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Woman Says She Was Diagnosed With Stage 4 Breast Cancer Months After Being Denied Mammogram
Phelicia La'Bounty says she was 29 years old when she discovered a lump in her breast. She requested a mammogram, but was given an ultrasound and told her cyst was benign. A few months later, she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.
A former model is battling breast cancer after she says she discovered a lump but was refused a mammogram because she was too young.
“They came back and said, ‘You're too young to have breast cancer and you have no prior family history, so we are not going to be doing a mammogram,’” Phelicia La’Bounty told Inside Edition.
La'Bounty says she was 29 years old when she felt a lump in her breast. So she went to a health clinic, but instead of receiving a mammogram like she requested, she says she was given a simple ultrasound scan and was told her cyst was benign.
A few months later, the lump was larger, so she returned to the clinic in southern California. This time, she was given an emergency mammogram.
“It had spread to both my lungs, my sternum and and a lymph node in my armpit from my left breast,” La’Bounty said.
She was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.
“I was so fearful that this was the end of my life. It had spread so much and they didn't catch it when I asked them too,” La’Bounty said.
She began chemo with new doctors and started documenting her scary journey on social media.
“I have to take chemo everyday for 21 days on with a 14-day break, for the rest of my life. I will never be able to carry a child. Cancer has robbed me from all that,” La’Bounty said.
By going public with her story, she hopes she can prevent other women from suffering the same fate.
“I would never want to see somebody else in my position, but had I seen somebody else, I would have fought harder. I would have paid cash for a mammogram. I didn’t know you could pay cash for one of those tests,” La’Bounty said.
La’Bounty's scan from two weeks ago showed she is now cancer-free.
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INAUDIBLE QUESTION
“No, I feel like we have a good shot. Our team has been trending in a better direction and our race cars have been fast all year. I think they are even faster now than they were, and now we just have to execute to match the speed in our car. That has been the area where really all teams have struggled this year is the execution. I feel like we have been getting better at that here lately and have been able to contend a little bit more, and in the playoffs I feel like there are a lot of my best tracks. So, definitely confident and look forward to the challenge.”
DO YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE YOU GUYS ARE HEADING INTO THE PLAYOFFS BECAUSE YOU HAVEN’T WON AS MANY RACES AS YOU DID LAST YEAR?
“Yeah, I feel good about it and we have contended often, we just haven’t executed well enough to win. There have been plenty of times this year where the guy that won the race, we were faster than them. Their team just did a really good job. I feel like lately. we have been executing our races good and we have been contending a little more. We won at Watkins Glen because we executed a good race. So, I think we are in a good spot. And like I said, there are a lot of good tracks for me, and I think we can contend and go get some wins.”
DO YOU FEEL LIKE A FAVORITE GOING IN THIS YEAR AS THE REIGNING CHAMPION?
“I don’t know. Maybe that is a better question for other people. I don’t know how to compare myself. I feel confident and I’m confident that we can go out there and win another championship. We have a championship team and we proved that last year. So, I don’t see why we couldn’t if we execute right and don’t have any DNFs or things like that.”
REGARDING DARLINGTON, ARE YOU CONFIDENT OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THIS CAR KNOWING HOW YOU LIKE TO RACE?
“I don’t know. We ran at Darlington earlier this year and we blew up, but we had a fast car. Everybody looks at me as a guy that runs the wall, which in most cases is true. But at Darlington, at least in (turns) three and four, I tend to stay away from it.. slightly. I still run the top, but I give myself some room. But, I don’t know, it depends on how you hit the wall I think. You could graze the wall a lot better with the other car I think; but when you hit the wall, the car with the toe links and all are a little flimsy. Honestly, just try and stay out of the wall. That is the best case.”
WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT FOUR ROOKIES ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS?
“I don’t really think too much in it. Even though they are playoff rookies.. yeah (Austin) Cindric might be the only rookie, but playoff rookies, they are all professional drivers and they have all been in championship situations in their career that they have learned from. So, I don’t read too much into it, but I am not going to say they won’t race different or react differently than someone that has had experience in the playoffs.”
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE SOMEBODY WON BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS. DO YOU HAVE THAT AT ALL IN YOUR HEAD?
“I mean, I ultimately want to win the championship and I guess with that, you would be the first back-to-back winner since Jimmie Johnson. But I don’t let that add any more pressure on me. I think that also shows just how difficult this playoff format is to when Jimmie was winning. Him and his team were so good that it seemed like they could just stretch out in points to where now you can’t do that and you have to be.. . it’s like three mini race series. You can’t really stretch yourself out from anyone really.”
FOR HENDRICK, AS YOU APPROACH THE PLAYOFFS, IS IT ALL TOGETHER OR EACH TEAM A LITTLE MORE FOR ITSELF?
“If I am being honest, I feel like everyone works better together in the playoffs. I think because Rick (Hendrick) has four opportunities to win and we want to give him 100% opportunity to win once we get to Phoenix. I feel like we all work together closer, just the way I experienced it last year in the competition meetings and stuff like that. It’s no different, if not, better.”
WHAT WOULD A WIN AT THE SOUTHERN 500 MEAN TO YOU SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN SO CLOSE?
“That one is the next one on my list that I haven’t won. I really want to win and have been close so many times. I have been third at least once, second a couple of times. I’ve had the dominant car in that race a couple of times. I remember we had a great shot to win one year and (Brad) Keselowski beat me off pit road by like two inches and that was it.. that was the race. Lost control of the restart and lost the race. I know our car should be fast there this weekend and hopefully we can just put it all together and get that win we have been fighting for.”
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CAN THIS TEAM WIN THE TROPHY FROM WHERE IT STARTS THE PLAYOFFS?
“Why not? I’m confident at the tracks in the playoffs. RCR has shown speed at every type of track with Tyler (Reddick) winning the road courses, us winning the speedway. Martinsville, I finished third but was probably the second-best car there. And we probably should have won the 600 at Charlotte; I was really close there when you got down to it. I’m happy to be in this spot and I think we’re the dog. Some people are already putting us out, which is just fine with me because it takes pressure off and we’ll go have fun and try to upset some of these guys, and take it as survive and advance mode from here on out.”
ARE YOU PLAYING WITH HOUSE MONEY?
“We’ve been strong in a lot of race this year and have had opportunities to win more races than in years past – Martinsville, Fontana and Talladega. Those three – second, second and third – and Charlotte was the other one where I lost sleep over at the 600. And two of the first three races are 500 milers and long races have statistically been my better races.”
DO YOU FEEL DISRESPECTED A LITTLE BIT?
“No. I look at social media and we’re not usually the most popular guy and I’m cool with that. I want to go out there and do what I’ve done in the past in the playoffs and make it to the next round. One round that really sticks out to me a couple years back is I was two away from transferring to the third round at Talladega. Denny (Hamlin) got me by like a point, so I know how much every position matters in this deal. I want to take advantage of this opportunity, and the Next Gen car has created a lot of opportunities with 15 winners this season. Good tracks coming up for us.”
IS THERE ANY PROBLEM FLIPPING THE SWITCH FOR THE PLAYOFFS?
“If anything, I’ve learned with 15 winners is you need to stay aggressive. I talked to the guys about it the other day (that) some of the strategy calls we made over the last couple of weeks we probably wouldn’t have done it if we were racing for points. We maximize more points by doing other things; by being aggressive on strategy, putting ourselves in better position. So, I don’t think a whole lot is going to change. We’ll monitor where everybody is running during the race and go from there. I believe we should stay on the same strategy path that we’ve been on.”
HOW DOES YOUR PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE HELP YOU GOING INTO THIS?
“Just knowing how every position matters. Looking back at a couple of times when you’re outside looking in and it came down to a point or two points, knowing that you have to get it at all cost.”
HOW DID YOU NOT GET INVOLVED IN THE WRECK AT DAYTONA?
“As soon as I saw the 99 go up the track, I tried to get to the apron as soon as possible. A lot of things happened in between there. I call it the good Lord looking out for me. The backside of that, the toughest thing I had to do is get slowed up to miss the 21 car that was coming down the track because I had to gas up for a car that I saw in my peripheral that was coming down the track. It was square to gas, hard brake, downshift, move left and then everything opened up after that.”
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST REACTION WHEN YOU SAW THE REPLAY?
“It’s so cool. It’s what’s great about being a race car driver is I’ll have those memories in the back of my head for the rest of my life. The in-car camera makes it very special for other people to see it, too. What people didn’t see probably or remember is the wreck before that. I was in a wreck going 180 down pit road with damage, blew a tire, went a lap down. So, the big wreck was one thing, but my heartrate was already up from the previous wreck when I thought we were in a good position at that point. I think we were third or fourth on the outside and we had come from 25th or 30th, and that wreck happens. Somehow it barely hits and nose on the right side, spin and I thought for sure I’m hitting inside wall of pit lane. The spotter does a good job of telling me to release the brake. I’m going backward, push the clutch in and cars are coming at me, so that in-car footage is what’s pretty wild actually.”
THE COOL FACTOR WILL NEVER LEAVE THAT SITUATION?
“We went through a lot of things in that race that made it special, and I won’t forget any of it.”
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR PROSPECTS AT DARLINGTON?
“I love that track. People ask me what’s my favorite track and I’ve gone to saying the places you win, so Daytona and Charlotte. But Darlington is my favorite. It’s like driving back in time. It’s a driver’s track. Tire management comes into play. It’s a long race and you’re racing the racetrack. Historically, that’s been good for me.”
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Capt. Alexis Conception, a social worker assigned to 18th Medical Command, talks about her journey in the Army and her transition in changing MOS at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, September 1. As a Social Worker, you'll be able to provide direct services to help improve the mental well-being of the Soldiers and their families. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Mariah Aguilar, 25th Infantry Division)
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Updated September 1, 2022 at 7:38 PM ET
Amazon appears to be losing its case to unravel the union victory that formed the company's first organized warehouse in the U.S.
After workers in Staten Island, N.Y., voted to join the Amazon Labor Union this spring, the company appealed the result. A federal labor official presided over weeks of hearings on the case and is now recommending that Amazon's objections be rejected in their entirety and that the union should be certified.
"Today is a great day for Labor," tweeted ALU president Chris Smalls, who launched the union after Amazon fired him from the Staten Island warehouse following his participation in a pandemic-era walkout.
The case has attracted a lot of attention as it weighs the fate of the first – and so far only – successful union push at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S. It's also large-scale, organizing more than 8,000 workers at the massive facility.
Workers in Staten Island voted in favor of unionizing by more than 500 votes, delivering a breakthrough victory to an upstart grassroots group known as the Amazon Labor Union. The group is run by current and former workers of the warehouse, known as JFK8.
The union now has its sights on another New York warehouse: Workers at an Amazon facility near Albany have gathered enough signatures to petition the National Labor Relations Board for their own election.
However, Amazon has objected to the union's victory, accusing the NLRB's regional office in Brooklyn – which oversaw the election – of acting in favor of the Amazon Labor Union. Amazon also accused the ALU of coercing and misleading warehouse workers.
"As we showed throughout the hearing with dozens of witnesses and hundreds of pages of documents, both the NLRB and the ALU improperly influenced the outcome of the election and we don't believe it represents what the majority of our team wants," Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement on Thursday, saying the company would appeal the hearing officer's conclusion.
The officer's report serves as a recommendation for a formal decision by the National Labor Relations Board, which does not have to follow the recommendation, though typically does. Amazon has until Sept. 16 to file its objections. If the company fails to sway the NLRB, the agency will require the company to begin negotiations with the union.
At stake in all this is future path of labor organizing at Amazon, where unions have long struggled for a foothold, while its sprawling web of warehouses has ballooned the company into America's second-largest private employer.
In the spring, two previous elections failed to form unions at two other Amazon warehouses. Workers at another, smaller Staten Island warehouse voted against joining the ALU.
And in Alabama, workers held a new vote after U.S. labor officials found Amazon unfairly influenced the original election in 2021, but new election results remain contested.
In that Alabama vote, the NLRB has yet to rule on ballots contested by both the union and Amazon, which could sway the results of the election. The agency is also weighing accusations of unfair labor practices by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union that's trying to organize Alabama warehouse workers.
Editor's note: Amazon is among NPR's recent financial supporters.
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While many businesses, offices, and public places across Oregon have been open for months now, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians has just ended its pandemic closure today and reopened their offices.
Tribal chairwoman Delores Pigsley told KLCC that leaders have been mindful of the health and well-being of members through the COVID pandemic, since it came to Oregon in early 2020.
“We’ve been doing business by appointment only, and providing services…trying to provide them by phone and by appointment only, but we will be back to our normal - whatever our new ‘normal’ is -state of affairs.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Native Americans and other people of color across the U.S.
Last month, the Siletz held their annual pow-wow after two consecutive cancellations due to the pandemic.
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This week, we celebrate the music of 4 great jazz giants who passed on recently. Creed Taylor, Monnette Sudler, Jaimie Breezy Branch and Joey DeFrancesco. MTRIP.
David Gizara has been a music volunteer at KLCC since 1993. He served as host of Night Jazz from 2001 to 2021 and now hosts Thursday eKLeCtiC, where he explores music of all genres to deliver to Oregonians with big ears.
This week we’ve got brand new music from the likes of Spiritualized, The War on Drugs, and Cat Power, plus we preview some shows coming to Eugene and try to keep our hearts intact through some Rilo Kiley. | https://www.klcc.org/show/thursday-eklectic/2022-09-01/thursday-eklectic-for-september-1-2022 | 2022-09-02T00:44:52Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/show/thursday-eklectic/2022-09-01/thursday-eklectic-for-september-1-2022 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Reuters poll ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia meeting next week (statement is at 0430 GMT on 6 September 2022 ):
- 27 of 29 economists in the 1 Reuters poll forecast the RBA would hike the cash rate by 50 basis points (2 of the 29 expect +40bps) at its Sept. 6 meeting, taking rates to 2.35%
- All four major local banks - ANZ, Westpac, CBA and NAB - were among those expecting a 50 basis point hike on Tuesday.
- the neutral level that is neither stimulative nor restrictive, estimated by the RBA at 2.50%
- "All of the inflation indicators are telling you inflation pressures are still building, and interest rates are still well below where the RBA thinks neutral is. Given that, I think they will do 50 basis points," said David Plank, head of Australian economics at ANZ. "But after next week's move and when they get to 2.35%, assuming they go 50, I think the choices for October and November will become 25 or 50. We don't think they're going to drop to 25, but there is a chance they might."
RBA OCR: | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/poll-of-analysts-rba-to-hike-its-cash-rate-by-50bp-on-tuesday-6-september-20220902/ | 2022-09-02T00:46:36Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/poll-of-analysts-rba-to-hike-its-cash-rate-by-50bp-on-tuesday-6-september-20220902/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
6.92020 is the estimate according to Reuters.
All week the actual rate has been set well below the estimate as the People's Bank of China tries to battle yuan weakness (a key fear is capital flight from China is the yuan drops too hard and fast).
I've been posting on the battle all week. This is the latest from yesterday. Check it out ICYMI, saves me repeating myself!
- Yuan rate setting coming soon - eyes on the PBOC holding the line on the CNY
- there is chatter about the place that the Bank is using an adjusted fix mechanism.
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The rate is set at 0115 GMT.
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USD/CNH update (CNH is the offshore yuan): | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/the-estimate-for-the-usdcny-reference-rate-setting-from-the-pboc-today-is-above-692-20220902/ | 2022-09-02T00:46:48Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/the-estimate-for-the-usdcny-reference-rate-setting-from-the-pboc-today-is-above-692-20220902/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A health advisory has been issued for Spirit Lake.
