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The office of the US Trade Representative with the statement:
- The United States and Taiwan, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), will commence formal negotiation on the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade.
Negotiations will formally commence once the (northern) summer is over
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The agreement is described as:
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New photos show man suspected of trying to kidnap girl near grocery store in West Rogers Park
CHICAGO - A 9-year-old girl escaped being kidnapped near a grocery store Wednesday morning in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.
The girl was walking with a woman she knew around 9:53 a.m. near Cermak Fresh Market in the 6600 block of North Damen Avenue when a male grabbed her arm and started running with her, according to Chicago police.
The girl was able to break free less than a block away in the 6600 block of North Ridge Boulevard, police said.
The suspect fled, running southbound on Ridge Boulevard. He is described as being between 5'8" and 5'10", weighing roughly 160 pounds with short dreadlocks and glasses, police said.
Suspect wanted in attempted kidnapping | Chicago Police Department
The suspect was wearing a white shirt, gray pants, white gym shoes and a camouflage baseball hat, police said.
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The girl was not injured during the incident.
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Space weather alert: G3 storm could cause northern lights as low as Iowa
Calling all northerners and Midwesterners! There’s a potential for a particularly spectacular light show in the night sky in the next few days after multiple coronal mass ejections (CME) produced by the sun on August 14 head toward Earth.
A category G3 geomagnetic storm watch was predicted for August 18 which is considered a moderate storm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The storm was originally predicted to be no stronger than a category G2 but since the sun ejected multiple CMEs, at least four of those could have direct contact with Earth, upping the category to a G3, according to NOAA.
Geomagnetic storms in this category have the potential to cause some power system irregularities and intermittent errors in GPS systems but more importantly, they can also produce northern lights.
The NOAA predicts auroras could be seen as far as Oregon to Pennsylvania and even Iowa.
The storm is expected to downgrade to a G2 storm by August 19.
What is a CME?
Every 11 years, the sun completes a solar cycle in which mass amounts of radiation and plasma are emitted in the form of solar storms.
During this cycle, large eruptions of immense energy containing the power of several nuclear bombs explode from the surface of the sun, ripple through space and inevitably strike Earth. These are CMEs. Traveling at over a million miles per hour, the ejected mass of protons and electrons can cross the 93-million-mile distance from the sun to the Earth in a matter of days.
Because the area of space between the Earth and the sun is so vast, there are many CMEs that don’t actually reach our home planet.
But every now and then, this massive explosion of energy does hit our planet, resulting in a geomagnetic storm which usually manifests into auroral lights typically seen near the north and south poles.
Similar to how hurricanes are ranked by categories, The U.S. Space Weather Center (SWPC) ranks solar storms on a scale of "G1 Minor" to "G5 Extreme," with a G5 storm being the most dangerous.
Have we experienced CMEs before?
Earth has been experiencing space storms throughout its history. Scientific data from ice samples taken from the arctic show evidence of massive geomagnetic storms as early as 774 A.D.
In 1859, the Carrington Event, named after British astronomer Richard Carrington, caused mass terror when it obliterated the entire global telegraph system. Auroras were visible as far south as Colombia in what is considered the largest recorded account of a solar storm to hit Earth.
Telegraph operators reported receiving electric shocks when touching their instruments as telegraph paper reportedly caught fire from the shortages.
Because the Carrington Event occurred when humans were still early in their technological journey, the damage was minimal. However, experts say if a Carrington-style event were to occur today, with our reliance on technology, the effects could be devastating.
On March 10, 1989, astronomers witnessed a huge CME emanating from the sun which released a billion-ton cloud of gas, according to NASA.
"It was like the energy of thousands of nuclear bombs exploding at the same time," NASA said.
That ball of energy started heading toward Earth at a million miles an hour and collided with the planet’s magnetic field on March 12, 1989.
"The violence of this 'geomagnetic storm' caused spectacular 'northern lights' that could be seen as far south as Florida and Cuba," according to NASA.
But the beautiful light show wasn’t the only unusual thing that occurred. Power was knocked out for the entire province of Quebec, Canada, and lasted for 12 hours.
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Some allies of former President Donald Trump are urging him to publicly release surveillance footage of FBI agents executing a search warrant on his Mar-a-Lago residence, a proposal that has drawn mixed reaction inside his orbit, CNN has learned.
The CCTV footage has been so closely held that aides to the former President aren't sure if he has seen it in full himself, said a person close to Trump.
"I don't think it's been shared by anyone outside of the attorneys," this person said.
Yet when asked earlier this week by Fox's Sean Hannity whether the footage would be released, Trump's son Eric said, "Absolutely Sean, at the right time. "
Some of Trump's aides and allies have encouraged the former President to make some of the footage available to the public, believing it could send a jolt of energy through the Republican Party's base. One person familiar with the conversations said there have been discussions about featuring the August footage in campaign-style ads, believing the footage could bolster Trump's claims of political persecution.
Another person close to Trump said it's not a matter of if the former President and his team release any of the footage, but when, noting it could be released before he makes a campaign announcement.
Others in Trump's orbit have warned of the potential risks to the former President if he does release the tapes. A second person close to Trump cautioned that releasing the footage could backfire by providing people with a visual understanding of the sheer volume of materials that federal agents seized from his oceanfront residence, including classified materials.
"It's one thing to read a bunch of numbers on an inventory list, it's another to see law enforcement agents actually carrying a dozen-plus boxes out of President Trump's home knowing they probably contain sensitive documents. I don't see how that helps him," said this person, who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity in order the speak candidly.
Trump could also spend the next several months simply raising the specter of releasing the footage to be used as a political weapon without ever actually doing so.
CNN has reached out to FBI and Justice Department for comment.
Federal prosecutors disclosed in recent days that the investigation "implicates highly classified materials" and that their work continues on, potentially toward criminal charges.
While it is unclear exactly what the surveillance footage could show, Trump and his attorneys say they taped the August 8 search by federal investigators even after agents asked them to turn off the security cameras. Jay Bratt, the chief of the counterintelligence and export control section at the Justice Department who visited Mar-a-Lago in June, was the official who made the specific ask the day of the search, a source familiar tells CNN.
The Justice Department had previously subpoenaed surveillance footage from the club as part of its ongoing investigation, including outside the room where documents were kept.
On Tuesday, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that FBI agents "demanded that all security cameras be turned off... We said no!" It's not uncommon for the FBI to try to make sure any cameras are not capturing a search of this nature when there are classified materials involved.
As the former President and his team weigh whether and when to release any of the surveillance footage, his impending 2024 presidential campaign announcement could be a factor in that timing, said one person familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to discuss closely held matters. The former President is widely expected to make another run for office, though he is still deciding when to formally launch his campaign.
It is unclear if he has consulted with his current legal team on the potential implications of releasing the surveillance footage. The former President has reportedly been searching to hire experienced attorneys to help him navigate the federal investigation into his keeping of presidential records at Mar-a-Lago.
"If someone can persuade him this is somehow good for him and bad for his enemies, he'll do it," said Ty Cobb, a former White House attorney under Trump. "He doesn't have the lawyers to help him sort through these things strategically and is really thinking through them on his own."
Trump attorney Christina Bobb declined to comment on the record.
Among the Trump allies clamoring for him to release the surveillance footage either in full or curated versions is former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who told CNN in an interview that he favors releasing the footage, saying "Red-Pill the Nation" in an apparent reference to the film, "The Matrix."
A second Trump ally who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity has also encouraged the former President's team to make the footage public, telling CNN it would "drive the base f---ing bananas" to see FBI agents "milling around Mar-a-Lago while President Trump was out of town." (The former President was at Trump Tower in New York City when the search occurred last week.)
Trump and his allies have repeatedly claimed on social media that Republicans are benefiting from a surge of enthusiasm among base voters who believe the Justice Department abused its authority by executing a search warrant at the former President's residence.
But releasing the tapes could neuter some of the most conspiratorial excuses for the search that MAGA personalities have been circulating in recent days, including the baseless notion that the FBI planted evidence at Mar-a-Lago -- a claim the former President himself has repeated and which there is no evidence to support, especially after Trump's own lawyer signed off on the FBI's seizure receipts at the end of the search.
Prior to revealing he kept his surveillance cameras on at Mar-a-Lago, Trump also claimed that "nobody" was allowed to watch the FBI conduct its search of his home.
"I think the folks in New York -- President Trump and his family -- they probably had a better view than I did. Because they had the CCTV, they were able to watch," Bobb told the right-wing network Real America's Voice last Thursday. Days later, Bobb told right-wing commentator Tomi Lahren she had misunderstood the situation and wasn't aware of who saw the surveillance footage -- live or taped.
Trump's former lawyer Cobb said he is skeptical that Trump will eventually release the footage.
"If anything problematic happened, like it showed somebody planting evidence or something like that, then it would be really explosive," said Cobb. "That's the main reason I doubt they will make it public, because I'm sure it doesn't show them planting evidence and it takes that crazy claim off the table."
Using it as leverage
As Trump mulls a third presidential campaign, the more politically potent move for him could be to keep teasing the existence of security footage without ever making it public. It would be a familiar strategy for Trump, who routinely promised to provide exonerating evidence when faced with sexual harassment allegations during his 2016 presidential campaign but rarely followed through.
"It loses its power as leverage once it gets out," said Cobb.
Trump already pushed to release the warrant that led FBI agents to search his Palm Beach estate last week and the list of items they seized while on the property -- both of which were unsealed last Friday at the behest of the DOJ. The former President has also urged Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart to release the underlying affidavit that was central to federal agents obtaining a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago.
Writing on Truth Social Monday, Trump said, "In the interest of TRANSPARENCY, I call for the immediate release of the completely Unredacted Affidavit pertaining to this horrible and shocking BREAK-IN."
The Justice Department responded this week to oppose media outlets' request to unseal the affidavit, arguing that doing so could compromise its ongoing investigation and discourage future witnesses from cooperating.
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Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, reached a plea deal and is expected to cooperate with investigators in a probe into the former president’s finances, a source said.
Weisselberg, 75, cut a deal and will plead guilty to 15 felony tax charges at a Manhattan state court hearing scheduled for Thursday, according to sources familiar with the legal proceedings.
He is also required to testify against former President Donald Trump as part of the plea deal first hinted at earlier this week, the source said.
The longtime CFO of Trump’s namesake real estate company had filed a motion to dismiss the string of tax fraud charges against him, but a New York judge ruled against the motion Friday.
Weisselberg had pleaded not guilty in July last year to charges of tax fraud, conspiracy, grand larceny and falsifying business records. The Trump Organization was slapped with similar charges.
Weisselberg’s case was set to go to trial with jury selection beginning on Oct. 24, but the former CFO made an unexpected appearance in Manhattan state court Monday, sparking speculation that Weisselberg was nearing a plea deal with prosecutors.
Prosecutors said Weisselberg was paid more than $1.7 million “off the books” in order to avoid taxes through a 15-year tax fraud scheme led by the CFO and the Trump Organization.
As part of the scheme, the Trump loyalist was given perks like free rent at a Manhattan apartment, luxury cars and private school tuition payments for his grandchildren, according to the indictment.
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The consensus box of Del Mar picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Thursday, August 18, 2022.
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If the World Series extends to seven games, this year’s champion will be crowned on the relatively late date of Nov. 5.
Three days later, a key element of baseball’s future in California will be decided at the ballot box.
Propositions 26 and 27 offer competing visions for the future of sports gambling in the state. Each would make wagering on games legal in California. The main difference, in short, is whether the state would be open in whole (Prop 27) or in part (Prop 26).
If Prop 27 is enacted, California would adopt a constitutional amendment and statute to authorize “a gaming tribe, an online sports betting platform with an operating agreement with a gaming tribe, or a qualified gaming company with a market access agreement with a gaming tribe” to operate online sports betting anywhere in the state.
This vision already mirrors the reality in many states where sports gambling has been legal for years. In California, where Las Vegas casinos and offshore sports books have been the method of choice for fans looking to make a buck by beating the odds, it would represent a significant change.
What might that change look like for the Dodgers’ or Angels’ home ballparks?
It might look something like “Caesars Sportsbook at Chase Field,” the Diamondbacks’ home park in Phoenix. The two-story space opened in June, featuring enough TV screens and adult beverages to entertain a person with or without an itch to wager.
It might mean the manifestation of a vision Commissioner Rob Manfred has been articulating for years: fans whipping out their smartphones between innings, placing live prop bets on what will happen next in a baseball game as it unfolds.
It’s important to note that these are probably not mere hypotheticals. MLB last Friday became the first major pro sports league to officially endorse Prop 27. The endorsement itself is not surprising; the sponsors of the proposed legislation include league partners like BetMGM, DraftKings and FanDuel.
DraftKings CEO Jason Robins said in a recent interview that if Prop 27 passes, the gaming operator could launch its California product in time for the 2023 NFL season. That might mean it would launch in time for the 2024 MLB season.
If Prop 27 were the only avenue for legal sports gambling on the next state ballot, this story might end here. The presence of Prop 26, which would allow only in-person sports betting, only at California’s racetracks and tribal casinos, offers a different vision for the future.
Because the text of the proposed law doesn’t include an online wagering component, Prop 26 would dash Manfred’s dream for the future of smartphone usage.
“Even that level of friction to place a bet would be detrimental to the overall amount of wagering you get on the sport,” said Geoff Zochodne, a betting industry analyst with the website Covers.com. “It’s easier to place a bet on your phone. There’s that hurdle that would act as a natural damper on the amount of wagering.”
Zochodne cited the example of New Jersey, where sports gambling is legal on smartphones and at in-person sports books. Of the roughly half-billion dollars in wagers handled by the state, 93% were placed online rather than in person. That offers a possible preview for California if both ballot measures happen to pass.
Ballotpedia recently reported that the committees supporting and opposing Propositions 26 and 27 have raised more than $256 million, making them the most expensive ballot measures in state history. MLB’s endorsement is not the largest drop in that bucket, but it comes with an interesting twist.
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Four of the five major league teams in California have business partnerships with tribal casinos: the Dodgers with Ya’amava, the Angels with Pechanga, the San Diego Padres with Sycuan, and the San Francisco Giants with Cache Creek. Their ads are displayed inside their respective stadiums. Their business relationships are transparent. At Sycuan – about 30 minutes east of Petco Park, in El Cajon – guests can even rent the “Padres Suite.”
Yet, in the battle to define the future of sports gambling in California, the tribal casinos and MLB find themselves at odds. The three Southern California tribal casinos did not respond to an email request for comment on the league’s endorsement of Prop 27.
The future could also look like the present. It’s possible neither ballot measure passes. Zochodne notes that, for all the money currently being wagered on baseball in the U.S., the house only wins about 3.6% of the time. The financial windfall to the state and the tribes is not akin to other forms of gambling.
“People take it very seriously,” Zochodne said. “They research stats. The revenue take for actual sports betting, it’s not like 100% of wagers placed goes to the operator’s bottom line. A lot goes back to bettors.”
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By Gary Fields and Nicholas Riccardi | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of federal judges face the same task every day: review an affidavit submitted by federal agents and approve requests for a search warrant. But for U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, the fallout from his decision to approve a search warrant has been far from routine.
He has faced a storm of death threats since his signature earlier this month cleared the way for the FBI to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of a probe into whether he inappropriately removed sensitive materials from the White House. Reinhart’s home address was posted on right-wing sites, along with antisemitic slurs. The South Florida synagogue he attends canceled its Friday night Shabbat services in the wake of the uproar.
Trump has done little to lower the temperature among his supporters, decrying the search as political persecution and calling on Reinhart to recuse himself in the case because he has previously made political donations to Democrats. Reinhart has also, however, contributed to Republicans.
The threats against Reinhart are part of a broader attack on law enforcement, particularly the FBI, by Trump and his allies in the aftermath of the search. But experts warn that the focus on a judge, coming amid an uptick in threats to the judiciary in general, is dangerous for the rule of law in the U.S. and the country’s viability as a democracy.
“Threats against judges fulfilling their constitutional responsibilities strike at the very core of our democracy,” U.S. Second Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan, chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Security, said in a statement issued recently in the aftermath of the search. “Judges should not have to fear retaliation for doing their jobs.”
A phone message left in Reinhart’s chambers was not immediately returned. He will preside over a hearing Thursday on a request by media organizations, including The Associated Press, seeking to unseal the underlying affidavit the Justice Department submitted when it asked for the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.
Asked to comment about measures it has taken to protect Reinhart and his family the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement “while we do not discuss our specific security measures, we continuously review the measures in place and take appropriate steps to provide protection as necessary to ensure the integrity of the federal judicial process.”
The vitriol directed at the magistrate, while striking, is becoming increasingly common. In 2014, the U.S. Marshals Service handled 768 incidents that it classified as “inappropriate communications” aimed at judges and court employees. Last year, it reported more than 4,500.
At one point “virtually everyone recognized how inappropriate it was to threaten the life or security of a judge because of a disagreement with the judge’s decision,” said Barbara Lynn, chief judge for the northern district of Texas. “Now I think there are a lot of people that don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.”
Lynn is one of many judicial officials pushing Congress to approve the Daniel Anderl bill, named for the 20-year-old son of District Judge Esther Salas. He was killed in 2020 when a gunman came to their New Jersey home. His father was wounded. The bill, which has the support of groups ranging from the American Bar Association to the National Association of Attorneys General, would keep more of judges’ personal information private.
In June, a retired Wisconsin county circuit judge, John Roemer was killed in his home in what authorities said was a targeted killing by a gunman, who fatally wounded himself as well. Later that month, protesters converged on the homes of conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices after they overturned a 49-year-old ruling that women have a constitutional right to obtain an abortion. Police arrested a man with knives, zip ties and a gun near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and he said he planned to kill the conservative justice. Congress rapidly approved money to bolster security at the justices’ homes and provide 24-hour protection to their families.
The increased targeting of judges comes as trust in public institutions plummets and partisan rhetoric escalates. It’s part of a pattern that Steven Levitsky has seen before.
“This is a classic precursor of a democratic breakdown,” said Levitsky, a Harvard political scientist and co-author of How Democracies Die. “To call this a warning sign is an understatement.”Trump’s initial presidential campaign — during which he personally condemned a judge who ruled against him in a lawsuit over his now-defunct Trump University — changed the ground rules governing threats and explosive rhetoric, said Matthew Weil, executive director of the Democracy Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.
“There are threats everywhere now, it’s become more normalized because he changed what was allowed in public discourse,” Weil said, who said both the right and the left have turned to threatening the judicial branch.
Nathan Hall, a principal consultant with the National Center for State Courts, noted that the combination of lagging public trust, coupled with access to judges’ addresses and personal information impacts everyone from nationally-known Supreme Court justices to otherwise anonymous state judges.
“This gets to the core issue of having equal access to justice, a core foundational principle of our ability to function as a third and independent branch of government. It’s really shaken to the core,” Hall said. “Judges are just people at the end of the day. They put on a robe, but they still go home to their families.”
The most recent warning sign came after last week’s search of Mar-A-Lago, Trump’s Florida resort and political and personal headquarters. FBI agents seized 11 sets of classified information as part of an investigation of three different federal laws, including one that governs gathering, transmitting or losing defense information under the Espionage Act, according to court records.
Trump accused the government of abuse of power in targeting him, and his supporters railed against the search online, targeting the FBI and Department of Justice. An armed man who posted threats against the FBI on Trump’s Truth Social network was killed by authorities after trying to storm the agency’s Cincinnati office.
Still, Trump and his supporters have waged rhetorical war against the FBI for years since the investigation into whether his initial campaign was aided by Russia in 2016. The intense focus on an individual judge like Reinhart is relatively new.
Gretchen Helmke, a political scientist at the University of Rochester, said Trump’s action mirrors what demagogues have done in other countries where democracy has collapsed. “A popularly elected leader targeting a judiciary is often one early indicator of democratic erosion,” Helmke said in an email.
Helmke cited Venezuela, Bolivia and Peru as places where an incoming administration vowed to clean up the judiciary, then stocked it with its followers. “The public never develops any real trust or confidence in the judiciary, and it is essentially costless for each incoming administration to use the previous government’s manipulation of the judiciary as a pretext to create the court it wants, Helmke said. “The end result is no judicial independence and no rule of law.”
Hall said people can look at other countries and see what happens when public servants fear reprisals, places where “the rule of law has suffered. I guess you probably get a lot of differences of opinions on how far down that road we’re already hitting, but it raises the important question.”
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Artists have been riffing off the news ever since there was art, and news.
John Lennon “read the news today, oh boy.” Or, perhaps, as he now says, Paul McCartney picked up the morning paper and wrote the lyrics to “A Day in the Life.” Whichever. Artists have forever been finding the surreal stories among the merely quotidian in what we journos pound out. Lennon/McCartney surely did: “Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire/And though the holes were rather small/They had to count them all/Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.”
Painters as well have been painting on newspaper pages for as long as we have been printing them. Walking through a terrific little show based on the interaction in our time between daily journalism and art, “Redact, Rewrite, Reframe,” down at ArtCenter’s South Raymond Avenue campus Monday with Julie Joyce, the college’s director of galleries and VP of exhibitions, she told me that for many 19th-century painters it was a matter of having access to cheap paper.
Others weren’t actually painting on the fish wrap in their cubist ateliers, but Braque’s “Violin and Newspaper” and Gris’s “Newspaper and Fruit Dish” appropriated images of Le Journal, the Paris paper.
This show, open through Oct. 2, is one you ought to visit if you’re interested in the ways that contemporary California artists craft their work as a commentary on the major events in this world and the way those happenings are reported. And who among us isn’t interested in that? After the daily drumbeat of war, famine and creepy politicians, it’s a kind of tonic to step back and view it all told slant, through artists’ eyes.
Not that any of the eight artists represented in the show are interested in sugarcoating the news. Just the opposite. Some of the works amplify the awful by reminding us outside our daily perusal of the headlines just how rotten our political leaders can be. The inspiration for the entire show is Rich Silverstein’s “I Read the News Today Oh Boy,” which reflects on the Donald Trump era from November 25, 2019 through the Capitol insurrection. Silverstein, a San Francisco art director and fine artist, reads the paper-paper The New York Times every morning. From the day of Trump’s first impeachment, he started pulling images and text from headlines from his paper with an X-Acto knife, or sometimes hand-ripping, “to isolate the word,” he says. He then blows up and frames behind glass the words — “defiant ploy,” “Little Adam Schitt” — “for maximum impact.”
The result is a stunning and deeply affecting part of the show.
So is “Above the Fold” from longtime ArtCenter professor Gloria Kondrup, director of the school’s Archetype Press.
