley Cup and the Vezina Trophy, Tuukka Rask is focusing now on avoiding the rink. “Don’t even go there. Not yet,” the retired Bruins goalie said Thursday night when asked if his daughters had taken up hockey. “They’re into dance and whatnot. If I have to go and spend my days at hockey rinks, so be it. But not really at the top of my list.” A two-time All-Star, and the winner of the 2014 Vezina as the NHL’s top goalie, Rask announced his retirement last month after a setback in his attempt to come back from a torn labrum in his hip. The Bruins invited him back to drop the ceremonial first puck before Thursday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils, and again – perhaps for the last time – the chants of “Tuuuuk!” echoed through the TD Garden. Rask took the ice with his wife, and their three daughters dressed for a ballet class. He bumped fists with the players on the Bruins bench while both teams tapped their sticks on the ice to salute him. “I don’t know what the future holds,” Rask told reporters beforehand, saying that he would be showing up at games and golf outings as a team ambassador. “Maybe I’ll get into coaching. Maybe not, but for now, I’ll be hanging out with sponsors.” The franchise’s all-time leader in wins, Rask helped the Bruins allow the fewest goals in the NHL in the pandemic-interrupted 2019-20 season, when Boston finished with the most points in the league. He injured his hip during the 2021 playoffs and worked his way back to the team midway through this season. But after just four starts, he aggravated his injury on Jan. 24 against the Anaheim Ducks. Two weeks later, he announced he was through. “It was kind of time to be honest with yourself,” he said. “I just figured it was better for everybody to call it. I had a great career. No regrets.” While his hip still has some good days, Rask said no one could talk him out of retirement. His immediate future will involve as much golf as he can squeeze in between shuttling his daughters to dance class and school. He may need a hip replacement at some point. “It was at a point where it affected my everyday life,” Rask said. “I’m a guy who makes pretty quick decisions, anyway. So I wasn’t dwelling on it too long.” Rask was 308-165-66 with a 2.28 goals-against average and .921 save percentage in a franchise-leading 564 games. He was the backup goalie for the Bruins team that won it all in 2011, and he led the team to Stanley Cup Final appearances in 2013 and ’19. Although coaching is not in his plans, Rask said he would be available if Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman wants him. “I told him right after I retired: Tell me if you need anything,” Rask said. “Just make sure you don’t get too high or too low.” — More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/sports/article/Bruins-honor-retired-goalie-Rask-after-injury-17049805.php
2022-04-01T01:43:27Z
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum bond over humour and action in 'The Lost City' By Hanna Rantala LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - Hollywood stars Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum say they became close while making the new blockbuster "The Lost City", connecting over their shared, juvenile sense of humour. The romantic comedy adventure stars Bullock as Loretta Sage, a successful novelist who becomes a recluse after her husband's untimely death. Persuaded by her publicist to embark on a press tour to promote her latest book with her handsome cover model Alan (Tatum), life starts to imitate her art when an eccentric billionaire, played by Daniel Radcliffe, kidnaps Sage, convinced she can lead him to an ancient treasure he believes is buried on a tropical island. Alan springs into action to rescue Sage, helped by his mysterious acquaintance Jack Trainer (Brad Pitt) and a high-adrenaline escape through the jungle ensues. "We're very similar, oddly," Bullock said of Tatum, as they premiered the film in London on Thursday. "We discovered that and it confused us. It was a little perplexing as to why are we so similar. But our sense of humour is just very sophomoric and we take care of each other," Bullock, who also produced the movie, told Reuters. "She's like my sister. We're like siblings. We have a whole backstory that we were created in a petri dish together and they put her out first to see how she was going to do. And then once she survived, they put me out. We were just separated at birth, really," said Tatum. "The Lost City" was filmed in the Dominican Republic during the pandemic, with Bullock dressed in a sparkly sequinned pink jumpsuit and high heels throughout the action scenes that see her rock climbing, swimming in leech-infested rivers and wading through vegetation. "I love being physical, especially with comedy, it's always funny. I'm a physical comedian. I don't do as well with just words and not having something to do with my body. I love it. As long as you can do it, do it," the 57-year-old actor said. Directed and co-written by brothers Adam and Aaron Nee, "The Lost City" debuted at the top spot at the North American box office last weekend, overtaking "The Batman," and is being rolled out globally in March and April. (Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Editing by Karishma Singh) ((Hanna.Rantala@thomsonreuters.com;)) The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/sandra-bullock-and-channing-tatum-bond-over-humour-and-action-in-the-lost-city
2022-04-01T01:43:27Z
Australia agrees to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request Australia will send armoured military vehicles to Ukraine in response to a direct request from its wartime President Volodymyr Zelensky. Scott Morrison on Friday morning said the commonwealth would send Bushmaster troop carriers to the eastern European nation to support its resistance against the Russian invasion, now in its second month. Mr Zelensky addressed Australia’s parliament on Thursday night via video link, asking for the armoured vehicles as part of an impassioned plea for greater military support to arm Ukrainians “fighting against evil”. The Prime Minister on Friday thanked Mr Zelensky for speaking to Australia and said an additional $25m in military aid would be sent to Ukraine. “We are sending our guns, ammunitions, humanitarian aid, all of this, our body armour, all of these things,” he told reporters in western Sydney. “And we will send out armoured vehicles, Bushmasters as well, and we will fly them over there in our C-17s to make sure they can be there to support them.” It is yet to be made clear how many Bushmasters will be sent to Ukraine, when they will get there, or how much it will cost. More to come Originally published as Australia agrees to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. Sign up for our emails
https://thewest.com.au/news/australia-responds-to-ukraine-request-c-6284262
2022-04-01T01:43:27Z
Biden’s close COVID contacts piling up CIA Director Bill Burns is the latest person to come down with the coronavirus after being in contact with President Biden. Why it matters: Although mask and other mandates are receding throughout the country, the risk of the leader of the free world contracting COVID-19 looms. Burns tested positive on Thursday, a day after meeting with Biden. - White House press secretary Jen Psaki had to skip the president's trip to Europe last week after contracting the coronavirus herself. - Her replacement, deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, tested positive after landing back in the United States. The CIA said in a news release that while Burns met with Biden, he wasn't considered a "close contact" because he was socially distanced and wearing an N-95 mask. - "[Burns] will continue to perform his duties as CIA director, working from home, and plans to return to the office after isolating for five days and testing negative for the virus," the statement said. - In reporting the Psaki and Jean-Pierre cases, the White House virtually copy-and-pasted the disclosures. - The CIA also used the same language to make the Burns announcement, indicating — as with the others — the director didn't come in close contact with the president and would return to work after following CDC guidelines. The president received his second booster shot Wednesday after receiving his first in September. - The FDA says Americans 50 and older — and the immune-compromised — who received their first booster shot at least four months ago are eligible for a second shot. What we’re watching: While getting his latest shot, the president called on Congress to pass additional funding to fight the pandemic. - He argued the battle is far from over, as the administration prepares for a new wave. - “If we fail to invest, we leave ourselves vulnerable if another wave of the virus hits,” he said. - The president also announced the launch of COVID.gov, a website intended to be a "one-stop shop" for COVID resources — including vaccines, tests and masks.
https://www.axios.com/bidens-close-covid-contacts-piling-up-37a7c58a-ca01-43ad-afb9-ea5bec56b3f4.html
2022-04-01T01:43:28Z
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2022-04-01T01:43:28Z
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2022-04-01T01:43:26Z
BEIJING (AP) — Residents of eastern Shanghai hoping to emerge from a four-day lockdown got some bad news Thursday night: Some will be confined to their homes for at least 10 more days. It was the latest wrinkle in the lockdown of China’s largest city as it struggles to eliminate an omicron-driven coronavirus outbreak under China’s zero-COVID policy. Shanghai’s 26 million residents were initially told the eastern part of the city would be locked down for mass testing over four days, followed by a similar exercise in the west. The city announced new restrictions nine hours before the lockdown of the east was scheduled to end at 5 a.m. Friday. It was unclear how many people would have to stay in their homes beyond that. Meanwhile, the four-day lockdown of the western part of Shanghai was set to start at 3 a.m. There was a bit of good news elsewhere in China in the country’s largest COVID-19 outbreak since the initial one in early 2020 that devastated the city of Wuhan and other parts of Hubei province. Authorities announced the lifting of a citywide lockdown in the province that has been hardest hit. Residents of Jilin will be able to move about freely starting Friday for the first time in more than three weeks, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing a city notice. They will be required to wear masks and, when indoors, stay 1 meter (3 feet) apart. Public gatherings in parks and squares are prohibited. The spread of COVID-19 has been brought under control in Jilin but not in the rest of Jilin province, officials said at a news conference. Some progress has been made in Changchun, the provincial capital and an auto manufacturing hub that has been locked down since March 11. By far, most of the cases in the ongoing outbreak have been in Jilin province, which borders North Korea in China’s industrial northeast. Smaller outbreaks have popped up across the country, including Shanghai, the country’s financial capital. Ma Chunlei, a senior Shanghai official, acknowledged shortcomings in the city’s response. Authorities have rushed to bolster food deliveries to the city after panic buying stripped store shelves of necessities. “We didn’t prepare sufficiently enough,” Ma said. “We sincerely accept the criticisms from the public and are making efforts to improve it.” He spoke before the new rules for Pudong, the half of Shanghai on the east side of the Huangpu River, were announced Thursday night. People living in a building where a positive case had been found will be required to stay home for 10 more days. Residents of other buildings in the same residential compound will be confined for three more days. People living in the surrounding neighborhood of a positive case will face less restrictive limits. They may be allowed out to shop for necessities, but only for a limited time on certain days. The two-phase lockdown of Shanghai, being carried out over eight days, has shaken global markets worried about the possible economic impact. China’s manufacturing activity fell to a five-month low in March, a monthly survey showed Thursday, as lockdowns and other restrictions forced factories to suspend production. German automaker BMW’s plants in Shenyang, a northeastern city in Liaoning province, have been closed for more than a week because of pandemic controls. About 16 million people will be tested during the lockdown in Puxi on the west side of the river in Shanghai. Residents are not allowed to leave their neighborhoods or housing compounds during the four-day period, with groceries or meals delivered to their complexes. China on Thursday reported 8,559 new cases in the previous 24-hour period, of which 6,720 had no symptoms. The proportion of asymptomatic cases has been higher than in previous outbreaks, particularly in Shanghai. About 100 of the new cases were imported ones among people who had recently arrived from abroad. ___ Associated Press researchers Chen Si in Shanghai and Yu Bing in Beijing contributed.
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/china-reopens-1-city-as-shanghai-lockdown-enters-2nd-phase/
2022-04-01T01:43:29Z
Beth Hart has launched a video for her cover of Led Zeppelin's Black Dog, and – in a move that must surely be driven by the fact that today is April 1 – the video contains no audio. Instead, the black and white clip finds Hart rockin' and writhin' in substantially compelling fashion in complete silence. And, to be fair, it's pretty entertaining, even without the sonics. The press release that accompanies the video's release doesn't reveal much, claiming that Hart had been "gearing up" for the video's release "for months", but was "unfortunately" unable to include the audio in the clip due to "undisclosed reasons". Hart doesn't elaborate, prepending the video with a short message to fans, saying, "I really want you to see the new video, but unfortunately we can’t include the audio. So if you want you can just play the song while you watch the ‘no audio’ video.” Luckily for us, an alleged Beth Hart fan by the name of Johan Peterson – whose YouTube channel contains no other videos – apparently downloaded the video, edited it to remove Hart's message and sync the original audio to the footage, added a new thumbnail image and successfully uploaded it again to YouTube, all within eight minutes of the no-audio version's upload, and in plenty of time to be included in the press release. Hallelujah! Happy The First of April! Hart originally released her version of Black Dog in January. It's taken from her album A Tribute To Led Zeppelin, which came out in late February, and followed the launch of her cover of Good Times, Bad Times in November. You can watch both videos below. It's going to be a long day.
https://www.loudersound.com/news/beth-hart-releases-completely-silent-video-for-cover-of-led-zeppelins-black-dog
2022-04-01T01:43:30Z
Chael Sonnen seems to believe that Jake Paul needs Nate Diaz more than the other way around. The YouTuber-turned-boxer has spent the last year or so calling out various UFC fighters. While he’s scored victories inside the ring over Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley, Paul has set his sights on bigger names. Names such as Jorge Masvidal, Conor McGregor, and Nate Diaz have all been targets of the 25-year-old. While the first two have not seemed entirely keen on a fight with Paul, the latter has seemed open to it. Recently, Diaz requested his release from the UFC. The release request was seen by many as a way to get to a showdown with Paul quicker. While Diaz may want a fight with ‘The Problem Child’, Chael Sonnen believes that the YouTuber needs the bout worse. The former UFC title challenger discussed the proposed boxing match on his YouTube channel. Sonnen opined that Paul needs the bout against Diaz much worse than the other way around. He bases that on the fact that the YouTuber’s last bout against Tyron Woodley did poorly on pay-per-view. “Jake told us his last fight didn’t meet expectations, that’s fine. I put on live events all the time, you have to be used to that. You will do everything the same, you’ll sell out, 5,000 people. You will take that same recipe to a different date, for reasons you don’t understand, there will be 500 people… What do you do? Well, I can tell you what did happen, they didn’t use him again.” Chael Sonnen continued, “Jake Paul came out and said that he was putting his boxing career on hold. I think it had to do with like promoting or helping train a female teammate of his. He was smart enough to get in front of it. Was that the reality? Did he not want to fight? Or did he know that a fight wasn’t coming? I can only tell you that as I surmise with the evidence I have in front of me, Jake Paul can really use Nate Diaz right now. Having one bad night isn’t enough to go into an absolute panic. But having one bad night is a problem.” What do you think about Chael Sonnen’s comments? This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM
https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc/chael-sonnen-says-jake-paul-badly-needs-nate-diaz-fight-next-his-last-fight-didnt-meet-expectations-on-ppv/
2022-04-01T01:43:30Z
Jeff Jackson looks for what he calls “competitive character” in players he recruits to Notre Dame, and more than a decade after he recruited Anders Lee, he still says the Islanders winger exemplifies that. Lee stands a large 6-foot-3. He takes up space when he walks into a room and, more importantly, when he’s on the ice. But the size, while it helps, is not what makes him such a weapon for the Islanders in the crease, where the bulk of his goals — 25 this season, 11 in the month of March headed into Thursday’s game — are scored. That, instead, is about equal parts brains and brawn, the sort of competitive intangibles that Jackson saw when he recruited Lee to Notre Dame years ago. “The first key is to not have any fear,” Jackson told The Post. “Because it’s an area where you’re gonna get cross-checked, you’re gonna get slashed in the back of the ankles. It’s a high-traffic area and not every player is willing to stand in that area or get in that area.” The Islanders-Rangers rivalry, which renews at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, features two of the league’s best forwards at getting into the dirty areas and scoring. Opposite Lee, Chris Kreider’s 46 goals are third in the league and his 24 power-play goals — most scored from his station in front of the goaltender — lead the NHL. Like his counterpart, Kreider is 6-3, and like Lee, it comes down to more than sheer size. “You don’t have to be 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds to go in front of the net,” Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said. “Anybody — [5-9, 184-pound] Brendan Gallagher [in] Montreal, a guy that I coached before — it just takes a lot of character to go there.” At a younger age, Kreider scored most of his goals off the rush, taking advantage of skating and skill that outweighed his counterparts in high school. It wasn’t until he got to Boston College when he started to station himself in front of the net. Much of anyone’s success there comes down to hockey sense as much as anything physical. A slight change in positioning can be all the difference between being in the right spot for a rebound and a chance going to waste. Knowing where the goaltender’s eyes are — and being able to get in front of them — creates goals, too. “Shoulder checking to see where the goalie’s line of sight is and also the other part of it, especially with a guy like Anders, it helps to have good hands,” Jackson said. “It helps to have good skills at the net front as far as your puck skills. For getting pucks, lifting pucks or redirecting pucks. It’s not just rebounds, it’s tips, it’s deflections. And sometimes pucks even go in off your body. “First of all you gotta be there, then secondly you gotta be able to manipulate your position to be able to establish, not just where the puck is but where it might be in the next [moment], after the pass. So it’s about reestablishing your position as the puck moves on the outside of the ice.” In college, Lee would watch cutups of Tomas Holmstrom, a four-time Stanley Cup winner with the Red Wings, paying attention mostly to how he’d constantly reestablish position, checking where the goaltender’s eyes were and getting in his line of sight. Doing that maximized his chances of getting rebounds and tipping pucks, both skills at which Lee excels now. “He understands time and space,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. “He understands a little bit of the geometry of where he is, how he’s gotta get pucks up. Getting the timing of, ‘You’re next to me, how do I separate?’ ” Kreider’s hand-eye coordination — and thus his ability to tip pucks — has always been there. Bill Blackwell, his coach at Masconomet (Mass.) Regional High School, recalls hearing about his prowess at lacrosse and baseball at a younger age. His positioning, too, is excellent. “All the time, you watch, whenever the puck goes to the side, you always want to take the goalie’s eyes away,” Blackwell said. “And that’s what he does a great job of. He just always follows the puck, he’s always at the top part of the crease and he’s always following wherever the puck’s going.” Trotz, when asked about Lee recently, pointed to a goal he scored against — who else — the Rangers. Toward the end of a power play a couple weeks ago, Lee found the right moment to get from the crease to the low slot without a defender following him, scoring a one-timer from Mathew Barzal. “He had to time it, if you go there right away, they got you covered,” Trotz said. “He had to almost have that instinct, ‘I’m gonna push off, I just need a couple feet and time and so the puck’s there.’ “He’s sort of developed his own style that works for him on the interior. He’s hard to move. With goalies being so good, obviously his net presence is invaluable.”