The Panhandle Health District in collaboration with the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare and Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the warning Wednesday for Spirit Lake and Lake Cocolalla, according to a press release, reported by our partners by the Coeur d'Alene Press.
Recent water sampling by DEQ indicates the presence of cyanobacteria, also known as a harmful algae bloom or blue-green algae in Spirit Lake and Lake Cocolalla.
The public is urged to use caution when recreating in or near the water, especially where ingestion is a risk, the release said.
Cyanobacteria are a natural part of Idaho’s water bodies. When temperatures rise, their populations can bloom and toxic chemical compounds, or cyanotoxins, can be released into the water.
Caution should be taken anywhere the water appears discolored or murky as HABs can spread or move with wind and water currents. HABs have the potential to produce dangerous toxins especially when accumulated in high concentrations.
Anyone recreating in Spirit Lake or Lake Cocolalla is advised to take precautions to avoid exposure to lake water appearing to contain a HAB. Private domestic water system owners utilizing the lake as a drinking water source are cautioned that potentially present toxins cannot be removed by boiling or filtering the water. If contact (swimming, bathing or showering) has been made with water containing a HAB, it is recommended to wash off with fresh water.
If people choose to eat fish from these lakes, it is recommended they remove all fat, skin and organs before cooking, since toxins are more likely to collect in those tissues.
Symptoms of exposure to algal toxins vary according to exposure. Symptoms include rashes, hives, diarrhea, vomiting, coughing and/or wheezing. More severe symptoms affecting the liver and nervous system may result from ingestion of water. If symptoms persist, consult with your health-care provider.
The Coeur d'Alene Press is a KREM 2 news partner. For more from our partners, click here.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — The new homeless shelter on Trent Avenue in Spokane has been in the works for more than a year, and the shelter will officially open its doors on Tuesday.
However, the project is far from finished.
It is still unclear how many people who are currently staying at the homeless encampment on I-90 and Freya Street will go to the shelter. Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward said the new facility is meant to be another option for those campers, but added it isn't the solution to clear out the camp.
KREM 2 had the chance to speak with Mayor Woodward during a tour of the shelter. This is the first time anyone has had a chance to view the inside of the shelter.
First look: Trent homeless shelter
Below is a full transcript of the interview.
Whitney Ward
Do you have indoor plumbing yet?
Mayor Nadine Woodward
Inside plumbing for the offices.
Whitney Ward
So not yet for showers or restrooms?
Mayor Nadine Woodward
No. You can see the Porta Potties right here. There will be a dozen Porta Potties, two ADA compliant. And we will have shower trailers out here.
Whitney Ward
Is that going to be the permanent solution? Or is this just temporary?
Mayor Nadine Woodward
It's temporary. We are hoping that Commerce will fund restrooms that would be constructed inside, along with laundry facilities.
Whitney Ward
How much of the Commerce funding will eventually go toward this Trent facility?
Mayor Nadine Woodward
We don't know yet. So right now they're looking at a reimbursement program. They want to make sure that the people who are coming here are coming from the encampment on the WSDOT property. That's not a permanent solution, so they won't get to stay there permanently.
Whitney Ward
What kind of outreach have you guys been doing already to try and entice some of those campers there? To get them here?
Mayor Nadine Woodward
Well, the outreach has been with the street teams, the outreach teams with different providers. But it's the assessment that will happen first. Some of them will be amenable to coming here. Some of them won't, but we do believe that once people start coming here and the outreach teams come here to see what we're offering that more people will accept the shelter as an option for them.
Whitney Ward
So clearly, this is just part of the equation with the ultimate goal, of course of trying to get that camp cleared out completely. What is the timeline for some of these other alternatives like the Sunset Hill project?
Mayor Nadine Woodward
Well, it sounds like as soon as the Quality Inn purchase closes, that would be transitioned within 60 days.
Whitney Ward
Do you think you're going to be able to enforce "sit and lie" after this?
Mayor Nadine Woodward
Oh, absolutely. And we are getting close with the council to move over the finish line and a revised illegal camping ordinance as well.
Whitney Ward
Do you feel like you and council are communicating well, and negotiating and compromising on that issue?
Mayor Nadine Woodward
There has been compromise because we had different ideas on what that should look like. But we have compromised and we've leaned in on the common ground. I think there's going to be more work to do. Even though this is a revised ordinance, it can be revised again as we move along and see if this is working. Is it enough? Are we seeing the impact that we want to? If not, we can go back to the table and talk about it.
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BONNER COUNTY, Idaho — Idaho State Police are investigating a collision that left a pedestrian dead in Bonner County.
The crash occurred on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022 around 12:47 p.m. on US-95 near Cocolalla Loop, ISP says.
According to ISP, a 62-year-old female from Westmond, Idaho was walking northbound on the east side of US-95 before a gold Camry driven by a 71-year-old woman from Athol struck her.
The 62-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, according to ISP. The victim's family has been notified. No information has been released on the identity of the victim.
US-95 in the area of the crash had been reduced to one lane for around two hours. ISP is still investigating the cause of the crash.
This is a developing news story and we will provide more updates as we receive them.
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BOISE, Idaho — A massive tax cut and education spending bill made possible by the state's $2 billion budget surplus made a speedy trip through the Idaho Legislature in a special session on Thursday.
The Senate voted 34-1 to send to the governor the bill that has a $410 million annual increase through sales taxes for education as well as a $500 million income tax rebate this year. The bill also has an ongoing $150 million income and corporate tax cut by creating a 5.8% flat tax.
The House earlier in the day approved the bill 55-15.
Republican Gov. Brad Little last week called the part-time Legislature back to Boise due to high inflation, currently at 8.5%, which he said was harming taxpayers and the education system.
The bill contains the tax rebate and a long sought after flat tax liked by Republicans. Democrats liked the education spending component. That made it difficult to oppose for many lawmakers in both parties and, despite complaints, easily cleared both houses.
"Putting together a tax bill is an interesting process," said Republican Sen. Scott Grow, who supported the bill, during debate in the Senate's Local Government and Taxation Committee. "Here we have 105 legislators, and I can guarantee we've got 105 opinions as to what this bill ought to be. It's not exactly what I would have done."
Attempts on the House floor to split the legislation into multiple parts failed by lopsided votes.
The legislation was announced last week, though slightly changed in the version lawmakers took up Thursday morning. It had enough co-sponsors in the 70-member House and 35-member Senate to pass, and was widely expected to make it to the governor's desk for his signature.
The one-time income tax rebates of $500 million amount to 10% of taxes paid in 2020, with a minimum rebate that Democrats fought for of $300 for individual taxpayers and $600 for those filing jointly. The bill requires the Idaho State Tax Commission, to the extent possible, to issue the rebates this fiscal year, which ends June 30. But lawmakers have said the rebates would likely happen this calendar year.
The ongoing tax cut of more than $150 million involves creating the corporate and individual flat tax rate of 5.8% starting next year. The corporate tax rate is currently 6%, the same rate for the state's highest income bracket. Under the bill, the first $2,500 of income for individuals and $5,000 for people filing jointly would be exempt from taxes.
"In two years, we've gone from seven brackets to five brackets to four brackets," said Republican Rep. Steven Harris during debate on the House floor. "This year, one bracket flat tax in Idaho. That's amazing. That's wonderful. Every dollar you earn doesn't get punished as you move up that income rate."
The bill bolsters K-12 public schools and post-secondary education with $410 million annually from sales taxes starting next year. Of the $410 million, $330 million is proposed for K-12 and $80 million for what lawmakers are calling in-demand occupations. How all that education money is spent will be decided by future lawmakers.
An initial version of the bill made public last week included an annual increase of 3% in the education spending, but that troubled some Republican lawmakers and it was cut from the bill introduced Thursday morning. But the bill still retained support among Democrats.
"Our children and grandchildren need an education system that will allow them to compete in the global economy," said Democratic Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking, a former teacher and education advocate.
Backers say the legislation will lift Idaho from the bottom in the nation in spending per pupil. The state's business leaders have complained that Idaho's education system is falling behind, hurting efforts to attract new companies and retain existing ones.
The special session comes ahead of the November election when all of Idaho's 105 state legislative seats are up for election, as well as the governor and other statewide elected officials.
Also on the ballot in November is an initiative called the Quality Education Initiative that backers have said would boost education funding by raising taxes on corporations and individuals making $250,000 or more annually.
Backers say Idaho schools are badly underfunded and that the initiative would raise more than $300 million.
If passed by voters, it would take effect Jan. 1. However, if Little signs the bill passed in the special session, as expected, it would take effect Jan. 3, negating and replacing the initiative.
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PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden warned Thursday night that “equality and democracy are under assault” in the U.S. as he sounded an alarm about his predecessor, Donald Trump, and “MAGA Republican” adherents, labeling them an extremist threat to the nation and its future.
Aiming to reframe the November elections as part of a battle for the nation's soul — “the work of my presidency," Biden used his prime-time speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to argue that Trump and “Make America Great Again” allies are a challenge to the nation’s system of government, its standing abroad and its citizens’ way of life.
“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic," Biden declared. He said they “are determined to take this country backward’ they “promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence.”
The explicit effort by Biden to marginalize Trump and his adherents marks a sharp turn for the president, who preached his desire to bring about national unity in his Inaugural address. White House officials said it reflects his mounting concern about Trump allies' ideological proposals and relentless denial of the nation's 2020 election results.
“MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards,” Biden is saying, according to prepared remarks released by the White House. “Backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love.”
“For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not,” Biden says. “We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of us.”
Biden, who largely avoided even referring to “the former guy” by name during his first year in office, has grown increasingly vocal in calling out Trump personally. Now, emboldened by his party's recent legislative wins and wary of Trump's return to the headlines, Biden is sharpening his attacks.
Trump plans a rally this weekend in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden’s birthplace.
At a Democratic fundraiser last week, Biden likened the “MAGA philosophy” to “semi-fascism.”
In Philadelphia, White House officials said, Biden intended to hark back to the 2017 white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, which he says brought him out of political retirement to challenge Trump. Biden argues that the country faces a similar crossroads in the coming months.
Biden allies stress that he is not rejecting the entirety of the GOP and is calling on traditional Republicans to join him in condemning Trump and his followers. It's a balancing act, given that more than 74 million people voted for Trump in 2020.
“I respect conservative Republicans,” Biden said last week. “I don’t respect these MAGA Republicans.”
Delivering a preemptive rebuttal from Scranton Thursday evening, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy accused Biden of trying to divide Americans, and blasted the Democrats' record in Washington, pointing to rising inflation, crime and government spending.
“In the past two years, Joe Biden has launched an assault on the soul of America, on its people, on its laws, on its most sacred values," he said. "He has launched an assault on our democracy. His policies have severely wounded America’s soul, diminished America’s spirit and betrayed America’s trust.”
Asked about McCarthy's criticism, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said “we understand we hit a nerve” with the GOP leader, and quoted the Republican's prior statements saying Trump bore responsibility for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Larry Diamond, an expert on democracy and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, said calling Trump out for attacks on democracy "can be manipulated or framed as being partisan. And if you don’t call it out, you are shrinking from an important challenge in the defense of democracy.”
Even this week, Trump was posting on his beleaguered social media platform about overturning the 2020 election results and holding a new presidential election, which would violate the Constitution.
Timothy Naftali, a presidential historian at New York University, said it’s not unusual for there to be tension between a president and his successor, but it’s “unprecedented for a former president to be actively trying to undermine the U.S. Constitution.”
“The challenge that President Biden faces is to get on with his agenda while still doing what he needs to uphold the Constitution,” Naftali said. “That’s not easy.”
The White House has tried to keep Biden removed from the legal and political maelstrom surrounding the Department of Justice’s discovery of classified documents in Trump's Florida home. Still, Biden has taken advantage of some Republicans’ quick condemnation of federal law enforcement.
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“You can’t be pro-law enforcement and pro-insurrection,” Biden said Tuesday in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
Biden's appearance Thursday night was promoted as an official, taxpayer-funded event, a mark of how the president views defeating the Trump agenda as much as a policy aim as a political one. The major broadcast television networks were not expected to carry the address live.
Biden's trip to Philadelphia is just one of his three to the state within a week, a sign of Pennsylvania's importance in the midterms, with competitive Senate and governor's races. However, neither Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democrats' Senate nominee, nor Attorney General Josh Shapiro, their pick for governor, was expected to attend Thursday night.
The White House intended the speech to unite familiar themes: holding out bipartisan legislative wins on guns and infrastructure as evidence that democracies “can deliver,” pushing back on GOP policies on guns and abortion that Biden says are out of step with most people's views, and rejecting efforts to undermine confidence in the nation’s election or diminish its standing abroad.
The challenges have only increased since the tumult surrounding the 2020 election and the Capitol attack.
Lies surrounding that presidential race have triggered harassment and death threats against state and local election officials and new restrictions on mail voting in Republican-dominated states. County election officials have faced pressure to ban the use of voting equipment, efforts generated by conspiracy theories that voting machines were somehow manipulated to steal the election.
Candidates who dispute Trump’s loss have been inspired to run for state and local election posts, promising to restore integrity to a system that has been undermined by false claims.
There is no evidence of any widespread fraud or manipulation of voting machines. Judges, including ones appointed by Trump, dismissed dozens of lawsuits filed after the election, and Trump’s own attorney general called the claims bogus. Yet Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research polling has shown about two-thirds of Republicans say they do not think Biden was legitimately elected president.
This year, election officials face not only the continuing threat of foreign interference but also ransomware, politically motivated hackers and insider threats. Over the past year, security breaches have been reported at a small number of local election offices in which authorities are investigating whether office staff improperly accessed or provided improper access to sensitive voting technology. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-prime-time-speech-thursday-to-call-out-trump-his-loyalists/507-d2754eaf-2610-4fab-84b0-e456eaee7279 | 2022-09-02T00:47:37Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-prime-time-speech-thursday-to-call-out-trump-his-loyalists/507-d2754eaf-2610-4fab-84b0-e456eaee7279 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Anton Shebetko Documents Ukraine’s Queer History, One Portrait at a Time
A few years into immersing himself in and documenting the LGBTQ+ communities of Ukraine, Anton Shebetko came to a realization: There was no longer such an urgent need to protect the identities of the queer Ukrainians he’d been extensively photographing and interviewing. So while his book A Very Brief and Subjective Queer History of Ukraine begins with a more general timeline (starting all the way back in the 11th century, when homosexuality was mentioned in The Tale of Boris and Gleb), it goes on to fully introduce readers to subjects such as Viktor Pylypenko, one of those he spoke to for his series on mostly closeted LGBTQ+ members of his home country’s military. Ukraine decriminalized homosexual relations in 1991, and while there’s definitely still discrimination in a country that’s largely conservative, Shebekto has noticed a growing acceptance of peers; pride marches are becoming more and more common, and just last month, President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that the government is considering legalizing “civil partnerships” for same-sex couples.
Determined to expand his archive, Shebetko—who left behind his hometown of Kyiv for Amsterdam with his husband a few years ago—resolved to head back to Ukraine. But when Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war in February, he was forced to change tack. “To Know Us Better,” now on view at Amsterdam’s Foam Fotografiemuseum and Melkweg Expo, features portraits that were taken in the parts of Europe where his Ukrainian subjects fled. (Not just from Ukraine, but also from Lugansk, Donetsk, and Crimea, which Russia has occupied in recent years.)
