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HELENA — A federal agency has once again failed to consider possible damage to the environment caused by mining coal when setting land management policies governing a major coal-producing region in Wyoming and Montana, a judge ruled this past week.
The ruling rejected resource management plans created in November 2019 by the Bureau of Land Management offices in Miles City, Montana, and Buffalo, Wyoming. The BLM plans would direct the management of the Powder River Basin — where the land agency says nearly 44% of all coal produced in the U.S. comes from — for the next 20 years.
This is the second time, both under President Donald Trump, that the same jurist has rejected the agency’s resource management plans governing the potential use of just over 20,300 square miles of land in Montana and Wyoming. The Biden administration defended the second plan.
Those 2019 plans also failed to consider limiting the expansion of coal mines or eliminating some coal deposits from leasing eligibility, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Great Falls said in his ruling Wednesday.
Morris gave BLM up to a year to produce new resource management plans that take into consideration the public health impacts — both climate and non-climate related — of burning fossil fuels recovered from federal lands when it determines how much, if any, coal should be available to lease.
In the meantime, any new or pending leases of coal, oil or natural gas in the areas must undergo a comprehensive environmental analysis that complies with Morris’ order and the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions before making decisions.
BLM and the state of Wyoming argued the agency’s land-use planning process did not allow it to consider a no-leasing alternative, court records said.
“Coal mining represents a potentially allowable use of public lands, but BLM is not required to lease public lands,” Morris said.
But coal mines in the region have been closing as scientists say human-caused climate change will continue to make weather more extreme, wildfires more frequent and destructive, and water supplies less reliable.
“The Bureau of Land Management is singularly focused on propping up the dying coal industry at the expense of its legal obligations to consider public health and the climate,” Melissa Hornbein, a senior attorney at the Western Environmental Law Center, said in a statement. “That a federal judge ordered the Bureau to consider a no-leasing alternative and disclose to the public how many people will be sickened and die as a result of the combustion of federal coal is groundbreaking.”
BLM does not comment on pending litigation, spokesperson Brian Hires said.
Agency offices updated their resource management plans in 2015. Environmental groups — including the Western Organization of Resource Councils — challenged the Montana and Wyoming plans in court.
The plans would have made 80 billion tons of federally owned coal available for leasing and allow access to 12,500 square miles of land for oil and gas development, according to the National Resources Defense Council.
Environmental groups argued that the 2015 plans did not meet National Environmental Policy Act requirements in part because they didn’t consider the effect of offering less coal for lease and did not analyze the environmental and human consequences of burning the coal.
In March 2018, Morris ordered the agency to re-do the plans, in part to consider reducing the amount of coal available for leasing and to analyze the environmental effects of burning the coal, oil and natural gas available for lease under the plans. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/judge-blm-ignores-environment-in-coal-region-plan/article_762fe4b9-0c8f-56a2-a52c-8d1681e7367d.html | 2022-08-17T21:35:54Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/judge-blm-ignores-environment-in-coal-region-plan/article_762fe4b9-0c8f-56a2-a52c-8d1681e7367d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SWEETWATER COUNTY — The 2022 Primary Election was held on Tuesday, Aug. 16. Harriet Hageman passed up Rep. Liz Cheney in the United States Representative (Republican) race. Gov. Mark Gordon came in first with 5,749 votes in the gubernatorial (Republican) race with Theresa Livingston coming in first as the Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
For the Sweetwater County Commission race, Robb Slaughter received 5,051 votes, Island Richards received 4,494 votes and Keaton West received 3,898 votes.
United States Representative (Republican):
Harriet Hageman: 6,722 votes
Liz Cheney: 2,162 votes
Anthony Bouchard: 449 votes
Denton Knapp: 176 votes
Robyn M. Belinskey: 132 votes
Governor (Republican):
Mark Gordon: 5,749 votes
Brent Bien: 2,300 votes
Rex Rammell: 819 votes
James Scott Quick: 349 votes
Secretary of State (Republican):
Chuck Gray: 4,274 votes
Tara Nethercott: 2,964 votes
Mark Armstrong: 1,176 votes
Dan Dockstader: 260 votes
State Auditor (Republican):
Kristi Racines: 7,350 votes
State Treasurer (Republican):
Curt Meier: 4,985 votes
Bill Gallop: 2,693 votes
Superintendent of Public Instruction (Republican):
Brian Schroeder: 2,809 votes
Megan Degenfelder: 2,531 votes
Thomas Kelly: 1,078 votes
Jennifer Zerba: 965 votes
Robert J. White III: 487 votes
State Senator Senate District 11 (Republican):
Larry Hicks: 569 votes
State Senator Senate District 13 (Republican):
Stacy Jones: 2,561 votes
Tom James: 1,212 votes
State Representative House District 15 (Republican):
Donald Burkhart: 33 votes
State Representative House District 17 (Republican):
Joshua Thomas (J.T.) Larson: 1,322 votes
State Representative House District 18 (Republican):
Scott Heiner: 743 votes
State Representative House District 39 (Republican):
Cody Wylie: 1,589 votes
State Representative House District 47 (Republican):
Robert “Bob” Davis: 416 votes
Clyde R. Johnson: 178 votes
State Representative House District 48 (Republican):
Clark Stith: 1,507 votes
State Representative House District 60 (Republican):
Tony Niemiec: 1,435 votes
Jennifer L. James: 465 votes
Sweetwater County Commission (Republican):
Robb Slaughter: 5,051 votes
Island Richards: 4,494 votes
Keaton West: 3,898 votes
Roy Lloyd: 2,788 votes
Chris Davis: 1,662 votes
Jeffrey Smith: 1,222 votes
Lester Mauch: 1,004 votes
Jeff Ramaj: 765 votes
Bill Formanek: 429 votes
Sweetwater County Attorney (Republican):
Dan Erramouspe: 7,626 votes
Sweetwater County Sheriff (Republican):
John Grossnickle: 6,904 votes
Dwane Pacheco: 2,456 votes
Sweetwater County Treasurer (Republican):
Mark Cowan: 2,922 votes
Tony Yerkovich: 2,767 votes
Stephen P. Allen: 2,659 votes
Sweetwater County Assessor (Republican):
Dave Divis: 5,722 votes
Perri Rubeck: 2,812 votes
Sweetwater County Clerk of District Court (Republican):
DonnaLee Bobak: 4,970 votes
Annette Eychner: 3,547 votes
United States Representative (Democrat):
Lynnette Greybull: 477 votes
Meghan R. Jensen: 297 votes
Steve Helling: 144 votes
Governor (Democrat):
Theresa A. Livingston: 547 votes
Rex Wilde: 366 votes
Superintendent of Public Instruction (Democrat):
Sergio A. Maldonado, Sr.: 867 votes
State Senator Senate District 13 (Democrat):
Leesa Kuhlmann: 385 votes
State Representative House District 17 (Democrat):
Chad M. Banks: 203 votes
State Representative House District 47 (Democrat): | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/2022-primary-election-unofficial-results/article_e1f90ac1-53a4-51e3-af13-5a734c015054.html | 2022-08-17T21:36:01Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/2022-primary-election-unofficial-results/article_e1f90ac1-53a4-51e3-af13-5a734c015054.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sweetwater Downs kicks off 2022 horse racing season
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — The 2022 horse racing season will get underway at the Sweetwater Events Complex on Saturday, Aug, 20.
Hosted by Wyoming Horse Racing, the races are in their 12th year, and will bring horses and jockeys from all over the western United States.
The 2022 16-day season will see the highest daily purse payments for horsemen, totaling over $1 million dollars for the meet. Sweetwater Downs will also feature special events daily for kids and fun for families.
“We are looking forward to offering a variety of memorable events for racegoers — from serious racing fans to those seeking family-friendly activities,” said Sweetwater Downs General Manager Eugene Joyce. “And we are especially proud that this year our partners have committed to a $1 million investment to improve the facilities at Sweetwater for all to enjoy.
Now, a day at the races truly means excitement and entertainment for everyone,” Joyce continued. “There is nothing more thrilling than seeing the horses and jockeys up close and cheering them on to the finish line.”
Fans will be able to wager on up to 9 races daily, including the $10,000 Horse Palace Stakes and enter the Derby Hat Festival.
Daily pony stick races will be held for kids, and the traditional season highlights will include the Governor’s Handicap and the John Schiffer Memorial Race.
The 12th season of live horse racing begins Saturday, Aug. 20, and extends through Sunday October 2.
Race fans unable to attend live racing in person can place bets at any Horse Palace location and enjoy the latest game additions where a nearly $800,000 jackpot was recently won.
The nine locations include two in Casper, two in Cheyenne and one in Evanston, Gillette, Green River, Rock Springs and Sheridan.
For more information on live racing at Sweetwater Downs, visit: wyominghorseracingdata. com.
Two men die in crash south of Wright
GILLETTE (WNE) — Two men were killed in a three-vehicle crash southwest of Wright late Saturday night.
At 11:55 p.m., a 36-year-old man from Oklahoma was driving a 2006 Ford F-150 south on Highway 387 near Clarkelen Road when he crossed the center line, colliding head-on with a Toyota Camry driven by a 62-year-old man from Utah, said Wyoming Highway Patrol Lt. Jeremy Beck.
The Toyota came to an uncontrolled rest on the northbound roadway and shoulder. The F-150 traveled off the road, crossed a driveway and came to a stop on its roof.
The truck’s driver, Michael Brasch, was fully ejected and died from the injuries he sustained in the crash. The driver of the Camry, Christopher Czech, also died from injuries he received during the crash.
Czech was wearing a seatbelt, while Brasch was not, Beck said.
A red Nissan Rogue, which was traveling behind the Camry, was hit by debris from the collision and came to a stop on the northbound shoulder of Highway 387. No one in the Nissan was hurt, Beck said.
Monday morning, Beck said Highway Patrol was still investigating to determine a contributing factor. At the time of the crash, the road conditions were dry and the weather was clear.
So far this year, there have been 70 deaths on Wyoming’s highways, which is right in line with the last two years. In 2021, there were 71 fatalities through mid-August, while 2020 had 75.
Council mulls limit for dogs per household
GREYBULL (WNE) — Hoping to close a loophole in town statutes, the Greybull Town Council is considering limiting the number of dogs or cats that can be owned by a person living within town limits.
Council members are just in the discussion phase, with a first reading of new ordinance language tentatively planned for the August meeting.
Police Chief Bill Brenner said the issue surfaced after a resident asked the town’s animal control officer how many dogs a person could legally have at one time.
The ACO couldn’t provide an answer because current town ordinances say nothing about limits on the number of dogs or cats — just that anyone owning four or more species of any kind must purchase a kennel license from the town.
Administrator/Finance Director Carrie Hunt said she reached out to several municipalities in Wyoming to see what their ordinances say. Only Gillette limits the number of dogs a person can own; the other two, Hudson and Rolling Hills, do not.
After some discussion about using six as the maximum number, council members talked the figure down to four while emphasizing that it wouldn’t apply to breeders — at least until their pups are weaned or reach a certain age.
Even if the council sets a limit, anyone who currently has four or more pets would be grandfathered in, said Kent Richins, the town attorney. After those animals die, the owners would need to keep their number of dogs under four.
Races will be judged by Ninja Nation staff and scores are made up of completion times and number of falls.
Ninja Nation specializes in mobile ninja competitions and will fill the gap left in this year’s schedule by the cancellation of the highly popular annual pig wrestling competition, due to a shortage of pigs.
“We were crushed when pig wrestling had to be cancelled this year,” said Fair Board Chairman Trena Bauder in a press release. “Ninja Nation will be something new for our community and still provide the excitement and humor our pig wrestling participants have always enjoyed – both as competitors and spectators.”
Those interested in forming a team for the Ninja Nation competition should visit the fair’s website at campbellcountywy.gov/fair.
Cheyenne attorney and former AG publicly censured
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has recently issued an order of public censure of Cheyenne attorney Gay Vanderpoel Woodhouse, a news release from the Wyoming State Bar said.
The order came after an attorney disciplinary panel determined Woodhouse violated rules prohibiting conflicts of interest and brought forward claims that lacked a factual or legal basis.
The court ordered that Woodhouse be publicly censured and pay an administrative fee of $750, as well as $50 to the State Bar.
Public censure, a public statement of disapproval, does not limit an attorney’s “right to practice law,” according to the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure for attorneys.
Woodhouse was Wyoming’s first female attorney general, serving from 1998 to 2001. She has been licensed to practice law in the state since 1978. She currently works for local law firm Woodhouse Roden Ames & Brennan, LLC, but at the time of the incidents worked for Woodhouse Roden Nethercott, LLC.
“The order stemmed from a disciplinary complaint against Woodhouse that was submitted to the Office of Bar Counsel by a Cheyenne couple whose LLC was sued by Woodhouse in 2020,” the news release explained. “The lawsuit related to a startup business that operated a workout facility. Two LLCs partnered to operate the gym via a third LLC, in which the two member LLCs owned equal shares. Woodhouse sued on behalf of one of the member LLCs seeking various relief against the other member LLC and the LLC that operated the gym.”
The panel recommendation explained Woodhouse had a conflict of interest because she was “in effect representing and suing her clients,” as the defendant in the lawsuit she brought owned 50% of one of the LLCs she was representing.
“I have a couple of rules in life, and one is to always make amends when I do make an error, which I’ve done, and also to be sure that I learn from my mistakes,” Woodhouse told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on Wednesday.
Solvay buys out longtime partner
GREEN RIVER (WNE) – Solvay is now the sole owner of the soda ash operation bearing the company’s name west of Green River.
The company issued a press release announcing it had purchased the 20% minority stake in the operation owned by AGC for $120 million.
Solvay and AGC formed the Solvay Soda Ash Joint Venture in 1992, buying the operation that was owned by Tennaco Inc.
The facility is one of two plants operated by Solvay in the United States. The company operates six other soda ash facilities in Europe and one in Asia.
Solvay carved out its soda ash and derivatives business last year, creating a separate legal entity for the department.
“The acquisition of AGC’s stake in the JV simplifies our portfolio and is an attractive opportunity to enhance and further reinforce our business and a future independent EssentialCo,” Philippe Kehren, President of Solvay’s Soda Ash and Derivatives business, said in the press release. “Increasing our supply of trona-based soda ash is directly aligned with our sustainability ambitions to bring lower carbon-intensive soda ash to the market.”
Kehren said expanding the US-based trona capacities will support Solvay’s ability to meet growing demands throughout the Americas and Asia in a cost-effective manner. He notes the demand is driven by trends in electrification, which uses soda ash in the production of batteries for electric vehicles and the flat glass used in solar panels.
Teton County tops nation for COVID vaccinations
JACKSON (WNE) — As with face masks and other pandemic precautions, not everyone was a fan of the COVID-19 vaccine.
But in Teton County, 93% of residents are fully vaccinated, making it one of the top 10 most vaccinated counties in the country, according to a U.S. News report.
Public health officials are celebrating the statistic, even as they continue to give out shots. Jodie Pond, public health director for the Teton County Health Department, said her staff administered over 200 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine just last week, including some first doses.
The department is also expecting results from its application for a National Association of Counties Achievement Award in the coming weeks. In that application, staff highlighted the extensive work of volunteers who helped Teton County achieve such a staggering vaccination rate.
For example, 133 volunteers worked a total of 2,064 hours in the call center alone, answering all manner of pandemic questions from community members trying to understand a rapidly evolving situation to keep their families safe and informed.
On the vaccine front, large-scale vaccination events at the Target building and the Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole would not have been possible without an army of volunteers.
With coordination assistance from Team Rubicon, 57 administrative volunteers covered 387 shifts, working a total of 1,548 hours. Volunteer vaccinators numbered 365, serving a collective 7,918 hours.
Those efforts meant people who wanted a shot could typically get one as soon as they were eligible.
Teton County led the nation in per-capita COVID cases during the January omicron surge, but St. John’s Health wasn’t overrun with patients, and only two reported deaths were linked to the virus at the time. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/townnews/law/around-wyoming/article_bbbc9ae0-1e68-11ed-8874-376f9f5cacb8.html | 2022-08-17T21:36:07Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/townnews/law/around-wyoming/article_bbbc9ae0-1e68-11ed-8874-376f9f5cacb8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Boomerang page plan, Aug. 18,, 2022 Aug 17, 2022 Aug 17, 2022 Updated 58 min ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BOOMERANG page plan for THURSDAY, Aug. 18 A1 (send color)Tease 1TODAY’S PICK Cheney’s defeat means the GOP is Trump’s party now, Page A3Tease 2:Sports tease from JoshTease 3:GO THE DISTANCE Goals vary at the Med Bow Rail Marathon and Half Marathon, Page A6MAIN PACKAGE: Hageman plays Trump card: Wyoming voters send decisive message with huge Cheney defeat, Staff (photos)State is set for Albany County Sheriff’s race, Abby (mugs, bug)Gov. Gordon wins GOP primary; Degenfelder, Gray also win, WTE (mugs, bug)Jump to A3, A5 A2 (send color)STANDALONE PHOTOToday/tomorrow from APWhat’s happening?WeatherCorrection policy A3 (send color)Today’s pick: Cheney’s defeat means it’s Trump’s party now, AP (photos)Jumps from A1A4 OPINION (send B&W)Syndicated cartoonLetters (3 of them)New letters policySimpson column (Wyoming voices)A5 (send color)Obits (if there are any)Jumps from A1Around Wyoming to fillVol. 142 No. 167 A6 OUTDOORS (send B&W)Go the distance: Travsky column, (photos)Groups sue feds for inaction on wolf protection, WNE (file photo)Snow King closed zip line for week following accident, WNE (file photos) A7 (send color)Jumps from A6Fishing report – put ad over report A8 (send color)LCSD1 official: No plans to arm teachers, WTECrime briefsB1-B3 SPORTS (send B1 color, B2-B3 B&W)B4-B5 COMICS/PUZZLES (send B&W)B6-B8 CLASSIFIEDS (send color) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Trump Gop Cheney Defeat Politics Sport Plan Gordon Jump Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus Trending Now Hageman beats Cheney, will face Grey Bull in November Poll: Hageman up big ahead of Wyoming's GOP primary next week Gordon and Hageman ahead by wide margins in UW poll Rally at Cheyenne FBI office planned for Sunday Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for today's primary election Latest Special Section Cheyenne Frontier Days To view our latest Special Section click the image on the left. Latest e-Edition Wyoming Tribune Eagle To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/townnews/politics/boomerang-page-plan-aug-18-2022/article_ee683f78-1e6b-11ed-897b-abc3bf41d7a8.html | 2022-08-17T21:36:13Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/townnews/politics/boomerang-page-plan-aug-18-2022/article_ee683f78-1e6b-11ed-897b-abc3bf41d7a8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SALISBURY, Md. - For the 2022-23 school year, Wicomico Public Schools will participate in the federal program known as CEP (Community Eligibility Provision). The program offers all Wicomico students breakfast and lunch at no charge. Applying for free or reduced meals is not necessary to receive meals at no cost.
However, because of other benefits to students and the schools they attend, Wicomico Public Schools officials are encouraging all families to complete a Household Data Collections form to determine eligibility for additional resources based on federal guidelines.
Click on the below link to be directed to the Household Data Collection Form: http://household_data.wcboe.org/
Contact your school's principal or guidance counselor if you have any questions regarding this form. | https://www.wboc.com/news/free-breakfast-lunch-to-be-offered-to-wicomico-public-school-students-for-2022-23-school/article_00b9a4a2-1e5b-11ed-bdb6-bb34c4473133.html | 2022-08-17T21:37:14Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/free-breakfast-lunch-to-be-offered-to-wicomico-public-school-students-for-2022-23-school/article_00b9a4a2-1e5b-11ed-bdb6-bb34c4473133.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CAMBRIDGE, Md. - Maryland State Police on Wednesday announced the arrests of two men wanted in connection with the April fatal shooting of a man in Cambridge.
The first suspect, Raykquon Dijon Molock, 25, of Frederick, Md., is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. He was taken into custody Tuesday by the U.S. Marshal’s – Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. Molock was transported to the Frederick County Detention Center, where he awaits extradition to Dorchester County.
The second suspect, Tamar Jawayne Collins, 22, of Cambridge, Md., is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of reckless endangerment, one count of illegal possession of a handgun and one count of illegal possession of a loaded handgun. Maryland State Police arrested Collins on Wednesday morning in Cambridge. He was transported to the Dorchester County Detention Center, where he is awaiting an initial appearance before a District Court Commissioner.
The victim is identified as A’Corie Young, 20, of Cambridge, Md. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. His death was ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore.
The initial call for service was reported to the Cambridge Police Department. Shortly after 3 a.m. April 10, investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit were requested to lead the investigation.
Investigators responded to the 800 block of Fairmount Drive in Cambridge. Upon arrival at the scene, officers found the victim, later identified as Young, suffering from gunshot wounds.
Maryland State Police investigators from the Homicide Unit conducted a neighborhood canvass and interviewed witnesses in the area. Maryland State Police crime scene technicians responded and processed the scene for evidence.
Additional assistance in this ongoing investigation is being provided by the Cambridge Police Department and Dorchester County State’s Attorney’s Office. | https://www.wboc.com/news/maryland-state-police-arrest-pair-wanted-in-cambridge-murder/article_9a705130-1e61-11ed-8024-63fc3bbe395d.html | 2022-08-17T21:37:20Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/maryland-state-police-arrest-pair-wanted-in-cambridge-murder/article_9a705130-1e61-11ed-8024-63fc3bbe395d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SALISBURY, MD- A prekindergarten program is coming to Wor-Wic County Community College this fall. The program is open to 18 students ages 3 and 4 years old. Their families must be a Wicomico County residents and meet the federal poverty guidelines. It provides a full day of school with a meal as well. The new program is funded through an over $200 thousand grant from the Maryland Department of Education which Wor-Wic Child Development Director, Sandra March, say they are excited to accept.
"Well, the grant pays for the program itself it pays for the teachers who will be coming in," March said. "It will also pay for all of the furniture and equipment, you know the needs of the classroom of the children. Whatever they need."
One of the program's pre-K instructors, Tina Hitchens, says they are ready to help children ease into the school system.
"So this is very exciting," Hitchens said. "Wor-Wic has a wonderful childhood development center currently. And they've expanded into a pre-K program and it's important because we're reading them for their future in the school system."
The organizers say that because of the great need for pre-K programs, the new Wor-Wic pre-K program is at max capacity. Wor-Wic does offer childcare for ages 2-5 year-round for families who may be interested. | https://www.wboc.com/news/wor-wic-community-college-is-offering-a-new-prekindergarten-program-this-fall/article_ab8c47fc-1e67-11ed-b2a1-7b13bcefccf5.html | 2022-08-17T21:37:26Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/wor-wic-community-college-is-offering-a-new-prekindergarten-program-this-fall/article_ab8c47fc-1e67-11ed-b2a1-7b13bcefccf5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Forecast updated on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at 3:45 PM by WBOC Meteorologist Dan Satterfield (AMS-CBM).
DELMARVA FORECAST
Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy and mild. Low 62-64°. Wind: S 1-4 mph.
Thursday: Mainly sunny, and warm. High 86° inland with temps. near 75° on the beaches. Wind: W 3-10 mph. Winds SE 8-12 mph PM on the beaches.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy with a light breeze. Low 66°. Wind: S 2-7 mph.
Friday: Mainly sunny, and warm. High 87° inland with temps. near 76° on the beaches. Wind: S 3-11 mph. Winds SE 8-12 mph PM on the beaches.
Forecast Discussion:
We have a clear and mild night ahead with light winds as a weak high pressure develops over the area. Look for low temps .near sunrise to dip down to around 62-64 degrees.
Thursday looks sunny, with light west winds, and it will be a little warmer and more humid. An onshore sea breeze will develop on the coast with temps. there in the mid 70's. Inland temps. will be near 85-86 degrees. Winds on the coast will turn to the east to SE at 6-10 mph in the afternoon hours.
Friday will be a little warmer and more humid with temps. near 87 inland. The coast will see a sea breeze and stay in the mid to upper 70's all afternoon. Winds will be south to SE at 5-11 mph for most of the day. Clouds will increase Friday night and a low pressure system may spread rain over southern Delmarva by sunrise Saturday. The rain may be heavy in places.
In the long-range, it will turn more humid by Saturday and rain is likely. The rain may be heavy in spots, and clouds will hold the temps. down to around 80-82 degrees. Morning low temps. will stay in the upper 60's through Tuesday. Look for scattered showers Sunday through Monday with the better chances Monday afternoon. Warm and humid weather looks likely for much of next week with afternoon highs from 84-87 degrees. No real hot weather seems likely in the next 10 days but it will be rather humid with warm temps.
The average high for today is 85 degrees with an average low of 66 degrees. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/feeling-more-like-august/article_ad9ee08a-1e68-11ed-af58-030bd081000c.html | 2022-08-17T21:37:32Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/feeling-more-like-august/article_ad9ee08a-1e68-11ed-af58-030bd081000c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PULLMAN, Wash. — The gender disparity at high-level accounting firms hurts at the top, according to a study done by Washington State University (WSU).
The study found that op-level firms like Deloitte and KPMG are placing women in less powerful, less prestigious positions than their male counterparts.
In these firms, executives can hold positions under the name of “Partner” or “Director”. According to the press release from the WSU, partners buy into the firm, hold voting power on important decisions and help plan the firm’s next steps. Directors are parallel positions made up of those who are just as highly skilled and paid as a partner. However, they do not get any voting power.
The study found that both levels of leadership lack gender equity. Women make up 32% of directors, but only 18% of partners.
“Women and men are hired into these public accounting firms at a very equal ratio, but at the partner level, it's disproportionate,” said Kathleen Harris, an accounting assistant professor with Washington State University’s Carson College of Business. “If we want equity in accounting, then both men and women need to be at the table making decisions.”
Despite the disparity, audit clients paid more for female partners who signed audits versus female directors, and even male partners and directors. The study states there is no direct explanation for this phenomenon. However, it shows that clients are willing and able to pay for more diverse and equitable hiring.
“You can't really hire diversity. You have to create an environment that attracts diversity,” Harris said. “For anybody going into accounting, if they can see themselves as a success story because they can see a partner that looks like them, then, it's more attractive for them to enter that field.”
The study states that the number of women holding positions of director versus partner has stayed the same. Harris and her co-authors, Elizabeth Almer of Portland State University as well as Julia Higgs and Joe Rakestraw of Florida Atlantic University, studied more than 1,500 audit engagements from 2017 Federal Audit Clearinghouse data for the seven largest public accounting firms. They found that among audit signers, directors were more often women, and partners were often men.
“The first point of change is awareness,” Harris said. “Once you identify a problem, the next step is to discuss what opportunities there are to develop equity in the firm.”
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BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts joined 36 other states and D.C. when it legalized sports betting this summer. But as for the rollout, leaders on Beacon Hill are saying only time will tell.
Sports betting passed in the final hours of this term’s legislative cycle after emerging from conference committee. The law makes betting on national sports legal, and betting on Massachusetts collegiate sports legal when they are playing in a tournament.
When asked on Wednesday where sports betting is headed, both legislative leaders had a wait and see attitude.
How fast do you see sports betting being implemented?
Senator President Karen Spilka responded, “That is certainly up to the gaming commission, I believe that they have a path, they’ve been looking into it, they’ve done a terrific job thus far in their other tasks and their mission, and I would leave that up to them.”
When asked if residents could see sports betting in time for the Super Bowl, House Speaker Ron Mariano told 22News, “If you look around at the states that surround us, they all have rules and regulations in place. I don’t think we have to reinvent the wheel, I think we can borrow some of the rules and regulations that work well in the states around us.”
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FLORIDA, USA — Children across the U.S. are heading back to school but in many states this year, there's something missing: teachers. Tens of thousands of positions remain unfilled, even as classes get underway.
Florida has about 8,000 vacancies. Pembroke Pines kindergarten teacher Denise Soufrine has spent more than three decades in the classroom. She's concerned the shortage will negatively impact children. "Students won't have as much individualized help as they would if we had enough teachers. They might not be getting the quality of education."
Other states and cities are experiencing shortages, too. Kansas is down about 1,400 teachers statewide. Dallas had 300 positions to fill with just weeks until school started.
"We're hiring on site," said Dallas ISD Recruiting Director Steven Jackson at a recent job fair.
San Francisco started its school year short more than 100 educators, offering promising pay raises and issuing emergency credentials for college graduates.