https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/sports/anders-lee-chris-kreider-showdown-highlight-of-islanders-rangers-matchup/130503/
2022-04-01T01:43:30Z
Pentatonix will sing for a cause on April 16. The Grammy-winning group will perform at the Bahamian resort Atlantis Paradise Island, and a portion of ticket sales will benefit the nonprofit Atlantis Blue Project Foundation, which works to save Caribbean marine life. We know her as Kelly Clarkson, but legally, she’s now Kelly Brianne. People reports the “Breakaway” singer has officially changed her name now that her divorce to Brandon Blackstock has been finalized. According to court docs, Kelly wanted this change because “my new name more fully reflects who I am.” Brianne is Kelly’s middle name. The Weeknd has a new music video for “Out of Time” on the horizon. He confirmed the exciting news, saying it “drops next Tuesday,” which is April 5. The Weeknd began teasing the music video earlier this month, using a mysterious note and a blue folder emblazoned with the song’s name. Jennifer Lopez should stick to her day job because she is not made for baseball. TMZ obtained video of her in a batting cage, and reports she “frequently” struck out. Lopez was having fun with boyfriend Ben Affleck and her daughter, Emme. According to witnesses, J.Lo didn’t let her lack of athleticism dim her style and even tried smashing the ball while holding her purse. The Jonas Brothers are jumping into the snack game with their very own specialty popcorn, which is available to purchase in Walmart for about $4. They unveiled their Rob’s Backstage Popcorn, which is only 50 calories per cup. “When we first tried the popcorn, we fell in love with it,” they said in a statement. “After keeping it to ourselves, we are excited to share it with the nation.” Lastly, Nick Jonas and Shakira‘s new reality series Dancing with Myself premieres May 31 on NBC Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
https://warm1069.com/music-notes-pentatonix-kelly-clarkson-the-weeknd-and-more/
2022-04-01T01:43:30Z
Chennai police warn delivery executives against violating traffic rules Police conduct awareness campaign and also enforce rules strictly The city traffic police have decided to monitor food delivery personnel flouting traffic rules and take action against the violators. With more and more app-based food and grocery delivery services operating in the city, the number of food delivery personnel (food delivery partners) engaged by these aggregators has increased manifold. As these food delivery services commit to deliver the goods at a short time, the food delivery partners are forced to drive at a high speed. The police have noticed that due to the nature of payment terms, most food delivery partners commit road traffic rules violation such as signal jumping, driving on the wrong side of the road, driving without helmet, speaking on the cellphone while driving, and over speeding, endangering the lives of other motorists. To curtail these violations, awareness programmes were regularly conducted for the food delivery partners with respect to the importance of traffic rules and the penalties for violation. In addition to these awareness activities, a special enforcement drive was conducted on Wednesday focusing on those violating traffic rules particularly, not wearing helmet and wrong side driving. During this special drive, 978 cases were registered and fine totalling ₹1,35,400 was imposed. "We had a meeting with delivery managers of major food aggregators and other e-commerce service providers on March 25. One of the food delivery aggregators stated that it did not have any plan to launch its 10 minute delivery in the city. Subsequently, we conducted the special drive which was intended to create awareness and deter the food delivery personnel from violating traffic rules. It is for their safety and the safety of general public. We have informed the aggregators about the violation for further course of action," said Kapil Kumar Saratkar, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic). - Comments will be moderated by The Hindu editorial team. - Comments that are abusive, personal, incendiary or irrelevant cannot be published. - Please write complete sentences. Do not type comments in all capital letters, or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and'). - We may remove hyperlinks within comments. - Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name, to avoid rejection.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-police-warn-delivery-executives-against-violating-traffic-rules/article65278601.ece
2022-04-01T01:43:30Z
First human challenge study of Covid-19 yields valuable insights about how we get sick By Brenda Goodman, CNN It takes just a tiny virus-laden droplet — about the width of a human blood cell — to infect someone with Covid-19. That’s just one of the findings from research that deliberately infected healthy volunteers with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The findings were published Thursday in the journal Nature Medicine. Challenge studies can be controversial because they involve intentionally giving someone a virus or other pathogen in order to study its effects on the human body. Even with safeguards in place, there’s an element of risk, particularly when studying a new virus. But they are also hugely valuable for understanding the course of an infection. “Really, there’s no other type of study where you can do that, because normally, patients only come to your attention if they have developed symptoms, and so you miss all of those preceding days when the infection is brewing,” said lead study author Dr. Christopher Chiu, an infectious disease physician and immunologist at Imperial College London. Volunteers were carefully screened The study began in March 2021. The 36 volunteers were between the ages of 18 and 30. They were allowed to participate only if they didn’t have any risk factors for severe Covid-19, such as being overweight, having reduced kidney or liver function, or having any heart, lung or blood problems. They also signed an extensive informed consent form to participate. To further minimize the risks, researchers conducted the study in phases. The first 10 infected volunteers got the antiviral drug remdesivir to reduce their chances of progressing to severe disease. Researchers also had monoclonal antibodies at the ready in case anyone took a turn for the worse. Ultimately, the remdesivir proved unnecessary, and researchers never had to give anyone antibodies. The volunteers got a tiny drop of fluid containing the originally detected strain of the virus through a long, thin tube inserted into their nose. They were medically monitored 24 hours a day and stayed for two weeks in rooms at London’s Royal Free Hospital that had special air flow to keep the virus from escaping. Half were infected A total of 18 participants became infected, two of whom never developed symptoms. Among the people who got sick, their illnesses were mild. They had stuffy noses, congestion, sneezing and sore throats. Most of the study participants who caught Covid-19 — 83% — lost their sense of smell, at least to a degree. Nine couldn’t smell at all. This now-well-known symptom got better for most people, but six months after the study ended, there’s one person whose sense of smell isn’t back to normal but is improving. That’s a concern because another recent study found that this loss of smell was tied to changes in the brain. Chiu says the researchers gave the participants cognitive tests to check their short-term memory and reaction time. They’re still looking at that data, but he thinks those tests “will really be informative.” None of the study volunteers developed lung involvement in their infections. Chiu thinks this is because they were young and healthy and inoculated with tiny amounts of virus. Beyond the loss of smell, no other symptoms persisted. A closer look at infection as it moves through the body Under these carefully controlled conditions, researchers were able to learn a lot about the virus and how it moves through the body: - Tiny amounts of virus, about 10 microns — the amount in a single droplet someone sneezes or coughs — can make someone sick. - Covid-19 has a very short incubation period. It takes about two days after infection for a person to start shedding virus. - People shed high amounts of virus before they show symptoms (confirming something epidemiologists had figured out). - On average, the young, healthy study volunteers shed virus for 6½ days, but some shed virus for 12 days. - Infected people can shed high levels of virus without any symptoms. - About 40 hours after the virus was introduced, it could be detected in the back of the throat. - It took about 58 hours for virus to show up on swabs from the nose, where it eventually grew to much higher levels. - Lateral flow tests, the rapid at-home kind, work really well for detecting when a person is contagious. The study found that these kinds of tests could diagnose infection before 70% to 80% of viable virus had been generated. Chiu says his study emphasizes a lot of what we already know about Covid-19 infections, not least of which is why it’s so important to cover both your mouth and nose when sick to help protect others. More challenge studies planned This challenge study was so successful that Chiu plans to do it again, this time with vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant to study their immune response. He says his team also plans to continue studying the people who didn’t get sick. “That’s what’s really interesting,” he said. About half of the study participants never got sick and never developed antibodies, despite getting exactly the same dose of the virus. Everyone was screened for antibodies to closely related viruses, like the original SARS virus. So it wasn’t cross-protection that kept them safe; it was something else. “There are lots of other things that help protect us,” Chiu said. “There are barriers in the nose. There are different kinds of proteins and things which are very ancient, primordial, protective systems, and they are likely to have been contributing to them not being infected, and we’re really interested in trying to understand what those are.” Understanding what other factors may be at play could help us provide more generalized protection to people in case of a future pandemic. Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University who wrote an editorial published alongside the study, said the research offers important information about infection and contagion with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Blood and tissue samples collected for the study will continue to be analyzed for years to come, she said. “I think those are all in the freezer, so to speak, and are being dissected. So I think that should be very powerful.” In the end, she thinks the study has put many of the fears about human challenge studies to rest and paved the way for others. “We won’t be doing challenge studies in babies, and we won’t be doing it in, you know, 75-year-old people with chronic lung disease,” she said. But in young, healthy people, “I think these are studies that will be helpful.” The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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Top Page | English | 简体中文 | 繁體中文 | 한국어 | 日本語 Home | About us | Services | Partners | Events | Contact us | Login Friday, April 1, 2022 Thursday, 31 March 2022, 23:00 HKT/SGT Share: Source: VC Holdings Limited VC Holdings Announces 2021 Annual Results Achieves Profit for the Year attributable to the Owners of the Company of HK$15.2 million Broadening Revenue Streams and Bringing New Impetus for Sustainable Growth HONG KONG, Mar 31, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Value Convergence Holdings Limited ("VC Holdings", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"; Stock Code: 0821.HK), a well-established and one-stop financial services institution in Hong Kong, is pleased to announce its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021 ( the "Reporting Year"). During the Reporting Year, the Group delivered strong performance in its financial service business. Boosted by its promising business performance, revenue from continuing operations increased by approximately 32% to approximately HK$90.6 million during the Reporting Year (2020: HK$68.4 million). The Group successfully achieved a business turnaround with profit for the year attributable to the owners of the Company of approximately HK$15.2 million, against a loss of approximately HK$31.7 million in 2020. Basic earnings per share from continuing and discontinued operations were HK0.81 cents (2020: Basic loss per share of HK2.36 cents). Mr. Peter Fu, Chairman and Executive Director of Value Convergence Holdings Limited, said, "VC Holdings has always been dedicated to offering premier financial services and products that fulfil various investment and wealth management needs of clients in the Great China region . During the Reporting Year, we seized opportunities amidst the challenges brought about by the complex and volatile market environment, while achieving breakthroughs in several business segments and enhancing operational efficiency. Our improved results were mainly attributable to the increase in commission from placing and underwriting transactions by VC Brokerage Limited, the increase in interest income money lending due to increase in loan book, increase in net realised and unrealised gain on investment in trading securities and substantial reduction of impairment in accounts receivables and other receivables. The successful turnaround was also a testimony of the dedication and hard work of our staff." Business Overview Financial service business The financial service business remained the Group's core business during the Reporting Year and contributed approximately 99.7% of the Group's total revenue. The business segment recorded a proimising performance, with a 32% year-on-year growth in revenue, driven by the Group's client base established over the years, diverse premium services that cater to clients' needs, competitive fees and a proactive and professional team. The Group continued to provide local and overseas securities dealing, futures trading, derivatives and other structured products trading, placement and underwriting, margin financing and money lending, etc. Besides, the Group offered corporate finance advisory services, including mergers and acquisitions advisory and company secretarial services. The Group also focused on achieving sound development in the financial market and aggressively pursued innovations, among which financial technology is considered a fundamental part of innovations and remains a major focus of investment in the industry. Since the rise of digital era, the Group has introduced its online securities transaction platform, which has been well recognized by the industry. Proprietary trading business Hong Kong's securities market remained vibrant in 2021, with total funds raised and average daily turnover reaching HK$770.7 billion and HK$166.7 billion, representing year-on-year increases of 3.0% and 29.0% respectively. Benefitting from this, the performance of proprietary trading business segment remained strong. As of 31 December 2021, the Group held equity securities listed in Hong Kong of approximately HK$423.5 million as financial assets held-for-trading, marking a 71% appreciation of market value as compared with that of 31 December 2020. Sale and marketing of digital assets The Group commenced the sales and marketing of digital assets business in December 2021, with a view to capturing the potential growth in the digital era. The joint venture Shenzhen Huiwei Duoying Technology Co. Ltd. was established in December 2021, marking the Group's first step to expand its business to digital assets segment. Subsequent to the establishment of the joint venture Shenzhen Huiwei Duoying Technology Co. Ltd., a sales and marketing team has been established in Shenzhen to facilitate the boost of the sale and marketing of digital assets segment. The Group plans to enhance the business of sales and marketing of digital products of Tencent, with an expectation to obtain exclusive sales rights from digital product distributors of Tencent. The Group discontinued its healthcare business as a result of the disposal during the Reporting Year. Outlook Capitalizing on the strategic partnership and in-depth business collaboration between the Group and its partners, VC Group will continue to adopt its dual-track business strategy to bolster a stable development of its financial operations in Hong Kong and allocate more resources to further expand digital assets business in China, with a view to enhancing flexibility of business, broadening revenue streams and bringing new impetus for sustainable growth of the Group. The Group will also remain vigilant to the potential impact brought about by COVID-19-related uncertainties and continued inflation. Mr. Fu concluded, "We are optimistic about the prospects of new business, which is expected to start contributing to the Group's revenue in this financial year and make up the shortfall in Hong Kong business resulting from market uncertainties and volatility. Looking ahead, leveraging our deep customer knowledge and comprehensive portfolio of financial products and services, the Group will fully unleash its strengths as a professional financial service provider and continue to move forward towards its strategic goal of building a professional, market-oriented and international investment platform, so as to bring long-term returns for shareholders." About VC Holdings Limited Value Convergence Holdings Limited (Stock code: 0821.HK) was listed on the GEM board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2001, and completed transfer of listing to the Main Board in 2008. Being a well-established financial services group committed to delivering premier financial services and products in the Great China region, the Group's services include (i) provision of financial services comprising securities, futures and options brokering and dealing, financing services, corporate finance and other advisory services, asset management and insurance brokerage; (ii) proprietary trading; and (iii) sale and marketing of digital assets. For more details, please visit www.vcgroup.com.hk . Topic: Press release summary Source: VC Holdings Limited Sectors: Daily Finance http://www.acnnewswire.com From the Asia Corporate News Network Copyright © 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Asia Corporate News Network. 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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.