Some have since returned home—despite, as Shebetko is well aware given his parents’ refusal to leave Kyiv, safety still being a major concern. And in the lengthy interviews that he conducted to accompany each of their portraits, Shebetko learned that many plan to do the same. Determined to make his subjects feel completely seen and understood, he speaks with them at length and gives them free rein to edit and rewrite the text as they please. He also goes with their choice of photo, even if he may not think it’s the strongest option. Funnily enough, Shebetko has returned to airing on the side of anonymity; he now prefers to keep the text and portraiture separate. “For me, it’s about creating a more shared experience about what it is to be a queer Ukrainian,” he says of the exhibitions from Amsterdam over Zoom. Get to know some of those featured in the book a little better, here. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/anton-shebetko-queer-ukrainians-portraits-interview | 2022-09-02T00:50:43Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/anton-shebetko-queer-ukrainians-portraits-interview | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Zendaya Treats Herself to a Pre-Birthday Outing at the US Open
What better way to ring in your 26th year than by watching the greatest of all time, Serena Williams, clinch her second win at the US Open? Answer: There is none. On Wednesday, the night before her birthday, Zendaya was one of the many a-listers who attended Williams’ second Open match, celebrating her 26th and the tennis player’s win in the process.
The actress was joined in Flushing, New York by her longtime assistant, Darnell Appling, and her mom, Claire Stoermer. The threesome was extremely enthusiastic throughout the match, with Stoermer often seen jumping out of her seat, while Zendaya cheered on Williams next to her.
As always, Zendaya looked very chic for the outing, wearing a black, mock-neck sweater atop a white, floral slip dress trimmed with lace. She paired the look with some black, calf-high boots and threw on some gold rimmed glasses in the stadium in order to better see the match.
Zendaya just arrived in New York on Tuesday from Hungary, where she’s been shooting Dune: Part 2. There, the actress was joined by her boyfriend, Tom Holland, according to the Daily Mail, though it’s unclear if he came with her to NYC for any birthday celebrations.
Unfortunately, Zendaya’s arrival in New York likely means we won’t see her at the Venice Film Festival this year (her Dune co-stars Timothée Chalamet and Florence Pugh, however, are slated to attend). It makes sense, as she doesn’t have a movie to promote, but it’s disappointing nonetheless considering the splash she made on the red carpet last year. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/zendaya-us-open-birthday-celebration | 2022-09-02T00:50:49Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/zendaya-us-open-birthday-celebration | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cartier is known the world over for its extraordinary jewelry designs, but it has also long been a supporter and promoter of culture and the arts. For the second year in a row, the French house is sponsoring the Venice Film Festival, staging a virtual reality opera titled Eugenie’s Tears, written by actor Melanie Laurent, a concert by the Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, and promoting a series of art dialogues and master classes with the likes of composer Alexandre Desplat, who created soundtracks for films including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The King’s Speech. In addition, Cartier is displaying iconic pieces worn by legendary silver screen stars like Grace Kelly, Gloria Swanson, and María Félix in its Venetian boutique. “The way we approach art and culture at Cartier is by connecting the dots, and Venice is a good reflection of our approach,” said senior vice president and chief marketing officer Arnaud Carrez about the diversity of offerings. “There are always multiple cultural dimensions in everything we do. And, of course, there’s the red carpet.”
To drive that last point home, Cartier enlisted Emma Chamberlain as a new ambassador. The YouTube star and fashion favorite attended the Opening Ceremony for the very first time wearing three standout pieces from the label’s 1997 Cartier Collection range: a gold necklace with diamonds, a golden bracelet, and matching ear clips. “Right now, I’m loving gold jewelry, but that could all change tomorrow,” Chamberlain says over e-mail from Italy. After spending the morning relaxing before her big debut, she shared with W her getting-ready process ahead of the ceremony, which included a screening of the film White Noise. There was plenty of glam—and, of course, video cameras nearby, capturing her every move for her own YouTube channel.
“I like to romanticize the morning: wear a fluffy robe and do a face mask, the whole thing,” she continues. “My favorite time of the day is the morning, especially while traveling. I love going down to the hotel restaurant and spending hours at the table, like I’m an author in the 1950s or something. I’ll eat breakfast and have multiple coffees.”
“After my long and relaxing morning, we started doing my hair and makeup,” Chamberlain goes on to say, giving a glimpse at her accessories: a bright red clutch, matching platform stilettos, and, of course, her trio of Cartier jewels. “I have gone through phases throughout my life: some where I wear gold jewelry, and some where I wear silver or white gold. Red and gold is such a gorgeous combination, and these pieces are bond enough to make a statement next to my red gown.”
“In Venice, you take a boat...everywhere,” she says. That includes the Venice Film Festival, where celebrities famously arrive at the screenings and events via water taxi. “The boat drivers here are seriously talented—they maneuver the boat like it’s easy stuff. It’s very impressive, especially when they have to navigate around 20 other boats, all at once.”
“Getting on a boat in a full gown is definitely less romantic than it sounds,” she adds. “It was a challenge. But once I successfully got on, the ride was magical.”
“The final moments before a carpet are always a little bit anxiety-ridden,” Chamberlain admits. “I always worry about having a clothing malfunction, or accidentally making a weird face in a photo. But the truth is, none of it really matters. What matters is making a fond memory, and experiencing something new.”
“We decided to go with a slicked-back ponytail, which I haven’t done in a while. We thought it would allow for the beautiful Cartier necklace and earrings to truly shine, rather than covering them up with my hair,” she explains of her final look. “I will admit, I had a headache for the entire evening because of how tight my ponytail was. Or maybe my head hurt because I was dehydrated. Or maybe both.”
“For the makeup look, we wanted to do something sharp and eye-catching, since the red gown it was paired with was simple and elegant. I don’t feel myself when I am done up in a way that is classically ‘elegant,’ so when I choose to wear an elegant outfit, it must be paired with something edgy.” | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/emma-chamberlain-venice-film-festival-opening-ceremony-cartier-interview-2022 | 2022-09-02T00:50:55Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/emma-chamberlain-venice-film-festival-opening-ceremony-cartier-interview-2022 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Don’t Worry Darling, We’ve Compiled Florence Pugh’s Best Red Carpet Moments
Florence Pugh’s rise in Hollywood happened quickly—like “blink and you’ll miss it” fast. All of the sudden, she was the hottest actress on the scene thanks to Midsommar, and she expertly followed the hit indie up with her Oscar-nominated performance in Little Women. Overnight, Pugh became the one to watch, both on the screen and on the red carpet. The actress quickly made it clear that she wasn’t willing to play by conventional style rules, often opting for unique silhouettes, bright colors, and other-worldly hair styles to match. Because of this, some of her looks often cause debate, but they always start a conversation (people are still talking about the sheer dress she wore to the Valentino couture show this summer). Basically, if Pugh has proven anything, it’s that she’s always going to be unapologetically herself, and we wouldn’t want it any other way. And now that the actress has another slate of movies coming up, starting with Don’t Worry Darling, we’re in for even more of the fiery actress and her unexpected style very soon. In the meantime, take a look back at some of her best red carpet moments over the past seven years.
This black silk Miu Miu set paired with purple dip-dyed hair made for the perfect premiere look for an action film like Black Widow.
Pugh celebrated her first-ever Oscar nomination in a teal, tiered Louis Vuitton dress with a belted waist and asymmetric hem.
Following the 2020 Oscars, Pugh changed into a slinky, low-cut dress, also by Louis Vuitton.
This Dries van Noten look from his Christian Lacroix collaborative spring 2020 collection at that year’s BAFTAs was definitely a risk, but the simple styling helped Pugh pull it off.
Pugh turned up the glam factor at the 25th annual Critics' Choice Awards with the help of this silver paillette-adorned Prada dress.
For the big premiere of her breakout movie, Pugh opted for this off-the-shoulder Valentino fall 2019 haute couture mini dress with a side train.
Pugh wore this purple confection of a dress by one of her go-to fashion houses, Valentino, for the 11th annual Governors Awards.
Pugh wore this low-cut Schiaparelli gown with floral embellishments to the premiere of Le Belle Epoque at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019.
The actress went casual for the premiere of The Little Drummer Girl, pairing a lace and floral Chloé resort 2019 dress with knee-high brown leather boots.
Pugh wore a sleeveless, embellished Miu Miu dress to the 2018 BAFTAs.
The actress went for a very romantic look for the London Film Critics Circle Awards in 2018, wearing a sheer, Sandra Mansour dress covered in script and finished with ruffled sleeves. She then paired the dress with velvet accessories and a bold red lip.
A brunette Pugh wore an army green pleated Miu Miu dress to the British Independent Film Awards in 2017.
A 19-year-old Pugh wore a little black dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline and a fishtail braid to the BFI London Film Festival Awards in 2015. | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/florence-pugh-best-red-carpet-moments | 2022-09-02T00:51:01Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/florence-pugh-best-red-carpet-moments | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
All the Times Gigi & Bella Hadid Conquered the Catwalk Together
Ever since Gigi Hadid made her fashion week debut in 2014 and Bella Hadid followed in 2015, the supermodel sisters have walked countless fashion shows. But they’re far from a package deal. The sisters have carved out their own unique careers (not to mention their own increasingly distinct senses of style), and even when they are cast in a show, it’s rare for them to actually appear together. Any good fashion show producer knows it’s best to space your superstar models out a bit for maximum impact. In fact, it’s not uncommon for one sister to open the show, only for the other Hadid to close it out.
The pair has nonetheless gotten to share some sisterly time stomping the runway, either side-by-side or one after another. Here, a rundown of some of the most memorable moments of the siblings conquering the catwalk together.
For the closing of Missoni’s winter 2020 collection, the duo walked side-by-side.
They were joined by Karlie Kloss for a major closing moment at Virgil Abloh’s Off-White fall 2019 show in Milan.
Joined by Joan Smalls and Kaia Gerber, the Hadid sisters made a major younger-supermodel moment at Max Mara’s spring 2020 show.
Completely different hats—but sharing the same moment at Marc Jacobs’s show.
Another instance of the pair walking one after another, at Fendi’s fall 2019 show.
The pair stood side-by-side to close Prabal Gurung’s show during New York Fashion Week.
Anna Sui is known for her supermodel-friendly runways, so it’s no surprise that Bella and Gigi got to share a tender, familial moment at the designer’s show.
In Paris, the pair was hand-in-hand to close out an H&M Studio show.
You know Rihanna loves her some Hadids. The white hair goop makes them look different, but yes, that is Gigi and Bella, right next to one another. | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/gigi-bella-hadid-runway-fashion-show-together | 2022-09-02T00:51:07Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/gigi-bella-hadid-runway-fashion-show-together | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Students are getting worse at reading and math, according to a national study. The new numbers show a dramatic drop in student performance in the United States – and education leaders are looking at ways to fix it.
Each year, the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests 9-year-old students. This year, for the first time, kids scored worse in math and reading scores fell more than they have in 30 years.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says the numbers are upsetting.
“As a father and an educator, it’s disturbing,” Cardona said.
He blames both the pandemic and the Trump administration for the scores.
“The efforts were not there to safely reopen schools. It was a lot of rhetoric but no action,” Cardona said.
Now that kids are back in the classroom, education leaders have work to do to make up for the lost learning. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is optimistic kids can make a comeback.
“We are pedal to the medal to help kids achieve, recover and thrive,” Weingarten said.
Secretary Cardona says states should be using money from the American Rescue Plan to improve schools.
“Providing the resources needed so that we’re not talking about teacher shortages. We should be talking about smaller class sizes, about ongoing tutoring,” Cardona said.
Weingarten suggests that federal leaders can also help educators connect to share best practices.
“What are the strategies that are really working to actually help accelerate instruction?” Weingarten said.
She also says political division over curriculum debates and book bans are distracting from learning.
“We need to create a can-do, problem solving, unifying, back to basics environment in schools,” Weingarten said. | https://www.wwlp.com/washington-dc/student-scores-drop-dramatically-in-national-study/ | 2022-09-02T00:56:07Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/washington-dc/student-scores-drop-dramatically-in-national-study/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE American: AMPE) between December 29, 2020 and August 3, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important October 17, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Ampio securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Ampio class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8201 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 17, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants inflated Ampio's true ability to successfully file a Biologics License Application for Ampion, the Company's lead product purportedly to treat individuals with inflammatory conditions including, but not limited to, severe osteoarthritis of the knee; (2) defendants inflated the results of the AP-013 study of Ampion and the timing of unblinding the data from the AP-013 study; and (3) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about Ampio's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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ROCKLEDGE, Fla. and PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeo Networks, a leading Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), today announced it is acquiring Alura Business Solutions, LLC, a Managed Service Provider (MSP) based in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Financial terms are not being released.
Alura Business Solutions provides IT solutions for organizations in a number of markets, including manufacturing, non-profit, and healthcare. It will operate as DBA Alura Business Solutions (A Valeo Networks Company). The company will continue its normal operations out of its location in Plymouth Meeting.
Alura was founded in 2005, and has provided high quality, customized IT solutions for small and mid-sized organizations in and around Plymouth Meeting. It has implemented efficient and effective managed IT services that enhance security, increase productivity, and maintain exceptional operational reliability for its clients.
"Our efforts to scale Valeo continues its forward momentum. The acquisition of Alura gives us a robust presence in the Northeast and truly expands our national footprint," said Travis Mack, CEO, Valeo Networks. "We are excited to have Alura join our team of companies."
"We are thrilled to become part of the Valeo Networks family," said Jason Derstine, CEO & President, Alura Business Solutions. "We are now part of one of the largest MSSPs in the United States, and we are extremely honored to become a Valeo company. We can continue to serve our existing clients, and will be able offer even more services than ever before, and reach into new areas. This is a very humbling and proud moment for our organization."
Valeo Networks is a full-service, award-winning Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) that serves State, County, Municipal markets; small-to-medium businesses (SMBs); and non-profit organizations. Firmly seated in the top 5% of revenue generating MSSPs nationwide—making it one of the largest MSSPs nationally—Valeo Networks provides solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, compliance, cloud, network infrastructure, and managed IT services. With over 22 years of industry experience, Valeo Networks is headquartered in Rockledge, FL, with additional locations nationwide. Learn more at www.valeonetworks.com.
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Healthy and Focused on Golf, Karns City Sophomore Chloe Fritch Shooting for Big Things on the Links This Season
CHICORA, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Her irons were solid. Her putts — long and short alike — were all falling.
Chloe Fritch was feeling pretty good during the early part of her round at Foxburg Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.
But the Karns City sophomore is wise beyond her years, especially when it comes to golf.
She is well aware of how quickly things can go awry on the course, and how one bad shot can send a day spiraling into disaster.
“Sometimes you start off bad. Sometimes you start off good,” Fritch said. “I was like, ‘OK. You’re off to a good start, but it can easily go downhill.’”
It didn’t.
Fritch was remarkably consistent during the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference Mega Match. She carded seven pars and two bogeys on the way to a career-low 36 to win medalist honors.
The victory was a big deal.
She bested a field of 54 golfers from nine teams. Only three of those competitors are female.
“It was just one of those good days, you know, when everything was coming together,” Fritch said. “I felt really confident with my putter, which helped tremendously in getting those pars.”
The win was even sweeter.
She also celebrated her 16th birthday on Wednesday.
“It was a perfect birthday gift for me, I guess,” she said.