"We have the added difficulty in San Francisco of our cost of housing. It's hard for teachers to live in San Francisco for early career teachers," says Kristin Bijur, head of human resources for San Francisco Unified School District.
"We have a perfect storm going on at this moment," says American Federation of Teachers President Rani Weingarten.
She blames the shortage on low pay, politicization of the classroom, and a basic lack of respect for educators.
"We need the politicians to stop making these culture wars and respect the work we do. Respect parents, respect kids and respect teachers. And that doesn't cost a dime," says Weingarten.
Some districts are getting creative to bring teachers back to class - offering four-day work weeks, thousands of dollars in incentives, discounted childcare and even relaxing the dress code. Still, an AFT poll found job satisfaction is desperately low, with nearly three-quarters of its members saying they would not recommend the profession to prospective teachers. About 40 percent say they are likely to leave their jobs in the next two years.
Soufrine says the solution is like the old saying, 'put your money where your mouth is.'
"Education has to be valued by our society more," she says. "I think it needs to be shown with salaries."
The AFT survey also showed that teachers believe lawmakers haven't done enough to curb gun violence in schools. And 70% said the threat of gun violence affects their school environments.
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SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) shared new requirements and guidance to mitigate COVID-19 transmission in K-12 schools and child care during the upcoming school year.
The new guide and requirements were issued by the Washington State Department of Health (WSDH). During the meeting, Health Officer Dr. Francisco Velazquez shared the new back-to-school WSDH COVID-19 guidance that schools, staff, students, children and parents need to follow when returning to the newsrooms this fall.
Velazquez said that SRHD has been working with school partners to make sure they are able to bring students back to school safely and protect staff, teachers and families.
He said under the back-to-school WSDH COVID-19 guidance, children are not required to get vaccinated against COVID. However, those who qualify are recommended to get the vaccine.
The following is the back-to-school WSDH COVID-19 guidance:
- COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines are recommended for children but not required to return to school.
- All employees, volunteers and indoor contractors in educational settings are required to be fully vaccinated or have a medical or religious exemption.
- Students, children and school staff who test positive for COVID-19 are required to isolate regardless of vaccination status and return to school after five full days of isolation if they are asymptomatic or their symptoms have improved, and they have had no fever for the past 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications.
- Students, children and staff returning from five days of isolation should wear a well-fitted mask for 6 to 10 days. Those returning are encouraged to test before doing so.
- School and childcare providers are no longer required to notify high-risk individuals of exposure directly but must continue to have a process in place to inform students, staff and families of cases and outbreaks.
- Schools and childcare providers are required to report outbreaks only when there are three or more cases within a specified core group, to local health jurisdictions (LHJ) and to have a system in place to respond
The SRHD will be offering a vaccine clinic at Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Aug. 25. The clinic will be offering all vaccines that are required for kids to go back to school and COVID-19 vaccines for adults including Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax. No appointments are required.
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Where to get frozen wine around Fort Collins
If our recent late-summer heat has you looking for a reprieve, might we suggest a new way to cool down in Fort Collins?
While the Choice City is decidedly beer-soaked, a handful of places — including Fort Collins' only two wineries — are serving up something different: frozen wines.
Boasting everything from frozen aronia berry sangria to classic frosés, these four spots have good options for some late-summer sipping.
Blendings at ... The Exchange
West Fort Collins winery Blendings at The Hillside Vineyard is uncorking a new chapter in Old Town. Following complaints from neighbors and reports of the winery hosting events that went against its agritourism special land use permit, the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners voted earlier this summer to suspend the winery’s main tasting room operations for six months. In response, the winery's owners are pivoting their business, including ramping up their monthly wine club and opening a tiny satellite location at The Exchange, 200 N. College Ave. The winery's new spot at The Exchange — tucked next to The Foundry Barbers — offers grab-and-go frozen wines and uniquely flavored pepper wines. It's open from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday and Sunday and noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Is wine's tide turning?As beer bubbled, wine stumbled in Fort Collins. That might be about to change.
The American Legion
You read that correctly. Not only is Blendings at The Hillside Vineyard taking on Old Town, it's also broadening its frozen wine footprint to American Legion Post 4, 2124 County Road 54G. Earlier this month, the west Fort Collins winery added two of its frozen wine machines to the Legion, where customers are acquiring a taste for the winery's frozen sangria and margarita wine. The American Legion is open from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, 2-9 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.
ND streetBar
ND streetBar, 100 N. College Ave., is serving up frosé for the happiest of hours in the heart of Old Town. The restaurant's Not Your Mama's Frosé, which melds rosé, Aperol, mint and lemon, is available only for the restaurant's happy hour (nightly from 9 p.m. to close and all day Wednesdays). Bonus? It's only $2.
OBC Wine Project
Of course OBC Wine Project is in on the frozen wine game. The Fort Collins winery, which opened its tasting room here last year, serves $9 frosés every Friday through Sunday.
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CSU football scrimmage takeaways: Team works on pace, pressure without Norvell
The focus of preseason camp is about to shift.
The first couple weeks for the Colorado State football team have been about offense and defense battling each other as each unit aims to perfect its craft.
Next week the focus changes to game mode. Michigan will become the focus as offense and defense split and begin to build their specific game plans in advance of the Sept. 3 opener.
That meant Wednesday’s scrimmage was another significant point in the development of the team as the season nears.
Here’s a look at takeaways from the scrimmage.
Rams are without Jay Norvell's presence
Head coach Jay Norvell is still absent from practices after a positive COVID test, but the team and assistants suggest the disruption has been handled well despite not being ideal.
“You hate not having your fearless leader. It’s amazing to not have Jay around,” associate head coach Matt Mumme said. “In the five years I’ve been with him, he’s never missed a single thing, so to see him miss something you know it’s really tough.”
Lyell: New Colorado State football coach Jay Norvell embraces and energizes fan base
Norvell conducts Zoom meetings with the team, and right after the scrimmage he and the coaches planned to watch the film and break down next steps.
Players say they miss his energy but that the work needed is being done.
The team hopes he can be back later this week.
Team works on picking up pace
One of Mumme’s goals for the offense in Wednesday’s scrimmage was to pick up the pace. He felt each unit, from No. 1’s through 4’s, did that well, but he was frustrated with missed opportunities to finish in the end zone.
“Still got to finish. We’ve got to work on finishing in the end zone,” said Mumme, who called plays with Norvell absent. “Our job is to score points, score touchdowns. We still have work to do to get better there.”
Mumme noted that Nevada averaged 29 points per game in his and Norvell’s first season there but he hopes to be in the 30s this season.
Mumme said the running backs (A’Jon Vivens, Avery Morrow and David Bailey are top three) have had a strong camp. The first five of the offensive line are showing better cohesion as well.
While receivers Tory Horton and Melquan Stovall didn’t take part in the hitting portions of practice, Mumme said the freshman receivers are impressing. Justus Ross-Simmons, Louis Brown and Mekhi Fox may all see significant time.
Cam’Ron Carter responds to challenge
One of the most notable depth chart changes in spring was linebacker Cam’Ron Carter being bumped down as walk-on Drew Kulick took the starting spot alongside Dequan Jackson.
Carter was challenged, and he’s responded. He made one play in red zone drills Wednesday where he perfectly timed a snap count and exploded through the line and ruined a run play. He’s moving back up the depth chart and will play a lot this fall.
“Cam is in the mix right now. He’s going to play a lot of snaps for us. At the end of spring we wouldn’t have said that. We’re proud of him. You should have seen him work this summer,” defensive coordinator Freddie Banks said. “We were pretty pointed with what we thought, and he could have tanked it. He’s going to help us win a lot of games.”
Colorado State football 2022 depth chart projection following spring practices
Kulick is still very much in the mix, as well. He’ll play a lot and has become a favorite of Banks and staff.
“In spring he wasn’t really on our radar. Right around middle of spring we were like, ‘Man, who’s this dude? He keeps getting better and better and better,’” Banks said. “He’s always meeting extra. Then he had a great summer. Spring was good, great summer, put on some weight and is still running fast, and he’s super smart.”
How the defense is training
Norvell’s Nevada was first in turnover margin in the Mountain West last season. Banks’ Montana State defense was top 20 in FCS in turnovers forced. Meanwhile, CSU forced the second-fewest turnovers in the MW last season.
The ball is king, and the teaching is nonstop to try and get it away from an offense. Second tackler is ordered to punch to force a fumble. If you punch the ball 10 times and it comes out twice, it was worth it.
Now, will this unit cause turnovers? It’s hard to tell in camp, but the players seem excited about the possibilities.
“Coach Banks is a guru,” cornerback Chigozie Anusiem said. “I feel like this defense, we’re not giving up a lot of points. It’s a lot of opportunities for guys to make plays.”
Banks is big on celebrating big plays. The defensive sideline went crazy with every big play Wednesday, from a forced fumble in the red zone to a jump ball knocked away in the end zone by Ayden Hector.
With an Air Raid offense, the defense doesn’t have to be best in the league but it needs to be solid and good at taking the ball away. This will be one of the key stats to watch this season.
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The FIFA ban on the All India Football Federation has hit the pre-season plans of Kerala Blasters FC.
The Indian Super League side confirmed Wednesday evening that their scheduled matches in pre-season in UAE have been cancelled in the wake of the development.
The Blasters were set to play three friendlies in the Emirates starting with one against Al-Nasr, a first division side in the UAE, on August 20.
"The team will continue to train in Dubai for the time being and alternative arrangements have already been made," a club statement read.
"The club is ensuring that the players have the adequate exposure and facilities to have the team match-ready for the upcoming Hero ISL season."
The global football body had issued the ban on AIFF due to 'third-party interference'.
Meanwhile, the Gokulam Kerala Women's team is stranded in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, unable to play in the AFC Women's Club Championship due to the ban.
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GOP lawmaker pits rural schools against Austin
State Rep. Cody Harris, an East Texas Republican, wants rural schools to speak out against "pornographic content" in public schools, using Austin ISD as an example of a school district "actively engaged in exposing students" to explicit material.
Why it matters: The move by Harris is the latest effort by GOP lawmakers to wage a war against content in schools and libraries that they deem inappropriate, including books examining race, gender and sexuality.
What they're saying: "Schools like Austin ISD are actively engaged in exposing students — even elementary school students — to grotesque sexual and downright pornographic content that is unquestionably inappropriate and has no place in a public school system," Harris, who is up for reelection, wrote to superintendents in his district in a letter obtained by Axios Austin.
The other side: "No we're not," Jason Stanford, a spokesperson for AISD, quipped.
Between the lines: A spokesperson for Harris sent Axios videos from a Twitter account called "Libsoftiktok" — which regularly denounces transgender people and gender-affirming care for children — as reason for the letter. The account posted at least two videos tagging Austin ISD.
- One example included Austin ISD's "Pride Out! Party in the Park" event in March, which hosted a drag show, activities for all ages and music at Eastside Early College High School. The district held the event in defiance of a letter from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said it violated state law.
Details: Harris added that while local control should be preserved, "it should not be used as an excuse to allow out-of-control political subdivisions to bombard students with filth — whether it be gay pride celebration at an elementary school or graphic illustrations in a library book."
- "I am convinced that for good rural schools to survive, you must speak out — whether that's on your own or through the association that you pay to represent you," Harris said.
Flashback: Schools across the state have pulled books from their shelves amid pressure from GOP leadership.
- Most recently, 27 House Republicans urged school district officials not to buy books from vendors that have supplied schools with material deemed inappropriate. Rep. Jared Patterson, a Frisco Republican who led the charge, announced earlier this week that he has challenged 23 books in Frisco ISD for the new school year.
- In Central Texas, district officials in Leander opted last year to remove at least 11 books from high schoolers' curriculum, while the conservative Williamson County Commissioners Court threatened to withhold federal money because the district hadn’t gone far enough.
- In Llano County, a librarian alleged that she was fired after refusing to remove books from the shelves.
- In Round Rock, a Black Parents Association mobilized to stop the district from banning "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You."
What to watch: Measures targeting school books and curriculum is all but certain to come up when lawmakers reconvene at the state Capitol in January.
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How long does a car accident stay on your record?
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How long does an accident stay on your record? The answer is typically three to five years, depending on your state and insurer. (Shutterstock)
When a car accident happens, it’s normal to feel scared, stressed, and overwhelmed. It’s very easy to focus on the here and now, rather than what’s going to happen down the line.
But once the dust settles, you may find that you have yet another problem to worry about — your driving record. Car accidents can stay on your driving record for years, affecting your auto insurance rates.
Let’s take a closer look at how long an accident stays on your record and how it can impact your car insurance.
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- How long does an accident stay on your record?
- How much will your rate increase after an accident?
- How to get insured with an accident on your record
How long does an accident stay on your record?
A car accident will typically stay on your driving record for three to five years in the eyes of insurers. This means that an accident may stay on your record for longer, but auto insurance carriers will typically only consider the last three to five years.
However, the state you live in and where the accident occurred can affect how long the accident will remain on your record. For example, in California, the DMV typically reports accidents for three years, but it can be up to 10 years for collisions involving commercial vehicles or hazardous materials.
What’s accident forgiveness?
Accident forgiveness is a type of coverage you can get in addition to your base auto insurance policy. With this coverage, you won’t experience a potential insurance rate hike after your first at-fault accident.
You typically must qualify for accident forgiveness, so check with your auto insurance provider to see if you’re eligible for this benefit. You may qualify if you go five years without an accident. Avoiding a rate increase after your first accident can save you a lot of money in the long run.
How much will your rate increase after an accident?
The average nationwide rate increase after an at-fault accident is 28% for Progressive customers. However, the amount that your auto insurance rate rises — if at all — depends on a few different factors beyond just your insurer. While your accident history does influence your insurance premium, so do other factors like your age and location. The driver at fault in the accident can also impact your rate change.
The good news is even if you do experience a rate increase after an accident, that increase won’t necessarily be permanent. As previously mentioned, insurance carriers generally look at the last three to five years of your driving record to determine what your insurance rate should be. That means that even if you have an accident on your record, after a certain point, insurance providers stop holding it against you if you can show a responsible driving history afterward.
You can visit Credible to compare auto insurance quotes from multiple carriers, all in one place.
What to do if your auto insurance rate increases
If you do experience an auto insurance rate increase after an accident, you can take steps to try to reduce your insurance costs, such as:
- Shop around. There’s no rule that says you have to stick with your current insurance carrier. If your insurance provider raises your rates at your next renewal, consider getting quotes to see if any other insurance providers will offer you a lower price. You can compare quotes online in minutes.
- Reduce your coverage. Take a look at your current coverage to see if you really need as much as you’re paying for. For example, if you have an old car, consider dropping comprehensive and collision coverage.
- Bundle insurance policies. Some auto insurance providers offer discounts to consumers who carry multiple policies with them. Bundling home and auto insurance is a popular route to take, but depending on the insurance carrier and the other policies they offer, you may be able to bundle renters insurance, pet insurance, or life insurance policies with your car insurance.
- Ask about discounts. It can’t hurt to ask what type of discounts your auto insurance provider offers. You may have recently qualified for a discount without realizing it. Many auto insurance carriers offer good student discounts, military discounts, and senior discounts, among others.
How to get insured with an accident on your record
Getting car insurance after an accident may be more difficult, depending on the severity of the accident. If it’s your first accident, you may not run into much trouble finding a new policy, but if you have a pattern of accidents, some auto insurance providers may shy away from offering you coverage.
You do have a few options to move forward. One way to better your odds of being approved for a new insurance policy — and to secure a low rate — is to improve your credit score. In most states, insurance providers are allowed to use credit-based insurance scores to determine your premium. You can improve your insurance score by paying down debt and making consistent, on-time payments. The lower your credit score, the more auto insurance is likely to cost.
Another option is to reduce the amount of miles you typically drive, if possible. Your average mileage reflects how at risk you are of getting into an accident. If you can show that you’re driving less these days, your auto insurance rate may go down as a result. Moving closer to work, choosing a remote job, or taking more public transportation on the weekends can all help you cut down on your mileage. If you plan to take any big road trips, consider renting a car to help keep the mileage on your car low.
Keep in mind that increased insurance rates after an accident are temporary. That being said, every accident can set you back financially. That’s just one more good reason to drive as safely as possible.
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Arlington Heights man accused of luring minors into apartment, takes off clothes in front of them
CHICAGO - A 54-year-old man appeared in court Wednesday for a bond hearing after luring two children into his apartment in Arlington Heights.
James Krook was charged with kidnapping and child luring following an incident on Aug. 9.
At about 2 p.m., Arlington Heights Police officers responded to an apartment complex in the 2100 block of South Tonne Drive when a passerby saw two children standing outside on an apartment patio screaming.
The witness overheard a man, later identified as Krook, yell at the children. The witness confronted Krook and escorted the children to safety.
Following an investigation, officers found that the children were playing outside in the apartment complex common area when they were approached by Krook who was using a walker.
Krook persuaded the children to follow him into his apartment saying he needed assistance getting into his building.
The victims helped the man into the building.
At this time, Krook allegedly cursed at the victims and told them not to leave, intimidating them into entering his unit.
Krook then offered them beer inside the apartment.
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The victims exited through the patio door and advised the defendant they wanted to leave.
The defendant responded angrily utilizing vulgar language and demanded they re-enter the apartment.
When the victims refused, the defendant used vulgar language and said, "well, I am going to take my clothes off." He began to remove his shirt and pants.
At this point, the witness confronted Krook and took temporary custody of the juveniles, police said.
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Boy, 6, critically wounded after being shot in West Woodlawn apartment
CHICAGO - A 6-year-old boy was shot in the back in a West Woodlawn apartment Wednesday afternoon.
The shooting occurred in the 6100 block of South Vernon Avenue.
At about 2:19 p.m., the boy was inside the apartment when he sustained a gunshot wound to the back, police said.
The victim was transported to a local hospital, and is currently in critical condition.
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At this time, the offender is unknown.
Area One detectives are investigating.
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Chicago police release video of carjacking suspects, seek to identify them
CHICAGO - Chicago police are asking for the public's help identifying two individuals who allegedly committed a carjacking and aggravated battery.
Around 3:26 p.m. on Aug. 9, police say the two suspects carjacked a person and battered them in the 1600-1700 block of West Adams Street on the Near West Side.
The suspects fled the scene in a 2017 red Honda Civic followed by a 2022 white Honda Pilot.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Harris at 312-744-8261, ext. 21383.
An anonymous tip can be submitted at CPDtip.com.
Police say if you see the suspects, to not approach them. They are considered armed and dangerous. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-release-video-of-carjacking-suspects-seek-to-identify-them | 2022-08-17T21:49:20Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-release-video-of-carjacking-suspects-seek-to-identify-them | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
‘Jumanji’-themed amusement park set to open in 2023
LONDON - A theme park modeled after the book and movie "Jumanji" is set to open in England next year.
Chessington World of Adventures Resort and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced the ‘World of Jumanji’ will open next spring.
"The impressive entrance portal, which is shrouded in the ominous and overgrown Jumanji jungle that dominates the development, creates the perfect immersive starting point for guests as they prepare to take on a whole host of challenges," the companies said in a joint news release.
The park will feature a 55-foot tall Jaguar Shrine. However, more details about rides and other attractions will be released at a later date.
"Jumanji" first came on the scene as a 1981 children’s picture book authored by Chris Van Allsburg. The book was about how a board game released wild animals and other jungle elements into the real lives of the players.
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The book was later turned into a 1995 movie starring the late Robin Williams. He played Alan Parrish, who was trapped in the supernatural board game for 26 years. Every time a player took a turn, the board game would transform the player’s reality into a jungle environment in which they had to survive to win the game.
In the 2017 sequel— "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle"— the board game from the original movie was reimagined as a vintage video game, into which four teenagers are drawn. The teens became their video game avatars — played by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Jack Black.
The franchise added a third movie, "Jumanji: The Next Level" in 2019. The movie's plot revolved around the disappearance of main character Spencer, who appeared in the previous "Jumanji" film, and his friends' journey to save him from the very real universe of the game.
FOX News and the Associated Press contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jumanji-themed-amusement-park-set-to-open-in-2023 | 2022-08-17T21:49:39Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jumanji-themed-amusement-park-set-to-open-in-2023 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
'Rainbow Fentanyl' seized in Portland, drug spreading on West Coast: officials
PORTLAND, Ore. - A bag of the more potent powdered fentanyl was confiscated from a home in Portland, and authorities are warning that the drug could be making its way across the West Coast.
Deputies discovered body armor, $5,000 in cash, nine guns of which some were stolen and drugs. The drugs include meth, heroin, 800 pills of fentanyl and four grams of multi-colored, powdered fentanyl, often called "rainbow fentanyl."
"We are partnering with Multnomah County health departments to sound the alarm," Special Investigation Unit Sergeant Matt Ferguson said in a statement.
A bag of the more potent "rainbow fentanyl" was confiscated from a home in Portland, and authorities are warning that the drug could be making its way across the West Coast. (DEA)
"The public needs to be aware of the rising use of powdered fentanyl. We believe this is going to be the new trend seen on the streets of Portland," he continued.
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Authorities are particularly worried about young adults or children ending up with rainbow fentanyl, as they could mistake the drug for something else, like candy or a toy, because of its color, Fox 12 reported.
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The powdered fentanyl found at the Portland home resembles the color and consistency of sidewalk chalk.
Powdered fentanyl generally has a higher potency than other forms of the drug. The colorful fentanyl powders are unfamiliar to most law enforcement agencies. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rainbow-fentanyl-seized-in-portland-drug-spreading-on-west-coast-officials | 2022-08-17T21:49:45Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rainbow-fentanyl-seized-in-portland-drug-spreading-on-west-coast-officials | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Everything We Know About Angelina Jolie's New Film, Without Blood
Angelina Jolie is stepping back into the director’s chair for the fifth time for the upcoming film Without Blood, based on the book of the same title by Italian author, Alessandro Baricco. Though the film is still in production, with some big names attached (including two of Jolie’s own kids), it’s already creating quite the buzz. So, we’re rounding up all the information you need on what Jolie has in store so far.
What is Without Blood about?
Like the 2002 novel, Jolie’s film follows a girl during wartime, and “explores universal truths about war, trauma, memory, and healing,” according to the film’s production company, Fremantle. Jolie herself authored the script.
“In a farmhouse deep in the Italian countryside a horrifying act of violence occurs,” reads the novel’s official synopsis. “The one family survivor from this vendetta is four-year-old Nina. And she lives only because of an extraordinary act of mercy. Many years later, as a woman in her fifties, Nina meets her childhood saviour and revisits the events of that fateful night, events which have shaped her entire life.”
“The book had an impact on me as it has so many other people,” Jolie told People. “It carries themes and questions important to discuss.” Of course, Jolie has experience with wartime stories, having directed the 2015 film Unbroken, set during World War II.
Who is starring in Without Blood?
The film stars Demián Bichir, as well as Salma Hayek, whom Jolie previously worked with in the 2021 Marvel film, Eternals.
"Salma and Demián are very authentic and brave in this film,” Jolie said. “I had been a fan of their work. I knew they would bring solid commitment and craft to the film but honestly, they both blew me away.” Jolie went on to call Hayek “so raw and so authentic,” adding that the actress is “mesmerizing.” Hayek, meanwhile, had praise for Jolie as well, saying she’s “probably the best director I've ever worked with.”
"It was a tough film to do,” Hayek said. “And then somehow, it was a joy to suffer so much [because]...she was shockingly good.”
As of now, it’s unclear what roles Hayek and Demián will take on in the film, which began filming this summer in Puglia and Basilicata. The pair will be joined by a mostly international cast.
Who else is involved in the production of Without Blood?
Jolie was joined on set by her two oldest sons, Maddox, 21, and Pax, 18, who both worked in the assistant director department of the film, serving as liaisons between Jolie and the movie’s other departments, according to People. “We work well together,” Jolie said of her sons. “When a film crew is at its best, it feels like a big family, so it felt natural.”
This is the second time Pax has joined his mom on a set, having collaborated with Jolie for her 2017 film, First They Killed My Father. Pax where he shot stills for the movie. Apparently, he held a similar role on Without Blood, working on behind-the-scenes content.
Where Was Without Blood Filmed?
The novel is set in Italy, and according to reports Jolie has been spotted filming in the Italian regions Puglia and Basilicata as well as the capitol city of Rome. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/angelina-jolie-without-blood-cast-release-date | 2022-08-17T21:49:53Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/angelina-jolie-without-blood-cast-release-date | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Officer disarms student who pulled out loaded gun during lunchtime fight
STOCKTON, Calif. - A school resource officer disarmed a student who pulled out a loaded gun during a lunchtime fight at a Stockton high school, according to police.
The fight broke out between three students at Lincoln High School in the middle of the day, police said. A Stockton Police Resource Officer tackled the student and took his gun.
"When our SRO and school staff were breaking it up our SRO saw the [suspect] pull out a gun from his waistband and that’s when our SRO took him down on the ground and disarmed him," Joseph Silva, a spokesperson for the Stockton Police Department, told Fox News Digital.
Loaded gun taken from student during the brawl. Photo credit: Stockton Police Department.
Two students ended up with minor injuries from the brawl, officials said.
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The student was booked into juvenile hall on charges of battery, criminal threats, resisting arrest, and weapon charges.
Police did not give any information about the registered owner of the gun.
Kat Bender, the principal at Lincoln High School, told parents in a message on Monday that two separate fights broke out on campus around 12:20 p.m., but were quickly addressed by staff and school safety officers.
"We are in the process of fully investigating the incidents so we can respond appropriately. As always, your student’s safety is of utmost concern," the principal told parents.
"I want to express appreciation for the Stockton Police Department and our District Safety Officers as well as the swift responses of our campus and administrative staff for their support and presence throughout the incidents."
Fox News Digital reporter Paul Best contributed to this report. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/student-pulls-out-loaded-gun-during-lunchtime-fight-stockton-police | 2022-08-17T21:49:57Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/student-pulls-out-loaded-gun-during-lunchtime-fight-stockton-police | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What to Expect from Bella Hadid's Acting Debut in Ramy
These days, it seems that everyone is a multi-hyphenate. They’re all actress-singer-beauty moguls or a designer-wellness coach-content creators. It’s no longer enough to wear just one hat anymore, to excel at one thing, now, we expect our celebrities (or maybe they expect themselves) to conquer multiple industries at once. So, when it was announced back in March that top model Bella Hadid would be dipping her toe into acting by appearing in season three of the hit Hulu series, Ramy, it wasn’t too surprising. Back in 2017, she teased that she one day wanted to win an Oscar after all.
The Emmy-nominated Hulu comedy’s star and co-creator, Ramy Youseff, initially reached out to Hadid over email, asking her if she’d be interested in appearing on the show, according to GQ. While the two had never met at that point, it wasn’t exactly a cold email, as they had many friends in common, including Hadid’s brother, Anwar, who is close with Youseff. “We hadn’t even met before, but I had a feeling it was gonna be kismet,” Hadid told the magazine, and she was right. The pair hit it off immediately and are now close friends on their own.
For Hadid, being a part of a show that centers around Muslim identity was a perfect first acting job. The model, who is half-Palestinian, is very in touch with her Muslim roots. That doesn’t mean she’ll necessarily be playing a religious character on Ramy, however. In fact, her role has been described as “a weirdo girlfriend.”
“People probably thought that my first acting job would be something super sensual and sexy,” Hadid said. Who Hadid will be dating is unclear, though assumedly she’ll be linked to Youseff’s character. Either way, Youseff promised that in a show known for it’s boundary-pushing storylines, the plot written for Hadid is going to top them all. “It’s probably one of the weirdest scripts we’ve ever written,” he said. “And that says a lot.” | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/bella-hadid-ramy-acting-debut-what-to-expect | 2022-08-17T21:50:00Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/bella-hadid-ramy-acting-debut-what-to-expect | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bulls release full schedule: Chicago kicks off season in Miami
CHICAGO - The Chicago Bulls released their full schedule Wednesday for the 2022-23 regular season.
The Bulls will begin the season in Miami against the Heat on Oct. 19, and then will head to Washington to take on the Wizards on Oct. 21.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 01: DeMar DeRozan #11 of the Chicago Bulls celebrates with Ayo Dosunmu #12 after hitting the game winning shot in the fourth quarter against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on January 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. C
The Bulls home opener at the United Center will happen Oct. 22 against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Some big home games on the schedule include taking on the Boston Celtics Oct. 24, the Philadelphia 76ers on Oct. 29 and March 22, the Dallas Mavericks Dec. 10, the New York Knicks on Dec. 14 and 16, the Milwaukee Bucks on Dec. 28 and Feb. 16, the Brooklyn Nets on Jan. 4 and Feb. 24, the Golden State Warriors on Jan. 15, the Phoenix Suns on March 3, and the Miami Heat on March 18.