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2022-04-01T01:43:28Z
SILVER CREEK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Children from kindergarten to second grade were locked in what’s been described as an “isolation room” at an elementary school outside Buffalo, New York, a district administrator wrote in a letter to the school board earlier this week. The letter states that at least five students at Silver Creek Elementary School, including a kindergartner, have been “inhumanely and illegally locked or barricaded in an isolation cell.” “I have been fighting all year to keep children out of the isolation cell,” wrote Jay Hall, the assistant director of elementary programming on Monday. Hall described the room as a “cold, cinder block jail-like cell,” and said, “It should never, even for one second, be used in any capacity to redirect or punish any child at any time.” “Children as young as 5 years old are being blockaded and locked in the isolation cell, kicking the door, pounding on glass with their fists, banging their heads, crying profusely, pleading to be freed, all with complicit staff members standing by and watching,” Hall said. Parents got wind of the letter and started posting complaints on Facebook this week. “You better pray we never find out that our son has ever been put in one of these so called cells!!” wrote one parent. On Wednesday, the school district issued a statement, saying in part: “The District is aware that this morning there were concerns raised on social media pertaining to our Elementary School. The District’s most important priority is the safety and security of all District students and staff. We take any concerns and allegations regarding student safety and their wellbeing as the top priority.” The district said a law firm, which also acts as counsel for the school board, is investigating the allegations. Superintendent Todd A. Crandall said he hopes to have a report by the end of the week. Kerry Vasquezmarte, a district parent, said the concerns aren’t new. She said her special-needs daughter was locked in a room several times as a pre-K student at the elementary school. She said a classmate witnessed her daughter being dragged by her arms through a hallway. Vasquezmarte said her daughter cried when she confronted her about the incident and still has nightmares. She said she met with a teacher and Superintendent Crandall over a year ago to discuss the isolation techniques. “And all he did was blame my child during the meeting,” Vasquezmarte said. “And I said numerous times to get my child, I was taking her home, she’s not being locked in a room. It took me threatening him for him to finally radio down to wherever to retrieve my kid.” Vasquezmarte said she eventually pulled her child out of pre-K and homeschooled her during the kindergarten year. Her daughter is back at the elementary school for first grade with a “fantastic” teacher, Vasquezmarte said. “I was only made aware of any concern on Friday, March 18,” Crandall said. “I can’t comment on something from years ago.” Crandall said the law firm had an attorney on site Wednesday to conduct interviews. The attorney was also on school district property Thursday. “We are not about hiding anything or trying to cover up anything,” Crandall said. “Student and staff safety is paramount, and we look forward to hearing the results so that if need be we can address any protocol or procedures as needed.” The New York State Department of Education says it could not confirm or deny that the state was looking into these claims. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said it is not investigating the claims at the school because no one has made a formal complaint.
https://wgnradio.com/news/elementary-students-locked-in-isolation-room-as-discipline-administrator-says/
2022-04-01T01:43:31Z
ATLANTA — The BeltLine is growing and wants women and minority business owners to grow with it. The U.S. Department of Commerce is providing $786,104 in American Rescue Plan Funds to the BeltLine Business Solutions Office. The grant, from the commerce department's Economic Development Administration, will be matched with $196,526 from local funds, according to a federal news release. BeltLine business leaders will allocate the $982,630 to initiatives that will help local small businesses expand across the 22-mile corridor. Priority will be given to businesses owned by women and minorities, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. “I am proud to have helped pass legislation that continues to invest in our small, minority-owned businesses in Georgia,” Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock said in a news release. “The Atlanta BeltLine is a key economic driver for our state that is creating jobs, connecting communities, and creating green space opportunities. I’m going to keep working to strengthen this resource for all Georgians.” The near-million dollars is to help locally-driven economic development strategies, according to grant awardees. After the pandemic, businesses, especially new entrepreneurs and locally-owned mom-and-pop shops, suffered from the uncertainty surrounding the spread of COVID-19. As businesses work to bounce back to previous profit levels, substantial growth has been slowed or stunted, economists say. The grant could help expedite a process that may have been interrupted by pandemic shutdowns or give business owners a helping hand at an opportunity to expand their services or customer base. “With an emphasis (on) equity, we are proud to support this project to support women- and minority-owned businesses growth in Atlanta," Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo said.
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/beltline-help-women-minority-business-owners-expand/85-a37473cd-24a3-45d0-ab3d-1efe12f198bc
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The Kansas City Royals exercised their club option on Mike Matheny for the 2023 season on Thursday, eliminating any uncertainty over whether their manager will remain with the club after the coming season. Matheny is entering his third season with the Royals, which includes the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season and his first 162-game run as the manager last season. He is 100-122 with Kansas City and 691-596 overall, which includes seven seasons as the manager of the cross-state St. Louis Cardinals. “Mike is one of the finest leaders I’ve been around and the Royals are fortunate to have him managing our team,” Royals President Dayton Moore said. “He is a tremendous competitor who cares deeply about players, the Kansas City community and this great game of baseball.”
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Public Meeting on Selenium in the Kootenai River A public meeting entitled “Is Mining adding Selenium to the Kootenai River” was held in Libby on Saturday March 12. The meeting allowed concerned citizens to interact with experts in the field. The primary speaker was Erin Sexton, Senior Research Scientist for the University of Montana, Flathead Lake Biological Station where... montanian.com
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Christian Pulisic walked across the field with a towel draped around his head, angry after another U.S. defeat. “We’re competitors, man. We hate to lose. In the moment I was frustrated,” he said. “It took me a little bit for it to sink in, that the qualification hit.” Nearly 4 1/2 years after Pulisic buried his head in his hands to hide tears of failure, the U.S. rebounded to qualify for this year’s World Cup. A 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on Wednesday left the Americans in third place after the final night of qualifying, the final guaranteed berth from North and Central America and the Caribbean. For Pulisic, DeAndre Yedlin, Kellyn Acosta and Paul Arriola, smiles of relief broke out after an unrelenting burden was lifted. “This is whatever I’ve always wanted to be, and right now emotions are a bit crazy,” Pulisic said, his voice quavering. On the 1,267th day after a 2-1 loss at Trinidad and Tobago ended the Americans’ streak of seven straight World Cup appearances, Yedlin addressed the team before the kickoff. “I just thanked each and every one of them for giving me a second opportunity to redeem myself, and the country a second opportunity to redeem itself,” said the 28-year-old defender, the only American left from the 2014 tournament. The U.S. remained winless in 12 qualifiers at Costa Rica, with 10 defeats and two draws. Juan Pablo Vargas got behind Walker Zimmerman and headed Brandon Aguilera’s corner kick past goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the 51st minute, andAnthony Contreras knocked in Jewison Bennette’s cross off a scramble in the 59th after Steffen palmed Aguilar’s free kick toward Contreras and blocked Contreras’ initial shot. Coach Gregg Berhalter, who played for the U.S. at the 2002 World Cup, congratulated the players in the locker room. Starting lineups in the 14 qualifiers averaged an American-record low of 23 years, 302 days. “Being the youngest team in the world to qualify for the World Cup is no easy task,” he said. “It’s a proud moment for the team, proud moment for U.S. Soccer, and we’re looking forward to competing in the World Cup again.” A sellout crowd of about 35,000 in National Stadium came to life with the goals, but the Americans’ 5-1 rout of Panama at home last weekend gave them a huge goal-difference margin over Costa Rica. That meant the U.S. merely had to avoid losing by six goals or more in order to claim an automatic berth. Canada, which had clinched its first World Cup trip since 1986 with a win Sunday, finished first in the group with 28 points after a 1-0 loss at Panama, ahead of Mexico on goal difference. El Tri clinched its eighth straight World Cup berth with a 2-0 home win over El Salvador, while the U.S. (25 points) finished third with a plus-11 goal difference to plus-five for Costa Rica (also 25 points). Ticos coach Luis Fernando Suárez didn’t include six starters from Sunday’s win at El Salvador who carried yellow cards, not wanting to risk a suspension for a June playoff against Oceania champion New Zealand. As Berhalter spoke to his team, 24-year-old defender Erik-Palmer Brown popped open the first bottle of Duet Mosseux Brut, starting a brief bubbly and beer celebration before some players caught a charter flight to London. Berhalter headed with staff for a red-eye flight to New York and a connection for Qatar ahead of Friday’s draw. U.S. bench players walked onto the field at the final whistle and exchanged handshakes and hugs with their teammates, while home fans cheered the Ticos. Then American players put on ski goggles and let loose. “The party is going. I think we have run out of beer,” said Zimmerman, a 28-year-old defender who didn’t play in the first three qualifiers, then started nine of the last 11. “Coming into the locker room, everyone just decided, you know what, we realized our goal, which was to qualify, and we did that, so everyone kind of forgot about tonight. We put ourselves in that position, where we could afford to do that.” The U.S. finds out at Friday’s draw which three nations it will face in the group stage, which starts Nov. 21 at a tournament pushed back five months to avoid summer desert heat. A growing and increasingly hypercritical fan base is hoping to see Pulisic & Co. reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002. “Now we have to test ourselves against the best players in the world, the best teams in the world,” said midfielder Tyler Adams, who came off at halftime with a bruise above his left knee from a tackle. “This was only the first stage in our development.” Pulisic, the first American to play in and win a Champions League final, had been consumed with trying to lift the U.S. back to a World Cup. The 23-year-od led the team with five of its 21 goals despite making just seven starts due to COVID-19, a sprained ankle and shaky form when he first came back from the injury. “Looking at the big picture, we’re obviously so proud to represent our country at a World Cup, so we’re thrilled for that. In a couple of days, I don’t think we’ll be thinking about this game,” he said. “I think we can do a lot of damage, man. I think we’re a confident bunch of guys, and, yeah, I think the country will get behind us.” ___ More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sport
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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 $125,000 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. People are also reading… 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. 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/no-jail-for-la-building-owner-over-explosion-that-hurt-12/article_9dbf7816-6c1f-586f-8e18-a69905709d4c.html
2022-04-01T01:43:33Z
Florida judge rules election-law changes are unconstitutional A federal judge on Thursday ruled that parts of Florida's newly enacted Republican-driven voting law are unconstitutional and racially biased. Why it matters: The ruling marks the first time a federal court has rejected major components of a myriad of voting laws that have been passed by conservative-leaning states since the 2020 election. - "Florida has a grotesque history of racial discrimination,” Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker wrote in a 288-page order. - The Florida judge accused state lawmakers of "[trotting] out one of the oldest racial tropes known to man in response to concerns about minority disenfranchisement" related the recent law's passage. - “Sadly, the record before this Court suggests that, in the past 20 years, Florida’s legislators and cabinet officials have given into that temptation several times— targeting Black voters because of their affiliation with the Democratic party. It is to that history that this Court now turns." What they're saying: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) blasted Walker's decision as "performative partisanship," the New York Times reports. - “If you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. If you have the law on your side, argue the law. If you have neither, you pound the table. Well, this is the judicial equivalent of pounding the table," DeSantis said. The other side: Civil rights and voting rights groups, meanwhile, applauded the judge's federal order, calling it a "win for Florida voters." - “This decision recognized that S.B. 90 is the latest stain in a long history of voting laws which restrict Black political participation," Senior Counsel Amia Trigg of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund said in a statement. - "As Judge Walker acknowledged, this is part of a larger assault on voting rights that continues across the country. ...Every voice deserves to be heard in our democracy, and state officials must ensure that by making elections fair and accessible — not by creating unnecessary obstacles to the ballot box." What's next: Walker's ruling is expected to be appealed and likely reversed by the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta or the Supreme Court, the Times writes.
https://www.axios.com/judge-blocks-florida-election-law-changes-d2dd0370-c953-4de3-bc24-992543306f16.html
2022-04-01T01:43:34Z
Hamster (HAM) traded down 5.3% against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 21:00 PM ET on March 31st. In the last week, Hamster has traded 1.9% higher against the US dollar. Hamster has a total market cap of $10.96 million and approximately $235,112.00 worth of Hamster was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Hamster coin can currently be bought for approximately $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day: - Tether (USDT) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002198 BTC. - XRP (XRP) traded down 4.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.83 or 0.00001816 BTC. - Polkadot (DOT) traded down 4.8% against the dollar and now trades at $21.52 or 0.00047289 BTC. - Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded down 5.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC. - Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded 0.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0749 or 0.00000165 BTC. - Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 3.4% against the dollar and now trades at $3,285.19 or 0.07218825 BTC. - EarnX (EARNX) traded 396,248.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0008 or 0.00000002 BTC. - Bitcoin BEP2 (BTCB) traded 3.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $45,572.27 or 1.00139687 BTC. - stETH (Lido) (STETH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3,479.19 or 0.06807369 BTC. - Filecoin (FIL) traded 6.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $24.58 or 0.00054019 BTC. Hamster Profile Hamster Coin Trading It is usually not possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Hamster directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Hamster should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, Changelly or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Hamster using one of the aforementioned exchanges. Receive News & Updates for Hamster Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and updates for Hamster and related cryptocurrencies with MarketBeat.com's FREE CryptoBeat newsletter.
https://www.com-unik.info/2022/03/31/hamster-ham-tops-one-day-volume-of-235112-00.html
2022-04-01T01:43:34Z
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https://www.law360.com/articles/1478851/how-mortgage-duty-of-care-opinion-may-affect-calif-tort-law
2022-04-01T01:43:34Z
OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined allies in saying he does not wish to see Russian President Vladimir Putin at this year's G20 meeting, citing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Trudeau said he had shared his view with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who is hosting the meeting of major economies in November, that Putin's attendance would be "extraordinarily difficult for us and unproductive for the G20." "It would be a big issue for many countries, including Canada," he told reporters in Ottawa. Trudeau explained that G20 summits are about "how we manage and encourage economic growth around the world." "Russia has with its illegal invasion of Ukraine upended economic growth for everyone around the world and can't possibly be a constructive partner in how we manage the crisis created by Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine," he added. "Bottom line is it can't be business as usual to have Vladimir Putin just sitting around the table pretending that everything is okay, because it's not okay, and it's his fault." US President Joe Biden has said he backs kicking Russia out of the G20 group of major economies, while Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said Putin should be barred from the group's summit in Bali. But Brazil and China opposed giving Russia the boot, while Indonesia said it would remain "impartial." Last week, a Moscow envoy to Jakarta said Putin plans to attend the meeting. But it will be up to all G20 members to decide. RELATED VIDEO:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/01/22/trudeau-says-no-to-having-putin-at-g20-meeting
2022-04-01T01:43:34Z
Big prediction on future Covid waves in Australia Officials remain positive the impact of Covid will be modest despite expectations of a surge of cases this winter. Appearing before a senate estimates hearing on Friday, Treasury boss Steven Kennedy outlined the Australian economy had “proved itself resilient” to the pandemic and its aftershocks. “Throughout each successive wave the recovery has been stronger than expected, and Australians have adapted quickly to living with Covid-19,” Dr Kennedy said. “Key to this is that Australia has avoided the labour market scarring feared early in the pandemic. “While the surge in cases associated with the Omicron outbreak in January and February caused significant disruption in some industries, the effects on aggregate activity have been relatively muted.” Included in Tuesday’s budget, Treasury warned an upcoming wave of cases could spark the return of social distancing measures, causing further levels of absenteeism and disruptions to supply chains. “Community transmission of Covid-19 will continue to occur. A further Omicron wave is assumed to occur over winter 2022,” the budget paper stated. “In this scenario, a more virulent variant of concern emerges in the middle of 2022. This outbreak coincides with the winter flu season and is assumed to lead to higher numbers of cases for a longer duration and more severe illness than the initial Omicron wave.” Dr Kennedy told the senate hearing he expected Australia to rebound similarly to the winter surge – if Omicron or new variants continue to be mild. “We expect that future waves of Covid will occur and this remains a risk to the outlook,” he said. “But given our high vaccination rates and increased immunity in the community, our ability to ‘live with Covid’ has improved and the impact of future waves is expected to be modest unless a significantly more virulent strain emerges.” He added the shock of the recent floods in NSW and Queensland was likely to cut growth by about 0.5 percentage point in the March quarter – mostly in retail and construction. But the hit could also be felt with coal exports, but Treasury estimates it will have a lesser impact on the sector than previous severe weather events, such as Cyclone Yasi. While the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine is expected to slow global growth by three-quarters of a percentage point in the March quarter, Dr Kennedy said Australia was better placed to withstand the economic impacts. Originally published as Big prediction on future Covid waves in Australia Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. Sign up for our emails
https://thewest.com.au/news/big-prediction-on-future-covid-waves-in-australia-c-6284478
2022-04-01T01:43:34Z
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia’s Supreme Court has upheld the order to release on bail journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro, who has been imprisoned for four months without charges, rejecting a police effort to block his bail. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal by police against bail that had been granted by a lower court earlier this week for Kiyaro, an Ethiopian video journalist accredited to The Associated Press. That ruling said Kiyaro should be freed on bailwhile prosecutors determine whether or not to press charges against him. The bail of 60,000 Ethiopian birr, about $1,170, has been paid, but Kiyaro remained in custody Thursday while police processed the bail paperwork before his expected release, according to his lawyer. Kiyaro, 30, was detained on Nov. 28 in Addis Ababa under the country’s war-related state of emergency powers. Kiyaro is accused of “serving the purposes” of what the government has classified as a terrorist group by interviewing its officials, according to reports by Ethiopian state media, which cited federal police. Local journalist Thomas Engida was arrested at the same time and faces similar charges. Ethiopia’s Supreme Court also ruled that Engida should be released on bail. If the journalists are found guilty of violating Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law or the state of emergency law, they could face sentences of seven to 15 years behind bars, federal police inspector Tesfaye Olani has told state media. Despite the granting of bail after four months of police investigation and detention, it still remains uncertain whether prosecutors will proceed to press charges against Kiyaro. The state of emergency was lifted in Februaryas the government cited changing conditions in the deadly conflict between Ethiopian forces and those of the northern Tigray region. “We are relieved that journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro has again been granted bail,” Julie Pace, the AP’s executive editor, said. “However, Ethiopian authorities continue their investigation against him. We urge the Ethiopian authorities to drop their baseless investigation against Amir, an independent journalist targeted for his work.” Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders urged Ethiopian authorities to immediately release Kiyaro and Engida and to not press any charges against them. “They should be freed with no further delay and the case be dropped!” said the group in a tweet.
