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President Joe Biden walks on the beach with daughter Ashley Biden, in Rehoboth Beach, Del. on June 20. Two people have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley to the conservative group Project Veritas, prosecutors said on August 25.
Two people who sold Ashley Biden's journal and other items to Project Veritas pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday.
Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander pleaded guilty to stealing Biden's belongings and selling them to the conservative media group for $40,000, according to court documents.
In September 2020, Harris moved into a Delray Beach, Florida, home where the daughter of now-President Joe Biden had recently lived and temporarily stored some personal belongings. Harris solicited Kurlander's help to sell Biden's valuables to the highest bidder, according to the criminal information.
The pair attended a Donald Trump fundraiser on September 6, 2020, hoping to arrange a sale to the then-President's campaign.
According to the documents filed Thursday, Kurlander texted Harris after the event saying, "[Trump] campaign can't use it. They want it to go to the FBI. There is NO WAY [Trump] can use this. It has to be done a different way..."
Days later, they sent photos of some of Biden's belongings to Project Veritas. The organization paid for airfare, hotel, and a car service for the pair to transport the property from Florida to New York City, according to the court documents.
Kurlander acknowledged the crime in a text to Harris, saying that Project Veritas is in a "sketchy business," the court documents show.
"They are in a sketchy business and here they are taking what's literally a stolen diary and info . and trying to make a story that will ruin [Ashley Biden's] life and try and effect the election. [Ashley Biden] can easily be thinking all her stuff is there and not concerned about it. . we have to tread even more carefully and that stuff needs to be gone through by us and if anything worthwhile it needs to be turned over and MUST be out of that house," the text message said.
Harris took more of Biden's belongings from the house after their New York meeting at the request of Project Veritas, according to the court documents. A Project Veritas employee then flew down to Florida to get the additional items and shipped them back to New York, the court documents say.
No one from Project Veritas has been publicly charged in connection to the alleged scheme.
Harris and Kurlander pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, which carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison, according to sentencing guidelines, but a judge will ultimately decide their sentence. They are not being held, pending their sentencing later this year.
Harris "accepted responsibility for what happened and she's looking forward to moving on with her life," her attorney Sanford Talkin told CNN.
CNN reached out to an attorney for Kurlander but did not immediately hear back.
In a statement released Thursday about the guilty pleas, Project Veritas said their employees' news gathering was "ethical and legal," adding: "A journalist's lawful receipt of material later alleged to be stolen is routine, commonplace, and protected by the First Amendment."
CNN has reached out to representatives for Biden for comment.
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Sometimes when Charlie Chasen or Michael Malone would be out and about on their own in Atlanta, people would mistake one for the other.
The long-time friends who live in Atlanta are not related. Their ancestors don't even come from the same part of the world. Malone's family came from the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic. Chasen's family came from Scotland and Lithuania. They aren't the result of some deep dark family secret, either. Yet they look strikingly similar. It's not just their brown hair, beards and glasses. It's also the structure of their nose, their cheekbones, and the shape of their lips.
"Michael and I go way back and it's all been like a source of a lot of fun for us because over the years, we've been mistaken for each other all over the place all over Atlanta," Chasen told CNN's Don Lemon. "There's been some really interesting situations that have come out just because people thought we were the other person."
The two look so similar, even facial recognition software had a hard time telling them apart from identical twins. But now scientists think they can explain what it is that makes them look so similar -- and could explain why each of us may have doppelgänger.
People who resemble each other, but are not directly related, still seem to have genetic similarities, according to a new study.
Among those who had these genetic similarities, many also had similar weights, similar lifestyle factors, and similar behavioral traits like smoking and education levels. That could mean that genetic variation is related to physical appearance and also, potentially may influence some habits and behavior.
Scientists have long wondered what it is that creates a person's doppelgänger. Is it nature or nurture? A team of researchers in Spain tried to find out. Their results were published in the journal Cell Reports on Tuesday.
Dr. Manel Esteller, a researcher at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute in Barcelona, Spain, said that he worked on research involving twins in the past, but for this project, he was interested in people who look alike but have no actual family connection going back almost 100 years.
Art leads to science
So, he turned to art to answer a question about science. He and his co-authors recruited 32 people with look-alikes who were part of a photo project "I'm not a look-alike!," done by a Canadian artist, François Brunelle.
The researchers asked the pairs to do a DNA test. The pairs filled out questionnaires about their lives. The scientists also put their images through three different facial recognition programs. Of the people they recruited, 16 pairs had similar scores to identical twins identified using the same software. The other 16 pairs may have looked the same to the human eye, but the algorithm didn't think so in one of the facial recognition programs.
Researchers then took a closer look at participants' DNA. The pairs the facial recognition software said were similar had many more genes in common than the other 16 pairs.
"We were able to see that these look alike humans, in fact, they are sharing several genetic variants. And these are very common among them," Esteller said. "So they share these genetic variants that are related in a way that they have the shape of the nose, the eye, the mouth, the lips, and even the bone structure. And this was the main conclusion that genetics puts them together. "
These are similar codes, he said, but it is just by random chance.
"In the world right now, there are so many people that eventually the system is producing humans with similar DNA sequences," Esteller said. This likely was always true, but now with the internet, it's a lot easier to find them.
Other factors at play
When they looked closer at the pairs, they determined other factors were different, he said.
"There's the reason they are not completely identical," Esteller said.
When scientists looked closer at what they call the epigenomes of the doppelgängers that looked most alike, there were bigger differences. Epigenetics is the study of how the environment and behavior can cause changes in the way a person's genes work. When the scientists looked at the microbiome of the pairs that looked most alike, those were different, too. The microbiome are the microorganisms -- the viruses, bacteria, and fungi too small to see with the human eye -- that live in the human body.
"These results not only provide insights about the genetics that determine our face but also might have implications for the establishment of other human anthropometric properties and even personality characteristics," the study said.
The study does have limitations. The sample size was small, so it is difficult to say that these results would be true for a larger group of look-alikes. Although researchers believe that their findings would change in a larger group. The study also focused on pairs that were largely of European origin, so it is unclear if the results would be the same for people who come from other parts of the planet.
Dr. Karen Gripp a pediatrician and geneticist at Nemours Children's Health whose research is referenced in this work, said the study is really interesting and validates a lot of the research that comes before it.
Real world application of the science
Gripp uses facial analysis software in her work with patients who might have genetic conditions to assess her patient's facial features which might be suggestive of certain genetic conditions.
"It's a little bit different from the study, but it really points in the same direction that changes in a person's genetic material affect the facial structures, and that's really the same underlying assumption that was used in this study as being indeed confirmed, in contrast to some other things like the microbiome did not seem to be as relevant," Gripp said.
As far as the nature versus nurture question the study brings up, Gripp thinks that both are important.
"As a geneticist, I firmly believe in the nature and the genetic material being very important to almost everything, but that does not take away from saying nurture is just as important," Gripp said. "For every person to be successful in the world there are so many contributing factors and the environment is so important that I don't think it's one or the other."
A potential problem
The study she said also points out that there are still limits to the accuracy of facial recognition software. While several cities concerned about privacy issues and misidentification problems have enacted rules banning or restricting local police from using facial-recognition software, the federal government and some local law enforcement have been using it more frequently.
A 2021 federal investigation found that at least 16 federal agencies use it for digital access or cybersecurity, 6 use it to generate leads in criminal investigations, and 10 more said they planned to expand its use.
It's also used more commonly at airports. Some companies use it to help make hiring decisions. Some landlords have installed it so tenants can enter buildings. Some schools use it to take attendance and to monitor movements in public spaces on college campuses.
"If you translate this study into the real world, that shows you a potential pitfall that digital facial analysis tools could misidentify somebody," Gripp said.
While the technology has been improving, in past studies, the technology has already been shown to be far less accurate when identifying people of color, and several Black men, have been wrongfully arrested due to facial recognition.
"If you think about the facial recognition software that often opens computer screens and things like that, misidentification is possible. So I think this has taught us something very important about facial analysis tools too," Gripp said.
But the study does seem to suggest one conclusion. At least physically, we may not be all that unique.
"I think all of us right now have somebody that looks like us, a double," Esteller said.
While some would prefer to be singular in their look, Malone, who happens to be friends with his double, is heartened by the fact that he is not alone in his looks. His similarity to his friend has made them closer, and he thinks if more people knew how similar they were to others, that maybe they, too, could find commonality, especially in this polarized world.
"It's made me realize that we are all connected," Malone said. "We're all connected because humankind probably starts with one little thing."
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Majr FX rates are little changed, the USD is a touch stronger against most of the majors.
Meanwhile, oil is not showing a lot of change either.
The excuse du jour (du week, if that works) is waiting on Federal Reserve Chair Powell speaking Friday US time:
Yesterday during US time Powell's colleagues were uniformly hawkish.
Powell will not be throwing them under the bus. Expect hawk comments from him also.
Back to oil. Here are a few snippets from an ANZ piece I glanced on some of the demand and supply factors impacting:
- The most recent Congestion Index data from TomTom shows Asia Pacific, European and North American traffic levels all posting strong weekly growth in the week to August 24. Nationwide congestion levels in China rebounded after the previous week's drop, according to Baidu data.
- Saudi Arabia was joined by Libya and Congo in supporting the view that supply curbs may be needed to stabilise the oil market. Even so, supply side issues continue to crop up. Kazakhstan's exports of crude may be impacted for months amid repair works required on three damage moorings at the port facility. Daily volumes had already been down 20% due to a string of other maintenance issues. Approximately 1.3mb/d was expected in August.
Re that Kazakhstan reference, this from earlier this week: | https://www.forexlive.com/news/oil-is-not-a-lot-changed-in-asia-trade-timezone-20220826/ | 2022-08-26T02:37:06Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/oil-is-not-a-lot-changed-in-asia-trade-timezone-20220826/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
High School Football Scoreboard: Week 1
The Monroe News
It's that time of the year again!
High school football is back with the action around the Monroe County Region split between Thursday and Friday in Week 1.
Check back here throughout the night for score updates as they come into the newsroom.
THURSDAY'S GAMES
Airport 35, Ida 32, FINAL
Bedford 42, Utica Ford 21, FINAL
Dundee 35, Adrian Madison 0, FINAL
Flat Rock 42, Melvindale 0, FINAL
Gibraltar Carlson 45, Lincoln Park 0, FINAL
Jefferson 14, Onsted 12, FINAL
Milan 47, Berkley 0, FINAL
Jackson 35, Monroe 20, FINAL
Milford 28, New Boston Huron 7, FINAL
FRIDAY'S GAMES
SMCC vs. Warren Michigan Collegiate, 7 p.m.
Saranac at Erie Mason, 7 p.m.
Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes at Summerfield, 7 p.m.
Blissfield at Whiteford, 7 p.m. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/08/25/high-school-football-scoreboard-week-1/65457454007/ | 2022-08-26T02:37:18Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/08/25/high-school-football-scoreboard-week-1/65457454007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. - The Astria Cancer Center in Sunnyside is looking to create a healing garden for their patients undergoing treatment.
The staff at Astria said their patients deserve to look at something that will help them feel peace. Studies also show there can be lots of benefits from healing gardens like relief from symptoms.
The Oncology Director Elizabeth Martinez said the idea for a healing garden was inspired by one of their patients that recently passed. Martinez said the patient enjoyed looking at the squirrels running outside the window and looking at nature.
"Each time she came it was a pretty stressful time for her, we noticed, and she did say she wished she had something beautiful to look at," Martinez said.
The Cancer Center hopes to honor that patient in the garden in some way.
Kirk Lyman has been a patient undergoing treatment at the Astria Cancer Center for six years now. He said the outside of the building, doesn't match the warm environment inside.
"The staff are loving and caring literally loving and caring," Lyman said. "On the other hand, I look out here I see a street and I see some cars, sidewalk, there's nothing out there that is any support or any comfort to me."
Lyman thinks a healing garden would help patients focus on the beauty of it instead of all the emotions they're feeling during treatment.
"It just gives you something else to realize that there's more to life than what you see right here inside this clinic and life can go on and life still has some beautiful things to offer," he said.
He donated $100 to help make the garden possible. The Cancer Center is looking to raise $40 thousand total to build the garden and they're asking the community to help.
Anyone in the community can make a donation or buy a bench or brick paver that will be in the garden. These benches and pavers can be used to pay tribute to a loved one with cancer, someone who's passed from cancer or just include a family name.
People can select their preferred way to donate on Astria's website.
A local boy scout Sam Jensen is helping to build the benches in the garden for his eagle scout project. Including a tree hugger bench around one of the trees in the garden.
"Scouts looking to finish scouts get leadership experience and to manage a job because that is what scouts is about turning young boys into men," Jensen said.
Once he finished this project and gets two more merit badges he can move up in rank. Aside from his boy scout project, he also gets the opportunity to help patients like Kirk.
"I like helping with the cancer care center I've heard a lot of stories of people who've had cancer and I lost a grandparent on both sides of the family before I was born to cancer so it means a lot to me that I can help," Jenson said. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/astria-cancer-center-wants-to-create-healing-garden-for-patients/article_66ff7a2e-24ce-11ed-aeef-e3bfb99afa77.html | 2022-08-26T02:39:45Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/astria-cancer-center-wants-to-create-healing-garden-for-patients/article_66ff7a2e-24ce-11ed-aeef-e3bfb99afa77.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash. — Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) hosted a roundtable about preventing wildfires and decreasing the severity of wildfires in the area with officials and firefighters from Kittitas and Yakima counties. They all met at Kittitas County Fire Station #73 on August 25 to discuss what steps have been taken and what can still be done.
“Across the state, we’ve seen everything from devastating wildfires, to deadly heatwaves, to months-long droughts. That’s why I am continuing to push for action,” said Murray. “The measures taken in the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are big steps, but we need to do more to ensure our federal wildfire prevention and response efforts are able to meet this moment and account for the severity of fire seasons we’re now facing.”
The Inflation Reduction Act included $5 billion in grants for forest conservation, wildfire prevention and similar causes. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funded community wildfire defense grants, controlled burns and other resources for firefighters, according to the press release from Murray’s office.
Those in attendance highlighted needs for further grant and federal funding. Yakima County’s Director of Emergency Management, Tony Miller, said there also needs to be incentives for volunteer firefighters in rural communities, since they often cannot fully staff their fire departments.
“In order for us to better protect key infrastructure and natural resources, we need to be more proactive instead of reactive when it comes to managing and reducing fuels especially in the Wildland Urban Interface,” said Kittitas County firefighter, Savannah Herrera Davies. “This starts with educating the public about what they can do to protect themselves and their properties from wildfire. As we know, fire knows no boundaries so we need to work more cohesively when it comes to federal, state, and privately owned lands. To achieve this common goal, we need to focus more funding into preventative measures.” | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/senator-murray-hosts-roundtable-on-wildfire-prevention-in-kittitas-county/article_c2746aa6-24d1-11ed-8588-0f558bfcb119.html | 2022-08-26T02:39:51Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/senator-murray-hosts-roundtable-on-wildfire-prevention-in-kittitas-county/article_c2746aa6-24d1-11ed-8588-0f558bfcb119.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PACIFIC NORTHWEST-
It's that time of the year. Not the holidays quite yet. Back-to-school time!
With COVID still present in our community, it's important to remember staying safe from illnesses and disease.
I reached out to local school districts information on what each school district is doing to ensure your child stays safe this back to school.
Pasco School District
District leaders tell me not much has changed from the past year. The district's mission remains the same as before, "As part of PSD's ongoing commitment to the wellbeing of our students, staff, families, visitors and volunteers, the district will follow these requirements to reduce the spread of COVID-19, limit outbreaks and minimize disruptions to school life."
As of August 5th, schools and childcare services have been updated.
All employees are required to be fully vaccinated or have medical/religious exemption.
If students or teachers are experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19, they are required to stay home.
Schools and child care providers are required to have a process in place to inform parents, teachers and students of any positive cases as well reporting them to the Local Health Jurisdiction.
Kennewick School District
I'm told the school district has no immediate changes regarding the vaccine requirement for students. As of now, the vaccine remains optional for all students. However it is still required for staff and volunteers. Much like PSD, the district is allowing religious or medical exemptions.
KSD tells me the state health department has made changes, the district will continue to provide free at-school COVID-19 testing to students with parent permission. All masks will be optional for students and the district will continue to maintain the COVID-19 Report Card, which records the number of positive cases.
Richland School District
The Richland School District will not be seeing many changes to the COVID-19 protocols. In accordance to the Washington State Department of Health and Benton Franklin Health District, RSD will have full-time in-person learning available to all students. All school staff must be vaccinated unless they have a religious or medical exemption.
Masks are required in health offices and COVID-19 isolation rooms.
RSD released a 'Road to Recovery' document to help parents of students and staff during the 2022-2023 school year.
Umatilla School District
The Umatilla School District is encouraging parents to screen their children at home if they're experiencing any symptoms. Heidi Sipe, USD Superintendent, tells me free testing will be provided at schools if parents request their child to be tested.
USD will also be supporting vaccine clinics at schools for students and families during Open house.
Vaccines and masks are optional.
Yakima School District
According to Yakima School District, COVID-19 protocols are closely following the Department of Health's guidelines.
As of now, YSD Chief Communications Officer, Kirsten Fitterer tells me no vaccines are required.
However, YSD is hosting health fairs with immunization and sports opportunities for families.
I'm told COVID-19 protocols are very similar to last year's but current information can be found the back-to-school page or the COVID-19 page. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/staying-covid-safe-during-the-2022-2023-back-to-school-season/article_c4fda93c-24a3-11ed-a484-0fb171e29653.html | 2022-08-26T02:39:57Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/staying-covid-safe-during-the-2022-2023-back-to-school-season/article_c4fda93c-24a3-11ed-a484-0fb171e29653.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Crash backs up traffic on I-182 near Yakima Arboretum Aug 25, 2022 2 hrs ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save YAKIMA, Wash. - Traffic is delayed on I-82 near milepost 34 due to a collision, according to Washington State Patrol. Expect backups in both directions. Take another route if you can. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Traffic Yakima Yakima Traffic Yakima Crash Washington State Patrol Traffic Alert Car Crash Collision Washington State Highway Transports Crash Milepost Patrol Non-Stop News | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/traffic/crash-backs-up-traffic-on-i-182-near-yakima-arboretum/article_8c954384-24d5-11ed-821d-9756f91c0529.html | 2022-08-26T02:40:03Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/traffic/crash-backs-up-traffic-on-i-182-near-yakima-arboretum/article_8c954384-24d5-11ed-821d-9756f91c0529.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Raymond and Kathrine Stockdale live on a farm northeast of Iowa Falls and have been notified that both Summit Carbon Solutions and Navigator CO2 Ventures pipeline companies plan to criss-cross their property.
Because of this, the Stockdales have been diligently attending pipeline meetings, filing complaints with the Iowa Utilities Board, and handing out fliers, in the hopes it will help to change the IUB’s decision on approving the pipeline construction. They have also refused to sign any easements.
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Ruth Marie (Hoyt) Clingerman, 95, of Eldora, passed away Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Eldora Specialty Care in Eldora while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. A visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, at Abels Funeral Home (Creps Chapel) in Eldora. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 2, at the First Baptist Church in Eldora. Ruth will be laid to rest in the Eldora cemetery.
Ruth was one of four children. She was born on Sept. 9, 1926, the eldest daughter of Harvey and Sibyl (Reece) Hoyt in Tipton Township. Ruth attended country school at Tipton #2 (Meeker) for eight years, Owasa for two years, graduating with the Eldora High School Class of 1944. Further business classes were also taken in Marshalltown.
Ruth was united in marriage to Howard W. Clingerman on May 28, 1948; a union which lasted 64 years until Howard’s death on Oct. 16, 2012. Their union produced four children: Allan (Rebecca) Clingerman Aurora, Colo.; Brenda Clingerman, Centennial, Colo.; Curt (Kimberly) Clingerman, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; and Daryl Clingerman, Eldora; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She worked in the Hardin County Treasurer’s Office for two years prior to marriage, and various part-time jobs thereafter, notably with the Eldora Flower Shop and for many years with Longenecker’s Income Tax Service.
Ruth was a longtime active member of Eldora First Baptist Church, helping for years in the nursery and arranging the altar flowers almost every Sunday for decades. She exhibited floral arrangements, knitted and crocheted creations at the Hardin and some Marshall County fairs winning many blue ribbons; she was also involved with the Eldora Garden Club when it was active.
Howard was the big gardener, but Ruth was kept busy taking care of the produce he grew - picking berries, canning beans, freezing sweet corn and making pre-V8 style tomato juice, jams, jellies, and our favorite lime pickles to name a few. Excess produce was sold from the house and at farmers markets in Eldora and Iowa Falls. Iowa dirt grows good stuff - we never went hungry.
Ruth is survived by her sister, Alice Williams of New Providence; her four children, four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, brother-in-law Jack Crosser of Steamboat Rock and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Ruth Clingerman to a charity of your choice.
Creps-Abels Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. | http://www.timescitizen.com/obituaries/clingerman-ruth-marie-sept-9-1926-aug-22-2022/article_d1e075e6-24b5-11ed-b6c1-5ba28cdc3127.html | 2022-08-26T02:40:14Z | timescitizen.com | control | http://www.timescitizen.com/obituaries/clingerman-ruth-marie-sept-9-1926-aug-22-2022/article_d1e075e6-24b5-11ed-b6c1-5ba28cdc3127.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A driver accused in a March 18 fatal hit-and-run on South Transit Street did not appear at a Thursday afternoon court hearing related to the conditions of his release on bail.
Assistant District Attorney Christine Savoia said during the hearing that Sean F. Kelahan, 20, of Newfane, believed he would be sent to jail if he came to court, as indicated by a social media post made earlier Thursday.
The court date was called after Savoia made a motion pertaining to Kelahan’s adherence to the conditions of his release on bail. Kelahan’s lawyer, George Muscato, was present, but said he did not know where his client was.
Kelahan is charged in the March 18 death of Richard Howes III, who was police say was hit by vehicles driven by Kelahan and another driver Tyreek J. Wolfe, 21, of Niagara Falls, on South Transit Street. Howes died of his injuries.
Kelahan is charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, reckless driving, leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle incident and speeding. His bail was set at $100,000 cash, $200,000 insurance bond and $400,000 if involving a bondsman.
When released on bail, Kelahan was told to not drive, use alcohol, associate with anyone committing a crime, commit a crime or leave the county or the conditions of his release would be remanded. Those two last requirements were allegedly broken as Kelahan was recently arrested in Erie County for shoplifting, which Savoia confirmed to the US&J.
“He knew he was going to jail today and posted on social media that he had a court appearance,” she said in court, stressing that Kelahan was aware of the court proceedings that day.
Videos and pictures of Kelahan were also forwarded to the DA’s office by Howes’ mother, Carrie McPhail-Smith as they were sent to her, but Savoia said that social media was a “niche” category for criminal law.
“It depends on standards of proof,” she told the US&J. “But it is admissible in certain situations.”
The same posts were made available to the US&J showing Kelahan with alcohol and around violent fist fights.
“He is making a mockery of the judge and the court system by doing exactly what he was told not to do,” McPhail-Smith said. “And while posting it on social media for everyone to see.”
Friends and family of Kelahan were in front of the court house, but said they did not have any information, and most didn’t enter the courtroom itself. Howes’ family and friends also attended the proceeding.
After waiting 20 minutes in chambers, Judge Caroline Wojtaszek opened the proceedings and Savoia said she’d like a warrant to arrest Kelahan, but stated she didn’t believe that was possible under the state’s current bail reform laws. Wojtaszek confirmed that was the case and scheduled a hearing for 3 p.m. on Sept. 1.
“Currently under bail reform, not attending a court date is not enough to issue a warrant,” she said.
However, if Kelahan did not show up at that hearing, Wojtaszek said she would put out a bench warrant for him.
At the time of his first appearance in her courtroom, Wojtaszek said Kelahan’s behavior was “outrageous” considering he had more than 100 vehicle and traffic charges on his record, and ruled against lower bail. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/crime/hit-and-run-suspect-skips-court-date/article_b85be766-24cb-11ed-be9e-d7dd88b16806.html | 2022-08-26T02:53:30Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/crime/hit-and-run-suspect-skips-court-date/article_b85be766-24cb-11ed-be9e-d7dd88b16806.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — A judge ordered the Justice Department on Thursday to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump to look for classified documents.
The directive from U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart came hours after federal law enforcement officials submitted under seal the portions of the affidavit that they want to keep secret as their investigation moves forward. The judge set a deadline of noon Friday for a redacted, or blacked-out, version of the document.
The order means the public could soon get at least some additional details about what led FBI officials to search Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8 as part of an investigation into classified documents being retained at the Palm Beach property. Documents already made public as part of the investigation show that the FBI retrieved from the property 11 sets of classified documents, including information marked at the top secret level.
Search warrant affidavits typically contain vital information about an investigation, with agents spelling out why they want to search a particular property and why they believe they are likely to find evidence of a potential crime there.
In this case, though, the redactions proposed by the Justice Department are likely to be extensive given the sensitivity of the investigation and unprecedented nature of the search, lessening the chance that the public will receive a detailed glimpse of the basis for the search or the direction of the probe.
In his order Thursday, Reinhart said the department had made compelling arguments to leave sealed broad swaths of the document that, if disclosed, would reveal grand jury information; the identities of witnesses and “uncharged parties”; and details about the investigation's “strategy, direction, scope, sources and methods.”
But he also said he was satisfied “that the Government has met its burden of showing that its proposed redactions are narrowly tailored to serve the Government’s legitimate interest in the integrity of the ongoing investigation and are the least onerous alternative to sealing the entire Affidavit.”
The department had earlier contested arguments by media organizations to make any portion of the affidavit public, saying the disclosure could contain private information about witnesses and about investigative tactics. But Reinhart, acknowledging the extraordinary public interest in the investigation, said last week that he was disinclined to keep the entire document sealed and told federal officials to submit to him in private the redactions it wanted to make.
Multiple news media organizations, including The Associated Press, argued in court last week for the disclosure of the affidavit, citing the extraordinary public interest in the federal search of a former president's home. Trump and some of his supporters have also encouraged the document's release.
After the Justice Department submitted its filing under seal on Thursday, the media coalition responded by asking the judge to unseal portions of the department's brief and to direct the government, “going forward," to file publicly a redacted version of any sealed document it submits. The groups noted that significant information about the investigation is already public.
“At a minimum, any portions of the Brief that recite those facts about the investigation, without revealing additional ones not yet publicly available — in addition to any other portions that pose no threat to the investigation — should be unsealed,” the news organizations wrote.
They added, “If and when additional facts come to light and are confirmed to be accurate, or certain facts no longer pose a threat to the investigation for any other reason, there is no justification for maintaining them under seal either.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/judge-orders-unsealing-of-redacted-affidavit-in-trump-search/article_d1115a44-24ca-11ed-a6c9-678d8fdea6a4.html | 2022-08-26T02:53:37Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/judge-orders-unsealing-of-redacted-affidavit-in-trump-search/article_d1115a44-24ca-11ed-a6c9-678d8fdea6a4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Since November, Lock City Books owner Holly Edwards has been keeping cats at her bookstore as part of its “Read-with-Rescues” program. The cats were provided to the store by the animal rescue organizations Cat-by-Cat Inc., and Standing Together Animal Rescue Service Inc, and interested patrons were even able to adopt them. Up to two cats were staying at Lock City Books at a given time. However, two weeks ago, Edwards had to send them away after being informed that keeping cats at her store was a violation of her building’s zoning codes.
Edwards had decided to renovate the kennel area where the cats were staying at the front of the store, so that it can be a little window-facing room for the cats. After submitting their construction plan, they were informed by Lockport Chief Building Inspector Jason Dool that the building wasn’t zoned to permit cat adoptions.
“When we submitted plans for the construction project, and they saw we were putting a cat adoption room in, we were notified by them that cats were not allowed unless we had a special use permit,” Edwards said.
Edwards is now seeking the permit from the City of Lockport to allow for the store to keep animals on the property. This way the store can continue housing cats. While the new cat room has already been completed, they are hoping that they will be able to get the permit approved so they can actually use it.
“The cats are back at the rescue for now,” Edwards said. “and we’re going to go before the Lockport Planning Board on Sept. 12 for them to vote on the special use permit request.”
While the cats were still there, children who visited the store were encouraged to read to the cats as a way of getting them accustomed to being around different people. Since the store started doing this, they have helped to get 16 cats adopted. Photos of several of the cats they helped to get adopted have been displayed on the wall behind the register.