Full season tickets are currently on sale at Bulls.com/tickets.
The full season schedule can be viewed HERE. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/bulls-full-schedule-released-chicago-kicks-off-season-in-miami | 2022-08-17T21:50:03Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/bulls-full-schedule-released-chicago-kicks-off-season-in-miami | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chloë Sevigny to Play Socialite C.Z. Guest in Feud Season Two
The Feud is just heating up as the cast of the second season of Ryan Murphy’s FX series continues to grow. Deadline just announced that Chloë Sevigny will join Naomi Watts in the upcoming show, titled Capote’s Woman. Focused on the relationships between famed author Truman Capote and his hoard of socialite friends (whom he referred to as his “swans”), the upcoming iteration of Feud is promising a masterclass in mid-20th century New York opulence, fashion, and of course, betrayal.
A modern-day “swan” herself, Sevigny will portray C.Z. Guest the well-dressed socialite who ran in the same circle as Capote, Jackie Kennedy’s little sister Lee Radziwill, and Babe Paley, among others. Watts was previously announced to be playing Paley in the series, and it was just revealed that Tom Hollander will take on the role of Capote. They will be joined by Diane Lane as Nancy “Slim” Keith and Calista Flockhart as Radziwill.
So, what does this fashionable sect have to do with a feud? If you don’t know, you’re in for a treat. Based on the book, Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer, Feud will tell the story of how Capote betrayed these women, whom considered him a close friend and confidant. In 1975, the author used his knowledge of his famous friends and published La Côte Basque 1965 in Esquire, a thinly-veiled fictional story about Paley, Guest, and others, exposing their secrets for public consumption, and leaving Capote completely cut off from his former social life. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/chloe-sevigny-feud-cz-guest-truman-capote | 2022-08-17T21:50:06Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/chloe-sevigny-feud-cz-guest-truman-capote | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Inside Madonna’s Exclusive 64th Birthday Celebrations in Sicily
No one does destination birthday parties like Madonna. The icon chose Sicily, Italy as the locale for celebrating her 64th on Tuesday, and per usual, she appears to have been thriving. “It’s my birthday week,” she says while twirling in a floor-length Dolce & Gabbana dress in a video posted to Instagram. “It’s my birthday every day of the week,” she then adds while cheers-ing with two of her “side bitches” whom she goes on to kiss with plenty of tongue. (Her manager Guy Oseary and the photographer Steven Klein also came along for the ride.)
While the real partying was adults-only, Madonna also hosted an outdoor dinner full of wine and traditional Italian fare. Guests included the talent agent Maha Dakhil Jackson, the creative director B. Åkerlund, and her children David Banda and Estere and Stelle Ciccone.
In another post, Madonna showed that Dolce & Gabbana had also designed mini versions of her dress for her young twins. (The pair also matched in Dolce dresses at last year’s festivities.)
Since there’s another Leo in the family, the celebrations came on the heels of one for Madonna’s newly 22-year-old son Rocco Ritchie. She treated him to a cake in the hyperrealistic shape of a leather briefcase complete with fake gold buckles. “It’s a vintage bag for a vintage lover,” she says in a video posted by the designer of her floral satin dress, Luisa Beccaria. The clip also explains why the majority of the photos featured in her birthday tribute to Rocco are solo shots of herself: “Happy birthday to me,” she says before the video cuts to her son blowing out a candle. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/madonna-64th-birthday-party-italy | 2022-08-17T21:50:12Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/madonna-64th-birthday-party-italy | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Everything We Know About Wednesday, Tim Burton’s Addams Family Series
As a revival of the Addams Family franchise, Wednesday has big shoes to fill. Ahead of its fall release, we’re slowly but surely finding out whether or not producer and director Tim Burton is up to the job. The live-action Netflix series allows the titular character (played by Lisa Loring in the 1960s original) to take center stage, meaning lead actress Jenna Ortega is getting her big break. The trailer that dropped on Wednesday, August 17 kicks off at the subversively-named Nancy Reagan High School (there’s even a bust of the late former First Lady in the lobby), where Wednesday is predictably considered a freak (We guess the Adams parents voted for Mondale?). But Wednesday has learned how to stand up for herself over the course of attending eight schools in five years: When a group of bros on the swim team bully her brother, she interrupts one of their practices by dumping a couple dozen piranhas in the pool. It isn’t long before she’s on to school no. 9, where the real action starts. From the cast to what happens next, find out everything we know about about the series so far, here.
Who is Jenna Ortega, aka Wednesday?
The 19-year-old, who is from Coachella Valley, California, started her acting career at age nine, first booking cameos on shows like CSI: NY and Days of Our Lives. Then came a role as the Vice President Rodriguez’s daughter in Iron Man 3, which eventually led to portraying a young Jane in Jane the Virgin and acting opposite Penn Badgley in season 2 of You. She’s next set to reprise her role as Tara Carpenter in Scream 6 and may also return in season 4 of You after sitting out season 3.
Who else is in the fam?
Namely Catherine Zeta-Jones, who stars as Wednesday’s mom Morticia. (We’re loving seeing her as a goth.) Luis Guzmán will portray her husband, Gomez, and Isaac Ordonez will play Wednesday’s brother Pugsley. The showrunners have kept mum about whether or not the series will also feature Uncle Fester.
What about the rest of the cast of Wednesday?
We’re not sure who Christina Ricci is portraying, but Gwendoline Christie has been confirmed to play the headmaster of Wednesday’s new school. Unforunately, Thora Birch (who memorably starred as Enid Coleslaw in 2001’s Ghost World) won’t be making a comeback after all; a “personal matter” caused her to drop out midway through production.
What’s the show actually about?
Wednesday’s parents ship her off to Nevermore Academy, a school for, well, freaks, where they’re convinced she’ll finally fit in. And while the rest of the kids are just as creepy, Wednesday is still a bit hesitant to finally make friends. (When a classmate asks if she wants to take a stab at being social, she replies “I do like stabbing” with a straight face.) From there, things get weird: Wednesday embarks on a mission to “thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town” and solve a 25-year-old mystery involving her parents, all while attempting to master her psychic powers. “Little did I know I would be stepping into a nightmare,” she says in a voiceover. “Full of mayhem, mystery, and murder.” That means it’s right up Wednesday’s alley: “I think I’m going to love it here,” she says with the only smile in the whole trailer.
How closely related is it to The Addams Family?
Co-showrunner Miles Millar has said that Wednesday is “something that lives within the Venn diagram of what happened before, but it’s its own thing. It’s not trying to be the movies or the ’60s TV show. That was very important to us and very important to Tim.” We’ll have to wait until this fall to see if they’ve succeeded in making it feel like “an eight-hour Tim Burton movie.” | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/wednesday-addams-show-cast-release-date | 2022-08-17T21:50:18Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/wednesday-addams-show-cast-release-date | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How to Wear This Summer’s Celeb-Favorite Denim
Ultra-wide-leg jeans have become a staple for Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, and Tracee Ellis Ross.
This summer, wide-leg jeans have overtaken cutoff shorts as the warm-weather denim look of choice. And we’re not talking about the high-and-tight-waisted, sailor-inspired silhouettes of the 2010s. What feels fresh today is a lower rise that’s cut baggy all the way down the leg. In the past few weeks alone, we’ve seen Jennifer Lawrence rocking a perfectly faded pair by The Row, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky stepping out in coordinating baggy looks, and Tracee Ellis Ross looking the picture of laid-back elegance in a stone-washed situation with a slight drop crotch.
While we love the simplicity of a medium wash with minimal detailing, some of our favorite pairs this season turn up the volume with sparkly embellishments, cargo pockets, or unconventional fastenings. The loose look is surprisingly versatile: it plays well with slim T-shirts, tucked-in tanks and tailored blouses—and as the weather cools off this fall, try a cropped knit a la Gigi Hadid. We have a feeling this trend is just picking up—browse all of our picks below to ride the wave.
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Olivia Cooke’s Best Red Carpet Moments are Fit for the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms
After a decade in the industry, Olivia Cooke has finally ascended to the title of Queen—no, not of Hollywood, but of the Seven Kingdoms. The British actress has officially joined the Game of Thrones universe as Alicent Hightower, wife to King Viserys I Targaryen, in the new prequel series House of the Dragon. But fans of Cooke know the actress has been around for awhile, starring in projects like Steven Spielberg’s 2018 film Ready Player One and the Psycho-inspired Bates Motel. And throughout all that time, Cooke maintained a steady presence on red carpets, starting off with mini dresses galore before graduating to the slightly longer hemline of a midi and, finally, to gowns. Along the way, she found some styles that worked for her, mostly dresses with romantic details like ruffles and lace, and what seems to be her favorite color even to this day—red.
Now that Cooke has a highly-anticipated HBO show under her belt, we’re sure to be seeing a lot more of her, so it’s time to familiarize yourself with the actress if you haven’t already. Below, check out Cooke’s best red carpet looks over the past ten years as we wait patiently for her next one.
Wearing an off-the-shoulder, Thom Browne sequined gown, Cooke attended the first premiere for HBO’s House of the Dragon series.
Cooke wore a sheer, bustier-style Dolce & Gabbana dress fitted with a velvet ribbon to the premiere of Sound of Metal at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
The simple silhouette of this strapless Prada ankle-length dress made the touch of sparkle a welcomed addition.
Cooke stood out in a cobalt blue Versace dress with a square neckline at the premiere of Life Itself at the 2018 Toronto International film festival.
Opting for her go-to hue, Cooke wore this nylon, fit-and-flare Calvin Klein spring 2018 dress to the Los Angeles premiere of Ready Player One in March 2018.
We couldn’t take our eyes of Cooke in this metallic, embroidered Prada dress at the London premiere of Ready Player One.
Cooke mixed it up a little for the BFI London Film Festival, wearing a quirky Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini fall 2017 look, which featured a leather mini dress atop a sheer, ruffled blouse.
Cooke once again opted for her favorite color, wearing this romantic red Burberry gown with lace detailing and a high slit to the 2017 Met Gala.
Wearing a low-cut, emerald green dress with ruffled detailing at the top, Cooke attended the premiere for her film, Katie Says Goodbye, at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Cooke loves some romance when it comes to her looks, which is why this lace Gucci resort 2016 mini dress with satin detailing was the perfect fit for the actress.
Once again in red, Cooke wore a shortened version of a fit-and-flare Valentino pre-fall 2015 dress to the Pittsburgh premiere of her film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl back in June 2015.
Embracing a bit of a 1920s aesthetic, Cooke wore this flapper-esque Swarovski-embellished Miu Miu dress to the LA premiere of her film.
The yellowish-green hue of this low-cut Sally LaPointe midi dress worked perfectly with Cooke’s dark red locks.
Wearing a unique Suno dress with a side cutout and asymmetric hem, Cooke attended the premiere of the second season of Bates Motel in February 2014.
Cooke went simple for her first major premiere, opting for a white, strapless jacquard Mulberry spring 2014 dress. | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/olivia-cooke-best-red-carpet-moments | 2022-08-17T21:50:30Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/olivia-cooke-best-red-carpet-moments | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tech giant Cisco (CSCO) recently released its Fiscal Q4-2022 and full-year earnings results in today’s after market close. Both earnings per share (EPS) and revenue beat analysts’ expectations. The company also provided its financial outlook, which beat expectations in terms of revenue but missed on EPS. The stock is up 4.9% currently in the after-hours session.
In its Fiscal Q4, which ended on July 30, Cisco’s non-GAAP earnings came in at $0.83 per share, decreasing 1% year-over-year but beating estimates calling for $0.82. Also, revenue came in at $13.1 billion (flat compared to last year), higher than the consensus estimate of $12.78 billion.
However, Cisco’s non-GAAP gross margin dropped by 230 basis points in its most recent quarter, going from 65.6% to 63.3%. Also, cash flow from operations dropped 18% year-over-year, to $3.7 billion. For the full year, revenue was 3% higher, reaching $51.6 billion.
Regarding its Fiscal 2023 outlook, CSCO looks to generate $3.49 to $3.56 in adjusted earnings per share compared to $3.36 in Fiscal 2022, and it expects revenue growth of 4% to 6%. For Fiscal Q1 2023, CSCO expects revenue to grow by 2% to 4% and for adjusted EPS to come in at $0.82 to $0.84. That’s a mixed outlook for analysts, as they were expecting Fiscal Q1 EPS guidance of $0.84, with revenue declining about 0.2%.
What is CSCO Stock’s Price Target?
Turning to Wall Street, CSCO earns a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on seven Buys, 12 Holds, and one Sell rating assigned in the past three months. The average CSCO price target of $51.47 implies 10.3% upside potential.
Top Retail Investors are Very Bullish on CSCO Stock
TipRanks currently tracks 555,041 investor portfolios that use the Smart Portfolio tool. The top investors, which amount to 110,008 portfolios, appear highly bullish on CSCO stock.
In the past 30 days, the number of top-performing TipRanks portfolios holding CSCO stock increased by 6.5%, leading to 2.6% of portfolios holding the stock. In the past seven days, this number increased by 0.9%. Cisco has very positive investor sentiment, above the sector average, as shown in the image below:
Conclusion: Cisco’s Q4 Earnings Report Was Solid
Cisco’s earnings results were solid, as they beat both revenue and EPS expectations. In addition, the company’s forward guidance is not too far off from what analysts were expecting, and adjusted EPS is expected to grow by 3.9% to 6% in the next year, which is respectable for a mature company like CSCO. As a result, the stock is rallying in after-hours trading and is worth considering. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/ciscos-q4-results-impress-investors-sending-shares-4-9-higher | 2022-08-17T22:01:53Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/ciscos-q4-results-impress-investors-sending-shares-4-9-higher | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It doesn’t matter who is on the roster – the Lakers are always going to be at or near the top of the NBA’s marquee.
But the national schedule for the 2022-23 regular season might reflect a certain … ambivalence about how competitive the Lakers will be down the stretch.
As usual, the Lakers are one of the most-televised teams (39 games) on national broadcasts in their schedule, which was announced Wednesday: They’ll have five games on ABC, 11 on ESPN, 11 on TNT and 12 on NBA TV. But only a handful of those games come after the All-Star break – including just six on ABC, TNT and ESPN combined – which might indicate some wavering confidence in the Lakers’ ability to contend. Overall, the Lakers’ national games are down slightly from last year’s 42.
The team sorely disappointed last season despite a heralded superstar trio of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook. Injuries and faltering chemistry saw the Lakers go just 6-19 after the All-Star break and finish short of the play-in tournament for the 7-10 seeds in the Western Conference. Plenty of uncertainty remains for the roster, as the Lakers are known to be open to trading Westbrook in hopes of improving the team’s competitive window.
In James’ four seasons, the Lakers managed to win the 2020 NBA title, but in the three other years, they’ve fallen far short of expectations, including two seasons out of the playoffs altogether. James and Davis have also struggled with injuries the past two seasons, with extended absences that have left the Lakers outgunned in big-time matchups.
The early climb won’t be easy for the Lakers and rookie head coach Darvin Ham: Five of their first six games are against playoff teams from last season, including the opener against defending champion Golden State (on its ring ceremony night) and two games against reigning league MVP Nikola Jokic and Denver.
The Lakers’ heaviest road stretch comes between Nov. 22 and Jan. 2, when they will play 16 of 22 games away, including six- and five-game road trips. The schedule includes 12 back-to-backs, including four that won’t require travel. The schedule slacks off later, especially during a home-heavy stretch between March 3 and 26 with 10 of 12 games at Crypto.com Arena.
If you’re trying to project when history will be made, James could become the NBA’s career scoring leader as early as mid-January. Assuming the four-time league MVP doesn’t miss games and scores near his typical pace (27.1 ppg for his career, 30.3 last season), he could catch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during the final two weeks of January, though sometime in February might be the safer bet if a healthy Davis eases James’ scoring burden. James enters this season No. 2 on the all-time list, 1,325 points behind Abdul-Jabbar (38,387).
Some other key dates:
• In addition to their opener, all of the Lakers’ games against the defending champion Warriors this season are nationally televised, including two games on ABC (Feb. 11 and March 5) and another on TNT (Feb. 23). They also get prime-time billing against longtime rival and reigning Eastern Conference champion Boston (Dec. 13 on TNT and Jan. 28 on ABC).
• With trade rumors still swirling about potential deals with Brooklyn and Indiana to unload Westbrook, games against the Nets (Nov. 13 and Jan. 30) and the Pacers (Nov. 28 and Feb. 2) could take on a great deal more significance if the Lakers make a move before the season begins.
• The Lakers will officially retire jersey No. 16 in honor of Pau Gasol, a two-time champion and beloved figure of the franchise during his seven-season tenure. The ceremony will be held during a March 7 home game against Memphis, where he spent the early years of his career.
• The Lakers’ home opener is Oct. 20 against the Clippers and host their Crypto.com Arena co-tenants again on Jan. 24. The Clippers will be the home team against the Lakers on Nov. 9 and April 5.
• Ham will return to Milwaukee, where he spent four seasons as an assistant, on Dec. 2 and face off against mentor Mike Budenholzer.
• The Lakers travel to Dallas for a Christmas Day matchup against Luka Doncic and the Mavericks on ABC and ESPN. They’ll also be on the road during Thanksgiving (the day before in San Antonio) and New Year’s Eve and Day (between games at Atlanta and Charlotte).
• The Lakers will play consecutive games against the same opponent twice this season, with a back-to-back in San Antonio (Nov. 25 and 26) and a home-and-home against Chicago (March 26 and 29).
Tickets for all home games go on sale to the public on Aug. 30.
LAKERS 2022-23 SCHEDULE
All times Pacific
Oct. 18 – at Golden State, 7 p.m.
Oct. 20 – Clippers, 7 p.m.
Oct. 23 – Portland, 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 26 – at Denver, 7 p.m.
Oct. 28 – at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Oct. 30 – Denver, 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 2 – New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 4 – Utah, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 6 – Cleveland, 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 7 – at Utah, 7:15 p.m.
Nov. 9 – at Clippers, 7 p.m.
Nov. 11 – Sacramento, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 13 – Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 18 – Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 20 – San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 22 – at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Nov. 25 – at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
Nov. 26 – at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
Nov. 28 – Indiana, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 30 – Portland, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 2 – at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 4 – at Washington, 3 p.m.
Dec. 6 – at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 7 – at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 9 – at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 11 – at Detroit, 3 p.m.
Dec. 13 – Boston, 7 p.m.
Dec. 16 – Denver, 7 p.m.
Dec. 18 – Washington, 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 19 – at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Dec. 21 – at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Dec. 23 – Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 25 – at Dallas, 11:30 a.m.
Dec. 27 – at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Dec. 28 – at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 30 – at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 2 – at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Jan. 4 – Miami, 7 p.m.
Jan. 6 – Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 7 – at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Jan. 9 – at Denver, 7 p.m.
Jan. 12 – Dallas, 7 p.m.
Jan. 15 – Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 16 – Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 18 – Sacramento, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 20 – Memphis, 7 p.m.
Jan. 22 – at Portland, 6 p.m.
Jan. 24 – Clippers, 7 p.m.
Jan. 25 – San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 – at Boston, 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 30 – at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 31 – at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 2 – at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Feb. 4 – at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Feb. 7 – Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 9 – Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Feb. 11 – at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 13 – at Portland, 7 p.m.
Feb. 15 – New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Feb. 23 – Golden State, 7 p.m.
Feb. 26 – at Dallas, 12:30 p.m.
Feb. 28 – at Memphis, 5 p.m.
March 1 – at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
March 3 – Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.
March 5 – Golden State, 12:30 p.m.
March 7 – Memphis, 7 p.m.
March 10 – Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
March 12 – New York, 6 p.m.
March 14 – at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
March 15 – at Houston, 5 p.m.
March 17 – Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
March 19 – Orlando, 6:30 p.m.
March 22 – Phoenix, 7 p.m.
March 24 – Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.
March 26 – Chicago, 12:30 p.m.
March 29 – at Chicago, 5 p.m.
March 31 – at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
April 2 – at Houston, 4 p.m.
April 4 – at Utah, 6 p.m.
April 5 – at Clippers, 7 p.m.
April 7 – Phoenix, 7:30 p.m.
April 9 – Utah, 12:30 p.m.
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ANAHEIM — Excited and anxious to start playing again, Mike Trout is determined to return from rib cage inflammation on Friday for the opener of their road trip in Detroit.
While there was a slim chance Trout could return in Wednesday’s homestand finale against the Seattle Mariners, he went through one more workout instead. After an off day from his rehab work on Thursday, the club will determine if he is ready to take the field to begin a 10-game, three-city road trip in what will be his first game since July 12.
“I’m full go on everything,” Trout said, adding that he is pain-free.
Trout has missed 29 games, not counting Wednesday’s contest. The Angels are 13-16 since he has been away and have struggled in most facets of the game.
At the very least, Trout’s return will bring much-needed enthusiasm.
“I’m excited,” Trout said Wednesday morning. “I’m happy the way the progress has been. It was good for me to take the time and get it out of there and play what, in a month and a week? I’m looking forward to it.”
The three-time American League MVP was batting .270 with a .967 OPS in 79 games this season, hitting 24 home runs with 51 RBIs. In addition to missing all the games with the Angels, he was also forced to sit out last month’s All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium.
“Ultimately, I want to be out there with the guys; I miss it,” Trout said. “I think with downtime you come to the field, go home, it’s good to spend time with your son and your wife. That was good. But ultimately you want to be out on the field. I’m excited. If everything goes well, hopefully I’ll be in there Friday.”
Angels interim manager Phil Nevin also expressed hope toward a Friday return for Trout and was asked if he was perhaps less optimistic than his star player.
“When I get to write his name down, I will be very happy for sure,” Nevin said. “I think we’re close.”
Nevin plans on mixing in some off days for Trout once he returns, but said he already was planning to rotate his outfielders with seven consecutive games upcoming on artificial turf at Tampa Bay and Toronto.
“I’m just looking forward to Friday, if that’s the day, then we’ll see with the (games) after that,” Nevin said of Trout. “We’ll be meeting with the training staff each day and a lot will be on how Mike feels. He hasn’t played in a month so I’m sure there will be some (off) days in there.”
NO THUMBS UP YET
Outfielder Jo Adell was available for pinch-hit duty Wednesday, but he was out of the lineup for a second consecutive day because of a bruised thumb. His issues involve throwing a baseball more than swinging a bat.
Adell was hit by a pitch in Monday night’s game against the Mariners, but he still managed to hit two home runs in a simulated game Tuesday.
“I can put him out there (in the outfield), just to see how it would go but it would be tough for him to make a throw,” Nevin said. “But if we’re down and need his bat and then have to stick him out there, sure.”
UP NEXT
Angels (LHP Patrick Sandoval 3-8, 3.42 ERA) at Tigers (RHP Matt Manning, 0-0, 3.24), Friday, 4:10 p.m., Bally Sports West, 830 AM
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Orr is speaking before the NZ Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Select Committee.
Earlier here:
More:
- labour constraints are a key reason to consciously slow demand to levels to match supply capacity
More:
- there is and will be financial stress in many households
- New Zealand a very robust place to manage a period of higher interest rates
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- "The RBNZ raised rates by 50bp to 3% and with Australian wage growth looking optically a lot lower than in many developed economies, AUD/NZD longs have been squeezed and AUD/USD is back under 0.70," SocGen notes.
- "August isn't historically a good month for the Antipodeans, but it may be useful to provide a major long-term buying opportunity for AUD, perhaps against GBP," SocGen adds.
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Continuing a partnership that first began more than six years ago, KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) will partner with Richard Childress Racing to sponsor the No. 8 Chevrolet driven by Tyler Reddick at Watkins Glen International. The race airs live on Sunday, August 21 at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network.
“We’re looking forward to having KCMG back on board and continuing to help create auto racing-related business opportunities in the United States and abroad,” said Torrey Galida, President of Richard Childress Racing. “KCMG has a history of success on some of the world’s most renowned road courses, including a class win at Le Mans, and a podium finish at their debut at the Daytona 24 this year. We hope to continue that success with the No. 8 team at Watkins Glen.”
KCMG and Richard Childress Racing first partnered together in 2017 with the goal of introducing KCMG into the NASCAR industry as a new motorsports parts manufacturer. Since then, the partnership has expanded to create business opportunities for the motorsports services group both in the United States and abroad. RCR has provided valuable channels to KCMG to expand their presence in American stock car racing applications and looks forward to continuing to do so in the years to come.
“We’re certainly looking forward to our continued partnership with Richard Childress Racing and seeing KC Motorgroup’s colors on the No. 8 Chevrolet driven by Tyler Reddick this weekend at Watkins Glen International,” said Dr. Paul Ip, Founder of KC Motorgroup. “Our partnership with Richard Childress Racing has proven successful on many fronts, and has been a key component of our U.S. Motorsports strategy.”
KCMG celebrated their first NASCAR win in 2019 when Tyler Reddick drove to victory lane at Michigan International Speedway en route to his second consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship. This season, RCR’s No. 8 team leads the NASCAR Cup Series in road course wins (two) and top-fives (three) entering Watkins Glen International.
In 77 Cup Series starts at the 2.45-mile road course, RCR boasts two wins (Robby Gordon in 2003 and Kevin Harvick in 2006), eight top-five and 22 top-10 finishes. Dale Earnhardt also won three poles (1990, '92, '96).
For additional information on today's announcement, and all that's happening at RCR, please visit rcrracing.com.
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Advance discount tickets to the ARCA Menards Series season finale at Toledo Speedway are now available at northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan Menards locations. Tickets to the Shore Lunch 200 presented by CGS Imaging, slated for Saturday, October 8, can be purchased for just $20, a savings of $10 off the race-day ticket price.
The Shore Lunch 200 presented by CGS Imaging will determine the ARCA Menards Series champion, marking the first time since 2011 that the series title has been determined at the series’ home track.
The day’s schedule will feature practice and qualifying for the ARCA Menards Series, an on-track autograph session with each of the drivers entered in the Shore Lunch 200 presented by CGS Images, as well as several former championship-winning drivers and team owners. Toledo Speedway will also crown season champions in the Salenbien Excavating Late Model Sportsman and The Vault Antiques and Treasures Factory Stock divisions, with the 200-lap main event putting an exclamation point on the on-track activities at 4 pm ET.
“It’s a tradition for a lot of tracks to end their season with a big weekend, and the Shore Lunch 200 presented by CGS Imaging will be big for sure,” said ARCA president and Toledo Speedway owner Ron Drager. “We have a great championship battle developing in the ARCA Menards Series between three great up-and-coming talents, Nick Sanchez, Rajah Caruth, and Daniel Dye. Each of those drivers has shown to be outstanding, with a very bright future. We look forward to seeing which of them will end up as the 2022 ARCA Menards Series champion.”
Several former ARCA Menards Series champions have already indicated they will participate in the weekend’s activities, including 1987 and 1991 driver and owner champions Bill and Cathy Venturini, 1982 series champion and current series official Scott Stovall, 1995 champion Andy Hillenburg, and 2019 team owner champion Billy Venturini, with additional former champions expected to confirm their participation in the coming weeks.
Fans can purchase advance discount tickets to the Shore Lunch 200 presented by CGS Imaging by visiting Menards locations in Defiance, Findlay, Holland, Oregon, Sandusky and Toledo in Ohio, and in Ann Arbor, Belleville, Jackson, Livonia, Taylor, Warren, and Wixom in Michigan.
For complete event information, please visit ARCARacing.com.
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Louis-Philippe Dumoulin and the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare team visited the Ohsweken Speedway oval on Tuesday for the first NASCAR Pinty's Series race held on a dirt track. The mix of pavement and dirt specialist drivers promised some great action.
Indeed, the 100 laps of this event did not disappoint the many spectators who came out for this historic event. For its part, the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare team tried all day long during practice and qualifying heats to find the right suspension settings without success.
By taking advantage of the many caution periods and restarts, Louis-Philippe Dumoulin finished as high as 11th, but without being able to express his true potential or that of the car. “I gave it everything I had behind the wheel,” said the driver of the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare car. “Every possible racing line was tried, low, high, fast or slow entry into the corners, our set-up just didn't work with the track conditions.”
While the result was far from the team's expectations, the learning experience is no less important for the coming seasons. “We will do our homework to come back stronger next year,” explained Louis-Philippe Dumoulin. “Important changes could have been made, but it was too late in the day to make them, so we were limited to the changes we could do in this context. I would like to thank the team members who joined us for the event. They were a great help throughout the event.”