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/ethiopias-supreme-court-upholds-bail-for-journalist/
2022-04-01T01:43:35Z
Deiveson Figueiredo has announced a hand injury will likely keep him out of action until the end of the year. The Brazilian was last in action at UFC 270 in January, capturing UFC flyweight gold against Brandon Moreno. Following the trilogy bout, there was immediate talk of a quadrilogy matchup between the two. Dana White quickly gave his blessing and it seems that a fourth fight between Moreno and Figueiredo was on the books. However, the champion has recently called for a different matchup. Following Kai-Kara France’s victory at UFC Columbus, Figueiredo called to face him. Citing allegedly racist comments made by Moreno’s team, he instead changed his target to the Kiwi. If he does indeed fight France next, it won’t be anytime soon. In an interview on Trocação Franca, Figueiredo announced that he’s suffering from a hand injury, and won’t be back until October or November of this year. He also once again confirmed that he has no intentions of fighting Moreno again. “This fight against Brandon Moreno doesn’t interest me. He was racist with me, his followers constantly coming to my social media calling me monkey, Brandon Moreno’s coach posted a picture of me. This fight simply doesn’t interest me because of that. This guy doesn’t deserve a title fight for his racist attitude. The fight to make is me against Kai Kara-France. … I want his head now.” (h/t MMAFighting) “[The finger injury] is not an injury that gets better overnight. I had an MRI and asked to forward it to the UFC. I have another injury [on the left hand] that I can’t hit pads, and that’s been bothering me. I’m only able to train grappling in the gym, no punches.” What do you think about Deiveson Figueiredo’s comments? Would you rather see him fight Brandon Moreno or Kai-Kara France?
https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc/deiveson-figueiredo-announces-hand-injury-targeting-return-in-late-2022-i-cant-even-hit-pads/
2022-04-01T01:43:36Z
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were: 01-02-27-29-30, Cash Ball: 3 (one, two, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty; Cash Ball: three) TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were: 01-02-27-29-30, Cash Ball: 3 (one, two, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty; Cash Ball: three)
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash4Life-game-17049899.php
2022-04-01T01:43:36Z
If you have about $20 million to burn and love Katy Perry, listen up — she’s moving out of Los Angeles and just listed her sprawling mansion. People confirms that the “Roar” hitmaker is moving to the LA suburb of Montecito after living in her swanky 5,427-square-foot home for the past five years. The price tag? $19,475,000! The mansion offers over an acre of land and lots of parking. In addition, it comes with on-site security and a private gym, and is located near plenty of private hiking paths and trails. But, for those wondering about the home’s more luxurious perks, Katy’s old digs offers canyon views, and features a cold plunge pool, an infinity pool, a sauna, a library complete with a fireplace, five bedrooms and six bathrooms — one of which comes with a marble-clad bath. In addition, the home is close to fellow A-listers Cameron Diaz, Mila Kunis, Nicole Richie and their famous spouses. Katy and her fiance, Orlando Bloom, dropped $14.2 million for their new abode in Montecito, and the outlet reports that they envision raising their daughter, Daisy, in the seaside community. “They agree that raising their little girl in Montecito will be amazing,” an insider told the outlet. “They were looking for a house for a while before they put in an offer. They are very excited about their new house. It comes with a lot of history and a gorgeous ocean view.” In addition, the place offers way more acreage than their old place — nine to be exact — as well as 12 bathrooms and six bedrooms. Katy will also live closer to Oprah Winfrey, Ariana Grande, Ellen DeGeneres, and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who all reside in the Montecito area. Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
https://warm1069.com/want-to-buy-katy-perrys-mansion-itll-cost-you-20-millon/
2022-04-01T01:43:36Z
Chennai police warn delivery executives against violating traffic rules CHENNAI April 01, 2022 05:47 ISTPolice conduct awareness campaign and also enforce rules strictly The city traffic police have decided to monitor food delivery personnel flouting traffic rules and take action against the violators. With more and more app-based food and grocery delivery services operating in the city, the number of food delivery personnel (food delivery partners) engaged by these aggregators has increased manifold. As these food delivery services commit to deliver the goods at a short time, the food delivery partners are forced to drive at a high speed. The police have noticed that due to the nature of payment terms, most food delivery partners commit road traffic rules violation such as signal jumping, driving on the wrong side of the road, driving without helmet, speaking on the cellphone while driving, and over speeding, endangering the lives of other motorists. To curtail these violations, awareness programmes were regularly conducted for the food delivery partners with respect to the importance of traffic rules and the penalties for violation. In addition to these awareness activities, a special enforcement drive was conducted on Wednesday focusing on those violating traffic rules particularly, not wearing helmet and wrong side driving. During this special drive, 978 cases were registered and fine totalling ₹1,35,400 was imposed. "We had a meeting with delivery managers of major food aggregators and other e-commerce service providers on March 25. One of the food delivery aggregators stated that it did not have any plan to launch its 10 minute delivery in the city. Subsequently, we conducted the special drive which was intended to create awareness and deter the food delivery personnel from violating traffic rules. It is for their safety and the safety of general public. We have informed the aggregators about the violation for further course of action," said Kapil Kumar Saratkar, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic).
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-police-warn-delivery-executives-against-violating-traffic-rules/article65278601.ece/amp/
2022-04-01T01:43:37Z
A California first: woman signs bill into state law By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A woman has signed a bill into California state law for the first time in history. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis signed two laws on Thursday. Kounalakis was filling in for Gov. Gavin Newsom, who left the state on Wednesday for a family vacation. State law requires Kounalakis to act as governor until Newsom returns. The state Legislature passed a bill on Thursday that extended eviction protections for some renters until the end of June. Kounalakis, the state’s first woman lieutenant governor, said she it was “humbling” and that she felt a sense of history. Kounalakis is one of several women who could run for governor in 2026.
https://keyt.com/news/2022/03/31/a-california-first-woman-signs-bill-into-state-law/
2022-04-01T01:43:36Z
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis floated the idea Thursday of changing Florida law to revoke the Walt Disney Company’s right of self-rule in the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the Florida-based seat of the Magic Kingdom. In the days since DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law, which opponents call the “Don’t Say Gay” law, opposition to the legislation by Disney has provoked talk of using state legislation to take away the company’s ability to self-govern its lands. Disney first got the right of legal self-control in 1967, with passage of the Reedy Creek Improvement Act. According to historical documents from the Reedy Creek Improvement District, then-Florida Gov. Claude Kirk signed the RCID Act into law in May 1967, creating two municipalities: Bay Lake and Reedy Creek, which was later renamed Lake Buena Vista. The location, nestled between Orange and Osceola counties, would later become the site where Walt Disney World was built. The RCID Charter created a 25,000-acre of land as a special taxing district. At the time, it was considered remote and uninhabitable, but now is the site of one of the busiest theme parks in the United States. To make Disney’s plan happen, the area had to get special privileges from the state of Florida to essentially run itself. “In 1967, the Florida State legislature, working with Walt Disney World Company, created a special taxing district – called the Reedy Creek Improvement District – that would act with the same authority and responsibility as a county government,” RCID says on its website. Enter an era of the Magic Kingdom living a life of self-determination and self-rule. Now, following the company’s public opposition to HB 1557, DeSantis and other state lawmakers have said they’re considering revoking that charter through a repeal of the RCIA, potentially ending Disney’s right to rule in Central Florida. State Representative Spencer Roach, R-Fort Myers, tweeted on March 30 that he met with colleagues for a second time to discuss repeal of the decades-old law. In Ponte Vedra Beach on Thursday, DeSantis said he wanted to repeal it but not just over the current political fight, and not just the privilege that Disney currently enjoys. The governor’s words are reminiscent of the state’s 2021 “Big Tech Censorship Crackdown,” in which a law was passed to allow lawsuits against companies like Facebook and Twitter over banning political candidates and equating it to a fight over free speech. In his speech in Ponte Vedra Beach, DeSantis said the point was to take away the power of “woke” corporations from interfering in Florida politics. “I would not say that would be retaliatory. The way I view it is there are certain entities that have exerted a lot of influence through corporate means to generate special privileges in the law. I don’t think we should have special privileges in the law at all,” DeSantis said. “Some of these things have developed over the years. I had to deal with this last year, when we passed a law last year to protect Floridians from big tech censorship. The idea was to let them be able to sue under the ‘Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act,’ protect political candidates from being de-platformed, stuff that was good. And it’s being litigated in the courts, which we knew it would. But at the 11th hour, the Legislature slips in a provision in that law that said ‘If you operate a theme park, it doesn’t apply to you.’ And that was meant solely to protect Disney.” DeSantis said when the provision was added, he had to decide whether to veto the bill and “throw the baby out with the bath water” or allow it to become law as-is, with the protection for theme parks. To be clear, Disney is not the only theme park in Florida. Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Legoland, Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove are all in the state, to name a few. DeSantis claims he isn’t just targeting Disney over his administration’s current disagreements with the company. “I don’t think it’s retaliatory, I just think that Disney’s posturing has alienated a lot of people now. And so, the political influence they’re used to wielding, I think has dissipated, so the question is ‘Why would you want to have special privileges in the law, at all?'” DeSantis said. “And I don’t think that we should. But it’s not a matter of acting like those were really great policies. I think that those were policies over decades that were embedded in Florida’s law, largely because they wielded a lot of influence. I think because they’ve been able to do that over the years, I think that’s why they’ve gotten so, that’s one of the reasons they’ve got so far over their skis on this parental rights stuff.” He said he thinks Disney is used to getting their way, and not having lawmakers stop them. DeSantis said he thinks that’s different now. “They’re not used to having people that will stand in their way and say ‘Actually, the state of Florida’s going to be governed by the best interests of its people in Florida,” DeSantis said. “We’re certainly not going to bend a knee to woke executives in California. That is not the way the state is going to be run.” Other than the “big tech carve-out” from 2021, he said he’s never given Disney anything while he’s been governor. DeSantis said he wanted to “reevaluate any special privileges of the law,” not just Disney’s.
https://wgnradio.com/news/florida-gop-considers-revoking-disney-worlds-right-to-self-rule-over-dont-say-gay-opposition/
2022-04-01T01:43:37Z
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.lmtonline.com/news/article/Report-Rain-not-anticipated-when-7M-in-PPE-17049873.php
2022-04-01T01:43:37Z
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2022-04-01T01:43:37Z
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2022-04-01T01:43:38Z
The Mets will look like the best team in MLB, at least visually. Steve Cohen, entering his second full season as the Mets’ majority owner, has spent extravagantly to bring premier talent to New York and turn the Mets into a World Series contender — including Max Scherzer’s historic three-year, $130 million signing in November, giving the 37-year-old three-time Cy Young Award winner the highest average annual value of any baseball player in history. The Mets currently have a payroll, for luxury-tax purposes, at a league-high $289 million according to Spotrac — the highest in team history and third-highest in league history. In order to ensure fans fully experience the fruits of his expenditures, Cohen also has taken his historic spending to the Mets’ home, Citi Field. The Mets have partnered with Samsung to digitally transform Citi Field. At the forefront of the face-lift, the stadium has added 4K LED screens to the ballpark. Currently, there are four new 4K LED ribbon boards in right field, replacing the four signs that were previously there. The Mets plan to continue to add large, 4K LED screens across the stadium throughout the season and into the 2023 season in order to provide a more interactive and immersive experience for fans. The screens will allow fans to see enhanced replays, promotions, animations and in-game video features. There will be screens visible from every seat in the stadium — “foul pole to foul pole” — and they have even added some of the new 4K LED technology to the stadium’s clubhouses and concourses. “It takes that static experience and turns it dynamic,” Oscar Fernandez, the Mets’ vice president of technology solutions, told The Post as the Mets unveiled the new renovations Thursday. “Just like what you want to experience at home, around your phone, people want something to change. The types of videos we’re gonna put out there, the types of animations we’ll be able to put out there, it’s gonna be completely different. It’s going to be a ring-based experience. Everywhere you look, you’re gonna feel at the park. Instead of just some static signs, where you see the same things every single game.” Citi Field is the only stadium in the league with these 4K LED screens, according to the team. “It’s really a holistic experience,” Andy Goldberg, the Mets’ newly appointed executive vice president and chief marketing officer, told The Post. “When you think about watching a game, and having the boards work together, and bringing bright lights, and sound, and energy, nothing does that like awesome video boards, and this is the best in all of sports. Nobody else has 4K.” As part of the stadium’s digital renovation, Citi Field, in partnership with Wicket, has adopted face-recognition technology. The new feature, dubbed Mets Entry Express, will allow fans to opt-in and enroll to upload face recognition similar to that used by iPhones, and then use that face recognition to enter the ballpark instead of a paper or digital ticket. Fans who use the software will have a touchless experience. The team doesn’t believe Citi Field was technologically behind the times or needed this face-lift, but assures the new 4K LED and facial recognition additions bring the stadium to the forefront across not just baseball, but all sports, and make Citi Field “the place to go if you want to have an elevated technological experience.” That “elevated technological experience,” as Fernandez explained to The Post, is what baseball fans are specifically looking to experience in 2022 and beyond. Coupled with the new technological advancements, the Mets unveiled the new dining options they will have throughout the stadium, including Upper West Side staple Jacob’s Pickles. In terms of physical renovation, the Mets have added a brand-new memorabilia shop just above the Jackie Robinson Rotunda and have added new exhibits to the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum. At his introductory press conference, Cohen committed to renovating and improving Citi Field and the surrounding neighborhood. Now in Year 2, he looks poised to honor that commitment. “How do you constantly stay ahead, from a technology standpoint, to make every fan who enters the stadium feel like they are someplace they’ve never been before,” Goldberg said. “And that’s just constantly staying on top of your game.”