“It really benefits everybody,” Edwards said. “The kids who read to the cats get a lot of joy out of it, families that are made from the adoptions, and the cats getting the one on one attention when they would otherwise be in a crowded rescue.”
Edwards said that this concept was partially inspired by an event they had in March of 2020 in conjunction with Wee Fit Gym for Kids, where they had a story time with a dog. During which, the children’s book “If you give a Dog A Doughnut’’ was read by a visiting officer from the Niagara SPCA who brought a rescue dog with him, and then spoke to children about dog care.
“I’ve seen some animal shelters that have had kids come in to read to their dogs,” said Edwards. “I thought it was a fun idea to do something like that to promote literacy in Lockport.”
While she does like dogs, Edwards being a cat lover herself wanted to keep cats at the store instead, believing that they would require lower maintenance.
In the lead up to her appointment on Sept. 12, Edwards has been emphasizing the prior success and popularity of the cats who were staying at Lock City Books as a way of making her case to the Planning Board. She has also created a change.org petition for interested people to voice their enthusiasm and support for the store’s keeping of cats, and it currently has over 1,000 signatures.
Based on the responses so far, Edwards is optimistic that she will have the chance to keep these cats in her store, and continue to help them find homes. Assuming she does get the permit approved, she hopes to get cats back in the store as soon as possible.
“It feels a little weird opening the shop without any cats here,” Edwards said. “So we hope to get them back as soon as possible.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/reading-with-rescues-hopes-for-a-return/article_b0086b58-24bb-11ed-9199-9300e4505d34.html | 2022-08-26T02:53:43Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/reading-with-rescues-hopes-for-a-return/article_b0086b58-24bb-11ed-9199-9300e4505d34.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MIDDLEPORT — For months, a group of residents of the town of Royalton have voiced opposition to the proposed rezoning of a single property on the 7600 block of Rochester Road to “light industrial” from “residential/agricultural.” The proposal was on the table again at a town planning board meeting Wednesday, and the absence of the town assessor / code enforcement officer during the deliberations surfaced as a sore spot for those residents. Several residents complained Michael Hartman is frequently absent from town meetings.
Developer Kyle Brent is seeking the change of zoning for 7691 Rochester Road and has said he wants to use the property for storage.
Neighboring homeowners are worried how that rezoning could affect their property values.
Some have suggested Brent doesn’t need a zoning change to operate a storage business, and they wonder what could end up occupying the property in the future if it zoned light industrial.
Hartman should have been present at the Wednesday meeting to weigh in on these concerns and answer questions about Brent’s application, concerned residents said.
“There can’t be light, noise or dust coming from this property if it becomes light industrial, but if there is, then what do we do? Go to Mike Hartman?” Randy Palladino asked. “The town is paying him, and he’s not showing up to these meetings.”
Hartman did not respond to the Union-Sun & Journal’s request for a reply to that complaint Thursday.
Brent submitted a new application for rezoning of 7691 Rochester Road after withdrawing one earlier this year in the wake of staunch neighborhood opposition. Brent was present at the Wednesday meeting and declined to comment on the continued opposition afterward. Instead, his legal representative, Corey Auerbach, said Brent remains committed to developing the property and is seeking the planning board’s recommendation on rezoning, which ultimately is the town board’s call.
Palladino is outspoken in his belief that rezoning the property would be a mistake. He says he’s not worried about Brent or a storage business in the neighborhood, he’s concerned about the future.
“I’ve been continually coming to every board meeting to make sure when this was going to be brought back up. This board needs to know that there is opposition towards this being designated as light industrial, but not towards the project itself, or Kyle Brent,” Palladino said.
A board vote to table action on Brent’s request failed on a 2-2 vote after board member Heather Lewis recused herself. Chairman Kevin Covel said deliberations will continue at the planning board’s Sept. 28 meeting and Hartman will attend.
“There were several questions from the floor on this issue, and we on the board had some questions as well,” Covel said. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/royalton-rezoning-dispute-continues/article_ee72f19e-24c3-11ed-af02-0398877fb4a3.html | 2022-08-26T02:53:49Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/royalton-rezoning-dispute-continues/article_ee72f19e-24c3-11ed-af02-0398877fb4a3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Crawling along on the congested freeway at about 35 mph in a Mercedes-Benz EQS 580, I was cut off by a semi, and later stopped just in the nick of time to avoid contact when the car in front of me suddenly panic-braked. Later, a quick evasive maneuver allowed me to narrowly miss two cars’ sudden lane changes just ahead.
Although this might sound like a typical, pulse-quickening day—or a good day, on the 405 in LA—and I was in the driver’s seat, from some legal standpoints I wasn’t actually driving.
Had an accident occurred in these situations, it would not have been my fault. So said Mercedes-Benz, as it prepares for the U.S. launch, perhaps as soon as next year, of a different kind of automated driving system.
“Conditionally automated driving” is the key phrase real here, and it’s the reason why Mercedes calls Drive Pilot an SAE Level 3 system and not a Level 2 system (or the confounding Level 2 Plus).
(Automakers a level of driver assistance to each car’s capability, with Level 1 being simple cruise control, Level 2 offering some brief moments of driver-attended hands-free motion—and at the top, Level 5 being a completely autonomous self-driving car, able to start, drive, and stop with no driver present.)
It’s a big step forward. Even though Level 3 Drive Pilot doesn’t offer the high-speed operation and hands-free lane-change features of GM Super Cruise, Ford BlueCruise or Tesla Enhanced Autopilot, it does completely hand off the task of driving (and the responsibility) to the car in some very specific conditions, to give drivers some moments to themselves in the car—moments that might not be so nerve-wracking.
Level 3 Drive Pilot is offered now in Europe in the S-Class and EQS, at an extra cost of 5,000 euros and 7,430 euros ($5,100 and $7,600), respectively. For now, it applies only on “suitable motorway sections in Germany” up to 37 mph, and requires one car ahead to engage the system.
The system could be on LA freeways next year, though. Mercedes is aiming to get regulatory approval for its use under similar conditions in California and Nevada by the end of the year, and it’s prepared to extend the same legal backing for liability should something go wrong.
Building on adaptive cruise control with a lot of brains and sensing
It was easy to acclimate to how Drive Pilot operates, but nerve-wracking given the video-game-like rate of potential mishaps a team of experts threw at us on the test course. White lights at the 10 and 2 positions of the steering wheel indicate it’s ready to be engaged, and green lights indicate it’s at Level 3.
So, if you have an accident with a green light on, it’s not your fault; it’s the manufacturer’s fault.
Drive Pilot steers to keep the vehicle in its lane and otherwise functions as an adaptive cruise control system, following vehicles ahead. It’s hyper-aware, though, and ready to perform evasive maneuvers and/or abrupt braking.
The system builds on what’s included in these models’ Driving Assistance Package—a Level 2 system—but it adds a lidar unit in front, additional cameras, and ultrasound and moisture sensors. One of the main purposes of the extra rear camera is to detect emergency lights, and the system taps into the interior microphone to detect sirens.
Another camera keeps an eye on the driver. That’s not foolproof, though. At 6-foot-6, I recently drove an EQS with the Driver Assistance Package on U.S. highways and had trouble getting my seat and steering wheel in the proper position, as the system repeatedly asked me to readjust.
But Drive Pilot’s software is far more advanced. Redundancy in the steering, braking, wheel speed sensors, and more—like an entire second set of wiring for the steering—helps make sure that even if vehicle systems fail, Drive Pilot can provide a 10-second handoff for the driver to take control. The system carries two separate computational layers and has more computational and sensing smarts than an A380 Airbus, according to Matthias Struck, a senior safety engineer at Mercedes-Benz, while drawing less than 50 watts of power. That’s less energy than Audi’s earlier Traffic Jam Assist, which had been U.S.-bound for the A8 but never arrived.
10 long seconds of handoff
If the system encounters a situation in which it wants to hand off control to the driver for any reason. It first issues a prompt requiring an “OK” click of the left steering-wheel toggle. Then three seconds later there’s a haptic buzz of the seat belt, followed by a second buzz a few seconds later. Beyond 10 seconds, it will slowly bring the car to a stop if there’s still no response.
The 10-second handoff is a big deal, requiring additional hardware not just for redundancy but precision and accuracy. A high-precision GPS system is the foundation, digitally fused with anonymized data for lidar, camera, radar, and ultrasound, plus a digital HD map with information on road geometry and more. With it, Mercedes claims accuracy to the centimeter instead of the meter.
Mercedes emphasizes that Drive Pilot hasn’t been developed quickly. In addition to years of engineering, it’s involved data protection officers, ethics experts, lawyers, and various compliance levels. Roughly eight years of data went into the mapping of scenarios, including various studies on what works and what doesn’t for the handoff of control back to the driver.
The system always uses multiple methods to make sure it’s on the proper roadway, adding in camera and lidar data, as well as road marker information, and it doesn’t ever go only by GPS, as it’s feasible that could be manipulated.
Why Mercedes sees Level 3 as a big step forward
In the five SAE levels of driving automation, Level 3 is conditional automation. Many automakers have said that they’ll skip Level 3 automation because they believe the conditions are vague in interpretation, and it may be dangerous to immediately hand all driving functions back to a human that isn’t required to pay attention to the road.
But for Mercedes, those conditions are quite straightforward: The driver has to stay in position and monitor the system. In position means you can’t recline more than about four inches from your normal driving position. You’re allowed to take your hands off the steering wheel, to take your eyes off the road, and even to turn your head to the side. But you can’t take a nap.
As I discovered in my short closed-course test-drive, some flexibility is built into the system. For instance, as long as you’re belted, it’s OK to look back to a child in the back seat for three to five seconds.
You can push it too far, though. After consulting with the engineer in the passenger seat, I closed my eyes completely, and just eight or nine seconds later a prompt popped up asking me to confirm I was still alert. I ignored it, which soon started the 10-second countdown toward disengagement.
But the liability shifts the moment you leave your seat or shift out of position. “If you have Drive Pilot engaged but leave your seat, it’s your fault because you are responsible to sit in your seat and take over control if the car prompts you to do so,” said Struck.
Accountability, taken seriously
Mercedes keeps track of all of this in a few different ways. Firstly, there’s a device that records when Drive Pilot is activated and when it’s deactivated. This is anonymized and stored in the car but not uploaded anywhere. The system also keeps track of incident data, which is car-specific should and incident occur, and the company has a special team watching the market and following data that’s created with every incident or whenever there is a full braking event.
Customers must agree to share this data. As part of the certification process in the U.S., owners will be required to fully watch a video on the infotainment screen, and confirm. The video will also be available on Mercedes me, the brand’s digital platform that includes a smartphone app.
“From a technical standpoint we would be able to go maybe faster, maybe also perform a lane change, but that’s a topic for the future,” said Struck, who called the system “perfectly suited” to the 60-kmh speed, as the company aims to establish customer trust.
The system is now tuned for German regulations, which require that the vehicle stay in a single travel lane. The vehicle isn’t allowed to stay in this mode if it needs to leave the lane for evasive reasons, and it’s not allowed to do lane-changes.
That explains why, when I was cut off by a series of vehicles rather than one and Drive Pilot had steered slightly to the side a bit out of the travel lane to avoid contact, it decided to pass off control to me. With just one car darting at a tangent in front of me, it had instead been able to blip the brakes and remained engaged.
For especially strong braking or a strong lateral maneuver, there’s also a takeover request, though.
Carrying Drive Pilot over to undisciplined American lanes
Things are quite different between the Autobahn and LA freeways. The lane limitations might not apply so strictly in the U.S., where lane markings are a major hurdle because they’re inconsistent and sometimes nonexistent. One engineer also called the intermittent reflectors used in some American highways “very challenging” as they create a need to teach the system a new set of conditions.
Mercedes says it currently has test drivers and test routes around Los Angeles for Drive Pilot. So far it’s only trained engineers and test-drivers, not customers.
Drive Pilot may not be as glamorous as a system that performs lane changes and can make urban journeys with the driver’s hands mostly off the steering wheel, but it’s a fully developed system you can truly trust on a congested freeway. You’re not a beta-tester.
In a slog of slogs, like the 405, you might be able to let your mind wander for a little bit, at least. Just don’t close your eyes.
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- 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class spy shots and video: Next-gen mid-sizer hits the ‘Ring | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/automotive/internet-brands/review-mercedes-drive-pilot-could-safely-free-up-time-for-freeway-commuters/ | 2022-08-26T03:11:35Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/automotive/internet-brands/review-mercedes-drive-pilot-could-safely-free-up-time-for-freeway-commuters/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bryce Harper, who is working his way back from a broken left thumb, is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.
It’s sooner than expected, thanks to the power show he put on at Triple-A Lehigh Valley this week.
Harper’s timeline to return to the Phillies lineup was expected to be Monday, but his complete dominance at Triple-A forced the wild-card hopeful Phillies to call him up earlier.
Harper went 5-for-8 with two homers, two doubles, three runs scored, six RBIs, two walks, and a ridiculous 2.325 OPS in his two minor league games against the Gwinnett Stripers.
”I think any time you go out there and you’re able to put the bat on the ball and have good at-bats, see pitches, compete at a high level, it’s always good,” Harper said after Tuesday’s 10-5 win over Gwinnett.
The 29-year-old Harper, who injured his thumb on June 25, likely will provide an offensive boost for a Philadelphia team in the thick of the wild-card race.
Harper said he won’t be able to play right field because of a torn UCL in his right elbow, but his .318 average with 15 home runs, 48 RBIs and a .985 OPS this season still will be a welcome addition for the Phillies.
It wasn’t all good news on Thursday for the Phillies, however.
Zack Wheeler was placed on the 15-day injured list because of right forearm tendinitis. The Phillies announced the move a couple of hours after interim manager Rob Thomson told reporters that Harper would come off the IL and play Friday.
The former Mets right-hander, 32, has an 11-7 record with a 3.07 era, both numbers tops in the Phillies’ rotation.
Wheeler has struggled of late, allowing 10 runs on 14 hits total in back-to-back losses to his former team. He was scheduled to pitch Friday’s series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates but lefty Bailey Falter will now go in his place. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/bryce-harper-to-return-to-phillies-earlier-than-expected/ | 2022-08-26T03:11:46Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/bryce-harper-to-return-to-phillies-earlier-than-expected/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Earlier headline on this is here:
Reuters with more:
- The U.S. government said on Thursday it will suspend 26 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government's decision to suspend some U.S. carrier flights over COVID-19 cases.
- From Sept. 5 to Sept. 28.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation cited the recent cancellation of 26 US carrier flights over COVID-19 cases | https://www.forexlive.com/news/more-on-the-us-suspending-26-china-carrier-flights-20220826/ | 2022-08-26T03:11:48Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/more-on-the-us-suspending-26-china-carrier-flights-20220826/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Observations from Thursday’s Jets practice.
Davis up
WR Corey Davis made a beautiful sliding catch for a touchdown on a pass from QB Joe Flacco in a red-zone period against the Giants on Thursday. Davis seems like a forgotten man sometimes with all the young receivers on the Jets, but he has had some good days in camp.
Drop off
WR Elijah Moore had a bad drop on a throw from QB Mike White during a seven-on-seven period. Moore ran a beautiful double move and was open, but the ball went off his hands.
Caught my eye
Lawrence Cager, who has moved from WR to TE, continues to make plays in training camp. Cager seems to always be open and had a big catch and run again on Thursday against the Giants.
Medical report
CB D.J. Reed and DE Jermaine Johnson both left practice, but head coach Robert Saleh said neither injury was serious. Johnson returned to practice. OT Chuma Edoga and DL Sheldon Rankins were limited. Saleh said they were monitoring their reps after playing a game on Monday. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/jets-corey-davis-makes-sliding-td-catch-at-joint-practice/ | 2022-08-26T03:12:10Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/jets-corey-davis-makes-sliding-td-catch-at-joint-practice/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Leon County Sheriff's office dedicated a new "eternal flame" and memorial Thursday morning.
The memorial is dedicated to fallen deputies. LCSO lit the flame at 8:30 a.m. and LCSO's aviation unit conducted a flyover.
Local officials, staff, families and friends of fallen deputies were in attendance. | https://www.wtxl.com/community/leon-county-sheriffs-office-honors-fallen-deputies-with-new-memorial | 2022-08-26T03:21:38Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/community/leon-county-sheriffs-office-honors-fallen-deputies-with-new-memorial | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — It is week number one of the season for high school football teams in the state of Florida, and what better way to kick things off than a battle of two legendary Leon County programs?
The Godby Cougars host Lincoln this Friday night, and these programs share seven state titles. Both have reached the pinnacle of high school football.
"Our kids are no stranger to each other," said Godby head coach DeMario Jones. "There are some coaches over there that used to be here, and vice versa. Come Friday night, it'll be time to play, and somebody is going to win and somebody is going to lose. I just hope the work we've done has put us in the situation to be successful."
"A lot of tradition into this game, that's why we moved it to the last game of the season to the first," added Lincoln's Jimmie Tyson. "We jump right into it. They're a good program and we want to battle for city champs out of the gate."
Heading into 2022, Lincoln enters this season with a new quarterback, but with lots of depth. Tyson looks to build off the Trojans big preseason win over a good Niceville squad.
The Cougars have a lot of fresh faces on this team, including Jones, but he's no stranger to big games. Coach was at Valdosta High School for several years.
Friday night's game adds a new chapter in this rivalry, and it's one these coaches are excited to add to.
"Obviously you'll have to go out and play as mistake free as possible and limit your turnovers," said Jones. "When the ball is snapped, you'll have to play ball. It's going to take us being at our best because Lincoln is pretty good."
"It's going to be a tough game, but we're going to fight hard and do our best to slow down our offense," said Tyson. "Their quarterback is special so we'll have to bring our A-game."
Godby and Lincoln gets underway at 7:00 Friday night at Gene Cox Stadium. | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/abc27s-friday-night-overtime/friday-night-overtime-game-of-the-week-lincoln-vs-godby | 2022-08-26T03:21:56Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/abc27s-friday-night-overtime/friday-night-overtime-game-of-the-week-lincoln-vs-godby | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The No. 2 Florida State soccer team (1-0-2) tied No. 16 Auburn (2-0-1) 1-1 on Thursday after a two-hour lightning delay at the Seminole Soccer Complex.
Heather Payne scored the solo tally for the Seminoles, marking her third career goal. Cristina Roque improved her unbeaten career record to 28-0-8. Dating back to 2011, Florida State is 113-7-8 in the last 128 matches played at home.
The Seminoles came out eager in the opening minutes, registering three shots in the first 14 minutes, two of which came from Beata Olsson and one from Clara Robbins. The Seminoles were inches away from the opening goal when Jody Brown nailed the crossbar with a shot on the receiving end of a cross from Ran Iwai. Emma Bissell attempted to clean up the rebound when she was fouled by a Tiger defender resulting in a penalty kick for the Seminoles. Payne slotted the ball from the penalty mark, giving FSU a 1-0 lead in the 29th minute.
The Seminoles entered the locker room at halftime with the lead, 70 percent of the possession, and five shots to Auburn’s three. In the 47th minute, Lauren Flynn sent a pass down the left side to Brown and then Brown quickly redirected it to Jenna Nighswonger in the midfield. Nighswonger’s shot missed by mere inches, hitting the goalpost once again.
Auburn responded in the 62nd minute, scoring off a set piece with a header from Sydnie Thibodaux. The Seminoles attempted to regain the advantage many times, coming up short every time. In the 83rd minute, Nighswonger sliced a ball past the Tiger defense, finding Brown on an island. Brown took the keeper on one-on-one and shot just wide on the right side. The Seminoles’ last quality chance came in the 88th minute once again by Brown. This time the Tiger’s goalkeeper came up big with a save leading to a Seminole corner.
Florida State ended the match with 17 shots and 10 on goal compared to Auburn’s six shots and three on goal. | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/college-sports/fsu/no-2-ranked-florida-state-womens-soccer-team-ties-no-16-auburn-in-home-opener | 2022-08-26T03:22:03Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/college-sports/fsu/no-2-ranked-florida-state-womens-soccer-team-ties-no-16-auburn-in-home-opener | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Two of hip-hop’s biggest artists are locked behind bars and could face years in prison. Did their music lead to this fate?
Fetty Wap’s 2015 was one of the biggest breakout years recently seen in music. “Trap Queen” is the single that started it all.
She my trap queen, let her hit the bando
We be countin’ up, watch how far them bands go
We just set a goal, talkin’ matchin’ Lambos
At 56 a gram, 5 a hundred grams, though
In the above excerpt, Fetty Wap sings about the culture of selling drugs. Then, Drake remixed his single featuring Monty “My Way.” Then, “679” became a hit and a viral Twitter video made “Jimmy Choo” another Billboard hit single. He also used the momentum to star on other artists’ singles like Lil Dicky’s “$ave Dat Money.”
Fetty Wap had a total of 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, all songs spanning from 2015 to 2016.
On Aug. 22, Fetty Wap pled guilty to a conspiracy drug charge that carries a mandatory five-year sentence.
Young Thug has slowly built himself into one of the largest forces in all music for over the past decade. The Atlanta native had his first major placement on the popular Rich Kids’ single “100 dollar autograph” in 2011. In 2014, “Danny Glover” and “2 Cups Stuffed” established him as a mainstay in hip-hop and his popularity grew to a mainstream level thanks to collaboration mixtapes like Black Portland with Bloody Jay and Rich Gang Tha Tour: Pt. 1 with Rich Homie Quan.
In January 2015, Donovan Thomas was shot and killed at a southwest Atlanta barbershop in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood. He was 26. Thomas was also known as “Big Nut,” and was affiliated with Rich Homie Quan.
Long live nut fly high homie. Think about u everyday big bro. https://t.co/tp09Ny4Vzl
— RICH HOMIE BABY! (@RichHomieQuan) February 25, 2015
Soon after Thomas’ death, Quan and Thug went their separate ways in terms of working on music together. In May, as a part of the many charges Young Thug is facing in the YSL RICO case, renting the car used to kill Thomas is something the artist is also accused of doing.
One of the many reasons Black people had a problem with the creation of an AI rapper using the N-word was the reality of hip-hop is it gives the Black youth an opportunity to change their family’s lives, oftentimes most rewarded by rapping about the times of struggle and taking an illegal route to make ends meet.
“I always use my music as a form of artistic expression, and now I see that Black artists and rappers don’t have that freedom,” Young Thug told fans at Hot 97 Summer Jam. “Everybody please sign the ‘Protect Black Ar’ petition, and keep praying for us. I love you all.” | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/fetty-wap-and-young-thug-facing-years-in-prison/ | 2022-08-26T03:23:35Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/fetty-wap-and-young-thug-facing-years-in-prison/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A friend of Floyd Mayweather, who is also a relative of the Money Team boss’ girlfriend Jamie Lynn, has reportedly died by suicide inside the boxing legend’s home.
Jarrett Johnson, a 24-year-old former football standout, reportedly killed himself in one of Mayweather’s condos, according to TMZ. Johnson’s body was discovered by a friend on the afternoon of Aug. 22, 2022. The unidentified friend called the police but first responders were unable to revive Johnson.
Johnson’s exact relationship to Lynn is not known at this time, nor is it known whether Johnson was living at Mayweather’s condo, one of the many properties that the boxer owns around the metro area.
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— Lindenwood Football (@LindenwoodFB) August 24, 2022
Mayweather is reportedly distraught over the news. The two have been seen in photos traveling around the country together attending sporting events and concerts.
Friends and family members have flooded social media to convey their shock and offer condolences.
If you or someone you needs help, contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/friend-of-floyd-mayweather-dies-at-boxers-condo/ | 2022-08-26T03:23:41Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/friend-of-floyd-mayweather-dies-at-boxers-condo/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Award-winning musical artist John Legend wants to share some of the tricks of his trade with you.
The pianist and vocalist teamed up with MasterClass to teach the art of songwriting. The class is 18 chapters, which dives into the details of the emotions and structure that go into some of his most successful songs.
Legend wants writers to develop a musical point of view, edit and create a schedule.
“Set the scene, give details of the moment you’re in so people can understand the perspective you’re writing from,” Legend said in the course. “Keep in mind how it’s going to sound, not just what you’re trying to say and convey.”
The full class is available on the MasterClass website. | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/john-legend-wants-to-teach-you-how-to-write-a-song/ | 2022-08-26T03:23:47Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/john-legend-wants-to-teach-you-how-to-write-a-song/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On June 21, Lil Tjay was struck during a double shooting in Edgewater, New Jersey, and had to undergo emergency surgery. The last update many received was later in June when sources close to him said he was making significant progress and was awake and alert.
On Aug. 24, Tjay made his first public statement since the shooting.
“Hey what’s going on y’all, it your boy Tjay. I’m just checking in with y’all,” Tjay said in the Instagram video. “I just want to say thanks for the love, thanks for the support. I been looking at the DMs, the comments and everything else, and I feel love. Seven shots, it was tough. Most people don’t survive it, but I’m here.”
At the end of the video, Tjay said that he would have more music soon, and he didn’t wait long for that to happen. On Aug. 25, he posted a picture of him wearing a hospital gown and a neck brace with a mic in front of him. | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/lil-tjay-gives-1st-update-since-getting-shot-7-times/ | 2022-08-26T03:23:53Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/lil-tjay-gives-1st-update-since-getting-shot-7-times/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
One of Lil Baby’s rappers was arrested in Atlanta and booked on a litany of felony charges after being accused of shooting a 3-year-old boy in the head.
The Atlanta Police Department says that emcee Dirty Tay was involved in a drive-by shooting on Aug 3, 2022. The authorities wrote in their statement that an unidentified man and his son left the Off the Hook Barbershop on Peters Street near downtown when they passed a Kia vehicle. The Kia immediately did a U-turn, the police state, and drove up next to the man and his son at a traffic light.
That’s when the occupant in the Kia allegedly opened fire and struck the boy in the head, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Miraculously, the boy was rushed to a local hospital where he is said to be in stable condition. The father told police that the male suspect fired five shots.
Dirty Tay, born Kentavious Wright, was taken into custody on Friday, Aug. 19, though the information and police bodycam video were not released until Aug. 24.
After being interviewed, Dirty Tay was booked into the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. The 24-year-old faces multiple felonies including criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, first-degree cruelty to children and multiple gang-related charges.
Dirty Tay’s girlfriend was also arrested as the APD said she was in possession of a gun that officers stated belonged to Tay.
The rapper responded on his Instagram Story where he adamantly denied involvement in the crime and hopes that fans withhold judgement until the case can be adjudicated. | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/rapper-signed-to-lil-babys-label-accused-of-shooting-3-year-old-video/ | 2022-08-26T03:23:59Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/08/25/rapper-signed-to-lil-babys-label-accused-of-shooting-3-year-old-video/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HAYDEN, Idaho — In the world of downhill mountain biking, Ella Erickson is quickly ascending in the sport based on how quickly she descends.
The courses she conquers are filled with roots, rocks, jumps, tight turns and narrow single tracks that wind through the trees. Ella made it look easy and Team USA took notice.
" I was one of four women selected to represent the United States in world championships this year, which is in Les Gets, France," Erickson said. "I was super excited because there's a lot of us, especially from the US, like pro riders, that are competing for those spots and I was super stoked because not a lot of first-year, elite riders get selected for that. So, it was a big honor."
This Sunday, Erickson packed her bags and her bike and boarded a flight for France. This coming Sunday, she'll race against the world's top riders. It's an opportunity the young rider has been working toward for nearly half of her life.
"I've been riding bikes pretty much my whole life," Erickson said. "I started racing downhill when I was 11 years old. My first race was at Silver Mountain."
Silver Mountain is Ella's home course and a place she's also been trying to grow the sport. This year, Ella started "Women's Rides," a quick call-out on her social media to anyone who wants to learn about riding and hone their skills. It's her way to get more female riders in the sport she loves.
" No, there's definitely not many females at all," Erickson said. "Most of the time, I ride with guys and I actually host 'Women's Rides' at Silver Mountain, which has been awesome this year. This first one is I actually got about 40 women of all ages and skill levels together. So, It's been great to get more people into the sport because I love sharing the passion with them."
That passion will be on full display this weekend. The downhill riders start in intervals, usually 30 seconds to 1 minute apart. The goal is simple: to complete the roughly 3-minute course faster than your competitors. Mistakes are costly, crashes happen and wins are hard-earned.
"You have to be super focused for like three minutes and you have to make sure you hit all of your lines because if you mess up just slightly, it could be the difference between getting 1st and 20th, even if it's just a couple seconds," Erickson said.
At 19 years old, Erickson's already exceeded many expectations. She's proven herself as one of the best female riders in the northwest – and the country.
On Sunday, she'll test herself against the best in the world.
"This is my first year as an elite racer, so it would be sick to get like in the top 20," Erickson said.