Fritch was more eager to tell her dad and Karns City golf coach Eric Fritch about her round than she was at taking a glance at the leaderboard. She said she figured she had a shot at being medalist but didn’t give it much thought initially.
“I was just glad I shot well and everything came together,” Fritch said. “I was actually so excited to tell my dad that I wasn’t really focused on that. I knew I’d be up there somewhere, but I wasn’t thinking I was gonna be in first place. I wasn’t expecting that at all.”
Fritch’s approach on the course is typically one of caution.
Play it safe. No unnecessary risks.
It has worked well for her over the years.
Fritch isn’t a big hitter off the tee. Instead, she shaves precious strokes off her score with strong iron play and a solid short game. When she is putting well, like she was on Tuesday, she is tough to beat.
“I’m never going to hit it as far as other people can — that’s just how I play,” Fritch said. “I have to make it up around the green. Just eliminating the damage is one of my key things.”
Fritch had an odd season last year.
In the first soccer match of her career in early September, she fractured the metatarsal at the base of her big toe. The injury kept her off the pitch and the golf course for more than a month.
When she did return to the links, she wore a special brace on her foot and went out and shot an 88 at the District 9 Girls Class 2A Individual Golf Championships to place second behind Clarion’s McKayla Kerle.
Fritch would like nothing more than another shot at a D9 title. She and Kerle, who was sixth on Tuesday with a 39, should have quite the battle again.
“Hopefully I’ll be more prepared this year than last year just because of my foot,” Fritch said. “It’s on my mind — I’m looking forward to it — but I’m, also just focusing on the matches, like tomorrow at Hunter’s Station.”
Fritch gave up soccer this year to give more of her attention to golf. She also plays basketball and is on the track and field team at Karns City.
It was a tough decision to leave soccer behind.
“I just wanted to focus on golf,” she said. “I mean, I love soccer. If it was maybe a different time, I would love to do it. But with basketball and track, it’s hard. I really love golf and that’s my main thing. It was hard. I’ve been friends with those girls since I was little.”
Quitting soccer gave Fritch more time to hone her golfing craft.
And to play more rounds with her father.
“This year I beat him once,” Fritch said. “That was a big accomplishment for me. Dad knew it was coming at some point. He works on his game all the time, too. It’s been very competitive this year.”
Fritch has also worked hard on her mental game.
It hasn’t always been easy.
“That’s what I’ve been working on mainly this year — keep my head and make sure I don’t get as mad as easily if I have one bad hole,” Fritch said.
“My dad always tells me, not to be a Debbie Downer or anything, that you’re always going to make mistakes,” she added. “You’re gonna make a mistake at one point and you’re going to have to accept the fact that you’re not going to have a perfect round and that you need to keep your head when something like that happens. I mean, I’m not perfect. No one is.”
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Numbers Game: Both Union/A-C Valley and Keystone Hope to Nullify Foe’s Biggest Threats
RIMERSBURG, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Brad Dittman is having nightmares about twos.
No. 2 and No. 22 to be exact.
(Skyler Roxbury makes a leaping grab for Union/A-C Valley against Cameron County in the season-opener/photo courtesy of Stephanie Crissman.)
When the Union/A-C Valley football coach watched film on Keystone, No. 2 Tyler Albright and No. 22 Kyle Nellis jumped off the screen.
“That’s not to say they don’t have good athletes everywhere else,” Dittman said, “it’s just two and 22 are game-changers.”
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They certainly were last week for Keystone in a 33-16 win over Coudersport.
Albright had one of the best all-around games in the state with 115 yards and a touchdown on just six carries, two receptions for 34 yards and another score and three interceptions on defense.
Nellis also rushed for 142 yards and three touchdowns for the Panthers.
“It doesn’t matter what it is,” Dittman said. “Special teams. On defense. On offense. There’s no secret when you watch their film. You have to know where No. 2 is and also No. 22 at all times.”
Dittman is hoping to get some of his own numbers rolling this week when his team hosts Keystone at 7 p.m. Friday at Union High School.
The opener was an offensive slog for Union/A-C Valley after a quick start and good field position gave the Falcon Knights an early 14-0 lead on Cameron County on the way to the 27-14 win.
But Union/A-C Valley had just one first down in the second half and the offensive line struggled to move people and create holes, which was concerning.
When Dittman broke down the film, however, he saw some things that could be corrected and the team went to work to fix some of those mistakes.
“We didn’t do as well up front last week as we would have liked to,” Dittman said. “There were a bunch of assignment mistakes there. We’ve worked hard on cleaning that up this week. But looking at (Keystone) on film, they’re big. No. 55 (Cole Henry) is a big, strong kid. He takes up blocks and does a lot of things for them. The other guys across the line as well. They’re very talented and big up front, so we definitely have our hands full, that’s for sure.”
Keystone had to overcome some adversity last week, building a 20-0 lead before Coudersport rallied to cut that advantage to 20-16.
Nellis’ two second-half touchdown runs put the game out of reach.
Henry actually started the game at tight end before moving back to his normal position at center. That was because starting tight end Aidan Sell broke his hand in the scrimmage and didn’t get much practice time on offense before the opener.
Sell, though, finished the game at tight end while playing with a cast.
It’s not ideal, but it will have to do for the Panthers for now.
Keystone also had key players struggle with muscle cramping. That was prevalent throughout other teams in the district as well on a steamy opening night.
“The kids were able to bounce back from it and really finish the game strong,” said Keystone coach Todd Smith. “I was really proud of them for that.”
Smith was also proud of the play of first-year starting quarterback Rayce Weaver.
The junior didn’t have eye-popping stats — he completed 4 of 8 for 80 yards and a touchdown — but he picked up a key first down with his legs and was a steadying influence in Keystone’s new offense that features multiple formations and no huddles.
“He made some big plays for us,” Smith said. “Rayce is a hard worker and he’s gonna continue to get better as the year goes on.”
Smith also had some numbers to circle on his Union/A-C Valley roster when he was watching film.
“They have some good athletes — (Dawson) Camper, (Ryan) Cooper, (Skyler) Roxbury,” Smith said. “(Landon) Chalmers does a really nice job up front. They have some good players there, too. I’m pretty impressed with their team. We’re gonna have to come ready to play.”
Whether Camper is ready to play or not may come down to game time.
The junior had his right leg rolled up on during Union/A-C Valley’s second offensive possession. He finished the half, but came out of the locker room at the start of the third quarter limping and in street clothes.
Dittman said the injury isn’t serious.
Good thing. Last year he was a big part of the Falcon Knights’ success and was counted on to be a key cog on both sides of the ball again this season.
“He’s been a work in progress this week,” Dittman said. “He seems to be getting better and better every day, so we’ll have to see where he’s at.”
The series between the two schools has been interesting the past few years.
Last season, the Panthers and Falcon Knights clashed on a Thursday night with Keystone jumping out to an early 12-0 lead thanks to a defensive and special teams score by Nellis.
Union/A-C Valley rallied, though, for a 26-24 win.
Keystone is 2-4 against Union/A-C Valley since the co-op began in 2016. The Falcon Knights have won the last two meetings, including another close game in 2020 by the score of 14-7.
“From what the other coaches have said, there have been some hard-fought games, both ways,” said Smith, who is in his first year at Keystone. “They’re going to be a real challenge.”
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7-Day Weather Forecast for Clarion County
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Today – Sunny, with a high near 79. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight – Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Light and variable wind.
Friday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning.
Friday Night – Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Saturday – A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night – A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday – Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday Night – Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Labor Day – A chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night – A chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday – A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night – A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.
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8-31 ROUNDUP: Redbank Valley Volleyball Team Begins Season With Win; North Clarion, Moniteau Pick Up Golf Victories
OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT/D9) – Alivia Huffman had a big night with 13 kills and 10 digs and Mylee Harmon had 36 assists as the Redbank Valley volleyball team began the season with a 25-13, 17-25, 25-22, 25-12 win over Oil City on the road.
(Above, Alivia Huffman)
Taylor Ripple and Izzy Bond also shined at the net for the Bulldogs with 11 kills each.
GOLF
Ethan Carll shot a 40 and Zeelan Hargenrader a 42 to lead North Clarion to wins over Crannbery and Forest.
The Wolves had a team score of 227 to best Cranberry (240) and Forest (258).
Dane Wenner carded a 42 to pace Cranberry while Ty Brown shot a 43 to lead Forest.
KSAC GIRLS MATCH – Emma Covert and Mariska Shunk each shot a 44 to lead Moniteau at Hi-Level Golf Course.
Autumn Stewart carded a 49 and Kendall Sankey a 52 for the Warriors, who had a team score of 137.
Cranberry shot a 140 as a team with Brooke Whitling leading the way with a 42 for medalist honors. Alaina Hogue had a 48 and Kendall Findlay had a 50 on her card for the Berries.
CROSS COUNTRY
Griffin Booher won the boys race with a time of 18 minutes, 27 seconds for Karns City in a meet against North Clarion.
Kaine McFarland was second for the Wolves, finishing in 18:42.
Aiden Thomas of North Clarion (18:58) was third.
The boys race was not scored because Karns City does not have enough runners.
North Clarion’s Katie Bauer won the girls race with a time of 24:10. That race was also not scored as a team as the Wolves’ don’t have enough runners.
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Celebration of life for Scotty Schultz Jr
Thursday, September 1, 2022 @ 07:09 AM
A Celebration of life for Scotty Schultz Jr, who passed away August 28, 2022, has been planned for Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Chapel on the Hill Church, 6202 Emlenton Clintonville Road, Emlenton PA 16373.
Family will welcome friends from noon till 2:00 p.m.
Scotty’s service will start at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Chris Clark officiating the service.
Friends and family can send condolences by visiting the funeral home website at www.mckinleyfuneralhome.net.
A full obituary can be found here.
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Ready to go bottom fishing again? Any good angler can tell you that there’s plenty of good eating just waiting at the bottom of the creek, or the pond, or the lake. The same concept also holds for stocks – investors can always find some quality equities down at the market bottoms.
Stocks get down there for a multitude of reasons, and the reasons aren’t always related to any fundamental flaw in the company or its share trading policies. Sometimes, it’s some idiosyncratic business move, or over-reaction to a related news item, or even just the bad luck of getting swept up in a general market downturn.
So, how are investors supposed to distinguish between the names poised to get back on their feet and those set to remain down in the dumps? That’s what the pros on Wall Street are here for.
Using TipRanks’ platform, we pinpointed two beaten-down stocks the analysts believe are gearing up for a rebound. Despite the hefty losses incurred in 2022, the two tickers have scored enough praise from the Street to earn a “Strong Buy” consensus rating.
Synaptics, Inc. (SYNA)
The first company we’ll look at, Synaptics, lives where man meets machine. This company develops the tech that makes our high-end computer interfaces work. Synaptics’ product line includes wireless connectivity, video interface ICs, graphic chips, audio DSPs, multimedia processors, touch pad modules, fingerprint sensors, touch controllers, and more. Synaptics has also developed its proprietary Katana platform, an ultra-low power AI that act autonomously on data from audio and visual sensors.
There’s no shortage of demand for computer systems – or for their interfaces, which has been a boon for Synaptics’ business in the past few years. The company’s revenues and earnings grew slowly but steadily through 2021 and into 2022, with the most recent quarterly results, for Q4 of fiscal year 2022 hitting the highest levels of the past eight quarters. The top line reached $476.4 million, up 45% year-over-year. The revenue gain was driven by a robust 87% y/y increase in IoT sales.
High sales led to high earnings, and the non-GAAP diluted EPS came in at $3.87, a company record – and 20 cents higher than the $3.67 forecast. The company also reported a non-GAAP operating margin of 39.2%.
Looking at the full fiscal year 2022, Synaptics saw total net revenues of $1.74 billion, a 30% increase from the prior fiscal year’s total of $1.34 billion. Even so, the company’s stock price has fallen dramatically, by 61% year-to-date.
Overall strength in the business niche, and an ability to bring in revenue gains, caught the attention of Craig-Hallum’s 5-star analyst Anthony Stoss.
“While the company cited PC/Mobile softness due to China lockdowns and political unrest in Europe, continued strength in IoT is more than offsetting the weakness. As SYNA continues to execute, we expect the company to beat its goal and potentially post 7%+ growth in FY23 barring longer than expected supply constraints… SYNA has already surpassed their previous 57% GM target and with the company sporting 60%+ GMs, we view SYNA in a class of its own among select semiconductor companies,” Stoss opined.
Stoss used his commentary to support his Buy rating on the stock, and his $180 price target implies a 59% gain for the year ahead. (To watch Stoss’ track record, click here)
Tech companies have no trouble getting attention from the Wall Street analysts, and Synaptics has 8 recent analyst reviews, including 7 Buys against 2 Holds, for a Strong Buy consensus rating. The shares are trading for $112.98, and the average price target of $185 indicates room for ~64% share appreciation in the next 12 months. (See Synaptics stock forecast on TipRanks)
Rapid7 (RPD)
Rapid7, the second stock we’re looking at, boasts over 10,000 customers who depend on the company’s cybersecurity product offerings, including cloud supported packages for visibility, analytics, and automation. By simplifying complex data sets, Rapid7 makes it possible for users to automate routine security tasks, investigate and shut down cyberattacks, monitor malicious behavior, and reduce system vulnerabilities.
In the recent 2Q22 report, Rapid7 showed a total revenue of $167 million, an increase of 32% from the prior year’s Q2. The total top line was powered by a 34% y/y increase in product revenue, which made up $159 million of the total. Rapid7 saw strong annualized recurring revenues (ARR) of $658 million, up 35% y/y, and ARR customer growth of 18%.
While this cybersecurity company’s top line was climbing, earnings came in negative. The non-GAAP diluted EPS was listed as a 1-cent loss, compared to the 7-cent profit in the year-ago quarter, and free cash flow turned from a net of $5 million in 2Q21 to a negative $1.25 million in the current report.
The mixed results put investors on edge, with shares slipping 54% year-to-date.
In his coverage of RPD for Piper Sandler, 5-star analyst Rob Owens makes it clear that he believes the investor worries here ae overblown.
“All things considered, this is the quarter we would have expected out of RPD. The company’s results and subsequent guide are relatively consistent with current challenges seen across the space. We do believe the tone around incremental margin and dedication to delivering a more compelling FCF margin moving forward was a theme management delivered. We still view RPD as a unique opportunity to play trends on consolidating mid-market security spending given its strong portfolio,” Owens opined.
To this end, Owens puts an Overweight (i.e. Buy) rating on the stock and sets a price target of $90 to show his confidence in a 66% one-year upside potential. (To watch Owens’ track record, click here)
Overall, Rapid7 shares have a Strong Buy rating from the analyst consensus, showing that Wall Street agrees with Owens’ assessment. The rating is based on 9 Buys and 2 Holds set in the past 3 months. Shares are selling for $54.07, and the average price target, at $90, implies ~66% upside potential. (See Rapid7’s stock forecast on TipRanks)
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Gov. Wolf: $2,000 Direct Payments to Pennsylvanians ‘Will Make a Life-Changing Difference for Families in Communities Across the Commonwealth’
SHARPSBURG, Pa. – Governor Tom Wolf was joined by Representative Sara Innamorato and local officials at Roots of Faith ministries in Sharpsburg to call on Pennsylvania’s General Assembly to pass legislation for the $500 million PA Opportunity Program, which would send $2,000 checks directly to Pennsylvanians.