https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/sports/new-4k-video-boards-among-upgrades-mets-fans-will-enjoy/130545/
2022-04-01T01:43:38Z
Kelvin Gastelum has explained why he decided to take a short-notice replacement t UFC 273. Gastelum was set to face Nassourdine Imavov but the Frenchman had visa issues so the fight was off. It was then reported that Gastelum would be removed from the card and the bout with Imanov would be rescheduled. However, on Tuesday, it was revealed that ‘KG’ would now face unranked fighter Dricus Du Plessis, and the former TUF winner has a good reason why. “It’s been a little bit of a rollercoaster. First, the fight was off is what I thought, and then we settled on rescheduling for May 7 in Phoenix, and so that’s what I thought was going to happen, and I was like, ‘All right, well, at least it’s a plus,” Gastelum said to The Underground. “I’m in Arizona for the first time in my UFC career. I’m fighting in Arizona, so that’s a plus.’ But then I was just kind of sitting back after a training session and I was like, ‘Man, I put in so much effort, so much time. I moved out here to Arizona for this, and like, I don’t want to let it go to waste,’ you know?… “This was an amazing training camp,” Gastelum later added. “Put in a lot of effort, a lot of thought, not just me, but a group of people behind me. We all collectively put in a lot of effort and work into this camp, so I wasn’t going to let it go to waste.” Dricus Du Plessis is an opponent Kelvin Gastelum didn’t know much about, so he’s spent the last few days studying him. Following that diagnoses Gastelum says this fight is all about him. He’s now working at Fight Ready and the 30-year-old says he has gotten a lot better and he plans on showing that next Saturday as he views this as a career reset. “It feels like a restart in my career, honestly,” Gastelum said. “I’m making a lot of changes. I moved out here to Arizona. We’re doing things differently out here. As you can see, ‘Triple C’ is bringing in all these people wanting to work with him, and it’s for a reason. There’s a system that they’ve created and we’re following in it, and it’s pretty awesome results what we’ve had during this camp, and I’m excited. It feels like a restart in my career, feels like a restart for me. I feel like I’m in a great place, mentally, physically. It just feels like a whole new start for me.” Do you think Kelvin Gastelum will beat Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 273? This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM
https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc/kelvin-gastelum-explains-why-he-decided-to-fight-an-unranked-opponent-at-ufc-273/
2022-04-01T01:43:38Z
Northwest, Central India to experience above-normal maximum temperature in April, says IMD India is expected to receive normal rainfall of the long period average (LPA) in April, the weather office said Northwest and central India and parts of the northeast are expected to experience above-normal maximum temperatures in April, the weather office said on Thursday. Normal to below normal maximum temperatures are likely in south peninsular India, many parts of the eastern parts of the country and the adjoining areas of the northeast, India Meteorological Department Director-General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said. India experienced two heatwaves in March, the first between March 11 and 21 when the maximum temperatures hovered five to 11 degrees above normal. The second heatwave started on March 26 and is continuing with the highest day temperatures being five to nine degrees above normal. Except for coastal peninsular areas, almost all of India received deficit rainfall in March. Normal rainfall for March is 39.3 mm, which is the long period average of rainfall between 1961 and 2010. India is expected to receive normal rainfall of the long period average (LPA) in April, the weather office said. It said northwest and central India and some parts of northeast India were expected to receive below-normal rainfall in April. "Normal to above-normal rainfall is likely over many parts of south Peninsula, western parts of central India and parts of northeast India," the weather office said. - Comments will be moderated by The Hindu editorial team. - Comments that are abusive, personal, incendiary or irrelevant cannot be published. - Please write complete sentences. Do not type comments in all capital letters, or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and'). - We may remove hyperlinks within comments. - Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name, to avoid rejection.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/northwest-central-india-to-experience-above-normal-maximum-temperature-in-april-says-imd/article65279141.ece
2022-04-01T01:43:38Z
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were: 4-7-3-9 (four, seven, three, nine) BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were: 4-7-3-9 (four, seven, three, nine)
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Evening-game-17049820.php
2022-04-01T01:43:38Z
A majority of likely voters oppose having New York put up $850 million in taxpayer subsidies to finance construction of a new Buffalo Bills stadium, a new poll reveals. The survey, conducted by the firm co/efficient for Big Dog Strategies, found that 55% of likely voters disapproved of the stadium deal while only 22% approved of the plan announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday, with nearly one-quarter undecided. That means more than two-thirds of voters who have an opinion oppose financing of the new Bills stadium for the team’s Florida-based owners Terry and Kim Pegula — $600 million from the state and $250 million from Erie County. The poll found that voters in all areas of the state oppose the stadium deal — with the exception of the Buffalo region. Voters were asked: “Governor Hochul announced a deal to invest $850 million of taxpayer funds in a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills, where the team agrees to stay in Buffalo for 30 years. Do you approve or disapprove of spending $850 million on this deal?” In New York City, 57% of voters said they disapproved of the stadium subsidy deal, while only 19% approved, with the rest undecided. Meanwhile, 67% of voters in the Syracuse region oppose the deal, as do 61% in the Albany region and 54% in the Rochester region. Conversely, the Bills’ fan base registered strong support — with 58% of voters expressing support while 31% disapproved. The findings pose a potential political problems for Democrat Hochul, the former lieutenant governor who is trying to hold on to the governor’s chair after replacing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned under the threat of impeachment after a state investigation concluded that he sexually harassed or mistreated a slew of women. More than twice as many Democrats opposed the stadium deal — 50% — than the 24% who supported it. Sixty eight percent of Republican voters oppose the deal, as did 51% of self-identified independents. “The deal is unpopular statewide. It’s going to be a real problem for Hochul,” said Chris Grant of Big Dog Strategies, a firm that works for Republican candidates. Grant said Hochul is getting hammered by the progressive left and from the Republican right, including presumptive GOP gubernatorial nominee Lee Zeldin, over the stadium funding. The survey interviewed 830 likely voters on landline phones and via cell phones text from Monday through Wednesday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/sports/ny-voters-oppose-hochul-giving-850m-for-buffalo-bills-stadium/130475/
2022-04-01T01:43:38Z
LAS VEGAS (AP) — It’s been 40 years since Formula One last ventured into Sin City for back-to-back Las Vegas races staged in the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel. The European-headquartered series raced in Las Vegas in 1981 and 1982, then packed up with little incentive to return. Then came new ownership, slick marketing, a Netflix docuseries and a historic championship battle that all helped F1 explode in popularity throughout the United States. The U.S. will be the only country on the 2023 calendar to host three F1 races in one season following Wednesday’s announcement of a Saturday night race down the famed Las Vegas Strip. F1 has raced at Circuit of the America’s in Austin, Texas, since 2012, and in May it will make its debut in Miami.
https://www.iolaregister.com/sports/viva-las-vegas-f1-adds-third-u-s-stop-to-include-vegas-strip
2022-04-01T01:43:38Z
Spring Movies at the Mahaiwe The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass., continues its movie screenings with “Good Will Hunting” on Friday,... tricornernews.comThe Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass., continues its movie screenings with “Good Will Hunting” on Friday,... tricornernews.com
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2022-04-01T01:43:38Z
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.” People are also reading… 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.” Follow AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjamesdalton Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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2022-04-01T01:43:39Z
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2022-04-01T01:43:40Z
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2022-04-01T01:43:40Z
ROME (AP) — Drums pounded through the frescoed halls of the Apostolic Palace on Thursday and out into St. Peter’s Square as Pope Francis welcomed a First Nations delegation seeking an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in running Canada’s notorious residential schools. Francis met privately for two hours with the representatives of the Assembly of First Nations, following his meetings earlier in the week with delegations from the Metis and Inuit communities of Canada. “I feel the pope and the church have expressed a sentiment of working toward reconciliation,” said Grand Chief Mandy Gull-Masty of the Creen Nation, after the audience. The trip was years in the making but gained momentum last year after the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves outside some of the residential schools. More than 150,000 native children in Canada were forced to attend state-funded Christian schools from the 19th century until the 1970s in an effort to isolate them from the influence of their homes and culture. The aim was to Christianize and assimilate them into mainstream society, which previous Canadian governments considered superior. Even before the grave sites were discovered, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission specifically called for a papal apology to be delivered on Canadian soil for the church’s role in the abuses against the Indigenous. Francis has committed to traveling to Canada, though no date for such a visit has been announced. The Vatican said Thursday’s meeting was held “in a climate of listening and closeness” and would be followed by Francis’ audience with all three groups on Friday, when he is to deliver a public address. “If you were to ask me am I optimistic leaving our discussion with the Holy Father, I am,” said Phil Fontaine, who was national chief of the Assembly of First Nations in 2009 when he led an Indigenous delegation to meet with Pope Benedict XVI. At the time, Benedict only expressed his “sorrow at the anguish caused by the deplorable conduct of some members of the church.” But he did not apologize. “It’s 2022, I’m back, for another shot at … convincing Pope Francis to apologize,” Fontaine told reporters in St. Peter’s Square, wearing a feathered headdress. “A full apology for all that he heard today and probably heard from the Metis and Inuit delegations about the horrible experience of too many of our people that attended residential schools.” “Our preference is for the Holy Father to come to Canada and apologize on Canadian soil, and do it on one of our territories,” he added. “That is our hope and wish and we made that very clear to the Holy Father.”
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/first-nations-meet-with-pope-over-canada-school-abuses/
2022-04-01T01:43:41Z
Mystery as woman’s body found at Bondi Beach apartment block Police are continuing to piece together how a woman died inside her Sydney apartment. The 38-year-old was found unconscious with bloody facial injuries just after 5am on Thursday. Her ex-boyfriend, who also lived in the O’Brien St unit at Bondi, raised the alarm and called triple-0. However, the woman could not be saved and died at the scene. The woman’s former partner was interviewed at Waverley Police Station and later released without charge. Suspicions have since been raised into whether her death could have been caused by a drunken fall, The Daily Telegraph reported. Police sources told the publication that the woman could have already had facial injuries from an earlier fall. A report will be prepared for the coroner and a post-mortem examination will be conducted to determine the cause of death. Originally published as Mystery as woman’s body found at Bondi Beach apartment block Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. Sign up for our emails
https://thewest.com.au/news/mystery-as-womans-body-found-at-bondi-beach-apartment-block-c-6284131
2022-04-01T01:43:40Z
New York judge strikes down Democratic-led district maps A New York judge on Thursday struck down Democratic-drawn congressional and legislative maps, ruling that they reflect partisan gerrymandering and thus violate the state constitution. Why it matters: The decision puts a dent in Democrats' hopes to hold onto their slim majority in the House. The state's Democratic leaders have already said it plans to appeal, which will temporarily put Thursday's decision on hold until the state appeals court takes it up, the Washington Post reports. - New York Democrats had drawn a congressional map that could give them up to 22 seats in total. Republicans, who currently hold eight of the 27 seats, could be reduced to four. Context: In efforts to counter gerrymandering, a 2014 voter-backed constitutional amendment established a 10-member commission that would present a map to the legislature. The commission would be split equally along party lines. - Due to infighting, however, the commission ended up submitting two maps, one drawn by the panel's Democrats and the other by the panel's Republicans. - The Democratic-controlled state legislature rejected both maps and drafted their own after the commission was unable to produce a revised proposal. - A group of GOP-backed voters sued the state shortly after the new map was approved. Details: Acting state Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister ordered the New York legislature to draw bipartisan maps by April 11. - The maps must receive "a reasonable amount of bipartisan support" among both parties in the state Senate and Assembly, McAllister said. - A court-appointed independent map drawer will take over if the maps don't meet the requirements. What they're saying: "In a democracy, it is rare if ever that one party has all the right answers and all the right policies," McAllister wrote in the opinion. "If gerrymandering is allowed to occur then certain groups of voters will be discriminated against and become disenfranchised." - "This court finds that by enacting the legislation in November of 2021 the legislature made it substantially less likely that the [bipartisan commission] IRC would ever submit a bipartisan plan when the senate, assembly and governorship are all controlled by the same political party." - A spokesperson for the New York state Senate Democrats did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.axios.com/new-york-democrats-district-maps-7268e713-a28e-4177-9092-f9678374682b.html
2022-04-01T01:43:40Z
Arizona governor won’t say transgender people exist By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is refusing to say if he thinks transgender people actually exist. At a news conference Thursday, he twice dodged that exact question just a day after signing legislation limiting transgender rights. The Republican instead defended his signatures on bills barring 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. The Arizona director for the Human Rights Campaign says Ducey’s refusal to acknowledge trans people exist is “appalling.” The bills passed the Republican-controlled Legislature with no support from minority Democrats.
https://keyt.com/news/2022/03/31/arizona-governor-wont-say-transgender-people-exist/
2022-04-01T01:43:43Z
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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://wgnradio.com/news/house-passes-35-a-month-insulin-cap/
2022-04-01T01:43:43Z
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.lmtonline.com/news/article/Thompson-and-Trump-meet-to-talk-politics-17049815.php
2022-04-01T01:43:43Z
Review Movies Jared Leto is Marvel's bat-man in the vampiric 'Morbius' Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest superhero is not, in the conventional sense, either "super" or a "hero," but he does have an unorthodox ailment and a weird skill-set to separate him from mere mortals. His name is Morbius, and while watching his origin story, you may get the feeling that somewhere in the cinematic multiverse, wires got crossed. The film begins with a helicopter, transporting a cage to the sort of mist-shrouded isle you half expect King Kong to be inhabiting. But Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is looking to capture smaller game as he approaches the mouth of a cave, hobbling with difficulty on two crutch-like canes. Positioning himself behind the wires of the cage, he slices open the palm of his hand and, as a roar of batwings echoes from inside the cave, murmurs to the copter pilot "if you're gonna run, do it now." A rare blood disease treated with a bit o' bat It's tempting to say "consider yourself warned," but the film's first hour or so, while unremarkable, is decently crafted. Born with a rare blood disease, Michael Morbius has spent his entire life working on two things — a cure, and origami paper-folding. Natch, it occurs to him to fold together bat and human DNA. Because the FDA would be unlikely to approve human trials, he and his beautiful co-researcher Martine (Adria Arjona) head in a cargo ship for international waters off the coast of Long Island in the company of eight thuggish mercenaries — think bloodbags — and once Morbius has been injected with bat DNA, it's just a matter of time before things go vampiric. Let it be said that some side-effects from dabbling in "chiropter-y" are less ghastly than others. Bat DNA evidently gives you great cheekbones and abs to go with increased strength and speed. Less salutary effects include new fangs that sprout from his gums with decades of decay baked in, and claws that erupt from his fingers pre-filthed. I mean, sure...why not? Except this is a man whose hair has the kind of sheen that comes from brushing it three times a day. One other thing: he now needs to drink human blood every six hours. Happily, on his way to declining a Nobel Prize, Dr. Morbius invented "artificial blood," though that only fools his system for a while. Color coded smoke effects for a Jekyll and his Hyde If you're expecting a conventional Marvel movie, you should be aware going in that what Director Daniel Espinoza and his writers have come up with is more a horror flick with Marvel bells and whistles. That means Leto's Morbius gets purplish smoke effects to go with those fang-baring snarls as he's riding air currents in subway tunnels, while the similarly afflicted Hyde to his Jekyll – a schoolboy chum played as an adult by an amusingly hopped-up Matt Smith, gets blue-ish vapor trails and snappier lines. But there isn't much tension to their story. Or logic. At one point, Morbius overhears some counterfeiters passing fake $100s, and commandeers their printing press to make what appears to be an artificial-blood machine — because the technologies for fake-bills and fake-blood match up? Maybe that works better in a comic book. Bat guys everywhere you look Speaking of which, when the DC Extended Universe first announced that Twilight star Robert Pattinson would play the lead in The Batman in their corner of the superhero multiverse, it seemed like a nice inside joke — from Vampire-teen to Bat-man. But now that the Marvelverse has Leto going full Dracula, it seems as if the casting maybe could've gone the other way 'round. Leto is as persuasively haunted by the dark side of vigilantism as Pattinson was, and as a result of corporate positioning, is maybe more determined to avoid being a villain. Not unlike Venom, Morbius was a bad guy when he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man comics, back in the 1970's. He needs to be at least an anti-hero now, if a franchise is to be built around him. But bad guy/bat guy...who's to say? As the trailers reveal, another DC bat-guy, Michael Keaton, shows up in his non-batty baddie Marvel persona Adrian Toomes, just to mess with the heads of anyone trying to keep cinematic universes straight. But bloodlines will have to be clarified in more robust "Morbius" episodes to come, this origin story being merely adequate, and by Marvel standards, slightly anemic.