If you're wondering how to watch Ella, the downhill world championships will be broadcast on Red Bull TV. And, one other note: while Ella's sponsors pay for her bike and all the components, she and her family have to pay for all of her travel, which as you might imagine, is costly.
A family friend set up a GoFundMe page to help with some of those travel expenses.
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Death of woman found in Big Thompson River in Loveland ruled a homicide
Sady Swanson
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Loveland police are investigating the death of a women found in the area of Fairgrounds Park earlier this week as a homicide.
The 49-year-old woman was found dead in the Big Thompson River near Barnes Park, in the northeast area of Fairgrounds Park, Monday morning, police previously announced.
The Larimer County Coroner's Office identified the woman as Chantell Wilkes of Loveland. The coroner's office ruled her death a homicide but said her cause of death is still under investigation.
Loveland police said Thursday they are investigating Wilkes' death as a homicide.
Anyone with information can contact the Loveland Police Department at 970-962-2032 or the Crime Stoppers of Larimer County at 970-221-6868 or online at https://www.p3tips.com/. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/25/death-of-woman-found-in-big-thompson-river-in-loveland-ruled-homicide/65457435007/ | 2022-08-26T03:36:37Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/25/death-of-woman-found-in-big-thompson-river-in-loveland-ruled-homicide/65457435007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
State orders Prospect Energy oil and gas facility north of Fort Collins to shut down
Prospect Energy's Krause tank battery site near Fort Collins has been ordered to shut down because of repeated violations, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday.
The site has been the subject of several complaints by nearby residents, who reported strong odors coming from the site. The state health department's Air Pollution Control Division ordered the closure, citing "repeated violations that endanger public welfare."
Prior to ordering the site to shut down this week, the state health department issued four enforcement actions — which can include anything from a monetary fine to mandatory conferences to discuss violations and how to resolve them — on the site since December 2021, it said in a news release.
State health officials said that the repeated violations in light of enforcement actions, a process which "has previously worked to correct violations at other sources," shows a pattern of violations within the company. The department also alleged that representatives from Prospect Energy failed to attend compliance meetings.
“This is an exceptional and rare course of action, and we do not take it lightly,” Michael Ogletree, director of the Air Pollution Control Division, said in the news release. “This is a unique situation that calls for extraordinary measures to ensure we are protecting public welfare.”
Von Bortz lives near the site and has been fighting this battle for a long time. Bortz said he called state officials Tuesday after smelling the familiar potent stench of rotten eggs.
"I'm finally happy for once, but cautiously optimistic," Bortz told the Coloradoan. "I would not be surprised if the site gets turned back on eventually, but for now, I'll take this."
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, Prospect Energy did not return a request for comment.
State, county health departments responded to Krause site multiple times
The state and Larimer County health departments told the Coloradoan they conducted several inspections of the Krause site after nearby residents complained of strong odors coming from the site.
Previous reporting:Oil company hasn't replaced leaking tanks near Fort Collins despite months of complaints
State health officials concluded after repeat inspections, Prospect Energy has "not taken the necessary steps to fix violations related to its tanks and reduce odors related to hydrogen sulfide." Officials also alleged Prospect Energy failed to fully establish proper design, operation and maintenance elements at the site to prevent illegal emissions.
The inspections revealed several violations, including emissions of volatile organic compounds from oil storage tanks, according to the news release. VOCs contribute significantly to ozone pollution in the area and contain harmful chemicals like methane and hydrogen sulfide. The illegal emissions from the storage tanks were a result of Prospect Energy's failure to properly maintain its vapor lines, which are used to prevent harmful gasses like VOCs that can build up in storage tanks from being released into the atmosphere, the state health department said.
During a June visit to the site, inspectors detected hydrogen sulfide, a colorless odor that smells like rotten eggs, on their monitors. State health department officials said this is a rare occurrence and indicates potentially dangerous levels of gas. Even short-term exposure to hydrogen sulfide can cause dizziness, headaches, eye irritation and breathing difficulties.
These are all symptoms Bortz said he's used to experiencing. Bortz can see the facility from his property and confirmed that the pumps on the site had been shut down around 3 pm Thursday.
The state health department's cease-and-desist order applies only to Prospect Energy's Krause site. The oil and gas company operates another site north of Fort Collins, the Meyer Tank Battery site near the Hearthfire neighborhood.
That was the site where a fire broke out in May, causing Larimer County officials to file a complaint against Prospect Energy with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and called on the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division to investigate the May 9 fire, which occurred less than 300 feet from homes in the Hearthfire neighborhood. County officials suspected poor maintenance practices contributed to the fire. The state's Air Pollution Control Division issued a compliance advisory to the Meyer site in light of the county's complaint.
'I hope this sets a precedent'
The closure is seen as a win for local environmental groups like the Larimer Alliance for Health, Safety and the Environment.
"We are pleased the state of Colorado is actually applying Colorado law to the oil and gas industry," said Doug Henderson, speaking on behalf of the Larimer Alliance and the Poudre Canyon Group Sierra Club. "It's good this is changing and we hope it represents a longer-term change to hold operators in violation of the law accountable."
Bortz echoed this sentiment, saying "This was never just about me and the Krause facility. I hope this sets a precedent for other operators out there that they can no longer continue to do business as usual. They need to be held accountable for the poison they're putting into the air."
The Krause facility will be only be allowed to resume operations if Prospect Energy has shown it has identified and addressed each violation, the press release said.
"Larimer County Department of Health and Environment takes air quality violations very seriously," said Tom Gonzales, Larimer County Public Health Director in response to the closure, going on to say that the state's Air Pollution and Control Division "took necessary action to protect public health." | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/25/prospect-energy-oil-gas-near-fort-collins-ordered-shut-down/65457107007/ | 2022-08-26T03:36:43Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/25/prospect-energy-oil-gas-near-fort-collins-ordered-shut-down/65457107007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fort Collins residents want rental policy changes, but council is split on a path forward
Months of surveys, a task force and other community engagement regarding planned changes to Fort Collins' rental housing policies show that the majority of the community wants to see change.
Rental regulations and occupancy limitations aren’t a small matter in the city — more than 40% of houses in Fort Collins are occupied by renters.
To better understand how potential rental programs and changes to status quo would impact renters and landlords, the city surveyed landlords, renters and general homeowners on what they would like to see happen. It also formed a task force of landlords, industry professionals and renters to discuss policies and make suggestions to council.
Among all respondents who took the city’s survey on rental strategies, 60% felt something needed to change in the way the city regulates rentals.
City staff came to council Tuesday with the recommendation that — based on community feedback — they look more into a rental registration program rather than a licensing program to address the desire for change.
The majority of respondents to the city’s survey about rental regulations, 56%, felt landlords should have to register their properties with the city, while 50% of respondents felt they should have to get a city-issued license to rent out their properties.
Perhaps expectedly, these options were notably less popular among landlords who completed the survey and would have to pay a fee for either registration or a license. Among landlord respondents, 78% felt they shouldn’t need a license to operate and 69% felt they shouldn’t need to register their properties.
Marcy Yoder, manager of neighborhood services who helped present the information to council, said that while council members had previously expressed more interest in licensing, “when (they) went into the community, there was more support for registration than there was for licensing.”
What's the difference between rental licensing and registration?
The primary difference between a rental registration and rental licensing program, Yoder explained, is that licensing allows for more enforcement and would likely include additional inspection elements.
“(Registration is to) gain the information about where those rentals are, who owns them, how they're being managed, so that it becomes easier to understand our own market,” she said. "Licensing then gives you additional enforcement if you don't get voluntary compliance along the way."
Both programs would have some inspection element, according to Meaghan Overton, housing manager for the city, but licensing would allow the city to return to inspect problem properties.
The cost to the city would be similar for either program, Yoder said, adding that to start either would cost about $350,000 and would increase to $450,000 the next year. The cost to landlords for a license or registration would be “a nominal fee,” Yoder said, but additional costs would come based on how inspections — which would accompany the licensing program — are conducted.
Among landlords who engaged with the city, potential costs were identified as a downside to a licensing and inspection program, and most rental managers said they would pass costs on to tenants. Landlords also felt the city wasn’t clear about what issue it was trying to address with this program and said they would prefer that inspections continue on a complaint-only basis rather than become proactive by the city.
Landlords surveyed expressed concerns about what they’ve heard happen in other cities — from Boulder to Minneapolis — about regulations becoming “overwhelming” for property owners and the city viewing regulations as “a money grab.”
In alignment with the survey responses, the task force gathered to give suggestions on these matters determined that it would be best for the city to establish a mandatory rental registration program and "continue complaint-based rental inspections with a focus on habitability (health and safety)."
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Council sees need for renter protection, but hasn’t reached consensus on what’s best
Council member Kelly Ohlson was adamantly against rental registration, saying there was nothing to gain from that while licensing gives the city “control and consequences if people are bad players.”
Council members Tricia Canonico and Susan Gutowsky said licensing would be a better route, in part because it would allow for more inspections and give renters more agency.
“I think that it's imperative that we have some way of landlords being accountable for the safety of tenants and I think the best way would be through licensing,” Gutowsky said, adding that a registration method in which landlords register their properties and the city asks them to be good won’t produce results.
Canonico said she was leaning toward licensing because she thought there was danger of confusion among landlords if the city takes “a tiered approach” from registration to licensing rather than being consistent with one tactic.
Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis said she is in favor of either a registration or a licensing program and while she didn’t lean heavily either way, she feels something needs to be implemented.
“We have, as a city, been lagging in protecting rights and livability and safety standards within a home, especially when we think about … the cost of housing and how we want families to be able to have access to safe and stable housing,” she said. “I do think we really do need to explore a mandatory registration or licensing program.”
Francis said she fears going from having nothing to licensing may be a “zero to 100” endeavor, and council member Julie Pignataro agreed. Pignataro said she’d be more comfortable having a registry as “a first step with the intent to see if licensing is where we want to go.”
Mayor Jeni Arndt and council member Shirley Peel also felt the city should implement a registration program before moving to licensing.
Peel said she isn’t ready to implement licensing, but is “OK with registration for a nominal fee,” while Arndt expressed concerns about being able to implement licensing, which would require additional inspection costs, because of how many competing budget items the city is already considering.
“I'm not sure how we would pull off an effective licensing program with inspections on top of our code inspections, our certificate of occupancy, all the things,” she said.
Council will continue discussions on rental regulations as it grapples with potential updates to the city's 25-year-old land use code, another effort closely tied to issues of housing affordability.
Related:Fort Collins home prices continue to rise, but escalating mortgage rates are shifting the market
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LOS ANGELES ― A National League scout who was assigned to cover the Dodgers in 2019 had a concise assessment of their precocious rookie pitcher, Dustin May. His repertoire, the scout said, consisted of “hard, harder, and hardest.”
In layman’s terms, May threw everything fast – so fast, it became a potential weakness. The degrees of velocity separating his two favorite pitches, his sinker (95-99 mph) and his cutter (91-95), were small enough that a major league hitter could incorrectly guess which pitch was coming and still make contact. The main challenge was anticipating May’s curveball, regularly clocked in the low 80s, which he only threw 10% of the time.
Paired with command of each pitch, that repertoire is more than enough to succeed in the major leagues. But it’s exploitable, at least to a hitter who comes prepared.
May’s first postseason appearance offered proof of concept. Twice in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the National League Division Series, he threw a veteran Washington Nationals hitter a belt-high cutter. Twice, the ball was lined to the outfield for a hit. The latter scored a run. Welcome to the playoffs, kid.
May is not the same pitcher now as then. When he takes the ball on Saturday against the Miami Marlins, it will be his second start since returning from Tommy John surgery.
A quick glance at the scoreboard will reveal that May’s signature speed hardly suffered for 15 months’ downtime between big league appearances. In his return game last Saturday at Dodger Stadium, May’s fastest offering against the Marlins touched 99 mph. He struck out nine of the 18 batters he faced, allowing only one hit over five shutout innings.
What the scoreboard can’t show is the newfound confidence May has in his changeup, a pitch he scarcely threw upon his debut three years ago.
“I didn’t really have a whole lot of confidence with (the pitch) before surgery, so my thought process … after surgery was, I want to start throwing it as soon as possible,” he said, “so if I end up throwing it, I want to have as much confidence behind it as I could.”
The three changeups May threw against the Marlins were not the substance of any viral gifs. Although he did use a changeup to strike out J.J. Bleday on a foul tip in the fourth inning, it is far from his nastiest pitch.
The changeup does solve a potential problem, however. Thrown in the neighborhood of 87-88 mph, May’s changeup is faster than his curveball but slower than his cutter. It’s an in-between pitch. It transforms his repertoire from “hard, harder and hardest” to a four-pitch assortment potentially flying anywhere from 80 to 99 mph. The degrees of speed separating each pitch make May more dangerous, particularly against left-handers (who are more likely to see the changeup than righties).
The idea that May might throw all four pitches with confidence on any given night could make him the Dodgers’ most important pitcher.
“As far as pure talent, he’s a game-changer,” Manager Dave Roberts said. “He just hasn’t had a ton of experience.”
Since his debut, May has appeared in only 41 games between the regular season and postseason. By his own estimate, however, he’s thrown “a million bullpens” over the last year. That doesn’t count for anything on the stat sheet, but it has helped him accumulate confidence.
May said he throws four of each off-speed pitch during each of his bullpens. Add in the off-speed pitches he throws playing catch, multiply by roughly a million, and the confidence seems a bit more real.
Austin Barnes, who caught May last Saturday, said the confidence isn’t limited to the changeup.
“He’s throwing his cutter up, getting it up pretty well, which I think is the key with the cutter to lefties,” Barnes said. “It’s not a fun pitch getting in on the hands. It kind of opens things up a lot to the other side of the plate, which will help the changeup.”
It isn’t often that a major league pitcher will return from Tommy John surgery better than before. But May is still just 24. He was 21 when he debuted. It’s reasonable to expect he still had some measure of development ahead of him when his right ulnar collateral ligament tore in Milwaukee on May 1 of last year.
The downtime afforded him time to develop away from the spotlight. It’s early still, but it seems to have helped.
“He came back a little bit different,” Barnes said. “His whole repertoire is a little bit different than it used to be. It’s just going to help him against lefties.”
BETTS COMMITS TO WBC
Dodgers All-Star outfielder Mookie Betts committed to representing the United States in the 2023 World Baseball Classic with an Instagram post on Thursday, giving the already loaded Team USA roster another boost.
Betts, 29, joins the Angels’ Mike Trout, reigning NL MVP Bryce Harper, New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso and St. Louis Cardinals teammates Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado among those who have committed to represent the defending champions.
This will be Betts’ first appearance in the WBC. He is slashing .273/.344/529 for the Dodgers this season with 27 home runs, 62 RBIs, 94 runs scored, 26 doubles and 11 stolen bases in 105 games.
Team USA will open the tournament at Chase Field in Phoenix with games against Mexico, Canada, Colombia, and an opponent TBD in the first round, which runs from March 11-15.
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An ongoing investigation into the distribution of Fentanyl ended at a motel off McCutcheon Road Tuesday.
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Narcotics and Special Investigations Unit Detectives arrested Patrick Lamar Tory after executing a search warrant at the Microtel Motel.
The warrant found $14,265 cash, approximately 39 grams of Fentanyl, 27 grams of marijuana, 30 grams of an unknown narcotic, and an illegal firearm.
Tory was taken into custody without incident.
He is facing several charges, including Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drugs for Resale, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony.
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Laws that ban abortion or severely restrict the procedure have gone into effect in about a dozen states after the US Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to abortion on June 24.
On July 26, the Supreme Court transmitted its judgment in the case, taking the procedural step that started the process for some states to implement their so-called trigger bans on abortion.
In several of these states, abortion rights advocates and providers have taken legal action to challenge abortion restrictions and have seen some success in temporarily blocking bans.
Here are the states that have enacted near-total bans on abortion or face legal challenges over their bans:
States where abortion bans or limits are in effect
Alabama: abortion banned
A federal judge on June 24 lifted an injunction against a 2019 state law that bans abortions, allowing the law to go into effect.
The law allows exceptions to prevent a "serious health risk" to the mother, for ectopic pregnancy and if the "unborn child has a lethal anomaly."
Arkansas: abortion banned
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge certified the state's trigger ban, allowing it take effect on June 24. The law bans abortions except in the case of a life-threatening emergency.
Florida: 15-week ban in effect but being challenged in court
In Florida, a law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy took effect on July 1. The law has exemptions involving "serious risk" to the pregnant person and for a fatal fetal abnormality if two physicians confirm the diagnosis in writing.
A state judge on June 30 said he would issue a temporary statewide injunction and signed a written order on July 5. But the state also filed an appeal, a move that automatically stayed the judge's order that temporarily blocked the ban.
With the appeal, the law remains in effect while litigation continues.
The plaintiffs in the case, Florida abortion providers, asked the state Supreme Court in August to put the 15-week ban back on hold while the appeal plays out.
Georgia: 6-week ban in effect but being challenged in court
A state law that bans abortions as early as six weeks of pregnancy took effect on July 20, after a federal appellate court allowed the law to be enforced immediately.
After the Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (which overturned Roe), the Georgia ban remained on hold for several weeks, until the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a lower district court's order that had blocked the law.
Abortion providers and advocates filed a new challenge against the Georgia law in state court, arguing that it violates the state constitution and cannot be enforced because it went against federal constitutional precedent when it was enacted in 2019 and can't be revived. The judge, however, declined in August to halt the law's enforcement while the lawsuit played out, because he concluded he did not have the authority to issue the preliminary order.
Idaho: abortion ban in effect but parts of it blocked by court
Idaho's trigger law banning most abortions went into effect August 25, but litigation continues around certain aspects.
The ban prohibits abortions unless necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant person, or in situations of rape or incest that have been reported to law enforcement.
The law was designed to take effect 30 days following the US Supreme Court's transmission of its judgment overturning Roe v. Wade.
A federal judge on August 24, however, blocked enforcement of the ban in certain medical emergencies, after the Biden administration sued the state, arguing that the law opened doctors up to prosecution for abortion care they were obligated to offer under federal law.
The case could be appealed, potentially leading to the Supreme Court being asked to weigh in.
Indiana: abortions ban to take effect on September 15
Indiana's law banning most abortions takes effect on September 15.
Indiana was the first state to pass a restrictive law against abortion after Roe v. Wade was overturned, doing so during a special legislative session.
The new law provides exceptions for when the life of the mother is at risk and for fatal fetal anomalies, up until 20 weeks post-fertilization. It also allows exceptions for some abortions if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest.
Kentucky: abortion bans in effect while court challenge unfolds
A Kentucky state court of appeals on August 1 reinstated the state's so-called trigger law banning abortion as well as a separate law banning the procedure after roughly six weeks of pregnancy, siding with Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron and allowing the laws to temporarily be enforced while the case proceeds in the courts.
On August 18, the state Supreme Court allowed the laws to remain in effect, as it plans to hear oral arguments on the appeal of the temporary injunction in November.
Louisiana: abortion ban in effect but being challenged in court
Louisiana's abortion trigger ban went into effect again on August 1 while a legal challenge to the law continues.
The law had been temporarily blocked by a state judge in July but is again in effect after a ruling from a state appellate court allowed the law to be enforced.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, which is challenging the law, has filed a request with the state Supreme Court to reinstate the temporary order that had blocked the law's enforcement. The Supreme Court has not acted on that request.
Mississippi: abortion banned
Mississippi's trigger law went into effect on July 7, after the last abortion clinic in the state was unsuccessful in its attempts to get the law blocked. The trigger ban prohibits abortions in the state with exceptions only in cases of rape or if the pregnant person's life is endangered.
Missouri: abortion banned
Missouri's law that bans abortion except in medical emergencies went into effect on June 24.
North Carolina: 20-week ban in effect
A US district court judge in North Carolina on August 17 allowed a state law that bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy to be reinstated, lifting an injunction he had placed on the 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.
But in his August 17 order, 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."
Ohio: abortion banned around 6-weeks
The Ohio Supreme Court denied state abortion providers' request for an emergency hold on the state's prohibition on abortions performed after early cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks into a pregnancy. The court's ruling means the abortion ban can continue to be enforced as the case plays out.
Oklahoma: abortion banned
Abortion had been unavailable in the state since May, after the governor signed bills into law that allowed civil enforcement of abortion restrictions.
After the Supreme Court overruled Roe, Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor said that the state may enforce its 1910 pre-Roe abortion ban, under which abortion is a felony up to five years in prison except to preserve the woman's life.
The attorney general's office had said that SB 612, which goes into effect on August 27 and enacts harsher penalties for performing an abortion, would become the primary prohibition on the procedure.
Abortion providers had challenged Oklahoma's pre-Roe abortion ban and the abortion statutes signed by Stitt, calling the laws overlapping and contradictory.
South Dakota: abortion banned
South Dakota's trigger law, which makes it illegal to perform an abortion except in life-threatening medical emergencies, went into effect on June 24.
Tennessee: abortion banned
Abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy had been available in Tennessee, but the trigger law that took effect on August 25 bans abortions at all stages of pregnancy, except when necessary to prevent the pregnant woman's death or serious risk of "substantial and irreversible impairment" of a bodily function. It does not allow for abortions in cases of rape or incest.
Texas: abortion banned
Texas' trigger law went into effect on August 25, putting in place new criminal penalties for abortion and offering an exemption only for certain health emergencies. The state additionally has a civil enforcement law -- authorizing private citizens to bring lawsuits against alleged violators in state court -- for abortions performed after around six weeks into the pregnancy.
Wisconsin: pre-Roe ban in effect but being challenged in court
Democratic state officials in Wisconsin have asked a state court to block Wisconsin's pre-Roe abortion ban, which was allowed to take effect after the high court overturned the federal holding. The 1849 law criminalizes abortion in the state, including in cases of rape and incest.
The lawsuit asks a state court to "clarify that Wisconsin's 19th century abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest has not gone back into effect," and to deem it unenforceable.
States where abortion bans or extreme limits are on hold due to court order
Arizona: state seeks to lift hold on pre-Roe abortion ban
Arizona's Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking a state court to lift a 1973 court injunction against an abortion ban enacted in 1901. The court heard arguments on the request in August, but the judge said that her decision on whether to lift the injunction would not come before September 20. Arizona has a separate law banning abortion at 15 weeks that goes into effect on September 24.
Iowa: GOP governor asks court to revive state's 6-week abortion ban
Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds asked a state court on August 11 to revive a six-week abortion ban that had previously been halted in 2019.
In her brief filed in the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Reynolds pointed to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe in June, as well as the Iowa Supreme Court's separate reversal earlier that month of its own 2018 decision that had interpreted the state constitution as extending protections for abortion rights.
Michigan: ban temporarily blocked
In Michigan, the state's pre-Roe ban -- a 1931 abortion ban, which was invalidated by the decision in Roe v. Wade but remained on the state's books -- was put on hold by a state court in May, before the US Supreme Court decision was handed down. After an appellate court said that order applied only to state officials, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer successfully sought an order from a separate court halting the ban's enforcement by county officials as well. There are also pending requests before the state Supreme Court asking the court to declare definitively that the pre-Roe ban violates the state's constitution.
North Dakota: judge blocked trigger ban day before it would take effect
The state's trigger ban was blocked a day before it was set to go into effect on August 26.
A state judge granted a preliminary injunction on August 25, blocking the law while a legal challenge plays out.
The abortion ban would make it a felony to perform an abortion in the state with exceptions to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest.
South Carolina: 6-week abortion ban temporarily blocked
The South Carolina Supreme Court on August 17 temporarily blocked the state's six-week abortion ban from being enforced, granting a request from state abortion providers for a temporary injunction while their challenge to the law continues.
South Carolina's law, S.1, had been in effect since June 27, when a judge lifted a federal court's hold on the ban days after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A circuit court judge in late July declined to block the ban and recommended the lawsuit move to the state's high court.
Utah: trigger ban blocked while court challenge continues
Abortion services have remained available in Utah, after a state judge blocked the state's trigger law while litigation continues.
The law would ban abortions with exceptions for cases of rape or incest, detection of severe birth defects, or prevention of the death or serious injury of the person giving birth.
For now, abortions up until 18 weeks of pregnancy have been able to continue.
West Virginia: pre-Roe ban blocked in court
Abortion, for now, is legal up to 20 weeks in West Virginia, after a state court judge on July 18 indicated that she had decided to block a West Virginia abortion ban dating to the 1800s, according to news releases from both sides of a legal challenge to the law.
The decision was announced from the bench, both sides confirmed. A copy of the order was not immediately available, a court clerk told CNN.
West Virginia's GOP Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on July 19 filed a motion for a stay of injunction with the state Supreme Court of Appeals.Wyoming's abortion ban was blocked on July 27, the day it was set to go into effect.
Wyoming: trigger ban blocked while lawsuit continues
A state court judge issued a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit brought by abortion providers, an access fund and two women, who argue that the ban violates Wyoming's constitution.
The law -- which includes exemptions for incest, sexual assault or "serious risk of death or of substantial and irreversible physical impairment" -- was a trigger law set in motion by the Dobbs ruling. Under the law, the ban could be implemented five days after certification from the governor, which happened on July 22. The judge has placed a preliminary injunction on the ban while the lawsuit continues.
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The two officers killed in Tuesday's helicopter crash on Aetna Mountain were Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Sergeant Lee Russell, who was piloting the helicopter, and Detective Matt Blansett with the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
We spoke with a witness of Tuesday's tragic crash, bringing some insight to the incident.
Daniel Hostetler was driving east on I-24 just before 4 pm on Tuesday.
He tells us as he was driving he noticed a black helicopter above him flying in tight circles, and says he saw the back end of the helicopter shaking.
Hostetler did not anticipate what was about to happen next.
"And then I saw the front of the helicopter dip down about 20 or 30 degrees, and it caught the electrical wire that was going across the highway," he said.
Hostetler says he was on his way back to work at the Vital Records Ware House in Chattanooga when he saw the helicopter hit the power lines.
"I saw a big flash, puff of smoke… looked like pieces of the rotor on top of the helicopter broke off, then the helicopter did a nose dive," explained Hostelter.
He says he was obviously concerned for the passengers on board but at the time he was also scared for his own life.
"A power line was coming down straight where I was fixing to be on the road," Hostetler continued. "So I was kind of waiting for the line to come down, or I didn't know where the helicopter was going to come down on my head or not."
He was able to drive away from the scene un-harmed, but was worried about what he had just seen.
"At that time I uttered a prayer for those folks that went down and for their families you know not knowing what was going on," he said.
Federal investigators have interviewed Hostetler about what he witnessed.
Marion County Sheriff, Bo Burnett, said the two men were spotting marijuana crops from the air as part of a marijuana eradication program.
On Thursday the town of South Pittsburg memorialized Matt Blansetts life.
Blansett went to South Pitsburg High School, served as a long-time detective and County Commissioner for the town.
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Gabrielle Perry, a 29-year-old epidemiologist in New Orleans, expects $20,000 of her $135,000 student loan debt to be wiped out under the plan announced this week by President Joe Biden. She is happy for the relief but disappointed he isn't fully canceling student debt that weighs especially heavy on African Americans.
For her, it's discouraging that Biden isn't doing more to help a constituency that played a critical role in his presidential campaign. Perry, who cares for and financially supports her disabled mother, said those obligations act as a societal tax on Black people, preventing the growth of generational wealth.
"You are ensuring that your little brothers and sisters have what they need for school," Perry said. "You are helping your parents pay off their rent, their house. So your quote-unquote wealth doesn't even have time to be built because you're trying to help your family survive."
Black borrowers on average carry about $40,000 in federal student loan debt, $10,000 more than white borrowers, according to federal education data. The disparity reflects a racial wealth gap in the U.S. — one that some advocates say the debt relief plan does not do enough to narrow.
One in four Black borrowers would see their debt cleared entirely under the administration's plan, which cancels $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. The plan includes an additional $10,000 in relief for Pell Grant recipients, who are more than twice as likely to be Black.
But more work needs to be done to make higher education accessible and affordable, said Wisdom Cole, national director of the NAACP Youth & College Division.
"When we think about education and higher education, fundamentally, it's the promise of an equitable future," Cole said. "We have so many Black graduates who go through the system, graduate and are not able to see that future because they disproportionately risk taking out loans."
Perry faced steep challenges to complete her education. Homeless for nearly a year, she had to drop out of school and saw the interest on her loans balloon. She also faced incarceration. Eventually, she was able to get her record expunged and earned a master's in public health from Tulane University, graduating just in time for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic-era freeze on student loan payments, combined with raises at work, allowed Perry to achieve a sense of stability for the first time in her life. She was able to pay off her car, help her disabled mother, and start a nonprofit, the Thurman Perry Foundation, that gives college scholarships to currently or formerly incarcerated women and their daughters.