Next Race: Complexe ICAR – August 27, 2022
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin and the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare team will return to the Complexe ICAR (Mirabel, Quebec) road course on Saturday, August 27, where Louis-Philippe Dumoulin distinguished himself last year with a podium finish.
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Bill McAnally Racing will be a part of a history-making night at Evergreen Speedway on Saturday, participating in the 1,000th event for the ARCA Menards Series West in the NAPA AUTO PARTS 150.
The return to the .646-mile oval in Monroe, Washington will include a pair of BMR Chevrolet SS drivers battling for the team’s 100th series win, as well.
BMR has won seven times at the popular Pacific Northwest venue heading into the series’ 61st appearance there since 1964. Brendan Gaughan leads the team with two victories at Monroe, followed by five drivers with one win each. Both BMR drivers participating in Saturday’s event are shooting for their first win at the fairgrounds track.
Cole Moore, in the No. 99 Adaptive One Chevrolet SS, returns to Evergreen Speedway for his second start at the facility. The Granite Bay, California driver finished 10th in the 2016 edition of the NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 at Evergreen. Moore is fresh off equaling a career-best runner-up effort at Irwindale Speedway on July 2, preserving second place in the ARCA Menards Series West championship battle, entering the seventh round of the season.
Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina’s Landen Lewis will make his second start for BMR in the No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet SS. His BMR debut at Irwindale Speedway was a success, earning a fifth-place finish. His three starts overall in the West Series in 2022 have yielded a win and two-top 5 finishes. In addition, he qualified second at Sonoma Raceway in June. His racing resume also includes a win and two top fives in three starts last year in the ARCA Menards Series. Lewis will make his first Evergreen Speedway start this weekend.
BMR is working with NAPA Seattle for this entitlement event. Special guests will experience the race with a VIP hospitality and pit tour on Saturday. On Friday, team owner Bill McAnally, NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday, and driver Landen Lewis will visit strong NAPA AUTO PARTS stores and NAPA AutoCare shops in the Seattle market area.
ARCA Menards Series West Event:
Race: NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 (Race 7 of 11) Aug. 20, 2022
Location: Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Wash. (.646-mile oval)
Television: Streamed live on FloRacing on Aug. 20, 6:30 p.m. PT/ USA Network on Aug. 26, 11 a.m. PT
BMR Drivers:
Landen Lewis
No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet SS
Age: 16
Hometown: Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.
Career series stats: 3 starts, 1 win, 2 top fives
Most recent series finish: 5th – Irwindale (7/2/22)
Best career series finish: 1st – Kern (4/23/22)
Monroe stats: First series start at Evergreen
2022 series stats: 3 starts, 1 win, 2 top fives
Cole Moore
No. 99 Adaptive One Chevrolet SS
Age: 25
Hometown: Granite Bay, Calif.
Career series stats: 23 starts, 7 top 5s, 13 top 10s
Best career series and most recent finish: 2nd – Irwindale (twice, 3/26/22 and 7/2/22)
Monroe stats: 1 start, 1 top 10 (Best finish – 10th on 8/13/16)
2022 series stats: 6 starts, 3 top fives
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Daughtry, the multi-platinum Rock & Roll torchbearers of the 21st Century, will perform a pre-race concert for the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 on Sunday, Sept. 25, at Texas Motor Speedway.
Daughtry will perform a sixty (60) minute set beginning at 1 p.m. CT on the pre-race stage near the start/finish line. The concert highlights the pre-race activities leading into the speedway’s 2022 NASCAR Cup Series playoff race, the opening race of the Round of 12.
Texas Motor Speedway is offering fans premier access to enjoy the concert and the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 driver introductions with the purchase of a Sunday Pre-Race Pass ticket upgrade while supplies last. While the pre-race concert is free with any race ticket, Sunday Pre-Race Pass holders will move from the grandstands to the front of the stage for the Daughtry concert, driver introductions, and more.
Daughtry is one of the most visible and consistently successful Rock & Roll bands on tour, having sold more than nine million albums and 16 million singles worldwide as well as selling out concerts across the globe. Their debut album, the self-titled Daughtry, was the top-selling album of 2007, producing four Top 20 Platinum-selling singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the fastest-selling rock debut album in SoundScan history. It was also nominated for four Grammy Awards and won four American Music Awards and seven Billboard Music Awards, including Album of the Year.
Daughtry returned to their hard rock roots with the release of their sixth studio album, Dearly Beloved, in September 2021 that included the singles “World on Fire”, “Heavy is the Crown” and “Lioness”.
“We’re honored to announce Daughtry as the pre-race concert for this year’s Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500,” said Texas Motor Speedway General Manager Rob Ramage. “The tremendous energy the band always brings to the stage and their lengthy catalog of great hits will have our NASCAR race fans singing along to every song leading into the green flag of our NASCAR Cup Series playoff race. Daughtry’s performance is a great addition to the full schedule of entertainment and motorsports competition we have planned for the entire week.”
Texas Motor Speedway will play host to the 2022 NASCAR Playoffs on Sept. 24-25. The weekend will be highlighted by the NASCAR Xfinity Series Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 on Saturday, Sept. 24(2:30 p.m. CT on USA Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90, and PRN), and the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 on Sunday, Sept. 25 (2:30 p.m. CT on USA Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90, PRN, and 95.9 The Ranch).
The newly renovated Lil’ Texas Motor Speedway 1/5-mile dirt track will kick off the weekend of racing with the inaugural C. Bell’s MICRO MANIA. The four-day event (Sept. 21-24) features practice on Wednesday (Sept. 21), qualifying races Thursday and Friday (Sept. 22-23) and mains and finals Saturday (Sept. 24). Micro Sprints are smaller versions of full-sized sprint cars with side-mounted 600cc motorcycle engines that can generate 140 horsepower with similar chassis and body styles to the larger versions. NASCAR stars currently confirmed to participate include Christopher Bell, two-time NASCAR Cups Series Champion Kyle Busch and his son Brexton Busch.
TICKETS:
For ticket information for the September 24-25 NASCAR Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 weekend, including individual day tickets for C. Bell’s Micro Mania, please visit www.texasmotorspeedway.com.
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There are few people as knowledgeable about Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the election––and the violent riot that followed––as the former president himself. But of all the disturbing characters who have passed through Trump’s orbit, Mike Pence, his former vice president, is likely one of them. In the run-up to the insurrection, Trump repeatedly pressured Pence to block the certification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College win, using various coercive tactics that included calling Pence a “pussy” and threatening, like a five-year-old, to end their friendship if Pence didn’t follow orders. When those overtures failed, Trump spent January 6 whipping his angry, armed supporters into a frenzy, telling them things like, “I hope Mike is going to do the right thing. I hope so. I hope so”; “All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify and we become president and you are the happiest people”; “Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us, and if he doesn’t, that will be a sad day for our country because you’re sworn to uphold our Constitution”; and “Mike Pence, I hope you’re going to stand up for the good of our Constitution and for the good of our country. And if you’re not, I’m going to be very disappointed in you. I will tell you right now. I’m not hearing good stories.” Later, when the violence got so bad that the VP had to be evacuated to a secure location, Trump tweeted around that time that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done.” After being told that the bloodthirsty mob was chanting “hang Mike Pence,” the former president allegedly informed his White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, that Pence deserved it.
Since then, Pence has, somewhat surprisingly, not had a single, solitary conversation with the congressional committee investigating the events surrounding the Capitol attack. But as we learned on Wednesday, that may change!
Speaking at an event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Pence said during a Q&A that he would give “due consideration” to a formal invitation from the January 6 committee to testify. In a taped deposition the panel aired on June 16, Marc Short, Pence’s former chief of staff, said the VP told Trump “many times” that he had no authority to overturn the election results. During a January 4, 2021, meeting in the Oval Office, right-wing attorney John Eastman reportedly pressured Pence to either suspend the Electoral College vote count and ask willing state legislatures to reexamine their results or simply reject Biden’s win outright. It was at that meeting that Eastman, in the presence of Trump, reportedly admitted that he knew such schemes were illegal but urged Pence to go along with them anyway. So yeah, it would be great if the former VP could sit down with the committee for a little chat.
On the other hand, even if he does, we probably shouldn‘t get our hopes up re: Pence revealing everything he knows. While claiming on Wednesday that he’d consider an invitation to testify, he also suggested he might opt to avoid Trump’s ire by invoking executive privilege. “Under the Constitution,” he said, “we have three co-equal branches of government, and any invitation to be directed to me, I would have to reflect on the unique role I was serving in as vice president. It would be unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on Capitol Hill.” (As CNN, which reported Pence’s remarks, noted, vice presidents have, in fact, testified before Congress.)
While Pence is reportedly mulling his own 2024 run, which would clearly put him in conflict with Trump, the VP has made it abundantly clear over the last week that he doesn’t want to upset any of his former boss’s supporters. Responding to the legally executed raid on Mar-a-Lago, he tweeted, “I share the deep concern of millions of Americans over the unprecedented search of the personal residence of President Trump. No former President of the United States has ever been subject to a raid of their personal residence in American history. After years where FBI agents were found to be acting on political motivation during our administration, the appearance of continued partisanship by the Justice Department must be addressed. Yesterday’s action undermines public confidence in our system of justice and Attorney General Garland must give a full accounting to the American people as to why this action was taken and he must do so immediately.”
On the other hand, at the Q&A on Wednesday, he reportedly told his fellow Republicans that the “attacks on the FBI must stop.” Which was big of him! | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/mike-pence-january-6-committee-invitation | 2022-08-17T22:18:45Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/mike-pence-january-6-committee-invitation | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Every parent knows having a baby can be a great joy, but an expensive one.
Most families pay almost $2,000 a month during their child's first year.
The Women of Faith Ministry of Second Missionary Baptist Church is hoping to help with the cost of raising a child.
"Families have been impacted, there's a tremendous need with the economy in which we live in, we just thought it's a great need to help out in that way," said Paula Coleman, a member of the church and ministry.
This Saturday, August 20th from 10 a.m. to noon, they're asking the community to stop by the Second Missionary Baptist Church parking lot on East 3rd Street and donate baby necessities.
"We're asking for things like diapers, pull-ups, diaper rash cream, baby lotion, baby wash, shampoo, powder and anything else you may want to contribute," explained Coleman.
The women said they will also be taking monetary donations. All of the items and money donated will be delivered to three local non-profits.
"It will be the Chattanooga Room in the Inn, the Maclellan Family Shelter and also the New Hope Pregnancy Care Center located in Cleveland Tennessee."
The ministry hopes other organizations and churches will help them on their mission to assist the mothers in the community.
"It's hard for people to navigate these hard times so we're doing what we've been commissioned to do which is help others," said Theresa Turner with the church and ministry. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/community-wide-baby-shower-hosted-by-women-of-faith-ministry/article_4af7f9ce-1e42-11ed-9433-07d4223da73e.html | 2022-08-17T22:20:35Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/community-wide-baby-shower-hosted-by-women-of-faith-ministry/article_4af7f9ce-1e42-11ed-9433-07d4223da73e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ten officers with the Chattanooga Police Department have been assigned to new roles following a request by a U.S. Attorney’s office for a list of officers who are not allowed to testify in court.
According to a release from CPD, the list was requested to identify officers who are not allowed to testify in court cases due to past allegations of misrepresentation or untruthfulness.
CPD says Chief Celeste Murphy complied with the request and a list of 10 officers was given to federal and state prosecutors.
CPD says the 10 officers have been reassigned to roles that do not require court testimony and there are currently no officers who have been accused of untruthfulness employed by the department.
The officers were, however, subjects of internal affairs investigations, which found the officers were guilty of misrepresenting information.
CPD did not name the officers involved or what they were specifically accused of, but it could be as simple as a typo or as serious as withholding information from prosecutors.
"We're not really sure why we are here today, at least not without some type of due process," said Vince Champion, the regional director for the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, which is representing some of the officers involved. "Why now are we going back a year or two years, or however long, and just saying they're ultimately being terminated without any due process."
The officers believed the cases were closed and behind them, according to Champion.
At the time, department policy treated misrepresentation differently from untruthfulness, which was punishable with immediate termination. Murphy said Wednesday the policy is changing and will no longer treat the two offenses differently.
"This is a big thing, it's no minor thing," said Robin Flores, who said he is representing clients who are related to some cases that may be affected by these investigations. He spoke to Local 3 News generally about the accusations. "That is a bad sign if you've got ten cops hiding evidence or alleged to hide evidence. That shows there is a deeper problem going on there."
The Rock City Fraternal order of Police said Wednesday the officers were relieved of their enforcement duty unjustly and without proper notice, saying they were told about the meeting with Chief Murphy 17 hours prior.
"These Officers have made mistakes in the past. They were investigated by Professional Standards, held accountable by the Office of the Chief of Police, and disciplined in accordance with existing department policy," said the organization which represents police officers. "By relieving these officers of duty, Chief Murphy is holding them to a policy that did not exist until today."
Hamilton County District Attorney General Neal Pinkston said the investigation could affect past or present cases.
Hamilton County District Attorney General-elect Coty Wamp said in a statement to Local 3 News her office will investigate the cases when she enters the office in September.
The following is a full statement from Hamilton County District Attorney General-elect Coty Wamp:
"These situations involve complex legal issues that require communication amongst law enforcement agencies and the District Attorney's Office. Unfortunately, I am unable to fully comment on the recent reassignments at the police department because no one in leadership at CPD has reached out to me nor have I had the opportunity to review the internal affairs investigations that are spoken of in the police department's press release.
In September, I plan to review each of the allegations against the recently demoted officers and make my own judgment, using sound legal discretion, to determine the officers' ability to testify and mv ability to prosecute cases in which they have been involved."
The following is the full press release from the Chattanooga Police Department:
Our criminal justice system depends on law enforcement officers to investigate and apprehend suspects, as well as testify against them in court.
Officer testimony is critical to a prosecutor’s ability to present evidence that would lead to a proper verdict and bring those responsible for committing a crime to justice.
The Chattanooga Police Department recently received a request from a representative of the U.S. Attorney’s office for a list of officers who had sustained allegations of untruthfulness or misrepresentation, for the purposes of identifying officers who would not be allowed to testify in court.
Upon receiving the request, Chief Celeste Murphy fulfilled her duty to Chattanooga residents and the justice system and provided the list of ten officers to federal and state prosecutors. Because the affected officers may no longer be able to testify in court, Chief Murphy made the decision to remove them from enforcement responsibilities. These officers have been reassigned to roles and responsibilities that do not require court testimony.
There are no currently employed officers who have sustained allegations of untruthfulness, as department policy requires immediate termination for such an offense. Under previous department policy, misrepresentation was treated differently from untruthfulness. However, CPD has eliminated that distinction and moving forward all sustained allegations relating to a lack of truthfulness now result in immediate termination.
“Chattanooga residents, our fellow CPD officers, as well as the state and federal prosecutors who present these cases should have full confidence that officers who investigate crimes, apprehend suspects, and testify in court uphold the highest standards of integrity,” said Chief Celeste Murphy. “It is unacceptable that a case could be jeopardized due to an integrity issue with an officer who was found to have previously misrepresented the truth or filed a false report.”
The internal affairs investigations at issue were related to internal policy violations, and none of the affected officers are accused of misrepresentation in a court of law.
However, whenever an internal affairs investigation finds that an officer has, in the course of their duties, been less than truthful, it can call into question the integrity of their testimony in court, jeopardizing a prosecutor's ability to obtain a conviction.
Because of the sensitivity of this matter and out of respect for our officers, we will have no further comment on this issue.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp asked a judge on Wednesday to throw out a subpoena from the Fulton County district attorney requiring the Republican governor to appear before the grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.
Kemp had been scheduled for a voluntary interview in July, his lawyers said in a court filing, but the interview was "unilaterally cancelled" after Kemp's legal team inquired about its scope. The district attorney's office then issued a subpoena, Kemp's lawyers said.
"Governor Kemp has ardently defended the rule of law in this state. Moreover, he welcomes opportunities to explain and defend his actions," a court filing from Kemp's lawyers said. "However, the Subpoena ignores -- and more importantly, the DA's Office has refused to account for -- the serious privileges it implicates in relation to the testimony of a sitting governor."
The filing also argues that the subpoena is suspiciously timed to coincide with the "crescendo" in Kemp's reelection campaign and is not "driven by genuine investigative need for information."
CNN has reached out to the Fulton County DA's office for comment.
Investigators sought to discuss a December 2020 phone call in which Trump allegedly tried to push Kemp to convince state legislators to overturn then-President-elect Joe Biden's win in the state.
Kemp's office tried to schedule the interview and expressed concerns about the upcoming election, the filing says, but found the district attorney's office to be unresponsive.
Kemp's office also provided over 1,000 pages of material to investigators through a Freedom of Information Act request and 137,00 pages of materials voluntarily, the filing said.
Earlier Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani appeared behind closed doors for grand jury testimony in the investigation. Trump's former attorney has been told by Atlanta prosecutors that he is a target in their probe of Trump's election subversion schemes in the state.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, meanwhile, has asked a federal judge to stay a decision requiring him to appear next week before the special grand jury until he can appeal, according to a new court filing. Graham has argued that he should not be forced to testify before the grand jury because his actions surrounding Georgia's election were related to legislative activity and should be protected under the Speech and Debate clause.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is asking a federal judge to stay a decision requiring him to appear next week before a Fulton County, Georgia, special grand jury until he can appeal, according to a new court filing.
Graham has argued that he should not be forced to testify before the grand jury, which is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 results, because his actions surrounding Georgia's election were related to legislative activity and should be protected under the Speech and Debate clause.
Federal Judge Leigh Martin May denied Graham's motion to quash his subpoena, and he was scheduled to appear before the grand jury on August 23. He asked the judge to stay her decision, saying in a court filing, "Senator Graham will suffer irreparable harm if forced to appear before his appeal concludes."
The judge has given Fulton County prosecutors until Friday at 9 a.m. ET to respond to Graham's motion to stay her ruling.
Graham's attorneys have argued that his calls to Georgia officials after the 2020 election were legislative activity that were directly related to his committee responsibilities as the then-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat who is leading the investigation into Trump and his allies, said in court filings that Graham's actions appear interconnected with former President Donald Trump, and that the grand jury needed to hear from Graham about at least two calls Graham made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff in the wake of the 2020 election.
"During the telephone calls, (Graham) questioned Secretary Raffensperger and his staff about reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump," Willis wrote in her court filing seeking Graham's testimony.
"The Witness also made reference to allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, consistent with public statements made by known affiliates of the Trump Campaign," she said in the court documents.
Earlier Wednesday, Trump's former attorney, Rudy Giuliani, appeared behind closed doors for grand jury testimony in the investigation. Of interest to the Atlanta investigators are hearings before Georgia lawmakers where Giuliani and other Trump allies promoted conspiracy theories about supposed 2020 election-rigging. At a December 3, 2020, Georgia Senate subcommittee hearing, Giuliani played heavily edited video of Fulton County election workers, and he urged the legislators to appoint a slate of pro-Trump electors in disregard of the statewide results showing that Joe Biden had won. He also appeared virtually before a Georgia House committee to discuss alleged election irregularities on December 10, 2020.
Also on Wednesday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp asked a judge to throw out a subpoena from the Fulton County district attorney requiring the governor appear before the grand jury.
Kemp had been scheduled for a voluntary interview in July, his lawyers said in a court filing, but the interview was "unilaterally cancelled" after Kemp's legal team inquired about the scope of that interview. The District Attorney's office then issued a subpoena, Kemp's lawyers said.
"Governor Kemp has ardently defended the rule of law in this state. Moreover, he welcomes opportunities to explain and defend his actions" a court filing from Kemp's lawyers said. "However, the Subpoena ignores -- and more importantly, the DA's Office has refused to account for -- the serious privileges it implicates in relation to the testimony of a sitting governor."
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CLAY COUNTY, Iowa (KCAU) — An Iowa woman has died due to multiple dog bite injuries on Monday, authorities said, after her body was found in a ditch.
According to a release from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, authorities received a 911 call around 1:50 p.m. on Monday from a person believing he had come across a motorcycle incident on 200th Avenue south of Rossie, Iowa.
The caller said he found a woman in the ditch but could not get close to her due to several big dogs being next to her. Deputies arrived and found the woman dead. The woman was identified as Mindy Kiepe, 43, of rural Rossie, Iowa.
Kiepe was taken to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy. The State Medical Examiner ruled on Wednesday that Kiepe’s death was due to multiple dog bite injures and not a motorcycle crash.
After further investigation it was determined that five Great Dane dogs owned by Kiepe had caused her death. With the assistance of a veterinarian, the five dogs where humanely euthanized. The incident occurred just a short distance from her farm residence driveway, the release added.
The Sioux Rapids Fire Department, Royal Fire and Rescue, Iowa State Patrol, Clay County Medical Examiner’s Office and the IA State Medical Examiners Office assisted the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/sheriff-iowa-woman-died-due-to-multiple-dog-bites-dogs-euthanized/ | 2022-08-17T22:21:15Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/sheriff-iowa-woman-died-due-to-multiple-dog-bites-dogs-euthanized/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — The Inflation Reduction Act will make a significant investment in the electric vehicle market by extending tax credits of up to $7500 on new cars and up to $4,000 on used electric vehicles.
But critics, like the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, complain that it’s a “missed opportunity at a crucial time” because many electric cars won’t qualify for the tax rebates.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says that’s intentional.
“Part of the design of this bill is not to support any electric vehicle, but to support U.S. made or North American made electric vehicles,” he said.
Ozawa Bineshi Albert with the Climate Justice Alliance says electric cars are still too expensive for lower-income Americans.
“In urban areas, there’s very little in the Inflation Reduction Act around public transportation and addressing further build-out,” he said.
But EPA administrator Michael Regan says the investment will have clear environmental benefits.
“We know transportation is the number one contributor of climate change and climate pollution,” he said.
Critics also say the country doesn’t have the charging infrastructure in place to support a transition to electric vehicles.
However, Buttigieg says with money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the Biden Administration is already working to expand that network “to help make sure that there are chargers across the entire highway system, at least every 50 miles.”
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Amber Alert issued for 7-year-old Texas girl
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday afternoon for a missing child in Bryan, Texas.
Ana Cristina Torres Medina, 7, was last seen around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday in the 700 block of Scott & White Drive in College Station, Texas.
She is described as having brown hair and brown eyes.
Authorities identified Pedro Angel Aranda Jimenez as the suspect in the case, according to the Amber Alert.
Jimenez has a warrant issued for his arrest “related to this incident,” according to the alert.
Ana and Jimenez may be traveling in a 2005 Dodge Durango with Texas license plate number HBY0222. The vehicle may be headed to the U.S.-Mexico border.
If you have any information, contact Bryan Police at 979-209-5300 or dial 911.
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A study released last year found that children around the Midwest had high levels of lead in their blood.
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, the data paints a similar picture — children with elevated levels of lead in their blood far above the national average.
Over the last six months, The Missouri Independent and NPR’s Midwest Newsroom worked to figure out why.
By analyzing scientific research, delving into state and local data and interviewing parents, experts and advocates from across the country, a joint investigation aimed at shedding light on a public health disaster that continues to poison children every year.
With the project coming to a close, both news organizations are co-hosting a community discussion on Aug. 30 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Kansas Public Library.
When:
Tuesday, Aug. 30
6-7:30 p.m.
Where:
Kansas City Kansas Public Library
625 Minnesota Ave.
Kansas City, Kansas 66101
Register for free:
The event will feature a panel of experts to lay out the facts and take questions about sources of lead all around us and solutions that are available.
Attendance is free, and refreshments will be provided. Those unable to attend in-person can join over Zoom.
Moderated by reporters Samantha Horton and Niara Savage, the discussion will feature:
Elizabeth Friedman, a physician with Children’s Mercy Kansas City and director of the pediatric environmental health specialty unit for Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa.
Ganga Hettiarachchi, a professor of soil and environmental chemistry at Kansas State University and one of the world’s leading scientists in the fields of trace metal and nutrient chemistry in soils.
Beto Lugo-Martinez, a community organizer and executive director of CleanAirNow in Kansas City.
Amy Roberts, project manager of the childhood lead poisoning prevention and health homes program for the Kansas City, Missouri, health department.
In addition to the panel discussion, free lead paint testing kits will be made available to the first 15 people who attend in person and will be mailed to the first 10 people who attend virtually. To register to attend, in person or virtually, visit the Kansas City Kansas Public Library website. | https://www.kcur.org/2022-08-17/midwest-newsroom-missouri-independent-to-co-host-community-discussion-on-lead-levels-in-children | 2022-08-17T22:23:57Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/2022-08-17/midwest-newsroom-missouri-independent-to-co-host-community-discussion-on-lead-levels-in-children | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The realization came as a shock to Héloïse Luzzati. How could she have spent the better part of three decades playing music without every studying a piece composed by a woman?
As her gigs dried up at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and concert halls around the world went dark for months, the French cellist dedicated much of her time to remedying that gap. "The role of women in the history of music began to gain a certain importance in my life as a musician," the French cellist told NPR's Leila Fadel. "We don't know enough works composed by women. My aim is to increase the percentage of known works written by female composers."
She unearthed manuscripts by the likes of Mel Bonis (1858-1937), Clémence de Grandval (1828-1907) and Rita Strohl (1865-1941). In many cases, these pages of music had simply been sitting in a trunk in the attic, preserved by the composers' own descendants.
Luzzati has a hard time picking just one piece as her favorite. "There [are] so many. I cannot answer this question," she said. "I ask myself, how could I [not] know this piece?"
Many of these works had never been published or recorded before, and yet to Luzzati they shined like priceless jewels. Her project quickly grew from a set of online biographical videos to a virtual advent calendar featuring recorded performances, a festival with top soloists at châteaux and other historic sites near Paris — and now a new record label.
La Boîte à Pépites (The Jewel Box) aims to "exhume pieces that seem worthy of a good position in the standard musical repertoire," Luzzati explained. The label's first release, launched in France in April and set for September 30 in the UK, is centered around French composer Charlotte Sohy, who died in 1955.
"I was completely captivated by this music," said Luzzati, who gave a special nod to what she considers a "masterpiece," the Op. 24 piano trio.
"It's completely specific as French music from the beginning of the 20th century — sometimes impressionistic, sometimes figurative, with colors of Ravel, Chausson or Debussy."
The rich harmonies also come from someone who faced tremendous odds, having survived two world wars, mothered seven children and cared for a conductor-composer (Marcel Labey). At times, she composed under a male name — that of her grandfather, Charles Sohy — or just used the abbreviation Ch. Sohy "to bypass the prejudices about women," Luzzati explained. And yet her catalogue includes 35 opuses. She studied under composer Vincent d'Indy, himself a student of César Franck.
A three-CD boxset — also available on streaming platforms — features world premieres of Sohy's piano, chamber and orchestral works. Among the soloists are rising and veteran stars of the classical world in their own right, including David Kadouch, Xavier Phillips, Célia Oneto Bensaïd and Marie-Laure Garnier. The Quatuor Hermès recorded Sohy's first two quartets and the Orchestre national Avignon-Provence took up orchestral works under the baton of Debora Waldman.
It all began when Waldman introduced Luzzati to Sohy's grandson François-Henri Labey. Since retiring from directing regional conservatories about a decade ago, Labey has copied his grandmother's handwritten work in digital format on a computer. He's said that he stumbled upon her "Grande Guerre" (Great War) Symphony in C sharp minor in the bottom of a drawer. In 2019, Waldman led the Orchestre Victor-Hugo Franche-Comté in the posthumous world premiere of the work, composed during World War I. Sohy was informed of her husband's death on the battlefield while writing the second movement, only to learn a week later that he was found alive.
Luzzati is intransigent in her selection both of the pieces and performers put forward via her project, a charitable organization run by musicians. Violinist Renaud Capuçon and pianist Bertrand Chamayou are among the internationally renowned musicians who have joined the effort. Rather than simply performing a piece because it was composed by a woman, Luzzati and her fellow artists work together to breathe life into some of the most accomplished works by a composer who happened to be a woman.
"We want this music to exist for the future and for the young generations too," she explained. "We don't want to rewrite the story of the music. We want to add the women who count in the story."
Gender inequality is still prevalent in the music industry today. While there are growing efforts to promote music by composers of underrepresented genders and backgrounds, only 5% of compositions scheduled to be performed by 100 orchestras worldwide in the 2020-2021 season were written by women, according to the UK-based foundation Donne.