“This money will make a life-changing difference for families in communities across the commonwealth, providing a much-needed buffer against prices that are artificially and temporarily higher due to inflation,” said Gov. Wolf. “Let’s put this cash back in the pockets of Pennsylvanians, to help cover the higher costs of gas, groceries, and everything else.
”Why on earth wouldn’t we act to do all of that, when we have the funds necessary to make this investment in the people of Pennsylvania, right now?” Gov. Wolf said. “I am once again calling on Republican leaders in the General Assembly to send a bill to my desk to help the people of Pennsylvania.”
Through the PA Opportunity Program, Pennsylvania householders with an income of $80,000 or less would receive direct payments of up to $2,000. First introduced in February with the proposal to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, Gov. Wolf’s $500 million PA Opportunity Program now proposes using general funds and has the support of Democratic members who have submitted co-sponsorship memos in the House and Senate signaling their intent to reintroduce legislation to fund the Program.
On Monday, Rep. Innamorato echoed her colleagues’ support for the direct payment program.
“Like the recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, Pennsylvania’s recovery from the COVID-19 recession has been unbalanced, slower and less complete for working families and low-income folks than for wealthier Pennsylvanians,” said Rep. Innamorato. “The PA Opportunity Program would help complete Pennsylvania’s recovery with a payment of up to $2,000 for working families across Pennsylvania who often cannot access many of our social safety net programs. Working people and families would greatly benefit from this much-needed support to cover the costs of childcare, groceries, back-to-school materials, and other basic household needs.”
In addition to Rep. Innamorato and Roots of Faith, the governor was joined by Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey.
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John “Jack” Baughman
John “Jack” Baughman, age 84 of Knox, passed away Tuesday morning, August 30, 2022, at Shippenville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.
Born March 15, 1938, in Clarion County, he was the son of the late Albert and Florence Schill Baughman.
Jack grew up in Shippenville and lived over the family-owned grocery store.
He graduated from Keystone Joint School in 1956 and was class president his senior year, lettered in basketball and served as King of the Jr-Sr prom.
Jack was in the Army Reserve Unit in Clarion, which was activated during the Berlin Crisis.
He served for 1 year, beginning September 1961 thru the end of August 1962 at the 232nd Chemical Co., Fort McClellan, Anniston, Alabama.
Being that he was a sharpshooter, he was selected for guard duty at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
He worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Highway Engineers until his retirement on January 1, 1995.
Jack was a fantastic drummer and played with local bands for several years.
In later years, he grew Christmas trees and found great joy in seeing families come to the farm to cut their own tree.
Jack married the former Marlys Raybuck on March 7, 1975 and she survives along with four children: Lori Condon (Dave Rex), Jodi (David) Buttray, Dora (Roger) Wile and Rory (Kelly) Fike; seven grandchildren: Megan Stewart, Derek Stewart, Kassi Gooden, Alysha O’Neil, Colby Fike, Bailey Fike and Kyle Buttray, and nine great grandchildren: Austin and Peyton Chapman; Kaleb, Kiser, Kwynn and Klair Gooden; Kendrick and Keegan Stewart, and Emmalyn O’Neil.
Jack is also survived by his nieces: Linda (Dave) Duffee, Cheryl (Doug) Rogers and Lessa Knight; nieces-in-law: Sheila Hockman and Julie Hockman; brothers-in-law/sisters-in-law: Richard (Carol) Raybuck, Dennis (Betty) Raybuck, John (Connie) Raybuck, Esther Montgomery, Frances Matthews and Harold Raybuck, and several great nieces and nephews and great great nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by nephews, Timothy Hockman and Anthony Hockman; sister Sally Hockman and her husband, Lee Hockman; brothers-in-law, Grant (Elaine) Raybuck, Neil (Katie) Raybuck and Dallas Raybuck; mother-in-law/father-in-law, Violet and Richard Raybuck, and his granddaughter’s fiancé, Kelly O’Neil.
Private family services will be held on Friday, September 2, 2022, at the William N. Rupert Mortuary, Inc. of Knox.
Pastor Doug Dyson will officiate over the services.
Interment will follow in the Starr Cemetery in Ninevah, Clarion County.
Memorial contributions may be made in the name of John “Jack” Baughman to Knox Ambulance Company, P.O. Box 636, Knox, PA 16232 or Knox Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 106, Knox, PA 16232
Online condolences may be sent to Jack’s family at www.rupertfuneralhomes.com.
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Lickingville Man Charged After Forgetting Where He Left His 2-Year-Old Daughter, Then Waking Neighbors to Help Find Her
PAINT TWP., Pa. (EYT) – An area man was charged after he woke up his neighbors to help search for his daughter, who he left in a conference room while he stepped outside to smoke.
According to court documents, Clarion-based State Police filed the following criminal charge against 32-year-old James Michael L Anthony, of Lickingville, in Magisterial District Judge Timothy P. Schill’s office on Monday, August 29:
– Disorderly Conduct Hazardous/Physical Offense, Misdemeanor 3
The charge stems from an incident that occurred on Wednesday, August 10, at an apartment complex located at 800 Greencrest Drive, in Paint Township, Clarion County.
According to a criminal complaint, the defendant, James Anthony, placed his 2-year-old daughter in a stroller, and left her in a conference room while he stepped outside to smoke.
Anthony forgot he left the child in the conference room and woke up his neighbors at 3:00 a.m. to help find her, the complaint states.
Anthony allegedly told his neighbors that he did not know where his child was and asked them to help look for her outside of the apartment complex. The child was located in the conference room in a stroller, the complaint indicates.
Police said Anthony caused “alarm, public inconvenience, and an annoyance.”
He is currently awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Numbers Game: Both Union/A-C Valley and Keystone Hope to Nullify Foe’s Biggest Threats
RIMERSBURG, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Brad Dittman is having nightmares about twos.
No. 2 and No. 22 to be exact.
(Skyler Roxbury makes a leaping grab for Union/A-C Valley against Cameron County in the season-opener/photo courtesy of Stephanie Crissman.)
When the Union/A-C Valley football coach watched film on Keystone, No. 2 Tyler Albright and No. 22 Kyle Nellis jumped off the screen.
“That’s not to say they don’t have good athletes everywhere else,” Dittman said, “it’s just two and 22 are game-changers.”
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They certainly were last week for Keystone in a 33-16 win over Coudersport.
Albright had one of the best all-around games in the state with 115 yards and a touchdown on just six carries, two receptions for 34 yards, and another score and three interceptions on defense.
Nellis also rushed for 142 yards and three touchdowns for the Panthers.
“It doesn’t matter what it is,” Dittman said. “Special teams. On defense. On offense. There’s no secret when you watch their film. You have to know where No. 2 is and also No. 22 at all times.”
Dittman is hoping to get some of his own numbers rolling this week when his team hosts Keystone at 7 p.m. Friday at Union High School.
The opener was an offensive slog for Union/A-C Valley after a quick start and good field position gave the Falcon Knights an early 14-0 lead on Cameron County on the way to the 27-14 win.
But Union/A-C Valley had just one first down in the second half and the offensive line struggled to move people and create holes, which was concerning.
When Dittman broke down the film, however, he saw some things that could be corrected and the team went to work to fix some of those mistakes.
“We didn’t do as well up front last week as we would have liked to,” Dittman said. “There were a bunch of assignment mistakes there. We’ve worked hard on cleaning that up this week. But looking at (Keystone) on film, they’re big. No. 55 (Cole Henry) is a big, strong kid. He takes up blocks and does a lot of things for them. The other guys across the line as well. They’re very talented and big up front, so we definitely have our hands full, that’s for sure.”
Keystone had to overcome some adversity last week, building a 20-0 lead before Coudersport rallied to cut that advantage to 20-16.
Nellis’ two second-half touchdown runs put the game out of reach.
Henry actually started the game at tight end before moving back to his normal position at center. That was because starting tight end Aidan Sell broke his hand in the scrimmage and didn’t get much practice time on offense before the opener.
Sell, though, finished the game at tight end while playing with a cast.
It’s not ideal, but it will have to do for the Panthers for now.
Keystone also had key players struggle with muscle cramping. That was prevalent throughout other teams in the district as well on a steamy opening night.
“The kids were able to bounce back from it and really finish the game strong,” said Keystone coach Todd Smith. “I was really proud of them for that.”
Smith was also proud of the play of first-year starting quarterback Rayce Weaver.
The junior didn’t have eye-popping stats — he completed 4 of 8 for 80 yards and a touchdown — but he picked up a key first down with his legs and was a steadying influence in Keystone’s new offense that features multiple formations and no huddles.
“He made some big plays for us,” Smith said. “Rayce is a hard worker and he’s gonna continue to get better as the year goes on.”
Smith also had some numbers to circle on his Union/A-C Valley roster when he was watching film.
“They have some good athletes — (Dawson) Camper, (Ryan) Cooper, (Skyler) Roxbury,” Smith said. “(Landon) Chalmers does a really nice job up front. They have some good players there, too. I’m pretty impressed with their team. We’re gonna have to come ready to play.”
Whether Camper is ready to play or not may come down to game time.
The junior had his right leg rolled up during Union/A-C Valley’s second offensive possession. He finished the half but came out of the locker room at the start of the third quarter limping and in street clothes.
Dittman said the injury isn’t serious.
Good thing. Last year he was a big part of the Falcon Knights’ success and was counted on to be a key cog on both sides of the ball again this season.
“He’s been a work in progress this week,” Dittman said. “He seems to be getting better and better every day, so we’ll have to see where he’s at.”
The series between the two schools has been interesting for the past few years.
Last season, the Panthers and Falcon Knights clashed on a Thursday night with Keystone jumping out to an early 12-0 lead thanks to a defensive and special teams score by Nellis.
Union/A-C Valley rallied, though, for a 26-24 win.
Keystone is 2-4 against Union/A-C Valley since the co-op began in 2016. The Falcon Knights have won the last two meetings, including another close game in 2020 by the score of 14-7.
“From what the other coaches have said, there have been some hard-fought games, both ways,” said Smith, who is in his first year at Keystone. “They’re going to be a real challenge.”
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Police Apprehend Area Man Accused of Raping, Strangling Several Women
KITTANNING, Pa. (EYT) – Police have apprehended an area man accused of raping and strangling several women in the Armstrong County area.
According to Kittanning-based State Police, 24-year-old Zachary William Baum was taken into custody at 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31.
Baum, who police referred to as “highly dangerous and violent,” allegedly sexually assaulted and strangled several women over the course of multiple years.
According to police, Baum would message random women on Facebook, and after speaking for a few days, he would engage in sexual acts with them. During these sex acts, Baum would “begin to strangle the women.”
One victim was forcibly raped against her will in the middle of the street by the Honey Bear gas station on North McKean Street in Kittanning, police said.
Another victim was raped in Baum’s car at the Community Park in Kittanning when she was 16-years-old.
Baum also has two active Protection From Abuse orders, one of which he has violated by contacting one of the victims in an attempt to have charges dropped, according to police.
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Police Searching for Missing Armstrong County Man
Thursday, September 1, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
SUGARCREEK TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Police are actively searching for an Armstrong County man who was last seen on Tuesday morning.
According to Kittanning-based State Police, troopers responded to Sugarcreek Rest Home located at 120 Lakeside Drive, in Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County, for a report of a missing resident.
Police say 69-year-old Charles Luttrell Jr. left the facility in a black 2015 Jeep Wrangler the morning of Tuesday, August 30.
Luttrell told staff he would return and did not, police say.
He is described as a white male.
No further information is available at this time.
Anyone with information regarding Luttrell is asked to contact PSP Kittanning at 724-543-2011.
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Say What?!: Florida Zoo Debuts Newborn Giraffe
Thursday, September 1, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
MIAMI, Florida – A newborn giraffe at a Florida zoo made her public debut and was greeted by the rest of the facility’s herd.
Zoo Miami said in a Facebook post that the as-yet-unnamed giraffe joined the rest of her herd in the giraffe exhibit on Tuesday, one week after she was born to 12-year-old mother Sabra.
Read the full story here.
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SPONSORED: Find a Huge Selection of Real Hardwood at McMillen’s!
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – McMillen’s carries a large selection of American-made, solid hardwood in many species, widths, and colors.
(Flooring pictured above and below is Mullican solid hickory hardwood.)
Whether your needs are for your home or business, McMillen’s carries the top names in the flooring industry and has the expert installation to make your vision come to life.
Come see McMillen’s large selection of solid hardwood, carpet, waterproof luxury vinyl plank, carpet tiles, and sheet vinyl.
Now, more than ever, everyone is encouraged to shop local, so stop at McMillen’s Carpet and Flooring Outlet for your next project!
Check McMillen’s Carpet and Flooring Outlet out at 11993 Route 66 in Limestone Township, Clarion County, Pa.
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SPONSORED: J&J Trailer and Equipment Sales – Western Pennsylvania’s Premier Family-Owned Trailer Dealer
SHIPPENVILLE, Pa. (EYT)– J&J offers friendly customer service and a quick buying experience with over 100 trailers in stock and 500+ on order at all times.
Stop by J&J Trailers to browse anything from cargo trailers, dump trailers, utility trailers, to equipment trailers.
Established in 2018, J&J Trailers has some of the most reputable trailer manufacturer brands in their inventory such as PJ, Liberty, Pace Cargo, and our home-town manufacturer, Carmate.
J&J Trailers is sure to have the perfect fit for you. If you don’t find what you need in stock they can get something ordered to meet your specifications.
Mention this article to receive 10% off any trailer of your choice! Remember, shop local, and always choose quality over quantity!
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J&J Trailers and Equipment Sales stocks many enclosed cargo trailers of all different sizes. Sizes include 6×12, 7×14, 7×16, and 8×20. Ramp Rear Doors and Barn Doors are available. Tandem and Single Axles. Many different interior height options are available including 12” Extra Height. Contractor Packages are also available.
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Whether you’re hauling cars, trucks, skid steers, tractors, or heavy equipment, J&J has the trailer for you. Models include Deck Overs, Car Haulers, Angle Iron Landscape Trailers, and Skid Steer Trailers from 7000#-10000# GVWR.
Utility and Aluminum Trailers:
J&J offers a wide range of utility trailers, from aluminum to steel. Sizes include 5×10, 6×12, and 6×14. Mostly single axles are available, however, there are a few tandem axles on the lot. Models include Steel Sided Trailers, Angle Iron’s, and Aluminum Utility’s.
Dump Trailers:
Dump Trailers are multi-purpose trailers that can be used to haul gravel, mulch, heavy equipment, and much more. With sizes available such as 5×8, 6×10, and 6×12 and GVWR’s of 5000#, 7000#, 9990#, and 12,000#.
Give us a call at 814-226-6066 or check us out online at www.jjtrailersales.com or on Facebook.
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Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Introduces New Pour Tour Map
The Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau is pleased to announce their new Pour Tour map is now available.
Sixteen wineries, four breweries, and five distilleries are featured. Each has a listing with their location, contact information, and twenty-five words describing what they offer, along with their location noted on the large folding map.
There is also a section to collect stickers from each participant. When all twenty-five stickers have been collected, maps can be redeemed at the PA Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau office for free Pour Tour t-shirt. The shirt offer is available through October 31, 2023.