"That time with that payment pause, it didn't just build up my life," Perry said. "It even helped me pull my mother out of poverty. I got her into a safer place to live. It reverberated for people like me. Because I know that there are other people living worse than what I survived."
Black students are more likely to take on debt to finance their education, and in larger amounts, in part because of the wealth gap that makes it less likely for Black families to be able to finance their children's education.
In her first months of graduate school, before her fellowship salary kicked in, TC Headley called the university's financial aid office to ask if there was help to cover the cost of books and supplies. Instead, the woman on the phone told her to call her parents and ask for more money.
"I can't just call my parents for thousands of dollars," she said. "The only other option to get this money in time was to take out a loan. I did what I had to do to be able to support myself and stay in school."
Headley, who owes roughly $40,000 in student debt, had put off thinking about owning a home or starting a family because she was so focused on paying that off. Now, she expects half of that will be forgiven because she was a Pell grant recipient.
While white families are more likely to see a transfer of wealth from one generation to the next, the opposite is true of Black families, where children are more likely to have to support a parent once they obtain some level of financial security, said Andre M. Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute.
"For many Black women, and Black people in general, many middle income people are being missed by this policy," Andre M. Perry said. "We have done everything that we were asked to do to get ahead. Go to college, go to the best schools, we're told. And as a result, we had to take on debt."
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Associated Press writer Sharon Lurye in New Orleans contributed to this report.
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ORLANDO, Florida (Aug. 25, 2022) TSgt. Keven Green and Spc. Gerald Blakely, Team Army reach for the tip off to start the game, during the gold medal wheelchair basketball game at the 2022 DoD Warrior Games in Orlando, Florida. The Warrior Games are composed of over 200 wounded, ill and injured service member and veteran athletes, competing in 12 adaptive sporting events Aug. 19-28, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Alexa Trafton)
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ORLANDO, Florida (Aug. 25, 2022) SSgt. Retired Michael Murphy, Team Army, cheers on his fellow teammates during the gold medal wheelchair basketball game at the 2022 DoD Warrior Games in Orlando, Florida. The Warrior Games are composed of over 200 wounded, ill and injured service member and veteran athletes, competing in 12 adaptive sporting events Aug. 19-28, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Alexa Trafton)
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MUSKEGON, Mich. — The city of Muskegon took the first steps towards a new development project- or should we say the first shovel-loads.
City leaders officially broke ground on the Harbor 31 development project on Thursday afternoon, slated to be built at Shoreline Drive and Terrace Street.
The project is the product of an $120 investment in Muskegon's lakeshore.
Harbor 31 will be what the city is calls mixed-use development. Waterfront residential structures are in the first stages of construction, while site preparation has been launched for a new Trilogy Health Services senior living center that will boast 104 beds.
Harbor 31 will also feature a hotel, marina, boat services, and office and retail developments.
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I know some parents who will allow little piggles, if the are a different breed then they prefer the children can grow together...but not together to breed as one lays in a nest for the second is uncontemplating or ignorable. This also holds another name which is why it sounds in so, this in many other states allows one' s chit the other when another in a place of this place with their dog at a home in there also as long it The late "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols will have her ashes rocketed into outer space aboard the United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket.
The trailblazing actress died on July 31 at the age of 89.
Her son announced news of her death on Instagram, saying she died from natural causes.
The United Launch Alliance rocket will launch later this year, Fox News reported.
Her remains will reportedly join those of the late creator of "Star Trek," Gene Roddenberry, who passed away in 1991.
Nichols played Uhura in "Star Trek: The Original Series." She was one of the first African American women to play a major role in a television series.
"Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all," her son said.
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Gabrielle Perry, a 29-year-old epidemiologist in New Orleans, expects $20,000 of her $135,000 student loan debt to be wiped out under the plan announced this week by President Joe Biden. She is happy for the relief but disappointed he isn't fully canceling student debt that weighs especially heavy on African Americans.
For her, it's discouraging that Biden isn't doing more to help a constituency that played a critical role in his presidential campaign. Perry, who cares for and financially supports her disabled mother, said those obligations act as a societal tax on Black people, preventing the growth of generational wealth.
"You are ensuring that your little brothers and sisters have what they need for school," Perry said. "You are helping your parents pay off their rent, their house. So your quote-unquote wealth doesn't even have time to be built because you're trying to help your family survive."
Black borrowers on average carry about $40,000 in federal student loan debt, $10,000 more than white borrowers, according to federal education data. The disparity reflects a racial wealth gap in the U.S. — one that some advocates say the debt relief plan does not do enough to narrow.
One in four Black borrowers would see their debt cleared entirely under the administration's plan, which cancels $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. The plan includes an additional $10,000 in relief for Pell Grant recipients, who are more than twice as likely to be Black.
But more work needs to be done to make higher education accessible and affordable, said Wisdom Cole, national director of the NAACP Youth & College Division.
"When we think about education and higher education, fundamentally, it's the promise of an equitable future," Cole said. "We have so many Black graduates who go through the system, graduate and are not able to see that future because they disproportionately risk taking out loans."
Perry faced steep challenges to complete her education. Homeless for nearly a year, she had to drop out of school and saw the interest on her loans balloon. She also faced incarceration. Eventually, she was able to get her record expunged and earned a master's in public health from Tulane University, graduating just in time for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic-era freeze on student loan payments, combined with raises at work, allowed Perry to achieve a sense of stability for the first time in her life. She was able to pay off her car, help her disabled mother, and start a nonprofit, the Thurman Perry Foundation, that gives college scholarships to currently or formerly incarcerated women and their daughters.
"That time with that payment pause, it didn't just build up my life," Perry said. "It even helped me pull my mother out of poverty. I got her into a safer place to live. It reverberated for people like me. Because I know that there are other people living worse than what I survived."
Black students are more likely to take on debt to finance their education, and in larger amounts, in part because of the wealth gap that makes it less likely for Black families to be able to finance their children's education.
In her first months of graduate school, before her fellowship salary kicked in, TC Headley called the university's financial aid office to ask if there was help to cover the cost of books and supplies. Instead, the woman on the phone told her to call her parents and ask for more money.
"I can't just call my parents for thousands of dollars," she said. "The only other option to get this money in time was to take out a loan. I did what I had to do to be able to support myself and stay in school."
Headley, who owes roughly $40,000 in student debt, had put off thinking about owning a home or starting a family because she was so focused on paying that off. Now, she expects half of that will be forgiven because she was a Pell grant recipient.
While white families are more likely to see a transfer of wealth from one generation to the next, the opposite is true of Black families, where children are more likely to have to support a parent once they obtain some level of financial security, said Andre M. Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute.
"For many Black women, and Black people in general, many middle income people are being missed by this policy," Andre M. Perry said. "We have done everything that we were asked to do to get ahead. Go to college, go to the best schools, we're told. And as a result, we had to take on debt."
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Associated Press writer Sharon Lurye in New Orleans contributed to this report.
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The Associated Press' reporting around issues of race and ethnicity is supported in part by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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# Liste japanischer Fallenbeisser\nfiktiv im mithännojimunsei-Universum des Romanautors Ryõsã Okajima-Kinugasa.\n\n## Hintergrund: Handwerky der Landstraße (喬 人) von Yamau, Owajanaika\nYuu\n\nAnmerkunde/Queries\nAcht von zehner Killer. Wenigstimmigen, der MUSKEGON, Mich. — Sparta went into week one still stinging from a one-point loss to Oakridge on its home field in 2021, making the 2022 version FOX 17’s Blitz Battle.
On August 26, 2021, the Eagles beat the Spartans 22-21, thanks to a fourth quarter safety.
It was the first of four games decided by just seven points or fewer for each team throughout the 2021 season.
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Sparta 14, Oakridge 30
Oakridge finished on top Thursday night with the 30-14 victory over Sparta.
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Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan — here’s everything you need to know
During a news conference at the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden discussed in greater detail his administration’s plan for student loan forgiveness.
"In my campaign for president, I made a commitment," Biden said. "I made a program that would provide student debt relief and I'm honoring that commitment today."
"Using the authority Congress granted the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding federal student loans. In addition, students who come from low income families which allow them to qualify to receive a Pell Grant will have their debt reduced by $20,000," he continued. "Both of these targeted actions are for families who need it the most."
To be eligible for debt forgiveness, borrowers must earn less than $125,000 a year for an individual or $250,000 per year for a married couple.
Due to relevant income data that’s already available, the Department of Education said in a press release that nearly 8 million borrowers may be eligible to receive relief automatically. This means they will not have to do anything to receive their student loan forgiveness. For other borrowers, the department will announce further details on how to claim this relief in the weeks ahead.
The Department of Education is also proposing a new rule to help decrease future payments. For undergraduate loans, it wants to lower the cap from 10% of one’s monthly income to 5%. For income-driven repayment plans, it would forgive the loans after 10 years of payments, rather than 20 years, for borrowers whose original loan balance was $12,000 or less.
The proposed rule would also fully cover the borrower’s unpaid monthly interest, meaning a borrower’s loan balance will not grow so long as they are making their required monthly payments.
The administration also extended the current student loan payment pause, which was set to expire at the end of this month. Now, student loan borrowers will not need to resume their payments until January 2023.
"Earning a college degree or certificate should give every person in America a leg up in securing a bright future," Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said Wednesday. "But for too many people, student loan debt has hindered their ability to achieve their dreams - including buying a home, starting a business or providing for their family.
"Today, we’re delivering targeted relief that will help ensure borrowers are not placed in a worse position financially because of the pandemic and restore trust in a system that should be creating opportunity, not a debt trap," he continued.
If you have private student loans and don’t qualify for forgiveness, you could consider refinancing at a lower interest rate to reduce your monthly payments. Visit Credible to find your personalized interest rate without affecting your credit score.
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Who benefits from student loan cancellation
During Biden's news conference, he stressed that this student loan debt cancellation was for the middle class, and "no high-income individual or high-income household" would benefit from the action.
About 90% of the eligible beneficiaries make under $75,000 per family, according to data from the White House. And overall, 95% of federal student loan borrowers, or 43 million people, can benefit from these actions.
Of the eligible borrowers, more than 60%, or 27 million, are Pell Grant recipients who will get $20,000 in debt relief. Nearly 45% can have their student debt fully cancelled, the president said.
"That's 20 million people who can start getting on with their lives," Biden said. "All this means is people can start [to] finally crawl out from under that mountain of debt to get on top of their rent and utilities. To finally think about buying a home or starting a family or starting a business."
If you are paying off private student loans, they are not eligible for federal student debt cancellation. But a refinance could help lower your monthly payments. Visit Credible to compare multiple student lenders at once and choose the one with the best interest rate for you.
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Biden’s authority to cancel student loan debt
The president’s legal authority to cancel widespread student loan debt has in the past been called into question, including by former members of the Department of Education. The Biden administration released a memo with its student loan forgiveness announcement, laying out its justification for the president's legal authority.
Back in January 2021, a memo from Reed Rubinstein, the former principle deputy general counsel at the Department of Education, said that "the pause is the far outer edge of where you can go with your legal authority...the statutory authority to cancel, compromise, discharge, or forgive, on a blanket or mass basis, principal balances of student loans, and/or to materially modify the repayment amounts or terms thereof."
However, the White House memo released Wednesday said the administration’s actions were within his legal authority.
"We have thus determined that the January 2021 memorandum was substantively incorrect in its conclusions," the memo stated.
The Biden administration went on to say that the HEROES Act gave the president the authority for widespread student loan cancellation. The HEROES Act was put in place after Sept. 11th and gives the Secretary of Education authority to grant relief from student loan requirements during specific periods. Examples given are war, military operation or national emergency.
"The HEROES Act, first enacted in the wake of the September 11 attacks, provides the secretary broad authority to grant relief from student loan requirements during specific periods (a war, other military operation, or national emergency, such as the present COVID-19 pandemic) and for specific purposes (including to address the financial harms of such a war, other military operation, or emergency)," the Biden administration’s memo states.
If you have private student loans, they will not qualify for federal student debt relief, including cancellation. But you can potentially reduce your monthly payments by refinancing. Visit Credible to get prequalified for a student loan refinance in minutes, without affecting your credit score.
Biden administration doubles down on college fraud
During the news conference, Biden also commented that his administration would double down on colleges who make claims to prospective students that they can’t deliver.
"One more big change we’re making to the system is we're holding colleges accountable for jacking up costs without delivering value to students," Biden said. "All of those schools [are] luring students with the promise of big paychecks when they graduate, only to watch these students be ripped off, left with mounds of debt."
Biden said that so far, his administration has canceled more than $32 billion in student debt, including $1.6 billion toward borrower defense to repayment or closed school discharges.
"Our goal is to shine a light on the worst actors so students can avoid these debt traps," Biden said.
If you are struggling to pay back your private student loans, refinancing could help you lower your monthly payments. To see your options or speak to a student loan expert, you can contact Credible and get all of your questions answered.
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Des Plaines crash: 2 vehicles involved, 1 strikes building
DES PLAINES, Ill. - Two vehicles were involved in a crash in the northwest suburbs Thursday night.
The crash occurred near Oakton and Webster in Des Plaines.
One of the vehicles involved had struck a building.
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We're told several ambulances were sent to the scene, but no report yet of how serious the injuries are.
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The first passing play from Trey Lance went for 15 yards as he rolled out and hit Kyle Juszczyk outside of the numbers. His next pass was incomplete to Brandon Aiyuk, while his third was a deep shot on 3rd & 2 was slightly underthrown to Deebo. On the play, Aiyuk was streaking open across the middle, but Lance had his mind made up he was going down the sideline to Samuel.
Jeff Wilson Jr. and the offensive line looked good on the opening drive. Wilson Jr. had two carries for ten yards. Jaylon Moore started at left tackle over Justin Skule. I bet Kyle Shanahan couldn’t wait to get Moore, or anyone else, action with the starters over Skule.
The first drive went as you’d expect it to go defensively without the front-7. The Texans ran the ball down the throat of the 49ers after Samson Ebukam started the game with a sack. Dameon Pierce had six carries for 37 yards, including a 12-yard run. Pierce capped the drive off with a touchdown.
Houston tested Samuel Womack a few times on the drive. Womack made two nice plays where he showcased his physicality but was flagged for pass interference in the end zone.
The second drive for Lance began with a sack where three of the five offensive linemen were beaten. To be fair, you could pick your choice on the drive for which 49er missed a block. The offense was bailed out on an illegal contact penalty on 3rd & 17 but was unable to generate a first down after.
After the defense got a stop, Lance came out for a third drive. This time, with Trey Sermon at running back. Kyle Shanahan moved the pocket more on this drive, which seemed to calm Lance down. As was the case during practice, Lance is more accurate on the move when you remove his feet from the equation. After a slow start, Lance completed five passes in a row.
Sermon ran well, as he had 22 yards on five carries to start the drive, although he did give up a pressure that caused Lance to get sacked nearly. Speaking of running, Aaron Banks got in the pancake column:
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The offense couldn’t get much of anything done during the first half. There were seven penalties for 54 yards, including an interception by Nate Sudfeld. Brock Purdy had an opportunity to make something happen in the two-minute drill, but a penalty stalled that drive.
Interestingly enough, Jordan Mason came into the game before Ty Davis-Price. We’ll see if that means anything, but it can’t hurt. Mason’s first carry went for eight yards.
The penalties didn’t stop, as rookie cornerback, Tariq Castro-Field gave up a pass interference that put Houston into scoring territory. Not to be outdone, Drake Jackson was flagged for a pretty weak roughing the passer call.
Jackson purposely lowered where he was hitting to avoid a helmet-to-helmet call on Davis Mills. But was still flagged for a penalty. The extra first down put Hoston in a position for another score.
Tashaun Gipson was on the wrong end of the touchdown. As a veteran, you’d like to see him not backpedal in the end zone and drive on a vertical route down the seam. That score made it 14-0, Houston.
Purdy and Sudfeld would rotate series in the third quarter. Purdy had six attempts for 76 yards at one point compared to Sudfeld’s seven attempts for 37 yards. Sudfeld came up short on 4th and 1 on a quarterback sneak. However, Purdy had an interception that he’d like to have back in the fourth quarter.
Ironically, the one time the broadcast should’ve brought up Jimmy Garoppolo, they didn’t. I’m not sure what his deal was, but Kirk Herbstreit went out of his way to mention Garoppolo’s name at every opportunity — most where it didn’t make any sense. It got progressively worse as the game went along.
Get ready for an overdose of critiquing, especially for Lance. It’s impossible to evaluate him behind a makeshift line. The preseason is over. Next up, Chicago in 17 days. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/25/23322626/49ers-texans-preseason-finale | 2022-08-26T04:10:29Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/25/23322626/49ers-texans-preseason-finale | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Half-naked Minnesota lawyer beat ex-wife to death in front of horrified children: criminal complaint
A North Dakota lawyer allegedly beat his ex-wife to death in Minnesota on Tuesday as she clung to the youngest of their five children and two others screamed for help, according to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office.
The younger boy, 2, was so traumatized he didn’t respond to questions from deputies after they had his father in custody and rushed his mother to the hospital.
Anders Odegaard, 31, and Carissa Odegaard, also 31, divorced last year, court records show.
In a custody dispute this week, he allegedly refused to let her take their kids to church and a fight broke out, deputies wrote in the criminal complaint after interviewing the children.
Two of their boys ran outside, flagged a stranger and begged him to call 911 "because their mom was bleeding really bad and needed help," according to the complaint.
The first responding deputy found Anders Odegaard in the kitchen wearing just his underwear, with blood on his face and in his hair. Carissa Odegaard was unresponsive lying in a doorway — with a pool of blood around her head.
The deputy asked him to explain the situation.
"I don’t feel right," Odegaard replied, according to the complaint.
The deputy found that Carissa Odegaard was not breathing. He cuffed the ex-husband and attempted CPR on the victim. He noticed "severe head trauma" and called for an ambulance.
The 9-year-old boy told investigators he saw his father strike his mother with a knife or spatula in the head moments before he ran outside and found someone to call 911, according to authorities. He also told deputies he’d seen his father hit is mother before.
Three brothers, ages 9, 8 and 2, were inside during the attack. Two other siblings were outside in their mom’s car and were spared the horror, according to the complaint.
The 8-year-old told investigators that after beating his mother to the floor, his father "was on top of her choking her."
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"There was blood all over," he told deputies, and when he tapped his mother’s foot, she didn’t respond to the touch.
Court records show the Odegaards married in May 2011 and officially divorced on Sept. 16, 2021, on the grounds that their marriage was "irretrievably broken." The slaying comes just days before the ex-couple was due in court for a review hearing.
The parents were granted shared legal custody, but the court gave Carissa Odegaard physical custody. Legal custody, under Minnesota law, means the right to be involved in "major decisions determining the child’s upbringing." Physical custody means "routine daily care and control of the residence."
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Anders Odegaard, in the filing finalizing their divorce last year, was described as the Mercer County State’s Attorney in North Dakota.
Marshall County Attorney Donald Aandal told Fox News Digital he did not want to go into detail about the case, citing the active investigation, but said Odegaard’s full work history was not readily clear and that he’d switched careers several times.
According to the Mercer County State's Attorney's Office, Odegaard held the job for three months, from June to September 2021, before being fired. He spent three months as a public defender in Stark County, North Dakota, and was fired again. After another brief stint at a private practice, he moved back to Minnesota.
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Odegaard faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison if convicted on the second-degree murder charge. Prosecutors are also seeking aggravated charges because "the victim was treated with particular cruelty" and because there were multiple child witnesses.
He made his first court appearance Thursday and was ordered held on $5 million bond without conditions, $2,500,000 surety bond or $250,000 cash.
Carissa Odegaard was pronounced brain-dead at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota, on Aug. 24. She was being kept on life support until her organs could be donated. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/half-naked-minnesota-lawyer-beat-ex-wife-to-death-in-front-of-horrified-children-criminal-complaint | 2022-08-26T04:10:33Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/half-naked-minnesota-lawyer-beat-ex-wife-to-death-in-front-of-horrified-children-criminal-complaint | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 49ers trail 7-0 at the half. If you didn’t catch the first two quarters, you didn’t miss much. Trey Lance went 7-for-11 for 49 yards. He was sacked once and was fortunate that number stayed at one. The offensive line struggled, to put it mildly. Jaylon Moore started at left tackle and often found himself making eye contact with Lance. That usually means you’re beat.
The running backs did everything they could. Jeff WIlson Jr. had three carries for 16 yards. Trey Sermon got off to a good start, but the line failed him, and he finished with eight carries for 20 yards. Sermon will receive plenty of criticism, but there wasn’t much he could do the way the line was blocking for him.
Once Nate Sudfeld came in, he threw an interception. Ironically, that pass attempt came on one of the few dropbacks where the offensive line held up. Sudfeld was baited by cornerback Desmond King on an underneath route. It was a rookie mistake.
Brock Purdy came in during the two-minute drill and found Jauan Jennings down the seam for a gain of 26 yards. The 49ers were up against the clock and eventually got into a situation where it was 1st & 20. It looked as though Purdy threw an interception, but the ball hit the ground.
The defense did well outside of one drive. Backed up in their territory, rookie Samuel Womack swatted a pass in the air, and Tarvarius Moore ran under it for an interception to prevent the Texans from scoring again.
Get ready for plenty of Purdy during the second half. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/25/23322723/49ers-texans-second-half-thread-7-0-bad-guys | 2022-08-26T04:10:36Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/25/23322723/49ers-texans-second-half-thread-7-0-bad-guys | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Stowers' HR in 9th ties it, Orioles top White Sox 4-3 in 11
CHICAGO - Kyle Stowers hit his first major league homer to tie the game with Baltimore down to its last strike, and the Orioles went on to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox in 11 innings Thursday night.
Anthony Santander won it with an RBI single, but it was Stowers who saved it for Baltimore in the ninth. The 24-year-old outfielder, playing in his seventh career game, sent an 0-2 pitch from Liam Hendriks over the wall in right-center field. Hendriks had converted 19 save chances in a row before that.
Félix Bautista (4-3) retired all six of his hitters in the 10th and 11th, preventing the White Sox from even advancing an automatic runner to third. The Orioles blew a first-and-third, nobody-out chance in the 10th.
They had that opportunity again an inning later when Adley Rutschman hit a leadoff single against Jake Diekman (5-3). Santander followed with a line drive over the center fielder. That was Baltimore’s third unearned run of the game, including Stowers’ solo homer.
Earlier in that at-bat, Stowers lifted a catchable foul fly down the line in left, but Adam Engel — who had entered the game as a defensive replacement— appeared to take his eye off the ball and dropped it as he neared the screen. He was charged with Chicago’s third error of the night.
Andrew Vaughn went deep on the game’s first pitch for the White Sox, but Santander answered with a two-run shot in the first. The White Sox tied it with an unearned run in the seventh, and José Abreu hit an RBI single in the eighth to put Chicago ahead 3-2.
Chicago stayed four games behind first-place Cleveland in the AL Central, and the Orioles remained 2 1/2 back of the final wild card in the American League.
Baltimore starter Jordan Lyles allowed one earned run and nine hits in seven innings. Chicago’s Lance Lynn allowed one earned run and three hits in six innings.
Abreu made two early errors at first base, including one that led to an unearned run scoring on Santander’s homer.
The White Sox lost two of three in this series despite outhitting the Orioles 34-18.
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White Sox: 3B Yoán Moncada left the game in the fifth inning with left hamstring tightness. ... OF Eloy Jiménez, who was hit in the left elbow by a pitch Tuesday, was back in the lineup after missing Wednesday’s game. Jiménez was initially sent to first on an inside pitch in the fourth, but a replay showed the ball hit the knob of his bat and the call was overturned to a foul ball. Jiménez then singled to center.
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White Sox: Start a nine-game homestand Friday night, the first opponent being Arizona. Johnny Cueto (6-5, 2.58 ERA) starts for Chicago against Tommy Henry (2-2, 3.57).
Orioles: At Houston, with Kyle Bradish (1-5, 6.25) on the mound for Baltimore. Lance McCullers (1-1, 2.45) is expected to start for the Astros. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/stowers-hr-in-9th-ties-it-orioles-top-white-sox-4-3-in-11 | 2022-08-26T04:10:51Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/stowers-hr-in-9th-ties-it-orioles-top-white-sox-4-3-in-11 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LIHUE, Hawaii (KITV4) -- After joining the Kauai Gymnastics Academy at 4 years old back in 1996, Lani Johnson began teaching younger gymnasts when she was 16.
The long-time gymnast is now 30 years old and a full time coach for the Lihue team.
"I can't remember a time in my life where I wasn't a part of the gym," Johnson said. "It's (the gym) kind of a part of who I am. It's been my family. I've met a lot of lifelong friends and a lot of people who I consider family here."
After 15 years, the island's only full-service gymnastics club that Johnson grew up in will soon have to vacate its current space.
JP Parrish, the owner of the Hanahao Place building, notified the group in July it would not renew their lease.
While the contract was supposed to expire in August, Parrish extended it until Oct. 1 so the club could complete a final session, meaning the more than 175 students ages from 1 to 18 years old still have a place to practice for a few months.
"It's something that really inspires me and it makes me feel happy doing it," 13-year-old gymnast Juniper Reiss said.
Now that the gym's lease is up, Johnson worries they'll lose some of their gymnasts if they have to move to another side of the island, adding many of their students walk to the facility after school.
"I've watched all of these kids grow up, some of them I remember when they were in diapers and I really care for them and all that matters to me is their success and if they weren't able to continue, it would just break my heart," Johnson said.
The group has been struggling to find a new location because they need at least 5,000 square feet of open space with 25-foot ceilings to accommodate the equipment.
Not only are options limited in Lihue, the few in mind need renovations.
"Coming out of COVID, the funds are very low, so, trying to come up with that, to be able to move into a new location is very difficult right now," Kauai Gymnastics Academy owner Tiffany Dick said.
Meanwhile, the academy is thankful to the many Kaua'i community members who have been helping them look for a new space.
"It's an amazing feeling, I feel very blessed to be a part of this," Dick added.
Parrish, head of Parrish Collection vacation rentals, told KITV4 in a state the building "was purchased in January 2021 to meet our need for space for our growing businesses on Kauai...that expansion will create 16 new jobs..."
'A'ali'i is a reporter with KITV. He was born and raised on the island of Maui and graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/after-more-than-15-years-the-future-of-kauais-only-full-service-gymnastics-club-in/article_d62740d8-24df-11ed-8543-7726963b35d5.html | 2022-08-26T04:23:45Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/after-more-than-15-years-the-future-of-kauais-only-full-service-gymnastics-club-in/article_d62740d8-24df-11ed-8543-7726963b35d5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Hardin Co. man arrested and charged for child sexual abuse material
Published: Aug. 25, 2022 at 11:22 PM CDT|Updated: 13 minutes ago
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (WBKO) - Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch arrested David M. Smith of Hardin County on charges related to child sexual abuse material.
Authorities say they arrested Smith after discovering he was sharing images of child sexual exploitation online.
Police executed a search warrant at a residence in Elizabethtown on Aug. 25, there they seized equipment they say Smith used to commit the crime.
Smith is charged with six counts of Distribution of Matter Portraying a Minor in a Sexual Performance, which are Class-D felonies.
He is custody at the Hardin County Detention Center.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — The St. John Paul II Panthers opened the regular season with a big 35-33 win over Rickards Thursday night at Gene Cox Stadium.
St. John Paul II opens football regular season with big win over Rickards
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Several consumers are suing Whole Foods, claiming traces of antibiotics were found in their beef products labeled antibiotic-free, according to a lawsuit filed in California this week.
Whole Foods uses the slogan, "Our Meat: No Antibiotics, Ever" in its marketing materials, such as on packaging, signs in the store and on its parent website, Amazon.
But one of the plaintiffs, Farm Forward, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending factory farming, said it did its own testing in 2021 and 2022 and found traces of monensin sodium, a growth antibiotic, in one sample of a Whole Foods beef product, and fenbendazole, an antiparasitic, in five Whole Foods beef products.
The organization said it shared its findings with the CEO of Whole Foods, but received no response. The organization also alleges it emailed a Whole Foods executive in 2017 suggesting a testing method to verify the supermarket's antibiotic-free claims, but were told "the repercussions for having a positive result were beyond ridiculous."
A spokesperson for Whole Foods said the company does not comment on pending litigation.
The lawsuit also claims Whole Foods financially exploited its customers by charging significantly more for its meat products compared to competitors, under the guise that their products are healthier.