Historically, much of this music has been overlooked — if not dismissed entirely — by music directors, and even teachers. Music students, from their very beginnings to advanced studies at top conservatories, are still largely taught music composed by white men who have been dead for decades if not centuries.
Some women gained wide acclaim during their lifetimes, especially in the late 19th century. Virtuoso pianist Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a prolific composer and the only female professor of music to teach at the Paris Conservatory in that century. But she was quickly forgotten after her death, despite her work being published.
"So there you go. It's as simple as that. When a composer dies and she's no longer there to keep her work alive, it disappears almost instantly," Luzzati said.
Her group has also spotlighted living composers, like Ethiopian nun Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou or Alicia Terzian of Argentina. There are also new arrangements, such as one of a song by Barbara, who started out as a cabaret singer before writing her own tunes.
And Luzzati only just got started. She's setting her sights next on music publishing — blowing the dust off old manuscripts so that the works can be played by students and soloists alike. If she succeeds, the ripple effect could have a long lasting impact on the classical music industry.
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City will offer in-state level tuition to students from all 50 states next year.
The move is tied to two new scholarships unveiled on Wednesday aimed at making college more affordable.
"We are committed to making higher education affordable to the Kansas City community, all of Missouri and Kansas and beyond," Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jenny Lundgren said in a news release. "These programs remove financial barriers that stand in the way of people earning the credentials needed to launch a professional career."
Beginning in fall 2023, the Roo Nation Award will reduce tuition and fees to the in-state level for eligible first-time college students. To be eligible, a student will need to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. New students and transfer students will also need to have a 3.0 GPA or above.
And in the fall, the Roo Advantage Scholarship makes college free for all new Pell-eligible students from Missouri and Kansas. The scholarship will cover the gap between scholarships and the cost of tuition and fees.
Incoming first-year and transfer undergraduate students with associate's degrees are eligible.
Both the Roo Nation Award and the Roo Advantage Scholarship can be renewed annually.
Madison Atkins, a UMKC junior studying education, is a recipient of the Roo Advantage Scholarship.
“It was a no-brainer about accepting it because I’m basically getting college for free,” Atkins said in the news release. “I did community college to save money, and my family planned to take out loans for UMKC. So when this scholarship came along, it felt like a weight had been lifted.”
UMKC is also simplifying the requirements for its automatic scholarships. Beginning in fall 2023, first-time college students can qualify for some automatic scholarships with either a minimum ACT score or minimum GPA. The university will no longer require both.
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A lifelong conservative, Missouri Senate candidate John Wood is running this November as an independent against Republican Eric Schmitt and Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine.
While he isn’t running as a Republican, the first-time political candidate is by no means shying away from his conservative viewpoints. Citing former President Ronald Reagan and former U.S. Sen. Jack Danforth as his political heroes, Wood supports lowering taxes, less government regulation and reduced spending. He also agrees with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Where he differs with the modern day-GOP is the threat he believes the party currently poses to American democracy. Wood recently spent time working for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) as the senior investigative counsel with the Jan. 6 committee, and says he closely aligns with the congresswoman politically.
“I've been friends with her for a long time. I share her conservative views and her conservative values,” Wood said. “But I also share her concern about former President Trump, and I believe deeply in democracy and our constitution.”
Earlier this week, Rep. Cheney lost her primary election to a Trump-backed opponent. Wood said that outcome is an example of why he didn’t run as a Republican.
“The same probably would have been true here in Missouri in a Republican primary where, unfortunately, the primaries tend to be driven by the bases of both parties,” he said. “But I think the general election, there's an opportunity to appeal to a lot more people who are kind of in the mainstream.”
If elected to the U.S. Senate, Wood said he would speak for his constituents, while he argued that Republican candidate Schmitt is “entirely beholden to Donald Trump.”
“[Schmitt] has pledged that if he goes to the Senate, he's going to continue to investigate election fraud in the 2020 election,” Wood said. “Everything he's doing seems to be to try to curry favor with our former president. What Missourians need is somebody who's not going to speak for Donald Trump, who's not going to speak for Joe Biden or Chuck Schumer, as my Democratic opponent will, but will speak for Missourians.”
If he was in the Senate for this week’s vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, Wood said he would have sided with Republicans, voting against the $737 billion climate-heavy legislation. But he doesn’t call himself a climate change denier — he simply would have gone about fighting this issue differently.
“I do think that it's necessary to spend some money to invest in clean energy. I also favor market solutions,” Wood said. “I think a way to have consumers have to bear the cost of fossil fuels is important. And so I think something along the lines of carbon pricing is necessary.”
Wood was convinced to take his first foray into electoral politics by former Sen. Danforth’s belief that Wood has a real chance to win.
“The fact that Sen. Danforth believes so strongly in it and is willing to invest not just his time but also some of his personal resources suggested that it could be a viable route,” Wood said. “And so I decided to throw my hat in the ring.”
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Social media influencers have become important to brands and marketers. Influencer marketing can increase the visibility of brands and strengthen their images. Digital marketers are constantly on the lookout for popular social media influencers to collaborate with.
Brittany Null, a Kansas City content creator who focuses on lifestyle videos on her channel, "Britt's Space." Null said "influencer" has a negative connotation, and likes to consider herself and others as "content creators."
Most people know that influencers can earn money from blogs or social media accounts. Creating content isn’t just a hobby for influencers, but also a way to bring in an income. For some, it's a full-time job.
"It is my full time job, and it's funny because a lot of times people think like, 'Oh, social media influencer you just take a couple pics, you throw it up, it's fine,'" Null said. "But to curate your social media on multiple platforms, it actually takes up quite a bit of time."
These jobs won't be going anywhere any time soon. Nearly 75% of Gen Z and Millennials in the U.S. follow influencers on social media.
"I've been asked to speak at schools for, like, career day. And it used to be kind of laughable, like, 'Oh, this isn't a career, but it is a career, '" Null said.
Lisa Nguyen is a content creator from Wichita, and her focus is food. Her TikTok account has reached over 2.8 million followers, and she has over 3.75 million subscribers on YouTube. Nguyen said she feels she has a big responsibility to the younger audience.
"I always want to make sure I'm being authentic," she said, "but also it helps me be a better person to just implementing better morals and stuff into my life, just knowing that there is a younger generation out there watching."
- Lisa Nguyen, content creator
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Piano Sonata 2 "Concord Mass"
by Charles Ives
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Postlude in F
by Charles Ives
James Sinclair with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra
They are There!
by Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Compositions and Recordings
Piano Sonata 2 "Concord Mass"
by Charles Ives
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Postlude in F
by Charles Ives
James Sinclair with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra
They are There!
by Charles Ives
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Hawaii Senate Majority Leader Kurt Favella has requested Gov. David Ige declare a state of emergency to address rising electricity rates in the state.
Favella’s request comes less than two weeks after the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) said it would have to raise its rates by an additional 7% as the state shuttered its last coal power plant and the ban on coal as an energy source is set to take effect to start 2023.
The HECO rate increase is in addition to 10% to 20% increase they announced for the state in March 2022.
Citing Hawaii Revised Statute Chapter 127A-14, Favella says Gov. Ige has the power to “relieve hardships and inequities, or obstructions to the public health, safety, or welfare found by the governor to exist in the laws.”
In Favella’s request, the senator says the emergency declaration should remain in place until HECO can obtain cost-effective renewable energy sources.
“Per HECO, it has had to turn to oil as a result of a delay with renewable energy projects. However, HECO's reliance on oil results in residential households and businesses left to carry the burden,” wrote Fevella.
As part of the declaration, Favella called for the AES plant to be restarted until the state’s renewable energy projects are ready to go.
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The girl allegedly seen in multiple child pornography tapes from the late 1990s having sex with R. Kelly is expected to testify the singer had sex with her when she was 14 and recorded some of their hundreds of sexual encounters, prosecutors said at the start of Kelly and two associates' Chicago federal trial Wednesday.
The tapes showing the alleged encounters were part of a 2008 Illinois child pornography trial in which Kelly was acquitted after the witness declined to take the stand. Now nearly 40 years old, she is finally expected to testify, using the pseudonym "Jane," said Assistant US Attorney Jason Julien during his opening statement.
"Jane's going to testify. Jane's going to tell you that it's her on the videos," Julien told jurors. "That it's Kelly on the videos having sex with her."
Kelly faces charges he sexually abused five minors in the late 1990s and created multiple explicit videos with four of them. The charges also include producing and receiving child pornography, enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity and obstruction charges.
Two of his former associates are co-defendants. Derrel McDavid was Kelly's former business manager and accountant and faces child pornography and obstruction charges. Milton "June" Brown was Kelly's former assistant and faces one count of conspiracy to receive child pornography. Kelly, McDavid and Brown each pleaded not guilty to the charges.
"The defendant Robert Kelly had sex with multiple children. He made videotapes of himself having sex with young children. And these two defendants Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown knew about it. Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown helped Kelly cover it up and keep it a secret," Julien said.
Kelly's attorney Jennifer Bonjean asked jurors to question why Jane is coming forward now to testify that the tapes show Kelly having sex with her when she was underage, contradicting what she told authorities decades ago.
"For the last 22 years she has adamantly denied that it was her in that video. Before there was any criminal investigation, she denied it. She denied it repeatedly to prosecutors, she denied it to social workers to police officers. She denied it under oath to a grand jury," Bonjean said.
Prosecutors are expected to show multiple tapes of child pornography allegedly involving Kelly having sex with underage girls. The public and media will not be permitted to view the tapes, as they are considered contraband, but jurors will.
"The videos are difficult to watch," Julien said. "But it's important for you all to watch those videos to understand what happened."
Before opening statements began, one juror was excused by US District Judge Harry Leinenweber due to medical issues. The jury is now made up of four men and eight women, along with five alternates, who were sworn in Tuesday.
The trial in Kelly's hometown is the latest chapter in a series of legal battles the singer faces. Kelly was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges at a Brooklyn federal trial in September and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Kelly's inner circle
Both Milton Brown and Derrel McDavid began working with Kelly around the height of his career in the 1990s.
But when allegations began surfacing in 2001 that a tape had leaked showing Kelly having sex with a minor, prosecutors said the pair and others in Kelly's inner circle sprang into action.
"Kelly, Brown and McDavid went through extraordinary lengths to get that tape back," Julien said.
But Vadim Glozman, an attorney for McDavid, told jurors Kelly, Jane and her family were not truthful to McDavid and the team of high-powered entertainment lawyers and denied the recordings showed Kelly having sex with Jane when she was underage.
"We will show you that everything he (McDavid) saw and everything he was told led him to believe that the tape was not legitimate," Glozman said. "Because he believed that, there was never any intention to obstruct justice or break the law. The only intention was to present the best defense possible."
That defense team helped Kelly win his 2008 trial. Glozman said McDavid will take the stand at this trial to tell jurors what he did and did not do during that time, and that he believed he was simply doing his job.
In an opening statement, Kathleen Leon, an attorney for Brown, painted him as a small-town, high school dropout who was trying to break into the music industry and felt he hit the jackpot when he started working for Kelly as one of his assistants, an "errand boy."
"Evidence will prove that he was just an assistant who, day in and day out fulfilled his employment duties," Leon said. "He had no knowledge of the secrets that his employer Robert Kelly held close and hidden from the world. He had no knowledge of any conspiracy and no knowledge that the individual portrayed in the VHS tape was a minor."
Disturbing videos of Jane
Prosecutors said Jane was from a musical family. Her aunt, known professionally as Sparkle, signed a recording contract with Kelly. Jane's father played guitar on several of Kelly's records.
"Kelly became Jane's family's only source of income," Julien told jurors.
Jane met Kelly when she was about 12 or 13 years old in the mid 1990s, and the singer eventually became her godfather.
"Kelly never became Jane's godfather in a religious sense," Julien said. "But being Jane's 'godfather' provided cover for spending time with her."
Jane was around 13 or 14 when Kelly took her virginity, Julien said. Kelly was about 31.
"Kelly taught Jane what to do to please Kelly sexually. Kelly told Jane how to position her body during sex. What he wanted Jane to say to him during sex," Julien said.
One thing Kelly and Jane discussed during sex was her age, Julien said.
Julien said jurors will see Kelly setting up a camcorder and adjusting it before having sex with Jane, and offered a disturbing description of what the tapes show.
Prosecutors said Jane's story was not an outlier in Kelly's world, that he had sex with her underage friends, as well, who are also expected to testify at trial.
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Rep. Liz Cheney's supporters say her reelection hopes were doomed on January 13, 2021, when a week after the insurrection at the Capitol, she and nine other House Republicans voted to impeach former President Donald Trump.
Everything since that day -- Cheney's role on the House select committee investigating the insurrection; her ads featuring her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, eviscerating Trump; her speeches attempting to steer the GOP away from Trump's influence -- only served Harriet Hageman's victory in Wyoming's primary for its lone House seat on Tuesday.
Cheney's ouster caps a summer in which Trump has purged the GOP of many of his critics, while elevating candidates -- including Hageman -- who have parroted his lies about widespread election fraud. Trump-aligned candidates have won primaries for governor in swing states such as Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, and Senate in Georgia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Candidates backed by the former President have positioned themselves to take over the election machinery in a series of key states if they win in November.
Primaries in recent months have also brought into focus the role a handful of prominent Republicans, including Cheney and former Vice President Mike Pence, are seeking to play in moving the GOP beyond Trump and his election denialism.
But Wyoming's results on Tuesday demonstrated the long odds those Trump critics face in a party in which the former President remains the most dominant figure and is teasing a third run for the White House in 2024.
Cheney attempted to assemble a coalition of Democrats, independents and moderate and anti-Trump Republicans -- many of them ideological opponents of the neoconservative congresswoman before the last 19 months -- to save her seat. Her campaign sent information to registered Democrats in Wyoming about how to change their party registration, and in interviews across the state in the lead-up to the election, a number of Democrats did say they were voting for Cheney.
But the Cowboy State's electorate is almost entirely Republican. Wyoming has more than 215,000 registered Republicans compared to just 36,000 registered Democrats, according to data from the secretary of state's office. That's a drop of about 15,000 registered Democrats from early 2021, but the pool of party-switchers, along with a fall-off of more than 3,000 independent voters who likely became Republicans, was nowhere near large enough to save Cheney from defeat in a Republican Party that had turned against her.
"I think she stood up for what she believes in," said John Grant, a Republican who cast his ballot for Cheney, even though he suspected she would fall short. "It took a lot of courage to stand against the Republican Party and Donald Trump."
'Uneasy from the beginning'
The roots of Cheney's loss were planted long before Tuesday's primary. And in some cases, the seeds were planted during the factional battles within the Wyoming GOP that date back to the tea party era, when Cheney was still a resident of Virginia.
The state's GOP, with no real competition from Democrats, has divided into two factions, with a more moderate establishment wing butting heads with a more conservative faction that has increasingly wrested away control.
The establishment wing retains some power in Wyoming. Gov. Mark Gordon, a part of that wing, won Tuesday. But the conservative faction has seized control of the state Republican Party and many of its local organizations.
"In Wyoming, we don't necessarily embrace the idea of a big tent," Wyoming GOP Chairman Frank Eathorne said on Fox earlier this year.
Wyoming Republicans' reservations about Cheney were first evident in 2016, when she won her House seat after winning just 39% of the vote in the GOP primary against a fractured field. She was cast as too close to the establishment by some rivals, and as a carpetbagger by others -- including Tim Stubson, a former state lawmaker who now supports Cheney.
But, she was by far the best-known candidate in the race thanks to the decade her father spent representing Wyoming in Congress prior to becoming secretary of defense and later, vice president.
Cheney had coasted to reelection since then, largely because she had not broken with conservatives on major issues. Stubson said she was on course to do so again, until the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, when Cheney became a leading critic of Trump's actions and defender of the integrity of the 2020 election.
The makings for a divorce from Cheney were immediately evident. Though Wyoming's GOP has been fractured by warring factions, one thing that has broadly united those factions is support for Trump. He won Wyoming in 2020 by 43.3 percentage points over President Joe Biden -- Trump's largest margin of victory anywhere in the nation.
"Yes, there may have been an undercurrent there of anti-Liz sentiment, but there is no way she would have had any trouble getting elected," Stubson said.
"Her relationship with that portion of the party has been uneasy from the beginning, and they probably never totally embraced her because she has been the definition of an establishment Republican. But she was right on the policies," he said. "In my mind, it's a sort of binary issue: If she votes for impeachment, it doesn't matter what she does afterward."
Voters say Cheney was too focused on Trump
While Trump's shadow loomed large over the race, conversations with voters across Wyoming over the last week often came across with a sense of disappointment in Cheney, more than a burning sentiment of anger. Several people said they felt Cheney devoted far more time on national issues -- to the detriment of her focusing on energy and natural resource priorities of critical importance to the state.
"I want Wyoming to be protected and I don't feel Liz is doing that job," said Jenille Thomas, who lives in the coal-mining town of Rock Springs in southwestern Wyoming.
For many Republican voters in Wyoming, though, it was Cheney's vote to impeach Trump that spurred them to action.
Esther Egan, a 68-year-old who cleans houses and lives in Jackson, said she voted for Hageman because Cheney "bailed on us when we need her the most."
"They can say whatever they want about Trump, but he did a damn good job. And then she turns tail," Egan said. "She's with Nancy Pelosi."
Catherine Norsworthy, a 68-year-old homemaker in Jackson, said she switched from being an unaffiliated voter to a Republican to vote for Hageman, citing Trump's endorsement of her.
"I'm not in favor of the January 6 hearings at all," she said. "I didn't like her voting against Trump. I'm very pro-Trump. I listen to him."
Going down swinging
Cheney was by far the most prominent of the 10 House Republicans to vote in January 2021 for Trump's impeachment. She revealed her decision to do so the day before the House vote, saying in a statement that Trump "summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing."
The retribution she faced within the GOP built over the following months. In May 2021, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy publicly endorsed removing Cheney from her position as the No. 3 spot in the party's leadership team.
That same month, the House GOP removed Cheney from her leadership post on a voice vote.
She followed the ouster by telling reporters, in a preview of how she would approach the following year and her reelection campaign: "I will do everything I can to ensure that the former President never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office."
In July 2021, Cheney accepted a position as one of two Republicans, along with retiring Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, on the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
As the committee conducted its probe, Trump set his sights on revenge, endorsing challengers to most of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him.
Trump's biggest target was Cheney. He endorsed Hageman, a former Republican National Committee member and lawyer who had once been a Cheney ally, on the day she entered the race in September 2021.
For the most part, Trump's efforts have succeeded. Four of the 10 have retired. Three more, in addition to Cheney, lost their primaries. Only two survived their primaries, and California Rep. David Valadao and Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse did so in part because their states hold all-party open primaries.
As those retirements piled up and those primaries unfolded, Cheney was busy playing a leading role on that committee, in its interviews of former Trump administration officials and in its public hearings in which the panel has revealed some of its findings.
She has also sought out opportunities to confront the GOP's direction. She delivered a searing rebuke of Trump and her party's leadership in a late June speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
"We are confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before -- and that is a former President who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional Republic," Cheney said then. "And he is aided by Republican leaders and elected officials who have made themselves willing hostages to this dangerous and irrational man."
Weeks after that speech, Cheney was elusive when asked about the possibility of running for president in 2024. She told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview that she will "make a decision on 2024 down the road."
In an interview with CNN's Kasie Hunt earlier this month, Cheney made clear she would not temper her criticism of Trump at all -- even if it costs her the House seat that her father once held and that she has held since 2017.
"We're in a situation where former President Trump has betrayed the patriotism of millions and millions of people across our country, and many people here in Wyoming, and he's lied to them," she said. "And what I know to do is to tell the truth, and to make sure that people understand the truth about what happened and why it matters so much."
Even as polls showed Cheney was on her way to a resounding defeat, she stuck to a message focused squarely on Trump.
Her campaign bought ad time on Fox for a spot featuring Dick Cheney, in which he called Trump a "coward" who lies to his supporters and "tried to steal the last election" using violence.
What's next
It didn't take long for the outcome of Tuesday's primary to become clear. Cheney had been badly defeated, and conceded the race to Hageman quickly.
She told supporters that she'd won the primary with 73% support two years ago, and "could easily have done the same again." But doing so, she said, would have required embracing Trump's lies about election fraud.
"That was a path I could not and would not take," Cheney said.
"No House seat, no office in this land, is more important than the principles that we are all sworn to protect. And I well understood the potential political consequences of abiding by my duty," she said.
After a primary that Cheney and her allies knew she was set to lose, the question is, what's next for the Wyoming congresswoman who had in a short time rocketed up the House Republican ranks?
She did not answer that question Tuesday night, at her election night event on a ranch in Jackson Hole. But overnight, her campaign filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission creating a leadership PAC to be called "The Great Task" -- a nod to Abraham Lincoln, who spoke at Gettysburg of the "great task" facing the country. And on Wednesday morning, she told NBC's "Today" show that she is "thinking about" running for president and will make a decision in "the coming months."
In her election night speech, Cheney previewed a continued fight against Trump: "I have said since January 6 that I will do whatever it takes to ensure that Donald Trump is never again near the Oval Office, and I mean it. This is a fight for all of us, together."
"I ask you tonight to join me: As we leave here, let us resolve that we will stand together, Republicans, Democrats and independents, against those who would destroy our republic," she added.
As she left the stage, Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" blared over the event's speakers as the sun set over the Grand Teton mountain peak.
This story and headline have been updated.
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Greenville police searching for missing man
Published: Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:37 PM EDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Greenville police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man.
The Greenville Police Department says 29-year-old Clinton Jackson III was reported missing on Monday. He was last seen in the area of Fairfax Avenue dressed in a black t-shirt and black pants.
Police describe Clinton as being about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighing 230 pounds.
Anyone with information on Jackson’s whereabouts is asked to call police at (252) 329-4300.
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The 2.2 million square foot facility makes Digi-Key one of the 10 largest warehouses in North America
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, celebrated the ribbon cutting of its Product Distribution Center expansion (PDCe) today, expanding the company's headquarters' footprint by 2.2 million square feet for a combined total of more than 3 million square feet. The new facility allows Digi-Key to pick, pack and ship nearly three times the previous daily average of 27,000 packages to customers in more than 180 countries around the world.
Digi-Key celebrated the opening event with an official cutting of tape from a Digi-Reel and ceremonial first package handoffs to each of the company's four carrier partners: DHL, FedEx, UPS and USPS. Remarks were given by Digi-Key President Dave Doherty, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Commissioner Steve Grove, Thief River Falls Mayor Brian Holmer and several other Digi-Key executives, as well as video messages from U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
"This is a significant milestone for all Digi-Key employees and our community," said Dave Doherty, president of Digi-Key. "Our new product distribution center expansion will help us continue to deliver excellence to our customers for many years to come. As exciting as this expansion is for us, our hope is that our customers truly don't notice a difference – the transition for them should be seamless, and if anything, result in an even better customer service experience than they are already accustomed to. For us, it's deeper roots in Thief River Falls and a commitment to continue investing in this community and the state of Minnesota."
The PDCe building was designed by Minnesota-based Widseth, and McShane Construction served as general contractor on the project. KNAPP, a leader in warehouse logistics and automation, partnered with Digi-Key on the internal automation and operational equipment.
"The state of Minnesota is thrilled to celebrate Digi-Key's growth milestone today," said Steve Grove, commissioner of Minnesota DEED. "Growth at this level is a win for the employees of Digi-Key, it's a win for the Thief River Falls community and it's a win for the state of Minnesota. The opening of this facility is made possible by local and state economic support which will contribute an additional $500 million in economic output, as well as the addition of more than 1,000 new jobs."
The opening of the facility comes at a time of record growth for the company – Digi-Key wrapped up 2021 growing faster than ever before with a 65% growth rate, and bookings in 2022 are up more than 25% over last year. This year has also been one of the largest years for supplier additions for the company with 250 suppliers already added for the year. Since construction began in 2018, Digi-Key has added 1,500 suppliers and 1.5 million part numbers to their inventory.
The new facility is nearly fully automated, the only task that is truly done by hand is the actual picking of parts. Among the racks of components, carts are wire-guided so that the only thing a cart driver will have to worry about is where to stop. The wire-guided system will save more than 10% of time and is significantly safer.
The product distribution center expansion features two primary conveyor systems to provide redundancy in the case of a breakdown and provide opportunities for future growth. Scalability and growth were top of mind in the plans and design of the new building, and the majority of the fourth floor is currently open for the time being. There are over 27 miles of automated conveyor belt in the new facility, and an average order will travel more than 3,200 feet inside the building.
The building features six backup diesel engines and pumps along with a water tank built for fire suppression. It also has its own storm sewer and run-off ponds so as not to contribute to any flooding or storage concerns in the community.
The state-of-the-art facility features multiple common work areas and break rooms with oversized windows for optimal natural sunlight, as well as the Two Rivers Café that features a range of food options from ready-to-eat salads and wraps to burgers and paninis cooked to order. Local vendor, Las Ranitas, serves authentic Mexican options from the café a couple days per week as well. Digi-Key is recognized by the state of Minnesota as a Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace and has 16 private Mother's Rooms throughout the PDCe for employees returning to work after parental leave. The building also has a spacious Quiet Room for employees to take their breaks, relax and recharge.
Outside of the new building there is a new Community Garden where employees can adopt a plot for the summer and plant seasonal flowers, fruits and vegetables. In the Skybridge connecting the original PDC to the PDCe building there is a "Digi-Walk" mapped out from end to end, offering a great place for employees to get in some extra steps during their breaks.
Sustainability was also considered during the planning and construction of the facility. The roof has a white membrane to reflect the sun's heat, sensor-activated LED lights to minimize electricity usage, and a specially designed conveying system which maximizes energy usage as well as efficiency.
To learn more about Digi-Key, visit the Digi-Key website.
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Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is recognized as both the leader and continuous innovator in the high service distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide. As the original pioneer in this space, Digi-Key provides more than 13.4 million components from over 2,300 quality name-brand manufacturers with an industry-leading breadth and depth of product in stock and available for immediate shipment. Beyond the products that drive technology innovation, Digi-Key also supports design engineers and procurement professionals with a wealth of digital solutions and tools to make their jobs more efficient. Additional information can be found at digikey.com and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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After visits from two cruise lines were canceled last weekend in the wake of a recent surge of unrest, cruise ships are cautiously returning to the popular port of Ensenada, Mexico. Cruise lines are continuing to monitor the situation closely, however, and may need to adjust future calls if necessary.
Unrest in Ensenada
Ensenada, a port community just 50 miles from the United States/Mexico border, is a popular destination for short cruises from California homeports. Unfortunately, the community has lately been subject to increasing violence, including incidents of arson and drug trafficking, that have impacted the tourism industry.
This includes cruise visits, and both Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Radiance and Royal Caribbean International’s Navigator of the Seas canceled visits to Ensenada on Sunday, August 14, 2022, due to escalating cartel violence.
The port area wasn’t the only part of the region impacted, and much of Baja California was locked down temporarily as a precaution against the violence.
Fortunately, the unrest has slowed this week, and Border Report has reported that Carnival Cruise Line has recommitted to its scheduled calls on Ensenada.
“I’m very happy [Carnival Cruise Line] confirmed the rest of their scheduled arrivals and they trust in the actions we’ve implemented,” said Ayala Robles, mayor of Ensenada, after a conference call with the cruise line on Monday, August 15.
“We reiterated the importance of the cruise ship arrivals to our city, and that the actions of a few do not reflect the hard-working people and hospitality in our region … our people work hard daily to help their families get ahead.”
Will More Calls Be Canceled?
In response to last weekend’s unrest, Carnival Cruise Line issued a statement through its Twitter account.
“Due to recent local unrest and issued guidance from the U.S. State Department for its employees to shelter in place in Ensenada and the surrounding region, the Carnival Radiance will cancel the call in Ensenada,” the statement read.
Other communities in northern Baja California, including Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito, and Tecate, have been similarly impacted with lockdowns, curfews, and related measures recently.
While the slowing of violence in the past few days is a welcome respite for the port community, cruise lines continue to monitor the situation and will continue to cancel visits if necessary. At all times, cruise lines keep the safety of their guests and crew members as their first priority.
At the moment, the U.S. State Department has issued elevated travel warnings for different parts of Mexico, and the current Mexico travel advisory recommends that travelers reconsider travel to Baja California due to the risk of crime and kidnapping.