The first day of the COVID-19 lockdowns in the spring of 2020, when ArtCenter and everywhere else had to suddenly shut their doors, Gloria picked up the college’s copy of the business-oriented paper the Financial Times from the sidewalk. Since we would all be sheltering at home, she had the subscription changed to her own address. And she made art out of the next 100 days’ front pages, focusing on the global COVID economy, running the already printed page through her printing press at home, inking in bright red type: “DAY 1,” and so one, for more than three months. (Day 24 the paper missed its delivery, and she had to print it on a blank sheet.) After 100 days of that, Gloria told me Monday that it was too exhausting to go on. But you can see the marvelous fruits of her labor at ArtCenter.
The rest of the show is important and moving as well. Simon Johnston’s “Lachrymae Lachrmarum” simply blacks out the front pages of papers reporting on Trump’s inauguration day. Paula Scher’s “All the News the Fits” memorializes the American days after 9/11. Steve Hurd’s “Untitled (R.I.P.)” comments on the pixelated images released from the first American service members killed in the Middle East. York Chang paints the Latin alphabet in ways more familiar as Asian calligraphy. Samiray Yamin places carved glass over photo pages pulled from Time magazine depicting migrants in Mediterranean distress. Jemima Wyman creates photo collages from news photos of the smoke and gas clouds at mass protests.
We mere ink-stained scribes may be crafty, but we’re not artists. It’s a visceral as well as intellectual thrill to see our work transformed by those who are.
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Reeling from the shock of UCLA’s announcement last month that it plans to join USC in a move to the Big Ten from the Pac-12, the University of California Board of Regents dipped its toe into the rapidly evolving world of college athletics Wednesday, looking for a way to avoid such seismic surprises in the future.
The board didn’t take any action that would block the Bruins’ departure in 2024, but after discussing an interim report on the predicted multi-million-dollar impact of the move, the regents talked through a potential policy change that could limit campuses’ ability to make major decisions involving athletics contracts without additional oversight.
Last month, the board — and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who also expressed dismay that he learned of the decision from news reports — requested the report, which they discussed in a meeting at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center, just a few paces from where the UCLA football team practices.
Newsom wasn’t at the meeting, but regents considered putting limits on the UC president’s ability to delegate decision-making authority to campuses on certain athletics issues: If situations represent a “material adverse impact to other UC campuses”; if they “raise a significant question of university policy,” or if they create “significant risk or reputational harm to any campus or to the university.”
A vote on changing that delegation of authority could come at the regents’ September meeting.
Since 1991, the Office of the President has delegated authority to chancellors to execute certain agreements – including intercollegiate athletic agreements. But chancellors, whose priority is promoting the overall welfare of their campuses, are often not best positioned to consider the university-wide perspective because of the inherent conflicts of interest, according to the report.
So the report also proposed requiring university presidents to alert the board chair and chair of the committee with jurisdiction on major athletics decisions so they can decide whether the matter should go before the full board for discussion.
“It assures the system-wide perspective that I think people were concerned about, and looking at the potential impacts not only on specific campuses, but all the campuses across the system,” said Charles F. Robinson, UC’s general counsel. “But it also then allows some flexibility for the regents to decide in a specific case whether or not they believe that oversight is better exercised at the regents’ level.”
According to the UC’s calculations – which were based largely on reporting from a variety of news media outlets – USC’s move to the Big Ten would represent an estimated loss of about $9.8 million in annual media rights for each of the remaining Pac-12 campuses. That’s because USC is the biggest driver of football viewership revenue in the conference, representing as much as 30% of the media value.
Additionally, the report indicated that UCLA’s pending departure is expected to have “perhaps a third of USC’s impact” on the other campuses – losses that will solely affect Cal Berkeley among the UC schools because it’s the only other member of the Pac-12.
The report also offered a glance at what the conference switch will mean for UCLA’s athletes, who, as a part of the Big Ten, will be playing most of their conference road games farther away, between 1,500 and 2,700 miles from L.A.
Currently, only three of UCLA’s 25 teams – football and men’s and women’s basketball – use chartered flights to get to competitions. But eight other UCLA teams (and their 175 student-athletes) who will compete in the Big Ten now fly commercially for their two to five conference-related away trips each year.
Women’s soccer, for example, stands to spend about 15 additional hours per season traveling, said Pamela Brown, the vice president for UC’s Institutional Research and Academic Planning. She noted that at least one other team would likely see its total travel hours increase by 24 hours.
Even so, those preparing the report got positive feedback from UCLA’s student-athletes, some of whose sports might have been in jeopardy because of the athletic department’s reported $102.8 million debt.
In the Big Ten, the Bruins are expected to double their annual media rights revenue by receiving as much as $90 million annually in distributions, funding that could provide Bruins athletes with additional resources, such as, say, academic support on the road – something the athletes surveyed said they hoped for.
“In addition, being able to play against Big Ten schools could increase opportunities for tournament play and bowl games,” Brown added, passing along the feedback. “And there could be some increased visibility which could improve student athlete name, image likeness opportunities and also improve recruiting that could help student athletes play with other top players and improve the team rankings.”
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of MINISO Group Holding Limited (NYSE: MNSO) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with MINISO's October 2020 initial public offering (the "IPO"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 17, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased MINISO securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the MINISO class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7814 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 17, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the Registration Statement featured false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants and other undisclosed related parties owned and controlled a much larger amount of MINISO stores than previously stated; (2) as a result, MINISO concealed its true costs; (3) the Company did not represent its true business model; (4) defendants, including the Company and its Chairman, engaged in planned unusual and unclear transactions; (5) as a result of at least one of these transactions, the Company is at risk of breaching contracts with Chinese authorities; (6) the Company would imminently and drastically drop its franchise fees; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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Parker Meeks Appointed President and Interim Chief Executive Officer; Replacing Craig Knight
George Gu Transitions to Non-Executive Chairman
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyzon Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: HYZN) ("Hyzon" or "the Company"), a leading global supplier of zero-emission fuel cell electric heavy-duty vehicles, today announced the Company's Board of Directors has appointed Parker Meeks, most recently Hyzon's Chief Strategy Officer, as President and Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, replacing Craig Knight who is also departing from his role as a director of the Company. Mr. Meeks will assume full responsibility for day-to-day management of all business lines and functions reporting to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"). The Board plans to initiate a search to identify potential external and internal candidates to serve as the Company's next CEO.
"Parker Meeks has the depth and breadth of experience in the energy, infrastructure, and transportation sectors to provide the leadership and operational expertise Hyzon needs at this critical juncture in the global energy transition. The Board is confident Mr. Meeks brings the right skillset that we need at this time," commented Elaine Wong, Hyzon's Lead Independent Director.
"I am honored that the Board has entrusted me to lead Hyzon," said Parker Meeks. "My priority is to ensure the Company's manufacturing capacity is in place with the ability to scale production efficiently. I believe our core fuel cell technology is a distinct competitive advantage, that will allow us to innovate and introduce high-performance vehicles that support the transition to clean energy."
Additionally, George Gu has transitioned from his executive role with the Company to the non-executive Chairman of the Board. In his role as non-executive Chairman, Mr. Gu will remain available to provide strategic counsel to Mr. Meeks specifically related to R&D initiatives.
About Parker Meeks
Parker Meeks has nearly two decades of experience supporting businesses in the energy, infrastructure, and transportation sectors, including development of emerging energy technologies and supply networks. He has served as our Chief Strategy Officer since June 2021. From November 2018 to January 2021, Mr. Meeks served as President, Infrastructure Sector for TRC Companies, a design and construction management business in transportation, renewable energy and water resources end markets. Prior to that, from February 2012 to October 2018, Mr. Meeks served as Partner of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting services company that Mr. Meeks joined in July 2005. Mr. Meeks served as the Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company's Houston office from June 2013 to June 2016. Mr. Meeks holds an M.B.A in Finance from William Marsh Rice University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
About Hyzon Motors
Hyzon is a global leader in fuel cell electric mobility, with US operations in the Rochester, Chicago and Detroit areas, and international operations in the Netherlands, China, Australia, and Germany. Hyzon is an energy transition accelerator and technology innovator, providing end-to-end solutions in the transport sector with a focus on commercial vehicles and hydrogen supply infrastructure. Utilizing its proven and proprietary hydrogen fuel cell technology, Hyzon aims to supply zero-emission heavy duty trucks and buses to customers in North America, Europe and around the world to mitigate emissions from diesel transportation, which is one of the single largest sources of carbon emissions globally. The Company is contributing to the escalating adoption of fuel cell electric vehicles through its demonstrated technology advantage, leading fuel cell performance and history of rapid innovation. Visit www.hyzonmotors.com.
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CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – 22News is your Election Headquarters and a reminder that the state primary election will take place September 6th.
The state is reminding voters to make sure they are registered. You can do that by logging onto the the Secretary of State’s website, enter your name, birthdate and zip code. You can also register to vote online if you have a valid drivers license or ID issued by the RMV. There are more ways you can vote this year, thanks to the expansion of early voting as well as no-excuse absentee voting.
Springfield City Council President Jesse Lederman told 22News, “It is just critical that individuals get out and vote, they take advantage of their right to voice who they want to represent them.”
The deadline to register to vote for the primary is by August 27th. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/deadline-to-register-to-vote-for-primary-approaching/ | 2022-08-18T01:31:23Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/deadline-to-register-to-vote-for-primary-approaching/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Frideshia Pitter is the owner of Tropiskyn Beauty Bar.
It is a luxury facility focused on waxing, extractions, facials and all thing beauty.
Pitter says she opened almost a year ago and the road to success hasn't been easy.
"Opening this business during the pandemic, it was to late for the PPP loan for me; that was the hardest," Pitter said.
Pitter says funding was her biggest challenge and she used her savings to fund her business.
Through trial and error, she was able to open almost a year ago. Now she has more than 50 returning customers.
And that takes a lot of work.
"Consistency. Definitely consistency [and] prayer," Pitter said.
With August being National Black Business Month, Pitter says she's already feeling the support from people in the community heading to her business.
"I'd say about 15 new clients this month," Pitter said.
According to the Capital City Chamber of Commerce, Tallahassee is flooded with Black owned businesses and they're continuing to support the ones that need it.
"We're continuing to work and put out resources and provide technical assistance to aide the businesses," Katrina Tuggerson said.
Tuggerson is the President of the Capital City Chamber of Commerce.
She says the Chamber provides services like an entrepreneurship development program and a new membership grant for businesses to pay it forward.
Tuggerson says the chamber strives to provide the resources needed for local businesses to thrive in the city.
According to the U.S. Census, to be considered a Black-owned business, the company must be at least 51% Black-owned. | https://www.wtxl.com/community/capital-city-chamber-of-commerce-helping-local-black-owned-businesses | 2022-08-18T01:42:04Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/community/capital-city-chamber-of-commerce-helping-local-black-owned-businesses | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Target's quarterly earnings report surprised investors on Wall Street Wednesday, who saw data showing that the popular U.S. retailer saw profits plunge nearly 90% as the company tried to offload pilled-up inventory amid red hot rising inflation while facing wary U.S. shoppers.
Executives said their actions have been necessary, albeit tough, to put the company in a stronger position for the remainder of the year, the New York Times reported.
RELATED: T.J. Maxx expects lower profits as shoppers curb spending amid rising inflation
Net profits for the company nose-dived to $183 million during a three-month window ending on July 30, shocking Wall Street despite previous warnings that the company had over-ordered, creating an excess inventory environment that executives had to find a way to sell.
Target was bloated with $15.3 billion in inventory, which was a 36 percent increase from the year before.
Brian Cornell, CEO of Target, told investors on a Wednesday call that the environment for retailers like his company remains "challenging," CNN Business reported.
Cornell reassured that the company, though, is witnessing "an encouraging start to the back-to-school" shopping period.
Christina Hennington, Target's chief growth officer, said she was "encouraged" by how gas prices in the U.S. have decreased a bit. She said that the company hears from customers who say "they still have spending power, but they’re increasingly feeling the impact of inflation.”
Issues like these appear to be affecting retailers like Target more, while rival Walmart still gains a greater market share to shoppers buying essentials like groceries. Target still focuses more on items that are more discretionary. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/target-profits-drop-nearly-90-amid-inflation-woes-company-offloads-inventory-pile-up | 2022-08-18T01:42:08Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/target-profits-drop-nearly-90-amid-inflation-woes-company-offloads-inventory-pile-up | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — Liz Cheney’s resounding primary defeat marks the end of an era for the Republican Party as well as her own family legacy, the most high-profile political casualty yet as the party of Lincoln transforms into the party of Trump.
The fall of the three-term congresswoman, who has declared it her mission to ensure Donald Trump never returns to the Oval Office, was vividly foreshadowed earlier this year, on the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
As the House convened for a moment of silence, Cheney, who is leading the investigation into the insurrection as vice chair of the 1/6 committee, and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, stood almost alone on the Republican side of the House floor.
Democratic lawmakers streamed by to shake their hands. Republicans declined to join them.
“Liz Cheney represents the Republican Party as it used to be. ... All of that is gone now,” said Geoff Kabaservice, vice president of political studies at the center-right Niskanen Center.
What comes next for Liz Cheney is still to be determined.
“Now the real work begins,” she said in an election night concession speech in Wyoming, summoning the legacy of both Abraham Lincoln and his Civil War-era military and presidential successor Ulysses Grant in her campaign against Trump.
Cheney could very well announce her own run for the White House — unlikely to win a hostile Republican Party’s nomination but to at least give those opposed to Trump an alternative.
Overnight, she transferred leftover campaign funds into a new entity: “The Great Task.” That’s a phrase from The Gettysburg Address.
“I will be doing whatever it takes to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office,” Cheney told NBC’s “Today” show early Wednesday. Pressed, she said that running for president “is something I’m thinking about and I’ll make a decision in the coming months.”
Whether she runs or not, her belief that Trump poses a danger to democracy is a conviction that runs deep in her family.
But it’s a view that has no home in today’s GOP.
Trump is purging the Republican Party, ridding it of dissenters like Cheney and others who dare to defy him, shifting the coast-to-coast GOP landscape and the makeup of Congress.
Of the 10 House Republicans including Cheney who voted to impeach Trump for inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, at the Capitol, only two remain candidates for re-election. The others have bowed out or, like Cheney, have been defeated by Trump-backed challengers.
If Republicans gain control of the House and Senate in the November elections, the new Congress is destined to be remade in Trump’s image. However, his influence may in fact cut two ways, winning back the House for Republicans but costing the party the Senate if his candidates fail to generate the broader appeal needed for statewide elections.
“It’s just a party of Donald Trump’s fever dreams,” said Mark Salter, a former longtime Republican aide to the late Sen. John McCain.
“It’s just Donald Trump’s club.”
For 50 years, the Cheneys have had important influence in Washington, from the time Dick Cheney first ran for Congress — later being elected vice president — to the arrival of his daughter, elected in 2016 alongside Trump’s White House victory.
Identified with the hawkish defense wing of the Republican Party, the Cheneys with the Presidents Bush represented a cornerstone of the GOP in the post-World War II era, when it thrived as a party of small government, low taxation and muscular foreign policy.
Liz Cheney never wavered, chosen by House GOP colleagues to the same position her father held, the No. 3 Republican in the House, its highest-ranking woman.
But the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol changed all that.
Cheney was unequivocal, laying blame for the attack on the defeated president and his false claims of voter fraud and a rigged election.
Trump “summoned this mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack,” she said at the time, announcing her vote to impeach.
“There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.”
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy initially defended Cheney but quickly reversed as Republicans booted her from party leadership. When Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Cheney to the 1/6 panel, her exile was all but complete.
Trump gloated at Cheney’s GOP primary defeat Tuesday night, deriding her as “sanctimonious” and a “fool” for suggesting his claims of a rigged election were false. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/cheneys-defeat-end-of-an-era-for-gop-trumps-party-now/article_7c4a0e9a-1e74-11ed-b96e-375ae6d800a1.html | 2022-08-18T01:42:54Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/cheneys-defeat-end-of-an-era-for-gop-trumps-party-now/article_7c4a0e9a-1e74-11ed-b96e-375ae6d800a1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Niagara County Legislator David Godfrey was appointed to a leadership position with the National Association of Counties (NACo) at its recent annual conference in Adams County, Colorado.
The Burt-based local lawmaker will serve as the vice chair of two NACo committees: information, and telecommunications and technology. NACo's committees and subcommittees set its policy agendas.
“Every day our local governments are working to connect our residents with high-speed internet and protecting our essential government services from cyber-attacks,” Godfrey said. “I’m honored to have been chosen to help shape national policy on the critical issue of protecting our taxpayers' private information and vital county services, as well as helping to expand access to reliable and affordable high-speed broadband access in the most cost-effective and efficient manner possible. The tremendous results this would bring to our communities include accelerating economic development, providing better access to regional and global markets, job growth, increased educational opportunity and enhancing property value."
Two other Western New York-based local leaders were named the vice chairs of NACo subcommittees: Allegany County Legislator Brooke Harris, agriculture and food safety; and Genesee County Highway Superintendent Timothy Hens, airports.
“New York’s counties are on the cutting edge of innovation and leadership at the local level and have a wealth of insight to bring to other county leaders around the state and nation,” said Marte Sauerbrey, president of the New York State Association of Counties, an affiliate of NACo. “I’m proud to see members of our association taking the same creative vision and passion for local government and public service to the National Association of Counties... .”
“Having county officials from New York state helping to guide advocacy at the National Association of Counties will help build better and more resilient local governments in our great state and around the nation for future generations,” added NYSAC Executive Director Stephen Acquario.
NACo, founded in 1935, advocates for county priorities in federal policymaking and promotes exemplary county policies and practices. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/godfrey-tapped-by-national-association-of-counties/article_ea69fa32-1e6c-11ed-b522-4378699c91ee.html | 2022-08-18T01:43:00Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/godfrey-tapped-by-national-association-of-counties/article_ea69fa32-1e6c-11ed-b522-4378699c91ee.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office has renewed a five-year purchasing agreement with the camera supplier Axon. The county legislature earlier this month approved a budget modification that will allow the sheriff's office to spend $63,000 of federal asset forfeiture funds on 81 new cameras.
Axon has been NCSO's chief supplier of cameras for about 10 years. The new agreement calls for batches of new and updated equipment to be supplied every 2-1/2 years, according to Sheriff Michael Filicetti.
“Cameras will be updated (in late 2024/early 2025) to make sure that we have the newest technology.” Filicetti said.
The new equipment includes 65 body cameras for road patrol and corrections officers, 25 car cameras equipped with a new license plate reading feature, and an interrogation room camera.
A larger digital storage device for video footage is also being procured.
“Our storage abilities had to be expanded due to the amount of video evidence that we get on a daily basis,” Filicetti said.
The Asset Forfeiture Fund contains the seized funds of illegal assets, such as money that was in the possession of a drug dealer. The fund is operated by the U.S. Department of Justice.
“When we do a drug investigation, and there’s an arrest made where we seize assets which include funds, then we’re able to use those funds once they’ve been approved and put into our asset forfeiture account,” Filicetti said. “We’re able to use those for law enforcement purposes.”
Filicetti said NCSO has been satisfied with the quality of equipment supplied by Axon, and he believes it's a good idea to maintain a good relationship with the company, versus working with a different provider. Axon equipment is standardized for NCSO and its employees already know how to operate it, he said.
“This is what all of our equipment is based off of. It’s what all of our evidence is stored on,” Filicetti said. “It didn’t make much sense to go to a different company and start over again when we already have a base with Axon.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/sheriffs-office-renews-cameras-contract-with-axon/article_975d7eee-1e6d-11ed-91ee-f379f8757b1d.html | 2022-08-18T01:43:06Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/sheriffs-office-renews-cameras-contract-with-axon/article_975d7eee-1e6d-11ed-91ee-f379f8757b1d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday implored fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump’s Florida home and denounced calls by some of the former president's allies to defund the FBI, saying that was “just as wrong” as a push by Democratic activists to shift money from police.
Pence also said he would give “due consideration” if asked to testify before the House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
His pleas for restraint come as law enforcement officials warn of an escalating number of violent threats targeting federal agents and government facilities since agents last week searched Mar-a-Lago as part of the Justice Department's investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from Trump's estate earlier this year.
Speaking in New Hampshire, Pence said he has been troubled by what he called the politicization of the FBI. He also said the Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland should be more forthcoming about what led authorities to conduct the search.
But Pence, who is trying to stake out his own political path as he and Trump both consider 2024 presidential campaigns, also had a message for the GOP.
“I also want to remind my fellow Republicans, we can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision he made without attacking the rank-and-file law enforcement personnel at the FBI,” he said at the Politics & Eggs event, a breakfast gathering at St. Anselm College for business leaders that has become a customary stop for White House hopefuls in the early-voting state.
“The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence continued. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police.”
Trump and some other Republican lawmakers have tried to capitalize on the search by portraying it as an act of political persecution and an attack on the rule of law.
For the onetime political allies, their paths diverged on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to stop Congress’ formal certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory. Trump denounced his vice president, who was presiding over the Senate, for refusing to object or delay the certification — something Pence had no power to do. A fake gallows was constructed on the National Mall, and people who broke into the Capitol chanted, “Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!"
Before Wednesday, Pence had refused to say whether he would engage with the House committee investigating the insurrection if the panel requested his testimony.
“If there was an invitation to participate, I would consider it,” Pence said, adding he would first reflect “on the unique role” he was serving as vice president.
“It would be unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on Capitol Hill, but as I said, I don’t want to prejudge,” he said. “If ever any formal invitation was rendered to us, we’d give it due consideration.”
A committee spokesperson declined comment on Pence’s remarks.
The committee and Pence’s team have had an open line of communication since Pence's former chief of staff, Marc Short, agreed to testify in private in December 2021 after receiving a subpoena. Short was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and accompanied Pence as the then-vice president fled the Senate chamber and hid from rioters who were calling for his hanging.
In Short's recorded testimony, aired at the committee's public hearings this summer, he described attending White House meetings before the insurrection during which Trump allies discussed ways to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
At one point, Trump had banned Short from the White House grounds because Short objected to the pressure on Pence to reject the legitimate election results.
Committee members so far have not decided to seek Pence's testimony, saying that Short and former Pence lawyer Greg Jacobs have provided investigators with plenty of evidence. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/pence-tells-gop-to-stop-lashing-out-at-fbi-over-trump-search/article_6321eab2-1e76-11ed-93fb-9b410f2492cd.html | 2022-08-18T01:43:12Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/pence-tells-gop-to-stop-lashing-out-at-fbi-over-trump-search/article_6321eab2-1e76-11ed-93fb-9b410f2492cd.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SAN FRANCISCO — Social media companies are offering few specifics as they share their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections.