"Consumer Plaintiffs would not have purchased Beef Products, or would not have paid the prices they did, had they had known the truth that cattle used in the Products were raised with antibiotics," the complaint says.
Some of Whole Foods' cattle are sourced from the Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Animal Welfare Certified program. A study published on Science.org in April found that in an independent lab test, 26% of these cattle tested positive for antibiotics.
A Whole Foods spokesperson told Consumer Reports at the time: "We have extensively reviewed the information made available to us and have no reason to believe that the cattle tested in this study ended up in products in our stores. We take compliance very seriously and never hesitate to act if a supplier has failed to meet our rigorous quality standards."
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CHEYENNE – The following people had filed with the Laramie County Clerk’s Office to run for Laramie County School District 1, LCSD2 and Laramie County Community College Board of Trustees as of Wednesday, Aug. 24.
The filing period lasts until Monday, Aug. 29. Candidates will vie for nonpartisan positions in the Nov. 8 general election.
LCSD1 Area 1 (roughly South triad; one open seat): Susan Edgerton, Joseph Ramirez
LCSD1 Area 2 (roughly East triad; one open seat): Maurina Venturelli, Rich Wiederspahn
LCSD1 Area 3 (roughly Central triad; one open seat): Todd Reynolds, Michelle Tonacchio, Peter Zipp III
LCSD1 At-Large (one open seat): Henry (Hank) Bailey, Rene R. Hinkle, Lilia Olejnik, Jenefer Pasqua, Joe Plowman, Meg Varhalmi
LCSD2 Area D (one open seat): Billie Wilson
LCSD2 At-Large (three open seats): Michael Lerwick, Cody Nusbaum, Kendra Roeder
LCCC (three open seats): Joe Kelly, Janine Thompson
Applications for each position can be found online at elections.laramiecountyclerk.com/candidates-corner/. They can be filed in person at the county clerk’s office, located inside the Laramie County Governmental Complex, 309 W. 20th St. They can also be sent by email (PDF, minimum 300 DPI) to election@laramiecountywy.gov with the subject line “Candidate filing,” or by fax to 307-633-4240. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/candidate-filings-as-of-8-25-22/article_705f3d52-24dd-11ed-91bb-6bfa714cdba6.html | 2022-08-26T04:58:26Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/candidate-filings-as-of-8-25-22/article_705f3d52-24dd-11ed-91bb-6bfa714cdba6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 2022 cohort of the St. Louis American Foundation’s Excellence in Education awardees includes educators who believe their work is their calling. They love their student scholars like their own children and regard their colleagues as cherished family members. After two years of lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve emerged as pillars in their schools and anchors in the community, helping to restore stability and rallying colleagues to close learning gaps.
Held in high esteem and deep appreciation by their peers, students and their parents, they’ll be recognized on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at the St. Louis American Foundation’s Milestone 35th anniversary Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship & Awards Gala at America’s Center.
Leah Crawford, Instructional Coach, Ladue School District
In Leah Crawford’s first year teaching in Ladue, a parent asked for her son to be transferred to another class. She was the only Black teacher in the building. At 32, she felt like a late arrival to the profession, and she struggled to pick up on the culture and curriculum at the school.
However that early experience laid the seeds for growth, Crawford says. Fifteen years later, she’s still teaching in the same school. And she’s settled into her role as an advocate for students and racial equity in the school district. When it comes to doing the right thing for our kids, “we should all be a little uncomfortable,” she says. And while teaching students foundational skills is important, Crawford believes educators are also entrusted with teaching life skills, “so we talk about the racial upheaval happening because many parents don’t know how to talk about it.”
Her colleagues have rallied around her. Crawford was nominated an Excellence in Education award by her fellow teachers in Ladue School District.
Ashley Ellis, Career Coach, Special School District
“Teachers need to be dedicated to survive in education,” said Ashley Ellis. In her 10 years teaching in public and private schools, she’s said the work has gotten more difficult. “Teachers have to have a heart for what you do. You have to be a team player. You might start off the year as a first-grade teacher and you might end up as a fifth-grade teacher, and maybe the secretary too.”
Ellis faced that scenario after a teacher walked off the job—and never returned—in the middle of the school year. In a single day, she went from being the school’s behavioral interventionist to serving as an interim fifth grade teacher. “I appreciate her stepping into that role and she quickly went in and added structure to that class,” said Jade Scott, an administrative assistant who works with Ellis. “I believe she did a wonderful job in that class with the students, she even purchased her own books for them.”
Ellis’ colleagues nominated her for an Excellence in Education Award for the work, love and care she extends to everyone around her. “I’ve seen her give her all to kids and co-workers and whenever staff or children need her, she’s going over and beyond,” said Monica Wright, a teacher who has worked with Ellis in two elementary schools. “That’s just the type of person she is.”
Starlett Frenchie, Principal, Hamilton Elementary
Starlett Frenchie is well known for her chicken noodle soup. And apparently, everyone on her staff at Hamilton Elementary has tasted her delicious meals. “In order to build community with her staff, she cooks for them on a regular basis,” said Dr. Alice Roach, a former colleague and current administrator for the Parsons Blewett Memorial Fund.
Frenchie confirmed her habit of bringing to school an air fryer, several George Foreman Grills and crockpots full of soup for her teachers and staff. “It’s nice to do something to make people feel special and it doesn’t cost a lot.” During her 21 years in education, and 13 years as the principal at Hamilton, Frenchie said she’s learned what it takes to bring people together and make a difference. “You have to be a servant leader and work alongside people, especially at a time when educators are feeling devalued.”
Ashley LeRue Gerald, Behavioral Interventionist, Hazelwood School District
Every student at Lusher Elementary is part of Lusher Loved Ones, a program that matches students with staff members and fun activities every month, so that students feel supported in the school community beyond their classroom teacher. Another group, Lusher Leadership Academy, grooms fourth and fifth graders to be role models.
Both programs were founded by Ashley LeRue Gerald, the school’s behavioral interventionist. She’s worked in education for 15 years, but the last few years have been the most challenging. “There was a need to improve the school’s sense of community and culture and work on leadership skills with students,” Gerald said.
The programs have won Gerald accolades throughout the Hazelwood School District and beyond, and her colleagues nominated her for an Excellence in Education award. However, Gerald said the real award goes to her fellow teachers who make her work possible. “This is not a profession that you do in isolation. Whether it’s a mentor or a team or you’re vertically planning, everyone has something to bring to the table.”
Dr. Brittany Green, Principal, Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence, East St. Louis School District 189
Gordon Bush Elementary was one of the worst performing schools in Illinois before Dr. Brittany Green became principal in 2016. The school had “one of the highest suspension rates in the state for elementary, high staff turnover, low enrollment and attendance, climate and culture issues and academic struggles as it relates to ELA and math,” Dr. Green said.
Under her leadership, the school began a dramatic turnaround. Suspension rates declined to zero from 17-18 percent—and stayed that way for four years. Academics, student behavior and the overall community regard for the school improved. In 2019, the school received a “commendable” designation, the second highest ranking for schools, from the Illinois State Board of Education.
“Dr. Green consistently goes the extra mile to lead her students to success,” said East St. Louis Schools Superintendent Arthur R. Culver. “She is outstanding because of her commitment to excellence, courage to make difficult decisions, compassion for her students, as well as her strong intellectual capacity.”
Dr. Green is now principal of Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence in East St. Louis. She’s also a finalist for the prestigious Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership, an Illinois state teaching award.
Roosevelt Mitchell, Special Education Teacher, Lincoln Middle School, East St. Louis School District 189
Several years ago, a parent at a high school graduation thanked Roosevelt Mitchell for saving her son. “This student was like 21 years old, and he was the first one to graduate in his family,” Mitchell said, “and his mother was crying and she said, ‘If it wasn’t for you, he would have never graduated.’ And that was one of the first times I felt like, wow, I’m really supposed to be in education.”
From the beginning, Mitchell had a knack for connecting with students. As a special education teacher at Lincoln Middle School, he identifies with students who are different. Mitchell was born with seven fingers, and has partial use of his right arm. He embraces his role as an advocate for students with disabilities, and he’s known as “The Disability Scholar” in books, media interviews and on social media. Mitchell is also the author of Kayden is Different, a children’s book about anti-bullying that is used in school districts across the country.
Danny Farmer, Mitchell’s high school basketball coach, is not surprised when he hears about the impact his former student is making in the community. “He was always a smart kid and he understood humble beginnings. We had that in common,” Farmer said. “He understood the kids he worked with and he’s become a great educator.”
Dr. Regina Ware, Facilitator of Education, Hazelwood School District
Dr. Regina Ware is known for treating her students like her own children. From her classroom parties to the tutoring sessions for students during summer break, Dr. Ware, an educator in Hazelwood School District for 26 years, is known for making an impact on the students, staff and school communities she serves.
“As an educator, I called her ‘the mama,’” said Yolander Pittman, a former colleague and current principal of North County Christian School. Pittman recalls many heated academic discussions with Dr. Ware when they worked together. “You had to prove to her that what you’re saying is best for the child, and she doesn’t give in when she thinks something is the best.”
For Dr. Ware, knowing what’s best for a child sometimes means diving beneath the surface to find out what else is going on in their lives. “I can’t teach a child if they are worried about where they’re going to sleep tonight,” she said. “We have to ask questions like ‘what can I do to help you and to help you learn’…before I can reach them in the classroom.”
Linda Wells-Glover, Teaching Professor, School of Social Work, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Students at University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) can expect a rich, immersive experience in Linda Wells-Glover’s Introduction to Diversity classes that includes exposure to activists and presentations from the area’s vibrant social justice movement. “We’ve brought in speakers like STL Action, The Bail Bond Project, and Forward in Ferguson. There’s a lot of passion here in St. Louis and we’ve seen the difference social justice action can make,” she said.
Wells-Glover is now one of the region’s most prominent scholars leading conversations about race, diversity and social justice issues in university classrooms. Her impact resonates across the city—she was the first administrator for Fontbonne University’s multicultural affairs program. She’s also taught at Washington University’s School of Social Work, Webster University and at St. Louis Community College. For Wells-Glover, the roles allow her to pursue her highest calling to teach and mentor students. “It’s a passion that burns deep inside of my soul,” she said. “I take pride in connecting with students, helping them grow from the strengths they have and giving them direction to move forward.”
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The promise of 5G is changing the world fast. The technology offers high speeds, scalability for applications, and accommodation for a large number of connected devices. Further, 5G promises to transform a number of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, gaming, health care, mobile computing, and drones. We used the TipRanks comparison tool to put the spotlight on three names, Qualcomm (QCOM), Nokia (NOK), and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), which are at the forefront of this revolution.
Qualcomm
Shares of Qualcomm have fallen modestly over the past month despite the company registering 36% top-line growth and 54% bottom-line growth in its third quarter, as its guidance failed to impress the Street.
Qualcomm is a leading name in wireless technology globally, and its chips, software, and other services are deployed across network and broadband gateway equipment, consumer devices, IoT, and connected devices.
Qualcomm is transforming itself into a connected processor company from a communications company. It is forging major industry partnerships. Its Snapdragon platforms will be used in Samsung’s Galaxy products globally under a multi-year partnership. The agreement includes 3G, 4G, and 5G technologies and will also utilize future 6G products.
Further, its Snapdragon Digital chassis is gaining ground in the automotive sector, and after its design win with Volkswagen (DE: VOW), Qualcomm’s automotive design pipeline now stands at $19 billion.
Moreover, Qualcomm has announced two new 5G robotics platforms that will cater to robotics, drones, and more. Finally, Qualcomm has also teamed up with France’s Thales (DE: CSF) and Sweden’s Ericsson (ERIC) to bring 5G global connectivity via low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The move promises to keep a user connected even in the remotest parts of the planet.
What is the Target Price for Qualcomm Stock?
KeyBanc’s John Vinh has reiterated a Buy rating on the stock alongside a price target of $220, implying 50.4% upside potential. Vinh anticipates that the company’s foray into non-phone markets will bear fruit.
The consensus rating for Qualcomm is a Moderate Buy with an average price target of $189.85, implying 31.2% upside potential. The stock currently has a ‘Perfect 10’ on TipRanks Smart Score rating system, suggesting that it could outperform the broader market in the coming periods.
Nokia
Shares of this wireless and fixed-network equipment provider have dropped 21.3% so far in 2022, but the company has been scoring major deal wins for a while now. Its recent quarterly numbers were marked by ~11% growth in its profits and revenues. Additionally, Nokia remained confident of hitting its 2022 guidance.
The company is seeing robust 5G demand from telecom operators while its core business units (Mobile Networks and Network Infrastructure) are gaining traction.
India remains one of the major markets for 5G, and this month, Nokia bagged a multi-year deal with India’s Airtel for 5G radio access network (RAN). Nokia has also teamed up with AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) in a five-year 5G deal to use Nokia’s AirScale Single RAN in AST’s satellites to expand coverage around the world.
Further, the company is also making gains in private wireless and already caters to 485 clients. Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark believes the world is still in the early cycle of 5G, and consequently, the company’s 5G wins across major geographies such as Norway, Taiwan, and Mexico put it on a strong footing.
Finally, the company remains focused on innovation. Earlier this year, Nokia, in partnership with Elisa and Qualcomm, hit a 5G uplink speed of 2.1GBPS on the mmWave spectrum. The technology is expected to be deployed next year at venues such as stadiums. Nokia has also joined hands with DOCOMO and NTT DATA (NTTDF) to develop technologies for 6G.
What is NOK’s Price Target?
Nokia, too, has a ‘Perfect 10’ Smart Score, while Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold sees 38.1% upside potential in the stock based on a price target of $7 alongside a Buy rating.
The consensus rating for the stock is a Moderate Buy, with the average NOK price target of $6.34 implying 25.1% upside potential.
Skyworks Solutions
The third name on our list is catering to the demand for wireless networking with its analog semiconductors. Its solutions are used in a number of industries, including aerospace, broadband, gaming, automotive, defense, wearables, and connected devices.
Skyworks’ third-quarter performance showed 10% revenue growth and an 11% dividend increase. Additionally, the company expects double-digit growth in the next quarter.
The company’s array of 5G solutions includes the Sky5 Platform, the Sky5 Ultra 5G cellular architecture, and the Sky5 LiTe mass-market offering for universal deployment. In Q3, it delivered the Sky5 platforms to some of the leading names, such as Google (GOOGL) and Samsung (DE: SSU), launched 5G solutions with Verizon (VZ), and clinched design wins in Europe.
Significantly, the company’s Chairman, CEO, and President, Liam Griffin, expects data consumption to keep expanding, with 27% annual growth expected in global wireless data traffic over the next five years.
Is Skyworks a Good Stock to Buy Now?
While Skyworks scores a 7 out of 10 on TipRanks’ Smart Score, BMO Capital’s Ambrish Srivastava has reiterated a Buy rating on the stock, alongside a $135 price target. This signals 24.5% upside potential. Overall, the Street has a Moderate Buy consensus rating on the stock, with the average SWKS price target of $132.60 implying 22.3% upside potential.
Conclusion: 5G is Powerful, and These Stocks Can Benefit
5G could potentially change the way people live, work, and engage by making everything connected, and the stocks mentioned above are at the forefront of this wave. Excluding China, the global penetration for 5G currently stands at only 15%, and these names stand to gain as this metric improves over the coming periods. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/three-5g-stocks-thatll-gain-from-the-future-of-connectivity | 2022-08-26T05:04:27Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/three-5g-stocks-thatll-gain-from-the-future-of-connectivity | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It has not been an easy ride for electric vehicles or EV makers this year. Component shortages, persistent supply chain issues, production troubles due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in China, and rising material costs have been a major drag on EV stocks. However, the demand for EVs continues to be strong and is expected to rise further as more and more countries are trying to address environmental concerns. Here, we will discuss the prospects of three EV stocks – Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI), Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), and Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) and use the TipRanks Stock Comparison tool, to pick the one that could generate higher returns.
Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI)
Despite the significant impact of COVID-related restrictions, Chinese EV maker Li Auto delivered 28,687 units of its flagship vehicle, Li ONE, in the second quarter of 2022, up 63.2% year-over-year. However, deliveries and, as a result, Q2 revenue fell compared to the first quarter. Furthermore, the company’s adjusted loss widened significantly from the prior-year quarter.
Speaking about Li Auto’s second model, the Li L9 SUV, the company stated that it has received a positive response since its launch on June 21. However, Li Auto issued weak guidance for the third quarter, with deliveries expected in the range of 27,000 to 29,000 vehicles.
Is Li Auto Stock a Buy?
US Tiger Securities analyst Bo Pei feels that Li Auto’s soft Q3 outlook mainly reflects “the model transition gap (from Li ONE to L9 & L8), actually demonstrating the strong customer interest in the new models.” The analyst expects a solid rebound in Q4 deliveries and revenue, based on the launch of the L8 and L9 vehicle models. Pei has a Buy rating on LI stock with a price target of $40.
Meanwhile, CLSA analyst Aaron Li recently initiated coverage on Li Auto with a Buy rating and a price target of $49. Following the success of Li ONE in China’s family SUV market, the analyst expects the recently launched L9 to drive demand based on its “intelligent design and attractive price.”
The analyst expects Li Auto to deliver 160,000 to 450,000 vehicles annually during 2022-2024, with revenue growing at an estimated compound annual growth rate of 78% during this period.
Other analysts are also optimistic about Li Auto, with the stock scoring a Strong Buy consensus rating based on 9 unanimous Buys. At $68.89, the average Li Auto stock price prediction implies 121.73% upside potential.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)
Tesla smashed analysts’ Q2 earnings expectations, even as revenue fell short of estimates and automotive margins declined year-over-year. Q2 deliveries increased 26.5% to 254,695 vehicles compared to the prior-year quarter. However, deliveries declined when compared to the first quarter due to the prolonged shutdown of the company’s Shanghai factory earlier in the quarter.
Nonetheless, Tesla is optimistic about the road ahead. During the Q2 conference call, CEO Elon Musk highlighted that the company hit record production in both its Fremont and Shanghai factories in June. Musk believes that Tesla has the ability to deliver a “record-breaking second half of the year.”
What are the Expectations for Tesla Stock?
Following a recent visit to Tesla’s Fremont Factory, Canaccord analyst George Gianarikas increased his price target for TSLA stock from $815 to $881 and reiterated a Buy rating. Gianarikas stated, “Tesla’s manufacturing proficiency sets it apart from its tech peers and from other auto OEMs, who are years behind in terms of working out idiosyncrasies in building EVs versus ICE [Internal Combustion Engine] while managing a new supply chain reality.”
Despite the possible impact of macro challenges and recent price hikes on order rates, Gianarikas expects the company’s “EV momentum and competitive lead” to sustain for some time. The analyst believes that “Tesla remains the sustainability behemoth” given its solar and energy storage solutions, as well as other upcoming offerings.
Note that Gianarikas’s price target revision was made before Tesla’s stock split (Gianarikas’s price target is around $293.64 following the stock split). Tesla’s 3:1 stock split, which became effective after the close of trading on August 24, makes the EV stock more affordable for retail investors.
All in all, the Street has a Moderate Buy consensus rating on Tesla stock based on 19 Buys, five Holds, and six Sells. The average TSLA price target of $314.58 implies 6.25% upside potential.
Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN)
U.S.-based EV maker Rivian manufactures the R1T pickup trucks and the R1S SUVs. The company also manufactures EDVs or Electric Delivery Vans, currently for Amazon (AMZN), which is also its key shareholder.
Despite production and supply chain woes, strong demand helped Rivian generate better-than-anticipated revenue of $364 million in the second quarter (no revenue was generated in the prior-year quarter). The company delivered 4,467 vehicles in Q2.
However, Rivian’s losses widened in the second quarter due to higher operating expenses. Moreover, the company expects a higher adjusted EBITDA loss of $5.45 billion in 2022, compared to the prior outlook of a loss of $4.75 billion. Supply chain challenges, investments in the company’s Normal Factory, and raw material inflation are expected to drive higher losses.
On the positive side, Rivian reaffirmed its full-year production guidance of 25,000 units. Moreover, demand for Rivian’s EVs is robust, as indicated by the preorder backlog of nearly 98,000 vehicles at the end of Q2.
Is Rivian Stock Expected to Rise?
Mizuho Securities analyst Vijay Rakesh noted that Rivian’s Q2 was marked by continued solid demand, partially offset by supply constraints. The analyst stated, “We believe RIVN may have seen the worst of chip-supply tightness in the JunQ, with better semi supply ahead as production ramps (adding a 2nd shift).”
Overall, seven Buys, three Holds, and one Sell amount to a Moderate Buy consensus rating on Rivian stock. The average RIVN price target of $48.55 implies 47.57% upside potential from current levels.
Conclusion
The long-term growth story for EV makers looks attractive. Several countries across the world are encouraging the adoption of EVs by offering tax credits and other incentives. The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act also allows tax credits for electric trucks and SUVs costing no more than $80,000 and sedans priced no more than $55,000.
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The two officers killed in Tuesday's helicopter crash on Aetna Mountain were Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Sergeant Lee Russell, who was piloting the helicopter, and Detective Matt Blansett with the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
We spoke with a witness of Tuesday's tragic crash, bringing some insight to the incident.
Daniel Hostetler was driving east on I-24 just before 4 pm on Tuesday.
He tells us as he was driving he noticed a black helicopter above him flying in tight circles, and says he saw the back end of the helicopter shaking.
Hostetler did not anticipate what was about to happen next.
"And then I saw the front of the helicopter dip down about 20 or 30 degrees, and it caught the electrical wire that was going across the highway," he said.
Hostetler says he was on his way back to work at the Vital Records Ware House in Chattanooga when he saw the helicopter hit the power lines.
"I saw a big flash, puff of smoke… looked like pieces of the rotor on top of the helicopter broke off, then the helicopter did a nose dive," explained Hostelter.
He says he was obviously concerned for the passengers on board but at the time he was also scared for his own life.
"A power line was coming down straight where I was fixing to be on the road," Hostetler continued. "So I was kind of waiting for the line to come down, or I didn't know where the helicopter was going to come down on my head or not."
He was able to drive away from the scene un-harmed, but was worried about what he had just seen.
"At that time I uttered a prayer for those folks that went down and for their families you know not knowing what was going on," he said.
Federal investigators have interviewed Hostetler about what he witnessed.
Marion County Sheriff, Bo Burnett, said the two men were spotting marijuana crops from the air as part of a marijuana eradication program.
On Thursday the town of South Pittsburg memorialized Matt Blansetts life.
Blansett went to South Pitsburg High School, served as a long-time detective and County Commissioner for the town.
"My heart goes out to the families of those two officers that lost their lives and we need to offer them our prayers and support in the community," said Hostetler. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/witness-of-tuesdays-deadly-helicopter-crash-speaks-out/article_1952ae46-24e6-11ed-8056-7f630fa7daf1.html | 2022-08-26T05:10:38Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/witness-of-tuesdays-deadly-helicopter-crash-speaks-out/article_1952ae46-24e6-11ed-8056-7f630fa7daf1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan could cost about $24 billion per year, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told CNN Thursday evening.
"Assuming that 75% of folks who take this on, the President's student loan cancellation plan, and you look at the average monetary, cash flow on that, it's going to be about $24 billion per year," she said on "Don Lemon Tonight."
Pushed by Lemon on whether the White House will release a detailed cost estimate, Jean-Pierre said that they will share more details once they see how many Americans take advantage of the plan.
The White House had struggled for a second straight day to answer questions about Biden's plan, simultaneously claiming that the President waited for the plan to be "fiscally balanced" before unveiling it and that there was no way to know how much the plan would cost.
At a news briefing earlier Thursday, Jean-Pierre continued to insist that the plan to cancel thousands of dollars in federal student loan debt for millions of Americans would "be fully paid for because of the work that this President has done with the economy."
Asked specifically if the administration had a better idea about the total price tag for the program, Jean-Pierre began her answer by saying "the President's record on fiscal responsibility is second to none" before detailing a list of his economic accomplishments. But she did not provide an estimate on how much the plan could cost during the briefing.
"All of this when it comes to cost will also depend on how many of the loans canceled were actually expected to be repaid, it will depend on how many borrowers actually take up this opportunity before we have a real sense," she said.
Throughout the briefing, the press secretary was pressed on the numbers. She claimed the administration didn't believe the move would increase the deficit, because of "the $1.7 trillion ... we've done the work right to lower the deficit" -- referring to an administration projection of how much the federal deficit will shrink in fiscal year 2022 -- and the "$50 billion per year is going to go back" to the Treasury once student loan repayments start in December.
She claimed the Treasury "was getting zero for the last two years," as repayments were paused, but on Wednesday Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti said that about $2 billion per month is still being repaid by borrowers during the pause, compared to $6 billion per month normally.
The White House offered a more pointed defense of its student loan cancellation plan on Twitter, calling out GOP critics who have had Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven.
"Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven," one White House tweet said in response to the Georgia Republican's criticism of Biden's plan. "Congressman Matt Gaetz had $482,321 in PPP loans forgiven," another read in response to similar complaints from the Florida lawmaker.
The White House tweeted similar responses to criticism from GOP Reps. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania, Vern Buchanan of Florida and Markwayne Mullin and Kevin Hern of Oklahoma.
Asked Thursday if the administration would eventually release a cost estimate, Jean-Pierre said the "Department of Education is going to take the lead."
Asked why the President waited to so long to make his decision to cancel the debt, she said Biden "wanted to do it in a fiscally balanced way. And there was that legal review. ... We wanted to make sure the legal review was done."
But pressed on how it could be fiscally responsible with no public cost estimate and no specifics on how the plan would be paid for or who would pay for it, Jean-Pierre insisted the administration does "not see this as irresponsible."
"We do not see this as irresponsible," she said. "We see this as a fiscally responsible, balanced approach to doing this. I remember people have said, 'Why don't you do $50,000?' We don't want to do that because we want to make sure that we do this in a fiscally responsible way. Again, not pleasing everyone, but making sure that we keep that promise, but also do it in a smart, fiscally responsible way."
Ramamurti had offered more explanation to CNN's Phil Mattingly on Wednesday in the difficulty in providing a top-line number.
He said without knowing how many borrowers sign up, it would be difficult to know the total cost. "That plays a big role in what the cost is going to be," he said.
But beyond that, he said other factors made providing a firm number difficult. He said there are differing estimates of default rates, which would affect the total figure. He added that providing relief would also bring in additional tax revenue if those benefiting start small businesses or purchase homes.
This story has been updated with additional information Thursday.
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Two women have accused former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman of sexually abusing them when they were minors in the 1970s, according to lawsuits filed this week.
One of the women is described as the daughter of an adviser and manager to Foreman while the second woman is the daughter of a boxer who trained with him, according to the documents.
They are seeking a jury trial and damages against Foreman and anyone who may also be responsible for the alleged abuses. Those additional parties could be added to the lawsuit as more information becomes available in the case, the documents say
Foreman, in a statement Wednesday, denied the allegations.
"Over the past six months, two women have been trying to extort millions of dollars each from me and my family. They are falsely claiming that I sexually abused them over 45 years ago in the 1970s. I adamantly and categorically deny these allegations," he said.
"The pride I take in my reputation means as much to me as my sports accomplishments, and I will not be intimidated by baseless threats and lies. I am, and always will be, guided by my faith and trust in God. I will work with my lawyers to fully and truthfully expose my accusers' scheme and defend myself in court. I don't pick fights, but I don't run away from them either," Foreman added.
The lawsuits, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, do not name Foreman, but provide identifying details, including that the alleged abuser is "a former professional heavy weight boxer who went professional in 1969" who was inducted into both the World Boxing Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame." The suits also say the defendant became a world heavyweight champion in 1973 and eventually lost the title to Muhammad Ali in 1974.
One of the alleged victims, referred to in the suit as Denise S., says she was groomed by the boxer "at an early age" and accuses Foreman of performing sexual acts with Denise S. when she was a minor, according to the lawsuit.
The second alleged victim, referred to as Gwen H., alleges that when she was between 15 and 16 years old, Foreman molested and sexually abused her after he "threatened that if she didn't comply, her dad would lose his job."
CNN has reached out to the attorneys for both women.
Foreman, a champion boxer and Olympic gold medalist, defended the coveted world heavyweight title twice before losing it to Muhammad Ali in the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle." He took a long hiatus from competing at the end of the 1970s before resurrecting his career once more and again becoming world heavyweight champion, before finally retiring in 1997.