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/31/1090032911/jared-leto-is-marvels-bat-man-in-the-vampiric-morbius?ft=nprml&f=
2022-04-01T01:43:44Z
ALBANY — An upstate Republican judge struck down New York’s recently drawn state and congressional maps, deeming them unconstitutional and handing Republicans a significant win. Steuben County Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister told the Democrat-led Legislature to go back to the drawing board and resubmit maps with “sufficient bipartisan support” by April 11. Should lawmakers fail to do so, the court will “retain a neutral expert at State expense to prepare said maps,” a move that could potentially postpone elections in the Empire State. McAllister’s ruling came nearly a month after he had declared in court that this year’s federal and state elections should carry on since it’s “highly unlikely” new maps could be drawn up ahead of the June primaries or even the November general election. “I do not intend at this time to suspend the election process,” he said at the time. The state’s primary is currently scheduled for June 28. Legislative leaders vowed to appeal the decision, which would send the case to the Court of Appeals. “This is one step in the process,” said Mike Murphy, a spokesman for Senate Democrats. “We always knew this case would be decided by the appellate courts. We are appealing this decision and expect this decision will be stayed as the appeal process proceeds.” Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt (R- Lockport) said the decision amounted to a significant win for Republicans as they hope to win seats this fall. “Albany Democrats ignored the will of New Yorkers who demanded fair, independent redistricting. Instead, they adopted partisan maps to protect themselves,” he said. “This is a victory for (all) New Yorkers.” The Republican-backed lawsuit that led to the ruling argued that Democrats gerrymandered the maps to favor themselves, violating a 2014 constitutional provision that created the independent commission meant to take politics out of the process. The 10-member bipartisan panel wound up deadlocked earlier this year and voted to send a pair of competing maps, one drawn up by Republicans and one by Democrats, to the lawmakers. That allowed the Legislature, in which Democrats have a supermajority, to draw their own maps. Gov. Hochul signed off on the final product in February, all but guaranteed Dems would maintain their control of Albany and dominate the congressional delegation for the next decade. Former Republican congressman John Faso, who has been assisting in coordinating support for the plaintiffs, applauded the decision. “The decision rendered today by Justice Patrick McAllister is a complete victory for petitioners; more importantly, it is a victory for the People of the State of New York,” he said. The final maps will have broader implications as Democrats at the national level seek to retain control of Congress in this year’s mid-term elections.
https://www.nny360.com/top_stories/new-york-judge-rejects-maps-for-new-congressional-districts-orders-albany-to-redraw/article_ee3f7713-1f85-596f-a664-5f85e467ded8.html
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2022-04-01T01:43:44Z
Analysts predict that Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS – Get Rating) will report earnings per share of $0.68 for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Five analysts have made estimates for Hasbro’s earnings. The highest EPS estimate is $0.86 and the lowest is $0.51. Hasbro posted earnings of $1.00 per share in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a negative year over year growth rate of 32%. The business is expected to issue its next quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Monday, January 1st. On average, analysts expect that Hasbro will report full year earnings of $5.09 per share for the current fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from $4.75 to $5.45. For the next fiscal year, analysts forecast that the firm will post earnings of $5.72 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $5.45 to $6.24. Zacks Investment Research’s EPS averages are an average based on a survey of sell-side analysts that that provide coverage for Hasbro. Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 7th. The company reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.32. Hasbro had a return on equity of 24.17% and a net margin of 6.68%. The firm had revenue of $2.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.87 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.27 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.9% on a year-over-year basis. In other Hasbro news, EVP Tarrant L. Sibley sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.00, for a total value of $210,000.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 8.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders. Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its position in shares of Hasbro by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 15,406,031 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,374,532,000 after purchasing an additional 649,789 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. boosted its position in shares of Hasbro by 7.8% in the 4th quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 12,434,068 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,265,539,000 after purchasing an additional 896,250 shares during the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its position in shares of Hasbro by 1.3% in the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 5,826,465 shares of the company’s stock worth $519,837,000 after purchasing an additional 72,709 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Hasbro by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,313,057 shares of the company’s stock worth $540,763,000 after purchasing an additional 265,002 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Hasbro by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,434,716 shares of the company’s stock worth $247,249,000 after purchasing an additional 73,544 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.18% of the company’s stock. Shares of HAS traded down $2.58 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $81.92. The company had a trading volume of 2,886,879 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,309,635. Hasbro has a twelve month low of $81.16 and a twelve month high of $105.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.52 and a quick ratio of 1.29. The company’s 50-day moving average is $91.95 and its 200-day moving average is $95.06. The company has a market capitalization of $11.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.51 and a beta of 1.00. The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 2nd will be given a $0.70 dividend. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.42%. This is a positive change from Hasbro’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.68. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 29th. Hasbro’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 88.03%. Hasbro Company Profile (Get Rating) Hasbro, Inc engages in the provision of children and family leisure time products and services with a portfolio of brands and entertainment properties. The firm operates under the following brands: Littlest Pet Shop and Magic: The Gathering, Monopoly, My Little Pony, Nerf, Play-Doh and Transformers. It operates through the following segments: United States and Canada, International, and Entertainment, Licensing and Digital and eOne. Read More - Get a free copy of the StockNews.com research report on Hasbro (HAS) - High-Yielding Walgreens Boots Alliance Goes On Sale - Institutional Support Has Paychex On Brink Of New All-Time Highs - Tough Comps and Declining Consumer Sales Makes McCormick a Hold - 3 Mid-Cap Value Stocks Ready to Run - These Are Rock Bottom Prices For Five Below Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Hasbro (HAS) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com Receive News & Ratings for Hasbro Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Hasbro and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
https://www.com-unik.info/2022/03/31/hasbro-inc-nasdaqhas-expected-to-announce-earnings-of-0-68-per-share.html
2022-04-01T01:43:44Z
Nearly 70% of medical debt in collections will be removed from credit reports, bureaus say Medical debt is a costly burden that weighs on millions of patients who seek life-saving care — it's the leading cause of bankruptcy in America and the largest source of personal debt among consumers. In an effort to support those who are faced with unexpected hospital bills, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion will soon remove nearly 70% of medical debt in collections from credit reports. "Medical collections debt often arises from unforeseen medical circumstances," credit bureau executives said in a joint statement. "These changes are another step we’re taking together to help people across the United States focus on their financial and personal wellbeing." Keep reading to learn more about the agencies' new policy around medical debt reporting, as well as how to pay off unpaid hospital bills in collections. You can also enroll in free Experian credit monitoring services through Credible. CREDIT CARD CONSOLIDATION MAY SAVE YOU THOUSANDS AS PERSONAL LOAN RATES ARE AT RECORD LOWS Removing medical debt from reporting may boost consumer credit scores Beginning in July, paid medical debt in collections will no longer be included in credit reporting. And in the first half of 2023, the credit bureaus will no longer include medical collections debt under $500 on credit reports. The agencies are also increasing the time period before unpaid medical bills would appear on a consumers' credit history to one year, up from six months previously. They anticipate the combined measures will remove nearly 70% of existing medical debt tradelines. The decision came shortly after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report finding that unpaid medical bills account for 58% of debt in collections. "Even when a patient tries to battle to get an accurate bill or an insurance claim paid, medical debt collectors have a weapon that is hard to fight against: the credit report," CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said. While the credit bureaus have effectively dropped many types of medical bills from credit reporting, millions of consumers are still faced with debt in collections. If these bills remain unpaid, they could potentially result in negative credit score impacts after a one-year period. Third-party debt collectors may eventually pursue civil action to recuperate the costs, which can result in wage garnishment and attorney fees. HOW YOUR STUDENT LOANS COULD BE IMPACTED BY THE FED RATE HIKE How to pay off medical debt in collections Although some medical collections debt will soon be dropped from credit reporting, consumers still owe the balance of their unpaid bills from prior health care services. Here are a few strategies for repaying medical debt in collections: - Negotiate your medical bills with the provider or debt collector - Utilize a medical financing card or 0% APR credit card - Consolidate medical debts into a fixed-rate personal loan Read more about each method in the sections below. Negotiate your medical bills with the provider or debt collector Patients may be able to settle their medical bills for less than they owe by negotiating with the collection agency that holds the debt. It may also be possible to enroll in an interest-free payment plan to spread your hospital bills into lower monthly installments. Here are a few negotiation tips from the CFPB: - Ask the debt collector for a written notice about the origin of the debt and how much money is owed. You should also know the age of the debt, so you can see if it meets your state's statute of limitations. - Propose a realistic debt settlement or repayment proposal. Calculate how much you can afford to pay each month, or see if you have enough money to settle the debt in a smaller lump-sum. - Be honest about your situation, as you may have more room to ask for a discount if you have a long-term health condition or other financial burden. Take notes of your conversation with the creditor. You can use a cost comparison tool like Healthcare Bluebook to research the average price of the service you received in your area, which may be used as leverage while you negotiate the balance in your collection account. And if you aren't confident in your own negotiation skills, you may consider enlisting the help of a nonprofit credit counselor to speak with your creditors on your behalf. CREDIT CARD DEBT IS SURGING AT A RECORD-HIGH RATE, NY FED REPORTS Utilize a medical financing card or 0% APR credit card Some medical providers offer low-interest and no-interest financing options through a medical credit card like CareCredit. Keep in mind that these payment plans are typically offered through the original health care provider, not debt collectors. They also typically come with a high purchase APR if you don't adhere to the payment agreement. Alternatively, you could consider opening a new credit card with a 0% APR purchase period. This may allow you to repay your medical expenses without paying interest for a period of up to 21 months. It's important to note that these offers are generally reserved for applicants with very good or excellent credit, defined by the FICO model as 740 or higher. You can visit Credible to compare credit cards with 0% APR introductory offers. LOOKING FOR A LIFE INSURANCE AGENT? HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE Consolidate medical debts into a fixed-rate personal loan One common way to repay debt is with an unsecured personal loan that you repay in fixed monthly payments over a set period of months or years. Since personal loans have fixed interest rates, they may offer more favorable repayment terms than variable-rate credit cards. Personal loan lenders determine interest rates and eligibility based on a borrower's credit score. Applicants with excellent credit will qualify for the lowest rates possible, while those with bad credit may not be eligible at all. To see if you're a good candidate, you can get prequalified for a debt consolidation loan with a soft credit check. You can also browse current interest rates in the table below, and use Credible's personal loan calculator to estimate your monthly payments. REFINANCING REQUIREMENTS FOR A MORTGAGE: WHAT TO KNOW Advertisement Have a finance-related question, but don't know who to ask? Email The Credible Money Expert at moneyexpert@credible.com and your question might be answered by Credible in our Money Expert column.
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/money/medical-debt-in-collections-credit-report
2022-04-01T01:43:44Z
Northwest, Central India to experience above-normal maximum temperature in April, says IMD New Delhi April 01, 2022 04:53 ISTIndia is expected to receive normal rainfall of the long period average (LPA) in April, the weather office said Northwest and central India and parts of the northeast are expected to experience above-normal maximum temperatures in April, the weather office said on Thursday. Normal to below normal maximum temperatures are likely in south peninsular India, many parts of the eastern parts of the country and the adjoining areas of the northeast, India Meteorological Department Director-General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said. India experienced two heatwaves in March, the first between March 11 and 21 when the maximum temperatures hovered five to 11 degrees above normal. The second heatwave started on March 26 and is continuing with the highest day temperatures being five to nine degrees above normal. Except for coastal peninsular areas, almost all of India received deficit rainfall in March. Normal rainfall for March is 39.3 mm, which is the long period average of rainfall between 1961 and 2010. India is expected to receive normal rainfall of the long period average (LPA) in April, the weather office said. It said northwest and central India and some parts of northeast India were expected to receive below-normal rainfall in April. "Normal to above-normal rainfall is likely over many parts of south Peninsula, western parts of central India and parts of northeast India," the weather office said.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/northwest-central-india-to-experience-above-normal-maximum-temperature-in-april-says-imd/article65279141.ece/amp/
2022-04-01T01:43:44Z
Costs top Americans' health care concerns, new poll finds Americans' biggest health care priorities revolve largely around affordability, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll, with most wanting to see Congress tackle drug prices. More broadly, inflation and rising costs dominate the public's concerns. The findings, released Thursday, show that 55% of Americans call inflation and rising prices the biggest problem facing the U.S., far ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (18%), climate change (6%), the COVID-19 pandemic (6%) or crime (6%). That's true across party lines, although the sentiment is most pronounced within the GOP: About 70% of Republicans call inflation the country's biggest issue, compared with 53% of independents and 46% of Democrats. Similarly, other recent polls have found the rising cost of living dominating Americans' minds. In a new Quinnipiac poll, 30% of Americans picked inflation as the most urgent issue facing the U.S., with the Russia/Ukraine crisis following at just 14%. NBC polling also found Americans more focused on economic concerns than foreign policy or other issues. And a new Gallup survey said 17% of Americans cited inflation as the nation's top problem, the highest level in its polling since 1985. The focus on costs remains even when Americans are asked specifically about their priorities for possible health care legislation, the KFF poll finds. Most U.S. adults (61%) say it should be a priority for Congress to limit how much drug companies can raise prescription drug prices each year to no more than the rate of inflation. About half (53%) say Congress should make it a priority to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 monthly and to place a limit on out-of-pocket health care costs for seniors (52%). Fewer, 42%, call it a priority to expand government-provided health insurance in states that have not expanded Medicaid access or to increase funding for access to mental health services and training for mental health providers. Only 25% say that providing more COVID-19 pandemic response funding should be a priority. "The public's priorities in health reflect deep concern about prices of everything right now, including drug prices," KFF President and CEO Drew Altman said in a news release. "That doesn't mean other things that have long been popular do not have public support too; they do. It just means prices are the preeminent concern." In their personal finances, most Americans express at least some worry about being able to afford gasoline or other transportation costs (71%) and unexpected medical bills (58%), with many concerned about paying for monthly utility bills (50%) and food (47%). In February 2020, just 40% worried about paying for gas, 38% about monthly utilities and 34% about food, KFF found. Concerns are magnified for lower-income Americans. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans in households making less than $40,000 a year say they worry about affording as or transportation costs, with more than 6 in 10 also concerned about affording unexpected medical bills (66%), monthly utilities (65%), rent or mortgage payments (63%) and food (62%). About half of Americans, 51%, say they've put off or gone without some form of medical service in the past year because of its costs. Twelve years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act remains popular, the KFF poll finds, with 55% of the public viewing it favorably. About one-quarter, 24%, say the law has directly helped them and their family, with 20% saying it hurt them and the rest that it's had no direct effect. Of those who say they've seen a positive personal impact, about half say the ACA mainly helped by letting someone in their family get or keep health coverage, with 30% saying the ACA mainly made it easier to get needed health care and 20% that it mainly lowered health care or health insurance costs. Views of both the ACA and its effects are also sharply divided along partisan lines, with 43% of Democrats and just 7% of Republicans saying the ACA has helped them. Among Americans under 65 who have private health insurance, 56% say they know nothing about the No Surprises Act, a law taking effect this year that protects people with private health insurance from getting large medical bills when they accidentally receive out-of-network health care. Only about 21% say they know even something about the legislation.
https://www.wlky.com/article/americans-health-care-concerns/39593902
2022-04-01T01:43:44Z
LOS ANGELES - The announcement that Bruce Willis was stepping back from acting because of cognitive difficulties came as no surprise to people who have worked with the action hero, reports said. Family this week revealed the star of the "Die Hard" franchise has been diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder that affects the use and understanding of language. Filmmakers who have collaborated with 67-year-old Willis told the Los Angeles Times that his decline has been apparent for some time. Some of those the paper spoke to described upsetting moments on set where the "Unbreakable" actor appeared not to be fully aware of his surroundings, and would have trouble with his lines -- even as producers ordered the script to be shortened to accommodate him. Director Mike Burns, who helmed "Out of Death," one of 22 films Willis has made in four years, said he quickly saw that the "Moonlighting" star was having problems. "After the first day of working with Bruce, I could see it firsthand and I realized that there was a bigger issue at stake here and why I had been asked to shorten his lines," Burns said, according to the Times. Jesse Johnson, director of low-budget film "White Elephant," said the Willis he met when shooting started last year was a different person from the man he had worked with decades earlier. "It was clear that he was not the Bruce I remembered," Johnson said. The Times reported that crew members on the film recalled Willis saying: "I know why you're here, and I know why you’re here, but why am I here?" "After our experience on ‘White Elephant,’ it was decided as a team that we would not do another," Johnson said, of being approached to collaborate with Willis on another movie. "We are all Bruce Willis fans, and the arrangement felt wrong and ultimately a rather sad end to an incredible career, one that none of us felt comfortable with." Willis has been a major box office draw since the original "Die Hard", when his hard-bitten cop John McClane burst onto screens in a hail of gunfire and explosions. Over a career that spanned decades, he pulled in eight-figure paychecks for movies like "Look Who's Talking" and "Armageddon." Those box office smashes meant that even a fleeting late-career appearance in a low-budget or straight-to-video film would ensure a market, both in the United States and abroad. The Times reported that the churn of recent films would often see him paid $2 million for just two days' work. Fans questioned why there were so many movies of questionable quality. The Razzies, a tongue-in-cheek award that acts as counterpoint to the Oscars, even created a special category this year: "Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie." The organization on Thursday said it was rescinding the award because of Willis's recently disclosed diagnosis. Terri Martin, who supervised production on "White Elephant" told the Times Willis had looked "lost." "He is one of the all-time greats, and I have the utmost admiration and respect for his body of work, but it was time for him to retire." Tributes to the star continued to pour in Thursday. "Sixth Sense" co-star Haley Joel Osment said Willis was "a true legend who has enriched all of our lives with a singular career that spans nearly half a century. "I am so grateful for what I got to witness firsthand, and for the enormous body of work he built for us to enjoy for years and years to come."