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are generally staying the course from the 2020 voting season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Video app TikTok, which has soared in popularity since the last election cycle while also cementing its place as a problem spot for misinformation, announced Wednesday it is launching an election center that will help people find voting locations and candidate information.
The center will show up on videos about U.S. elections and in the feeds of users who search election-related hashtags. TikTok is also partnering with voting advocacy groups to provide specialized voting information for college students, people who are deaf, military members living overseas and those with past criminal convictions.
TikTok, like other platforms, would not provide details on the number of full-time employees or how much money it is dedicating to U.S. midterm efforts, which aim to push accurate voting information and counter misinformation.
The company said it is working with over a dozen fact-checking organizations, including U.S.-based PolitiFact and Lead Stories, on debunking misinformation. TikTok declined to say how many videos have been fact-checked on its site. The company will use a combination of humans and artificial intelligence to detect and remove threats against election workers as well as voting misinformation.
TikTok said it’s also also watching for influencers who break its rules by accepting money off platform to promote political issues or candidates, a problem that came to light during the 2020 election, said TikTok’s head of safety Eric Han. The company is trying to educate creators and agencies about its rules, which include bans on political advertising.
“With the work we do, there is no finish line,” Han said.
Meta Platforms Inc., which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced Tuesday that its approach to this election cycle is “largely consistent with the policies and safeguards” from 2020.
“As we did in 2020, we have a dedicated team in place to combat election and voter interference while also helping people get reliable information about when and how to vote,” Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, wrote in a blog post Tuesday.
Meta declined to say how many people it has dedicated to its election team responsible for monitoring the midterms, only that it has “hundreds of people across more than 40 teams.”
As in 2020, Clegg wrote, the company will remove misinformation about election dates, voting locations, voter registration and election outcomes. For the first time, Meta said it will also show U.S. election-related notifications in languages other than English.
Meta also said it will reduce how often it uses labels on election-related posts directing people toward reliable information. The company said its users found the labels over-used. Some critics have also said the labels were often too generic and repetitive.
Compared with previous years, though, Meta’s public communication about its response to election misinformation has gone decidedly quiet, The Associated Press reported earlier this month.
Between 2018 and 2020, the company released more than 30 statements that laid out specifics about how it would stifle U.S. election misinformation, prevent foreign adversaries from running ads or posts around the vote and subdue divisive hate speech. Until Tuesday’s blog post, Meta had only released a one-page document outlining plans for the fall elections, even as potential threats to the vote persist.
Twitter, meanwhile, is sticking with its own misinformation labels, though it has redesigned them since 2020 based in part on user feedback. The company activated its “civic integrity policy” last week, which means tweets containing harmful misinformation about the election are labeled with links to credible information. The tweets themselves won’t be promoted or amplified by the platform.
The company, which like TikTok does not allow political advertisements, is focusing on putting verified, reliable information before its users. That can include links to state-specific hubs for local election information as well as nonpartisan public service announcements for voters. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/u-s-midterms-bring-few-changes-from-social-media-companies/article_0841dfd6-1e75-11ed-a58a-27917cc95a2f.html | 2022-08-18T01:43:19Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/u-s-midterms-bring-few-changes-from-social-media-companies/article_0841dfd6-1e75-11ed-a58a-27917cc95a2f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Target's quarterly earnings report surprised investors on Wall Street Wednesday, who saw data showing that the popular U.S. retailer saw profits plunge nearly 90% as the company tried to offload pilled-up inventory amid red hot rising inflation while facing wary U.S. shoppers.
Executives said their actions have been necessary, albeit tough, to put the company in a stronger position for the remainder of the year, the New York Times reported.
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Net profits for the company nose-dived to $183 million during a three-month window ending on July 30, shocking Wall Street despite previous warnings that the company had over-ordered, creating an excess inventory environment that executives had to find a way to sell.
Target was bloated with $15.3 billion in inventory, which was a 36 percent increase from the year before.
Brian Cornell, CEO of Target, told investors on a Wednesday call that the environment for retailers like his company remains "challenging," CNN Business reported.
Cornell reassured that the company, though, is witnessing "an encouraging start to the back-to-school" shopping period.
Christina Hennington, Target's chief growth officer, said she was "encouraged" by how gas prices in the U.S. have decreased a bit. She said that the company hears from customers who say "they still have spending power, but they’re increasingly feeling the impact of inflation.”
Issues like these appear to be affecting retailers like Target more, while rival Walmart still gains a greater market share to shoppers buying essentials like groceries. Target still focuses more on items that are more discretionary. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/target-profits-drop-nearly-90-amid-inflation-woes-company-offloads-inventory-pile-up | 2022-08-18T01:53:01Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/target-profits-drop-nearly-90-amid-inflation-woes-company-offloads-inventory-pile-up | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevacs a 45-year-old man after falling off his jetski near Matagorda, Texas, Aug. 17, 2022. The man, who was reportedly experiencing signs of a stroke, was transported to Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy, Air Station Corpus Christi)
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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón will not face a recall election after officials determined Monday that the campaign looking to oust him failed to gather enough valid signatures.
The effort needed 566,857 valid signatures to place Gascón's job on the ballot, but it fell nearly 47,000 signatures short, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. The effort gathered 520,050 valid signatures, while 195,783 were found to be invalid.
Gascón, Los Angeles County's left-leaning district attorney who took office on promises to enact a "more humane" criminal justice system, has faced criticism from recall advocates who claimed his policies failed to ensure public safety and order. The district attorney has pursued an agenda centered on reducing incarceration through measures such as a virtual prohibition on trying juveniles as adults, the rejection of "enhancements" that extend sentence lengths and a policy of not prosecuting "quality of life" misdemeanors associated with homelessness, such as trespassing and public urination.
"Now more than ever, we need a California Attorney General to step in to counter the policies of Gascon and other pro-criminal DAs who refuse to address the homeless crisis crippling our cities and the soft-on-crime approach that endangers everyone," Nathan Hochman, a Republican California attorney general candidate, said in a statement on Monday.
Gascón's campaign called the recall effort "an attempted political power grab," saying in a Monday statement that it was happy to move forward but understood "there is far more work that needs to be done. And we remain strongly committed to that work."
"The DA's primary focus is and has always been keeping us safe and creating a more equitable justice system for all. Today's announcement does not change that," campaign spokesperson Elise Moore said in the statement.
Gascón, the top prosecutor of America's most populous county, started his career as a beat cop with the Los Angeles Police Department. He went on to serve as San Francisco's police chief and then that city's district attorney. Amid public outrage over George Floyd's murder in 2020 in Minneapolis police custody, he was elected Los Angeles County DA late that year on a platform of police accountability and systemic reform.
Elsewhere in the state earlier this year, another progressive prosecutor fell to an effort to oust them.
Voters recalled then-San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin during California's June 7 primary election, with 55% of voters choosing to remove him amid claims that his progressive agenda was leading to uninhibited crime levels.
Boudin, who had an agenda that was largely seen as parallel to Gascón's, had been narrowly swept into office in 2019, amid voters' concerns over police misconduct, the criminal justice system and mass incarceration in the city. His win was seen as a high point for the movement to elect more progressive prosecutors, but San Francisco residents signaled in June that his more lax approach to certain kinds of crime was unacceptable.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Two teen boys were arrested after allegedly injuring a woman and stealing her purse.
The alleged incident happened at a business in the Kalihi area, Monday around 10:15 p.m.
According to a report by Honolulu Police (HPD), the two suspects – only identified as a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy – entered the business and approached the victim, a 60-year-old woman.
Police said one of the boys grabbed the woman’s purse while the other boy pointed a weapon at her. Both teens demanded the woman drop her purse before yanking it out of her arms.
The act of yanking the purse away from the woman caused her to fall and injure herself, police said. The severity of the injury was not revealed.
After snatching the purse, the two teens took off on foot. Responding police officers soon located two boys matching the description of the alleged purse snatchers. The teens were positively identified and arrested on one complaint each of first-degree robbery.
Counsel representing the teens has filed to have the charges lowered to second-degree robbery.
The names of the suspects have not been released due to their age.
An update on the condition of the victim has not been given.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane police arrested 52-year-old Ernest Ripoli on Tuesday, Aug. 16 after he reportedly attacked a resident with a knife.
Ripoli has been booked into the Spokane County Jail for first and fourth-degree assault, resisting arrest, possessing a dangerous weapon and obstructing law enforcement.
According to police, the incident occurred on Aug. 16 just before 3 p.m. near Sprague Avenue and Wall Street in downtown Spokane. Officers located a man suffering from non-life threatening injuries and learned he had been struck multiple times before the suspect wielded a knife and cut the victim.
After the suspect fled the scene, a Neighborhood Resource Officer (NRO) located him two minutes after being dispatched, according to police. Once he was confronted, the suspect brandished his knife, threatening officers. A taser was used and Ripoli was taken into custody without further incident.
In the meantime, an SPD officer was involved in a collision while responding to the incident. No injuries were reported, police say.
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LOS ANGELES — Actor Anne Heche died from inhalation injury and burns after her fiery car crash and the death was ruled an accident, according to coroner's results released Wednesday.
Heche, 53, also had a fractured sternum caused by “blunt trauma," according to information on the website of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner.
A full autopsy report was still being completed, the coroner's office said.
The Emmy-winning film and television actor was removed from life support Sunday at a burn center. She was injured when her car jumped a curb and smashed into a West Los Angeles home on Aug. 5. The car and the home burst into flames. Only Heche was injured.
Heche suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury” caused by a lack of oxygen, according to a statement released last week on behalf of her family and friends.
She was declared brain-dead but was kept on life support until her organs could be donated.
Detectives looking into the crash had said narcotics were found in a blood sample taken from Heche. However, police ended their investigation after she was declared brain-dead.
The coroner’s office listed Aug. 11 as her date of death.
Heche first came to prominence on the NBC soap opera “Another World” in the late 1980s before becoming one of the hottest stars in Hollywood in the late 1990s. She was a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films opposite actors including Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/anne-heches-death-ruled-an-accident/507-a0ad6f20-cfe4-44fc-a6a2-0b8aee14830b | 2022-08-18T02:01:49Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/anne-heches-death-ruled-an-accident/507-a0ad6f20-cfe4-44fc-a6a2-0b8aee14830b | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday the team had no indication quarterback Drew Lock had COVID-19 symptoms until the end of practice a day earlier and lamented the QB missing out on a chance to start Thursday's preseason game against Chicago.
Carroll said Lock reported no symptoms prior to the start of Tuesday's practice but by the end of the session was feeling worn down. The team canceled an extra throwing session Lock was supposed to have with DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett and others and got him tested.
Carroll said this is the second time Lock has contracted COVID-19 after getting it last year while playing for Denver.
"He barely made it off the field. He was dragging. We were going to do some post-practice work and thought 'nah, let's get him out of here,'" Carroll said.
How it affects Seattle's quarterback competition between Lock and Geno Smith is a major unknown. Thursday's game was supposed to be Lock's chance to start and get playing time with parts of Seattle's starting offense after Smith got the starting nod last weekend in Pittsburgh.
In theory, a strong performance by Smith — who has been in the lead throughout the offseason and camp — against the Bears could potentially wrap up the job.
Carroll said he was mostly disappointed that Lock wouldn't be able to get the additional reps in a game setting that weren't available in practice because Seattle is playing on a short week.
"He did need them. This week is a screwed up week for a guy to get a bunch of turns and all that," Carroll said. "He worked with the ones yesterday in prep for the game and so that's really all he got."
Lock's five-day quarantine could have him back with the team early next week, but Carroll wouldn't say if the team will plan for Lock to start the preseason finale at Dallas on Aug. 26.
"We'll have to wait and see. Let's see what happens. We don't need to make that decision yet," Carroll said.
Carroll also said running back Ken Walker III is undergoing a procedure to repair a hernia, but it's not a sports hernia or a core muscle injury. Carroll remains optimistic that Walker will be back in time for the season opener on Sept. 12. | https://www.krem.com/article/sports/nfl/seahawks/carroll-laments-lost-chance-for-lock-seahawks-due-to-covid/281-b2de5fe1-1206-4c9e-80b7-fde335796f37 | 2022-08-18T02:01:55Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/sports/nfl/seahawks/carroll-laments-lost-chance-for-lock-seahawks-due-to-covid/281-b2de5fe1-1206-4c9e-80b7-fde335796f37 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Just Cause Developer Reveals Scrapped Plans For an Iron Man Game
Comic book fans expect a certain level of quality from superhero video games thanks to the success of titles like Marvel’s Spider-Man and Rocksteady’s Arkham trilogy. But 10 years ago, the developers at Avalanche Studios wanted to see if Iron Man could headline his own open-world adventure. The Swedish studio, best known for launching the Just Cause franchise, worked on the project for two years before it was suddenly cancelled in 2012. Now, Avalanche co-founder Christofer Sundberg is opening up about what happened behind the scenes.
At the time, Tony Stark had only headlined a pair of video games based on Marvel Studios’ first two Iron Man movies, neither of which were well-received by fans. So the character was due for a virtual redemption story, especially one unconnected to his appearances in the MCU. Unfortunately, Sundberg claims that Disney’s “company politics” got in the way.
“I was a mess by the end,” Sundberg recently told MinnMax (via Game Informer). “Shortening development time, increasing budgets. We would have to hire 70-80 people to the team that I would have had the responsibility to find a new project for, but the development time was shortened down so much. It would have broken the studio completely if we agreed to that.”
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Sundberg said the game’s open-world mechanics would have allowed players to “”just take off and fly anywhere” they wanted. The developers were also putting a lot of focus on melee combat. Aside from his repulsor blasts, Iron Man also would have been able to punch characters through walls. But in the end, Sundberg feels that everything worked out the way it was supposed to.
“At the end of a project, when the team is scaling down, that’s when you find [a] new project. With one year of development time cut from the original plan, I had one year less to find a new project for a big development team which would have been impossible. And hiring all those developers would have been a nightmare. So it was for the best”
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Suspect charged in Middlesex County with third sexual assault at park
A Raritan Borough man charged last week with sexual assaults at parks in Somerset County was additionally charged with attacking a woman near Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park on the Plainsboro and South Brunswick border.
Rogelio Calyeca Postrero, 38, was charged with kidnapping, robbery and two counts of aggravated sexual assault, all first-degree crimes; sexual assault, a second-degree crime; possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, a third-degree crime and unlawful possession of a weapon, a fourth-degree crime, announced the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
Postrero was being held at the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing scheduled for Friday.
Between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Sept. 28, 2021, a woman was walking on a path adjacent to Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park when she was approached by a man armed with a knife, according to the prosecutor's office.
The man dragged the woman into a wooded area where he allegedly demanded money and forcibly sexually assaulted her, the prosecutor's office said.
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An investigation by members of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, Plainsboro, South Brunswick and Raritan Borough police departments along with the New Jersey State Police and Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office led to Postrero being identified as the man who allegedly attacked the woman.
Earlier this month, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office charged Postrero with two counts of aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree crime, in connection with separate attacks that occurred in Duke Island Park Bridgewater on July 18, 2021, and near a park trail along Blackwells Mills Road and Canal Road in Franklin on May 16, 2022.
The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office Detective Christopher Pennisi at 732-745-3600, Plainsboro Detective Patrick Miller at 609-799-2333 or South Brunswick Detective Dominick DeLucia at 732-329-4000. Tips may also be submitted to www.middlesextips.com.
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Court holds Middlesex sheriff's officer to 'higher standard of conduct' for bogus sick day
TRENTON – A state appellate court upheld a 10-day suspension given to a Middlesex County sheriff's officer who lied about being sick so he could attend a wedding, after having been denied permission to switch shifts with another officer.
Luis Suarez was two weeks into his three-month working test period as a newly promoted sergeant in the Sheriff's Office when he called in sick on Sept. 16, 2017, according to court papers.
Suarez, with an unblemished record in a decade in the office, did not want to use vacation or personal time because he had two pre-paid vacations planned for later in the year, court papers say. His request to switch with another officer was denied because it would have resulted in that person having to work overtime, court papers say.
When he called in sick, court papers say, Suarez said he would be confined to his East Brunswick home. Under department rules, an officer who calls in sick must stay at the given address unless to visit a doctor.
But his story was blown when one of his subordinate officers was also at the wedding in Sea Bright, according to court papers.
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In the following investigation, Suarez admitted he called out sick to attend the wedding, according to court papers. Sheriff Mildred Scott then gave him a preliminary notice of discipline, charging him with conduct unbecoming, neglect of duty, feigning illness, truthfulness and violations of other department rules, court papers say.
He was notified that Scott wanted to suspend him for 10 days and return him to his former position of sheriff's officer because he was still in the working test period as sergeant, according to court papers.
A departmental hearing upheld the charges and the penalty. Suarez then appealed the suspension to the state Civil Service Commission which referred the case to the Office of Administrative Law.
After a hearing, Administrative Law Judge Sarah Crowley upheld the charges and the suspension, rejecting Suarez’s argument that the 10-day penalty was too severe. Crowley emphasized that although this was the first disciplinary action against Suarez, law enforcement officers have a high standard of conduct.
The judge also discounted Suarez's argument that two other officers had received lesser discipline for similar violations because they had lower rank than sergeant.
In her decision, Crowley wrote that "no one disputes he was a good officer," but could not find any mitigating factors for the penalty.
Crowley also ruled that she could not rule on the demotion because only the suspension was brought before the court.
Suarez then took his case to the state appellate court, arguing that the demotion and suspension were "penalizing (him) twice for the same misconduct." He also contended that his conduct was not of "an egregious nature that warranted the imposition of major discipline for the first offense of a then new sergeant."
He asked the court to reinstate him as a sergeant and remand the suspension to the Civil Service Commission for reconsideration.
But the appellate court wrote in its opinion on Tuesday that none of his arguments had "sufficient merit."
The court wrote that Suarez had not provided any precedent that a boss is prohibited from demoting an employee at the end of a promotional working test period. The court wrote that it could not "fathom why any such prohibition would exist.”
The court also wrote that the charges "rendered him incapable of effectively leading other officers as a sergeant."
The court also wrote that sheriff's officers "are held to a higher standard of conduct than other public employees."
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Main Street in Sayreville targeted for redevelopment. Here’s what we know
SAYREVILLE – The borough Planning Board is scheduled to hold a public hearing Wednesday on a proposal to build three one story-warehouse buildings totaling 1.78 million square feet in the Fulton's Landing Redevelopment Area south of Main Street.
Main Street South I & Main Street South II of Jersey City is seeking approval to construct an 852,650-square-foot building in the first phase, a 687,940 square-foot facility in the second phase and a 240,000-square-foot warehouse in the final phase. Each building in the Crossman Development would contain office space.
The plan also calls for improvements to Main Street, car parking, truck parking, landscaping, lighting and stormwater drainage.
The 156.92 acres of vacant land is on the property of the former Linden Sand Mining Site.
The redevelopment area is south of Main Street and north of the Conrail Railroad Raritan River Main Line in the central portion of the borough. Across Main Street to the north are single-family houses and townhomes. More townhomes and single-family houses are to the west separated from the site by powerlines, and to the south across the railroad are an apartment complex and John F. Kennedy Park. East of the site is an abandoned industrial site and vacant land.
The Fulton's Landing Redevelopment Plan was adopted by the borough in June 2019 to resolve litigation over the zoning of the property, according to an engineering report by CME Associates.
The three proposed buildings conform with the Fulton’s Landing Redevelopment Plan.
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According to CME Associates, several applications have been submitted over the years for the development of the property. In 2007 and 2008, applications were denied for plans to build 207 single-family homes on a 99.54-acre portion of the property, and in 2013 an application was approved for the development of 610,496 square feet of office and warehouse space in three buildings on a 57.43-acre portion of the property.
Residents, including former Councilman Art Rittenhouse, who lives in Main Street Townhouses across the street from the proposed development, have voiced concerns about the plan, citing potential contamination on the site, the impact that the warehouses may have on traffic and other safety and quality-of-life issues.
Rittenhouse said residents also are worried that additional runoff from the construction would cause additional flooding from Burt's Creek in the neighborhood.
As chairman of the Sayreville Shade Tree Commission, Rittenhouse said he plans to ask at the meeting if the developer would be contributing to the borough's tree bank because the proposal calls for removing about 700 trees on the property.
In 2020, the Borough Council instructed the code enforcement manager to issue a violation to Fulton’s Landing for taking down trees without a permit, Rittenhouse said. The original fine was about $95,000 which the judge reduced to $25,000, he said.
The public hearing on the application is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and will be held in-person in the third floor Council Chambers at 167 Main St. and will be streamed via Zoom.
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Bridgewater solves its affordable housing problem. Here’s how
BRIDGEWATER – When the township settled its litigation with Advance Realty Investors over the development of the former Sanofi campus on Route 202-206, it solved one problem but created another.
With the plans for 400 apartments dropped, the township was left with the dilemma of where to locate 40 court-mandated affordable housing units that were included in the plan.
That problem has been solved.
The Township Council voted on Monday to pay $590,000 to GCP Bridgewater to "incentivize" the inclusion of 40 affordable apartments in the proposed conversion of the Hyatt House extended stay hotel on Route 22 into 128 apartments.
The money will come from the township's affordable housing fund, which is separate from taxpayer money. The council voted 4-1 to approve the plan, with Councilman Filipe Pedroso casting the sole negative vote. Pedroso said he didn't have enough facts about the arrangement with GCP Bridgewater.
The council also introduced an ordinance rezoning the property just west of Country Club Road on the eastbound lane of Route 22. The ordinance now goes to the township Planning Board for review before returning to the council next month for a public hearing and adoption.
If the council could not find a location for the 40 affordable units, Bridgewater could have been subject to a Builder's Remedy lawsuit in which a developer would be allowed to build a 400-unit community with a 10% set-aside for affordable apartments.
"This puts Bridgewater in a very place," said Councilman Michael Kirsh, adding that in comparison with other suburban Somerset County communities, Bridgewater has a relatively low court-ordered affordable housing mandate.
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The 5-acre Route 22 property was sold to GCP Bridgewater by BRE NE Hospitality HH Bridgewater in December 2018 for $13.5 million. The quarterly property taxes on the lot are $70,672.80.
Township officials say that once the hotel is converted into apartments, the property tax revenue will increase.
The hotel has 128 rooms in five three-story buildings and one two-story building. The current configuration has 71 one-bedroom units, 38 two-bedroom units and 10 three-bedroom units, all with kitchens. The one-bedroom units are 576 square feet, while the two-bedroom units are 864 square feet.
The property has a pool, barbecue area and sport court.
No new plans with the affordable units have been submitted to the township. The township's affordable housing agreement calls for eight three-bedroom units, 24 two-bedroom units and eight efficiency/one-bedroom units.