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Strategies to save when buying your first car | Money MinuteAlthough the average cost of both new and used cars has reached record highs, the tried and true rules of car buying haven't changed.12 months ago | https://www.federaltimes.com/video/2021/08/09/strategies-to-save-when-buying-your-first-car-money-minute/ | 2022-08-26T05:12:57Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/video/2021/08/09/strategies-to-save-when-buying-your-first-car-money-minute/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to have a relook at its verdict upholding the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and said "prima facie" the two aspects of not providing an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) and reversal of the presumption of innocence require reconsideration.
The apex court said this as it agreed to hear a plea seeking a review of the judgment that had upheld the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) powers relating to arrest, attachment of property involved in money laundering, search, and seizure under the PMLA. It also issued notice to the Centre.
At the same time, a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said the object of the PMLA is noble and the offence of money laundering is serious, adding the court is completely in support of prevention of black money and money laundering and that the country cannot afford such types of offences.
The bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar, was hearing a plea filed by Congress MP Karti Chidambaram seeking a review of its July 27 judgement in the PMLA case.
"There is no need for elaborate arguments. We three feel that only two aspects which may be necessary to be re-looked into the judgement," it said.
Referring to the two aspects relating to not providing ECIR to the accused and reversal of the presumption of innocence, the bench said after reading the judgement, "prima facie" it feels that these are the two issues that require reconsideration.
The court also said whatever interim protection was there in the matter, it would be extended by another four weeks and the matter would be listed before an appropriate bench.
In its July 27 verdict, the court had said the supply of a copy of the ECIR in every case is "not mandatory" and it is enough if the ED discloses the grounds of arrest while apprehending an accused.
It observed that an ECIR cannot be equated with the First Information Report (FIR) under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in view of the special mechanism envisaged by the PMLA, 2002 and that authorities are "not police officers as such".
On the aspect of reversal of the presumption of innocence, the court had said that when a person is accused of having committed the offence of money laundering, the burden of proving that proceeds of crime are untainted property shall be on the accused.
The judgement was delivered on a batch of over 200 petitions filed by individuals and other entities questioning various provisions of the PMLA, a law which the opposition has often claimed has been weaponised by the Centre to harass its political adversaries.
The verdict had evoked contrasting responses from the BJP and the Congress, with the ruling party hailing it as a "landmark judgement" and its rival expressing concern that it would increase the possibility of the probe agency's "political misuse".
A host of top opposition politicians including Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, P Chidambaram, his son and MP Karti Chidambaram, Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, TMC MP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee and Delhi minister Satyendar Jain are among those under the ED's lens for alleged money laundering.
During the court hearing on Thursday, senior advocate Kapil Sibal said he has a lot of submissions to make in the matter.
"We feel these are the two issues which can be re-looked," the bench observed, referring to the two aspects of the judgement that it felt prime facie required reconsideration. "We will issue notice," it said.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said this is not a standalone provision for India and the country is part of a large global structure.
"We are part of a larger global structure and our law will have to be in tune with that larger global structure and that we have explained and the bench had very kindly examined that our law is in tune with not only that structure but our Constitution as well," he added.
"Any deviation would risk India as a nation to be sent back to the other list where we will not be able to get certain financial assistance," Mehta argued, adding there may be global repercussions as well.
The bench told Mehta that the court is not opposing the actions of the government to stop money laundering or bring back the black money or control its circulation as these offences are very serious.
Mehta said the notice should be limited to these two issues which the court has highlighted. He also argued that the review is not maintainable.
The apex court had on Wednesday allowed an application of Karti Chidambaram seeking an open court hearing of his petition to review the verdict.
In his review petition, Chidambaram has said that the verdict has an error apparent and is against the provisions of the Constitution.
In its July 27 verdict, the top court also observed that it is a common experience world over that money laundering can be a "threat" to the good functioning of a financial system, underlining it is not an "ordinary offence". | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/26/supreme-court-pmla-ed-powers.amp.html | 2022-08-26T05:13:06Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/26/supreme-court-pmla-ed-powers.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to have a relook at its verdict upholding the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and said "prima facie" the two aspects of not providing an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) and reversal of the presumption of innocence require reconsideration.
The apex court said this as it agreed to hear a plea seeking a review of the judgment that had upheld the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) powers relating to arrest, attachment of property involved in money laundering, search, and seizure under the PMLA. It also issued notice to the Centre.
At the same time, a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said the object of the PMLA is noble and the offence of money laundering is serious, adding the court is completely in support of prevention of black money and money laundering and that the country cannot afford such types of offences.
The bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar, was hearing a plea filed by Congress MP Karti Chidambaram seeking a review of its July 27 judgement in the PMLA case.
"There is no need for elaborate arguments. We three feel that only two aspects which may be necessary to be re-looked into the judgement," it said.
Referring to the two aspects relating to not providing ECIR to the accused and reversal of the presumption of innocence, the bench said after reading the judgement, "prima facie" it feels that these are the two issues that require reconsideration.
The court also said whatever interim protection was there in the matter, it would be extended by another four weeks and the matter would be listed before an appropriate bench.
In its July 27 verdict, the court had said the supply of a copy of the ECIR in every case is "not mandatory" and it is enough if the ED discloses the grounds of arrest while apprehending an accused.
It observed that an ECIR cannot be equated with the First Information Report (FIR) under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in view of the special mechanism envisaged by the PMLA, 2002 and that authorities are "not police officers as such".
On the aspect of reversal of the presumption of innocence, the court had said that when a person is accused of having committed the offence of money laundering, the burden of proving that proceeds of crime are untainted property shall be on the accused.
The judgement was delivered on a batch of over 200 petitions filed by individuals and other entities questioning various provisions of the PMLA, a law which the opposition has often claimed has been weaponised by the Centre to harass its political adversaries.
The verdict had evoked contrasting responses from the BJP and the Congress, with the ruling party hailing it as a "landmark judgement" and its rival expressing concern that it would increase the possibility of the probe agency's "political misuse".
A host of top opposition politicians including Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, P Chidambaram, his son and MP Karti Chidambaram, Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, TMC MP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee and Delhi minister Satyendar Jain are among those under the ED's lens for alleged money laundering.
During the court hearing on Thursday, senior advocate Kapil Sibal said he has a lot of submissions to make in the matter.
"We feel these are the two issues which can be re-looked," the bench observed, referring to the two aspects of the judgement that it felt prime facie required reconsideration. "We will issue notice," it said.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said this is not a standalone provision for India and the country is part of a large global structure.
"We are part of a larger global structure and our law will have to be in tune with that larger global structure and that we have explained and the bench had very kindly examined that our law is in tune with not only that structure but our Constitution as well," he added.
"Any deviation would risk India as a nation to be sent back to the other list where we will not be able to get certain financial assistance," Mehta argued, adding there may be global repercussions as well.
The bench told Mehta that the court is not opposing the actions of the government to stop money laundering or bring back the black money or control its circulation as these offences are very serious.
Mehta said the notice should be limited to these two issues which the court has highlighted. He also argued that the review is not maintainable.
The apex court had on Wednesday allowed an application of Karti Chidambaram seeking an open court hearing of his petition to review the verdict.
In his review petition, Chidambaram has said that the verdict has an error apparent and is against the provisions of the Constitution.
In its July 27 verdict, the top court also observed that it is a common experience world over that money laundering can be a "threat" to the good functioning of a financial system, underlining it is not an "ordinary offence". | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/26/supreme-court-pmla-ed-powers.html | 2022-08-26T05:13:12Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/26/supreme-court-pmla-ed-powers.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Up to 4 million people may be out of work because of long Covid in the U.S, according to a report published this week by the Brookings Institution.
In lost wages, that could add up to at least $170 billion per year, the report suggests.
The research looked at people who worked full time, or the equivalent of full-time hours, before they got long Covid: an estimated 12 million people in the U.S., according to federal data.
From there, it estimated how many people were out of work or working reduced hours because of persistent health issues following a Covid infection. The report used the definition of long Covid from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey: symptoms lasting three months or longer that were not present pre-Covid.
Several surveys have attempted to quantify the impact of long Covid on employment. A working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis estimated last month that 26% of people with long Covid were out of work or had reduced their working hours as of mid-2021. An international survey found that 22% of people with long Covid weren't working because of their illness and 45% had reduced hours as of 2020. And a U.K. survey found that 16% of people with long Covid had reduced hours and 20% were on paid sick leave between April and May 2021.
Based on those findings, the Brookings report determined that 2 million to 4 million people in the U.S. are working less or not at all because of their illness.
"This is a shocking number," said Katie Bach, the report's author and a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings.
"If this looks like other post-viral illnesses, some people will recover, but there will be this big stock of people who don't, and it will just continue to grow over time," she said.
Long Covid can be hard to define, since symptoms are wide-ranging and can last months to years. Many people with the condition experience fatigue, brain fog, joint or muscle pain, heart palpitations, chest pain, dizziness, menstrual changes or changes in their ability to taste or smell. A June study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 1 in 13 adults in the U.S., and 19% of adults who have had Covid before, have long Covid symptoms.
The U.S. considers long Covid a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if it substantially limits one or more major life activities, including the ability to work.
But Bach said not all employers know to offer disability benefits to people with long Covid, and not all employees know to ask for them.
"Some employers understand vaguely that this is a factor impacting the labor market. That is very different from knowing that this is an ADA-protected condition and knowing what accommodations to give people," she said.
People with long Covid may also have a difficult time holding onto their job even with accommodations from employers, she added.
"If you are on the line making pizzas eight hours a day, if you are a retail clerk, if you're a certified nursing assistant in a nursing home, it is very hard to find accommodations that would allow someone with a bad case of long Covid to keep working in a job like that," Bach said.
The report called for research into treatment options that could help people mitigate their long Covid symptoms. For now, some people go to clinics for supportive care such as physical therapy or breathing exercises.
The world also needs new or better ways to prevent people from getting Covid in the first place, Bach said. A study published in May found that current Covid vaccines may only reduce the risk of long Covid by around 15%, though other estimates are higher.
"Every time you get Covid, you risk getting long Covid. It's not like once you've had Covid once, or once you've been vaccinated, then you're all clear," Bach said. "If people keep getting infected and reinfected, we will continue to have new cases of long Covid emerging." | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/coronavirus/up-to-4-million-people-may-be-out-of-work-due-to-long-covid-new/article_6b9a73c8-24fa-11ed-b885-078364e63bb6.html | 2022-08-26T05:14:14Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/coronavirus/up-to-4-million-people-may-be-out-of-work-due-to-long-covid-new/article_6b9a73c8-24fa-11ed-b885-078364e63bb6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Black pastor in Alabama said he was wrongfully arrested and charged with a crime while watering his neighbor's flowers.
Video of Michael Jennings' arrest May 22 was released by his lawyers this week, "clearing the way for legal action against the officers," they said in a news release.
In the 20-minute-long video, obtained by NBC News, a Childersburg officer approaches Jennings while he is standing on the side of a home watering plants. When the officer asks Jennings what he is doing, Jennings responds, "watering flowers."
The officer asks if a car parked in the driveway belongs to Jennings but Jennings says it is his neighbor's car. The officer asks Jennings if he lives at the home and Jennings explains that he does not.
The officer then tells Jennings that police received a call about a suspicious person at the home.
"Who's saying that?" Jennings asks.
"They called about it. ... I don't know," the officer responds.
"I'm supposed to be here. I'm Pastor Jennings. I live across the street," Jennings says as he continues to water the flowers. "I'm looking out for they house while they gone."
When the officer asks for identification, Jennings declines to provide it, telling the officer that he has not done anything wrong. He also tells the officer that he's former law enforcement.
"You want to lock me up. Lock me up. I'm not showing y'all anything," Jennings says. "I'm gonna continue watering these flowers. ... I don't care who called y'all. Lock me up and see what happens."
Jennings is ultimately placed in handcuffs for not providing identification.
The ordeal started because Jennings' neighbor, a white woman, called police to report a suspicious person. When she realizes that it was Jennings outside the home, she apologizes to him.
"He lives right there and he would be watering their flowers. This is probably my fault," she tells the three officers who responded to the scene.
Despite the woman telling police that she knows Jennings, he is still arrested.
An attorney for Jennings said his client was charged with obstructing government operations. A municipal judge dismissed the charge in June.
"This video makes it clear that these officers decided they were going to arrest Pastor Jennings less than five minutes after pulling up and then tried to rewrite history claiming he hadn’t identified himself when that was the first thing he did," attorney Daniels said. "This was not only an unlawful arrest. It’s kidnapping. It’s irrational, irresponsible and illegal."
Under Alabama law, an officer "may stop any person abroad in a public place" if they suspect that person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime.
Attorneys for Jennings said their client did not have to provide identification "because he was not in a public place," the news release states.
"Chief McClelland and the Childersburg Police Department may think all they have to do is drop the charges and this all goes away," said Bethaney Embry Jones, another attorney for Jennings.
"This was a crime, not a mistake. I would hope that the Childersburg Police Department would understand the difference."
The police department did not respond to multiple phone calls for comment. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/black-alabama-pastor-says-he-was-wrongfully-arrested-while-watering-his-neighbors-flowers/article_241e7b56-24fb-11ed-ba59-e3d8e38b46c5.html | 2022-08-26T05:14:20Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/black-alabama-pastor-says-he-was-wrongfully-arrested-while-watering-his-neighbors-flowers/article_241e7b56-24fb-11ed-ba59-e3d8e38b46c5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Heat waves and drought are hitting communities across the world, threatening supplies of energy and food while causing rivers from Europe’s Danube to China’s Yangtze to dry up.
In the United States, these receding water levels have exposed human remains and dinosaur tracks. Elsewhere, they have revealed relics that include ancient Buddhist statues, lost villages and sunk Nazi warships.
It’s a phenomenon that experts say should ring alarm bells about climate change.
“It’s heartening that people are starting to take notice,” said Ashish Sharma, professor of hydrology and water resources at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. “People tend to care about floods, but they lose sight of the big elephant in the room."
“If you look at the broad picture, it’s pretty clear that higher temperatures are resulting in lower water flows and disappearing lakes and rivers,” he said.
NBC News looked at some of the historic items revealed by the historic drought and heat.
Ancient Buddhist statues in China
The Yangtze, Asia’s largest river and a crucial part of China's economy, has seen its water levels fall rapidly amid a drought and record-breaking heat wave.
This has revealed three ancient Buddhist statues atop a normally submerged island in the Chongqing area in the country's southwest.
The relics feature three monk-like figures sitting and watching over the river that are believed to be about 600 years old and built during the Ming dynasty, which ruled China from 1368 to 1644, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported.
“There are thousands of these kinds of images across China in the time of Ming, but within the river reef, this case is very rare,” Kim Minku, an art historian from the Chinese University of Hong Kong told NBC News.
The island reef is known as Foyeliang, or Buddha’s father island, said Minku.
Sunken Nazi warships
Europe is also suffering through a historic drought, with experts estimating this week that it's the continent's worst in 500 years.
The Danube, the continent's second-longest river, has dropped to one of its lowest levels in decades — exposing dozens of German warships that were sunk during World War II and are still laden with explosives.
More than 20 of these hulks have been found near Prahovo, a town in Serbia, according to Reuters. They were a part of Nazi Germany's Black Sea Fleet that was scuttled by the Soviet army in 1944.
Ghost village in Spain
In Spain's northwestern Galicia region, a forgotten village has emerged from the Limia river due to the drought sending water levels in a nearby reservoir to historic lows.
The village was flooded in the 1990s to help create the reservoir. Now tourists are flocking to the site for a view of the ruins.
Remains such as collapsed roofs, bricks and wooden debris were found alongside urban facilities like drinking fountains, beer stacks and car wrecks, according to Reuters.
The 'Spanish Stonehenge'
Another drought-hit dam has led to the emergence of a site sometimes known as the "Spanish Stonehenge."
Discovered by German archaeologist Hugo Obermaier in 1926, the Dolmen of Guadalperal is believed to date back to 5000 B.C. Sitting in the Valdecanas reservoir in the central Cáceres province, the circle of dozens of large prehistoric stones is now fully exposed for only the fourth recorded time, according to Reuters.
The reservoir was first flooded in 1963 in a rural development project, but authorities report that its water levels have dropped to just 28% of capacity. According to a study published by the journal Nature Geoscience, the entire Iberian Peninsula is at its driest level in 1,200 years.
WWII bomb in Italy
Another explosive World War II relic has washed up in Italy, where the drought-stricken River Po is also suffering from extremely low water levels.
The 1,000-pound unexploded bomb was found by fishermen near the northern village of Borgo Virgilio, close to the city of Mantua.
Military officials told Reuters that engineers had removed the fuse from the U.S.-manufactured device, which contained about 530 pounds of explosive.
Roman bridge over the Tiber
Elsewhere in Italy, the drought has revealed the ruins of an ancient bridge over the River Tiber that was reportedly built by the Roman emperor Nero around 50 A.D.
A small part of the Pons Neronianus ruins has always been visible whenever the water level falls, experts told the science news website Live Science.
But as the Tiber flows at multi-year lows, according to Reuters, much more of the structure than usual has been exposed this year.
Human remains and dinosaur tracks in the U.S.
As the nation’s largest reservoir has dipped to record low levels, Lake Mead’s receding waters have revealed several sets of human remains.
The body of someone police think was fatally shot in the 1970s or ’80s was found in a barrel on May 1 and since then, several sets of skeletal remains have also emerged.
Elsewhere dinosaur tracks, mostly left by the Acrocanthosaurus — a theropod that stood 15 feet and weighed 7 tons have emerged in recent weeks as the Paluxy River has dried up almost entirely in most parts of Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/drought-hit-rivers-across-the-world-reveal-treasures-and-a-worrying-future/article_c73a4dfc-24eb-11ed-a90a-b70d9d7725b0.html | 2022-08-26T05:14:26Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/drought-hit-rivers-across-the-world-reveal-treasures-and-a-worrying-future/article_c73a4dfc-24eb-11ed-a90a-b70d9d7725b0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A 61-year-old Vermont woman was saved from a black bear that was biting her leg when her Jack Russell terrier started barking and drew the bear’s attention, according to a news release by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.
Susan Lee told wildlife officials that she was walking on a trail on her property in Strafford on Aug. 20 with her two dogs, a Jack Russell terrier and a labradoodle, when she heard a “loud noise” and a black bear charged her, causing her to trip over a stone wall.
She then felt “pain on her upper left leg” and realized the bear had bitten her. The attack was halted when her Jack Russell terrier started barking at the bear.
The barking distracted the bear, which released Lee’s leg. She and her dogs were able to retreat further down the trail, where she called 911. A neighbor helped transport her to Gifford Medical Center, where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released.
According to a news release, Lee had a bite wound on her left leg and multiple scratches ranging from two inches to nine inches long on both legs.
Wildlife officials determined the bear was a female with cubs that was provoked after being surprised by Lee and her dogs. They were unsuccessful in locating the bear.
Lee’s Jack Russell terrier did not suffer any injuries. The dog stayed safe by performing what Game Warden Sgt. Jeffrey Whipple described as “ninja moves” to USA Today.
“If I were to predict what would have happened if the dog wasn’t there, the bear may have caused more damage to (Lee),” Whipple said. “But most likely, when she was knocked down and was out of the fight, the bear would have got off of her and retreated.”
Vermont has one of the densest black bear populations in the country with approximately one bear for every three square miles, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department website.
There are about 6,000 in the state, and it’s the only type of bear found in Vermont. The animals are shy and rarely seen by people, making the attack on Lee “extremely rare,” Wildlife Department bear biologist Jaclyn Comeau said in the release. The department has only recorded three prior bear attacks in the state.
“However, at this time of year black bears are moving in family units and mothers will be protective of their cubs,” Comeau said in a statement. “If confronted by a bear it is essential to remain calm and back away slowly, and to fight back immediately if attacked.” | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/jack-russell-terrier-saves-owner-from-bear-attack-thanks-to-ninja-moves/article_97e8c154-24fb-11ed-91d7-8b199ec9e232.html | 2022-08-26T05:14:32Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/jack-russell-terrier-saves-owner-from-bear-attack-thanks-to-ninja-moves/article_97e8c154-24fb-11ed-91d7-8b199ec9e232.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to the final report regarding the proposed Snake River Dams breach by Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Representative Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) claimed there is no reasonable replacement. In the report, the legislators say the benefits provided by the dams must be replaced before the dams can be breached, in order to protect the salmon runs.
“The fact of the matter is, even if they were able to replace the 66% of the state’s energy which is currently provided by the clean, renewable, and affordable hydroelectric dams, the loss of the dams would still devastate our communities: prices would rise, crops would perish, jobs would be eliminated, and the environment would be threatened,” said Newhouse.
He claims that there is science to prove the dams do not threaten the salmon population.
“We should be focusing time and money towards more support for salmon recovery and habitat restoration efforts,” said Newhouse. “The only silver lining here is that it still requires an act of Congress to remove these dams, and as the duly elected member serving Washington’s 4th Congressional District and representing the communities who would be most impacted by such an action, I will do everything in my power to prevent that from happening.” | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/newhouse-responds-to-final-dam-breach-report-opposes-replacements/article_c345b7be-24ef-11ed-af29-37ed4a912a30.html | 2022-08-26T05:14:38Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/newhouse-responds-to-final-dam-breach-report-opposes-replacements/article_c345b7be-24ef-11ed-af29-37ed4a912a30.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -
The Sunnyside School District has launched phase two of their 'Project Gemini.'
"The project helps bridge the gap of internet accessibility in homes," says SSD Communications Director Jessica Morgan.
Jessica says they have seen parents bring carloads of kids to the schools parking lots for the kids to use the wifi at the school and complete their assignments.
Phase one of the 'Project Gemini' was installing antennas on Washington Elementary School and Chief Kamiakin Elementary School to boost the school wifi in a half-mile radius.
Phase Two is the addition of an antenna on the South Hill Water Tower.
"They've got the access, they can go home and not worry about how they can find access or where they need to go for access to get their homework done," says Washington Elementary School Principal Rob Chambers. "Access is going to be right in their own home."
Morgan tells me this is only the beginning for the project.
"Our hope is to continue to work with the city of Sunnyside to find other locations throughout Sunnyside to add those transmitters," says Morgan.
To check if your household qualifies for the Project Gemini you must meet three criteria:
1. You currently have children enrolled at Washington or Chief Kamiakin Elementary Schools.
2. Live within a half-mile of the two elemntary schools or South Hill Water Tower.
3. No internet access at home.
You can check if you meet these requirements and apply for a modem through the district's website.
Morgan mentions to me that if you currently have an internet provider, they would offer a stronger signal than the boost from the schools wifi. The school's wifi will also have the same security measures as if the students are using it at school. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/sunnyside-school-district-launches-phase-two-of-project-gemini/article_46efa6d6-24f2-11ed-828a-1be6404fd637.html | 2022-08-26T05:14:44Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/sunnyside-school-district-launches-phase-two-of-project-gemini/article_46efa6d6-24f2-11ed-828a-1be6404fd637.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
UMATILLA, Ore. -
Substitute teachers are always in high demand in schools. When substitutes aren't available teachers have to fill in for other's during the periods they use to prepare for class.
Umatilla School district Superintendent Heidi Sipe said, "Prep time is short it's only one class period a day for most teachers and that's a very small amount of time to get a lot of work done. losing that prep time means a change of instructional practice in the classroom and that impacts kids in a negative way."
Umatilla has been working over the past four years to get roaming substitutes hired as a part of its staff. Roaming substitutes do not, as the name may imply, roam from district to district. Instead the seven roaming substitutes roam from school to school in the district filling in where needed.
"They're able to come on as a fully paid fully benefited staff member and the one fascinating thing that we've noticed is this program really hasn't cost us more at all," Sipe said.
Normally the school district would have to pay a substitute for a whole or half day even if they only needed them to cover one or two class periods.
This gives teachers a chance to go to doctor's appointment without taking off as much time.
When they aren't substituting classes, roaming substitutes act as teaching assistants in classrooms.
Sipe says seeing more familiar faces helps with stability in the classroom.
Roaming substitute Sarah Silvani said "I know it can be intimidating as a substitute to come into a classroom of students you don't know and just as easy for students to be uncomfortable having somebody they don't recognize in their classroom."
The school district has also used emergency certification to certify teaching assistants so they can fill in when needed. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/umatilla-school-districts-roaming-substitutes/article_10acd604-24dc-11ed-b2d4-0bc394daa4ad.html | 2022-08-26T05:14:51Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/umatilla-school-districts-roaming-substitutes/article_10acd604-24dc-11ed-b2d4-0bc394daa4ad.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The first-ever Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic takes place over Labor Day weekend in Pendleton.
Pros from the Epson Tour, which is the final stop before you get to the LPGA, will be competing including some from Idaho, Oregon and the Tri-Cities.
Wildhorse CEO Gary George says it's the second event in the northwest after one was started last year in Worley, ID.
"The talents of the individuals are great. I think it just showcases what a person might become, especially for our tribal youth on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and our local youth."
George also thinks bringing in the tournament will be a huge economic boost to the area.
Find out more about the event at WildhorseResort.com.
The tournament takes place September 2nd through the 4th. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/sports/high_school_sports/inaugural-wildhorse-ladies-golf-classic-next-week/article_f9926cde-24d8-11ed-98c8-cbbc98af1cd8.html | 2022-08-26T05:14:57Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/sports/high_school_sports/inaugural-wildhorse-ladies-golf-classic-next-week/article_f9926cde-24d8-11ed-98c8-cbbc98af1cd8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Student loan forgiveness to help University of Arkansas students
At the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith where about half of all students are Pell Grant recipients, the executive director for student retention said President Joe Biden's plan to forgive up to $10,000 of student debt for those who need it most will be a lifesaver.
The number one reason that students drop out at UAFS is for financial reasons, said Jennifer Holland, the executive director for student retention.
"I think that anything that prioritizes students, helping to advance their education, prioritizes students trying to get a leg up in the job market by getting education, really is a benefit for our community and for our state and for our country," Holland said.
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Holland pointed out that Pell Grants do not entirely cover the cost of pursuing upper-level education.
"I think any type of benefit like this, any type of opportunity like this will change the trajectory of some students' future," Holland said.
Austyn Russell is a junior at UAFS and plans to go to optometry school once she graduates. She said $10,000 covers her student loan debt and would allow her to go to optometry school with a clean slate, which is especially important because Russell will have to take out loans for optometry school as well.
“When you get out you don’t just start out making six figures, and you’re just booming already," Russell said. "It’ll be a few years before I would have a significant income to be able to just pay those off easily."
Taking out loans for UAFS meant that Russell does not have to work while she attends UAFS. She said that not having a job really allows her to focus on her studies. It also allows her to take more credit hours to graduate on time.
“I feel like a lot of people don’t go to college without some sort of debt even if here it’s a smaller university," Russell said. "I can’t imagine the kind of loans that some people have if they go to D-1 schools, big schools like that. Their loans would be significant, to even just taking a chunk off I feel like that helps everybody.”
Russell's family has three kids in college, which made it even more crucial that Russell take out loans.
“Although my family would have been able to help like pay for things, but since there’s three of us that makes it significantly harder and still having a child at home. So, and now they’re paying for two weddings," Russell said. "It would be really hard for them to just pay off stuff like that. So it was more financially responsible for me to take out the loans."
Holland added that Biden's loan-forgiveness plan will help more people advance their education.
“We know the power of education. We see it everyday," Holland said. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/08/26/student-loan-forgiveness-arkansas-fort-smith-community-reacts-joe-biden-plan/65418530007/ | 2022-08-26T05:18:35Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/08/26/student-loan-forgiveness-arkansas-fort-smith-community-reacts-joe-biden-plan/65418530007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
220825-N-IL330-1065 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 25, 2022) – U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary Martin, from Manville, Texas, left, and U.S Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dominic Zacchini, from Morristown, New Jersey, fire an M240B light machine gun during a small arms qualification aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 25, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Austyn Riley)
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Bruce J. Baker, 82 Aug 25, 2022 20 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bruce J. Baker, 82, of Selah died Friday, Aug. 19, in Yakima.Arrangements are by Shaw and Sons Funeral Home, Yakima, 509-453-0331. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Jamar J. Graham-Carson, 31 Aug 25, 2022 13 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jamar Jarrell "JJ" Graham-Carson, 31, of Seattle, a former Yakima resident, died Thursday, Aug. 18, in Seattle.Arrangements are by Shaw and Sons Funeral Home, Yakima, 509-453-0331. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Josefa Lozano, 84 Aug 25, 2022 20 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Josefa Lozano, 84, of Gleed died Friday, Aug. 19.Arrangements are by Rainier Memorial Center, rainiermemorial.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Salomon Torres Chavez, 69 Aug 25, 2022 20 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Salomon Torres Chavez, 69, of Mabton died Saturday, Aug. 20, in Richland.Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home, Sunnyside, valleyhillsfh.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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PEARL, Miss — Large fans hummed noisily Thursday to try to dry out the carpet at The Exchange Church, a day after storms rapidly dumped several inches of rain and pushed water into the one-story brick building in central Mississippi.