Tracking data has shown that the Sunshine-class Carnival Radiance made its scheduled visit to Ensenada on Wednesday, August 17.
Navigator of the Seas is scheduled to visit tomorrow, while Carnival Miracle is scheduled to be in Ensenada on Saturday, August 20, as part of a 4-night Baja itinerary. There has been no confirmation as yet whether visits in the next few days may again be canceled.
Travelers booked on itineraries that include Ensenada in the next few weeks should stay in close communication with their cruise line to learn if there may be itinerary adjustments.
Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International are the only cruise lines scheduled to call in Ensenada for the next few weeks, though Oceania Cruises, Disney Cruise Line, and Celebrity Cruises all have calls planned to the Mexican port in September.
While in port, cruise guests should always stay alert to their surroundings, stay with a group, and consider using only shore excursions verified through the cruise line. Valuable items should also be left safely on the cruise ships rather than carried onshore if possible. | https://www.cruisehive.com/cruise-ships-cautiously-returning-to-ensenada/79263 | 2022-08-17T22:30:27Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/cruise-ships-cautiously-returning-to-ensenada/79263 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Port Canaveral is working towards record profits driven by the cruise industry this year, according to Port CEO Capt. John Murray at the port commission budget meeting on Wednesday morning.
Despite the slow start due to COVID, the port welcomed more than 3 million cruise passengers during the 2022 financial year and expects to make $94 million in cruise-driven revenue.
This is only slightly below the $106 million the port made in the record year 2019. But these numbers pale in comparison to what the Port Authority expects for 2023.
Occupancy Over 100% During Record-Breaking Month
July 2022 will go into the books as one of the busiest months in the history of Port Canaveral. With ships operating at more than 100% occupancy rates, the numbers are far above what the port projected to see for the fiscal year.
Last year, the Port Authority expected to operate at around 50% occupancy for the first three months of 2022, concluding at approximately 75% for the rest of the year. With the fiscal year ending on September 30, Port Canaveral expects 25% more cruise passengers to pass through than last year’s budget.
“July was an exceptionally strong month,” said Port Canaveral CEO Capt. John Murray at the port commission budget meeting. “I can say that our numbers have really ticked up in the number of passengers that are flowing through the port. So it’s been a good year.”
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So far, in the last ten months, Port Canaveral has handled 674 calls from cruise ships with more than 3.2 million multiday passengers. In the previous six weeks, more than 100,000 guests sailed from the port each week, with more than 120,000 during the last week of July.
2023 Expected To Be Busiest Year Ever For Port Canaveral
With 112 more homeport calls during 2023 than during 2022 and 99 calls from ships visiting the port on one-day calls, Port Canaveral will be busier than ever next year, totaling 909 multiday calls.
The port authority proposed a new budget of 154 million dollars for next year, an increase of 32 million dollars over 2022.
The importance of cruises to Port Canaveral becomes apparent when considering that 124 million dollars of the proposed budget come from cruise ships using the port. This is a far cry from the losses the port projected to make during 2021.
Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean will be using Port Canaveral extensively next year, both scheduling three ships permanently and one seasonally. For Royal Caribbean, this includes the world’s largest cruise ship, Wonder of the Seas.
Carnival Cruise Line is scheduled to use the port during 264 homeport calls, while Royal Caribbean is scheduled for 231 homeport calls and 58 one-day visits from ships sailing the east coast.
Other cruise lines that will use the port extensively are Disney Cruise Line with Disney Wish and Disney Fantasy, accounting for 157 homeport calls, and MSC Cruises with MSC Meraviglia and MSC Seaside, accounting for 73 homeport calls and 15 port visits.
Lastly, Norwegian Cruise Line will use Port Canaveral as homeport for three cruise ships, including the Norwegian Prima. For the first time, Marella Cruises, part of TUI, will use Port Canaveral as homeport for Marella Discovery.
Where will the money go?
With the record-breaking revenue the Port Authority expects to see during the 2023 fiscal year, cruise ship guests can expect to see some major upgrades to the port facilities.
Already plans have been drawn up to invest 14.7 million dollars in passenger gangways, parking, airconditioning and air-cleaning units, canopy replacements, improvements to the elevators and escalators, and completing the upgrades to Terminal 10.
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Norwegian Cruise Line has begun notifying booked guests that its upcoming ship, Norwegian Viva, will not be able to make her initial sailings as planned in July and August, 2023, due to global supply chain constraints.
Because of this, the ship’s cruises from July 3 through the planned August 17 departure are now canceled.
Norwegian Viva Delayed Again
The much-anticipated Norwegian Viva will not be debuting in early July 2023 as planned. Emails sent to booked passengers and the cruise line’s travel partners on August 17, 2022 have announced the delay.
“Given the global supply chain constraints impacting industries worldwide, including the maritime industry, we must cancel Norwegian Viva’s sailings from July 3, 2023 through and including August 17, 2023,” the email read.
While Norwegian Viva was floated out at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy as planned on August 2, 2022, this only indicates the ship’s exterior construction is complete.
Internal construction and outfitting the ship will take months to complete, and with further supply chain delays, the ship will not be able to join the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet on time.
This is the second delay for the second Prima-class ship. Norwegian Viva was previously scheduled to debut in mid-June, 2023, but her initial sailings were canceled earlier this summer.
Global supply chain constraints were also cited as part of the reason for that initial delay, which canceled two sailings for the vessel. Now, six additional sailings have been canceled, bringing the total of canceled cruises to eight.
Compensation Offered
Impacted guests have two options in lieu of their now-canceled Norwegian Viva cruises.
The default option is that all bookings are to be moved to comparable sailings aboard the Breakaway-class Norwegian Getaway, preserving stateroom categories and booked promotions, with a 20% discount on the cruise fare. Details for this option, including the itinerary and final invoice, will be available to guests by September 13, 2022.
No action is necessary for guests who accept this default option.
Guests who prefer to cancel their cruise entirely must contact Norwegian Cruise Line no later than September 2, 2022. Full refunds will automatically be returned to the original form of payment. If the cruise was booked with a future cruise credit (FCC), 100% of that credit will be returned to the guest’s Latitudes account.
As further compensation for the inconvenience and disappointment, Norwegian Cruise Line is also offering all guests, regardless of the option they choose, an additional discount.
“We want to do the very best for our guests, so in addition to the above, all impacted guests will receive a 10% discount on their next cruise,” the email explains.
That further discount is combinable with all current promotional offers when the new booking is made, and can be applied to any sailing from August 28, 2023 through December 31, 2024. The discounts will be added to guests’ Latitudes accounts by August 22, 2022.
“We apologize for this inconvenience and cannot wait to welcome you aboard in the near future,” the email concludes.
New Inaugural Date
With the cancelation of these additional sailings, Norwegian Viva‘s new inaugural voyage is planned to set sail August 26, 2023. This is a one-way, 9-night trip from Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy, to Trieste, Italy, with ports of call in Italy, Greece, Croatia, and Slovenia along the way.
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St. Landry Crime Stoppers is asking for help in locating two wanted fugitives.
Ricky Dejaylon Washington, 18, is 5' 7" in height and weighs 156 pounds. His last known address is the 500 block of West South Street in Opelousas. Washington has an active arrest warrant for attempted second-degree murder.
Tevin Tevonte Jenkins, 29, is 5' 5" in height and weighs 160 pounds. His last known address is the 1800 block of Parkview Drive in Opelousas. Jenkins has bench warrant for failure to appear for jury selection and is charged with second-degree murder.
There are multiple ways to leave a tip on the whereabouts of Washington and Jenkins:
- Use the QR code at the bottom of the video
- Use any mobile device by dialing **TIPS.
- Use the P3 app
- Call 337-948-8477
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COVERING LOUISIANA— New Orleans- based Entergy Corp. chairman and CEO will retire next year, and his successor has been chosen.
Entergy is one of two Louisiana companies in the Fortune 500.
After 10 years as chairman and CEO, Entergy Corp. announced that Leo Denault, 62, will retire as the utility's CEO this year and as the board chairman next year. Denault will remain executive chairman of the board until his retirement in the first half of 2023.
Denault has been with the company for 23 years and has been CEO since 2013.
Spokesman Neal Kirby said in an email, Denault will remain executive chairman of the board "for a transition period not to extend beyond May 2023, or sooner as determined by the Entergy board of directors."
The board of directors elected Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Marsh, 50, to become CEO on November 1, 2022. Kimberly Fontan will succeed Marsh as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Fontan has been senior vice president and chief accounting officer since 2019.
Entergy is No. 321 on this year’s Fortune 500, with $11.7 billion in revenues and $1.1 billion in profits, according to the magazine’s website. Lumen Technologies, a telecommunications company based in Monroe, is No. 179 with $19.7 billion in revenues and $2 billion in profits.
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An extended wet pattern will return to Acadiana starting Thursday with rain high daily rain chances likely to continue through the weekend, and into much of next week.
An upper level and surface trough of low pressure will migrate southward through Louisiana Thursday and then become nearly stationary across the area through the weekend.
These features will allow for a more destabilized atmosphere that will work on the deep tropical moisture trapped in the area to produce daily high chances of showers and thunderstorms into the weekend.
The storms may contain locally gusty winds and the ubiquitous locally heavy downpours that could result in a few inches of rain in an hour or two.
In addition, the Storm Prediction Center does have Acadiana hatched in for a marginal (level 1 out of 5) for the risk of a few severe storms Thursday that could be capable of producing damaging winds.
Localized street flooding may also become an issue from time to time, not only Thursday but for Friday into the weekend as well.
Tropical moisture and instability stays locked in Friday into the weekend with rain accumulations through the next few days likely to be in the 1-3" range for most...and per usual, there will likely be a few hots spots that receive more.
The pattern promises little change next week with upper instability continuing to feed in from the northwest while deep tropical Gulf moisture remains locked in place.
Rainfall totals over the next week to 10 days for most of Acadiana will probably be in the 4-5" range at the very least, and as usual, some spots will likely see more than double that amount accumulate over the next week to 10 days.
See the KATC 10 Day Forecast for the latest.
Meanwhile in the tropics, a disturbance by Belize is expected to move into the Bay of Campeche with a 30% chance of development beginning Friday.
This feature, should bring more heavy rains to portions of Mexico (the Yucatan Thursday and Northern Mexico into this weekend) and perhaps into South Texas and across the Lower Rio Grand Valley.
Some of the moisture from this system could squirt toward Louisiana this weekend insuring more cloud cover and perhaps adding to our rain chances, but it should not be a major player in the overall scheme of things.
Further down the road, it does appear that there might be a few tropical systems to track into next week but it's unclear as to what areas might be directly impacted.
It should be noted that the GFS Model over the last several model runs is pointing to the possibility of some Gulf of Mexico development in the 10-14 day time frame.
There are no concerns for Louisiana at this time, but conditions are certainly expected to become more ripe for tropical activity in the Atlantic Basin (and perhaps the Gulf) as we finish out August and head into early September.
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As summer comes to an end and we start to spend more time indoors, it’s the perfect time to add a dash of coziness to your bedroom or living room. One way to do this is by adding texture to bedding or a couch. And what better way to do that than with super-soft, warm fabrics?
Throw blankets and lush pillows have the power to immediately transform a space into a warmer, more welcoming environment, even if the room is more minimalist in style. These items add softness and a lived-in quality to a room. They also make you want to snuggle up and get comfy while you read a book or catch up on your favorite show.
Right now, there’s a ruched 3-piece set for $39.99 on Amazon that can help refresh your space without breaking the bank.
This set includes a faux fur microlight 50-inch by 60-inch throw blanket plus two 20-inch by 20-inch shams to enhance the feel of your living room or bedroom. The Ruched Faux Fur Plush 3-Piece Set from Comfort Spaces currently comes in ivory, blush, teal and gray, which can work with numerous color palettes.
Everything can be tossed in the washing machine and run on a cold gentle cycle and then tumble-dried on low heat. The blanket can be laid across your couch or draped over a comforter while the matching shams can cover throw pillows for either location. This set would also make a great gift.
The company offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee with a 30-day free return policy, which is another plus.
Deemed Amazon’s Choice in the category Bed Throws by Comfort Spaces, the Ruched Faux Fur Plush 3-Piece Set comes highly rated, averaging 4.6 out of 5 stars with almost 4,000 users weighing in. Customers found this set to be durable, soft and comfortable.
A few reviewers have mentioned putting the blanket in the drier for 15 minutes before use and enjoying how well it retains the heat. Several also mentioned how it looks more expensive than it is.
Santrice Bradford said the set was better than she expected and wrote, “Super soft and has a rich look! Gave my living room a bright, cozy, elegant look!!!”
Other customers were equally excited. Lavona K. Cooper said, “Excellent for curling up watching TV or reading. Not too heavy so you don’t feel smothered.”
“As an update: I’ve had this set almost a year and it is my favorite. It washes incredibly well, the zippers have held up magnificently, the color is still true, and it hasn’t lost any color or fluffiness,” said Athena.
Several people mentioned their pets also loved to snuggle up to the blanket and pillows.
Even reviewers who mentioned that they love how soft the set is did mention that the material sheds quite a bit. (This seems to be the main complaint among the 1-star reviews.) Others noted that the color isn’t quite what they expected.
Do you like to make your home feel extra cozy when cooler weather arrives?
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A day after pulling out of her opening-round encounter against Marie Bouzkova at the Western & Southern Open, Coco Gauff on Wednesday reassured us she’s going to be OK.
“The world is not ending,” she wrote in jest. “I have been told it is most likely a really minor sprain so everything should be healed very soon.”
a lil update ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4bJcJ66DGE
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) August 17, 2022
Gauff was leading 5-3, 30-15 when she turned her ankle. She continued to play after receiving treatment, but did not win another game and ultimately had to withdraw trailing 7-5, 1-0.
It’s been a memorable stretch for Gauff, who Monday ascended to the top-ranked player in doubles after winning the National Bank Open with partner Jessica Pegula. At 18, Gauff is the second-youngest player to reach this milestone.
In June, Gauff reached the singles final in Roland Garros, and since then, she made the quarterfinals or better at three of four events, including last week in Toronto.
Assuming all goes well in her recovery, Gauff should be ready for the US Open, which begins Aug. 29 in New York. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2747802/gauff-assures-fans-she-is-going-to-be-ok-after-suffering-ankle-injury | 2022-08-17T22:37:49Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2747802/gauff-assures-fans-she-is-going-to-be-ok-after-suffering-ankle-injury | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MASON, Ohio -- Simona Halep has withdrawn from the Western & Southern Open due to a right thigh injury. Halep was set to face Veronika Kudermetova in the second round.
Kudermetova received a walkover into the Round of 16 and will face either Paula Badosa or Ajla Tomljanovic.
The World No.6 captured her biggest title in two years last week at the National Bank Open in Toronto, Canada. The win vaulted the 30-year-old Romanian back in the Top 10 for the first time in a year. She defeated Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia in a grueling three-set final, winning 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
Halep crosses $40 million prize money mark after Toronto title
Just 48 hours after winning the title in Toronto, Halep was back on court in Cincinnati for her first-round match against Anastasia Potapova. Halep prevailed in another three-set encounter, winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in 2 hours and 11 minutes. The victory was Halep's 39th of the season, second behind only World No.1 Iga Swiatek.
With the US Open less than two weeks away, Halep's leg issue is one of a number of injury clouds concerning players as they head to the final Slam of the season. Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova were also forced to withdraw from Cincinnati due to ankle injuries. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2747964/simona-halep-withdraws-from-cincinnati-with-leg-injury | 2022-08-17T22:37:55Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2747964/simona-halep-withdraws-from-cincinnati-with-leg-injury | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MASON, Ohio -- World No.5 Ons Jabeur survived a strong challenge from No.179 Caty McNally, saving three match points to edge the hometown favorite 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(7) in the second round.
The Wimbledon finalist acknowledged she hasn't been able to tap into her best game on hard courts, but she's going to have to level up quickly. She faces two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova next for a spot in the quarterfinals.
𝙒𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪: Ons Jabeur doing Ons Jabeur type things 😍@Ons_Jabeur | #CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/aSZeW2ie8P
— wta (@WTA) August 17, 2022
Jabeur looked in control early against McNally, leading by a set and 2-1 with a break in hand. But McNally's swarming net-game proved a tough problem to solve on this day. It took Jabeur's experience and courage late in the third set to edge the 20-year-old in a decisive tiebreak.
"Honestly, I'm not playing my best tennis right now," Jabeur told WTA Insider after the win. "But it's good to win ugly. I'm glad I did pull it out, fighting a lot and bringing that energy at the end. I needed that. Pretty happy that after 2 hours and a half I can get the win.
"It's not easy but I just will hope that my level will rise for the next match because playing Petra, I need more than just fighting."
It's @Ons_Jabeur's world and we're just living in it...
— wta (@WTA) August 17, 2022
🌟🇹🇳🌟#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/82t7DMjPP0
Since her outstanding run on the natural surfaces, which included the biggest title of her career in Madrid, a Rome final, a title on the grass in Berlin, and her first major final at Wimbledon, Jabeur is still looking for her rhythm on hard courts. It's easy to forget that she tested positive for Covid right before the start of the season, which derailed her hard-court season in the spring. A back injury ruled her out of the Australian Open.
"I haven't played on hardcourts a lot this season," Jabeur said. "Also, it's kind of the end of the season right now. So this is the last push. I have played a lot of matches. A lot of pressure on me. It's the first time I kind of handled this kind of pressure.
"But I'm trying to learn. I'm trying to motivate myself. I'm trying to understand myself better and push myself more."
Jabeur is hoping that experience once again works in her favor.
"I played ugly at the start of Madrid. I didn't play my best tennis. I was fighting. I had issues. It did happen before. So I'm just going to see.
"Hopefully this tournament is starting bad and finishing great. I'm just going to enjoy every match and see what's going to happen." | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2748001/-it-s-good-to-win-ugly-jabeur-saves-match-points-to-beat-mcnally | 2022-08-17T22:38:01Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2748001/-it-s-good-to-win-ugly-jabeur-saves-match-points-to-beat-mcnally | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MASON, Ohio -- World No.1 Iga Swiatek kicked off her Western & Southern Open campaign with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Sloane Stephens to advance to the Round of 16. The victory is Swiatek's tour-leading 50th win of the season, including her two wins at the Billie Jean Cup.
Swiatek will face either Madison Keys or Jelena Ostapenko next.
In the first meeting between the two Slam champions, Swiatek broke Stephens six times over the course of the match. While the performance was not as clean as Swiatek would have preferred - she hit 17 winners to 25 unforced errors - Swiatek was able to keep Stephens at bay. She held the American to just nine winners in the match.
Pinpoint accuracy 🎯@iga_swiatek | #CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/wf2QsFaBQQ
— wta (@WTA) August 17, 2022
Here are some fast facts on Swiatek's 50th win:
2019: The last time a player tallied 50 wins in a season. That season, Ashleigh Barty posted a tour-leading 56 wins en route to being named WTA Player of the Year. Kiki Bertens and Karolina Pliskova also crossed the 50-win threshold that season.
39: Number of straight-set wins for Swiatek this season (78.0%).
6: Number of losses Swiatek has taken en route to 50 wins.
0: Losses in 2022 for Swiatek when she wins the first set, going 33-0.
9: Number of matches Sloane Stephens has played against a reigning WTA World No.1. With her loss to Swiatek, Stephens drops to 0-9.
24: Wins at WTA 1000s this season for Swiatek, the most since Simona Halep won 26 in 2017.
1: Player who has a higher winning percentage than Swiatek at the WTA 1000 level. With a 40-11 record at the WTA 1000 level, Swiatek's winning percentage is 78.4%. Only Serena Williams has a higher strike rate at 83.1%.
8: Years since a player won seven or more titles in a single season, which Serena Williams did in 2014. Swiatek has already won six this season. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2748029/stat-of-the-day-swiatek-tallies-50th-win-of-the-season-in-cincy | 2022-08-17T22:38:07Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2748029/stat-of-the-day-swiatek-tallies-50th-win-of-the-season-in-cincy | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Authorities in New Zealand have opened a homicide investigation after a family in Manurewa found human remains in luggage they bought at auction at a local storage unit.
The Counties Manukau Police said they were alerted about the discovery by the family last Thursday around 1:30 p.m. local time after they went through the property back at their residence.
Police said they believe the family is not involved in the incident.
"Police acknowledge them for their assistance so far, and we are providing support for them," the department said in a statement.
Multiple news outlets reported the suitcases were amongst other items inside an abandoned storage unit.
Police said they are working on identifying the remains so they can contact the deceased person's next of kin.
Police said this may take some time due to "the nature of the discovery."
Police said a post-mortem examination is underway and that'll be completed over the coming days.
"Police will be providing further updates as our investigation allows, however, we can reassure the public our inquiry team is taking this matter extremely seriously and will investigate the matter thoroughly," the department said. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/police-open-homicide-investigation-after-new-zealand-family-finds-human-remains-in-suitcases-bought-at-auction | 2022-08-17T22:39:41Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/police-open-homicide-investigation-after-new-zealand-family-finds-human-remains-in-suitcases-bought-at-auction | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WAKULLA COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) — The Florida Highway Patrol responded to an accident in Wakulla County Wednesday afternoon.
According to an FHP report, at 1:05 p.m. on State Road 267 and U.S. Highway 319, a sedan that was driven by a 29-year-old male of Havana was traveling west on State Road 267 and approaching the intersection of U.S. Highway 319.
A pickup truck driven by a 69-year-old male of Carrabelle was traveling south on U.S. Highway 319 at the intersection of State Road 267.
The report notes the traffic signal was “steady red” for the sedan and given green for the pickup truck.
According to the report, the driver of the sedan ran through the red light and struck the front driver side of the pickup truck.
The driver of the sedan sustained minor injuries, the driver of the pickup truck sustained serious injuries and a passenger in the sedan, a 32-year-old female of Havana, sustained serious injuries. | https://www.wtxl.com/traffic/two-people-seriously-injured-in-multi-vehicle-accident-in-wakulla-county | 2022-08-17T22:39:47Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/traffic/two-people-seriously-injured-in-multi-vehicle-accident-in-wakulla-county | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The government moved swiftly to provide aid as COVID-19 locked down businesses in 2020. But fraudsters acted quickly to take advantage of the aid as well.
Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee talks with New York Times investigative journalist David Fahrenthold about how federal prosecutors are racing to crack down on those responsible for billions of dollars stolen in fraudulent schemes.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Liz Cheney will not be Wyoming’s sole representative in the House next year.
In Tuesday’s primary, Cheney resoundingly lost to the Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman. Cheney trailed Hageman by nearly 40 points.
Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee speaks to Bob Beck, Wyoming Public Radio’s News Director.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Editor’s note: If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
A $4 billion program was designed to provide debt relief to farmers of color who faced discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2021. But a year later, the program has yet to pay out because it’s been held up in court by white farmers who deem it unfair.
The holdup harms Black farmers specifically. And while the Inflation Reduction Act will allocate $2.2 billion for discriminated farmers, it includes no mention of farmers of color.
“I see it like 40 acres and a mule. Empty promises to Blacks and other farmers of color,” says Black farmer John Boyd Jr. He farms in Virginia and serves as president of the National Black Farmers Association.
Instead of saying “farmers of color,” the new law deems recipients “distressed borrowers.” The nonspecific language hurts Black farmers and will lead to them seeing smaller monetary settlements, Boyd says. Farmers disenfranchised by racism will be thrown in the same borrowing pool as farmers dealing with other forms of discrimination, such as age, gender, marital status and disability.
Boyd says President Biden promised to meet with him last year at the White House to discuss farmer debt relief, but that meeting has yet to occur. Those supporting Biden’s new law say that it’s on solid ground, but Boyd disagrees. Opponents of the old law argue it creates racial division, but Boyd says it’s not racist or unconstitutional to address existing racism.
“That’s what these white farmers need to realize,” says Boyd. “We were the ones who were denied debt relief. For years, white farmers were getting debt relief with ease.”
Advocating for debt relief isn’t new for Boyd. He’s been working on a debt relief campaign for the past 30 years while white farmers have been receiving the money.
If Black farmers did receive the money, they would be able to keep their land, Boyd says. Some Black farmers are facing farm foreclosure — and some have even admitted they would commit suicide if they don’t get debt relief.
“This is a real issue that affects all farmers in this country, but it affects Black farmers worse,” he says.
If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (En Español: 1-888-628-9454; Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1-800-799-4889) or the Crisis Text Line by texting 741741.
Julia Corcoran produced and edited this interview for broadcast with Todd Mundt. Jeannette Muhammad adapted it for the web.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee speaks with Jaipreet Virdi, historian of medicine, technology and disability at the University of Delaware and author of the book, “Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History.” She talks about her piece in Wired about the unintended consequences of over-the-counter hearing aids.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Former President Donald Trump is facing several investigations: Possible violations of the Espionage Act, election fraud, inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and tax fraud in his business dealings. Where do each of these investigations stand?
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston has covered Trump for more than three decades. He talks with Here & Now‘s Scott Tong.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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With students returning to classes, The Outlook is wanting to spotlight our local educators and highlight the incredible instructors teaching children in our area. This will be an ongoing weekly series that promotes every school in Tallapoosa County.
This week, we spotlight Jim Pearson Elementary School teacher Christale Tuck.
What grade-level do you teach?
Second Grade
How long have you been teaching at Jim Pearson?
Seventeen years
How long have you been a teacher?
Seventeen years
Where did you go to college?
Auburn University at Montgomery
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In a few sentences, please tell us about yourself.
I am one of seven children. I grew up in a two-parent home with a lot of love. I have an identical twin sister, Tiffany. Upon graduating from Central Coosa, I obtained a basketball scholarship to further my education at George C. Wallace Community College in Selma. I am a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. I am a board member with the Alexander City Theater II. I love to sing and bake. I have a son, Jaden. He is a senior at the University of West Alabama.
What do you enjoy about teaching?
I enjoy building relationships with the students that I encounter and filling them with knowledge to be a successful individual. Knowing that I play a vital role in molding the minds of the future is so amazing to me.
What is something most people don’t know about you?
I have attended two Super Bowls where my brother, Justin Tuck sacked Tom Brady while playing for the New York Giants. They became Super Bowl champions both times.
What is one thing that you want your students to remember about you?
I hope they remember how much they were loved and how important they were to me.
If you could give advice to other teachers, what would it be?
Teaching is worth it. Stay the course…you are making a difference.
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There has been much written about The Club as an elusive locus of debauchery, excess and, ostensibly, sex. But lately, it feels as if the song-well from which we gave voice to those cringe-filled, crazy nights, has gone dry. Long gone are the days of eschewing responsibilities and taking to the dance floor in pursuit of making out and making the best memories. Going out used to be fun, we say, before we became hungover from our adult responsibilities, a raging pandemic, the weight of the world, etc.
In BZRP's 52nd Music Session, The Club is alive and still swelling with possibility — one beat drop after another. Maybe it's Spanish rapper Quevedo's yearning baritone, or BZRP's meticulous production that distinguishes "Session #52" from its club-hit contemporaries. The track follows those magical moments in the club, but in this summer of longing, it promises a reprieve from that very loss and the fantastic possibility that they — the night, the person — will never leave.
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As the new school year gets underway, Alexander City Schools is providing a proper welcome to new students.
The first day of school has officially arrived for Alexander City Schools. Faculty at all fi…
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As the new school year gets underway, Alexander City Schools is providing a proper welcome to new students.
The school system hosted an orientation for families moving to the area with a special orientation on Tuesday, August 16. School leaders honored new students and parents with the system’s second annual Watermelon Welcome.
The Watermelon Welcome is designed to offer a simple and casual family engagement opportunity whereby new families meet school administrators, counselors, and central office staff.
The orientation comes at an appropriate time for new students as the first day of school began on August 10, with the first full week of school beginning this week.
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During the meeting, Principal Johanna Morgan and faculty member Chris Adkins helps students and their families transition into the school system. Adkins serves as the school district’s family and community engagement specialist and assists new students directly during the enrollment process.
“The Watermelon Welcome let’s new families know we are here, we care, and we are your partners. Parents and students get to meet ‘face-to-face,’” Adkins said. “We, at Radney as well as Alexander City Schools, want to ensure that every parent knows we are here for them.”
Adkins noted that the welcome reception helps facilitate conversations that sometimes get overlooked in education, including topics such as mental health, family engagement and student support services.
William Marlow is a multimedia reporter for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. To reach William, email william.marlow@alexcityoutlook.com.
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Social media star AJ Greene found the Reeltown and Tallassee rivalry by accident.