The township needs to provide eight moderate-income units, six low-income units and three very low-income units.
According to guidelines for Somerset, Hunterdon and Middlesex counties, the upper limit annual salary for one person in a moderate-income unit is $75,936; for one-person in a low-income unit is $47,460 and for one person in a very low-income unit is $28,476.
Earlier this month, the township Zoning Board of Adjustment ruled that GCP Bridgewater's plan required major site plan and use variance approvals because apartments were not permitted in the zone.
But with the rezoning, GCP Bridgewater no longer requires a use variance and only needs site plan approval from the township Planning Board, a less complicated process than obtaining a use variance.
The original plan for the Sanofi campus development, later called The Bridge, proposed an 80,000-square-foot ShopRite, a 100-room hotel and 400 apartments, 40 of which would’ve been affordable units. The original plan also called for 200,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.
The township will now allow a maximum of 300,000 square feet of warehouses and 30,000 square feet of restaurant and retail development that is intended mostly to serve the people who are working at the site.
The township will also allow research laboratories and facilities, medical offices and light manufacturing. One drive-thru restaurant will be allowed if it is set back 125 feet from the highway.
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9/11 Tribute Museum, known for ground zero tours, closing
Published: Aug. 17, 2022 at 9:50 PM EDT|Updated: 23 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) - A small museum near New York’s World Trade Center dedicated to preserving the memory of the Sept. 11 attacks is closing.
CEO Jennifer Adams says the 9/11 Tribute Museum is closing for good after Wednesday due to financial pressures made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Tribute Museum opened in 2006. It offered tours led by volunteers who had lost a family member or were connected in some other way to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
It was sometimes confused with the much larger Sept. 11 museum that opened in 2014.
Adams says the Tribute Museum will maintain an online presence.
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BENTON CITY, Wash. - The Pit Bull Pen in Benton City is overflowing with dogs and is participating in Clear the Shelters in efforts to get some of their dogs adopted out.
Trish Trickit the Executive Director of the Pit Bull Pen said they've had a larger number of surrenders this year because of unexpected deaths or medical issues. They also have a lot of strays and dogs coming in from other shelters. Right now, the pen has over 80 dogs under their care, which is double their capacity.
Trickit said sometimes it can be hard to adopt out their Pit Bulls because of the stigma around the breed.
"They're not scary, they're chickens, they're big lovable, fat-headed babies," Trickit said.
Her mission is to educate people about Pit Bulls and rehabilitate the dogs she sees.
"When they are properly treated, raised in loving, responsible homes, or rehabilitated they're really good dogs," she said.
Trickit said movies often portray Pit Bulls as monsters, when that's not the case. This misconception has even led some cities to have a Pit Bull ban in their area. Kennewick, Pasco and Yakima were all among cities that used to prohibit owning a Pit Bull in city limits until recent years.
Trickit said people also often get in over their heads when adopting a Pit Bull because they can't match their energy level or give them the attention they need. That's why when someone adopts a dog from the Pit Bull Pen, they become a part of their family.
"We follow up forever," Trickit said.
She said when a dog has an issue they like to learn about it and help them get through it rather than see that dog back in their shelter.
"We just want our dogs to be safe and loved and well cared for," she said.
For the Clear the Shelter event, Trickit said she'd like to see at least 40 dogs get adopted but it would be great if they could all find homes.
Throughout the month of August, they've reduced their adoption fees $100. All dogs have their necessary shots and have been trained. Dogs with behavioral issues even go to Coyote Ridge Correctional facility to be trained and fostered by prisoners until their ready to be adopted. The pen also works with other trainers to make sure their dogs' needs are met.
All dogs go live on the pen's website two weeks before they're ready to be adopted. Once you see a dog you live online you can fill out an application and start the adoption process there.
You can see what dogs are up for adoption or sign up to volunteer on the Pit Bull Pen's website. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/clear_the_shelters/the-pit-bull-pen-aims-to-show-people-pit-bulls-are-fat-headed-babies/article_765d4a08-1e90-11ed-b5ee-ab8d71e356ab.html | 2022-08-18T02:14:23Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/clear_the_shelters/the-pit-bull-pen-aims-to-show-people-pit-bulls-are-fat-headed-babies/article_765d4a08-1e90-11ed-b5ee-ab8d71e356ab.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PENDLETON, Ore.-
According to a recent study, Blue Mountain Community College is the 19th best community college in the US. Every year, the ranking look at 19 different factors that help determine each school's value.
Some of which include housing, tuition, cost of attendance, outcomes. About 67 community colleges in all 50 states were look into.
“This is a testament to the commitment we see here every day at BMCC,” said Blue Mountain President Dr. J. Mark Browning. “Our faculty, staff and communities bring their very best to ensure our students are in the best position to succeed upon completion. So much of this success is directly due to an engaged and committed board of education whose tireless work to keep access affordable and our institution sustainable. They are key to building our connection to community and campus.”
Other community colleges in Oregon were included in the list. Including #8 Tillamook Bay Community College, #9 Mt. Hood Community College and #20 Clackamas Community College.
All 17 community colleges in Oregon were ranking the top 40%.
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. -
The Bonnie Raitt Concert at the Wine Country Amphitheater in Walla Walla contributed to hotels in Walla Walla being completely booked according to Scott Daggatt the Event Coordinator.
"There's been a tremendous amount of economic impact on the city of Walla Walla and I've heard from other businesses too quite frankly even a bicycle shop says their selling more bicycles right now," Daggatt said.
Food trucks in the area are set up on the green turned concert space. Christopher Murray Owner of Murray's Fire Engine Pizza said the concert will help more than just the venue.
"Tonight, gosh, we've got four five-thousand people coming in tonight so that's going to impact this whole area I mean downtown is going to be busier because of it," Murray said.
Tuesday Marrin Morris will be performing bringing more people to the Walla Walla Valley. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/bonnie-raitt-concert-fills-up-hotels-in-walla-walla/article_ce42f736-1e86-11ed-be7d-6bb090baf767.html | 2022-08-18T02:14:35Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/bonnie-raitt-concert-fills-up-hotels-in-walla-walla/article_ce42f736-1e86-11ed-be7d-6bb090baf767.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PENDLETON, Ore.-
According to the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla, an armed man attempted to rob the Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Pendleton.
Tribal Police intercepted the armed man at the door and shots were fired.
At least one bystander was hit and was transported to the St. Anthony Hospital, their condition is unknown at this time.
The suspect was also hit and taken to the hospital and is now in custody.
The lockdown has been lifted. At this time the casino remains open, however the food court will remain closed until the investigation is complete.
“We are grateful no one else was physically injured with all that took place,” said Gary George, CEO. “Security personnel and Tribal Police were quick to act and the situation was controlled in a swift manner.”
Police are continuing to investigate.
The Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center release this statement following the shooting, "Due to the ongoing situation at Wildhorse we are canceling the remainder of appointments for today. Staff will be calling patients. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted by this tragedy today. Please keep clear of the Casino and Resort area while officials continue to evaluate the situation and conduct their investigation.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Höegh LNG Partners LP's (NYSE: HMLP) second quarter 2022 results will be released on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, before the market opens. In connection with this, a presentation will be held at 8:30 A.M. (EST) on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. The results and presentation material will be available for download at http://www.hoeghlngpartners.com.
The presentation will be immediately followed by a Q&A session. Participants will be able to join this presentation using the following details:
a. Webcast
https://app.webinar.net/E3qLlRjln9Y
b. Teleconference
Participants should ask to be joined into the Höegh LNG Partners LP call.
There will be a Q&A session after the presentation. Information on how to ask questions will be given at the beginning of the Q&A session.
For those unable to participate in the conference call, a replay will be available from one hour after the end of the conference call until August 31, 2022.
The replay dial-in numbers are as follows:
Replay passcode: 9296187
Media:
The IGB Group, Bryan Degnan, +1 (646) 673-9701 / Leon Berman, +1 (212) 477-8438
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NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) – Airport officials in New Orleans found a passenger traveling with a human umbilical cord in their luggage earlier this month. As unusual as it is, authorities say this isn’t the first such find this summer.
The incident happened on August 2 at the Louis Armstrong International Airport. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a specialist located the umbilical cord after referring the passenger traveling from Honduras for a secondary inspection.
When questioned, the passenger told officials the cord belonged to a relative, a press release stated.
Customs contacted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Houston, which advised that it could be abandoned or held. The passenger chose to leave the umbilical cord, as well as the accompanying medical wristband, behind, authorities said, and the items were incinerated.
Permits or qualifications are required to bring certain biological materials into the U.S., according to Customs.
A similar discovery by Customs was made in late June on the same recurring flight between Honduras and New Orleans. In that incident, a traveler was found with a bag containing “paperwork, a positive pregnancy test, and an unknown tissue sample” that turned out to be an umbilical cord, according to the release.
“With the vast number of daily travelers, our officers are guaranteed to encounter some unusual items,” Mark Choina, acting area port director of New Orleans, said in a statement. “However, two umbilical cords, a month apart, coming from the same country is noteworthy.”
Earlier this year, TSA released its list of the most unusual finds of 2021. Topping the list was a chainsaw, also found at Louis Armstrong International Airport. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/human-umbilical-cord-found-in-baggage-at-louisiana-airport/ | 2022-08-18T02:17:12Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/human-umbilical-cord-found-in-baggage-at-louisiana-airport/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NEXSTAR) – Americans are facing inflation levels not seen since the early 1980s, causing the price of nearly everything to rise. With paychecks not stretching as far these days, one national employer is preparing to give its employees bonuses totaling $55 million.
While sharing second quarter sales and earnings results Wednesday, Lowe’s president and CEO Marvin R. Ellison said the incremental bonus will go to hourly front-line associates to help them “during this period of high inflation.”
“These associates have the most important jobs in our company, and we deeply appreciate everything they do to serve our customers to deliver a best-in-class experience,” Ellison said during Wednesday’s call, The Washington Post reports.
Lowe’s did not immediately return Nexstar’s request for comment. A spokesperson told The Washington Post that employees will receive the bonus in early September.
The home improvement retailer currently employs more than 300,000 people, the company’s website says.
Lowe’s isn’t alone in trying to give its employees some relief – Exxon Mobil, the T. Rowe Price Group, and Microsoft are among those opting for midyear raises or bonuses as they not only face inflation but competitive job markets.
America’s consumers, whose spending accounts for nearly 70% of U.S. economic activity, have remained mostly resilient even with year-over-year inflation near a four-decade high, rising economic uncertainties and the surging costs of mortgages and borrowing money. Still, overall spending has weakened, and it has shifted increasingly toward things like groceries, and away from less necessary things like electronics, furniture and new clothes.
Inflation continues to pose a severe hardship for many families. Though gasoline prices have fallen from their heights, food, rent, used cars and other necessities have become far more expensive, beyond whatever wage increases most workers have notched.
Despite a still-robust job market, the U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, raising fears of a potential recession. Growth has been weakening largely as a consequence of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes, which are intended to cool the economy and tame high inflation.
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On the heels of the historic climate legislation, wellness and sustainability pioneer strengthens commitment to people, planet and purpose through its 'Million Trees, Million Dreams' program
PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shaklee, a leading wellness company, today celebrates planting 2 million trees in North America. The effort is part of its Million Trees, Million Dream program in cooperation with American Forests, the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the United States.
"Shaklee exists to bring true wellness to the world, and to the health of the planet," said Roger Barnett, Chairman and CEO, Shaklee Corporation. "We hope that this program's success will inspire more companies to increase their environmental efforts."
In 2004, inspired by the visionary works Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai and her Green Belt Movement, Barnett initiated Shaklee's tree-planting campaign across North America and Asia. And in 2.5 years, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maathai, and Barnett planted the 1 millionth tree at the Shaklee Global headquarters in Pleasanton, California. Last year, Shaklee increased its commitment to the planet with a pledge to plant 10 million trees in 10 years.
According to The Global Tree Restoration Potential study (Science, 2019), "The restoration of trees remains among the most effective strategies for climate change mitigation." For 2 million trees planted, approximately 96 million pounds of carbon dioxide will be eliminated from the atmosphere each year.1
For more than 65 years, Shaklee has led the way in environmental stewardship. It is the first company in the world to be certified Climate Neutral and totally offset its carbon emissions, resulting in a net zero impact on the environment.
Since its inception, Shaklee has quietly led the way in support of social causes including climate change. To learn more about Shaklee and its sustainability initiatives, visit: https://us.shaklee.com/shakleecares.
About Shaklee
Shaklee is a leading wellness company founded by Dr. Shaklee, who invented the first multivitamin in the U.S. more than 100 years ago. As a pioneer in sustainability, Shaklee was the first company in the world to fully offset its carbon emissions and have a net zero impact on our planet. Shaklee products are backed by over 110 published clinical studies proving safety and efficacy and are marketed through more than 2 million micro-influencers in North America and Asia. With a complete wellness portfolio, Shaklee is committed to providing consumers with the products and support they need to live their healthiest lives. For more information, visit us.shaklee.com, follow @shakleehq on Instagram, or like us on Facebook.
About Roger Barnett
Roger Barnett is the Chairman and CEO of Shaklee Corporation, the first company in the world to become certified carbon neutral. A graduate of Yale College, Yale Law School, and Harvard Business School, Roger has spent the majority of his career as an impact investor. In 2004, he acquired control of Shaklee, the pioneer of nutritional supplements, and has since transformed this once analog business into a digital powerhouse with a network of 2 million ambassadors across the globe. He has been selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, and is a member of the Harvard and Yale Schools of Public Health Leadership Councils, the University Council of Yale University, and the Yale University President's Council on International Activities.
1Arbor Day Foundation, https://www.arborday.org/trees/treefacts/
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Ellensburg's defending state champion girls basketball team will be led by a familiar face next season, the school announced Wednesday.
Former Kittitas coach and three-time state champion Tim Ravet knows he won't need to make any big changes to build on the Bulldogs' winning tradition. They set a new standard that may be impossible to top last season, going 26-0 while never letting any opponent come within 17 points on their way to the 2A title.
"That's very tough and I think that's hopefully what helped in the interview," Ravet said. "Winning three titles back to back to back at Kittitas and knowing it's not about proving anything, it's about improving."
He gave credit for that past success to Jeff Whitney, the Jack Cleveland Coach of the Year who stepped down following the season due to health issues. Ravet also praised the influence of standout seniors Dylan Philip, Katie Blume and Maddie Kennedy, as well as Kaitlynn Smith, who didn't play but served as something akin to a volunteer coach/cheerleader on the bench.
Expect the Bulldogs to maintain their signature aggressive full-court defense, and Ravet said they might even play more "in your face man-to-man." Interior defense should be strong with highly touted 6-foot-6 junior Oliva Anderson and 6-foot-4 sophomore Alana Marrs, who Ravet believes will be ready to step into the rotation next season.
Most of the Ellensburg returners spent time on Ravet's offseason club team over the last eight or nine months. He said some Bulldogs have have trained with him for even longer, such as Anderson, Central Washington commit Rylee Leishman and first-team all-CWAC guard Jamison Philip, who'll be a sophomore.
"That was probably the most exciting part of the idea of getting back into coaching," Ravet said. "A lot of the parents were real supportive of hoping that I would go with the head job since I had been working with them at the club (level)."
Ravet graduated from Kittitas in 1989 and went back and forth between coaching the school's boys and girls teams, both as an assistant and a head coach, highlighted by state titles with his son Brock leading the way in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Tim returned to coach the girls team during the shortened 2021 spring season and left the job when his daughter, Brooke, transferred to Ellensburg for her sophomore year.
The time away from coaching left Ravet anxious to get back on the sideline, and he's hoping to stay for a while. Ellensburg athletic director Cole Kanyer said Ravet's demonstrated plenty of excitement through numerous conversations during the hiring process.
"Tim has articulated a vision to respect and honor the past but improve the future, which includes an emphasis on success in the gym and in the classroom," Kanyer said in a press release. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/prep_sports/tim-ravet-chosen-as-new-ellensburg-girls-basketball-coach/article_af638c46-1e80-11ed-8e40-5b98045d84fd.html | 2022-08-18T02:19:41Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/prep_sports/tim-ravet-chosen-as-new-ellensburg-girls-basketball-coach/article_af638c46-1e80-11ed-8e40-5b98045d84fd.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: WH) announced today its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.32 per share on its common stock, payable September 28, 2022 to shareholders of record as of September 14, 2022.
About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) is the world's largest hotel franchising company by the number of properties, with approximately 9,000 hotels across over 95 countries on six continents. Through its network of approximately 819,000 rooms appealing to the everyday traveler, Wyndham commands a leading presence in the economy and midscale segments of the lodging industry. The Company operates a portfolio of 22 hotel brands, including Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Microtel®, La Quinta®, Baymont®, Wingate®, AmericInn®, Hawthorn Suites®, Trademark Collection® and Wyndham®. The Company's award-winning Wyndham Rewards loyalty program offers over 95 million enrolled members the opportunity to redeem points at thousands of hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally. For more information, visit www.wyndhamhotels.com. The Company may use its website as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Disclosures of this nature will be included on the Company's website in the Investors section, which can currently be accessed at https://investor.wyndhamhotels.com. Accordingly, investors should monitor this section of the Company's website in addition to following the Company's press releases, filings submitted with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any public conference calls or webcasts.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements related to the Company's quarterly dividend. Forward-looking statements include those that convey management's expectations as to the future based on plans, estimates and projections at the time the Company makes the statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, without limitation, general economic conditions; the continuation or worsening of the effects from COVID-19, its scope, duration, resurgence and impact on the Company's business operations, financial results, cash flows and liquidity, as well as the impact on the Company's franchisees and property owners, guests and team members, the hospitality industry and overall demand for travel; the success of the Company's mitigation efforts in response to COVID-19; the Company's performance during the recovery from COVID-19 and any resurgence or mutations of the virus; various actions governments, businesses and individuals continue to take in response to the pandemic, including stay-in-place directives (including, for instance, quarantine and isolation guidelines and mandates), safety mitigation guidance, as well as the timing, availability and adoption rates of vaccinations, booster shots and other treatments for COVID-19; concerns with or threats of other pandemics, contagious diseases or health epidemics, including the effects of COVID-19; the performance of the financial and credit markets; the economic environment for the hospitality industry; operating risks associated with the hotel franchising and management businesses; the Company's relationships with franchisees and property owners; the impact of war, terrorist activity, political instability or political strife; risks related to restructuring or strategic initiatives; the Company's ability to satisfy obligations and agreements under its outstanding indebtedness, including the payment of principal and interest and compliance with the covenants thereunder; risks related to the Company's ability to obtain financing and the terms of such financing, including access to liquidity and capital; and the Company's ability to make or pay, plans for, and the timing and amount of any future share repurchases and/or dividends, as well as the risks described in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise.
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HOLLAND, Mich. — The West Michigan Regional Airport and Wings of Mercy have announced that they will be co-hosting a community Aviation Day. The event will be held at West Michigan Regional Airport on Saturday, August 20.
Aviation Day will include a pancake breakfast at 7 a.m. At the same time, visitors can register for the annual Wings of Mercy 5K race on the airport’s runway. The race will begin at 8 a.m. Registration fees from the Runway 5K will go to support the Wings of Mercy mission of providing free life-giving flights to patients in need.
The EAA Young Eagles Plane Rides will also be at the event, offering free flights to kids. Flight Path will also offer flight simulator experiences throughout the day. Food trucks will be at the event from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
"Aviation Day will be fun for the whole family,” said West Michigan Regional Airport Director Aaron Thelenwood. “Aviation Day is a part of our broader efforts to engage the community and provide education opportunities that highlight the impact and benefits of aviation in the region.”
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We had one such visit just prior:\nJERUSALEMMark\nIt would appear you'er an Englishman by your comment.... \"We can expect nothing\".\nIsrael exists to take away more then your homes. So if someones wants their house let then they can try to buy it but there have no house but its in our hearts no houses, only Land as is commanded of Israel when HaShem God makes known of these peeps Israel.. 84 nations The Rapid has announced that there will be changes to Route 10 Clyde Park. The service will be realigned south of 54th Street starting on August 29.
There will now be new stops at the Special Olympics Michigan (SOMI) campus and Disability Advocates of Kent County, Pine Rest, and Spectrum Health Pavilion. The goal with the change is to help cultivate a more equitable community by providing access to more essential services.
Several stops along Division Avenue and 68th Street will now be eliminated. The stops along 54th street will no longer be used as stops for Route 10. However, they will remain available on Route 1.
The Northbound stops along Clyde Park south of 54th Street will remain in service for Route 10.
The Rapid’s Go!Bus will also shift around the new route configuration. The Go!Bus paratransit service provides rides to ADA-eligible customers within its service area.
“It’s great working with The Rapid staff to provide a workable solution for the new Special Olympics campus,” said Disability Advocates of Kent County Executive Director Dave Bulkowski. “The new routing will provide a mainline bus stop in front of our facilities on 68th Street. This makes it safer for transit customers by eliminating the need to cross five lanes of traffic to access Disability Advocates and the Special Olympics campus. With these stops, we also maintain Go!Bus paratransit service which is absolutely critical for our staff, volunteers, and participants.”
“We are proud to work with The Rapid to create a new bus stop and turnaround on Pine Rest’s Cutlerville Campus,” said Pine Rest CEO and President Dr. Mark Eastburg. “Access to transportation is essential for our community and this service will greatly benefit our friends and neighbors who are seeking care at Pine Rest, as well as our employees who can now choose public transportation as an option. Providing more access to our campus gives more opportunity to receive mental health and emergency care at Pine Rest’s psychiatric urgent care center.”
“The realignment will provide safer access to the Special Olympics of Michigan campus and co-located services provided by Disability Advocates of Kent County. It will also allow for greater access to quality behavioral and mental health services, Spectrum Health services, as well as new access to employment opportunities for our six-cities residents. We work hard to build partnerships and innovative services to meet the needs of the community we serve.”
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Apr-40 to Sep-'77, OD green/black (standard/standard cam. O,E 9mm) • Sucrion RS - AUG3/1 MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. — The Mosaic Film Experience teamed up with Pathfinders of Muskegon to give 25 Muskegon County students an introduction to the art and science of digital storytelling.
The half-day workshop took place Wednesday at Temple United Methodist Church in Muskegon Heights.
It aimed to introduce students to the language, process and techniques of digital content creation.
“Our goal is to inspire the next generation of storytellers to embrace the medium of digital storytelling to own their narratives and further connect with creative outlets,” said Mallory Strobl, education lead for Mosaic Film Experience.
Students got to experience hands-on education about media literacy and how to plan and create videos, including story ideation, outlining, storyboarding and filming.