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2022-04-01T01:43:45Z
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TAMPA — Gerrit Cole is among the Yankees teammates who have spoken to Aaron Judge about his negotiations with the team as he seeks a long-term extension to avoid arbitration and possibly free agency next offseason. And Cole knows first-hand what it’s like to be a top target of the Yankees and managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner — and to get what you want. “I don’t want to speculate [on Judge’s free agency], because there’s this window right here and then at the end of the year [before he hits the market], but I would say when the Yankees want somebody and their back is up against the wall, if Hal wants to get it done, he gets it done,’’ Cole said Thursday at Steinbrenner Field. With just a week left before Opening Day, Judge said he knows time is running short for him to agree to a long-term extension with the Yankees before talks are shut down by his publicly stated deadline. “I’m always optimistic, but I know the days are counting down and both sides want to get something done,’’ Judge told The Post on Thursday. And after seemingly backing off his firm April 7 deadline over the weekend, Judge stated Thursday he hadn’t softened his stance. “I’m gonna stick with that deadline,’’ Judge said. “I think it’s best for both parties, so they can focus on what they need to do and I can focus on what I need to do, which is on the field. If we’re not close by then, what’s the point of communicating in the season?” General manager Brian Cashman said on Saturday that Judge would have an offer for an extension by Opening Day. Both Cashman and Judge declined on Thursday to discuss the details of the talks. If no deal is struck by then, they’ll go to an arbitration hearing, with Judge seeking $21 million and the Yankees offering $17 million. In the meantime, Judge is communicating with players past and present about how best to handle the negotiations. “I’ve talked to a lot of guys, some who are done playing and teammates that have gone through the process — especially with the Yankees,’’ Judge said. “I want to pick their brain about what they went through and how it was to try to get as much information as I can to prepare myself. … It’s kind of like getting a practice test so nothing surprises you.” Judge said his most recent conversations on the topic came with Cole and DJ LeMahieu, both of whom signed free-agent deals with the Yankees. Cole said his advice to Judge was simple: “I think when it comes to business, I just encourage people to make the best decision for themselves and their family,” and to keep the emotions from the contract talks away from the field. That’s what Judge says he’s trying to do. “This is cool and a fun process and a lot of people helped me along the way to get to this spot,’’ Judge said. “But I’m ready to get it over with.”
https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/sports/yankees-usually-get-it-done-in-contract-talks/130525/
2022-04-01T01:43:45Z
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Pick 10" game were: 03-06-07-17-21-23-32-42-47-52-54-59-61-65-66-67-69-78-79-80 (three, six, seven, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-three, thirty-two, forty-two, forty-seven, fifty-two, fifty-four, fifty-nine, sixty-one, sixty-five, sixty-six, sixty-seven, sixty-nine, seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty)
https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-10-game-17049898.php
2022-04-01T01:43:45Z
Eating two servings of avocados a week linked to lower risk of cardiovascular disease A 30-year study of more than 110,000 health professionals found that participants who ate at least two servings of avocado a week had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those who rarely ate avocados. Replacing animal products like butter, cheese or bacon with avocado was also associated with a... www.sciencedaily.com
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556716754419/eating-two-servings-of-avocados-a-week-linked-to-lower-risk-of-cardiovascular-disease
2022-04-01T01:43:45Z
Mother Nature is once again wreaking havoc with high school sports schedules. Iola High’s baseball and softball games set for 4:30 p.m. Friday against Chanute have been moved from Riverside Park to Allen Community College, where the diamdonds have artificial turf infields, better suited to handling wet weather. In addition, baseball and softball games for Crest, Marmaton Valley and Yates Center set for Thursday were postponed.
https://www.iolaregister.com/sports/weather-prompts-more-schedule-changes
2022-04-01T01:43:45Z
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NEW YORK (AP) — Whoa! It's a Double Aho! Both NHL players named Sebastian Aho — one a defenseman for the New York Islanders, the other a forward for the Carolina Hurricanes — scored goals for their teams Thursday night. And at nearly the exact same time. According to Sportsnet Stats, the Islanders' Aho scored his first goal of the season at 7:14 p.m. EDT in New York against Columbus. Just 34 seconds later — and more than 500 miles away — the Hurricanes' Aho scored his 31st goal in Carolina against Montreal. Both gave their teams 1-0 leads in the first period. It's not the first time the two have combined on a statistical oddity. In 2018, New York's Aho committed a hooking penalty on Carolina's Aho, causing MSG Networks Islanders play-by-play broadcaster Brendan Burke to exclaim: "A little Sebastian Aho-on-Sebastian Aho crime.” The two Ahos are not related, by the way. The Islanders' Aho, Sebastian Johannes Aho, is 26 and from Sweden. He has three career NHL goals in limited action. The Hurricanes' Aho, Sebastian Antero Aho, is 24 and from Finland. He's a two-time NHL All-Star and has 176 career goals. ___ More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/sports/article/Isles-Aho-Hurricanes-Aho-score-goals-at-almost-17049866.php
2022-04-01T01:43:46Z
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2022-04-01T01:43:46Z
BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it has brought home 10 women and 27 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected members of the Islamic State group have been held. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the group was repatriated from the Roj camp on Wednesday in what she called an “extremely difficult” operation. She said some of the mothers were taken into custody immediately after arriving in Germany. “The 27 children are, at the end of the day, victims of IS, and they have a right to a better future far from its deadly ideology, and also to live in security, as we would wish for our own children,” Baerbock said in a statement. “The mothers must be held accountable for their actions.” Germany previously repatriated 23 children and their eight mothers from Roj in October. At the same time, neighboring Denmark brought home 14 children and three women. Baerbock thanked Kurdish authorities in Syria and “our U.S. partners, who once again provided us with logistical support.” With Wednesday’s operation, “the majority of the German children whose mothers are willing to return to Germany have been brought to safety,” she said. “There are now only a few special cases for which we are continuing to work on individual solutions.” Federal prosecutors said Thursday that four women had been arrested on arrival at Frankfurt Airport — three German citizens, identified in line with local privacy rules only as Nadine K., Gulseren T. and Emilie R., and a German-Moroccan dual citizen identified as Fatiha B. All are accused of membership in a foreign terrorist organization and Nadine K. of other crimes — including keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave who allegedly was regularly sexually assaulted by the suspect’s husband, with her knowledge. Prosecutors said they traveled separately to Syria or Iraq in 2014 and joined IS.
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/germany-repatriates-women-children-from-syrian-camp/
2022-04-01T01:43:47Z
Progressives worry Manchin’s climate talk is hot air Progressives don’t like what they hear when they listen to Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) talk about a potential climate and deficit-reduction bill. Why it matters: With the holdout senator hinting at supporting some climate provisions as part of a slimmed-down Build Back Better legislation, both House and Senate progressives worry any final bill will be heavier on energy independence favored by Big Oil — and lighter on the carbon reduction they seek. - In a 50-50 Senate — and a Democratic majority with just half a dozen votes to spare in the House — progressive opposition to a smaller reconciliation package could kill any potential deal. What they're saying: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Manchin’s proposal sounds like a “fossil-fuel bill.” - “When he says he wants to act on climate, I think it's quite understandable that people would meet that with a great deal of disbelief,” she told Axios. - “I know where Joe starts on some of these things,’ said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) “It’s not where I start.” - “At the end of the day, we need to measure it against what it proves out in emissions reductions,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said. “And those discussions are ongoing.” The big picture: Progressives still feel burned Manchin — and, to a lesser extent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) — extracted their vote for the $1.1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package without voting for Biden’s sweeping climate and social-spending plans. - Manchin declared those negotiations dead in December. Lately, he's been signaling he's open to a smaller bill, including an "all-of-the-above" approach to energy security. - That bill would likely include most of the $550 billion in climate spending that was included in the House-passed bill, as well as prescription drug reform and deficit reduction. Driving the news: Manchin told reporters on Thursday the focus should be on deficit reduction, fighting inflation and tax reform. - “I'm talking about fixing, fixing the tax code. That's the one thing we all agreed was wrong," he said. - Earlier in the week, he established clear parameters for any potential climate and energy bill. - "I will not vote to put the United States of America in a position … to basically end up like Europe," the senator told a West Virginia radio show, according to the Free Beacon. - "Let's basically invest in renewables, do what we need to do there, and in new technology, but also invest in infrastructure to be secure here," he said. Go deeper: While progressives question his intent, some of Manchin’s other colleagues in the Senate are convinced he’s supportive of $550 billion in energy subsidies in the House-passed climate and social spending bill. - “I think there's going to be so much good stuff in there, that we're going to be very pleased,” Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) told Axios.
https://www.axios.com/progressives-worry-manchins-climate-talk-hot-air-b2d7d767-d3b0-449f-80c8-a46a34c203ef.html
2022-04-01T01:43:49Z
(ABC4) – If you’re tired of looking at old furniture that you bought last year from IKEA, the retailer has announced that it will now pay customers to bring back old furniture. The IKEA buyback and resell option has now been made available for 37 of its U.S. stores. As a way to help pave a path toward sustainable living, the company has brought back the initiative that was launched late last year. How does it work? You start by filling out a form on IKEA’s website in order to receive an emailed quote of the buyback value for your furniture. Customers are asked to bring a copy of their quote, buyback number, and fully assembled furniture to your participating IKEA store where an employee will assess the furniture’s buyback value. When you buyback, you will get store credit and your furniture gets a second life in the As-Is department. What are the buyback requirements? According to IKEA, the following categories of products are not currently eligible for the furniture buy-back service: - Non-IKEA products - Home furnishing accessories including lighting and textiles - Add-on units and componentry - Products that have been used outside including outdoor furniture - Mattresses and bad textiles (such as blankets and mattress toppers) - Kitchens including bench tops, cabinets, and fronts - Modular wardrobes and accessories - Electrical appliances and products - Chests of drawers - “Hacked,” modified or painted products - Non-assembled products - Market Hall products (including small kitchen goods, art, rugs, and picture frames) - Upholstered or leather products - Sofas or armchairs - Plants - Items containing glass (including mirrors) - Children’s and baby products (such as cribs, mattresses, and change tables) - Beds and bed frames The retailer said on its website that large quantities and commercially used items are exempt.
https://wgnradio.com/news/ikea-will-pay-you-to-return-old-furniture-at-select-stores/
2022-04-01T01:43:49Z
California prison inmate death investigated as a homicide DELANO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say the death of an inmate at a central California prison is being investigated as a homicide. State prison officials say 26-year-old Juan Mendoza was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Wednesday evening. He had visible injuries and died despite life-saving efforts. His cellmate, Jorge Mendoza, was segregated while the death is investigated. Juan Mendoza was serving a six-year sentence out of San Bernardino County for second-degree attempted murder. His cellmate was serving a life sentence with the chance of parole for second-degree murder in Monterey County.
https://keyt.com/news/2022/03/31/california-prison-inmate-death-investigated-as-a-homicide/
2022-04-01T01:43:49Z
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2022-04-01T01:43:51Z
Indian Premier League 2022 | Badoni a great find for India, an asset for white-ball cricket: KL Rahul Ayush Badoni scored 19 not out in 9 balls against CSK and had scored a half-century in the previous game Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul said Ayush Badoni is a strong 360-degree player and an asset for white-ball cricket in India, after the youngster displayed his skills with the bat in a six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the IPL on Thursday. Badoni (19 not out in 9 balls), who scored a half-century in the previous game, joined forces with Evin Lewis (55 not out) towards the end to help the Super Giants chase down a mammoth 211-run target. "Badoni, I'd seen a few videos, when you only get to see the good shots, but the way he's been batting is phenomenal. "Strong, 360-degree player, a great find for India and an asset for white-ball cricket," Rahul said at the post-match presentation here. The skipper also lavished praise on another youngster — leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi — who did a brilliant job with the ball and was the most economical bowler for his side, registering figures of 2/24. "Bishnoi has a big heart, he's a fighter for a little guy, shows the character he has to bounce back (from the last game) with a wet ball. Really happy for him, he wants to grow, wants to learn, and good to see that," Rahul added. CSK captain Ravindra Jadeja rued the missed catches by his team, including the drop catch by Moeen Ali off Quinton de Kock on 30. De Kock went on to make 61. "We had a very good start, Robbie (Uthappa) and Shivam Dube were playing brilliantly. We had a good start, but in fielding, we have to take catches then you'll win matches. We should have taken those chances. "There was a lot of dew, the ball wasn't sticking to the hand. Next time, we have to practise with the wet ball. We batted brilliantly in the top six and in the middle overs. The wicket was very good to bat on. As a bowling unit, we need to execute our plans." - Comments will be moderated by The Hindu editorial team. - Comments that are abusive, personal, incendiary or irrelevant cannot be published. - Please write complete sentences. Do not type comments in all capital letters, or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and'). - We may remove hyperlinks within comments. - Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name, to avoid rejection.
https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/indian-premier-league-2022-badoni-a-great-find-for-india-an-asset-for-white-ball-cricket-kl-rahul/article65279527.ece
2022-04-01T01:43:51Z
A major responsibility for tech companies is to monitor content on their platforms for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and if any is found, they are legally required to report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Many companies have content moderators in place that review content flagged for potentially being CSAM, and they determine whether the content should be reported to the NCMEC. However, Facebook has a policy that could mean it is underreporting child sexual abuse content, according to a new report from The New York Times. A Facebook training document directs content moderators to “err on the side of an adult” when they don’t know someone’s age in a photo or video that’s suspected to be CSAM, the report said. The policy was made for Facebook content moderators working at Accenture and is discussed in a California Law Review article from August: Interviewees also described a policy called “bumping up,” which each of them personally disagreed with. The policy applies when a content moderator is unable to readily determine whether the subject in a suspected CSAM photo is a minor (“B”) or an adult (“C”). In such situations, content moderators are instructed to assume the subject is an adult, thereby allowing more images to go unreported to NCMEC. Here is the company’s reasoning for the policy, from The New York Times: Antigone Davis, head of safety for Meta, confirmed the policy in an interview and said it stemmed from privacy concerns for those who post sexual imagery of adults. “The sexual abuse of children online is abhorrent,” Ms. Davis said, emphasizing that Meta employs a multilayered, rigorous review process that flags far more images than any other tech company. She said the consequences of erroneously flagging child sexual abuse could be “life-changing” for users. Facebook (which is now under the Meta corporate umbrella) and Accenture didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment from The The Hamden Journal. Accenture declined to comment to The New York Times.
https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/technology/facebook-moderators-err-on-the-side-of-an-adult-when-uncertain-of-age-in-possible-abuse-photos/130489/
2022-04-01T01:43:51Z
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LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer was killed and two others injured Thursday during a shooting that occurred while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said. Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call. Nearly an hour later gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference. All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second was in critical condition, but stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said. “This is an extremely difficult moment for everyone,” Capello said. The suspect, a 34-year-old man from Lebanon, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said. “As one can imagine, it's clearly a traumatic event,” Breiner said. “Our guys are strong, but we're human and we have families.” The slain officer's name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members. Police did not release further details.