The new guides with map are available for download online at VisitPAGO.com/free-information, PAGO branded information racks, and at Visitors Bureau members’ locations. Visitors can also request a copy via mail by calling 814-849-5197 or emailing [email protected]
“One of the quickest growing trends in travel are vacations or weekend getaways based around visiting local wineries, breweries, and distilleries,” said John Straitiff, Executive Director Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau. “We affectionately call these visitors “Booze Travelers”. Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors Pour Tour was designed to be a complete guide for those interested in experiencing and enjoying the unique flavors of our region. The t-shirt offer is a fun way to get people to visit all the stops on the tour”
Find more fun things to do, see, and experience in Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors region online at VisitPAGO.com.
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SPONSORED: West Park Rehab has Been Successfully Treating Cardiopulmonary Conditions for Over 20 Years
SENECA, Pa (EYT) – Heart disease and heart failure are systemic cardiovascular diseases. They can affect exercise tolerance, endurance, and quality of life. Heart diseases make it difficult for a person’s heart to keep up with their body’s daily demands.
Heart disease is widespread. It resulted in 859,125 deaths in the United States in 2017, according to the American Heart Association. It also is the leading cause of death globally, with 17.8 million related deaths in 2017. This number is expected to grow to more than 2.2 million by 2030. Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of death each year, taking more lives than cancer and lung diseases combined.
Heart failure affects an estimated 6.2 million Americans older than age 20. This number is expected to increase to affect greater than eight million adults by the year 2030.
If you have heart disease or heart failure, a physical therapist can work with you to help keep it from getting worse. Physical therapists also can help people reduce their risk of developing heart disease.
Working with a physical therapist can improve your:
-Exercise capacity
-Strength and endurance
-Overall health and well-being
The physical therapists at West Park Rehab are movement experts. They improve quality of life through hands-on care, patient education, and prescribed movement. You can contact a physical therapist directly for an evaluation. West Park Rehab has been successfully treating cardiopulmonary conditions for over 20 years. Help is available.
You can request an appointment using this link. https://sites.webpt.com/1660/reactivation-offer
Or call West Park offices at Franklin: 814-437-6191 or Seneca 814-493-8631.
What Are Heart Disease and Heart Failure?
Heart disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, is any disease that involves the blood vessels in the heart, limbs, or brain.
The term covers:
-High blood pressure
-Heart attack
-Heart failure
-Heart valve problems
-Peripheral artery disease
-Stroke
The primary risk factors for developing heart disease include:
-High blood pressure (hypertension)
-Disease of the coronary arteries (atherosclerosis)
-A history of prior heart attack (myocardial infarction)
-A family history of heart disease
-Cigarette smoking
-Physical inactivity
-Increased body mass index/overweight
-High cholesterol
-Diabetes (increased blood sugar levels)
-Age over 45 for men; over 55 for women
Heart failure is a syndrome that occurs when the heart fails to meet the needs of the body. This means the heart is not functioning as it should. It occurs when the heart is unable to fill with, or pump, blood effectively. As a result, the body does not get the blood and oxygen it needs.
Primary risk factors for developing heart failure include:
-Coronary artery disease due to a buildup of plaque in the arteries of the heart
-Heart defects inherited or present at birth
-High blood pressure
-Smoking
-Heart valve disease
-Infection of the heart
-Obesity increased body mass index
-Diabetes
-Certain types of chemotherapy
-Alcohol and/or drug abuse
Signs and Symptoms
People with heart disease may not even know they have it. The disease is sometimes “silent.”
It may not get diagnosed until a person:
-Has a heart attack
-Experiences heart failure
-Notices, or a health care provider detects, an abnormal heart rhythm
A heart attack occurs when the flow of blood to a section of the heart is blocked. This is most often due to coronary artery disease, when plaque builds up on the artery wall. If the blood flow is not restored, that section of the heart can begin to die.
Signs and symptoms of a heart attack may include:
-Chest pain or discomfort
-Pain into the arms, shoulders, neck, jaw, or abdomen
-Shortness of breath
-Fatigue
-Nausea
-Dizziness
-Racing heart (palpitations)
If you think you may be having a heart attack, CALL 9-1-1 for emergency medical care.
If you have heart failure, your body may compensate to provide enough blood and oxygen for your vital organs. This can result in increased symptoms over time and worsening disease.
Heart failure symptoms may include the following:
-Fatigue
-Shortness of breath
-Lower extremity swelling (edema)
-Pulmonary congestion (fluid in your lungs)
-Decreased exercise tolerance
-Weight gain due to increased fluid
How Can a Physical Therapist Help?
Physical therapists design personalized treatment plans for each person’s needs, challenges, and goals.
They help you:
-Improve your mobility
-Manage pain and other chronic conditions
-Recover from or prevent injury and chronic disease
Your physical therapist will work with you and other members of your health care team to address problems caused by heart disease or heart failure.
Your physical therapy treatment plan will include a personalized exercise program and prescribed movement. This program will help you decrease the signs and symptoms of heart disease and/or failure. It also will improve your ability to take part in home, work, and other activities. Research shows that physical activity and exercise can improve exercise capacity. Physical activity and exercise also can help people with heart failure live longer than they would otherwise.
The Cardiopulmonary Reconditioning Program at West Park Rehab provides education on breathing strategies that will utilize the lungs more efficiently, and exercises that can help a patient safely improve general endurance, strength, flexibility, and tolerance of the activities of daily life.
In some cases, the use of Yoga-based stretching and breathing techniques can be incorporated into these therapy programs. Brandy Snavely, PTA at our Seneca office is a Registered Yoga Teacher and can utilize this specialized training to enhance a Cardiopulmonary Reconditioning Program
Can This Injury or Condition Be Prevented?
The best way to prevent heart disease and heart failure is to maintain a healthy lifestyle and decrease your risk factors. It is important to be physically active, exercise, and choose healthy habits.
Regular physical activity and exercise can:
-Decrease blood pressure and cholesterol levels
-Reduce your risk of an initial cardiac event (a heart attack)
-Benefit your physical, mental, and social health
-Help to improve other chronic conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, depression, and some cancers
-Increased muscle strength also can lower your risk of having a heart attack and improves your ability to do everyday activities
The American Heart Association and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommend that for substantial health benefits, adults ages 18 to 64, with and without chronic health conditions, should do at least one of the following:
-150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity exercise (such as brisk walking).
-75 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity exercise (such as running or jogging).
-You also can decrease your risk of developing heart disease by reducing other risk factors with the following:
-Choose a healthy diet full of fruits, vegetables, fish, and fiber-rich whole grains.
The American Heart Association’s guide, How to Help Prevent Heart Disease At Any Age, provides additional information:
-Stop smoking
-Maintain your weight at a healthy level
-Manage diabetes so that blood sugars remain stable
If you have heart disease or heart failure, your physical therapist can guide you to decrease your risk factors and slow the progression of the disease.
Cardiac rehabilitation (cardiac rehab) is a program designed for patients who are recovering from a heart attack, heart disease, heart failure, and heart surgery. It delivers a personalized exercise program, recommendations for lifestyle changes, and patient education. The goal of cardiac rehab is to decrease cardiovascular risk factors and improve healthy behaviors to lower your risk for future cardiovascular events.
Participating in our outpatient cardiopulmonary rehab program has been shown to:
-Decrease cardiovascular risk factors
-Reduce disability
-Promote healthy lifestyle habits, including increased physical activity
The therapists at West Park Rehab will work with you to develop an individualized treatment and training program specific to your personal goals.
You can request an appointment using this link. https://sites.webpt.com/1660/reactivation-offer
Or call West Park offices at Franklin: 814-437-6191 or Seneca 814-493-8631.
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Swim Lesson Registration Underway at Clarion County YMCA
CLARION, Pa. – Registration for group swim lessons is underway at the Clarion County YMCA. Lessons are affordable and registration is held monthly.
GROUP SWIM LESSONS
Learn a valuable life skill with trained and experienced swim instructors in a safe, nurturing, and welcoming environment. Classes are available for everyone at different stages.
Our “Me and My Shadow” (A+B) class is for parents and young children who are ready to be introduced to the water for the first time. Classes 1+2 are for teaching basics, 3+4 are for developing a swim technique, and levels 5+6 are for developing and perfecting strokes. Please use the “level selector” on our website or ask our staff for support in placing your child in a class.
Please register by the 1st of the month.
Tuesday & Thursday—Maximum 10/session
Swim Basics (1+2) 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Stroke Introductions (3 & 4) 5:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
Stroke Development (5 & 6) if enough interest
Saturday
Me & My Shadow (A+B) 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
(Parent & Child Class)
For pricing view our registration form at www.clarioncountyymca.org/resources. Classes run monthly and all swimmers must register in advance at the membership desk by the first of the month.
Fees depend on class selection.
PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS
We offer private lessons for children and adults. Sign up at the front desk. We offer flexible lesson times and will work hard to schedule times that work best for you. Our private lessons are offered as four 30 minute lessons a month; once per week.
Youth Monthly Fee: $45 for members/$60 for non-members. Register by the first of the month at the front desk or contact [email protected] with questions. Those continuing lessons for the next month must register and pay by the 15th to guarantee a spot.
About the YMCA
For more information about the Clarion County YMCA and Y programs, please visit the YMCA website at www.clarioncountyymca.org, call 814-764-3400, and follow the Y on Facebook.
Hours
The Clarion County YMCA hours are Weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
(Article submitted by Michelle Murray, Marketing & Membership Director, Clarion County YMCA, Oil City YMCA, and YMCA Camp Coffman)
Clarion County YMCA and exploreClarion.com have partnered to provide the community with YMCA News. This is an exclusive article only found on exploreClarion.com.
The Clarion County YMCA is a branch of the Scenic Rivers Association, which includes the Oil City YMCA, Clarion County YMCA, Younger Days Child Care, and Camp Coffman.
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Two Charged With Delivering Fentanyl to Clarion County Woman
REDBANK TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Two individuals are facing felony drug charges after a Clarion County woman was found possessing fentanyl in May.
Court documents indicate that Clarion County Detectives filed criminal charges against 35-year-old Eric Randal Traister, of Edinboro, and 36-year-old Tori A. Kessler, of York, Pa., on Friday, August 26, in Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller’s office.
The charges stem from an investigation that was launched after 33-year-old Lindseylee Joy Brocious was found to be in possession of fentanyl, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, on May 18 at her residence located at 2706 Penn Street, Redbank Township, Clarion County.
According to a criminal complaint, the Clarion County District Attorney’s Office was contacted on May 20 by Clarion County Probation in reference to Brocious possessing fentanyl.
Officers were contacted by Brocious’ mother, who stated that Brocious was actively using heroin and had it at her house.
Upon arrival at Brocious’ residence on May 18, probation officers located fentanyl in foil on a bed. Brocious admitted to smoking some of the fentanyl right before probation arrived, the complaint states.
A probation officer went through Brocious’ phone, which showed evidence that she obtained the fentanyl from Eric Traister on May 18, the complaint indicates.
A search warrant for the phone was applied for and granted. The search determined that Brocious communicated via Facebook Messenger with Tori Kessler to facilitate the delivery of the fentanyl, the complaint notes.
According to the complaint, Kessler provided Brocious with her Cash App username, and Brocious subsequently sent $80.00 to Kessler on May 18.
Facebook messages between Traister and Brocious were also obtained, and they showed various messages including Traister telling Brocious to “come outside,” and that she left her purse in his vehicle, the complaint indicates.
On June 1, police interviewed Brocious at the Clarion County Jail, and she reportedly admitted to possessing the fentanyl. She reportedly stated she was “having problems with her leg and could not get pain medication,” the complaint states.
Police informed Brocious of the search warrant and that it was determined from her phone that she coordinated with Kessler and Traister to obtain the fentanyl, the complaint indicates.
According to the complaint, Brocious put her head down and stated, “Oh (expletive), you’re right. That did happen.”
Traister faces the following charges:
– Conspiracy – Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony
– Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony
– Criminal Use of Communication Facility, Felony 3
– Intentional Possession Controlled Substance By Person Not Registered, Misdemeanor
– Use/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Misdemeanor
Kessler faces the following charges:
– Conspiracy – Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony
– Criminal Use Of Communication Facility, Felony 3
Both individuals are currently awaiting a preliminary hearing.
Brocious was arraigned at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, in front of District Judge Timothy P. Schill on the following charges:
– Intentional Possession Controlled Substance By Person Not Registered, Misdemeanor
– Use/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Misdemeanor
The above charges against Brocious were ordered waived for court during a preliminary hearing in front of Judge Miller on Tuesday, August 9.
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Heading into the regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway last weekend, seven Chevrolet drivers had already secured their playoff positions by virtue of a win. With two remaining playoff spots up for grabs, Chevrolet drivers below the cutline took on the 2.5-mile Florida superspeedway in a “must-win” situation to keep their championship hopes alive.
Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon saw and conquered that challenge, scoring his first win of the 2022 season to claim a playoff berth. The famed Florida venue holds a special place in Dillon’s racing career, adding a crown jewel win to his name in the 2018 Daytona 500. A win at Daytona that gives Dillon and the No. 3 Camaro ZL1 team a chance at the championship title makes it that much sweeter.
While the 400-mile race was postponed until Sunday morning due to weather; Mother Nature continued to linger, causing an increase in urgency that effected moves on the track and calls from atop the pit box. After just receiving the “lucky dog” pass to get back onto the lead lap, a massive wreck transpired at the front of the pack. Dillon was able to maneuver his No. 3 Camaro ZL1 through the carnage to the front, moving the team to the top of the leaderboard just before the race went under red flag conditions due to rainfall for more than three hours.
When the track was back to race conditions, the field would take the green with 15 laps remaining, with Dillon back out front. The 32-year-old North Carolina native made a strong pass for the lead, with his RCR teammate, Tyler Reddick, in tow. Dillon stayed out front, taking the checkered by 0.128 seconds over Reddick to give the organization a 1-2 finish.
The bowtie brand went on to take four of the top-five finishing positions in the regular-season finale, with Landon Cassill, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Camaro ZL1, in fourth; and Noah Gragson scoring a NCS career-best finish of fifth in the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Camaro ZL1. This marks the seventh time this season that the final running order has seen Chevrolet drivers take four of the top-five finishing positions.. with that feat now being accomplished for the past two consecutive races.
“I felt like I had good Chevrolet teammates behind me,” said Dillon. “If I could get the lead, the 2 (Austin Cindric) would not be able to hold onto the draft. We've done it in practice enough to know that you'll lose the tail and it's hard to get back to it. I'm so proud of these guys and I'm glad to be going to Victory Lane.”
Dillon’s win brings Chevrolet’s NCS regular-season win total to 15 in 26-points paying races, more than double each of its manufacturer competitors. In a standout debut season for the Next Gen Camaro ZL1, the manufacturer also continues to leads the series in top-fives (63), top-10s (113), laps led (3,051) and stage wins (21) heading into the final 10-race stretch.
CHEVROLET TAKES EIGHT TO THE 2022 NCS PLAYOFFS
With at least one win to their names in the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season; eight Chevrolet drivers have clinched a berth in this season’s NCS playoffs, giving the bowtie brand 50 percent of the playoff field as the manufacturer looks to defend its NCS Driver and Manufacturer Championships. Since the debut of the 16-driver playoff format to the series in 2014; at least five Chevrolet drivers have been represented in the playoffs each season. The 2022 season also marks the fourth time since 2014 that Chevrolet has accounted for at least 50 percent of the playoff field, with 2015 bringing a manufacturer-high nine drivers to the playoffs.