“Students are digital natives and storytelling can be a practical way to bridge classroom learning and real-world experiences,” said Skot Welch, founder of Mosaic Film Experience. “Storytelling is an in-demand communication skill for 21st-century careers across all disciplines and industries.”
Pathfinders of Muskegon is a community-based youth center. Its goal is to engage, empower and motivate youth in Muskegon by incorporating social emotional learning, mindfulness and creative expression to give youth a voice in their community.
“I enjoyed watching the workshop unfold,” said Shauna Hunter, Pathfinders of Muskegon executive director. “I was impressed with how the Mosaic Film Experience had students of all backgrounds so involved and interested in the process. Our participants are diverse; most are minorities, specifically BIPOC, and live within the inner-city communities of Muskegon County, many are LGBTQIA. Learning how to use digital filmmaking to tell their own stories is an important opportunity for the students.” | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/muskegon/hands-on-workshop-helps-muskegon-co-youth-tell-their-stories | 2022-08-18T02:22:03Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/muskegon/hands-on-workshop-helps-muskegon-co-youth-tell-their-stories | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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The bank announced on Wednesday that the swift and steep decline for June and July is compared to the same period last year, affecting more than 35 million consumer checking accounts, the company said.
In early January, Bank of America announced that it would be eliminating non-sufficient funds fees and would reduce overdraft fees from $35 down to $10. Banking customers could totally avoid overdraft fees by enrolling in the bank's "SafeBalance" checking account. 45 percent of new checking accounts for the bank are now enrolled in that type of account.
As Market Watch reported, other banks like PNC, Capitol One, and the online bank Ally announced in 2021 that they would be eliminating overdraft fees or exploring ways to reduce them dramatically.
The moves come as consumers try to protect bank accounts amid rising inflation, increases in rent, and other living costs.
As the Associated Press reported, the Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates to slow the economy and temper inflation. Still, investors remain concerned that it could hit the brakes too hard and send the economy into a recession. The Fed in July raised its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point for a second-straight time.
While Federal Reserve policymakers expected the economy to expand in the second half of 2022, many suggested that growth would weaken as higher rates take hold.
Slower growth, they noted, could “set the stage’’ for inflation to gradually fall to the central bank’s 2% annual goal, though it remained “far above’’ that target. But the policymakers made clear that, for now, they intend to continue raising rates enough to slow the economy. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/bank-of-americas-new-policy-sees-90-fall-in-consumer-overdraft-fees | 2022-08-18T02:22:15Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/bank-of-americas-new-policy-sees-90-fall-in-consumer-overdraft-fees | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Eric Fraley 1986-2022 Eric Fraley, 36, of Cheyenne, passed at his home after a short illness. He was born on May 29, 1986, in Wheat Ridge, Colorado to Charlcy (Bunni) Fraley and Wade Fraley. Eric was an avid gamer from the first moment he held that Nintendo controller in his little hands. Eric also volunteered at the local animal shelter, taking the dogs on walks, and playing with them in the dog park there. Early on, Eric aspired to being a chef and worked at that for a few years. He finally found his true calling when he started working with people with intellectual disabilities. Due to his compassion and patience, he created strong bonds with his clients, and considered them family. Both his clients and co-workers thought the world of Eric, and he will be missed terribly. Eric is survived by his mother; maternal aunt, Terisa and her son Coleman; niece, Moira; sister-in-law, Kathryn, paternal aunt, Grace, paternal uncle, Chuck; paternal half-brother, Patrick; half-sister, Charlotte, great uncle, Jack; great aunt, Barbara, and numerous cousins and friends. Eric was preceded in death by his older brother, Charles; father; maternal grandmother, Jan; grandfather, Charles; paternal grandmother Grace. Memorial Service will be at 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 19, in Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Cheyenne Animal Shelter, or your favorite charity. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/milestones/obituaries/fraley-eric/article_f7303172-fc35-505a-bd77-66ca44c5c205.html | 2022-08-18T02:33:15Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/milestones/obituaries/fraley-eric/article_f7303172-fc35-505a-bd77-66ca44c5c205.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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CHEYENNE – Attorneys had their final opportunity Wednesday afternoon to argue their respective cases in Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove's disciplinary proceeding, which could lead to the prosecutor being stripped of her law license.
Oral arguments took place Wednesday afternoon before the Wyoming Supreme Court, which then took the case under advisement. Justices will ultimately decide what punishment, if any, is appropriate.
The Wyoming State Bar’s Office of Bar Counsel last year brought charges alleging that DA Manlove had mishandled the prosecution of some cases and fostered a hostile work environment in her office. Following an eight-day hearing in February, a disciplinary panel announced it would recommend she lose her ability to practice law in Wyoming. She also may be on the hook to reimburse the Bar more than $60,000 in costs.
Attorneys on both sides largely reiterated arguments they'd presented before, although they were also subjected to questions from justices. Both attorneys received a total of 30 minutes to speak and answer queries.
Weston Reeves, representing the Office of Bar Counsel, began by stating that this was not a case about separation of powers between the executive branch, represented by the district attorney, and the judicial branch. He said it was also not about prosecutorial discretion – the ability of a prosecutor to decide what cases to pursue – as argued by Manlove, but about a "failure of duty" and lack of candor from an attorney.
He again argued the Bar's position that state budget cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic "had nothing to do with" a series of case dismissals Manlove said were necessary to ensure her understaffed office could use resources to prosecute more serious charges. Instead, Reeves said, these dismissals were necessary because of the district attorney's inability to keep her office staffed, which was a result of her treatment of employees and failure at certain points to pursue replacements.
Stephen Melchior, Manlove's attorney, argued that this case was, in fact, about the separation of powers and prosecutorial discretion. He said the district attorney had taken appropriate steps following drastic budget cuts to try to find solutions, only to be rebuffed and condemned by judges in the county.
This case, he said, "is about, what do you do when a person runs on a political platform in an elected position ... announces the party affiliation, sets forth a platform, comes into office, begins to execute the platform, comes into the executive branch and rubs the judicial (branch) the wrong way? And rubs the Bar Counsel the wrong way?"
In bringing this disciplinary case against Manlove, the Bar chose to ignore state statute, the Wyoming Constitution and "a landmark case" that "specifically addresses many of the issues" in these proceedings, Melchior said.
It's unclear how long it will be before the high court issues a decision. In another recent disciplinary case, it took nearly nine months to decide on a punishment for Becket Hinckley, a former Teton County prosecutor who was suspended from practicing law in Wyoming for three years following several violations of professional conduct rules.
In the Hinckley case, a panel recommended the former prosecutor be disbarred. The Supreme Court ultimately opted to suspend his license.
Manlove, elected as DA in November 2018, did not file to run for a second term. Her current term ends in January.
Melchior told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle following Wednesday's hearing that what the Supreme Court decides in this case will have an effect on every prosecutor in each in Wyoming's 23 counties. This is because it could affect how much judges and the Bar's disciplinary arm can influence policy, personnel and case management decisions of prosecutors, he said.
"This has been an extremely painful experience for Ms. Manlove, and I would want this (for) no prosecuting attorney," Melchior said.
Speaking to a reporter after oral arguments, Reeves said only that he's "happy the Supreme Court is reviewing the case."
Justices' questions
At one point, Justice John G. Fenn said Reeves had focused much of his argument on the "mismanagement component" of the case. He asked the attorney for the Bar when the decision not to prosecute certain cases went from prosecutorial discretion to something in need disciplinary action.
"Where's the line? Where does it become not about prosecutorial discretion?" Fenn asked.
"When there are 1,000 cases dismissed, categories of cases dismissed, categories of cases not prosecuted," Reeves responded.
"Well, according to briefing, we can't really even agree on the number of cases that were dismissed ..." Fenn replied, to which Reeves interjected: "Read the exhibit."
"If the reason given for the dismissal is clearly false," that's when it cross the line, Reeves argued.
Fenn then laid out a hypothetical in which a DA decided not to prosecute marijuana cases, and asked Reeves if that DA is "violating professional rules of responsibility, such that he or she is facing discipline."
"Questions like that are why we have a wise panel of five justices here," Reeves said, adding that the DA has a statutory responsibility to prosecute certain types of cases.
"It seems to me that is not a prosecutorial discretion – that is a failure to perform the duty to the client. I don't care if she got elected – she has the duty to prosecute the cases that come before her in the ordinary course of events," Reeves continued.
Fenn also suggested that, rather than bring a disciplinary case, "if (Manlove) really wasn't doing her job so bad, she theoretically could have been impeached and removed" under the Wyoming Constitution.
Reeves said he wasn't sure to what impeachment avenue Fenn was referring. Instead, Reeves seemed to urge the justices to exercise their oversight duties for ensuring "competent and diligent" legal practice in the state.
Later, during Melchior's arguments, Justice Keith G. Kautz interjected, saying that neither Melchior nor Reeves had yet brought up specific elements of professional conduct violations. Kautz said the justices needed "clear and convincing evidence that those elements were proven."
Directly after Kautz's comment, Melchior argued specifically that Manlove had not demonstrated incompetence in management of her office, and complaints from victims' family members about failing to charge cases came down to prosecutorial discretion. He also denied that Manlove had exaggerated any claims about budget constraints on her office.
At the start of Reeves' rebuttal, Kautz again challenged the attorney to be specific about what rule violations he was arguing, and that counsel needed to show consequences in specific cases.
"Gosh – the consequence to the victims of all the cases that weren't prosecuted," Reeves replied.
"But I didn't see any specific identifications," Kautz said. "You paint (with) a big, broad brush."
Reeves again pointed back to examples given in Bar Counsel's exhibits. He reemphasized his argument that Manlove's dismissals were improper if they were done under "the demonstrably false premise that 'The budget made me do it.'"
It's yet another challenge, Kautz said, to determine whether a statement was knowingly false, or simply an opinion or "an erroneous opinion." Reeves argued that could also be demonstrated by evidence in the case. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/wyo-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-in-manlove-disciplinary-case/article_4d3f3f33-3ffd-584e-9c79-e23a0f9baf0d.html | 2022-08-18T02:33:52Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/wyo-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-in-manlove-disciplinary-case/article_4d3f3f33-3ffd-584e-9c79-e23a0f9baf0d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Edinburgh International Film Festival Diary: 18 August
Alistair Harkness talks to Scottish-based Swedish filmmaker Marie Lidén about her new documentary, Electric Malady, which focuses on a man who suffers from electrosensitivity.
“When I first met him I thought, ‘No way can I use such a character who’s so extreme,’” says Electric Malady director Marie Lidén. “But then after spending half an hour with William I stopped seeing the fabric and just started seeing this guy, this down-to-earth, poetic guy.’”
The Scottish-based Swedish filmmaker is talking about the subject of her documentary, William Hendeberg, a sufferer of electrosensitivity, a rare condition that effectively makes those who experience symptoms allergic to the modern world. As a result, William — who in the film likens its effect to having his head in a vice — lives a very isolated life in a cottage in the Swedish countryside where he sleeps in a makeshift Faraday cage, rarely goes outside and spends most of his days cloaked under layers of copper-lined cotton fabric designed to limit his exposure to the microwave radiation that’s increasingly a by-product of our digitally interconnected world. His father affectionately refers to him as "the ghost", and Lidén’s trepidation about using him in the film was out of fear of making William seem like a freak and undermining her effort to shine a light on a controversial condition that is little understood. “He has this floaty way of moving through his cabin that’s quite beautiful,” she says. “At the same time, he’s like, ’It’s not beautiful. It’s horrible.’ He’s quite ashamed of how he looks.”
Eliminating the stigma is one reason Lidén — whose mother used to be electrosensitive — wanted to make the film. It’s also the main reason William and his family wanted her to tell their story, even though filming risked making William feel unwell. “I know there were times he’d have to spend a whole day recovering after we were there,” she says. To minimise the distress, she’d use a small DSLR camera and keep her distance from him as much as possible, but he also seemed okay with a hand-cranked Bolex film camera, something that gives the film its appropriately tactile, analogue aesthetic.
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When I meet Lidén it’s the day after Electric Malady’s EIFF premiere (there’s another screening at the Festival today) and she’s just happy the ten-years-in-the-making film seems to be connecting with audiences. “I’m so glad it travels, because I wasn’t sure how people in the UK would react to the film. And I was terrified I’d be attacked by people who didn’t believe this is real.”
“But it’s interesting,” she adds. “I feel like lockdown really changed people's perception of loneliness and isolation. And I feel like the response that people are having to the film now is very much that they feel a connection to his situation.” Alistair Harkness | https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/edinburgh-international-film-festival-diary-18-august-3809354 | 2022-08-18T02:34:22Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/edinburgh-international-film-festival-diary-18-august-3809354 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Angus Og - from the fabled Isle of Drambeg to household name - to be preserved for the future
With his musings from the fabled Isle of Drambeg in the Utter Hebrides, the cartoon character Angus Og became a household name for generations of Scots.
Now the humour and commentary of the ‘Highland beatnik’ will be preserved for future generations with the work of his creator, Ewen Bain, to be digitised and archived on Skye, from where the cartoonist’s family originally came.
Mr Bain took Angus Og, his trademark navy jumper and his wellington boots to the nation with adventures that gently poked fun at authority, his people and ultimately himself. The long-running series was published in the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail from 1960 to 1989, when the cartoonist sadly died after catching flu.
Earlier, the artist’s family donated more than 4,000 pieces from his collection to the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre in Portree, where the original strips will now be conserved after funding was secured from the Scottish Government.
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Rhona Flin, the cartoonist’s daughter, said: "My father would have been delighted to know of this special investment in Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre, which will enable much wider access to the Angus Og collection."
Ewen Bain was born in Maryhill, Glasgow, in 1925 and was the youngest of the three children of John and Flora Bain, from the Isle of Skye.
His father hailed from Waternish and his mother from Staffin, with the family moving to Glasgow in 1912, but returning to Skye every summer.
Gaelic was spoken as the family's first language, with elements of Gaelic and Scots featuring throughout Mr Bain’s work.
Mr Bain, who studied at Glasgow School of Art and later taught at secondary schools before becoming a full-time cartoonist, created Angus Og after being encouraged by a former features editor at the Scottish Daily Express.
The cartoons were first published in the Glasgow-based Bulletin before ultimately being picked up by the Daily Record and Sunday Mail. Mr Bain also contributed to a long series of editorial cartoons to the pro-independence Scots Independent newspaper.
In an obituary, Winnie Ewing, SNP stalwart and a long-term friend of the Bain family, said: The loss of Ewen Bain to all Scotland cannot be measured, except that all of us have lost a main source of laughter based on a humour without any malice.”
Catherine MacPhee, Skye and Lochalsh archivist said: “The survival of this collection is important not just for Skye, but as part of Scotland’s social history. As well as being nationally well known and loved, the cartoons relate to social-political issues still relevant today, including the loss of language, impacts of tourism and social imbalances.”
Alison Mason, archivist with the Highland Archive Service, which is run by High Life Highland, said the team was “delighted” to have been awarded £40,000 from the Government to fund a post to research, digitise and archive the “fantastic collection”.
The funding is part of the National Island Plan, which supports the development of cultural and historic resources on the islands and promotes arts and culture for their residents.
The money will also help mount an Angus Og exhibition, which will ultimately go on the road across the Highlands and Islands.
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Scotland's space quest landmark as historic engine test takes place
A landmark has been reached at Machrihanish on the Kintyre peninsula, as Scotland’s quest to become one of the biggest names in the space industry took one small step forward.
Scotland based rocket company Skyrora successfully tested an engine that will be used, as part of a three-stage rocket, to launch small satellites into orbit from Scotland.
Lee Rosen, the company’s chief operating officer, said: “As far as I’m aware, this is the first test of its kind anywhere in the United Kingdom.”
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The engine tested will be part of the company’s XL rocket, which it intends to launch into space by the end of next year.
Successfully completed testing on the second stage of their three stage XL space rocket puts them in a strong position to be the first company to vertically launch a satellite into orbit from UK soil.
Scotland already makes more satellites than anywhere else in the world other than the United States. And with a lack of available rockets to launch satellites from, Skyora is amongst a growing number of companies hoping to capitalise on an increasing backlog manufacturer looking for a ride into space.
This test was of the integrated ’second stage’ – the section of the rocket that provides the thrust into orbit and then falls away and returns to earth. It includes an engine, fuel tank, and pressurising, electrical, avionic and manoeuvring systems.
The test took place at Machrihanish Airbase – formerly an RAF station reserved for space shuttles to land when in in trouble, but fast becoming a hub of development and testing for the Scottish space industry.
When the engine was fired, vibrations could be felt, and a roar like a low-flying aircraft could be heard filling the sky.
The test lasted for 30 seconds, during which all systems were tested.
There is a certain amount of secrecy around developments from the companies competing in the 'Scottish space race’, but M Rosen said he was confident this is the first time a full stage has been tested in the UK.
“This was a major milestone on our journey to launching the Skyrora XL rocket,” he said.
"We are now planning for a full launch into orbit at the end of 2023. This is a huge deal for Scotland, and for the development of the space industry."
Mr Rosen spent decades in the US air force before moving to Space X where he worked closely with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
He has completed more than 200 launches in his career, moving to Scotland four months ago to be closer to his daughter, who is studying at Stirling University.
Skyora aren’t alone. Scotland’s growing space industry is aiming to hold a £4 billion share of the global space market and create 20,000 jobs by 2030. They are also focused on sustainability and making Scottish spaceports the greenest in the world.
The next step for the team will be testing the biggest part of the rocket early next year, known as the first stage. If that goes to plan, Skyora hopes the launch of the fully assembled XL rocket will take place from the Saxavord spaceport on Unst in the Shetlands – and will be the first ever vertical launch in the UK.
The rocket will need to reach a speed of 17,500 mph to reach lower earth orbit.
Matt Archer, director of commercial spaceflight at the UK Space Agency, said: “It’s exciting to see Skyrora complete these static fire engine tests, building on the successful opening of its new production facility in Cumbernauld.
"As we soar towards the UK’s first commercial space launches, these achievements showcase our rapidly growing capabilities, and the increasing range of expertise that can make the UK a highly attractive destination for launch activities in Europe.”
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Bancon Homes joins up with Ellon Academy Cheer Team
As part of its continued commitment to the local community Bancon Homes’ Aden Meadows development in Mintlaw has become the official kit sponsor for the Ellon Academy Cheer Team.
Coached by teachers Eve Campbell, Rochelle Bowie and Lyndsey Donald, the 90 strong Cheer Team has in recent years won various cheerleading trophies at a junior and senior level, and regularly competes locally and nationally.
Cheer Captain, Chloe Anderson said: “Cheer is way more than just a sport.
"It’s like a big family where everyone feels comfortable in their own abilities and can push themselves and each other.
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"The new uniforms have allowed us to show everyone our family and made us even more proud to be a part of Ellon Academy Cheer Team.”
Adding to this Cheer Captain, Alana Urquhart said:” Cheerleading” as a sport has brought a lot of excitement and enthusiasm into my life as well as introduced me to a strong team that works well together and that I trust in many complex skills.
"We are very grateful for the new uniforms.
"These give us more confidence to perform well and ultimately helped us to become champions in our category.”
Allan Clow, Managing Director of homebuilder Bancon Homes said: “It’s very important to us as a business to support the schools in our local community, so we are delighted to partner with the Ellon Academy Cheer Team.
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The Australian jobs report is here:
Check out that post for why employment can drop and so too the jobless rate.
I'm already seeing analysts dismissing the job losses:
labour market remains incredibly tight there are more job vacancies than people unemployed a 48 year low for the unemployment rate is great And ... they are not wrong. Yeah, it would have been a better report with jobs added but that jobless rate headline is going to be screamed in the headlines. It's a good 'un.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is making excuses for the report also (again, they are correct). ABS says the fall in hours worked may be due to the combination of school holidays and abscense from work due to both COVID and flu.
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The Australian dollar (AUD) is the official currency of Australia, which is also used in Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island, as well as independent pacific states.Introduced in 1966, the AUD is currently the fifth most traded currency in the world, behind only the US dollar, euro, Japanese yen, and British pound.The currency is very important to forex markets and is routinely used as a carry trade against other majors.The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is the central banking authority tasked with the management and issuance of AUD banknotes.What Factors Affect the AUD?The AUD is more susceptible than other currencies to macroeconomic factors. Overall, monetary policy is the largest mover of the currency, including interest rate differentials.Beyond Australia, commodity prices such as those of precious metals and others are also important to the AUD and can cause fluctuations in its value relative to other currencies.Global risk sentiment and confidence are also indicators that are closely tracked given their correlation to the AUD.This is due to the AUD being seen as a commodity currency, and also used as one of the most popular growth and risk proxies in global financial markets.Any positive mood in the global market will likely cause the AUD to climb, while if there is a prevailing pessimism, the AUD will often decline.On a domestic scale, government credit ratings can also impact the AUD. Australia’s credit rating influences the risk profile of its debt.This trend directly influences the cost the government has to pay on the debt it owes.
The Australian dollar (AUD) is the official currency of Australia, which is also used in Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island, as well as independent pacific states.Introduced in 1966, the AUD is currently the fifth most traded currency in the world, behind only the US dollar, euro, Japanese yen, and British pound.The currency is very important to forex markets and is routinely used as a carry trade against other majors.The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is the central banking authority tasked with the management and issuance of AUD banknotes.What Factors Affect the AUD?The AUD is more susceptible than other currencies to macroeconomic factors. Overall, monetary policy is the largest mover of the currency, including interest rate differentials.Beyond Australia, commodity prices such as those of precious metals and others are also important to the AUD and can cause fluctuations in its value relative to other currencies.Global risk sentiment and confidence are also indicators that are closely tracked given their correlation to the AUD.This is due to the AUD being seen as a commodity currency, and also used as one of the most popular growth and risk proxies in global financial markets.Any positive mood in the global market will likely cause the AUD to climb, while if there is a prevailing pessimism, the AUD will often decline.On a domestic scale, government credit ratings can also impact the AUD. Australia’s credit rating influences the risk profile of its debt.This trend directly influences the cost the government has to pay on the debt it owes.
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The Australian dollar (AUD) is the official currency of Australia, which is also used in Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island, as well as independent pacific states.Introduced in 1966, the AUD is currently the fifth most traded currency in the world, behind only the US dollar, euro, Japanese yen, and British pound.The currency is very important to forex markets and is routinely used as a carry trade against other majors.The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is the central banking authority tasked with the management and issuance of AUD banknotes.What Factors Affect the AUD?The AUD is more susceptible than other currencies to macroeconomic factors. Overall, monetary policy is the largest mover of the currency, including interest rate differentials.Beyond Australia, commodity prices such as those of precious metals and others are also important to the AUD and can cause fluctuations in its value relative to other currencies.Global risk sentiment and confidence are also indicators that are closely tracked given their correlation to the AUD.This is due to the AUD being seen as a commodity currency, and also used as one of the most popular growth and risk proxies in global financial markets.Any positive mood in the global market will likely cause the AUD to climb, while if there is a prevailing pessimism, the AUD will often decline.On a domestic scale, government credit ratings can also impact the AUD. Australia’s credit rating influences the risk profile of its debt.This trend directly influences the cost the government has to pay on the debt it owes.