Greene posted a schedule on his Instagram, asking for fans and players of high school teams to direct message him about what games he should go to and when during the year.
He filled out his entire schedule quickly, but could not find the perfect game for Week 1.
After scrolling through thousands of direct messages, one team kept standing out: Tallassee.
The Tallassee Tiger faithful sent Greene so much information and so many direct messages, he decided he might want to look into the rivalry. He posted a poll on his Instagram, asking if he should attend Reeltown at Tallassee or go somewhere else.
After finding out the Battle for the Tallapoosa was on a Thursday, and he could go to multiple games in a week, Greene and his team booked his plane tickets to Alabama.
“It all started because I was not doing anything that week, and now I am coming to this game,” Greene said. “All of the sudden the fans are telling me it is this big rivalry game. Now I am super excited.”
Greene said he has been doing more research and reaching out to more people than he has in his past to learn about the game, because of the immense history between the two schools.
“I just heard how passionate they were about the game and I thought this would be a great story,” Greene said. “Anytime both teams are passionate like this, we know this will be good.”
The social media star will be at the game filming for his show on Snapchat, along with creating content for his Instagram, Tiktok and Youtube.
While Greene may have been a star on the field, he is even more so off the field in terms of how he engages his fans.
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Before the game, Greene and his team will have a booth selling his merchandise in coordination with Tallassee High School, meaning some of the profits will go back to benefit the high school.
During the game, Greene will be giving away a product of his called the “SoHoodie”, to players on both teams that make impact plays. The SoHoodie is basically the hooded part of a jacket or hoodie, and is used to not only look good, but keep players cool and comfortable.
“It is a look good, play good type product,” Greene said.
Also, Greene and his team plan to fire confetti cannons after every score and toss SoHoodies into crowds.
During halftime, Greene will host one-one-one competitions with fans in games of walking football. Anyone who is able to beat the pro in a one-on-one, will earn a cash prize.
Cash prizes will be abundant during the game, as Greene has many plans to give money and products away to attendees of the game.
“You never know what can happen when I show up,” Greene said. “I may ask someone a random question and if someone gets it right, I may buy 50 hotdogs for the fans.”
Boys and girls push-up contests, trivia and skills competitions are all part of Greene’s plans to draw attention not only to him and his socials, but to the schools and their communities.
“I just want to make this a positive experience,” Greene said. “Last year, when I did tours like this, some kids got offers and college looks. This year, I want to put a bigger emphasis on the whole community itself. Instead of just giving back to the players, I want to give back to the fans themselves.”
Arguably the best prize of all, is Greene’s MVP chain he will give out upon the conclusion of the game. Awarded to the single best player in the game, Greene will be gifting out a Cuban-link chain for the MVP to keep.
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This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than a million Americans have died from drug overdose since 1996. Our guest, journalist Beth Macy, writes that addiction has become the No. 1 destroyer of families in our time. Her last book, "Dopesick," which was adapted into an eight-part series on Hulu, detailed the dimensions and impact of the opioid crisis, particularly on rural communities. Macy returns to the subject in a new book, noting that given the scale of the opioid epidemic, the nation is sorely lacking in effective treatment programs, often due to the indifference of state and local officials or their hostility to treating people they regard as parasites or criminals.
Macy's new book highlights the work of citizens who have made it their business to help those struggling with addiction, sometimes working with small nonprofits or churches, sometimes driving their own cars to drug houses or makeshift encampments to offer clean needles, hepatitis testing and treatment, medications that ease withdrawal symptoms, and plenty of empathy and understanding.
Also with us today is one of those activists who's had a meaningful impact. Reverend Michelle Mathis is co-founder of Olive Branch Ministry, which now provides services to people in nine counties in North Carolina. She's also program coordinator for the Gaston County, N.C., Opioid Overdose Response Team. She serves on the board of several statewide organizations, including the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. And she's the advisory board chair of the National Faith in Harm Reduction Movement. She's also an important character in Macy's new book, which also chronicles ongoing lawsuits and protests targeting the owners of Purdue Pharma. That book is called "Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, And The Future Of America's Overdose Crisis."
Well, Beth Macy, Michelle Mathis, welcome to FRESH AIR. Beth, I thought we'd begin with you to remind us of kind of where this opioid crisis came from. You know, a lot's happened in the last few years. We've had a pandemic. We've had, you know, a lot of political division and controversial stuff involving the former president. Remind us how it is that prescription opioids were introduced and became so widely abused back in the '90s.
BETH MACY: Yeah. Well, in 1996, Purdue Pharma, which was based in Connecticut under the direction of its owners, the Sackler family, introduced a drug called OxyContin. And they also funded a lot of pain orgs. And at the same time that the drug came out, they did this massive marketing campaign to show that, while for a hundred years we knew that opioids were addictive and only to be used in cases of cancer, end of life, severe pain, now they were flipping the narrative and telling a lot of doctors and sending them on fancy trips to learn to be paid speakers for the company, that their drug was virtually non-addictive.
And so it flipped from only using opioid pills. And this was really a national movement. And other companies soon joined in because they saw how Purdue was cashing in. But they basically flipped the narrative by convincing doctors that opioids were safe. And right away, the drug started being misused. It was being massively overprescribed. And so you had people who legitimately would have workplace injuries because, by the way, Purdue targeted those areas, particularly distressed areas in communities like the furniture belt of North Carolina or coalmining areas in western Virginia. And they went there. They targeted doctors who were already prescribing competing opioids like Percocet or Vicodin. And they targeted those doctors by saying, look, the FDA allows us to say this drug is virtually non-addictive. And it really took off like wildfire.
DAVIES: Right. There's been a lot of legal action in which Purdue Pharma had to admit to criminal misbranding of its pharmaceuticals. But they got out there. They were ubiquitous. What was the impact on so many of the communities that you've written about?
MACY: Yeah. In the communities that I cover - and it's largely southern Appalachia, rural communities - you've seen disability go through the roof. You've seen food stamps and food insecurity go up, foster care tripling, workforce participation rate, particularly among middle-aged men who haven't gone to college, way, way down. And when you tally up all the deaths, it's more than 1 million dead of drug overdose since 1996, the year OxyContin came out.
DAVIES: Michelle Mathis, you've been doing this work full-time since 2018, I believe, with your wife, Karen Lowe. I understand that before that, in the '90s, you worked with survivors of sexual abuse and then worked with - in HIV prevention and treatment. Tell us about the early days of when you got into working on people who were struggling with opioid addiction before you had, you know, funding and an organization.
MICHELLE MATHIS: Well, let me start off by saying that I did not come to this work easily. When I first heard about harm reduction, which is the work of reducing the negative consequences of high-risk behaviors, especially around the areas of sex work and people who use drugs, I saw the work as enabling. And it wasn't until I got into the trenches and began to meet people who were impacted daily by substance use that I realized that I had to change my thinking, that we were enabling people to have a second and third and fourth chance at life, that we had an opportunity to enable people to take positive steps and to find safe space.
So that was a good portion of the beginning of my work, really, was changing my mindset to embrace the work at hand. I was introduced to harm reduction while doing some HIV outreach and education and testing one evening, and met a man who was handing out some wound care kits in a parking lot. And he was involved in harm reduction. And through that, he began to mentor me. When we started, Karen and I, we had a decision to make. Were we going to go into this full force while working our regular jobs, or were we going to kind of take a more relaxed approach? And we wanted to make sure that we gave it our full effort. So we would spend evenings and weekends delivering food to individuals under the auspices of having a kind of mobile food exchange, whereas we were actually delivering syringes and condoms and alcohol wipes underground, if you will.
So we came to it in a kind of an unusual way, but what we found was the word spread very quickly. We didn't advertise, obviously, because it wasn't legal in North Carolina at the time, but we didn't have to advertise because when you provide a service that is desperately needed, the customers find you. So one would bring another and then another And then another. And we had one participant. She said, I get tired of giving people y'all's number and then people lose it. You need to print up some business cards and have your phone number on it and make it so nobody knows what you're doing.
So we already had Olive Branch Ministry. We put our phone numbers on there. So that way, when people found the card, whether it was a parent or a friend or a child, whoever, they would think someone was involved in a ministry. And, you know, being in the South, that's a really good thing. But it allowed us to spread the word effectively.
DAVIES: So you're providing clean syringes, which helps people because dirty syringes can spread disease and cause infections. But it's not just that, especially as the work went on in time. I mean, you made connections with this folk. What kinds of other services did you end up providing and connecting people to?
MATHIS: When we started, of course, it was syringe services. I mean, we did that for four years, but in the midst of that, we began to do unofficial peer support. So we were able to work with individuals, provide peer counseling, if you will, in an unofficial capacity. We met people simply where they were, and we listened because so often people who are stigmatized have no place to even share their thoughts, share their anger, share their grief because we were losing people left and right to overdose - so just providing safe space. And that's one of the biggest things that we provide. And as time has gone on, we provide overdose education and prevention. We provide naloxone, the medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. We provide that free of charge. We provide community education both to the regular community, the public, and to faith communities, because we are a faith-based organization. We provide low-barrier hepatitis C medication through an unusual partnership with a federally qualified health clinic in our area and a nurse practitioner named Tim (ph), who is an angel. And along with that, we also provide, through his help, low-barrier medication-assisted treatment through the Suboxone program that we have.
DAVIES: Right. That's the drug which helps people - it combats withdrawal symptoms, right?
MATHIS: That's correct. Yes. And then we also do simple things like provide food. We provide a sofa for somebody to take a nap if they've had to be up all night on the streets, so they were walking around to make sure that they were safe and that nobody attacked them. There's a lot of nuanced kind of things that we do in this work. Our mission statement is to extend hope and to extend life. And that's the goal of everything that we do.
DAVIES: It strikes me the enormous patience and empathy that it takes to deal with folks whose lives are in disarray and who, you know, have been dismissed, you know, and treated rudely at times when they've sought help. Was it hard for you to do that, to embrace people where they are?
MATHIS: That's a tricky question. Meeting people where they are is the key to harm reduction. And so if you're going to do this work, then you have to go into it with a mindset of you're going to meet all types of people from all walks of life because this disease does not discriminate. And if you're willing to meet the person who makes six figures a year where they are, you also have to meet the person who hasn't been able to hold down a job in 20 years where they are. It doesn't matter what they look like, what they smell like, where they come from, what they had for breakfast. You treat everyone with no judgment, no stigma, and with love. Love bears all things. Doesn't mean that our work is easy, but what it means is that if you truly enter into this work with a mindset of love and you want the best possible outcome for this individual and that they have a say in what that outcome is because they're the expert in that journey, then you're along for the ride. You're there to hold space with them, and you make that commitment from the time they walk through your door or you see them in a parking lot or in a tent city. From the first time you engage with them, you make that commitment to be with them.
DAVIES: Beth Macy, there's a moment that you describe in the book where a man who is, you know, struggling with addiction is in the presence of Michelle Mathis, our other guest here. And he's embarrassed. He hasn't bathed. He thinks he smells. Do you know the moment I'm talking about?
MACY: Yeah, they're in a Roses department store, and I believe Michelle was there to meet him, to give him clean supplies. And he told me the story. She didn't tell me. I reached out to him after I saw on Facebook that he was talking about how he had brought somebody back using Narcan that he'd gotten from Olive Branch. And so I just picked up the phone and called him, and he was - this is somebody that was initially prescribed OxyContin. He was a veteran and had had an injury in Kuwait and, you know, the typical journey. And he was in the middle of a four-day binge, as he said it, and he was there to get his needles. And Michelle stopped, and she looked at him, and she said, can I give you a hug? And he will never forget that moment. That was a pinnacle moment for him.
DAVIES: Michelle Mathis, do you remember this?
MATHIS: Absolutely. Absolutely. And he - it was then, as he is now, an amazing individual who has, through lots of hard work and his own determination, made many positive steps in his life. But I will never forget the moment that we met - never.
DAVIES: We need to take a break here. Let me reintroduce you both. Michelle Mathis is co-founder of Olive Branch Ministry, which provides services to people struggling with addiction in rural North Carolina. Also with us - Beth Macy. Her new book is "Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice And The Future Of America's Overdose Crisis." We'll continue our conversation in just a moment. This is FRESH AIR.
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DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. We're speaking with journalist Beth Macy, author of the book "Dopesick," about the opioid epidemic. Her new book, "Raising Lazarus," is about grassroots organizations and citizen volunteers working to help people struggling with addiction, often in rural communities. Also with us is Reverend Michelle Mathis, co-founder of Olive Branch Ministry, which provides a variety of addiction-related services in nine counties in North Carolina.
You know, it makes a difference when you're doing this work, whether you have some cooperation and support from the ruling authorities in the area - the politicians, the mayor, especially police and courts, because people who are addicted get arrested, and that's an opportunity to intervene and provide services and treatment. It's a juncture in their lives. But you can't if the local sheriff has no interest in this kind of thing. And I thought we would talk about efforts in Surry County, N.C. This is different from Michelle Mathis's home county. Beth Macy, tell us a little bit about this county. It's an interesting place on its own.
MACY: Yeah, it's - the county seat is Mt. Airy - or the best-known little town is Mt. Airy, N.C. That was Andy Griffith's hometown and the inspiration for "The Andy Griffith Show" in Mayberry. And if you drive down Main Street, you'll see all kinds of references to the show, from Aunt Bee's diner to - you know, you can pay a little money and take a ride in Andy Griffith's old police cruiser.
And the town has sort of built itself up on having this really wholesome image - I mean, images of Andy and Opie everywhere, which is awesome but not awesome when you cling so rigidly to that narrative that you're not willing to see that you have - when I first started going down there, they had the second-highest overdose rate in the nation.
DAVIES: Is there any common ground between harm-reduction groups and those in law enforcement agencies that pursue the war on drugs? I mean, has the war on drugs had any positive effect?
MATHIS: The war on drugs is the war on people who use drugs. And I just have to say that. It's not a war on drugs themselves. And I feel really strongly about that. That being said, I'm a little different than some harm reductionists in that I do believe in strong relationships with local law enforcement. Law enforcement has the ability and the option to divert charges. There is actually national programs called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, which allows an officer to make a decision in that moment - are they going to arrest the individual, or are they going to divert those charges in order to assist the individual getting treatment?
That is a powerful relationship that we can have if we have the trust of the law enforcement community. It prevents people from catching charges, from having a record, potentially, especially if it's their first time, from destroying their employability, from destroying their family life. There's a lot of unintended consequences with one single arrest.
DAVIES: I mean, one of the things was that people who were addicted would get arrested. What was the county jail like?
MACY: It was twice as full as it was supposed to be. They let me tour it. There was an intake area where people who had been recently arrested were laying on urine-soaked mattresses with buckets to catch their vomit. Many of them were dope sick, in serious withdrawal. And, you know, I got the full tour. This is a county that has to spend a lot of money sending - busing inmates elsewhere to the other side of the state, so then their families can't visit them. And it was just really bad circumstances.
And they were pretty open about letting me see it, largely because they wanted to buttress their argument for a bigger, more expensive jail, which they are building presently. But when I would ask, like, here's a little nurse's office - why can't you do buprenorphine here? You know, they just kept coming back to this argument - we don't have enough room; we don't have enough staff. And I got to see that sort of attitude begin to shift because of Mark Willis, with Michelle's help, and this effort to create this pretty large network of peer-recovery specialists, and that's people in recovery who are going out, they're responding to overdoses, they're meeting people at the hospital and linking them, when they're ready, to care.
DAVIES: Yeah, you mentioned Mark Willis. He's this ex-Marine who'd done work overseas and took this job as the opioid response coordinator. So over time, this work in Surry County, the home of Andy Griffith, which prides itself on being, you know, the Mayberry of America - have overdoses declined? Have things visibly improved?
MACY: Not yet, to my knowledge. The last time I checked, no. I mean, they still have hundreds of people - job openings that they can't fill because people can't pass a drug test. But they have this huge infrastructure now, which is so important for every community to have now that this opioid litigation money is starting to filter down to communities. I mean, when I first asked Michelle what her hope was for this litigation money, she was very cynical. She said, I don't know, I think it's probably all going to go to drug war programming and abstinence-based treatment models.
But now you have, in the basement of the courthouse, where Mark Willis has his five or six peer-support people - he has community outreach. He has a data guy. I mean, it's like command central. And every person who has an overdose gets a response from his team. He has somebody stationed at the hospital that works with folks when they're ready to enter treatment. And I think we're going to start to see change there. And it's just - it's gotten the community excited. I mean, one of the things they did was they - you know, they did this garden outside of the courthouse. They're trying to make it appealing. They're trying to send a message that we care about everybody in our community.
DAVIES: Let me reintroduce you. We're going to take another break here. We're speaking with Beth Macy. Her new book is "Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice And The Future Of America's Overdose Crisis." Also with us is Michelle Mathis. She is co-founder of Olive Branch Ministry, which provides services to people struggling with addiction in rural North Carolina. They'll be back to talk more after a break. I'm Dave Davies, and this is FRESH AIR.
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DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. We're speaking with journalist Beth Macy, who spent several years reporting on the opioid crisis in America. Her new book, "Raising Lazarus," tells the story of citizen volunteers and grassroots organizations that are working to help people struggling with addiction often in rural communities. The book also chronicles ongoing lawsuits and protests targeting the owners of Purdue Pharma. Also with us is Rev. Michelle Mathis, co-founder of Olive Branch Ministry, which provides a variety of addiction-related services to people in nine counties in North Carolina.
You know, Michelle Mathis, one thing that comes through in reading about this is how stressful this work can be, I mean, for folks - some who don't get paid for it. But, you know, when somebody calls you at the end of the day and they're really in need of something, you drive over there, and you do it. And you just - you can work around the clock. And then, there's the fact that there are tragedies, right? I mean, people who seem to be doing well disappear, or they die of overdose. How do you cope with all that emotionally?
MATHIS: This work is high-stress. You know, that kind of goes, I guess, without saying. You develop relationships with individuals, and then, they may pass away from an overdose. Or, like you said, they may disappear, and you don't know what's happened to them. And sometimes, it's because coming back to a syringe services program or reengaging with harm reduction may be triggering for them on their new journey. And so even reaching out to say I'm OK may be too much for them. You have to accept that and kind of live in the moment, if you will.
But, you know, I'll never forget the first death that we experienced in doing this work and the fact that - and it still haunts me to this day - that when she passed, she had, during the time we'd known her, saved dozens of lives through the administration of naloxone and had reversed overdoses. She had prevented disease from many people because she encouraged us to order special syringes from the U.K that were color-coded so that people would know who their own - you know, which syringes applied to them, you know, were theirs. She'd done everything she could do. But because of shame and stigma, she ended up dying alone having overdosed.
And the grief for us came obviously in her death, but also the fact that we could never share with her family the fact of - the - all the great work she had done in the midst of her addiction. And that is a tragedy for us. So it's not only the tragedy and the stress of losing individuals, but also losing the truth of their stories and not being able to tell them. So when we talk with people who are in the trenches doing this work, we say often, you can't fill someone else's cup unless you keep yours filled. Do what you have to do. Step away. Take care of yourself so you'll be able to take care of someone else tomorrow.
DAVIES: You know, one gut punch that hit me as I read this - I mean, when we were talking about the efforts in Surry County, the place where, you know, Andy Griffith's hometown was. And there was this guy, James Stroud, who was a former banker who was really active in this. At one point, he used his own money to get somebody out of jail, just pushed himself and pushed himself. And then, you learn, at some point, he's gone back to using meth again. It's just tough to see folks who are doing the work just overwhelmed by it. Is he better now? Do we know?
MACY: He tells me he is doing better now, and I don't know that he's back working with Birches. But, you know, I saw that kind of peer stress every - in every community that I visited, people with many years of sobriety relapsing. And it's just this irony or something that the people who are most qualified to do this work, the peers I'm talking about, are sometimes the most vulnerable, too. But I think it's important to show the issue fully in the round, warts and all, because that's what people are dealing with. And they need help. We need to scale what they're doing. Especially as this litigation money comes in, we need to offer this kind of help at a scale that actually matches the scale of the epidemic.
DAVIES: That actually leads me to my next question. You know, at the end of the book, I mean, it's inspiring to see how hard all of these people are working and the impact they're having. But it's one at a time, and it's hard. And you write that, you know, their work is simply not sustainable. Individuals, no matter how inspiring or selfless, cannot solve a systemic problem without sustained institutional and governmental support, bigger changes.
MACY: Yeah, and I think the government, they owe them that because, you know, they presided over this massive, overprescribing problem that led to this epidemic, where we are now, by, you know, impotent regulators who are using the revolving door to get better jobs with industry and on and on. There's a lot of - there were a lot of bad players. And I just really - I mean, whenever I talk to groups, I always say, you know, if you're somebody that has social capital in your community, if you know judges, if you know sheriffs, if you know emergency department directors, tell them about these examples of folks who have figured it out.
Because once - I mean, what I really love is when I'm interviewing somebody - and maybe I've talked to them two years ago, and they were totally against Suboxone, and now they got all their doctors waivered and are prescribing it in the emergency room - and you say, well, how's that feel? You're, like, potentially saving 30 lives this month. And they are so excited about it because they're not just seeing the same problem cycle back over and over. And then, they become evangelists for whatever progressive, new thing they're doing. And they go and teach other emergency room doctors in other places. Or sheriffs go and spread the word of what they're doing with other sheriffs. Because I think, you know, we'll hear change from somebody who's like us more likely than we'll hear it from somebody who isn't.
DAVIES: Yeah. You mention doctors getting waivered. That's essentially getting them the qualifications to write prescriptions for Suboxone, right?
MACY: Right.
DAVIES: Right, right.
MACY: Right. And there's no special DEA certification that you need to prescribe OxyContin, but there is - you have to have this special waiver and training. And only 8% of doctors have bothered to get it. And even a lot of those don't want to do this treatment because, you know, they'll say, well, the patients are too difficult or, you know, I don't want those people in my waiting room. Well, guess what? They're already in your waiting room.
DAVIES: We need to take another break here. Let me reintroduce you. We're speaking with Beth Macy. Her new book is "Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, And The Future Of America's Overdose Crisis." Also with us is Michelle Mathis, co-founder of Olive Branch Ministry, which provides services to people struggling with addiction in rural North Carolina. We'll continue our conversation after this short break. This is FRESH AIR.
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DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. And we're speaking with journalist Beth Macy, author of the book "Dopesick" about the opioid epidemic. Her new book, "Raising Lazarus," is about grassroots organizations and citizen volunteers working to help people struggling with addiction, often in rural communities. Also with us is Reverend Michelle Mathis, co-founder of Olive Branch Ministry, which provides a variety of addiction-related services in nine counties in North Carolina.
There's been a lot of litigation that grew out of the opioid epidemic aimed at pharma companies. And one that you write about is against the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, their company, which gave us OxyContin. And there's been more than one civil action against them. But in this one, you write about a protest movement, which sort of grew up in conjunction and parallel to the lawsuit, which sought to raise certain issues in the litigation. You want to just describe who these folks were, what the issues they were raising were?
MACY: Sure. In 2019, Purdue filed for bankruptcy, which got them out of this giant multidistrict litigation that also included other opioid makers and pharmacies and distributors. And they filed for bankruptcy in White Plains, N.Y., which is not where they're located. They filed there because there was a judge that favored what's called a third-party nonconsensual release. And what that did was it allowed them to hold on to a lot of their wealth, to basically walk away with a lot of their wealth sucked in offshore accounts. They have to give up the company. I think they're at $6 billion right now. But in the meantime, this grassroots group called the Ad Hoc Committee on Accountability, which was sort of fronted by the famous artist Nan Goldin, who has done all this protest to take the Sackler name down successfully - you know, in places like the Met and the Guggenheim and the Louvre - started getting really interested in following what was happening in the bankruptcy court. They wanted to make sure that the victims' voices were heard.
And interestingly, they partnered up - Nan herself is in recovery and on Suboxone for her opioid use disorder, which began with an OxyContin prescription. But many of the folks in this group are parents of the dead. I talk a lot about Ed Bisch - I profiled him as well in "Dopesick" - and, you know - which is - you couldn't get more opposite of Nan Goldin than Ed Bisch, who was this salt of the Earth IT worker in Philly. But suddenly, every Thursday night, they're all meeting on Zoom. And they're saying, how are we going to make sure that the public understands this very untransparent process - and what Ed calls the bankruptcy scam - that's going to allow them to walk away from this after already pleading twice in federal court to, you know, fraudulent marketing and the like, that's going to allow them to walk away a third time? And so they are still working on that.
DAVIES: Right. And so one of the things they wanted to deal with was that in addition to keeping a lot of their fortune, they would get this immunity from any future civil lawsuits, this - what's the expression? - third-party...
MACY: The nonconsensual releases.
DAVIES: Nonconsensual releases. You know, an unseen future person can no longer sue because the Sacklers committed this money. Tell us what happened and where it stands.
MACY: So they got up to $6 billion, the Sacklers giving up the company and a lot of public pressure was applied, a lot of media stories, a lot of legal filings by the Ad Hoc Committee's pro bono lawyer Mike Quinn. And currently, the bankruptcy is on appeal. The first judge that looked at it said - Judge Robert Drain, the bankruptcy judge, doesn't really have a right to tell Ed Bisch and other relatives of the dead that they can't sue the Sacklers civilly. And so that's - then the Purdue appealed that. And it's currently now sitting at the second appellate level. In the meantime, Ed Bisch and other members of this group, you know, staged a protest in front of the Department of Justice, begging Attorney General Garland to indict them criminally. And they've had follow-up meetings. And, you know, I report on kind of how that goes near the end of the book. And we don't know what's happening with that yet. But we do know that Garland came out very forcefully in favor of that first appellate judge's ruling. And so, you know, we wait and see what happens next on that.
DAVIES: So if there is $6 billion paid as a result of this litigation, does that go to people who need treatment? Does it go for compensations for families of victims? Can it be diverted to other spending by state legislatures or county governments?
MACY: It's all a patchwork, just like the whole addiction system in America is. Some states have set up really great guidelines - Massachusetts, New York, for instance - and other communities haven't really said what they're going to do with it. I know in North Carolina, which is where a lot of "Lazarus" takes place, only the half - only half of the counties have even appointed an opioid person, an opioid response point person to address with that. So the fear is - and Michelle's the first one that pointed this out - that the money is just going to come down and it's going to go to drug war policing, and that not enough of it is going to be actually spent to help people get better. There was a small settlement pot for personal injury victims, but many of them didn't know or they didn't have the capacity to apply. And so I think the average award is going to be for those who did is between - starts at $3,000 and goes up. I can't remember what the top number is, but it's not a lot of money. As Ed Bisch, a parent that I profile in both "Dopesick" and "Raising Lazarus," says, it wouldn't even cover the cost of a funeral.
DAVIES: You know, Beth Macy, your last book, "Dopesick," about the opioid crisis was made into an eight-part series on Hulu, you know, starring Michael Keaton. It won a Peabody Award, a lot of Emmy nominations. Michelle Mathis, did you see the series?
MATHIS: I did.
DAVIES: Yeah. What'd you think? What was your reaction?
MATHIS: I watched the first one with great anticipation. And then I had to take a break before I watched the next. We actually spent some time in our Hickory office watching together and crying with each other and holding each other, sitting on the sofa. It was triggering in a lot of ways. But it was also an affirmation of the necessity of the work that we do and that we're not fighting against a pharmacist, you know? We're fighting against big pharma and the destruction that they have left us with. And so for that, it was inspiring for us.
DAVIES: If it's not too personal, what in that first episode was hard for you or triggering?
MATHIS: In our day-to-day, we're in the trenches. And so we are working with folks that we know individually. And so we know an individual story here, an individual story there. But when you take a step back and you look at the big picture, as you see in a different community - but you see how this pure evil has affected not only the individuals that you know, but the story is so much bigger. And you know this in the back of your head. But you get so focused on the day-to-day of what you do that taking a step back and seeing truly the impact that it has had and the devastation of millions of lives - that was overwhelming in that moment.
DAVIES: Beth Macy, you know, the last time you and I spoke about your last book, we spoke briefly about alcoholism in your family, you know? Your dad struggled with it through your childhood. And recently, you wrote a piece about it in Oprah Magazine and said that your work on, you know, opioid addiction in recent years and all your reporting had made you rethink your attitude towards your father. Can you share some of that with us?