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/1-officer-killed-2-others-shot-in-Pennsylvania-17049870.php
2022-04-01T01:43:51Z
Personal loan rates edge up: Still lower than same time last year Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as "Credible" below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders, all opinions are our own. The latest trends in interest rates for personal loans from the Credible marketplace, updated weekly. (iStock) Borrowers with good credit seeking personal loans during the past seven days prequalified for rates that were slightly higher for 3-year and for 5-year fixed rates compared to the previous seven days. For borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender between Mar. 10 and Mar. 16: - Rates on 3-year fixed-rate loans averaged 10.48%, slightly up from 10.43% the seven days before, and down from 11.16% a year ago. - Rates on 5-year fixed-rate loans averaged 13.07%, slightly up from 13.01% the previous seven days, and down from 13.73% a year ago. Personal loans have become a popular way to consolidate and pay off credit card debt and other loans. They can also be used to cover unexpected expenses like medical bills, take care of a major purchase or fund home improvement projects. Rates for 3-year and 5-year fixed personal loans rose slightly over the past seven days. Rates for 3-year terms went up a slight 0.05%, while rates for 5-year terms increased by 0.06%. But rates for both terms remain well below average credit card interest rates, giving borrowers an opportunity to save on interest costs by refinancing credit card debt into a lower-interest personal loan. Whether a personal loan is right for you often depends on multiple factors, including what rate you can qualify for. Comparing multiple lenders and their rates could help ensure you get the best possible personal loan for your needs. It's always a good idea to comparison shop on sites like Credible to understand how much you qualify for and choose the best option for you. Here are the latest trends in personal loan interest rates from the Credible marketplace, updated monthly. Personal loan weekly rates trends The chart above shows average prequalified rates for borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender. For the month of February 2022: - Rates on 3-year personal loans averaged 10.52%, down from 11.09% in January. - Rates on 5-year personal loans averaged 12.99%, down from 13.40% in January. Rates on personal loans vary considerably by credit score and loan term. If you're curious about what kind of personal loan rates you may qualify for, you can use an online tool like Credible to compare options from different private lenders. Checking your rates won't affect your credit score. All Credible marketplace lenders offer fixed-rate loans at competitive rates. Because lenders use different methods to evaluate borrowers, it’s a good idea to request personal loan rates from multiple lenders so you can compare your options. Current personal loan rates by credit score In February, the average prequalified rate selected by borrowers was: - 8.32% for borrowers with credit scores of 780 or above choosing a 3-year loan - 29.42% for borrowers with credit scores below 600 choosing a 5-year loan Depending on factors such as your credit score, which type of personal loan you’re seeking and the loan repayment term, the interest rate can differ. As shown in the chart above, a good credit score can mean a lower interest rate, and rates tend to be higher on loans with fixed interest rates and longer repayment terms. How to get a lower interest rate Many factors influence the interest rate a lender might offer you on a personal loan. But you can take some steps to boost your chances of getting a lower interest rate. Here are some tactics to try. Increase credit score Generally, people with higher credit scores qualify for lower interest rates. Steps that can help you improve your credit score over time include: - Pay bills on time. Payment history is the most important factor in your credit score. Pay all your bills on time for the amount due. - Check your credit report. Look at your credit report to ensure there are no errors on it. If you find errors, dispute them with the credit bureau. - Lower your credit utilization ratio. Paying down credit card debt can improve this important credit scoring factor. - Avoid opening new credit accounts. Only apply for and open credit accounts you actually need. Too many hard inquiries on your credit report in a short amount of time could lower your credit score. Choose a shorter loan term Personal loan repayment terms can vary from one to several years. Generally, shorter terms come with lower interest rates, since the lender’s money is at risk for a shorter period of time. If your financial situation allows, applying for a shorter term could help you score a lower interest rate. Keep in mind the shorter term doesn’t just benefit the lender — by choosing a shorter repayment term, you’ll pay less interest over the life of the loan. Get a cosigner You may be familiar with the concept of a cosigner if you have student loans. If your credit isn’t good enough to qualify for the best personal loan interest rates, finding a cosigner with good credit could help you secure a lower interest rate. Just remember, if you default on the loan, your cosigner will be on the hook to repay it. And cosigning for a loan could also affect their credit score. Compare rates from different lenders Before applying for a personal loan, it’s a good idea to shop around and compare offers from several different lenders to get the lowest rates. Online lenders typically offer the most competitive rates – and can be quicker to disburse your loan than a brick-and-mortar establishment. But don’t worry, comparing rates and terms doesn’t have to be a time-consuming process. Credible makes it easy. Just enter how much you want to borrow and you’ll be able to compare multiple lenders to choose the one that makes the most sense for you. About Credible Advertisement Credible is a multi-lender marketplace that empowers consumers to discover financial products that are the best fit for their unique circumstances. Credible’s integrations with leading lenders and credit bureaus allow consumers to quickly compare accurate, personalized loan options ― without putting their personal information at risk or affecting their credit score. The Credible marketplace provides an unrivaled customer experience, as reflected by over 4,500 positive Trustpilot reviews and a TrustScore of 4.7/5.
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/money/personal-loan-rates-march-31-2022
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Russell Knox recorded four straight birdies on the back nine and fired a 7-under 65 on Thursday for 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. Hojgaard fired a 66 despite a double bogey on his final hole. Matt Kuchar is another stroke back after an opening 5-under 67 and is among a group that includes Denny McCarthy, Aaron Rei and J.J. Spaun. Defending champ Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy finished at even-par 72. They were outside the top 60 after one round and could flirt with the cut line on Friday. Bryson DeChambeau had a 1-over 73. After holing a bunker shot for eagle on his 11th hole and following with a birdie on the next, he made bogey on four of his last six holes. Knox, a 32-year-old Scotsman with two career PGA Tour wins, started his birdie streak at No. 12. All of his birdie putts were inside 10 feet. At the 15th, he was about 20 feet away from a back pin position following his approach and chipped in from the fringe. It was his second chip-in in the round. “That was one of those kind of bonus birdies that you need when you’re going to have a good day,” Knox said. “Obviously thrilled with the round. It’s been more of the way I want to play.” Hogjaard, a 21-year-old from Denmark and two-rime winner on the European Tour, had his sights on the first-round lead heading to his closing hole. But, his drive sailed well left of the fairway. It took him four shots to reach the green on the par-4 ninth. “I had to chip sideways back into the fairway,” he said. “Just was a little too aggressive after that. Yeah, short-sided myself and I didn’t get up and down and suddenly you walk away with double-bogey. Yeah, that was a bit annoying, but it happens.” Kuchar was 5 under after 11 holes. Thirty feet away from the pin on the next hole, he failed to get up and down and missed a seven-foot putt for par. He got a shot back with a birdie on his 14th hole, and parred out, falling short in a bid to match his season-best round of 64 at the Sony Open, where he finished in the top 10. “A lot of good and bad that can happen here on this course,” Kuchar said. “I was kind of managing early on in the round and then found a little something on about the fifth or sixth hole. I started having some birdie chances and converted on a few late in my first nine.” Kuchar has won nine times on the PGA Tour. McCarthy, Rai and Spaun are looking for their first. ___ More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/sports/article/Knox-uses-4-birdie-run-for-a-one-stroke-lead-at-17049836.php
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https://www.law360.com/articles/1479172/commerce-s-tariff-probe-darkens-outlook-for-solar-deals
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GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A South Carolina middle school student said he was walking down the hall with a friend when the friend pulled out a gun and shot another student Thursday afternoon. The victim of the shooting at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville County was pronounced dead at an area hospital, according to Nexstar’s WSPA. Community activist Bruce Wilson, a family friend, identified the student as 12-year-old Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson. “We were friends, and we were just walking down the hallway. He was walking really fast, and he looked really nervous. … And all of a sudden, he just reaches in his backpack, just pulls out a gun, fires one shot,” a seventh grader identified only as Michael said. “I didn’t think twice. I just ran.” Michael said he had never seen his friend walk like that or act that nervous, but he didn’t realize a shooting was about to happen. When he saw his friend pull a gun out of his backpack, he remembered thinking, “Oh my God. He’s about to shoot the school.” Michael said students started screaming, running to classrooms and locking the doors. He said the shooter “just ran.” Michael said it will be difficult to move past the deadly incident, stating, “It is going to be hard to sleep because I just know I could have lost my life that day too.” The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office took the shooter into custody in close proximity to the school. “We are all devastated by today’s tragedy,” Jackson’s family said in a statement. “We love Jamari dearly and we would ask that our privacy be respected as we grieve during this very difficult time.” “My heart breaks for this young boy’s family and my prayers are with them tonight,” said Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis in a statement. “Additionally, I will be praying for the other young boy who pulled the trigger and his family. I cannot fathom what would cause someone to do this to another human being and especially at that age, but I know it’s a situation where we all need to turn to God.” Greenville County Schools Superintendent Dr. Burke Royster released this statement Thursday evening: We are deeply saddened to hear that the student victim in the shooting at Tanglewood Middle School passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his fellow students, the staff members at the school and everyone who knew this child. This is an absolute tragedy, and we will continue to do whatever we can to support his family and the Tanglewood community as they mourn the young life that was lost today. Dr. Burke Royster We want to recognize the tremendous response from Principal Walles and the staff at Tanglewood, the school resource officer, Sheriff Hobart Lewis, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, EMS, and the multiple local, state and federal law enforcement agencies who all responded rapidly in accord with our emergency response plan.” The principal of Tanglewood Middle School, Dr. Graysen Walles, also released this statement: My heart goes out to the family of our student who passed away, and my prayers are with them. Our entire Tanglewood family is hurting with this news and from the events that took place today. Our school is mourning and will work together to heal and process this tragedy.” Dr. Graysen Walles Greenville County Schools announced that attendance on Friday will be optional in order to provide “counseling support for both students and staff.”
https://wgnradio.com/news/its-going-to-be-hard-to-sleep-south-carolina-student-says-he-was-walking-with-shooter/
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 33-year-old woman from southern Greece has been charged with the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, and the deaths of her two other daughters in the past three years are being reviewed in a case that has drawn national attention. Flanked by riot police and in handcuffs, she appeared in court in Athens Thursday for her arraignment. She was wearing a hood and a protective vest as authorities held back a crowd of onlookers and journalists. The suspect, who was not formally identified in accordance with Greek law, was arrested a day after being detained for questioning Wednesday. It followed the results of tissue tests that showed the presence of an anesthetic drug that had not been administered by the girl’s doctors. The 9-year-old died in January following an eight-month hospitalization. Protesters also gathered outside the mother’s home in the port city of Patras, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Athens, where police again intervened to maintain order. A panel of senior coroners is leading a review into the death of the suspect’s two other children: a 3-year-old girl from liver failure in 2019 and a 6-month-old girl in 2021 from a suspected heart defect. Tissue samples retained from the two girls are now being re-examined, authorities said. The suspect has denied any wrongdoing and is expected to formally respond to the charges on Monday. In a private television interview last month, the suspect criticized news reports that described the three deaths as suspicious. “I find myself in a position to defend myself against things that are unspeakable… this was a house that was filled with joy,” she said in the Feb. 17 appearance on private Star television. “How could I hurt my own children? I gave birth to them, raised them, and was always with them. It doesn’t make sense.” In the same interview, the suspect’s husband described her as “a rock” for her children. Police investigators have been granted access to her private online communications. “The emotional and moral burden of this event surpasses most if not all of us,” government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said, congratulating the police on their work in the monthslong investigation. “There are no words to express the pain this has caused. This requires considerable thought and reflection.” ___ Follow Gatopoulos at https://twitter.com/dgatopoulos
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/greek-woman-charged-with-murder-after-deaths-of-3-daughters/
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Ignis (IGNIS) traded 0.9% higher against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 20:00 PM ET on March 31st. During the last seven days, Ignis has traded 16.5% higher against the dollar. One Ignis coin can currently be purchased for approximately $0.0154 or 0.00000034 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Ignis has a total market capitalization of $11.75 million and $190,849.00 worth of Ignis was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours: - Tether (USDT) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002192 BTC. - XRP (XRP) traded 4.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.82 or 0.00001802 BTC. - Polkadot (DOT) traded down 4.6% against the dollar and now trades at $21.50 or 0.00047111 BTC. - Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded down 5.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC. - Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded 0.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0744 or 0.00000163 BTC. - Lido stETH (STETH) traded 3.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $3,270.20 or 0.07164958 BTC. - EarnX (EARNX) traded up 396,248.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0008 or 0.00000002 BTC. - Bitcoin BEP2 (BTCB) traded down 3.1% against the dollar and now trades at $45,599.75 or 0.99908370 BTC. - stETH (Lido) (STETH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3,479.19 or 0.06807369 BTC. - Internet Computer (ICP) traded down 4% against the dollar and now trades at $21.15 or 0.00046332 BTC. Ignis Coin Profile According to CryptoCompare, “Ignis is an essential part of the Ardor platform. It is the main child chain – fully featured and permissionless for everyday transactions with low fees. All the Ardor platform transaction types and features are available on the Ignis child chain. Furthermore, account specific functions, such as setting account properties and multi-signature configurations (account control), are facilitated exclusively by Ignis but accessible across all child chains. Ignis supports out of the box advanced privacy mechanisms including coin shuffling, and encrypted messages which can be shared securely with third parties. Where did Ignis come from? Ignis was created to demonstrate the easiness of making your tokens based on Ardor. It’s necessary to consider Ignis along with Ardor. The platforms were launched at the beginning of 2018 by the same authors who developed Nxt coin NXT and Ardor. What are the advantages of Ignis? Every business representative working with Ardor can create his cryptocurrency.Ignis is an example of creating such a subsidiary network.Simple smart contracts can be created with a small knowledge in programming,and this will mainly be enough to work with it.Payments can be made autonomously but if it’s necessary to confirm both sides’personalities, confidentiality can be controlled in settings.Use Ignis to experiment and build public applications with all the featuresavailable on the Ardor platform. You don't need any permission, simply installthe software, download the blockchain, get some tokens from an exchange (orexchange with ARDR tokens on-chain) then start using the APIs and coding. Itis really that simple.” Buying and Selling Ignis It is usually not possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Ignis directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Ignis should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Changelly, Gemini or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Ignis using one of the aforementioned exchanges. Receive News & Updates for Ignis Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and updates for Ignis and related cryptocurrencies with MarketBeat.com's FREE CryptoBeat newsletter.
https://www.com-unik.info/2022/03/31/ignis-ignis-price-hits-0-0154-on-top-exchanges.html
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Louisville-area chemistry teacher now a 'Jeopardy!' winner Advertisement Louisville-area chemistry teacher now a 'Jeopardy!' winner A Louisville-area chemistry teacher whose dream it was to appear on 'Jeopardy!' got more than he wished for during his appearance Thursday night.Evan Roberts, of Fern Creek High School, is now a 'Jeopardy!' winner.Roberts appeared on Thursday night's episode, winning the final round and ending with a total of $20,400. He beat out the previous reigning champ and will return Friday.Background: Fern Creek teacher gets his wish of appearing on 'Jeopardy!'WLKY spoke to Roberts ahead of his 'Jeopardy!' appearance, calling it a dream come true.This is the show's 38th season on the air, and Roberts has been watching for as long as he can remember.You can of course catch him on the show again Friday here on WLKY-TV. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville-area chemistry teacher whose dream it was to appear on 'Jeopardy!' got more than he wished for during his appearance Thursday night. Evan Roberts, of Fern Creek High School, is now a 'Jeopardy!' winner. Advertisement Roberts appeared on Thursday night's episode, winning the final round and ending with a total of $20,400. He beat out the previous reigning champ and will return Friday. Background: Fern Creek teacher gets his wish of appearing on 'Jeopardy!' WLKY spoke to Roberts ahead of his 'Jeopardy!' appearance, calling it a dream come true. This is the show's 38th season on the air, and Roberts has been watching for as long as he can remember. You can of course catch him on the show again Friday here on WLKY-TV.
https://www.wlky.com/article/louisville-area-chemistry-teacher-jeopardy-winner/39603878
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Seeking the killers with humility at work We have a name at Axios for the ideal employee: killers with humility. - The aspiration is to find wildly talented and ambitious people (killers) who put others and the company first (humility). Why it matters: A key and often under-appreciated ingredient of a killer with humility is extraordinary grace when things — or people — hit turbulence Jay Timmons, who runs the National Association of Manufacturers, smartly pointed out the primacy of grace after reading our call to purge bad people from our lives. - “Sometimes someone is going through something horrific of which colleagues and managers are not aware,” he wrote. Here are some ways to practice amazing grace at work: 1) Assume positive intent. Usually, people don’t do stupid things on purpose: Often they didn’t have a key piece of information, or were focused on the wrong thing, or just did something dumb. - This is a rerun for Finish Line regulars, but it changed our lives. We ask everyone at Axios to assume positive intent. It’s very hard to do in the moment, but it’s a game-changer for a workplace or a relationship. 2) Just ask. You never know what’s going on in someone’s life. Maybe they just got a horrible medical diagnosis, or had an awful bill come due, or had a relationship fall apart. If someone seems off or down, ask. 3) When shit happens, shine — and swarm. There is no better time to be a good person than when someone is suffering, be it sickness or mourning a death. Spring into action: send meals, flowers, prayers, offers of help. Too often we default to simply giving people space. 4) Words matter. In any given exchange, you can make someone feel good, or feel bad. It costs nothing more to make them feel good. - This doesn't mean duck tough conversations. It simply means, in most circumstances, you can give someone a nice psychic jolt with a compliment or kind word. 5) Say it, don’t write it. Texting is a terrible way to work through tension. Pick up the phone or pop on a Zoom. The big picture: Be quick to run from bad people who don’t change, but even quicker to lift up good people who stumble.
https://www.axios.com/seeking-the-killers-with-humility-at-work-83753674-f378-4044-bba0-5256a5a17bbe.html
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