The Australian dollar (AUD) is the official currency of Australia, which is also used in Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island, as well as independent pacific states.Introduced in 1966, the AUD is currently the fifth most traded currency in the world, behind only the US dollar, euro, Japanese yen, and British pound.The currency is very important to forex markets and is routinely used as a carry trade against other majors.The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is the central banking authority tasked with the management and issuance of AUD banknotes.What Factors Affect the AUD?The AUD is more susceptible than other currencies to macroeconomic factors. Overall, monetary policy is the largest mover of the currency, including interest rate differentials.Beyond Australia, commodity prices such as those of precious metals and others are also important to the AUD and can cause fluctuations in its value relative to other currencies.Global risk sentiment and confidence are also indicators that are closely tracked given their correlation to the AUD.This is due to the AUD being seen as a commodity currency, and also used as one of the most popular growth and risk proxies in global financial markets.Any positive mood in the global market will likely cause the AUD to climb, while if there is a prevailing pessimism, the AUD will often decline.On a domestic scale, government credit ratings can also impact the AUD. Australia’s credit rating influences the risk profile of its debt.This trend directly influences the cost the government has to pay on the debt it owes.
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Australian July 2022 labour market report.
A big miss on headline jobs added but a beat on the jobless rate. Participation rate decline lower helps explain this.
The part-time number is +46K
Unemployment rate lowest since September 1974 Underemployment 6.0% (6.1% was the prior read) Underutilisation rate 9.4% (lowest since April 1982) Hours worked -0.8% from June -
The horror headline on jobs subtraction will be offset by the happy headline on a declining jobless rate. yes, we know its because of the pullback in participation and its not really good news, but headlines are headlines and they often rule market response initially.
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EUR
The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
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9/11 Tribute Museum Closes Its Doors As Another Institution Falls Victim to COVID-19
The 9/11 Tribute Museum was founded by the relatives of colleagues of firefighters who died at Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2001.
The 9/11 Tribute Museum in New York City, a beloved memorial to those who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, closed its doors Wednesday after battling funding shortages and drastic declines in visitors.
The center had been hanging by a thread for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic proved a death knell for the museum, which now exists only online. Its displays will be moved to the New York State Museum in Albany.
“Financial hardship including lost revenue caused by the pandemic prevents us from generating sufficient funding to continue to operate the physical museum,” said Jennifer Adams, co-founder and CEO of the 9/11 Tribute Museum.
The repository evolved from a humble beginning in a former deli just steps away from Ground Zero, where survivors gathered to commemorate the place where two hijacked jetliners flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
Though the site was a smoking pit of twisted metal, thousands were already arriving to witness the destruction.
More than five million people visited what became the 9/11 Tribute Museum in the 16 years it was open. For years, it offered guided tours of Ground Zero, reverently conducted by those who lost someone in the worst terror attack in the country's history.
The center displayed items salvaged from the wreckage, from contorted beams to ravaged turnout coats and helmets worn by firefighters.
It also offered private rooms for families of the dead to gather and grieve, and for them to leave mementoes of their lost relatives.
Though it received grants, the facility survived mostly on donations and admission prices.
When the National September 11 Memorial & Museum opened in 2011, the smaller memorial saw a dramatic reduction in visitors. The 9/11 Tribute Museum saw a slow uptick of patrons in the following years, only to be hit by the coronavirus epidemic and its devastating effects on travel and tourism.
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After Horse Collapses in Street, NYC Activists Call for Complete Ban on Carriage Rides
“The time has come to end this barbaric, inhumane practice,” New York City Councilman Robert Holden said at a press conference. A carriage driver representative says there's "no reason" to ban the practice and that the horses are "well cared for."
Animal rights activists are speaking out after a carriage horse collapsed in the street in New York City.
The horse named Ryder remained on the ground in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan for more than an hour while police hosed him down. The temperature had reached 87 degrees and the pavement was much hotter.
Finally, he was able to get to his feet.
“The time has come to end this barbaric, inhumane practice,” New York City Councilman Robert Holden said at a press conference.
The activists are calling for a complete ban on horses.
Witnesses say they saw Ryder in extreme distress hours before he couldn't go a step farther.
“Hours before Ryder collapsed on Aug. 10, he was seen struggling to walk, falling to his knees,” said Edita Birnkrant, executive director of NYCLASS.
In Central Park, the horse and carriage ride is a big part of the New York tourism experience. But for years, animal rights activists have been calling for an end to the tradition, claiming it’s cruel.
Christina Hansen, who represents carriage drivers, says Ryder has a neurological disorder and was not suffering from heat stroke when he collapsed.
“There’s no reason to ban well cared for, highly regulated businesses who are taking good care of the horses,” Hansen said.
Ryder is now living at what's being called a "vacation ranch," where he is fully retired.
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Bunk Bed Safety Spotlighted After Little Leaguer Cracks Skull in Fall at Overnight Pennsylvania Tournament
There are 36,000 bunk bed injuries reported each year.
A 12-year-old boy is in a medically-induced coma after falling off a bunk bed at the Little League World Series.
Easton Oliverson was in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, gearing up for the biggest came of the season and staying in the tournament’s dormitory complex.
A photo from the parents’ guide shows there are no guardrails on the top bunks — just a mattress.
“He just simply rolled off and cracked his skull, his cheekbone. While he cracked his skull, he broke an artery and that’s what was causing the bleed in his brain,” Easton’s dad Jace told Inside Edition.
Bunks beds made for the home are required to have a guardrail. Unfortunately, no such standard currently exists for institutional beds, like in the dorm where the little leaguer was sleeping.
There are 36,000 bunk bed injuries reported each year.
And it's not just kids. In 2018, popular “Bachelorette” contestant David Ravitz was rushed to the hospital after rolling out of his top bunk. He suffered a broken nose.
In 2015, college student Clark Jacobs fell out of his bunk bed and landed on his head. He had to have brain surgery and was in a coma for 10 weeks. When he woke up, he had to relearn how to walk, talk and eat.
Casa Kids in Brooklyn specializes in bunk beds and says safety is always a top priority.
“The main feature for a bunk bed to be safe is the guardrail. Not only does it have to be in the front side of the bed, but all around,” owner Roberto Gil said.
Unfortunately for little Easton, there were no railings on his bunk bed.
“The doctors are very encouraged by his progress. He's not awake yet, so we're just being patient, hopeful, prayerful and just hoping for the best outcome,” Jace said.
The Little League admitted they have used bunk beds without guard rails since 1992 without any previous serious injuries. Out of an abundance of caution, they are removing all bunk beds from their dorms and will now have each bed individually on the floor.
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Daughter Posts Note From Her Dad, Found By Her Family 9 Years After He Died, That Says 'Do Not Be Afraid'
The family of Rick Clukey found a note from their father, who died in 2013, in his beekeeping equipment.
A daughter posted on Twitter a note discovered by her family nine years after their father died, and the internet fell in love and burst into tears.
Amy Clukey, an English professor at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, had no idea her simple post would receive more than 789,000 likes and more than 45,000 retweets.
She put up the note this week, under the headline, "Note from my dad found in his beekeeping equipment nine years after his death. He is missed."
The buzz was immediate.
"What a treasure. I hope someday I find a note from my Dad like that," wrote one woman.
"I am crying," wrote another.
Rick Clukey wrote the note in 2012, about the time doctors told him he didn't have much time left, Clukey said. Her father died at age 53 from lung cancer. He left behind six children.
Her younger brother found the message, written in pencil on a piece of paper torn from a notepad boasting the services of a lumberyard in Pennsylvania. The missive was found among the tools of his beekeeping trade.
Rick Clukey tended to his charges on a large farm, his daughter said.
"Since this is being picked up by media, I should say: my dad's name is Rick Clukey. He passed away in 2013 at the age of 53 from lung cancer. He has six children. I'm the eldest. My youngest brother Liam found the note. My sister Emily plans on beekeeping when she buys a house," she wrote on Twitter.
Though the note said he hoped his children would follow in his beekeeping shoes, the father's parting words would suit any legacy or vocation.
“Bees make more products than just honey and as a hobby, it can be a source of extra income. So do not be afraid, have courage. Good luck,” the letter ended. He signed off by writing, “Love, Dad.”
Emily Clukey responded to many of the notes sent to her on Twitter by people who were moved by the the letter. Several shared that they, too, had fathers who died young from a terminal illness.
"Losing someone to cancer is terrible," the daughter replied to one writer. "But it does allow a bit of time to think about one's legacy."
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Families of Mexico Miners Trapped for Weeks Urge Rescue to Move Faster As German, US Companies Asked for Help
As miners in Mexico have been trapped for nearly two weeks, the country is seeking aid in its rescue efforts by asking U.S.- and Germany-based companies for help.
After failing to in rescue miners who have been trapped for nearly two weeks, Mexico officials are asking Gerrmany- and U.S.-based companies to aid the rescue.
Ten miners have been trapped in the Pinabete mine, located near the state of Coahuila, since a tunnel wall collapsed and flooded the mine on Aug. 3, the BBC reported.
After more than 300 hours of continuous work, Mexican authorities said companies would be contacted "to find out who is the one that can provide us with the best opinion, the broadest, taking into account the conditions of our mine.”
Rising water levels have been flooding the mine, thwarting attempts to access the trapped individuals, according to Mexican officials.
Pumps have been installed to extract the water from the Pinabete mine and authorities have worked to close off the Conchas Norte mine, the mine responsible for the surge of water into the Pinabete mine, Reuters reported.
Military divers along with miners and rescue professionals have tried to enter the mine but debris, including planks of wood and overall poor visibility have slowed rescue efforts, according to Reuters.
After being trapped for roughly two weeks, the families of the miners are urging officials to work quicker to get their loved ones to safety.
"It's all going so slowly ... They had to get them out when they still could," Erika Escobar, wife of trapped miner Hugo Tiijerina, told Reuters. She worried that officials may have lost their chance at finding the miners when the water levels were lower.
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Florida Handyman Gets 3 Life Terms for Killing Woman Like a 'Second Mother' to Him, Hiding Body in Septic Tank
Keok Demich was waiting in Cynthia Cole’s shower before killing her.
A handyman in Florida will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing a woman he was working for and then hiding her body in a septic tank, authorities said.
The 34-year-old handyman, Keoki Hilo Demich, was sentenced Tuesday to three consecutive life terms for the murder of 57-year-old Cynthia Cole, according to CBS 12 News.
Demich was declared by a judge to be guilty of charges including first-degree murder, burglary of an occupied dwelling with assault or battery, sexual battery with great force, grand theft and grand theft of a motor vehicle, Treasure Coast Newspapers reported.
Demich was sentenced immediately after his guilty plea in Circuit Judge Sherwood Bauer's court to life terms on each of the first three charges, which will be served consecutively, according to the outlet. He was sentenced to lesser time on the other charges.
Due to his plea, prosecutors waived their pursuit of the death penalty, CBS 12 News reported.
Demich was working as a handyman for Cole when he hid in her shower and waited for her to return home before he attacked her. He drowned her in her bathtub and sexually abused her before he submerged her in a septic tank, police said.
Security footage showed Demich walking away from Cole's car the night she went missing, Sheriff William Snyder said, according to WPTV. Demich and Cole had known each other for years, as Demich was her regular handyman, authorities said.
After hours of excavation, Cole’s body was found on March 5 in a septic tank four feet underground, officials said.
“I will never understand how you do this to someone who you call a second mother," Cole's daughter Ashley Bevensee said to Demich.
"It has broken my family and after we have already lost our father nine years ago, if I ever get married, neither of them will be there to see it," Bevensee told the court, Treasure Coast Newspapers reported.
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Navy Wife Takes Effort to Free Husband From Japan Jail to White House
Lt. Ridge Alkonis was convicted of falling asleep behind the wheel of his car and crashing into a row of cars, killing two people. But Navy investigators concluded he was suffering from altitude sickness. "It was a medical emergency,” his wife says.
A Navy wife fighting to free her husband from a Japanese jail is taking her battle to the White House.
Lt. Ridge Alkonis was convicted of falling asleep behind the wheel of his car and crashing into a row of cars, killing two people.
The tragedy happened after Alkonis, who was stationed in Japan, had hiked up Mount Fuji with his family. He maintains he didn't fall asleep, and Navy investigators concluded he passed out from altitude sickness.
But a Japanese court convicted him of negligence and sentenced him to three years in jail.
“There was no crime. It was a medical emergency,” Alkonis’s wife Brittany told Inside Edition as supporters took their appeal to President Joe Biden.
When asked if her husband fell asleep at the wheel, Brittany said, “No. He wasn’t tired. He was mid-conversation with my daughter. He was telling me to close my eyes, because I was going to be car sick, and then he just lost consciousness,” Brittany said.
Brittany described the heartbreaking moment their children learned that their father would be going to jail.
“My two daughters just got real quiet. They started crying. My son was the one who was asking, ‘Why does daddy have to go to jail. Jail's for bad people. I don't want daddy to go to jail. Can I go with him?’” Brittany said.
There to show his support was Trevor Reed, the former U.S. Marine who was jailed in Russia for three years before he was released in April.
“Hopefully Ridge has a good chance of our government taking action and doing the right thing and getting him home,” Reed said.
The case was raised at a State Department press briefing on Tuesday.
“It’s caused tremendous heartache for all involved. We’re continuing to monitor the situation with the Department of Defense and our embassy in Tokyo,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.
Brittany Alkonis says she'll stay in D.C., away from their home in California, for as long as it takes.
“I need to talk to President Biden. I do believe that he's not in town today, but that's OK. I will still be here whenever he's ready,” Brittany said.
The State Department confirmed they are talking with Japanese officials to try to work out a resolution.
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Producers of Alabama Rush Documentary Deny Rumors of Sorority Recruits With Hidden Microphones
“The university has not authorized any third-party entity to film, record or document any recruitment activities,” the University of Alabama said in a statement. Producers from HBO and Vice confirmed they were making a documentary about the process.
The producers of an upcoming documentary film about the sorority recruitment process are denying “rumors of hidden microphones,” saying they are “untrue.”
“This film is a thoughtful and compassionate portrayal of young women in 2022 as they rush the sorority system at the University of Alabama,” the HBO and Vice producers said in a statement.
“Bama Rush” has become something of a social media phenomenon, with college students posting daily updates throughout pledge week.
But the college feared that there were spies among the recruits recording the top-secret activities.
“The university has not authorized any third-party entity to film, record or document any recruitment activities,” the university said in a statement.
There were strict rules during pledge week, including no filming. Recruits must leave their cell phones and purses outside the sorority houses, and anyone suspected of recording was kicked out.
One recruit says she got the boot because her hair tie was mistaken for a wire.
Pledge week culminated with 2,000 women celebrating being accepted into their sorority with a run out of the football stadium.
There are 18 sorority houses on campus, and 90% of the students who rush get in.
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Search Is on for 'Dangerous' Arkansas Man Serving Life in Prison for Rape Who Escaped From Work Crew
Authorities are on the hunt for Samuel Hartman, a "dangerous," and potentially armed man who was serving a life sentence for rape and escaped from his work crew.
The search is on for an Arkansas man serving life in prison for rape after he escaped from a work crew on Friday, according to authorities.
The escaped man, Samuel Hartman, is an inmate at the East Arkansas Regional Unit of Brickys Prison, according to local outlet The Clarion Ledger.
Hartman has been in the custody of the Arkansas Division of Correction since Dec. 2, 2013. He appealed his conviction to the state's Supreme Court but was denied, according to the outlet.
Hartman has a history of "major guilty disciplinary violations" while incarcerated, including for possessing contraband, battery and sexual activity, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
Hartman escaped while on assignment with a field maintenance crew located on State Highway 79, according to the Ledger.
The Tunica County Sheriff’s Department searched an RV park Friday night after receiving a tip that a truck driven by Hartman had been seen there, according to Yahoo News.
After the possible sighting, though students were released on-time, schools in the area were shutdown and all local businesses were told to be on high alert, according to the outlet.
Authorities say the escaped man has used the alias Samual Paul Heartman and his last known address is on Persimmon Point Road in Magazine, Arkansas, according to the Ledger.
Police are also looking for two women, Hartman's sister Misty Hartman and his mother Linda Annette White, who investigators say may be aiding Hartman in his evading authorities.
Neither Hartman nor his relatives were found in the searched RV park, but police said evidence suggests Hartman may have planned to stay there for a while, according to reports
Hartman’s vehicle, a white Chevy, was also spotted on Carp Drive in Tunica County, Mississippi, officials said.
The Tunica County Sheriff’s Office, DeSoto County SWAT team, and U.S. Marshals scoured the area Friday night. The Sheriff's Office reported finding a vehicle located on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi River and Arkansas State Police said they located two abandoned jet skis on a boat ramp that a farmer reported to have seen near Mhoon Landing Park.
Due to the location of the jet skis, police believe they were used by at least Hartman and that he could have used a boat to escape, according to ABC 24.
The jet skis are being processed by Mississippi Bureau of Investigation at this time, according to the outlet.
Authorities asked people to be on the lookout for any vehicle matching the description of a white 2021 Chevy Z71 Trail Boss. The vehicle in question could have Arkansas license plate number 398 ZVY or no plate at all, according to ABC 24. In addition to Mississippi, investigators are looking at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Wyoming, where Hartman allegedly has links.
Hartman, 38, stands 5 feet, 9 inches, and weighs 230 pounds. He has tattoos of a heart, sword, the words “Forever & Always,” as well as the words “Sam-N-Christine,” according to the authorities.
Hartman, as well as his mother and sister, should be considered armed and dangerous, officials said. Anyone with information on Hartman's whereabouts, and anyone who believes they have seen Hartman, his mother or his sister, should call 911, authorities said.
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In 1890, Ellsworth College was named after benefactor Eugene S. Ellsworth… and later this week, his descendants will be in Iowa Falls to see what a huge impact their forefather had on the community.
Great-great grandchild Marcia Fish McMahon, and her two sons; and great-great grandchild John Fish, along with his wife and daughter, will be in town to attend the Ellsworth Historical Museum Grand Opening from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 in the ECC Kruse-Main Building, next to Osgood Library.
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Ultramarathoner Attacked by Coyote While on 150-Mile Run Speaks About Terrifying Ordeal, How He Fought It Off
Experts say coyote attacks are becoming more common in populated areas.
A California man is speaking out after he was attacked by a coyote while running an ultramarathon.
Dean Karnazes was on a 150-mile trail run in Marin County when he says the coyote came up behind him. After the attack, he was able to finish his run, but was left with a bloodied face.
“I heard some footsteps coming up behind me, and I thought, ‘Oh there's a dog maybe coming up behind me.’ And I swung around to look, and a coyote hit me from behind. It happened really quickly and left me in a state of shock, I think,” Karnazes told Inside Edition.
He says he fought off the coyote with poles he runs with to give him stability on ultramarathons, which can take as long as 30 hours to complete.
“I hit it on the side, because I was carrying my poles like this, so it was pretty convenient to just whack it,” Karnazes said.
Experts say attacks by coyotes are becoming more common in populated areas, because too many people are feeding the wild animals. The result is coyotes are losing their fear of humans.
“When we start feeding animals, they become habituated and it creates problems. Once animals become reliant and dependent on human beings as a food source, especially previously wild animals, they begin to push those boundaries to get more and more food and get closer and closer,” wildlife biologist Forrest Galante said.
Karnazes says he believes the coyote attacked him because he wanted the granola bar he was eating.
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The Iowa Falls City Council voted 3-1 to spend $18,000 more than budgeted to purchase and install three new boilers at the Barlow Memorial Library during its regular meeting on Monday.
Council Member Bruce Thies was the lone dissenting vote.
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The Iowa Falls City Council voted 3-1 to spend $18,000 more than budgeted to purchase and install three new boilers at the Barlow Memorial Library during its regular meeting on Monday.
Council Member Bruce Thies was the lone dissenting vote.
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Hardin County VA Administrator Janetta Buck (left), Odd Fellow Verlynn Mensing, Hardin County Tire shop manager Jason Barrick and Odd Fellow Duane Schultz stand in front of the VA van before new tires are put on. The Oddfellows donated the money.
When Janetta Buck recently took over as the Hardin County Veterans Affairs Administrator, she had a lot of things on her desk. Paying for tires was lost in the pile. But with the help of a local organization and a business, funding was found.
Buck had been helping the Hardin County VA while holding a VA position in Grundy County, but officially took the office in July with the resignation of Bernal Koehrsen. One of the first real dilemmas she has had to work through was paying for tires for the VA van used to take veterans to their various appointments.
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HUBBARD-Marilyn Sellen, 91, of Hubbard, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at the Hubbard Care Center in Hubbard. Visitation will be held Sunday, Aug. 21, 2-4 p.m. at Boeke Funeral Home in Hubbard. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 22, at the Zion United Church of Christ in Hubbard. Marilyn chose to be cremated following the funeral service. Memorials may be directed to the Zion Church Memorial Fund. For more information and online condolences, go to www.boekefuneralhomes.com. Boeke Funeral Home in Hubbard is in charge of arrangements. | http://www.timescitizen.com/obituaries/death_notices/sellen-marilyn-tuesday-aug-16-2022/article_dca058c0-1e34-11ed-94cf-8bc73906c7b6.html | 2022-08-18T02:39:06Z | timescitizen.com | control | http://www.timescitizen.com/obituaries/death_notices/sellen-marilyn-tuesday-aug-16-2022/article_dca058c0-1e34-11ed-94cf-8bc73906c7b6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
IOWA FALLS-Helen Strohmeyer, 94, of Iowa Falls and formerly of Chicago, Ill., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022 at her Iowa Falls residence. Arrangements are pending with the Counsell Woodley Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Iowa Falls.
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Friends are a treasure. "They have keys to open our locked doors inside of us. They can grip the drapes we've draw around ourselves and yank them back."
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A few observations while playing a round of golf and while watching Major League Baseball’s “Field of Dreams” game which, in the end, probably have nothing to do with each other.
I went to a driving range during one of those hot days recently. Filling a bucket of balls, I walked to a tee box between two other men. Although they were next to me, I still felt they would be out of danger. After hitting a few with my Driver, I turned to get another club and found the guy behind me on his back on the tee box.