Bryant May is lead pastor of the Southern Baptist congregation in the Jackson suburb of Pearl. He said it was the second time in four years the church flooded. The church will conduct online services this weekend, and May said he hopes the building will be in working order soon after that.
“The good news in it is that we have a little bit of experience — that’s good news/bad news — so we have a little bit of a game plan on how to attack it," May said Thursday.
Weather radar showed heavy rainfall Thursday in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and in the Florida panhandle.
Several flash flood warnings were issued, and the Mississippi Department of Transportation reported water covering highways Thursday from the central part of the state down to the Gulf Coast. Flowing water washed away part of a state highway in rural Newton County, between Jackson and Meridian.
The National Weather Service predicted the Pearl River near Jackson, Mississippi, will crest early next week at nearly the level it reached during flooding in 2020. Emergency officials said residents in low-lying areas near the river should prepare for the possibility of evacuating in the next several days.
After Wednesday's deluge caused creeks to overflow, law enforcement officers carried toddlers out of a flooded day care center in Florence, Mississippi, south of Jackson. The Rankin County Sheriff's Department posted video on Facebook of deputies walking through brown, knee-deep water to take children to an elevated truck, placing them gently on benches.
Rankin County sheriff's deputies also helped move more than 40 residents out of a flooded nursing home Wednesday in nearby Brandon.
Tony Banks said Thursday that when he returned to his apartment in the Jackson suburb of Flowood after work Wednesday, the parking lot was knee-deep in water. He said a creek overflowed, flooding some cars and trucks. Banks said he caught a fish near the vehicles.
“He was flopping around in the parking lot and I grabbed his mouth,” said Banks, 35. He said he tossed the bass back into the water.
In Alabama, vehicles traveling along flooded roads created boat-like wakes on low-lying Dauphin Island, a popular beach community off the coast, but police said the water was not deep enough Thursday morning to pose a major threat. Flooding was likely across southwestern Alabama through nightfall, forecasters said, and Mississippi temporarily closed a welcome station on Interstate 10 because of flooding.
A few schools around Mobile, Alabama, dismissed early because of flooding or power outages. The National Weather Service said rain was falling at a rate of as much as 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) an hour along the coast, and roads and parking lots were flooded in Foley on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay.
Joy Lester owns a second-hand store in Pearl, Mississippi, near The Exchange Church. She said she will have to throw away most of the couches, dining room sets and inventory that was soaked by flooding.
“All of this is just a waste. It's got to go,” Lester said as she surveyed the damage Thursday.
Three Mississippi cities set one-day rainfall records Wednesday, the weather service said. Jackson received just over 5 inches (12.7 centimeters), Meridian received 4.6 inches (11.7 centimeters) and Vicksburg received 2.9 inches (7.4 centimeters).
On Wednesday, Jackson also surpassed its previous record for rainfall for the month of August, at 11.57 inches (29.4 centimeters). The previous record for the month was 11.51 inches (29.2 centimeters) in 2008, the weather service said.
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What To Know Today
Youth arrests for violent crimes declined again in 2020. That’s according to a new report from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs that looked at the data for people under 18. It found that arrests for violent crimes — including homicides, aggravated assaults, and robberies — fell 78 percent from a peak in 1994 and 67 percent from 2006. Overall last year, fewer than 8 percent of youth arrests involved a violent crime, including less than 1 percent for homicides. “The continuing decline in youth arrests overall, and for violent offenses in particular, gives us important information about the volume and nature of arrests that should be considered when developing strategies to support youth and reduce their justice involvement,” noted National Institute of Justice Director Nancy La Vigne.” Added criminologist Thomas Abt on Twitter: “An enduring myth about community gun violence is that it is primarily driven by youths under 18. Again and again, when we carefully analyze who the shooters are in a given city, we find that most are in their 20s, or even 30s.”
Five Florida men affiliated with a militia group arrested over the January 6 insurrection. The men are reportedly part of the “B SQUAD” subgroup of the Guardians of Freedom, which has a similar ideology to the far-right Three Percenters militia. The men, who traveled to Washington, D.C. the day before the January 6 insurrection, were arrested and charged with several felony and misdemeanor offenses. One of the men charged told an acquaintance in July 2021 that he was working at a “gunshop” and “continuing to build my 3 percent army so I can overthrow the federal government,” according to an FBI affidavit. The charging documents allege that the same militia group brought 40 other people to D.C. for January 6.
Feds warn of copycat acts of racially-motivated gun violence or domestic terrorism. A bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and the National Counterterrorism Center called for law enforcement to be vigilant about people who might take cues from the perpetrator of the racist massacre at a Buffalo grocery store in May. “We remain alert to the potential use of these [tactics, techniques and procedures] in copycat attacks due to the history of some violent extremists finding ideological inspiration and leveraging tactical guidance from perpetrators of high-profile attacks,” the bulletin reads.
A mass shooting in Baltimore left six injured, one dead. The incident happened Wednesday afternoon as two men got out of a car and opened fire on a group of people gathered at an intersection, police said. The shooting occurred just as federal, state, and city officials were gathered several miles away to announce an initiative meant to curb shootings and other violent crime in the city. Elsewhere yesterday: A mass shooting in Chicago across the street from a high school left four teenagers injured, at least three of them students. In Washington, D.C. a shooting in an area long struggling with elevated rates of violence left two dead and three others injured.
Uvalde school district board fires police chief. Three months after the horrific shooting at an elementary school, the board voted unanimously to fire Pete Arredondo, whose response to the shooting has been widely criticized. The vote came after Arredondo asked to be taken off suspension. “Chief Arredondo will not participate in his own illegal and unconstitutional public lynching and respectfully requests the Board immediately reinstate him, with all backpay and benefits and close the complaint as unfounded,” his lawyer said in a statement before the board’s decision.
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30 percent — the rise in youth homicide victims from 2019 to 2020, according to the aforementioned DOJ report, with Black youth more likely to be affected than white youth. Meanwhile, a gun was used in two-thirds of youth homicides in 2020. [U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Justice Programs] | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/youth-violent-crime-doj/ | 2022-08-26T05:53:50Z | thetrace.org | control | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/youth-violent-crime-doj/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California lawmakers have approved two bills that — if signed by Governor Gavin Newsom — will change how the state conducts recall elections.
California is one of 19 states and the District of Columbia that allow voters to recall state officials. But after recall efforts this past year drew national attention, including a failed attempt to remove Newsom and a successful localized recall of San Francisco’s progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin, some began to question if the Golden State's 110-year-old recall framework still makes sense.
The high price tags of these elections also raised eyebrows, with California Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Kevin Mullin tweeting after Newsom kept his office, “A $276 million waste just to reaffirm 2018′s results with an election coming in 2022.”
Other lawmakers have said it is too easy to get a recall with such high costs on the ballot.
Since 1913, 179 recall attempts have been made, including 55 trying to remove a governor. In Newsom’s case, it took critics nearly half a dozen attempts to finally meet the signature threshold, acquiring nearly 1.7 million verified voter signatures to trigger a statewide recall election.
Now both chambers of the Legislature have OK’d bills to reform how easy it is to mount a recall effort.
Assembly Bill 2582 would require recall petitions to include only the question of whether the elected official sought to be recalled shall be removed from office. If that elected official is then removed from office in a recall election, the seat would then remain empty until filled in accordance with law.
Assembly Bill 2584 would increase the number of signatures needed to initiate a recall, to ensure sufficient support — in a state of 40 million people — to hold a costly recall election. It also creates a review process for potentially misleading statements by parties on either side of a recall or by the person under a recall.
Recall petitions and other related materials would also be required to print the estimated costs of a special recall election for voters to consider. It would require recall elections to be consolidated with the next regular election if a regular election is taking place in the next 180 days in that jurisdiction.
“AB 2584 would protect election integrity and improve the information provided to voters in school board recall elections by adjusting the number of signatures required to initiate a recall to better reflect the sentiment of voters in the jurisdiction, require petitions for the recall of a school board member to include the cost of the recall election, and allow them to be combined with the next regularly scheduled election," bill sponsor California School Boards Association said in a statement. School board recall attempts, some driven by Republican funding and frustrations during the Covid-19 pandemic, have been seen across the state from Chico and San Francisco to Anaheim since 2021.
State Senate Republicans, including state Senator Jim Nielsen from Tehama, objected to what he said are just more ways to limit recall elections.
“Here we go again,” Nielsen said. “If we’re going to change the law … there better be a really, really good reason. These most recent developments in America are not good enough reasons.” All nine Republicans in the chamber voted no on both bills.
But state Senator Steve Glazer, a Democrat from Contra Costa, said he supported the bill because it asks for a higher level of community support for recalls. State Senator Josh Newman, a Democrat from Fullerton, agreed.
“The goal here is not to undermine the recall process,” Newman said. “The goal here is to modify and adapt these processes, for an age that is so different from the one in which the progressive reformists did their work.”
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(CN) — Attorneys for Oregon WaterWatch and Winchester Water Control met with U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut on Thursday regarding a lawsuit that could either remove Oregon’s Winchester Dam or force owners to make necessary repairs to stop harming endangered Coho salmon.
WaterWatch attorneys argued for Judge Immergut to lift the stay of proceedings on the case, which was set to expire on Nov. 1 on the condition that Winchester would acquire necessary permits for dam repairs between July 22 and Sept. 12. This could have appeased the underlying lawsuit — assuming the dam no longer threatened salmon — except Winchester recently informed the court that it is unable to complete formal Endangered Species Act consultation and obtain permits until the summer of 2023.
The Winchester Dam is a defunct, historic dam on the North Umpqua River in Douglas County, Oregon. The dam was built in 1892 and provided hydropower until the area’s 1964 flood but has since been used for recreational purposes: creating flatwater areas for private landowners to use their boats. As such, the dam not only endangers fish by raising the temperature of the river, but the dam has largely been out of compliance with maintenance standards for both the structure and its fish ladder.
“It's also one of the few high hazard dams in the state that is listed as being poor and unsatisfactory conditions,” said WaterWatch Program Director Jim McCarthy. “The state has been asking them to do inspection and repair since 2019. They've been dragging their feet on that. So, all across the board, we're seeing kind of unwillingness to follow regulation and willingness to take responsibility for their impacts, the resource and just really unwilling to do anything. It's really unfortunate that they need to be drawn into compliance kicking and screaming.”
“Continuing to stay the litigation through November 1, 2022, when the stay expires, will not serve its intended purpose,” states the motion. “It will not allow WWCD to complete its repairs. It is now evident that the continuing harm to Plaintiffs and the Coho they seek to protect now vastly outweighs any harm to WWCD from proceeding with the litigation. Continuing the stay will undermine, rather than advance, the orderly course of justice in this case.”
“It’s my inclination that it would be extremely helpful to have the agency responsible for enforcement of the Endangered Species Act to make a determination of the current circumstances and determine whether or not defendants might even be immune in this case,” said Judge Immergut in her opening remarks, adding how such findings are not only more economical than litigation but provide more time for Winchester to obtain a biological opinion on whether its proposed repairs would be helpful for salmon.
However, WaterWatch attorney Molly Tack-Hooper of Earthjustice argued that any proposed consultation of Winchester’s repairs would not be fully evaluative because their proposed permits do not include necessary repairs to the fish ladder — a structure McCarthy describes as from the 80s.
“The take of even one fish is sufficient for us to make our Section Nine claims,” said Tack-Hooper. “Oregon coast Coho are still a threatened species in part because of the harm that dams have done to the population.”
Whether or not Winchester can obtain a biological opinion by May that considers its current and future impact to the environment is unknown, although Winchester attorney Dominic Carollo said in his arguments that any opinion rendered would be thorough and made public.
“It is going to be because we’re addressing it as part of the baseline in the biological steps to get submitted to them,” said Carollo, arguing the reason Winchester has not received a permit is because of the concern for extending the life of the dam. “I think it would be foolish for us at the district to not expect them to be dealing with more than just jackhammers and concrete rebar.”
“Our preference is for the dam to be removed,” said McCarthy. “That’s what science and common sense tells us. It’s the best thing for the river and for everyone involved because the cost to maintain the 130 year-old dam so that it no longer harms fish and water quality, for most people except a utility company that’s actually generating hydro power, would be prohibitive.”
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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — As a high-ranking city official, Mohammed Nuru got a $278,000 annual salary and looked forward to a lucrative retirement with a $7,000-a-month pension. Now the self-titled “Mr. Clean” will spend the next seven years in federal prison for public corruption.
"It is important that this sentence make clear that public corruption cannot be tolerated in a democratic society,” U.S. District Judge William Orrick said, calling Nuru’s crimes among the most reprehensible he’s seen.
Nuru, who headed the city’s public works department for 12 years until his arrest in Jan. 2020, pleaded guilty to one count of honest services fraud last year, admitting he received envelopes of cash, free international trips and hotel stays, a $36,000 watch, free construction labor and materials for his vacation home and other benefits in exchange for favors to city contractors and developers.
Nuru admitted working with permit expediter Walter Wong to help a billionaire developer from China win approvals for a multimillion-dollar mixed-use development in San Francisco. The developer, who owned multiple five-star hotels, gave Nuru free travel and luxury hotel stays, high-end liquor, meals and other gifts.
In exchange, Nuru ordered subordinates to help the Chinese businessman cut through red tape and used his influence with other city officials to expedite approvals in various departments. Wong pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud the public in June 2020 and agreed to cooperate with authorities. Wong's next court date is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2023.
“You made the city's building permitting process a farce,” Orrick chided Nuru, who stood before Orrick in a dark suit flanked by his defense attorneys. “What you did for 12 years undermines civil service and trust in government everywhere. The assumption becomes that they all do it. But they don't all do it. But you did it. Your crime resulted from greed. And you called into question fairness of the bidding department. You have weakened the public’s confidence in our leaders.”
Nuru was eventually caught after a failed attempt at bribing an airport commissioner on behalf of disgraced restaurateur Nick Bovis, who wanted to open a concession at the San Francisco International Airport.
Prosecutors had recommended a nine-year sentence for 59-year-old Nuru, seeking to make an example out of him for undermining the public’s trust in government.
"A substantial sentence would send a message to other public officials that using their office for their own personal benefit will result in significant jail time. It also sends a message to the public that the courts and the government take this conduct very seriously and that nobody should simply accept this kind of criminal activity from their public officials,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Shepard told the judge.
She reminded Orrick that Nuru had obstructed rather than helped the FBI’s investigation. Shortly after he was pulled out of the security line at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, she said he began to tip off friends who might also also be targets, then later lied to the FBI about his actions.
The government’s sentencing memo casts Nuru as a rapacious power broker, insulated by a network of co-conspirators who needed his influence to win coveted city contracts.
Nuru accepted kickbacks and bribes from a number of city officials and business people, including the waste management company Recology in exchange for his help in raising the trash collection rates of San Francisco residents.
At Nuru’s request, Recology gave the former DPW director’s son a job that paid $17,000 over two years and funded a paid internship at a nonprofit that earned his son $23,600. Nuru further admitted that he told Recology executives to funnel $60,000 into a charity account that he used to pay for DPW holiday parties.
He also received $20,000 in restaurant meals and a $40,000 tractor for his vacation home from contractors William Gilmartin and Alan Varela in exchange for inside information about a city contract to build and operate an asphalt recycling plant, and $250,000 in labor and materials for his vacation home in Stonyford near Mendocino National Forest from contractor Balmore Hernandez. All three pleaded guilty to bribery.
Nuru also confessed to receiving a Rolex watch, cash and other gifts from Florence Kong, a Chinese immigrant businesswoman who Nuru helped win city contracts for her recycling company.
Shepard noted Nuru’s shakedowns occurred in tandem with another public corruption scandal that implicated former state Senator Leland Yee, who was sentenced five years in prison in 2015 for accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents. Yee also agreed to vote on certain legislation, help phony companies get state grants and contracts, and offered to import guns from a suspected terrorist group in the Philippines in exchange for campaign donations.
“It’s inexplicable that [Nuru] could see fellow politicians being arrested, convicted and sentenced for public corruption crimes and still continue,” Shepard said.
Nuru’s attorneys pleaded with Orrick for leniency, touting his long history of being a mentor and leader in the community who regularly welcomed homeless people into his home to live with him, and gave former inmates jobs.
Defense attorney Miles Ehrlich noted the throngs of friends, family and former employees who packed the gallery, spilling into the aisles and out the door. Many of them gasped and began to cry after Orrick handed down his sentence.
Orrick said he was moved by the dozens of letters and character statements he received on Nuru's behalf. "They speak eloquently about a man who has done really admirable work and has benefited this city," Orrick said. "I've read and been moved by your stories. That is precisely what makes this sentencing so difficult."
Turning to Nuru, he said, "You were a well regarded leader of this city and from 2008-2020 you were taking bribes and corrupting our public life."
Outside the courtroom, Nuru hugged his supporters and brushed off requests for comment from reporters. His attorney Katherine Kates, who also declined to speak, handed out prepared statements that read: “Again, I want to apologize to the people of San Francisco for my misconduct. Now that sentencing is behind me, I plan to concentrate on my family and my health in the near term. I look forward to the time that I can return to serving my community and work to repair the damage that my actions caused both the city and my family.”
Nuru requested a surrender date in January, citing acute diabetes and a recent heart attack that required two surgeries. Orrick granted the request and set his surrender date for Jan. 6, 2023.
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PHOENIX (CN) — A federal judge heard arguments Thursday over whether to toss a lawsuit by the Arizona attorney general that started over a mandate of Covid-19 vaccinations for federal employees and has expanded into a larger critique of the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sued the Biden administration in September 2021 over the policies, claiming it gave more bodily autonomy to migrants released via parole than U.S. citizens.
U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi issued a preliminary injunction in January against President Joe Biden’s executive order mandating the Covid-19 vaccination for companies and employers that do business with the federal government. Liburdi made that injunction permanent in February.
The federal government now seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming the state lacks standing to ask the court to supervise the discretion and decisions of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security in deciding when to detain or release migrants at the Arizona-Mexico border.
James Rogers of the Arizona Attorney General's Office told Liburdi in court Thursday that a dramatic increase in released migrants confirms the state has a plausible case for judicial review of the federal government's policy on paroling. Arizona claims the policy affects the finances and health of its citizens.
“The numbers tell the tale, dozens of parole issuances have changed it to tens of thousands of parole issuances, just on a monthly basis,” Rogers said. “Clearly, there's been a policy change.”
According to a response filed by the state in February, Border Patrol released over 51,000 migrants in December 2021 compared to 17 at the end of President Donald Trump’s term.
Liburdi seemed to entertain the state's argument but noted a lack of statistical evidence submitted to the court to show the policy’s impact on the state financially.
“Is it the state's obligation to shore up its standing arguments with data?” Liburdi asked.
Rogers conceded and said he would file that information with the court.
“We can file today, that data,” he said. “We have a declaration from the Yuma Regional Medical Center, which discusses the increased costs since the Biden administration changed immigration policies to allow more [migrants] in. And, we also have a declaration from the southern county sheriffs describing the costs involved in pursuing and the increased cost they've incurred because of that.”
Elissa Fudim, an attorney for the Department of Justice, said the state's arguments don't logically make sense.
“With regard to the notion that the numbers tell the tale. It’s like saying that eating ice cream caused people to drown because ice cream sales increased,” she said.
According to Fudim, the court lacks jurisdiction to review the executive branch's policy decisions.
But Rogers argued emails illustrate a parole policy for different migrant demographics.
“The state produced emails that have been linked to a journalist that show problematic grants of parole to Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguan and Columbians,” he said. “But even if there was no policy at all, that does not preclude a finding.”
Fudim said the emails refer to a different or irrelevant policy.
“Their email contains a [different] policy, which again, hasn't been challenged here,” she said.
The state has until Aug. 31 to submit data for consideration. Liburdi said he would rule sometime after.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge ordered both Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk to turn over more information to opposing lawyers in their tussle over Musk's agreed-to-then-abandoned $44 billion deal to acquire the social platform.
Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick on Thursday ordered Twitter to provide Musk’s attorneys more data regarding the company’s estimates that less than 5% of the accounts on its platform are fake. The judge also rejected Musk's attempts to shield details about analyses he used in his attempt to terminate the deal.
That work was done by data scientists who examined live-feed information from Twitter about public user accounts to test the company's daily-user counts.
Musk claims that Twitter has failed to provide enough detail about the number of fake accounts on its platform, and argues that up to 30% of Twitter’s “monetizable daily active users,” or mDAU, could be spam or bot accounts. Twitter says the mDAU metric helps it measure the number of accounts on its platform that advertisers can target, thus making them “monetizable.”
Musk, the world’s richest man, agreed in April to buy Twitter and take it private, offering $54.20 a share and vowing to loosen the company’s policing of content and to root out fake accounts. Twitter shares closed Thursday at $41.05.
Musk indicated in July that he wanted to back away from the deal, prompting Twitter to file a lawsuit to force him to carry through with the acquisition.
The judge rejected more comprehensive data requests from Musk’s attorneys as “absurdly broad,” noting that a literal reading of the request would require Twitter to produce “trillions upon trillions of data points” reflecting all data collected on roughly 200 million accounts over three years.
But McCormick did order Twitter to produce information on 9,000 accounts that were reviewed in connection with company’s fourth-quarter audit, a data subset that has been described as a “historical snapshot.”
McCormick also ordered Twitter to turn over documents regarding other metrics, regardless of whether they expressly address mDAU. Musk’s attorneys have suggested that a comparison of Twitter’s mDAU with other metrics, such as “User Active Minutes,” could support their theory that the company has fraudulently misled investors and securities regulators about the scope of activity on its platform.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CN) — The Biden administration violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to analyze the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions in allowing an exploratory drilling project to move forward in Alaska’s Western Arctic, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by Earthjustice.
The nonprofit environmental law organization filed the suit in United States District Court of Alaska on behalf of Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace Inc.
“We are beyond frustrated with Biden’s rubber stamping of Big Oil’s drilling in Alaska’s vulnerable and wild places,” Hallie Templeton, Legal Director for Friends of the Earth, said in a media statement. “Unfortunately, the administration failed to see how this unlawful decision throws yet another carbon bomb at our rapidly warming planet. We hope the court system helps ensure that the federal government fully upholds our bedrock environmental laws before approving such harmful activities.”
The lawsuit argues that, when issuing a drilling permit to Emerald House’s Peregrine oil and gas exploration program in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management’s required Environmental Assessments did not include an adequate discussion or analysis of the project’s impacts on climate change.
Because this is a violation of NEPA, the plaintiffs argued to vacate the initial decision approving the drilling program, the subsequent amendment to the right-of-way and an additional application for a permit to drill, as well as an enjoinment of further exploration activities until BLM has complied with NEPA.
"You can't fight climate change and expand fossil fuel projects in the Arctic at the same time,” Tim Donaghy, research manager for Greenpeace USA, said.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas emissions calculator, extracting and burning the quantity of oil that could be found at the Peregrine site would be the carbon equivalent of emissions from 173 coal-fired power plants operating for a year.
"We must follow the dictates of science and justice. President Biden has a chance to build on his recent climate wins with policies to phase out fossil fuel production, and ensure an energy transition that benefits workers and communities," Donaghy added.
Emerald House, a subsidiary of Australian petroleum firm 88 Energy submitted the plans after drilling an initial oil well labeled “Merlin-1” in the winter of 2020. The company told investors it believed the remote and undeveloped public-lands area where it intends to drill could contain 1.6 billion barrels of petroleum.
“If that proves true, extracting and burning that total volume would release 645 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to expert analysis,” Earthjustice’s press release states.
Representatives for 88 Energy did not respond to questions in time for this story.
The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within Interior Department. It is department policy to not comment on pending litigation.
The 36-page complaint cites several studies and resulting statements and conclusions reached on the impact of climate change on the planet and its human and wildlife populations.
“Overwhelming evidence shows that the unprecedented increase in Earth’s temperatures is caused by fossil fuel combustion and climate change is among the top threats to global health in the 21st century,” it reads, among multiple other statements in support of the suit.
“The Peregrine program could open the door to even further industrialization of this sensitive area, threatening our climate, as well as critical wildlife habitat. We will continue fighting in court to ensure that it never moves forward.” Sierra Club Lands Water Wildlife Campaign Director Dan Ritzman, said.
Earthjustice attorney Ian Dooley echoed his clients’ statements.
“We are in the middle of a climate crisis that is causing massive environmental disruptions and harm to communities around the globe, yet the Trump and Biden administrations have moved this exploration program forward without any meaningful analysis of how its greenhouse gas emissions will contribute to climate change,” said Dooley.
“Continuing down this path will thwart any meaningful progress toward addressing climate change, so we’re going to court to force BLM to rethink its decision to allow this fossil fuel proposal to move forward.”
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FORT WORTH, Texas (CN) — Prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the trial of a former Texas cop who shot and killed a woman while aiming at her dog during a welfare check, arguing his fear of being mauled was unreasonable.
Ravi Singh, 29, is accused of criminally negligent homicide and faces up to two years in state prison and a fine of up to $10,000 if convicted. He shot and killed Margarita “Maggie” Brooks, 30, after responding to reports of a person lying on the grass on Aug. 1, 2019, near North Collins Street in Arlington. Singh resigned from the Arlington Police Department three months after the shooting.
In viral bodycam footage played for jurors on Tuesday, Singh is walking down an alley during daylight and asks a seated Brooks if she is all right.
An unleashed dog begins running at Singh, who steps backward and unholsters his gun while Brooks is heard calling out “down” at the dog. Singh fires three times at the dog and Brooks is immediately heard screaming “what the fuck.”
“Oh my God,” Brooks screamed. “The police shot me.”
She later died from a gunshot wound to the upper torso, while her dog was grazed by a bullet. Singh had graduated from the police academy in February of that year.
Arlington detective Mac Simmons told jurors Thursday he would not have fired his gun at the charging dog with a person so close nearby.
“I would probably kick it,” he testified for the prosecution. “I would rather take a bite than be in that situation.”
Simmons testified about a written statement Singh submitted one week after the shooting. Singh purportedly wrote that pepper spray, a Taser or his baton were not feasible options and that he fired to the left away from Brooks on the right.
Simmons' testimony came one day after police consultant and forensic analyst Jonathyn Priest testified that Singh’s decision to use deadly force was not reasonable nor necessary under the circumstances. Priest said police are trained to be sure of their target and what lies beyond. He said Brooks was “very much so” forgotten in the shooting and was subjected to a substantial and unjustified risk, adding Singh could have used his pepper spray, Taser, baton or a loud voice instead.
Under Texas criminal law, criminally negligent homicide is the least serious charge of the state’s four criminal homicide offenses — the other three being manslaughter, murder and capital murder.
Brooks’ family have since sued Singh and the city of Arlington for over $1 million in actual and punitive damages for wrongful death and for violations of her 14th Amendment rights.
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CHICAGO (CN) — R. Kelly accuser Lisa Van Allen was the star witness in the former R&B singer's federal trial in Chicago on Thursday, offering a tearful recounting of her experiences leading up to Kelly's 2008 child porn trial in Cook County.
Much of her testimony revolved around three separate threesomes that Kelly allegedly recorded of himself, Van Allen and a then-underage girl going by the pseudonym "Jane" between 1998 and 2000. Van Allen said she was already 18 when she first met Kelly in 1998 on the set of his "Home Alone" music video and moved to Chicago to be with him not long afterward. Van Allen also said she knew Jane was underage when they began having threesomes.
Earlier in the trial, Jane testified she was 14 when she began having sexual encounters with Kelly in 1998.
Van Allen said she had not wanted to go through with the trio of threesomes — only doing so to appease Kelly, who she said would sometimes beat her. Her breaking point allegedly came when Jane announced in 2000 that Kelly had bought her a P.T. Cruiser for her 16th birthday. Van Allen said she thought Jane was 16 when they first met.
"I was told that she was 16 two years prior to that... I didn't want any more [sexual] encounters with Jane," after that, Van Allen said.
Her testimony also corroborated Jane's statements last week that Kelly made explicit reference to Jane's underage status in one of the recordings. Specifically, she said Kelly and Jane discussed Jane's "14-year-old pussy."
Continuing her story, Van Allen said she was eventually able to view the scenes featuring herself and Jane when she was alone in his studio. She said she took the tape with the scenes out of Kelly's duffel bag and sent them to her friend Keith Murrell, a former artist in the music group "Talent," in Kansas City.
"I didn't want him watching it," she said, adding. "I sent it to Keith in Kansas City... I wanted to get it out of my possession."