MACY: Yeah. I wrote about - you know, I was kind of the - I was the fourth child of much older parents. I was kind of like the midlife accident. And by the time I came along, my dad was really in advanced stage alcoholism. He couldn't work. He would sit at the VFW all day. And we were really poor. And it ticked me off. And it made me mad. It made me protective of my mother. And he died of lung cancer when I was in college. I was 19. And he was just really not a part of my life. So you know, he didn't attend any of my events, didn't come to my graduations. Nothing. And I was kind of relieved when he died. And I know that sounds really harsh.
But in getting to know these folks - and I know alcoholism and opioid use disorder are different - it began to hit me that he, too, had a disease, his disease of alcoholism. And while I didn't know him when he was healthier earlier in his years, I realized that if I'm going to be kind of giving this message that this is a treatable medical condition, which is so important to emphasize, that it's treatable - and that we need to extend grace and love to these folks, many of whom were victims of Purdue Pharma and others, and that I needed to extend some grace to him, too. And that was a tough piece to write.
DAVIES: Well, Beth Macy, good to talk with you again. Thanks so much for spending some time with us.
MACY: Thanks, Dave.
DAVIES: Michelle Mathis, good luck in your work. Thank you for speaking with us also.
MATHIS: It's been an honor, Dave. Thank you.
DAVIES: Beth Macy is the author of the book "Dopesick" about the opioid crisis, which has been adapted to a series on Hulu. Her newest book about grassroots efforts to help people with addiction is called "Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, And The Future Of America's Overdose Crisis." We also spoke with Michelle Mathis, co-founder of Olive Branch Ministry, which provides services to people struggling with addiction in nine counties in North Carolina. Coming up, TV critic David Bianculli reviews the final episode of the AMC series "Better Call Saul." This is FRESH AIR.
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GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A body was found Wednesday afternoon near a Greenville County road.
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to West Marion Road near Richards Avenue just before 4:30 p.m. for a report of a person down on the side of the road.
Deputies said they were no suspects at this time.
The sheriff’s office said they are continuing to investigate the death and anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 864-23-CRIME. | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/body-found-along-greenville-co-road/ | 2022-08-17T22:43:31Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/body-found-along-greenville-co-road/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Joey Wallberg calls it his superpower: being in the right place at the right time.
Or the wrong place at the wrong time, he said, depending on how you look at it.
“I’m always coming across accidents, fires, … burglaries,” he said.
And each time, the retired firefighter, who served throughout the state for 20 years, springs into action.
That’s what he did last month when he came across flames and smoke outside Yakima’s First Baptist Church, 515 E. Yakima Ave.
Wallberg, 47, said he was in the area doing some work for the city’s water department, where he is a water device technician.
“I was headed back to the office, sitting at a red light when I saw the flames,” he said in an interview.
He pulled his vehicle aside, turned on the emergency lights and grabbed a fire extinguisher from the back of the vehicle. Using the extinguisher, he was able to knock back the flames growing among planters and bushes at the base of the stone building.
A driver of a pre-mix cement truck had also pulled over after seeing the fire and had some water on board, which Wallberg helped disperse.
“This was just one of those things. You see it, and you act,” Wallberg said. “I didn’t do anything that I don’t think anyone with a fire extinguisher wouldn’t have done.”
Yakima Deputy Fire Chief Jeremy Rodriguez presented Wallberg with an Apple Award at the Yakima City Council meeting Tuesday. He said Wallberg’s actions prevented the fire from growing and potentially damaging a historic building in downtown Yakima.
“He demonstrated excellent judgment and decisive action to mitigate the problem before it became an emergency,” Rodriguez said at the meeting.
Assistant Public Works Director David Brown said the Apple Award is given to people who go above and beyond in their job, and it’s not given out often.
But Tuesday’s award was the second Apple Award doled out to Wallberg. He said he also won one in 2013.
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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a civil rights lawsuit against Sunnyside-based Ostrom Mushroom Farms on Wednesday, alleging the company discriminated against workers.
The lawsuit alleges the company discriminated against domestic workers and women, deceived workers regarding job requirements and wages, and retaliated against workers who tried to assert their rights.
Ostrom Mushroom Farms could not immediately be reached for comment.
Between January 2021 and May 2022, Ostrom fired more than 140 mushroom pickers, most of whom were women, according to a news release from Ferguson's office. An advertisement for workers posted on Facebook called for only male workers, according to the lawsuit. Women were disciplined at higher rates than men, the lawsuit said.
Meanwhile, Ostrom hired 65 foreign H-2A workers in April 2022. Ferguson alleged that Ostrom abused the H-2A system and sought to replace domestic workers with H-2A workers. The U.S. Department of Labor’s H-2A program is meant to provide foreign labor when an employer faces a labor shortage.
When Ostrom began applying for the H-2A program in early 2021, Ferguson alleges that Ostrom increased mushroom pickers’ production quotas and issued more warnings without providing workers with information about worker productivity. The lawsuit alleges these changes were a pretext to fire domestic employees.
At the same time, the lawsuit alleges that Ostrom did not hire domestic employees, even though domestic labor was available. Ferguson points to the job requirement of 3 months of agricultural experience, which many H-2A workers did not have, as evidence for discrimination.
When workers complained, Ostrom allegedly retaliated through unwarranted warnings and one case where a manager physically assaulted a worker with a metal cart, according to the lawsuit.
The alleged retaliation, along with the alleged discrimination against female and domestic workers, are violations of the Washington Law Against Discrimination, Ferguson's office said. The lawsuit alleges that deceiving workers in regards to employment and job eligibility violates the Consumer Protection Act. The lawsuit was filed in Yakima County Superior Court.
Ostrom moved to Sunnyside in 2019, where it employs around 200 workers and ships between eight and nine million pounds of mushrooms each year, according to the lawsuit. In June, Ostrom workers protested outside the facility and submitted a petition demanding fair pay and safe working conditions.
This is a developing story, and will be updated. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/wa-attorney-general-files-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-ostrom-mushroom-farms-in-sunnyside/article_cdbfd4ce-1e71-11ed-b889-7f3b9be27eb3.html | 2022-08-17T22:47:11Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/wa-attorney-general-files-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-ostrom-mushroom-farms-in-sunnyside/article_cdbfd4ce-1e71-11ed-b889-7f3b9be27eb3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that won a landmark lawsuit against national pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, claiming the way they distributed opioids to customers caused severe harm to communities and created a public nuisance.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in the ruling that the money will be used to abate a continuing opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull counties, outside Cleveland. Attorneys for the counties put the total price tag at $3.3 billion for the damage done to the counties.
Lake County is to receive $306 million over 15 years. Trumbull County is to receive $344 million over the same period. Polster ordered the companies to immediately pay nearly $87 million to cover the first two years of the abatement plan.
In his ruling, Polster admonished the three companies, saying they “squandered the opportunity to present a meaningful plan to abate the nuisance” after a trial that considered what damages they might owe.
CVS, Walmart and Walgreens said they will appeal the ruling. It is unclear whether the companies will have to immediately pay the nearly $87 million during their appeals.
Trumbull County Commissioner Frank Fuda praised the award in a statement, saying “the harms caused by this devastating epidemic” can now be addressed.
Lake County Commissioner John Hamercheck said in a statement “Today marks the start of a new day in our fight to end the opioid epidemic.”
A jury returned a verdict in November in favor of the counties after a six-week trial. It was then left to Polster to decide how much the counties should receive from the three pharmacy companies. He heard testimony in May to determine damages.
The counties convinced the jury that the pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication into their communities.
It was the first time pharmacy companies completed a trial to defend themselves in a drug crisis that has killed a half-million Americans since 1999.
Attorneys for the pharmacy chains maintained they had policies to stem the flow of pills when their pharmacists had concerns and would notify authorities about suspicious orders from doctors. They also said it was doctors who controlled how many pills were prescribed for legitimate medical needs not their pharmacies.
Walmart issued a statement Wednesday saying the counties’ attorneys “sued Walmart in search of deep pockets, and this judgment follows a trial that was engineered to favor the plaintiffs’ attorneys and was riddled with remarkable legal and factual mistakes.”
Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman said “The facts and the law did not support the jury verdict last fall, and they do not support the court’s decision now.
“The court committed significant legal errors in allowing the case to go before a jury on a flawed legal theory that is inconsistent with Ohio law and compounded those errors in reaching its ruling regarding damages.”
CVS spokesperson Michael DeAngelis said “We strongly disagree with the Court’s decision regarding the counties’ abatement plan, as well as last fall’s underlying verdict.”
CVS is based in Rhode Island, Walgreens in Illinois and Walmart in Arkansas.
Two chains — Rite Aid and Giant Eagle — settled lawsuits with the counties before trial. The amounts they paid have not been disclosed publicly.
Mark Lanier, an attorney for the counties, said during trial that the pharmacies were attempting to blame everyone but themselves.
The opioid crisis has overwhelmed courts, social services agencies and law enforcement in Ohio’s blue-collar corner east of Cleveland, leaving behind heartbroken families and babies born to addicted mothers, Lanier told jurors.
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
The rise in physicians prescribing pain medications such as oxycodone and hydrocodone came as medical groups began recognizing that patients have the right to be treated for pain, Kaspar Stoffelmayr, an attorney for Walgreens, said at the opening of the trial.
The problem, he said, was “pharmaceutical manufacturers tricked doctors into writing way too many pills.”
The counties said pharmacies should be the last line of defense to prevent the pills from getting into the wrong hands.
The trial before Polster was part of a broader constellation of about 3,000 federal opioid lawsuits consolidated under the his supervision. Other cases are moving ahead in state courts.
Kevin Roy, chief public policy officer at Shatterproof, an organization that advocates for solutions to addiction, said in November the verdict could lead pharmacies to follow the path of major distribution companies and some drugmakers that have reached nationwide settlements of opioid cases worth billions. So far, no pharmacy has reached a nationwide settlement.
Also on Wednesday, attorneys general from numerous states announced they had reached an agreement with Endo International plc to pay as much as $450 million over 10 years to settle allegations the company used deceptive marketing practices “that downplayed the risk of addiction and overstated the benefits” of opioids it produced.
Based in Ireland, Endo’s U.S. headquarters are in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The company did not respond Wednesday to telephone and email requests for comment.
The agreement calls for the $450 million to be divided between participating states and communities. It also calls for Endo to put opioid-related documents online for public viewing and pay $2.75 million in expenses to publicly archive those documents.
Endo can never again market opioids, according to the agreement.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday night.
Endo produces generic opioids and name brands such as Percocet and Endocet. The company’s Opana ER opioid was withdrawn from the market in 2017. The attorneys general say Endo “falsely promoted the benefits” of Opana ER’s “so-called abuse deterrent formulation.” The attorneys general said the formulation did not deter abuse of the drug and led to deadly outbreaks of hepatitis and HIV resulting from people injecting the drug. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/judge-pharmacies-owe-2-ohio-counties-650m-in-opioids-suit/ | 2022-08-17T22:51:32Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/judge-pharmacies-owe-2-ohio-counties-650m-in-opioids-suit/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 35 |
CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that won a landmark lawsuit against national pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, claiming the way they distributed opioids to customers caused severe harm to communities and created a public nuisance.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in the ruling that the money will be used to abate a continuing opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull counties, outside Cleveland. Attorneys for the counties put the total price tag at $3.3 billion for the damage done to the counties.
Lake County is to receive $306 million over 15 years. Trumbull County is to receive $344 million over the same period. Polster ordered the companies to immediately pay nearly $87 million to cover the first two years of the abatement plan.
In his ruling, Polster admonished the three companies, saying they “squandered the opportunity to present a meaningful plan to abate the nuisance” after a trial that considered what damages they might owe.
CVS, Walmart and Walgreens said they will appeal the ruling. It is unclear whether the companies will have to immediately pay the nearly $87 million during their appeals.
Trumbull County Commissioner Frank Fuda praised the award in a statement, saying “the harms caused by this devastating epidemic” can now be addressed.
Lake County Commissioner John Hamercheck said in a statement “Today marks the start of a new day in our fight to end the opioid epidemic.”
A jury returned a verdict in November in favor of the counties after a six-week trial. It was then left to Polster to decide how much the counties should receive from the three pharmacy companies. He heard testimony in May to determine damages.
The counties convinced the jury that the pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication into their communities.
It was the first time pharmacy companies completed a trial to defend themselves in a drug crisis that has killed a half-million Americans since 1999.
Attorneys for the pharmacy chains maintained they had policies to stem the flow of pills when their pharmacists had concerns and would notify authorities about suspicious orders from doctors. They also said it was doctors who controlled how many pills were prescribed for legitimate medical needs not their pharmacies.
Walmart issued a statement Wednesday saying the counties’ attorneys “sued Walmart in search of deep pockets, and this judgment follows a trial that was engineered to favor the plaintiffs’ attorneys and was riddled with remarkable legal and factual mistakes.”
Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman said “The facts and the law did not support the jury verdict last fall, and they do not support the court’s decision now.
“The court committed significant legal errors in allowing the case to go before a jury on a flawed legal theory that is inconsistent with Ohio law and compounded those errors in reaching its ruling regarding damages.”
CVS spokesperson Michael DeAngelis said “We strongly disagree with the Court’s decision regarding the counties’ abatement plan, as well as last fall’s underlying verdict.”
CVS is based in Rhode Island, Walgreens in Illinois and Walmart in Arkansas.
Two chains — Rite Aid and Giant Eagle — settled lawsuits with the counties before trial. The amounts they paid have not been disclosed publicly.
Mark Lanier, an attorney for the counties, said during trial that the pharmacies were attempting to blame everyone but themselves.
The opioid crisis has overwhelmed courts, social services agencies and law enforcement in Ohio’s blue-collar corner east of Cleveland, leaving behind heartbroken families and babies born to addicted mothers, Lanier told jurors.
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
The rise in physicians prescribing pain medications such as oxycodone and hydrocodone came as medical groups began recognizing that patients have the right to be treated for pain, Kaspar Stoffelmayr, an attorney for Walgreens, said at the opening of the trial.
The problem, he said, was “pharmaceutical manufacturers tricked doctors into writing way too many pills.”
The counties said pharmacies should be the last line of defense to prevent the pills from getting into the wrong hands.
The trial before Polster was part of a broader constellation of about 3,000 federal opioid lawsuits consolidated under the his supervision. Other cases are moving ahead in state courts.
Kevin Roy, chief public policy officer at Shatterproof, an organization that advocates for solutions to addiction, said in November the verdict could lead pharmacies to follow the path of major distribution companies and some drugmakers that have reached nationwide settlements of opioid cases worth billions. So far, no pharmacy has reached a nationwide settlement.
Also on Wednesday, attorneys general from numerous states announced they had reached an agreement with Endo International plc to pay as much as $450 million over 10 years to settle allegations the company used deceptive marketing practices “that downplayed the risk of addiction and overstated the benefits” of opioids it produced.
Based in Ireland, Endo’s U.S. headquarters are in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The company did not respond Wednesday to telephone and email requests for comment.
The agreement calls for the $450 million to be divided between participating states and communities. It also calls for Endo to put opioid-related documents online for public viewing and pay $2.75 million in expenses to publicly archive those documents.
Endo can never again market opioids, according to the agreement.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday night.
Endo produces generic opioids and name brands such as Percocet and Endocet. The company’s Opana ER opioid was withdrawn from the market in 2017. The attorneys general say Endo “falsely promoted the benefits” of Opana ER’s “so-called abuse deterrent formulation.” The attorneys general said the formulation did not deter abuse of the drug and led to deadly outbreaks of hepatitis and HIV resulting from people injecting the drug. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/judge-pharmacies-owe-2-ohio-counties-650m-in-opioids-suit/ | 2022-08-17T22:51:32Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/judge-pharmacies-owe-2-ohio-counties-650m-in-opioids-suit/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 35 |
WAKEFIELD, R.I. (WPRI) — Three men charged for their alleged participation in separate fights on Block Island and the Block Island Ferry were arraigned Wednesday in court.
Miguel G. Silva and Michael Carvalho, two of the seven suspects arrested following the ferry incident on Aug. 8, both pleaded not guilty to a disorderly conduct charge.
The fight, which took place on the ferry ride back to the mainland, sent two people to the hospital with injuries, according to police.
Jacob Dorbor was arrested earlier in the day after a fight broke out during a music festival at Ballard’s Beach Resort.
Rhode Island State Police troopers were providing detail on the island due to the large crowd and remained at Ballard’s following the fight.
State police said they also had a presence on board the scheduled ferries that night, but troopers were not on the ship where the fight took place since it was added late to help with the high volume of riders.
On Thursday, New Shoreham town councilors decided to review Ballard’s liquor and entertainment licenses. A show-cause hearing is scheduled for Aug. 22.
Bail for all three suspects was set at $1,000 personal recognizance. However, Dorbor was held as a probation violator. He told 12 News that he’s a victim in the case and was wrongfully arrested.
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A McLean-based company is proposing an age-restricted housing project near a potential distribution or data center.
RCKF Bull Run Commercial LLC and the Blackburn Homeowners Association are seeking to change the conditions of a previously approved project in the Manassas area. The application, submitted June 16, seeks to allow up to 144 age-restricted units as an allowed use for the property.
The 10.9 acres are near the intersection of Balls Ford Road and Ashton Avenue.
In 2015, the county rezoned 128.4 acres spread throughout the intersection of Balls Ford Road and Ashton Avenue from agriculture use to planned mixed-use district and planned mixed residential zoning.
The rezoning covered three unconnected parcels and allowed 255 townhouses, 161 single-family homes, 1 million square feet of office space and 115,000 square feet of unspecified business uses.
Construction has only occurred on the residential portion.
SunCap Property Group of Charlotte, N.C., submitted an application March 18 to amend the conditions of the rezoning on 28.35 acres of the property to allow a data center, distribution center or offices.
The RCKF and Blackburn application is separate from the SunCap proposal. The application would allow the age-restricted units, of which 80% would be for people 55 and older and 20% for 45 and older.
“Market conditions led the Applicant to examine a host of alternate uses and the resulting research has indicated the Property would be more than appropriate for an age-restricted product that would further enhance the residential offerings within the established Blackburn community,” the application says.
The application doesn’t provide details about the size or potential price of the units.
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Medical staff at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) participate in Commander, Naval Installations Command’s (CNIC) annual all hazard exercise Citadel Rumble 2022 with the objective of safely evacuating three simulation mannequins after a simulated earthquake, all while still providing vital medical care in the process, Aug 17. NMCSD's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.
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By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Noel Heeter
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 2, 2022) – Sailors, along with Marines assigned to 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), attended a personal finances and budgeting class aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Aug. 2.
The intent of the class was to ensure all attendees would leave with a basic understanding of financial literacy such as minimizing debt and budgeting.
“It’s part of our responsibility and training, as a command financial specialist, to teach others,” said Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Deanna Aguilar, command financial specialist. “I hope that they take the information that they get from this class and apply it to their lives as well as pass it on to other people.”
Some of the class took this sentiment to heart. Cpl. William Misener, a radio operator from A Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 13th MEU, noted how beneficial the information taught in the class could be for those aboard the ship.
“I don’t need this for myself, but my fellow Marines could use the information,” Misener said. “Knowing these tools exist will be helpful to them.”
Makin Island provides many resources and trainings, led by both Sailors and Marines, aimed to build unity around the ship and assist with securing their prospective futures.
“As a financial advisor, I can’t tell you where to put your money, but I can help you save it,” said Aguilar. “It’s important to plan for your future.”
For Sailors and Marines currently aboard Makin Island, future financial classes will cover thrift savings plans, understanding credit, tax exclusions, estate planning, help sources, and more.
Makin Island, flagship of Amphibious Squadron (CPR) SEVEN, along with 13th MEU, is currently underway conducting integrated training in the U.S. 3rd fleet to prepare for an upcoming deployment.
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Bite-sized breakfast: Chick-fil-A taste-testing chorizo cheddar egg bites
ATLANTA (Gray News) - Chick-fil-A is taste-testing a new menu item: Egg bites.
The popular chicken restaurant announced it would start offering chorizo cheddar egg bites at select locations in the U.S. later this month.
According to Chick-fil-A, the chorizo cheddar egg bites are made with whole eggs, Mexican-style chorizo and several blends of cheeses. Each order includes four egg bites.
“As summer ends and the back-to-school morning routine begins, we wanted to offer our customers a new protein-packed entree,” said Leslie Neslage, director of menu and packaging at Chick-fil-A.
The chorizo cheddar egg bites will be available for a limited time starting on Aug. 22 at participating restaurants in Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Florida and New Orleans.
The restaurant chain said guest feedback would help determine if the new breakfast bites will be featured on menus nationwide in the future.
“Our guests are asking for more bite-sized, shareable breakfast options, and we look forward to hearing what they think about our limited-time chorizo cheddar egg bites,” Neslage said.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- We are disappointed in today's Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) ruling, and we plan to file a petition for rehearing. A $36 million refund falls short of the refund recommended by CUB, the Illinois Attorney General's Office and the City of Chicago. Further, this case was limited to direct costs and only partially compensates customers for ComEd's misconduct—people deserve better in the wake of Illinois' most significant utility scandal ever. CUB continues to work on behalf of consumers for full restitution, as well as the most pro-consumer implementation of the Climate & Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) to protect customers from unjustified rate increases.
- On August 17, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) voted 3-0 to order ComEd to give its customers a $31,296,338 refund in connection with the company's bribery scandal that erupted two years before. The refund, about a $4.80 bill credit on average, will be delivered to customers on their April 2023 bills. [Another $5,019,312, plus interest, will be added to the refund, upon Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval, making the total refund at least $36.3 million.]
- In July 2020, ComEd was fined $200 million by federal authorities, after admitting to a bribery scheme to pass legislation in 2011 that implemented a "formula rate" system. That rate-setting system left electric customers vulnerable to hundreds of millions of dollars in rate hikes over the last decade. (Note: In 2013, ComEd went back to the General Assembly to adjust the formula rate because the utility did not approve of how the ICC was interpreting the law. CUB opposed the 2013 bill for the same reasons it opposed the 2011 law.)
- In October of 2020, in a federal lawsuit, CUB alleged ComEd enriched itself "at the expense of Illinois utility customers." The consumer watchdog joined a similar state class action.
- In September 2021, a judge dismissed the federal class action lawsuit. In December 2021, a judge threw out the state lawsuit.
- The Climate & Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), which passed in September of 2021, will replace the unfair formula rate system. CEJA also called for an ICC investigation into a refund. During this investigation, which the ICC ruled on Wednesday, CUB, the Illinois Attorney General's Office and the City of Chicago argued for a $45 million refund for ComEd customers. The ICC probe was narrow in scope, only focusing on direct costs—not damage done to consumers by paying higher electric rates.
CUB is Illinois' leading nonprofit utility watchdog. Created by the Illinois Legislature, CUB opened its doors in 1984 to represent the interests of residential and small-business utility customers. Since then, it has saved consumers more than $20 billion by helping block rate hikes, secure refunds and fight for clean, low-cost energy. For more information, call CUB's Consumer Hotline, 1-800-669-5556, or visit its website, www.CitizensUtilityBoard.org.
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The 2.2 million square foot facility makes Digi-Key one of the 10 largest warehouses in North America
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, celebrated the ribbon cutting of its Product Distribution Center expansion (PDCe) today, expanding the company's headquarters' footprint by 2.2 million square feet for a combined total of more than 3 million square feet. The new facility allows Digi-Key to pick, pack and ship nearly three times the previous daily average of 27,000 packages to customers in more than 180 countries around the world.
Digi-Key celebrated the opening event with an official cutting of tape from a Digi-Reel and ceremonial first package handoffs to each of the company's four carrier partners: DHL, FedEx, UPS and USPS. Remarks were given by Digi-Key President Dave Doherty, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Commissioner Steve Grove, Thief River Falls Mayor Brian Holmer and several other Digi-Key executives, as well as video messages from U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
"This is a significant milestone for all Digi-Key employees and our community," said Dave Doherty, president of Digi-Key. "Our new product distribution center expansion will help us continue to deliver excellence to our customers for many years to come. As exciting as this expansion is for us, our hope is that our customers truly don't notice a difference – the transition for them should be seamless, and if anything, result in an even better customer service experience than they are already accustomed to. For us, it's deeper roots in Thief River Falls and a commitment to continue investing in this community and the state of Minnesota."
The PDCe building was designed by Minnesota-based Widseth, and McShane Construction served as general contractor on the project. KNAPP, a leader in warehouse logistics and automation, partnered with Digi-Key on the internal automation and operational equipment.
"The state of Minnesota is thrilled to celebrate Digi-Key's growth milestone today," said Steve Grove, commissioner of Minnesota DEED. "Growth at this level is a win for the employees of Digi-Key, it's a win for the Thief River Falls community and it's a win for the state of Minnesota. The opening of this facility is made possible by local and state economic support which will contribute an additional $500 million in economic output, as well as the addition of more than 1,000 new jobs."
The opening of the facility comes at a time of record growth for the company – Digi-Key wrapped up 2021 growing faster than ever before with a 65% growth rate, and bookings in 2022 are up more than 25% over last year. This year has also been one of the largest years for supplier additions for the company with 250 suppliers already added for the year. Since construction began in 2018, Digi-Key has added 1,500 suppliers and 1.5 million part numbers to their inventory.
The new facility is nearly fully automated, the only task that is truly done by hand is the actual picking of parts. Among the racks of components, carts are wire-guided so that the only thing a cart driver will have to worry about is where to stop. The wire-guided system will save more than 10% of time and is significantly safer.
The product distribution center expansion features two primary conveyor systems to provide redundancy in the case of a breakdown and provide opportunities for future growth. Scalability and growth were top of mind in the plans and design of the new building, and the majority of the fourth floor is currently open for the time being. There are over 27 miles of automated conveyor belt in the new facility, and an average order will travel more than 3,200 feet inside the building.
The building features six backup diesel engines and pumps along with a water tank built for fire suppression. It also has its own storm sewer and run-off ponds so as not to contribute to any flooding or storage concerns in the community.
The state-of-the-art facility features multiple common work areas and break rooms with oversized windows for optimal natural sunlight, as well as the Two Rivers Café that features a range of food options from ready-to-eat salads and wraps to burgers and paninis cooked to order. Local vendor, Las Ranitas, serves authentic Mexican options from the café a couple days per week as well. Digi-Key is recognized by the state of Minnesota as a Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace and has 16 private Mother's Rooms throughout the PDCe for employees returning to work after parental leave. The building also has a spacious Quiet Room for employees to take their breaks, relax and recharge.
Outside of the new building there is a new Community Garden where employees can adopt a plot for the summer and plant seasonal flowers, fruits and vegetables. In the Skybridge connecting the original PDC to the PDCe building there is a "Digi-Walk" mapped out from end to end, offering a great place for employees to get in some extra steps during their breaks.
Sustainability was also considered during the planning and construction of the facility. The roof has a white membrane to reflect the sun's heat, sensor-activated LED lights to minimize electricity usage, and a specially designed conveying system which maximizes energy usage as well as efficiency.
To learn more about Digi-Key, visit the Digi-Key website.
About Digi-Key Electronics
Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is recognized as both the leader and continuous innovator in the high service distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide. As the original pioneer in this space, Digi-Key provides more than 13.4 million components from over 2,300 quality name-brand manufacturers with an industry-leading breadth and depth of product in stock and available for immediate shipment. Beyond the products that drive technology innovation, Digi-Key also supports design engineers and procurement professionals with a wealth of digital solutions and tools to make their jobs more efficient. Additional information can be found at digikey.com and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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Bellmont Partners
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Statewide Central Station (SCS), part of Scutum North America, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Digicom Central Station in Florida. This acquisition marks the first step for both entities to combine resources and tackle the national task of protecting communities using state-of-the-art security and alarm monitoring technology.
Digicom, as part of Statewide, will work on accelerating its development, benefiting from Statewide resources, and setting up synergies for more optimal protection of our clients. Statewide dealers in Florida will have the advantage of joining Statewide's vast dealer network and full support from the company's security monitoring technology. Through the partnership and collaboration, Statewide with Digicom will provide the dealer network with the necessary solutions and tools to be among the top-ranked alarm security providers.
"Scutum North America is excited to share that our footprint has expanded throughout the eastern US, from New York to Florida," says Franck Namy, Scutum Group. "We will continue actively seeking further M&A opportunities as we grow our footprint in the North American market."
Scutum North America provides fire detection, electronic security, and central station monitoring services. It relies on its own UL Listed central stations, which assure the closest personalized attention and service. In this rapidly accelerating market, Scutum North America has established several strategic partnerships to develop its capacities in terms of services and responses to client needs and to increase its performance in the face of a growing and more competitive market.
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