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A couple days ago, I got a Facebook friend request from a boy I went to school with. I attended a large school district in Colorado with tons of kids – we’re talking several grade schools, two junior highs and a large three-year high school - and I didn’t really know him, but I knew who he was. He was probably in and out of my classes from grade school through graduation, but we didn’t run in the same circles.
I did remember him though and accepted his friend request.
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BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore judge convicted a city police officer of reckless endangerment on Tuesday, finding that he failed to defend an assault victim during an investigation, prosecutors said.
The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s office said that when Officer Christopher Nguyen, 27, responded to an assault call in 2020, he failed to supervise or detain Kenneth Sommers, creating "a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to the victim, Wayne Brown, a physically incapacitated individual at the time,” news outlets reported.
Body-worn camera footage showed Nguyen speaking to Sommers, who says a man stole a vehicle from his business and after he tracked the vehicle, he confronted the man. Sommers had pulled the man from the vehicle and beaten him, according to charging documents.
Brown can be seen lying in the grass nearby and Sommers leans over him and says, “Hey, can you see that? Can you see? So you can remember me,” before kicking Brown in the head.
Online court records show Sommers was convicted of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit filed by Delaware’s attorney general seeking to hold the petroleum industry responsible for climate change effects in the state must be heard in state court instead of federal court.
Wednesday's ruling by a three-judge panel also applies to a similar lawsuit filed by the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, against the fossil-fuel industry.
The lawsuits were filed in state courts but oil companies sought to move them to federal courts, arguing that they involved tort claims under federal law because they involved substantive federal issues and offshore oil production. The companies also argued that they were acting under federal officers in exploring and drilling for oil.
The Third Circuit panel, like four other circuit courts around the country, rejected those arguments and upheld district court rulings remanding the complaints to state courts in Delaware and New Jersey.
“Climate change is an important problem with national and global implications,” Judge Stephanos Bibas noted in writing the panel opinion. “But federal courts cannot hear cases just because they are important.”
Addressing specific arguments raised by the oil companies, Bibas said the lawsuits do not assert claims regarding actions that the oil companies were directed to take by federal officers. The companies based that argument on the fact that the federal government leases them offshore drilling rights, and that they have contributed oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and have provided specialty fuels to the military.
“In their complaints, both Hoboken and Delaware insist that they are not suing over emissions caused by fuel provided to the federal government,” Bibas noted.
The court also determined that oil exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf, which could invoke federal jurisdiction, “is too many steps removed from the burning of fuels that causes climate change.”
“Most federal-question cases allege violations of the Constitution, federal statutes, or federal common law. But Delaware and Hoboken allege only the torts of nuisance, trespass, negligence (including negligent failure to warn), and misrepresentation, plus consumer-fraud violations, all under state law,” Bibas wrote.
The court said those state laws are not pre-empted by federal statutes, and it rejected the defendants’ arguments of pre-emption under federal common law.
A spokesman for Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Jennings said the Delaware Department of Justice agreed with the court’s “clear and unanimous opinion.”
Jennings announced in September 2020 that the state was suing Exxon, Chevron, BP, the American Petroleum Institute and 27 other defendants, saying they are responsible for “decades of deception about the role their products play in causing climate change.”
The complaint alleges that the defendants are responsible for causing and accelerating climate change that has had “devastating economic and public health impacts” on the state. Those alleged harms include sea level rise resulting in flooding, saltwater intrusion into groundwater, and threats to infrastructure, as well as coastal erosion, loss of wetlands, and an increase in “extreme weather events.” | https://www.wboc.com/news/fed-panel-delaware-suit-against-oil-industry-is-state-issue/article_be8faf16-1e93-11ed-8ab9-a71d08c7849f.html | 2022-08-18T02:50:12Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/fed-panel-delaware-suit-against-oil-industry-is-state-issue/article_be8faf16-1e93-11ed-8ab9-a71d08c7849f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware’s incumbent state auditor has raised only about half as much in campaign contributions this year as her Democratic primary challenger has, according to campaign finance reports filed this week.
Auditor Kathy McGuiness, who in July became the first statewide elected official in Delaware to be convicted on criminal charges while in office, reported raising $24,190 since January in her campaign for re-election.
McGuiness’ primary opponent, Lydia York, who has been endorsed by the Delaware Democratic Party, reported raising $47,220 in financial contributions since establishing a campaign committee in late May. She also loaned her campaign $10,100 and reported a $5,000 “in-kind” contribution from the Democratic State Committee for access to a voter database.
McGuiness, who was elected auditor in 2018, started this year with $61,362.43 in her campaign account. She reported spending $14,189.06, leaving her with a balance of $71,363.37.
York reported spending $27,273.13, not including a $5,000 “in-kind expenditure” for access to the Democratic committee’s database, finishing the reporting period that ended Sunday with a balance of $30,046.87.
The primary election is Sept. 13. The winner will face Republican Janice Lorrah in November.
McGuiness, who is responsible as auditor for rooting out government fraud, waste and abuse, was indicted in October on felony counts of theft and witness intimidation, and misdemeanor charges of official misconduct, conflict of interest and noncompliance with procurement laws.
A jury acquitted her in July on the felony charges but convicted her of the misdemeanor offenses, each of which carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison but a presumptive sentence of probation. The judge is currently weighing post-trial motions by McGuiness’ attorney, who is seeking a judgment of acquittal or, in the alternative, a new trial.
McGuiness was convicted of conflict of interest in the hiring of her daughter in 2020. Prosecutors alleged that Saylar McGuiness, 20, was hired even as other part-time workers in the auditor’s office left because of a lack of work early in the coronavirus pandemic, and was then allowed special privileges not available to other “casual-seasonal” workers. McGuiness also was convicted of structuring payments under a no-bid communications services contract with a consulting firm she had used in a 2016 campaign for lieutenant governor to avoid having to get them approved by the state Division of Accounting. The structuring and conflict of interest convictions laid the foundation for jurors to also find McGuiness guilty of official misconduct.
McGuiness continues to maintain her innocence and to campaign for re-election. Among those donating to her campaign this year was House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf, a longtime political ally and fellow Rehoboth Beach resident. Schwartzkopf in late April donated $1,200 to McGuiness, the maximum individual contribution for a statewide candidate in an election period.
McGuiness, in turn, donated $500 each to state Sen. Darius Brown and Rep. Stephanie Bolden, both Wilmington Democrats, a week later. She officially filed for re-election the next day.
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A US district court judge in North Carolina on Wednesday allowed a North Carolina law that bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy to be reinstated, lifting an injunction he had placed on the state law prior to the US Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
In 2019, District Judge William Osteen had stopped the law from being enforced and declared the ban unconstitutional based on Supreme Court precedent. His decision was upheld in 2021 by an appeals court.
But in his order Wednesday, Osteen wrote that "under Dobbs, there is now no constitutional right to a pre-viability abortion, thus depriving the injunction of any constitutional basis from which to enjoin the challenged North Carolina laws regulating abortion."
He also disagreed with the parties in the lawsuit that lifting the injunction would lead to confusion, instead saying that "leaving the injunction in place wrongfully heightens confusion because to do so is misleading as to the effect of Dobbs."
"Neither this court, nor the public, nor counsel, nor providers have the right to ignore the rule of law as determined by the Supreme Court," he added.
Abortion rights advocates called Osteen's ruling an "egregious overstep by the court."
"Despite the fact that this law has long been rightfully blocked, the court reopened the case in an unprompted move that all parties explicitly opposed. This decision to disrupt the abortion access landscape in North Carolina and the surrounding region only worsens the chaos and crisis ensuing across the country in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. People will suffer from this dangerous ban," the groups, including Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said in a joint statement.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, on Wednesday said that the "significant problem with this ruling is that it will criminalize important health care that's needed in certain extraordinary circumstances."
"Abortion past 20 weeks in pregnancy is exceptionally rare and happens because of a devastating health emergency or diagnosis. Denying women necessary medical care in extreme and threatening situations, even if rare, is fundamentally wrong, and we cannot let politicians mislead people about the real world implications of this harmful law," he said in a statement.
He added that the "vast majority of patients will still be able to access reproductive health care in North Carolina, and I remain committed to protecting it."
North Carolina doctors and Planned Parenthood South Atlantic had first brought the suit against the law in 2016.
After the Supreme Court ruling, Republican legislative leaders have pushed for the injunction to be lifted while North Carolina's Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein said in a statement last month that he would not take action to lift the hold.
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, a Republican, said in a statement Wednesday he is "encouraged that, although our attorney general has failed to do his duty, today we have a ruling that upholds the law."
"With Roe vs. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court, the legal basis for the injunction was no longer existent, and the people's determination of abortion policy through their elected representatives in the General Assembly was restored," Tami Fitzgerald, the head of the anti-abortion group North Carolina Values Coalition, said in a statement.
Fitzgerald called the reinstatement of the law "just the beginning" and said NC Values Coalition would "work hard to get legislation passed" that would further restrict the procedure.
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In court Wednesday, a Los Angeles County fire captain denied using photos from the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others as a "party trick" when he showed the images during an awards ceremony cocktail hour.
Fire Captain Tony Imbrenda's testimony was part of a federal civil lawsuit brought by Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, that alleges LA County invaded her privacy and failed to fully contain the spread of the photos, inflicting emotional distress. Christopher Chester, whose wife and daughter also died in the crash, is a co-plaintiff. Both he and Bryant allege they live in fear of the photos re-surfacing online.
Imbrenda served as a public information officer the day of the crash. In February 2020, while at the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California's Golden Mike awards, a discussion began among several fire department public information officers about the response that day and Imbrenda's role in it, the captain testified.
During the conversation, Imbrenda said he pulled out his phone and showed some photos from the crash -- mostly of the debris field, he told the court, but some of the images did have human remains.
"I did not believe I was violating any policy. ... In retrospect, I feel that that wasn't a good decision, it wasn't my best judgment," Imbrenda said.
But Imbrenda maintained he was sharing what he considered to be educational details with other public information officers. "I felt the discussion was appropriate, the setting was not," he said.
In addition to photos taken by Imbrenda the day after the crash, he testified that he received dozens of photos of the site from several people -- including from phone numbers he didn't recognize -- since he asks personnel to send him incident photos as a part of his job.
Fire captain denies showing images of Bryant
The awards show incident came to light after the wife of an LA firefighter, Luella Weireter, who was with the group during cocktail hour, filed an official complaint with a battalion chief at a county fire station in Malibu.
Weireter is the cousin of Keri Altobelli, who, along with her husband John and daughter Alyssa, died in the same helicopter crash.
Last week, Weireter testified in court that she saw Imbrenda share the photos of the crash site and Bryant's remains at the event. Weireter characterized it as being like a party trick, testifying she saw one firefighter break away from the group, saying, "I can't believe I just looked at Kobe's burnt up body, and now I'm about to eat."
During his testimony Wednesday, Imbrenda repeatedly stressed that human remains weren't the subjects of the photos he had, and they instead were "debris field photographs that contain human remains in them" and "overall photographs of the incident."
Imbrenda denied showing photos of Kobe Bryant's remains or even having photos of his body. He said he visited the site a day after the crash, by which time any identifiable body parts were either covered or removed from the scene.
He also said he didn't know a victim's family member was present at the event.
When asked by Jerome Jackson, an attorney representing Chester, whether he used the photos "like a party trick," Imbrenda said, "Absolutely not."
"You think she made it up?" Jackson asked.
"I believe she is mistaken," Imbrenda replied.
Imbrenda also denied a claim by Weireter that his girlfriend excitedly called her over to look at the photos. "Maybe (Weireter) was mistaken as to who she was talking to, but she wasn't talking to my girlfriend," Imbrenda said.
The captain said that at the time he was showing the photos, the firefighters' girlfriends and wives were standing separate from the four personnel discussing the crash. "I would not engage in that conversation with civilian wives and girlfriends," he said.
While questioning Imbrenda, lawyers for the plaintiffs also showed the court a clip from an interview with Captain Erik Scott of the LA City Fire Department, another information officer who attended the gala. In the clip, Scott told county investigators "there might have been a torso or somebody bent in half" in the photos he saw.
Scott took the witness stand after Imbrenda on Wednesday. He testified that the focus of the conversation at the gala was to learn from Imbrenda, but agreed human remains could be seen in some of the photos they scrolled through. He said their brief look at the photos did not center on the human remains.
"It was centered on the high impact crash," Scott said, adding that they discussed the fog that day, the speed of the helicopter and Imbrenda's response to the media and the news conferences.
Jackson asked Scott: "Did seeing a torso enhance your ability to be a PIO?"
"No," Scott replied.
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Expert: Cause of fatal Evansville explosion possibly related to fuel-air mixture
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Doctor Scott Davis is a Combustion Systems Expert and CEO of Gexcon.
He’s a seasoned explosion investigator, and he says when you investigate an explosion like the one on Weinbach Avenue, you’ve got to start ruling things out before you can land on a cause.
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After seeing video and our coverage of the incident, he has an educated guess.
“I would just say it was a decent fuel-air mixture,” Davis said. “I would say the fuel-air mixture was on the reactive part. I mean it could be propane that could do the same thing, natural gas could do the same, ethanol, gasoline,” Davis continued. “You just pick and you name it, you can put it in that phase, and the energy content of all those fuels is very similar.”
When it comes to helping investigators come to that conclusion Davis says the size and destruction of the blast plays a role.
“A pilot leak in your house won’t do it, so one outside is obviously not going to do it either. So, you’re not talking about these small leaks, you’re talking about something very significant that could migrate into the home,” Davis said, “if you’re looking at the gas system in the home, it’d have to be some kind of catastrophic failure or something opening inside of the home as well.”
He says an investigation into an incident like this could take weeks, or even months, and it’s not unheard of for the end result to be “undetermined.”
He also says this has the markings of a fuel-air explosion, but it would take a serious amount of fuel, whether that be natural gas, propane, ethanol or something else entirely to create a scene of this magnitude.
From Davis’ observation, he estimated that it would have to be an entire floor of a house. For instance, a basement, main floor or upstairs of a home that was entirely full of gas.
“With the level that I saw here, you’re probably talking at least a full volume layer. Whether it’s basement and partially upstairs, or a little bit more of the upstairs, you’re talking a significant volume,” says Davis.
Indiana State Fire Marshal’s as well as the Evansville Fire Department confirmed that there’s no specific timeline in place.
Our 14 News team looked into the layout of utility pipes in the area, among other things concerning this case. A Freedom of Information Act request was also sent to CenterPoint energy for access to some of those answers, but we were denied.
CenterPoint cited that they are a private company and don’t have to abide by those laws.
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Chicago firefighter injured battling West Side blaze
CHICAGO - A Chicago firefighter was injured Wednesday night in a fire on the West Side.
The incident happened near Chicago and Cicero avenues in the South Austin neighborhood.
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The fire department says the firefighter was struck in the head by a piece of wood. He was taken to an area hospital in fair condition.
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Chicago police bodycam video shows party bus driver's reaction after vehicles sideswiped
CHICAGO - We are hearing for the first time from the party bus driver accused of smashing into more than a dozen vehicles near Wrigley Field earlier this month.
Police caught up to 45-year-old Gregory Baldwin of Valparaiso after amateur video shows the Black Label Limousine driver sideswiping 18 vehicles on August 6.
"His boss is really going to love him," a Chicago police officer is heard saying in bodycam footage of the incident.
When officers asked Baldwin why he didn’t stop, he said, "I was just cruisin’ around looking for somewhere to park and just sit there until the game was over and I went and made a turn and I cut it too close."
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Baldwin says prior to the incident, he had dropped a group of riders off at Wrigley Field and was going to pick them up after the game. An officer asks Baldwin if he needs an ambulance and he replies, "No man, I’m just freaked out."
When asked if he’s consumed any alcoholic beverages, he says "No, no sir, absolutely not."
Once police load him into a van for transport to the station, Baldwin asks if anyone was hurt. An officer responds, "That’s not the point. I can’t tell you right now. We’re doing an investigation."
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While some of the worst heat of the week in Southern California has passed, don’t expect any immediate relief from high temperatures and humidity as summer-like conditions are expected through the weekend, meteorologists said Wednesday, Aug. 17.
Tuesday and Wednesday featured temperatures well above their seasonal averages, with many inland marks in the high 90s and low 100s, the National Weather Service said. Riverside felt a high of 98 degrees Wednesday while San Bernardino peaked at 101 degrees, according to the NWS.
Beginning Thursday, Aug. 18, high temperatures will scale back slightly each day, remaining mostly in the 90s throughout the Inland Empire, said Casey Oswant, meteorologist with the NWS.
No daily high temperature records were broken Wednesday in Southern California, as many of the current high marks on the day were “pretty high,” said Joe Sirard, meteorologist with the NWS.
In the San Fernando Valley, temperatures in the upper 90s and low 100s are still expected on Thursday and Friday, Sirard said. After feeling a weekly high mark at 104 degrees in Woodland Hills on Tuesday, the gradual relief brought temperatures down two degrees Wednesday, with another drop-off to 98 degrees projected for Thursday, according to Sirard and NWS data.
It will remain hot for southwest CA mountains, coastal & interior valleys, & deserts thru Friday. Temps will be in the 90s to 105, hottest for interior valleys/deserts, or 6 degrees above normal for Lancaster and 10 for Paso Robles. Take precautions for heat! #CAwx #LAheat pic.twitter.com/WF4t41wmTF
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) August 17, 2022
By the weekend, temperatures are expected to stabilize back near their seasonal averages, Sirard said.
Conditions throughout Southern California for the rest of the week were expected to be “warm and muggy” as monsoonal moisture brought extra humidity into the air, the NWS said. The humidity was expected to taper off this weekend as “drier and warmer” weather is projected next week, the NWS said.
A statewide Flex Alert was issued for electricity consumers Wednesday in response to an increase in power demand throughout the state as high heat persists throughout. The California Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s power grid, also issued “restricted maintenance operations” through Thursday from noon to 10 p.m. to help “ensure all generators and transmission lines are online and available,” the grid operator said.
It wasn’t immediately clear if any more statewide Flex Alerts would be issued in response to the ongoing heat this week.
Monsoonal weather patterns were expected to kick back up as soon as Friday in many of the mountain areas of San Bernardino and Riverside counties, the NWS said. On Tuesday, heavy rainfall in the Big Bear area produced over 4 inches of rain in some areas near the lake.
It's August, it's hot, and there may be a few thunderstorms over the mountains and deserts today and Thursday. #cawx pic.twitter.com/WJ9JLyPRxZ
— NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) August 17, 2022
Forecasted temperatures for Thursday:
— Downtown Los Angeles: 86
— Fullerton: 87
— Long Beach: 82
— Anaheim: 86
— Mission Viejo: 87
— Pomona: 91
— Redlands: 98
— Riverside: 96
— San Bernardino: 99
— Lake Elsinore: 98
— Torrance: 78
— Van Nuys: 97
— Whittier: 90
— Pasadena: 90
Source: National Weather Service
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ELK POINT, S.D. (KCAU) — The Union County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a phone scam that claims to be from their department.
According to a Facebook post, the Sheriff’s office have received multiple reports of scam phone calls, claiming to be the Union County Sheriff’s Office, asking individuals for personal information, and claiming they have warrants that need to be paid over the phone.
According to the post, the current phone number being used is 605-340-0082 with a voicemail attached to the number claims to be the Union County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s office has stated the number is not associated with them and would never call residents requesting payments over the phone.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal requiring him to testify about illicit business practices at the former president's company, two people familiar with the matter said.
Allen Weisselberg is charged with taking more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the Trump Organization over several years, including untaxed perks like rent, car payments and school tuition.
The plea deal would require Weisselberg to speak in court Thursday about the company's role in the alleged compensation arrangement and possibly serve as a witness when the Trump Organization goes on trial in October on related charges, the people said.
The two people were not authorized to speak publicly about the case and did so on the condition of anonymity.
Weisselberg, 75, is likely to receive a sentence of five months in jail, to be served at New York City's notorious Rikers Island complex. He could be required to pay about $2 million in restitution, including taxes, penalties, and interest, the people said. If that punishment holds, Weisselberg would be eligible for release after about 100 days.
Messages seeking comment were left with the Manhattan district attorney's office and lawyers for Weisselberg and the Trump Organization.
Weisselberg is the only person to face criminal charges so far in the Manhattan district attorney's long-running investigation of the company's business practices.
Seen as one of Trump's most loyal business associates, Weisselberg was arrested in July 2021. His lawyers have argued the Democrat-led district attorney's office was punishing him because he wouldn't offer information that would damage Trump.
The district attorney has also been investigating whether Trump or his company lied to banks or the government about the value of its properties to obtain loans or reduce tax bills.
Former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who started the investigation, last year directed his deputies to present evidence to a grand jury and seek an indictment of Trump, according to former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who previously led the probe.
But after Vance left office, his successor, Alvin Bragg, allowed the grand jury to disband without charges. Both prosecutors are Democrats. Bragg has said the investigation is continuing.
The Trump Organization is not involved in Weisselberg's expected guilty plea Thursday and is scheduled to be tried in the alleged compensation scheme in October.
Prosecutors alleged that the company gave untaxed fringe benefits to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
Under state law, punishment for the most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, could carry a penalty as high as 15 years in prison. But the charge carries no mandatory minimum, and most first-time offenders in tax-related cases never end up behind bars.
The tax fraud charges against the Trump Organization are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe. The Republican has decried the New York investigations as a "political witch hunt," has said his company's actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James' parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump's company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
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Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan slammed the Biden administration over its fixation about whether or not we are in an economic recession.
Moynihan, the leader of one of the largest financial institutions in the world, said regardless of the semantic games from The White House, the current economy is causing a real financial burden on people.
“Recession is a word. Whether we are in a recession or not is really not the important thing. It’s what it feels like for the people going through this,” told The Associated Press at the Bank of America Tower in midtown Manhattan.
Politicians have bickered back and forth on whether or not the US is undergoing a recession ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. President Joe Biden claimed on July 28 that the US was not in a recession despite new data showing GDP had contracted for a second straight quarter — meeting the long-accepted definition of a recession.
Meanwhile, Republican critics have said excess federal spending fueled the worst inflation since 1981, hitting an annual rate of 9.1% in June, causing consumer confidence to tumble despite strong monthly job reports.
In response to surging inflation, the Federal Reserve has aggressively raised interest rates and more hikes are expected soon after officials found “little evidence” late last month that US inflation pressures were easing.
Moynihan would not say whether the US economy is in a recession or not, saying that will have to be determined by “a bunch of people in Cambridge, Massachusetts,” — referring to the National Bureau of Economic Research that determines when recessions officially begin and end.