After sending the tape away, Van Allen said she got away from Kelly by moving to Atlanta. She claimed to have no contact with the tape for several years afterward, until she heard from Murrell in 2007 that another Kansas City man in Kelly's employ was looking for Kelly's leaked sex tapes.
This man, named Charles Freeman, took the stand on Tuesday. He told prosecutors he knew Kelly from his work in merchandising on Kelly's tours in the early 90s, and that he had spoken with Kelly in 2001 "to recover some tapes he had lost." Freeman said he was subsequently hired by Kelly's private investigator Jack Palladino, as well as Kelly's co-defendant and former manager Derrel McDavid, to recover a tape in Atlanta in exchange for a promise of $1 million.
"Derrel [McDavid] said it was a performance tape they really needed to recover," Freeman said. If he got it back, Freeman added, McDavid said they "would take care of me."
Going to a residential address in Atlanta reportedly provided to him by Palladino, Freeman said he recovered a tape depicting "Robert Kelly with a young lady, having sex, urinating on her and putting lotion on her face."
Freeman said he returned the Atlanta tape to McDavid and Palladino, but soon after spoke with Keith Murrell himself. Murrell said he had another tape in his possession showing Kelly engaging in sex acts with a young girl. Freeman said he returned Murrell's tape as well, but despite making a copy of it on his cell phone as insurance, he said he never got $1 million. Following Kelly's 2008 acquittal on 21 child porn charges, he said he let the matter go. He claimed he only received about $600,000 total, in various installments, from McDavid.
"If the police [come after me] I'm gonna tell, but otherwise you all are good," Freeman said he told McDavid and Kelly following the 2008 trial.
On Thursday, Van Allen denied ever leaking the tape to anyone in Atlanta. But having found out from Murrell about Freeman, she said her then-fiancé Yul Brown contacted Kelly independently. She said she traveled to Chicago in 2007 to discuss getting Murrell's tape back with Kelly, and that he was willing to give her $250,000 for its return.
What allegedly followed was a series of Chicago meetings in 2007, in which Van Allen said McDavid and Kelly's former attorney Ed Jensen subjected her to three separate polygraph tests. Lawrence Beaumont, a polygrapher who told prosecutors Thursday he administered those tests, said she passed two of them.
Though she said McDavid gave her a combined $70,000 over the course of attending these polygraph meetings, she also alleged McDavid told her he and Kelly should have "merc'd her" — i.e. killed her — "from the beginning."
While delivering this testimony, Van Allen frequently burst into tears and sobs, particularly when discussing McDavid's alleged "merc'd" comment.
"I didn't know they were thinking about killing me," she said.
The sincerity of her emotions and the truthfulness of her testimony was repeatedly questioned by McDavid's lead defense attorney Beau Brindley. Brindley spent most of Thursday afternoon poking holes in Van Allen's testimony; attempting to portray her as an unreliable witness by pointing out she had received an immunity deal from the U.S. Attorney's Office prior to testifying, and by highlighting inconsistencies between her statements Thursday and those she made during Kelly's 2008 trial.
He especially zeroed in on Van Allen statement Thursday that she saw a sex scene featuring only Jane and Kelly when she first watched the alleged sex tape in Kelly's studio, some two decades ago. She made the same statement in her appearance on the 2019 "Surviving R. Kelly" docuseries.
However, the transcript of the 2008 trial, which Brindley read aloud in court, has Van Allen saying, "I have never seen a tape with just Robert and Jane. Only me, Robert and Jane."
Brindley also asked Van Allen why she simply didn't destroy the tape, if she really wanted to deprive Kelly of viewing it as she claimed.
"You could have simply destroyed it," Brindley said.
"I could have, if it had crossed my mind," Van Allen responded.
After many heated exchanges between the pair, Brindley concluded his cross-examination by accusing Van Allen of being a professional victim; someone who was willing to lie in court and extort the defendants in this case for clout.
"Being a victim allows you to sell books," Brindley said.
Despite Brindley's withering comments, it is likely Van Allen is not yet in the clear. Kelly's own defense team, led by attorney Jennifer Bonjean, has yet to question her.
The trial as a whole is expected to last into mid-September.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees marked the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh on Thursday, as the United States, the European Union and other Western nations pledged to support the pursuit of justice in international courts.
At a sprawling camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, thousands of refugees gathered to commemorate what they term Genocide Remembrance Day, with speakers demanding safety from persecution inside Myanmar so they can return to the country.
A refugee at the Kutupalong camp sang a song describing their suffering on the way to Bangladesh five years ago, braving bullets, forests and the sea. Many in the crowd cried as they listened.
On Thursday, the United Kingdom announced a further round of sanctions targeting businesses linked to Myanmar's military, which rules the country.
It said those being sanctioned in an effort to limit the military's access to arms and revenue include Star Sapphire Group of Companies, International Gateways Group and Sky One Construction.
Amanda Milling, minister for Asia, also confirmed the U.K.’s intention to intervene in a November 2019 case against Myanmar initiated by The Gambia seeking justice in the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The case will determine whether Myanmar has violated the Genocide Convention through the military’s acts against the Rohingya in 2016 and 2017.
More than 1 million Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar over several decades, including about 740,000 who crossed the border starting in August 2017 when the Myanmar military launched a “clearance operation” against them following attacks by a rebel group. The safety situation in Myanmar has worsened since a military takeover last year, and attempts to send them back have failed.
In March, the United States said the oppression of Rohingya in Myanmar amounts to genocide after authorities confirmed accounts of mass atrocities against civilians by the military in a systematic campaign against the ethnic minority. Muslim Rohingya face widespread discrimination in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where most are denied citizenship and many other rights.
Bangladeshi officials have expressed frustration after at least two attempts to repatriate the refugees to Myanmar failed since 2017. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said their repatriation is the only solution to the crisis, but that Bangladesh would not force them to go back.
On the eve of the anniversary, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said his country wants to ensure the refugees can return "to safe conditions in Myanmar where they will no longer be persecuted and will finally receive citizenship.”
“We urge the international community to work alongside us to provide support to the Rohingya people, by asserting pressure on Myanmar to stop the mass persecution and allow Rohingya safe repatriation to their homes,” he said.
The U.N. special envoy on Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, who is visiting Bangladesh, said its continued hosting of the refugees “requires renewed international attention and equitable burden-sharing by countries in the region and abroad.”
“I will continue to advocate for greater leadership of countries in the region in supporting Bangladesh and leveraging their influence with Myanmar to create conducive conditions for the voluntary, safe and dignified return of refugees,” she said.
At the Kutupalng camp, 33-year-old Jamalida said she wished to return.
“We had homes and we were rich there, we could bear our own expenses, and we did not have to rely on someone else’s pocket," she said. “We want to go back to our country with our rights.
The Rohingya crisis has gone to international courts, where Myanmar has denied any wrongdoing. But global powers are not satisfied with Myanmar’s position.
In a statement, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the U.S. remains “committed to advancing justice and accountability” for Rohingya and all people of Myanmar, also known as Burma.
“We continue to support the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, the case under the Genocide Convention that The Gambia has brought against Burma before the International Court of Justice, and credible courts around the world that have jurisdiction in cases involving Burmese military’s atrocity crimes,” Blinken said.
Separately, a joint statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union, and the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States said they are concerned by a U.N. fact-finding mission’s determination of patterns of serious human rights violations and abuses, including many amounting to grave crimes under international law.
Bangladesh and Myanmar signed a Chinese-brokered agreement in November 2017 on the repatriation of the refugees. Bangladesh earlier this month sought China's assistance in repatriating Rohingya during a visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
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By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press
Associated Press writer Edith Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's government held its first official meetings Thursday under an acting prime minister after a court ordered the suspension of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha a day earlier while it considered if he violated the position's legal term limits.
Prayuth's removal is likely to only be temporary since the Constitutional Court has generally ruled in the government’s favor in a slew of political cases. Tipanan Sirichana, deputy spokesperson from the Prime Minister’s Office, said the court decision meant Prayuth was suspended until a final decision, though no date was set for that.
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has assumed the role of acting prime minister, taking over Prayuth's duties. On Thursday, he chaired a meeting of a committee on communications during national disasters that he was previously scheduled to attend.
Prayuth, while suspended from prime minister duties, has kept his other Cabinet position as defense minister, and in that capacity he attended a monthly meeting of the government's Defense Council, participating via video.
Any court ruling allowing Prayuth to stay on as prime minister risks invigorating a protest movement that has long sought to oust him and reopening deep fissures in Thailand, which has been rocked by repeated bursts of political chaos since a coup toppled then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006.
Since then, Thaksin, a telecoms billionaire whose populist appeal threatened the traditional power structure, has remained at the center of the country's politics, as his supporters and opponents fought for power both at the ballot box and in the streets, sometimes violently. The 2014 takeover ousted his sister's government from power.
Spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri said Prayuth would respect the court's decision and called on others to do the same. But those who want Prayuth gone don't want Prawit, a close political ally of Prayuth and part of the same military clique that staged the coup, in power either.
“No Prayuth. No Prawit. No military coup government,” a leading protest group said in a statement after the Wednesday court decision.
The group known as Ratsadon, or The People, issued a new call for protests, but only a small number came in response.
Prayuth's detractors contend he has violated a law that limits prime ministers to eight years in power — a threshold they say he hit Tuesday since he officially became prime minister on Aug. 24, 2014.
But his supporters contend his term should be counted from when the current constitution, which contains the term-limit provision, came into effect in 2017. Another interpretation would start the clock in 2019, when he won the job legally after a general election.
The case — in which the court is deciding whether a coup leader has stayed in power too long — highlighted Thailand’s particular political culture: Often the soldiers who overthrow elected leaders then try to legitimize their rule and defuse opposition by holding elections and abiding by constitutional restrictions.
By a vote of 5 to 4 on Wednesday, the court agreed to suspend the prime minister from his duties while it considers a petition from opposition lawmakers. The court’s announcement said Prayuth must submit his defense within 15 days of receiving a copy of the complaint, but it did not say when it would rule. The ruling allowed him to stay in his other post as defense minister.
Polls show Prayuth's popularity is at a low ebb, with voters blaming him for mishandling the economy and botching Thailand’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2020, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to demand that Prayuth and his Cabinet resign, while also calling for the constitution to be amended and the monarchy to be reformed.
Several confrontations between the student-driven protest movement and authorities became violent. A legal crackdown on activists further embittered critics.
Small protests appealing again to Prayuth to step down — and the Constitutional Court to force him to if he didn’t — have been held daily since Sunday, but drew only small crowds.
“I am very pleased. Gen. Prayuth has stayed for a long time and had no vision to develop the country at all,” Wuttichai Tayati, a 28-year-old who works in marketing, said while protesting Wednesday in Bangkok. “At least taking him out for now might make Thailand move forward a bit.”
Even if Prayuth does go, replacing him with Prawit will not resolve the standoff.
In addition to his close association with the military clique that seized power, Prawit, 77, was tainted by allegations he had illegally amassed a collection of luxury watche s he couldn't possibly afford on a government salary, though a court accepted his explanation they were gifts and cleared him of wrongdoing.
Whether Prawit would or could take the prime minister’s post if the court rules against Prayuth is not clear. He has publicly acknowledged his health is not good and is better known as a behind-the-scenes political organizer.
Some legal scholars think the eventual replacement would have to come from the small pool of candidates that the country's political parties nominated for the job after the 2019 general election. That list did not include Prawit, though it appears possible he could be nominated in case of a deadlock.
If he is not forced out of office, Prayuth must call a new election by March, though he has the option of calling one before that.
The eight-year term limit was meant to target Thaksin, whose political machine remains powerful. The 2014 coup ousted the government of Thaksin’s sister, Yingluck Shinawatra.
Thailand’s traditional conservative ruling class, including the military, felt that Thaksin’s popularity posed a threat to the country’s monarchy as well as their own influence. The courts have been stalwart defenders of the established order and ruled consistently against Thaksin and other challengers.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Overcrowding, damage to the environment, high prices/higher cost of living, and traffic problems continue to be the most concerning issues when it comes to tourism in Hawaii.
The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released the results of its Spring 2022 Resident Sentiment Survey during the Hawaii Tourism Authority's monthly board meeting on Thursday.
The survey was conducted between May 7 and July 30, and a total of 1955 Hawaii residents participated -- 839 on Oahu, 458 on Hawaii Island, 403 in Maui County, and 255 on Kauai.
DBEDT's latest visitor statistics show that 842,927 people visited Hawaii in June, which was the second highest visitor count since January 2020.
According to the survey, when asked what problems they think tourism has created in Hawaii, overcrowding was the number one problem for Maui County residents at 75%, Oahu residents at 72%, and Kauai residents at 71%. The leading problem for Hawaii Island residents was high prices/higher cost of living.
Despite the concerning issues, 54% of respondents said that tourism has brought more benefits than problems, which is up from the 49% in the Fall of 2021, but on par with Spring of 2021 (53%) and 2020 (54%).
The survey also found that residents expressed strong support for using Hawaii's tax dollars to manage tourism and less so to encourage tourism.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) – As we’re heading into football season, many local doctors and parents share their concerns about student athletes suffering from concussion – and ways to prevent these injuries.
Mililani resident, Jeris wise says he monitors his son, Clinton Wise, for possible Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy also called (CTE) – which can be caused by suffering from several concussions.
Wise said his son played football for more than 10 years and had between six to seven concussions.
“Football is not a contact sport, it’s a collision sport and he definitely collided more than once. We tried to limit tackling drills after a few years and he even broke his helmet a few times,” said Wise.
He said he hopes athletic trainers and coaches stay on high alert this season.
The Neurotrauma advisory board members at DOH said symptoms can show up to hours or even weeks after an injury.
“Hawaii has high numbers of concussion because we have out door sports all year long. What is important are preventative measures like wearing helmets, seatbelts and going to the doctor after injuries, even some that seem minor,” said Dr. Christine LaChance, Doctor of Physical Therapy.
Doctor also want to address myths about concussions.
"One myth is that if you didn’t hit your head, you couldn’t possibly get a concussion. That is not true. If there is a hard enough blow to any part of your body, you could still end up with a concussion. Another myth is concussions are just mild when really they can have life-long affects if not treated,” said Dr. Violet Horvath, director of Pacific Disabilities Center at UH Manoa.
Hawaii Concussion Awareness and Management Program officials said more than 1,000 concussions were reported in Hawaii High schools in 2019 -- and 20% of head injuries are in the 13 -17 age group.
Officials urge to not take symptoms lightly and go to a health professional immediately. Symptoms can include headaches, dizziness, change of behavior, vomiting, and so on.
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2015, file photo, former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman tells a story of a young Muhammad Ali to the audience at the Sports Illustrated Legacy Awards Thursday, in Louisville, Ky. Foreman took to Twitter on Oct. 3, 2017 to challenge actor Steven Seagal to a 10-round fight. Seagal declined comment. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
Two women have accused former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman of sexually abusing them when they were minors in the 1970s, according to lawsuits filed this week.
One of the women is described as the daughter of an adviser and manager to Foreman while the second woman is the daughter of a boxer who trained with him, according to the documents.
They are seeking a jury trial and damages against Foreman and anyone who may also be responsible for the alleged abuses. Those additional parties could be added to the lawsuit as more information becomes available in the case, the documents say
Foreman, in a statement Wednesday, denied the allegations.
"Over the past six months, two women have been trying to extort millions of dollars each from me and my family. They are falsely claiming that I sexually abused them over 45 years ago in the 1970s. I adamantly and categorically deny these allegations," he said.
"The pride I take in my reputation means as much to me as my sports accomplishments, and I will not be intimidated by baseless threats and lies. I am, and always will be, guided by my faith and trust in God. I will work with my lawyers to fully and truthfully expose my accusers' scheme and defend myself in court. I don't pick fights, but I don't run away from them either," Foreman added.
The lawsuits, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, do not name Foreman, but provide identifying details, including that the alleged abuser is "a former professional heavy weight boxer who went professional in 1969" who was inducted into both the World Boxing Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame." The suits also say the defendant became a world heavyweight champion in 1973 and eventually lost the title to Muhammad Ali in 1974.
One of the alleged victims, referred to in the suit as Denise S., says she was groomed by the boxer "at an early age" and accuses Foreman of performing sexual acts with Denise S. when she was a minor, according to the lawsuit.
The second alleged victim, referred to as Gwen H., alleges that when she was between 15 and 16 years old, Foreman molested and sexually abused her after he "threatened that if she didn't comply, her dad would lose his job."
CNN has reached out to the attorneys for both women.
Foreman, a champion boxer and Olympic gold medalist, defended the coveted world heavyweight title twice before losing it to Muhammad Ali in the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle." He took a long hiatus from competing at the end of the 1970s before resurrecting his career once more and again becoming world heavyweight champion, before finally retiring in 1997. | https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/former-boxing-champ-george-foreman-accused-of-sexual-abuse-by-daughters-of-his-former-associates/article_dac1e12c-d551-5e77-b293-70b962245ab2.html | 2022-08-26T06:06:53Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/former-boxing-champ-george-foreman-accused-of-sexual-abuse-by-daughters-of-his-former-associates/article_dac1e12c-d551-5e77-b293-70b962245ab2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mercedes-Benz is now building electric cars in the U.S. for the world market.
On Thursday, production of the 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV began in Alabama, the German automaker announced.
The large electric crossover SUV has been integrated into production at Mercedes’ Tuscaloosa plant, which is where all the brand’s mid-size and large crossover SUVs have been built since 1997.
The EQS SUV isn’t the only electric crossover SUV from Mercedes set to be built in the U.S. The automaker will begin producing the mid-size EQE SUV at the same factory later this year. That vehicle hasn’t been shown yet and it will debut on Oct. 16.
Batteries for both the EQS and EQE SUVs will be supplied by a new plant seven miles from where Mercedes will screw together the SUVs. Construction of the battery plant began in 2018 as part of a $1 billion investment by Daimler announced during its 20th anniversary of building crossover SUVs in the U.S.
The EQS SUV will launch with two grades, EQS 450+ and EQS 580 4Matic. The former will feature a single rear motor rated at 355 hp and 419 lb-ft of torque, while the latter will have dual motors and all-wheel drive and will make 536 hp and 633 lb-ft of torque.
Mercedes-Benz hasn’t announced performance figures.
A 107.8-kwh battery pack should be good for more than 300 miles of EPA-rated range in the model’s most efficient form. Mercedes said charging at the rate of 110 kw can take the EQS SUV from 10% to 80% state-of-charge in 31 minutes. A 400-watt electrical system prevents charging faster, like other EVs can do with their 800-volt systems.
Unlike the EQS hatchback upon which the SUV is based, the high-riding model will have three rows of seats with the ability to carry up to seven passengers while also hauling up to four sets of golf clubs.
Pricing will be announced closer to launch.
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Kia’s large three-row electric people mover is coming soon.
On Thursday, the South Korean automaker teased the 2024 Kia EV9 in near-production form. Kia released photos of a camouflaged prototype undergoing what the company calls “final technical testing.”
Kia confirmed the EV9 will debut in the first quarter of 2023.
The EV9 will dethrone the Telluride as the automaker’s most expensive model and de facto flagship.
Kia previewed the EV9 in concept form at the 2021 Los Angeles auto show. Executives confirmed to Motor Authority the concept represented 80% to 90% of what will appear in the production model.
The interior has yet to be seen, but expect a toned-down version of the concept, with three rows of seats and floating screens on the dashboard similar to what’s in the latest Telluride. While similar in size and seating capacity, the EV9 will feature more interior space than the Telluride thanks to the packaging advantages of its electric powertrain.
Despite its large size, the EV9 will ride on the company’s E-GMP platform just like the smaller EV6 and its corporate cousins, which include the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6, and Genesis GV60. An 800-volt electrical architecture will enable fast charging capabilities, while a dual-motor layout will provide all-wheel drive and up to 576 hp and 546 lb-ft of torque.
Kia has noted the EV9 will have about 300 miles of range in some trims.
The EV9 will be the second of 14 EVs Kia plans to launch by 2027.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are anxious to hear from Twitter’s former security chief, who has alarmed Washington with allegations that the influential social network misled regulators about its cyber defenses and efforts to control fake accounts.
Leaders of several congressional panels are poring over the disclosures by respected cybersecurity expert Peiter Zatko, and calls on Capitol Hill for investigations are mounting. Zatko is due to testify next month at a Senate hearing.
In addition to informing Congress, Zatko filed a complaint last month with the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among Zatko’s most serious accusations is that Twitter violated the terms of a 2011 FTC settlement by falsely claiming that it had put stronger measures in place to protect the security and privacy of its users.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., called on the FTC to investigate.
“These troubling disclosures paint the picture of a company that has consistently and repeatedly prioritized profits over the safety of its users and its responsibility to the public,” Blumenthal wrote to FTC Chair Lina Khan.
Twitter has said Zatko’s complaint is “riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context.”
Zatko also accused the San Francisco-based company of deceptions involving its handling of “spam,” or fake, accounts, an allegation that is at the core of billionaire tycoon Elon Musk’s attempt to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.
The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday that Zatko will testify at a hearing on Sept. 13 — the same day Twitter’s shareholders are scheduled to vote on the company’s pending buyout by Musk. The Twitter board is recommending approval of the buyout.
A trial on Twitter’s lawsuit against Musk to force him to go through with the acquisition is scheduled for October.
The Judiciary Committee’s chairman, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and its senior Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a joint statement Wednesday that if Zatko’s claims are accurate, “they may show dangerous data-privacy and security risks for Twitter users around the world.”
They said the panel “will investigate this issue further with a full committee hearing … and take further steps as needed to get to the bottom of these alarming allegations.”
The SEC is questioning Twitter about how it counts fake accounts on its platform. In June, the securities regulators asked the company about its methodology for calculating the number of false or spam accounts and “the underlying judgments and assumptions used by management.” The numbers are key to Twitter’s business because it uses them to attract advertisers, whose payments make up a little more than 90% of its revenue.
Twitter, with an estimated 238 million daily active users, said last month that it removes 1 million spam accounts daily.
Senior members of the Senate Intelligence and Commerce committees, as well as the House Energy and Commerce panel, also have publicly signaled their engagement on the issue. The Senate Intelligence Committee is planning a meeting with Zatko to discuss his allegations, a spokeswoman said, adding, “We take this matter seriously.”
With the midterm elections looming in early November, many lawmakers may wish to appear before TV cameras expressing concern about online privacy, an issue that resonates with consumers. That means camera lights glaring and outrage thundering from elected representatives as a lone whistleblower stands and takes the oath behind a table ringed by a photographers’ mosh pit — a scene that would mirror former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen’s testimony late last year.
“If Twitter whistleblower (and head of security) Peiter Zatko left you asking, ‘How could it possibly be this bad???,’ you’re not alone,” Haugen tweeted Thursday. “Twitter’s problems aren’t unique, and we should worry.”
Haugen’s far-reaching condemnation of Facebook and her allegation that it prioritized profits over safety of the platform were buttressed by a trove of internal Facebook documents. Zatko’s complaint, by contrast, appears to stand alone, though there may be references to other documents in the unredacted version of the complaint. The Associated Press has been able to view only a redacted version.
Other possible witnesses at congressional hearings could include former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and current CEO Parag Agrawal.
Zatko’s attorneys have said that in late 2021, after Twitter’s board was given “whitewashed” information about security problems, Zatko escalated his concerns, “clashed” with Agrawal and board member Omid Kordestani, and was fired two weeks later.
The Twitter debacle has raised hopes among some lawmakers that it could give a boost to comprehensive data-privacy legislation, which has been stalled for years but recently cleared a key House committee — bringing it closer than ever to final passage. It has been held up in the Senate, however.
Rep. Frank Pallone, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and its senior Republican, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, issued a joint statement saying the panel “is actively reviewing the Twitter whistleblower disclosure and assessing next steps.”
“There are still a lot of unknowns and questions that need to be answered,” they said. “Many of these allegations, if true, are alarming and reaffirm the need for Congress to pass comprehensive national consumer privacy legislation to protect Americans’ online data.”
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LONDON (AP) — A deepening cost-of-living crisis in Britain is about to get worse, with millions of people expected to pay about 80% more a year on their household energy bills starting in October.
The U.K. energy regulator on Friday is set to announce the latest price cap, which is the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy. It could mean people pay up to 3,600 pounds ($4,240) a year for heating and electricity, according to analysts’ forecasts.
Scores are already struggling to make ends meet as inflation soared to 10.1% last month — the highest in 40 years — and the rapidly spiraling costs of energy and food are certain to hit the poorest the hardest.
The government is facing widespread calls to do more to offer relief, but no new measures are expected before the Conservative Party chooses a new prime minister to replace Boris Johnson.
Here’s a look at the rising energy costs in the United Kingdom:
HOW STEEP IS THE RISE?
Annual energy bills for the average household paying by direct debit have already risen by a record 54% so far this year. Now, bills are capped at 1,971 pounds ($2,320) a year, compared with about 1,200 pounds last winter.
Under the revised price cap Friday, average household energy bills are expected to jump to around 3,600 pounds a year starting in October. They will go still higher when the price cap is updated again in January, expected to exceed 4,000 pounds.
U.S. bank Citi forecast that the huge energy cost increases could drive U.K. inflation to 18% next year. The Bank of England predicts a recession starting later this year.
Charities and public health leaders warn that the rocketing bills will be a “catastrophe” for poorer people heading into winter, as growing numbers are forced to make impossible choices between heating their homes and putting food on the table.
The energy regulator, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, said the quarterly update is meant to mitigate volatility in the energy market, allowing energy suppliers to better manage their risks so there’s no sudden cost hikes for consumers.
WHY ARE ENERGY PRICES RISING?
Global oil and gas prices have been rising sharply since last year as economies worldwide recovered from the coronavirus pandemic and demand for energy surged. Russia’s war in Ukraine created a full-on energy crisis as Moscow reduced or cut off natural gas flows to European countries that rely on the fuel to power industry, generate electricity and heat and cool homes.
Shrinking supplies, higher demand and fears of a complete Russian cutoff have driven natural gas prices to record highs, further fueling inflation that has squeezed people’s ability to spend and raised the risk of a recession in Europe and the U.K.
“The market shows no sign of finding a new equilibrium,” Rystad Energy analyst Lu Ming Pang said. “Market sentiment is a mixture of price record fatigue with quiet acceptance that this new normal is here to stay.”
Although Britain only imports a small percentage of its gas from Russia, the U.K. relies more on gas than its European neighbors because it has less nuclear and renewable energy. It also does not have as much capacity to store gas, forcing it to buy on the short-term spot market that sees greater volatility in prices.
WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING ABOUT RISING ENERGY PRICES?
Officials say they have set aside a package of support worth 37 billion pounds to help with the cost of living. All households will receive 400 pounds off their energy bills this winter, and millions of low-income people will get a further 650 pounds.
The measures have been widely criticized as inadequate, but no new policy is expected until after Sept. 5, when the Conservatives announce who they have chosen for a new leader.
Some, including the opposition Labour Party, have called for officials to significantly increase financial support for people and to freeze the energy price cap. Labour proposed to pay for it by extending the government’s temporary tax on the windfall profits of oil and gas companies.
Neither Liz Truss nor Rishi Sunak, the two politicians vying to become the next prime minister, appear to back such a plan.
Some critics say the U.K.’s fully privatized energy market — which can be traced back to Margaret Thatcher’s liberalization drive in the 1980s — is partly to blame for the crisis.
Giovanna Speciale, chief executive of the Southeast London Community Energy group, which helps people in need with their household bills, said the energy market is “fundamentally broken.”
Receiving “400 pounds, or 1,200 pounds in government support is not going to help very much — these are just sticking plasters,” Speciale said. “What we need to address is systemic problems. Because the system is entirely private, there’s very little that the government can do to intervene in this.”
HOW DOES THE UK COMPARE WITH EU NEIGHBORS?
Energy prices are rising in other European countries, too, but people in some countries have not seen the same level of rocketing bills as the U.K.
In France, gas prices are frozen at October 2021 levels, and the freeze has been extended until the end of the year following a government decree announced in June. Low- and middle-income households also receive 100 euros to buy gas and electricity.
In Germany, average electricity prices for households rose up to 38% over the past year. A new levy to prop up energy companies buying more expensive natural gas would add several hundred euros for an average household per year. But the government is temporarily lowering taxes on natural gas from 19% to 7% to offset those costs and has approved one-off cash subsidies.
Italy also has seen increasing calls for an energy price cap amid parliamentary election campaigns. This month, the government earmarked 8.4 billion euros to help low-income households and businesses offset the increase in energy costs, following relief it previously approved.
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