Chevrolet All-Time NASCAR Cup Series
Championships:
Manufacturer Championships:
1st Chevy Title: 1958
Most Recent Title: 2021
Highest Number of Consecutive Titles: 13 (2003-2015)
Driver Championships:
1st Chevy title: Buck Baker (1957)
Most Recent: Kyle Larson (2021)
Highest Number of Consecutive Titles: 7 (2005-2011)
Chevrolet – the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history – recorded its series-leading 40th NCS Manufacturer Championship and its 33rd NCS Driver Championship in 2021. While looking to go back-to-back in manufacturer titles, the bowtie brand is looking to make it a three-peat in driver championships, following Chase Elliott (2020) and Kyle Larson’s (2021) first career NCS championships.
A look at the eight Chevrolet drivers in the NCS title hunt:
Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 – 1st in Playoff Standings
2022 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Champion
Victories: 4 (series-leading)
Top-Fives: 10 (tied for series-leading);
Top-10s: 17 (series-leading);
Laps Led: 719 (series-leading);
Average Finish: 10.5 (series-leading);
Stage Wins: 5
Of Note:
- For the first time in his NCS career, Elliott was crowned the 2022 NCS Regular Season Champion.
- The 2022 season marks Elliott’s seventh consecutive appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Elliott has advanced to the Championship 4 the past two seasons, winning his first career NCS Driver Championship in 2020.
- Six of his 17 career NCS wins have come in the playoffs.
Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Camaro ZL1 – 3rd in Playoff Standings
Victories: 2
Top-Fives: 10 (tied for series-leading);
Top-10s: 14
Laps Led: 583
Average Finish: 14.6
Stage Wins: 5
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Chastain’s first career appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Chastain secured a playoff berth with his first career NCS win at COTA in March; also marking Trackhouse Racing’s first win in the organization’s second season in the series.
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 – 4th in Playoff Standings
2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
Victories: 2
Top-Fives: 10 (tied for series-leading)
Top-10s: 13
Laps Led: 307
Average Finish: 14.3
Stage Wins: 3
Of Note:
- In 2021, Larson scored his first career NCS Regular Season Championship, going on to win his first career NCS Driver Championship.
- The 2022 season marks Larson’s sixth appearance in the NCS playoffs, with 2021 bringing Larson his first trip to the Championship 4.
- During the playoff era (2004-present); Larson leads the series in multiple playoff race wins in a single season’ with five in 2021 (Bristol, Charlotte ROVAL, Texas, Kansas, Phoenix).
William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 – 5th in Playoff Standings
Victories: 2
Top-Fives: 4
Top-10s: 5
Laps Led: 612
Average Finish: 18.1
Stage Wins: 3
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Byron’s fourth consecutive appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Bryon’s career-best finish in the NCS playoffs came in 2021, finishing the season 10th in the final standings.
Tyler Reddick, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Camaro ZL1 – 8th in Playoff Standings
Victories: 2
Top-Fives: 8
Top-10s: 11
Laps Led: 331
Average Finish: 16.7
Stage Wins: 2
Of Notes:
- The 2022 season marks Reddick’s second consecutive appearance in the NCS playoffs, with his first coming in 2021.
- Reddick earned a playoff berth following his first career NCS win at Road America; going on to win his second of the season at the Indianapolis Road Course.
Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Camaro ZL1 – 13th in Playoff Standings
Victories: 1
Top-Fives: 6
Top-10s: 10
Laps Led: 238
Average Finish: 16.5
Stage Wins: 2
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Suarez’s first career appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Suarez earned his playoff berth following his first career NCS win at Sonoma Raceway.
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1 – 14th in Playoff Standings
Victories: 1
Top-Fives: 3
Top-10s: 10
Laps Led: 29
Average Finish: 15.7
Stage Wins: 1
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Bowman’s fifth consecutive appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Bowman has raced his way into the Round of 12 in each of his NCS playoff appearances; making it to the Round of Eight in the 2020 season to score a career-best sixth in the final standings.
Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Camaro ZL1 – 16th in Playoff Standings
Victories: 1
Top-Fives: 4
Top-10s: 8
Laps Led: 18
Average Finish: 19.8
Stage Wins: 0
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Dillon’s fifth appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Dillon’s playoff berth came from his win in the NCS regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway, after entering the weekend in a must-win scenario to take one of the final two playoff spots.
- Dillon’s career-best finish in the NCS playoffs is 11th, accomplishing that feat in 2017 and 2020.
CAMARO SS GOING FOR FOUR IN A ROW AT DARLINGTON
The Camaro SS has taken the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) season by storm, sitting at now 16 victories in the series’ 23 races thus far.. a win count that is more than double its manufacturer competitors combined. With 10 races still remaining in the season, Chevrolet’s current manufacturer-leading 16 wins has already matched its total number of victories recorded in the 2021 NXS season.
With just three races left in the NXS regular-season, five full-time NXS Chevrolet drivers have notched at least one win to clinch a playoff berth. Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger is en route to going back-to-back in NXS regular-season championship titles, holding strong atop the driver standings by 58-points over second. Chevrolet is also on the path to making it six in a row in NXS Manufacturer Championship titles, now reaching a triple digit lead in the manufacturer standings over its competitors.
On top of continuing its winning ways in the overall season, Chevrolet drivers and teams are heading into the Darlington race weekend looking to make it four in a row in NXS race wins at the “Lady in Black”. JR Motorsports has conquered the 1.366-mile South Carolina track for the past three NXS races held at the venue. Justin Allgaier and Noah Gragson swept the Darlington race wins in 2021, with Allgaier and the No. 7 Camaro SS team returning to victory lane at the track in May to score their first of three wins thus far this season.
ADDING ANOTHER WEEKEND SWEEP
For the second consecutive weekend, a Chevrolet-powered machine has made its way to victory lane in both the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series races to sweep the weekend. This isn’t an unfamiliar feat for Chevrolet in the 2022 season. The Daytona race weekend marked the ninth time that Chevrolet has swept the wins when the NCS and NXS are in competition on the same weekend.. two of which added in a NCWTS win to make it an all-Chevrolet victory lane across all three NASCAR national series.
BOWTIE BULLETS
· Victories by active Chevrolet drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington Raceway include:
Erik Jones (2019)
· In 122 NASCAR Cup Series races held at Darlington Raceway, Chevrolet has recorded 41 wins to lead all manufacturers. In addition, the bowtie brand has recorded 22 pole wins, 197 top-fives and 412 top-10s at the 1.366-mile South Carolina venue.
· In his nine career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Darlington Raceway, reigning NCS Champion Kyle Larson leads all active NCS drivers in average finishing position at the track (6.0). Larson also leads all active NCS drivers in runner-up finishes at Darlington with three, including last season’s playoff opener.
· In the 26-race NASCAR Cup Series regular-season, Chevrolet drivers have taken four of the top-five finishing positions in seven races, including the past two consecutive weekends (Watkins Glen and Daytona).
· Austin Dillon’s win at Daytona made him the eighth Chevrolet driver to claim a spot in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, giving the bowtie brand 50 percent of the 16-driver NCS playoff field.
· Chevrolet heads into the 10-race NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with a manufacturer-leading 15 NCS wins in 26 points-paying races. The bowtie brand also continues to lead its manufacturer competitors in NCS top-fives (63), top-10s (113), laps led (3,051) and stage wins (21).
· Seven Team Chevy drivers have combined 21 NASCAR Cup Series stage wins:
Tyler Reddick 2 - Fontana x2
Alex Bowman 1 - Las Vegas
Ross Chastain 4 - Las Vegas, Darlington, Charlotte, Pocono, Richmond
William Byron 3 – Phoenix, Atlanta, Talladega
Daniel Suarez 2 – COTA, Charlotte
Chase Elliott 3 – Martinsville x2, Charlotte, Atlanta x2
Kyle Larson 3 – Bristol, Sonoma, Pocono
· Chevrolet leads the driver points standing in both the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. 2022 NCS Regular-Season Champion, Chase Elliott, enters race one of the Round of 16 at the top of the leaderboard with 2,040 points and 40 playoff points. AJ Allmendinger continues to lead the NXS standings by 58 points. Chevrolet – reigning NCS and NXS Manufacturer Champions – remains atop both manufacturer points standings.
· With its 40 NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Championships, 33 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Championships, and 829 all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins, Chevrolet continues to hold the title of winningest brand in NASCAR.
FOR THE FANS
· Fans can visit the Team Chevy Racing Display in the Fan Midway at Darlington Raceway.
· Fans can check out an assortment of Chevrolet vehicles including: Silverado 2500HD Crew LTZ Diesel, Camaro ZL1, Silverado 1500 Crew ZR2, Tahoe Z71, Blazer RS, Corvette Z51.
· At the Chevrolet Display, fans can also view Kyle Larson’s No. 5 Camaro ZL1 show car.
Team Chevy Driver Appearances at the Display:
Saturday, September 3
· Bayley Currey & Ryan Vargas: 12:00 p.m.
· Myatt Snider: 12:15 p.m.
· Jeremy Clements: 12:45 p.m.
· Josh Berry & Sam Mayer: 1:00 p.m.
· Kris Wright: 1:15 p.m.
Sunday, September 4
· Erik Jones: 2:45 p.m.
· Tyler Reddick: 3:00 p.m.
· Corey LaJoie: 3:30 p.m.
Chevrolet Display Hours of Operation:
Saturday, September 3: 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 4: 12 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Tune In:
USA Network will broadcast the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, September 4. Live coverage can also be found on the NBCSports Gold App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
USA Network will broadcast the NASCAR Xfinity Series Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 3. Live coverage can also be found on the NBCSports Gold App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
QUOTABLE QUOTES
ROSS CHASTAIN, NO. 1 WORLDWIDE EXPRESS CAMARO ZL1
How does it feel to be in the playoffs for your first time?
"You know, I woke up on Monday morning and felt the same I have all year. I am glad about that because I was wondering if once Daytona was over if I would feel different because it’s the start of the playoffs. I feel like I've had a normal week so far and I'm staying in my routine. My routine is what has gotten me to this point, and I am looking forward to continuing that."
Have you received advice from anyone on how to handle the playoffs?
"I've gotten a lot of advice and a lot of opinions from people that genuinely want to help.
I'm not going to make major changes though. There's things I would like to clean up and make better, but ideally, the most egregious thing we do out of the ordinary this week is have a team lunch to kick off the playoffs."
Darlington is one of your better tracks, maybe even your best track. How does that make you feel about this weekend and it being the first race of the playoffs?
"Driving the 2.5 hours home back to Mooresville after Darlington is frustrating because you realize that you could've won if a couple of things went different or if you would would've asked for this one adjustment. In my experience, I think about how I've over driven Darlington. You really do have to go slow to go fast, but as a racecar driver, that's hard to do. We had a fast car there in the spring but everyone has had time to work on their setups and we'll have to go there and perform again."
AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 BETMGM CAMARO ZL1
What are your thoughts on Darlington Raceway?
“I’ve always loved Darlington Raceway. It’s a historic track and a lot of drivers and teams circle it at the beginning of the year as a place they would love to win at, myself included. We finished second at Darlington a couple of years ago. It’s a demanding track. Darlington is a place that falls off, so tire management becomes important, and I really like that. It’s nice that we're going to place that long run speed matters a bit.”
Does making the NASCAR Playoffs give you a sense of validation?
“I think every time you make the NASCAR Playoffs, it’s validation to yourself that you’re one of the guys. We’ve made it five times now. I don’t know how many years I’ve been doing this, but every time you’re not in it, it doesn’t feel good. You’re not going to the banquet at the end of the year. You feel like you let your guys down. You feel like you let your company down. For me, it’s everything. It feels good to get a chance to compete for a championship. I did feel like we should have been locked into the Playoffs earlier than this, but it doesn’t matter how you get in, you got in. 15 different winners this year. That’s a testament to this NextGen car and how competitive the field is. I don’t think there’s any other form of motorsports that has this type of competitiveness week-in and week-out. Take Watkins Glen, for instance, and the spread from first to 20th. You look at the time sheet, and you are holding your break for a hundredth to move you up five sports. It’s what the NASCAR Cup Series is supposed to be. It’s challenging. You never give up, and that’s been the theme of this season.”
Now that you are locked into the NASCAR Playoffs, how do you feel about the first round?
“Actually, the first round has historically been a good round for us on the No. 3 team. We’ve done a good job of upsetting some teams in that first round. Darlington Raceway is a good place for me, so it’s a great starting point. I think we finished second at that track the last time I was in the Playoffs, so I feel good about Darlington. We’ve got to improve on what we took there earlier this year. When those long runs happen at Darlington and the tires wear out, I feel like that’s some of the best driving I do. Kansas Speedway was a decent track for us earlier this year. We’re just going to have to go to work and work really, really hard on the SIM at Chevrolet and at RCR. It won’t be from a lack of effort over the next three weeks to progress and try to get another win.”
KYLE LARSON, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM CAMARO ZL1
Larson on Darlington Raceway and the Round of 16:
"We had a really fast car last time before we had trouble. The first round has a lot of really good tracks for us. Darlington (Raceway), Kansas (Speedway) and Bristol (Motor Speedway). Those are honestly three of my best racetracks. I really like that round and hopefully we can do well in it and get some wins and get some bonus points. I have always run really well at Darlington, but have not gotten a win there yet. I finished second three times in a row before this year, so would love to be one spot better there and finally get that Darlington win that I have been close to getting."
CLIFF DANIELS, CREW CHIEF, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM CAMARO ZL1
Daniels on the challenge of setting a car up for Darlington:
"It drives me crazy trying to set the car up but Darlington (Raceway) is hands down my favorite track on the circuit with Bristol (Motor Speedway) probably close behind that. Darlington is such a challenge. The track itself, how to race it, how to run your own race, executing the pit stops and the green-flag strategy. Everything around Darlington is a true, gritty, racer-type feel to the track and race – it just has that aura. I enjoy it but I am pulling my hair out every second of the day trying to get it right, have a good plan and have a good car to do the things we need to do but that is part of what makes it fun."
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA / CHILDREN’S CAMARO ZL1
Elliott on this weekend’s "DESI9N TO DRIVE" paint scheme and program:
"Partnering with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has been going on for about five years now, but last year was the first year we kind of brought it to life on track. That came through an opportunity with NAPA AUTO PARTS, which is my primary sponsor and has been a great partner. When you have a partner that is willing to give up its race to let someone design the car, get behind the foundation and try to make a difference in the community, I think that really says a lot. You don’t see that very often. I’m looking forward to having Dani, the young lady that designed the car, and her family at the track this weekend and hosting them. I’m hoping everyone loves that paint scheme as much as I do."
Elliott on kicking off the playoffs in Darlington:
"Darlington (Raceway) is the beginning of a long road ahead. A lot can happen in 10 weeks. A lot can happen in one race weekend, much less 10. So, you know, it’s baby steps and one weekend at a time. Darlington is that first stop and you want to try to get off on a good note and see where it takes you. We’re happy to have those 15 bonus points. We’ve never been in a position to have many bonus points going into the final 10. Hopefully, we can take those points we’ve accumulated and help us get through these rounds. Hopefully, we don’t need them, but if you do have a bad day, you have a little bit of something to fall back on which is always nice. I’m looking forward to getting going and seeing where we stack up this first week and where we need to go from there."
WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 VALVOLINE CAMARO ZL1
Byron on his thoughts for the first race of the playoffs:
"I’m optimistic heading back to Darlington (Raceway) for the second time this year. We had the speed we needed in the spring to be in the lead when it mattered. The fall race is always a challenge though when it comes to heat and the transition throughout the race. I’m confident in Rudy (Fugle) and my team, though, that we’ll be prepared for every scenario. Getting off on the right foot for the first race of the playoffs is crucial so you’re not feeling like you are trying to play catch-up throughout the round. If we put together solid races and control the factors we can control, I think we can end the race with a win or at least a good result, which will set us up well for the next two races."