The two biggest factors directly affecting Americans today are gas prices and rent, Moynihan said. Gas prices finally dropped below a national average of $4 last week but had peaked at over $5 in June, according to AAA.
Moynihan, who’s been Bank of America’s top executive since 2010, was more concerned about the rent costs, which don’t fluctuate like gas does.
“Gas prices are coming back down, but rents are going up 10, 12, 15 percent. And rent can end up taking 40% of these households’ income,” Moynihan told AP.
Rent accounts for about one-third of the government’s Consumer Price Index, which showed a year-over-year increase of 8.5% in July, while gas prices continued to fall.
“We are worried about, for the U.S. broad-based consumer, is the increased rents as we go into the natural turn of rents (typically in the fall with school year),” he added.
Moynihan said he still believes the average American consumer is in good shape and should be able to survive this period of economic uncertainty. Americans who have a fixed-rate mortgage largely have locked in low borrowing costs, he said. Credit card balances, while surging, are still lower as a percentage of household income.
“We see no deterioration in consumer behavior from the beginning of the year until now,” he said. While Americans aren’t saving money at previous rates, he said that’s likely due to rising costs.
The CEO added that companies raising wages for workers is also helping Americans get by.
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US to hold trade talks with Taiwan in new show of support
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. government plans talks with Taiwan on a wide-ranging trade treaty in a sign of support for the self-ruled island democracy claimed by China’s ruling Communist Party as part of its territory.
The announcement Thursday comes after Beijing held military drills that included firing missiles into the sea to intimidate Taiwan following this month’s visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office made no mention of tension with Beijing but said the “formal negotiations” were meant to enhance trade and regulatory cooperation, which would entail closer official interaction.
President Joe Biden’s coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region, Kurt Campbell, told reporters last week that trade talks would be part of efforts to “deepen our ties with Taiwan,” though he said U.S. policy wasn’t changing.
Taiwan and China split in 1949 after a civil war. The island never has been part of the People’s Republic of China, but the Communist Party says it is obliged to united politically with the mainland, by force if necessary.
The United States has no official relations with Taiwan but maintains extensive ties through its unofficial embassy, the American Institute in Taiwan.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government says official contact with Taiwan such as Pelosi’s Aug. 2 one-day visit might embolden the island to try to make its decade-old de facto independence permanent, a step Beijing says would lead to war.
Washington says it takes no position on the status of China and Taiwan but wants their dispute settled peacefully. The U.S. government is obligated by federal law to see that the island has the means to defend itself.
“We will continue to take calm and resolute steps to uphold peace and stability in the face of Beijing’s ongoing efforts to undermine it, and to support Taiwan,” Campbell said during a conference call last Friday.
A second group of U.S. lawmakers led by Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, arrived on Taiwan on Sunday and met with President Tsai Ing-wen. Beijing announced a second round of military drills following their arrival.
Beijing had no immediate reaction to the trade talks announcement.
The talks also will cover agriculture, labor, the environment, digital technology, the status of state-owned enterprises and “non-market policies,” the USTR said.
It gave no indication which officials would be involved but said talks would be held under the auspices of the American Institute and Taiwan’s informal embassy, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States.
U.S.-Chinese relations are their lowest level in decades amid disputes about security, technology, Beijing’s treatment of Muslim minorities and its crackdown in Hong Kong.
They are are locked in a 3-year-old tariff war over disputes in many of the areas mentioned in Thursday’s announcement. They include China’s support for government companies that dominate many of its industries and complaints Beijing steals foreign technology and hampers foreign competitors in an array of fields in violation of its market-opening commitments.
Then-President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods in 2019 in response to complaints its technology development tactics violate its free-trade commitments and threaten U.S. industrial leadership. President Joe Biden has left most of those tariff hikes in place.
Taiwan, with 24 million people, is the ninth-largest U.S. trading partner and the 10th-largest U.S. export market, according to the USTR. The State Department describes it as a “key U.S. partner in the Indo-Pacific.”
Taiwan is the main global source of processor chips for smartphones, medical devices, autos and home appliances, as well as industrial components used by factories in China and other Asian countries.
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XI'AN, China, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 12, 2022, Deloitte China announced 50 winners of the 2022 China's Best Managed Companies award program. LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (LONGi) was among the selected companies, becoming part of the global BMC enterprise with its outstanding performance in the global framework of Deloitte's Management Excellence Standards in the four dimensions of "Strategy, Capability, Commitment and Finance".
The global BMC program was co-launched by Deloitte, Bank of Singapore, HKUST Business School and Harvard Business Review. The program has a 29-year history and aims to identify organizations with exceptional and systematic management skills. As the only international award that comprehensively evaluates the management system of private enterprises in China, all the previous winners are "hidden champions" and top private enterprises from various segments in China.
"The 2022 Best Managed winners have demonstrated strong business performance as well as brand values. Despite these companies having faced multiple challenges like COVID-19, they exemplified the resilience and ability to rapidly recover from the pandemic and adapt to new situations," said Xu Ke, managing partner of Deloitte Private China.
"LONGi has always been a firm believer in longtermism. It not only takes long-term reliability as the basic principle of product development but also innovatively promotes the concept of 'producing clean energy products from clean energy' in the photovoltaic industry, adhering to responsible production and shouldering increasing responsibility for global sustainable development." In an interview with Deloitte China and Harvard Business Review, Zhong Baoshen, Chairman of LONGi, noted that while LONGi is innovative, reliability should be the primary standard, so that these long-term energy assets can be preserved and the benefits can be fully utilized.
During this year's event, representatives from 50 award-winning companies discussed how to transcend the economic cycle and collaborate to achieve greater social value by focusing on the themes of "Co-Creating Customers" and "Co-Creating Environment". Liu Xiaodong, Board Secretary of LONGi, accepted the award on behalf of the company and announced co-creation initiatives for 2022-2023 on behalf of all BMC winners as the annual rotating chairman enterprise.
About LONGi
Founded in 2000, LONGi is committed to being the world's leading solar technology company, focusing on customer-driven value creation for full scenario energy transformation.
Under its mission of 'making the best of solar energy to build a green world' and brand philosophy of 'Steadfast and Reliable Technology Leadership', LONGi has dedicated itself to technology innovation and established five business sectors, covering mono silicon wafers, cells and modules, commercial & industrial distributed solar solutions, green energy solutions and hydrogen equipment. The company has honed its capabilities to provide green energy and has, more recently, also embraced green hydrogen products and solutions to support global zero carbon development. www.longi.com
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Will the iconic Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium ever reopen to the public? After closing down due to water quality and safety issues 43 years ago, the storied landmark now sits dilapidated with crumbling concrete and chipped paint.
The city told KITV-4 it is "in the process of preparing the design documents for the renovation of the Natatorium and is also in the process of obtaining the necessary permits."
Designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the facility opened on August 24, 1927 to commemorate about 10,000 Hawai'i residents who served in the first world war, as there were no remains to repatriate.
"This one was unique because it allowed people to not only remember as a monument, but also participate. As a veteran, I know the importance of remembering," Former Navy Command Master Chief Mo Radke said.
For the past 14 years, Radke has dedicated his time pushing for the renovation of the fabled monument with non-profit Friends of the Natatorium.
For 50 years, the natatorium welcomed esteemed swimmers, and Radke described it as "the Wimbledon of swimming, the St. Andrews of swimming."
Structural Engineer Steven Baldridge took underwater photos of the structure for the city a few years back to survey damages.
"There's a lot of repair work that's needed out there, mostly on the upper decks, the piles look pretty good," Baldridge said.
"The concrete at the natatorium has actually lasted pretty long."
According to the trust, renovation is estimated to cost nearly $32 million dollars and demolition would be about $35 million.
The Kaimana Beach Coalition wants the decaying structure removed to preserve the beach and avoid any potential commercial activity that may crowd out beachgoers.
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi's predecessor, former Mayor Kirk Caldwell, had plans to move forward with renovation.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Voted one of the top bakeries in Hawaii, Liliha Bakery will open a new location in Central Oahu on August 31.
The 7,000 square foot full-service coffee shop and bakery will be at the Pearl Highlands Center, in the former Pier 1 Imports space.
Doors open Wednesday, August 31, at 6:30 a.m. Inspired by their Nimitz location, the new Pearl Highlands location will include a 4,500 dine-in area, as well as a bakery counter for takeout.
Open daily from 6:30 a.m. – 10 p.m., the location will feature favorites like hot cakes, oxtail soup and loco moco, and over 150 different types of fresh, hand-made from scratch pastries, like coco puffs and poi mochi donuts.
“For several years now it’s been one of Liliha Bakery’s goals to service our amazing central Oahu and west side communities a little closer to home, and it’s an honor we have the opportunity to expand and do so," said Connie Wong, Liliha Bakery Marketing Lead. “At our newest Pearl Highlands Center location, we’ll be sure to carry on Liliha Bakery’s legacy of timeless local dishes, freshly baked goods and pastries for Liliha lovers west of Honolulu to enjoy now conveniently in central Oahu.”
Other locations include the original Liliha Bakery location in Kalihi, Nimitz, Ala Moana Center in Macy’s and the International Market Place.
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In hopes of capturing the championship title this year, Daniel Suárez’s Trackhouse Racing Team announced a new partnership with Princess Cruises that will be featured on his No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro.
As the primary sponsor, the Princess Cruises’ Camaro will race at the Watkins Glen International race in New York and the Homestead-Miami Speedway race in Florida.
Princess Cruises’ Sponsored Chevrolet
Princess Cruises recently announced its partnership with Trackhouse Racing Team, as the line enters the world of NASCAR in hopes of assisting the team to win the championship title for 2022. The partnership will include stock car racing drivers Daniel Suárez and his teammate, Ross Chastain.
Suárez, the first Mexican driver to win in the Cup Series on June 12, 2022, at Sonoma Raceway in California, and Chastain have visited victory lane three times just this year. They will race as fan favorites in the 16-driver playoffs on September 4 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.
“I can’t certainly tell you the type of trip I am going to go on this off season if we win the championship,” said Suárez. “I think everyone has heard of Princess Cruises and dreams of going on a trip somewhere special. I hope we can help a lot of people do that soon.”
Daniel Suárez’s Trackhouse Racing Team will be racing their No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro at the 10-race NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, as its second season in the Cup Series.
The Camaro will also be raced at the Watkins Glen International race in New York on August 21 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida on October 23.
Trackhouse founder and team owner Justin Marks stated, “The biggest and most recognizable companies are seeing the value in Trackhouse Racing, our drivers and the sport of NASCAR.”
Marks, who brought in entertainer Pitbull as a team partner last year added, “Princess Cruises is a powerful brand and the goal of this partnership is to expose our fans to the wonders of a Princess cruise vacation and provide NASCAR fans a very cool way to travel the globe.”
In the coming weeks Princess Cruises and Trackhouse Racing will unveil a program that will enable NASCAR fans to travel its ships around the globe through its immersive itineraries.
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“We are proud to partner with Trackhouse Racing and enter the NASCAR world,” said John Padgett, president of Princess Cruises.
“Trackhouse has been one of the most exciting and interesting teams, we appreciate and applaud Daniel and Ross’s impressive success and we look forward to showing NASCAR fans the exceptional, vacations Princess Cruises offers. We have a lot of plans that we think NASCAR fans are going to really like.”
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As the world’s leading international premium cruise line operating a fleet of 15 ships, Princess Cruises carries millions of guests each year to 330 destinations around the globe on 170 itineraries, ranging in length from three to 111 days.
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In 2017 Carnival Corporation-owned Princess Cruises introduced MedallionClass Vacations using the industry’s most advanced wearable device, the Medallion, which is provided free to each guest sailing on a MedallionClass ship.
Effective September 6, the cruise line will remove its vaccine requirements for most voyages less than 16 days, and vaccinated guests sailing fewer than 16 days in length will no longer have to test before boarding.
Guests five and older, sailing on voyages longer than 15 nights or sailing on full Panama Canal transits, trans-ocean, and other specific itineraries will need to take a supervised test within three days of embarkation. | https://www.cruisehive.com/princess-cruises-sponsors-nascar-racing-team/79246 | 2022-08-18T03:48:19Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/princess-cruises-sponsors-nascar-racing-team/79246 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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The Grand Rapids Fire Department responded to calls at 8:45 about a fire on 4 Mile Road in Plainfield Township.
Captain Bill Smith of GRFD said that when firefighters arrived on scene, the car was already "well-involved."
The car was a total loss, Captain Smith said.
He also said that house was also severely damaged, with half of the house's exterior and a third of the house's interior being destroyed.
No one suffered injuries in the fire and all three people staying at the house were safe. However, Captain Smith said they would be unable to stay in the building that night.
The fire seems to have been accidental, said Captain Smith.
"It's always good to have working smoke alarms in your homes. Even for something like this where we have an outside fire that can quickly move into a home and can catch you off guard," said Captain Smith. "Working smoke alarms save lives." | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/fire-starts-in-car-spreads-to-house-on-4-mile-road | 2022-08-18T03:51:51Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/fire-starts-in-car-spreads-to-house-on-4-mile-road | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal requiring him to testify about illicit business practices at the former president's company, two people familiar with the matter said.
Allen Weisselberg is charged with taking more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the Trump Organization over several years, including untaxed perks like rent, car payments and school tuition.
The plea deal would require Weisselberg to speak in court Thursday about the company's role in the alleged compensation arrangement and possibly serve as a witness when the Trump Organization goes on trial in October on related charges, the people said.
The two people were not authorized to speak publicly about the case and did so on the condition of anonymity.
Weisselberg, 75, is likely to receive a sentence of five months in jail, to be served at New York City's notorious Rikers Island complex. He could be required to pay about $2 million in restitution, including taxes, penalties, and interest, the people said. If that punishment holds, Weisselberg would be eligible for release after about 100 days.
Messages seeking comment were left with the Manhattan district attorney's office and lawyers for Weisselberg and the Trump Organization.
Weisselberg is the only person to face criminal charges so far in the Manhattan district attorney's long-running investigation of the company's business practices.
Seen as one of Trump's most loyal business associates, Weisselberg was arrested in July 2021. His lawyers have argued the Democrat-led district attorney's office was punishing him because he wouldn't offer information that would damage Trump.
The district attorney has also been investigating whether Trump or his company lied to banks or the government about the value of its properties to obtain loans or reduce tax bills.
Former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who started the investigation, last year directed his deputies to present evidence to a grand jury and seek an indictment of Trump, according to former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who previously led the probe.
But after Vance left office, his successor, Alvin Bragg, allowed the grand jury to disband without charges. Both prosecutors are Democrats. Bragg has said the investigation is continuing.
The Trump Organization is not involved in Weisselberg's expected guilty plea Thursday and is scheduled to be tried in the alleged compensation scheme in October.
Prosecutors alleged that the company gave untaxed fringe benefits to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
Under state law, punishment for the most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, could carry a penalty as high as 15 years in prison. But the charge carries no mandatory minimum, and most first-time offenders in tax-related cases never end up behind bars.
The tax fraud charges against the Trump Organization are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe. The Republican has decried the New York investigations as a "political witch hunt," has said his company's actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James' parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump's company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – A church in Spartanburg was vandalized this week.
The Promised Land Church signs, Christian school signs, sidewalk and city stop sign were spray painted.
Pastor Tommy Quick said profanity and symbols, like swastikas, were painted.
Quick said this is the first time the church has been vandalized.
He said one of the parents at the Christian school saw the graffiti Tuesday morning and reported it to staff.
He said their church has a biblical world view, pro-life position and believes in the traditional family.
“It’s not unusual that you have people that don’t agree with you biblically, don’t agree with your doctrine or maybe the position you take on culture issues,” said Quick.
The pastor said he has no hatred for the people who did this and that he’s praying for them.
He said that after the vandalism, the church is thinking about upgrading their signs to electronic ones. | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/spartanburg-church-vandalized/ | 2022-08-18T03:57:08Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/spartanburg-church-vandalized/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LEWISTON, Idaho — Idaho State Police (ISP) are investigating a fatal tractor crash that took the life of a 71-year-old man in Lewiston.
According to ISP, the incident occurred on Aug. 17, 2022 around 2:42 p.m. on Rosenau Road in Latah County. The 71-year-old victim from Boise, Idaho was traveling southbound in a Peterbilt tractor before leaving the roadway and hitting a drainage canal.
Police suspect the driver experienced a medical emergency prior to leaving the road. He succumbed to his injuries at the scene and was not wearing a seatbelt. The driver's next of kin has been notified, according to police.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after America’s tumultuous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, assessments of its impact are divided — and largely along partisan lines.
Critics slam the August 2021 evacuation of more than 120,000 American citizens, Afghans and others as poorly planned and badly executed. They say the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces opened the door to a resurgence of al-Qaida and Islamic State militants in the country. And the exit, they say, signaled the United States’ lack of commitment to the broader Middle East and its unwillingness to stand by a partner in need.
Supporters counter that it was time to end America’s longest war and that leaving forces in the country would risk their lives and gain little. It was time, they said, for the Afghan people to take charge of their own country and its security so that the U.S. could focus on threats from China and Russia, and on other critical issues such as climate change and the pandemic.
What is certain is that the government of Afghanistan collapsed at the hands of the Taliban, hundreds of Afghans who supported the U.S. during the war were left behind fearful of retribution, and the leader of al-Qaida found sanctuary in Kabul.
On the political front, the withdrawal marked a turning point for President Joe Biden. His high approval ratings started falling as Americans saw horrifying images of desperate Afghans swarming the airport, U.S. troops and Afghan civilians being killed in a suicide attack, and an innocent Afghan family mistakenly targeted and killed by an American drone strike.
Now, one year after the last troops left Afghanistan — and with midterm elections approaching — the White House, congressional Republicans, and outside analysts are offering their views of the withdrawal and its impact.
A look at what they are saying:
WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS
When Biden took office, the U.S. was already committed to a withdrawal agreement that had been reached between the Taliban and his predecessor Donald Trump. Many GOP leaders — such as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — praised the deal, while others — including then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — slammed it as shortsighted.
Biden favored the withdrawal then and continues to defend it. He says the U.S. had accomplished its goal in Afghanistan — to prevent al-Qaida from planning and launching attacks against the U.S. from within the country again. He said it was not in America’s national interest to fight the war indefinitely, and instead the U.S. would develop an “over-the-horizon” capability to keep an eye on the terror threat and take it out if needed. The U.S., he said, must fight the battles of the next 20 years, not the last.
Today, the administration and its Defense Department praise the execution of the withdrawal — the largest air evacuation in U.S. history — as largely successful under extraordinarily dangerous and dynamic conditions. But the U.S. has also called the drone strike on Afghan civilians a tragic mistake.
The White House released portions of an unclassified intelligence assessment summary on Sunday that concluded that al-Qaida hasn’t rebuilt and doesn’t have the ability to launch an attack against the U.S. from Afghanistan. And it argues that the successful airstrike last month that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in a Kabul safe house is proof the U.S. can monitor and eliminate terror threats in Afghanistan.
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS SAY
The Republican minority on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released an interim report this week that blasted the evacuation, saying it was poorly planned, poorly operated and plagued with delays. It said poor organization left many would-be evacuees unable to get into the airport and onto the swiftly departing planes.
It noted that outside groups, including former military troops who had worked with Afghan interpreters and others, began coordinating their own networks to get people out. And, it said that some Afghan commandos who couldn’t get on U.S. flights fled into Iran, where they may pose a security threat to the U.S. if they are captured.
The report had few new findings, but it underscored the chaos of the withdrawal and complaints that the State Department waited too long to request military assistance for the exit process. It also charged that Biden’s assurance that al-Qaida would not be allowed to regroup was clearly wrong, since Zawahri was discovered living in a tony Kabul neighborhood.
Critics also question the decision to fully withdraw from Afghanistan, noting that initially the military argued to keep about 2,500 forces on the ground, along with several thousand NATO troops. Ultimately, as conditions in Afghanistan deteriorated, Pentagon leaders concluded that clearing the Taliban out of Kabul and reclaiming land could require up to 20,000 troops, and could cost many lives. So they endorsed the full withdrawal by Aug. 31.
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, who as the top military officer for the Middle East oversaw the withdrawal, said he regrets “very bitterly” the people the U.S. couldn’t get out, including Afghans who worked with troops there.
“I believe we got out all the Americans that wanted to come out,” he said. “If someone stayed, there was a reason why they wanted to stay.”
But his biggest concern, he said, is that al-Qaida, Islamic State militants or other affiliated insurgents will be able to generate an attack against the U.S. from a haven in Afghanistan. The CIA strike that killed Zawahri shows the U.S. can and will detect and go after threats, but also underscores that it is a very rare and difficult task. He also said that efforts to set up terrorist training camps in Afghanistan has already begun.
Ryan Crocker, a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, said Tuesday that he and others warned “right from the beginning that if the Taliban could ever get back in power, they would bring al-Qaida with them.” So, despite Taliban promises to not harbor terrorists again ”they have brought al-Qaida back.”
Crocker, McKenzie and others also point to what they said was a predictable erosion of women’s rights, widespread hunger and other Taliban problems running the government.
Military leaders are also working to shore up allies in the Middle East who now question America’s commitment to the region. They see persistent reports about America’s increased focus on threats from a rising China and an aggressive Russia and watch as military ships and assets are pulled away. And they worry that the U.S. won’t be there if threats from Iran spike again.
“We have given populations and nations all around the world a significant reason to no longer trust us,” retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Nagata said during a Monday event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “In order to rise to the occasion in the competition we have underway with actors like Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, this is a particularly awful time for people not to trust us.”
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Associated Press writer Ellen Knickmeyer contributed to this report. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/explainer-dueling-views-remain-a-year-after-afghan-pullout/ | 2022-08-18T04:03:24Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/explainer-dueling-views-remain-a-year-after-afghan-pullout/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Technology conglomerate Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) search engine giant Google has been granted relief from the high court of Australia in a lawsuit. The case relates to the company’s liability for defamatory content that can be accessed via a hyperlink in its search results.
The High Court of Australia Dismisses the Case Against Google
The High Court of Australia’s verdict came against the backdrop of a case filed by lawyer George Defteros. Defteros alleged that a Google search of his name pulled up a link and a snippet of a newspaper article that was defamatory. Although lower courts ordered Google to pay damages to the tune of 40,000 Australian dollars to Defteros, the High Court ruled that Google was not a publisher of the defamatory content and therefore was not liable for the same.
Notably, the case comes as a relief to the tech giant amid countless regulatory headwinds for the company Down-Under. For instance, in June, the company was directed by a Federal Court in Australia to pay 715,000 Australian dollars to John Barilaro for defamatory videos posted on its YouTube platform against the senior politician.
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