RUDY FUGLE, CREW CHIEF, NO. 24 VALVOLINE CAMARO ZL1
Fugle on what he expects from Sunday’s race:
"We ran well in the spring race at Darlington (Raceway) but this weekend’s race will be about as different as can be. It’s a longer race for starters, so there will be a bigger emphasis on strategy, especially with how high tire fall off is there. Sunday’s race is going to be much hotter than it was earlier this year. I do think we have some good notes to work off of since this race starts in the daytime. The biggest thing will be making changes to keep up with the track as it transitions from day to night. I think whoever keeps up with those changes the best will be the ones who find themselves running up front towards the end. Hopefully that’s the No. 24 team and we can kick off the first race of the playoffs with a good run."
TY DILLON, NO. 42 EG3 TECHNOLOGIES CAMARO ZL1
"Darlington is one of my favorite racetracks, if not my most favorite, that we go to. It makes a unique challenge for the drivers to race through all 500 miles, and I always look forward to having the opportunity of racing at one of the oldest, most historic venues in our sport. I think that we have a chance to continue our momentum at a track that I've ran well at in the past, so hopefully we will have our best day of the year yet."
ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1
Bowman on making the playoffs for a fifth consecutive year with Hendrick Motorsports:
"I am super happy to make the playoffs again and I think it shows the strength of our organization. We have a lot of really smart people working on our cars and giving me the best equipment each weekend to go out there and compete for wins. Greg (Ives) and myself have made the playoffs every season we have been together, and I am looking forward to getting another shot to compete for a championship."
GREG IVES, CREW CHIEF, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1
Ives on going into his last playoffs as a crew chief:
"It’s bittersweet for me. Obviously, I have had a lot of success in the past, but this is my last shot to get a Cup Series championship. I think we have the team capable of contending every weekend and a driver that can get it done. We just have to continue to work hard, stay focused on each weekend and capitalize on every opportunity we get. I have enjoyed my career as a crew chief, and I will take in every moment as I close out this season."
DANIEL SUAREZ, NO. 99 JOCKEY CAMARO ZL1
After waiting since June, are you ready for the playoffs?
"I am. Let's hammer down."
What is your strategy?
"I don't know if you have a strategy other than to do the same things you have been doing all year that got you to this place. You have to drive smart, learn as much as you can and make no mistakes."
Are you entering the playoffs with momentum?
"Things were looking good Sunday before the rain on the track in Daytona ended our race. We ran pretty good at Watkins Glen. My team has been improving all year so we feel very confident."
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge Thursday appeared to give a boost to former President Donald Trump's hopes for appointing an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI, questioning the Justice Department's arguments that Trump couldn't make the request and that a special master would needlessly delay its investigation.
"Ultimately, what is the harm" in such an appointment, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon asked department lawyers. But she did not rule on the request, saying she would do so later.
Lawyers for Trump say the appointment of a special master is necessary to ensure an independent inspection of the documents seized by the FBI during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago.
This kind of review, they say, would allow for "highly personal information" such as diaries or journals to be filtered out from the investigation and returned to Trump, along with any other documents that may be protected by claims of attorney-client privilege or executive privilege.
Chris Kise, a Trump lawyer and former Florida solicitor general, told Cannon that appointing a neutral party would restore public faith in the investigation.
"This is an unprecedented situation. We need to lower the temperature," Kise said. "We need to take a deep breath."
The Justice Department has said an appointment is unwarranted because investigators have completed their review of potentially privileged records and already identified "a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information." The government also says Trump lacks legal grounds to demand the return of presidential documents because they do not belong to him since he no longer occupies the White House.
"He is no longer president, said Jay Bratt, the head of the Justice Department's counterintelligence section. "He is unlawfully in possession of them."
The department has also expressed concerns that the appointment could delay the investigation, in part because a special master probably would need to obtain a security clearance to review the records and special authorization from intelligence agencies.
But Cannon, who said she would issue a written ruling at some point, pressed the government on its resistance, asking, "Ultimately what is the harm?"
The request for a special master last week opened the door for the Justice Department to disclose additional information from its investigation that might not otherwise have become public at this point. Late Tuesday, for instance, the department filed a document that cited efforts to obstruct the investigation, saying documents were "likely concealed and removed" from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago.
Cannon had said on Saturday, before the latest arguments in the matter, that her "preliminary intent" was to appoint a special master. It was not clear whether she might make a final determination Thursday or how her view might be affected by the fact that the Justice Department says it has already reviewed potentially privileged documents.
It was also not clear who might be serve as that outside expert. In some past high-profile cases, the role has been filled by a former federal judge.
Cannon was nominated by Trump in 2020 and confirmed by the Senate 56-21 later that year. She is a former assistant U.S. attorney in Florida, handling mainly criminal appeals.
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Tucker reported from Washington.
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“I swear to God, I’ll f–king take this ball and shove it down your f–king throat!.” — Serena Williams before a national and international TV audience to lineswoman Shino Tsurubuchi during the 2009 U.S. Open.
Well, we media folks have done it again. We’ve taken indisputable, recurring and conspicuous facts and buried them to create a sustainable fiction in service to nervous, cautious lies.
It’s known as the Tiger Woods Media Pandering Syndrome. It’s not enough that Woods and Serena Williams were superior in their sports, among the all-time best. To that, unfiltered nonsense had to be infused:
They were the most noble to have ever played. Their unparalleled goodness may never be surpassed. They were the most extraordinarily positive influences, role models, humanitarians, offspring, spouses, parents and selfless crusaders who have touched our otherwise miserable, desperate souls.
This week, Coast to Coast and via all form of media, Williams was crowned as more than a world championship tennis player. She is a woman of extraordinary valor and class.
Doesn’t matter how much evidence to the contrary, and there’s plenty. It was wishful, ignorant, obligatory and unnecessary rubbish. Or is the Tiger Woods Impaired Driving Academy and the Serena Williams Charm School coming to a strip mall near you?
Tennis may never again be “graced” by a woman who was such a relentlessly rotten winner and worse loser. She, and only she, was the reason she won or lost. If she extended credit to an opponent it was heard as insincere, brief, parenthetical and culled.
Was it mere coincidence that many in attendance at Williams’ second-round win, Wednesday, felt entitled to boorish, bully behavior in support of Williams, cheering opponent Anett Kontaveit’s errors including double faults?
During and after the match, judging from her silence, Williams, media personification of the sportswoman, was good with that.
Williams’ livid, wild-eyed tantrum at the chair ump during the 2018 Open — he’d detected she was cheating, which she denied, via signals from a coach before she shouted, among other things, “You’re a thief!” — was also cheered by the obnoxious.
Williams later dubiously excused herself by explaining her behavior as an attempt to strike a blow for women’s rights.
Sure enough, selectively blind and deaf media lined up to buy that “social activism” fiction. As always, she threw a fit on her own behalf, only.
The woman whose rights were trampled that day was newcomer Naomi Osaka, left in tears for the audacity to have beaten Williams in the final, as U.S. Open chair Katrina Adams took the court microphone to declare disappointment for all in the outcome as Williams will always be her and our champion.
Adams, a black woman, later amended her claim to explain she was “thrilled” to be standing on the podium with “two women of color.” The head of the U.S. Open held an admitted bias based on race rather than tennis.
Even Williams’ last go at Wimbledon, this summer, was tethered to reports of excessive self-entitlement. Wimbledon held a Centenary Celebration marking 100 years of its Centre Court. Past champs, including injured Roger Federer, flew in.
Williams blew it off. According to UK media, she was miffed that the five luxury courtesy cars she and her entourage requested and were provided, were expected to be returned the day after a player is eliminated. House rules.
After losing in the first round, claimed the reports, Wimbledon refused her request to hang on to the cars for the duration of the tournament. So Williams bolted, to hell with that ceremony and Wimbledon.
Weeks later in Cincinnati, ticket-buyers lured by a last live look at Williams, were treated to her recurring gracious side. Crushed in the first round, she bolted, refusing a farewell to the crowd on the court microphone then refusing to attend a post-match media session.
As for that vulgar, threatening 2009 episode with that Open lineswoman, she actually continued to verbally abuse her as she apparently correctly concluded that there was no way anyone would have the temerity to disqualify her for such abhorrently low conduct.
Or would the No. 30-seed have been granted such an indulgence?
Afterwards, she was incensed by the mere suggestion that she owed that lineswoman an apology: “An apology? From me? Well, how many people yell at linespeople?” Yeah, hers was standard tennis behavior.
She later claimed she apologized.
The recent movie “King Richard,” a varnished tale of the Williams Sisters’ often unhinged and bigoted father and mentor — Serena was its executive producer — this year won for Will Smith the Academy Award for Best Actor. Yet, it has been a colossal box office bust.
Reasons given: the COVID pandemic and its streaming on HBO Max.
Reasons not given is that the discerning public has grown sick of the Williams Family’s act, tired of advertisers and media shoving Serena down our better senses as someone we all love and admire.
This week, ESPN’s lead Open voices, Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, and Chris Evert, swapped obsequious, all-glory-to-Serena sonnets — artificially sweetened fairytales. Both having witnessed much of Williams’ excessive misconduct there is nothing better to conclude than that their commentary was transparently and intentionally dishonest.
Tiger Woods Pandering Media Syndrome. Don’t believe what you see and know, believe what you’re told to believe. Some truths are none of your business.
Old-Timers’ Days show what teams think of their fans
The combined nickel-and-dime forces of Rob Manfred, Hal Steinbrenner and Yankees president Randy Levine have combined to turn West Coast, exclusively streamed Yankee games into next-day rumors. Tuesday’s Yanks-Angels may as well have been played on the Island of Hoo-Hah.
But since new Yankee Stadium opened 12 years ago, much about the Yankees — ticket-pricing, 45 bucks to park, food and drink costs, conspicuously empty good seats — have created the aura of a clip joint.
Consider the great show the Mets staged for Saturday’s Old-Timers’ Day, compared to this season’s on-the-cheap Yankees’ version.
The Little League World Series as presented by ESPN is annually loaded with wonder beyond the necessity for a home run derby and the mindless celebrations of immodest behavior among 12-year-olds.
Yet again, this year, ESPN attached a microphone to a non-English speaking coach while providing no interpreter.
Sunday, as the coach of Curacao came to the mound to try to stop the bleeding against Hawaii, he was fully heard saying something, most likely in Papiamentu: a Creole blend of African, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, English, and Arawak Indian spoken in Curacao.
How do you say, “Here, wear this microphone” in Papiamentu?
Then there’s Jessica Mendoza, the still-untreated baseball blabbermouth — “A blabbermouth, Alice!” — who inspires dangerous human dashes for the mute button.
Though lately starved for pitching, Aaron Boone still chooses to try to avert disasters by inviting them.
Saturday in Oakland, Domingo German was this good: 7 ²/₃ innings, three hits allowed, no walks and striking out five on 79 pitches in a 0-0 game.
Boone had seen enough! Out came German! The Yanks lost, 3-2, in 11.
Well, the Manning Clan is back in TV ads to take their cut of suckering young men into losing their money betting on sports. What champs!
Reader Alfred Masi asks if Pete Alonso’s recent over-the-knee bat-breaking indicates his desire to be a lumberjack. Either that or he’s part of a splinter group.
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Parents were left frustrated — but not surprised — when the results of a national test released Thursday showed just how devastating COVID-related learning disruptions have been to their kids.
“We didn’t need data to tell us this. We could feel it in our living rooms,” said Keri Rodrigues, a Massachusetts mom and co-founder of the National Parents Union.
“We have been screaming and crying about what we know,” Rodrigues told The Post, citing concerns ranging from learning loss to schoolchildren’s declining mental health.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress exam — known as “the nation’s report card” — showed a dramatic decline in the math and reading scores of 9-year-olds nationwide over the pandemic, according to the federal data released Thursday.
It marked the largest dip in reading scores since 1990, and the first decline in those for math since the test launched a half-century ago.
Nathan Brinkman, a parent of fourth and seventh graders in public schools from Arlington, Virginia, was likewise “not surprised” to see the scores decline.
For almost the full 2020-21 school year, his kids’ school district implemented a four-day week, and when students returned in person, the day was shortened, Brinkman told The Post.
“The quantity of instruction was radically curtailed, and the quality of instruction was significantly degraded,” Brinkman said.
Parents also pointed to other impacts of the pandemic on schoolkids.
“There is no way a test can measure the impact that sickness, death of caregivers and other loved ones, and watching systems fail historically underserved populations has on any of us,” said Jody Drezner Alperin, a parent to a 10th grader and of a recent graduate in New York City. “Least of all, our youngest community members.”
One in every 200 children in New York City have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19, the nonprofit outlet The City reported this spring.
Yiatin Chu, whose daughter is entering the sixth grade in New York City, had one message for The Post — that “there’s catch up to do.”
“Am I surprised? No,” she said. “I think anyone that’s been paying attention expected a general decline in how our kids are doing academically.”
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At the dawn of the summer, teacher Patrice Brown received a pink slip from her employer, asking her not to return for the 2022 school year.
The curvaceous educator claims she was fired because the school’s principal took issue with her penchant for wearing skintight dresses and hip-hugging leggings.
Brown, who teaches first- and second-graders, has been gaining notoriety for her workwear for years.
In 2016, photos of her wearing skintight jeans went viral on Facebook, and she was dubbed #TeacherBae.
And in the years that followed, she hasn’t let the attention detract her from doing — and wearing — what she loves.
“I’d always go to work and take pictures of myself in the classroom setting, showing off how much I love my profession and looking beautiful while teaching kids,” Brown, 33, from Atlanta, told The Post, noting that her clothing is well within the “vague” guidelines for Atlanta Public School teachers.
It’s not just students wracking up dress code violations. Teachers are also getting written up for looking supposedly too sexy for the classroom.
New Jersey art teacher Roxsana Diaz was criticized online this week for her form-fitting outfits, with incensed moms and dads calling for her termination. She’s hardly alone.
“Teachers are often bullied [for their looks] by the administration, parents, other teachers, and in higher grades, the students,” said Brown, who has found a new job at a different school teaching first-graders. “What teachers are wearing should not be the focus. The focus should be on the kids.”
Diaz, of Pennsauken, N.J., echoed those sentiments amid her own classroom-clothes controversy via Instagram Monday.
“[Parents should] want someone teaching your children that will love and protect your children as if they were their own,” said the well-endowed art instructor in the caption of a video post to her over 987,000 followers. “I am an artist & an influencer as well as a teacher.”
Per Pennsauken Public School’s employee operations manual from 2018 to 2019, the most recently available online, when it comes to teacher apparel, “Form-fitting pants such as leggings and tights must be covered with a top reaching no higher than 4-inches above the knee.” The policy also states, “Sneakers … dungarees or jeans … excessively tight fitting clothing is not permitted.”
Saucy snaps of Diaz posed in shape-accentuating togs while leading a class full of little ones prompted digital outrage.
“You’re in a classroom taking Instagram pictures with your a – s out,” said one cyber critic under an Instagram shot of her wearing fitted jeans and sneakers with her rear to a student. “Showing pictures in the class with your butt in the air is very inappropriate!,” penned another outraged commentator.
“You shouldn’t be a teacher,” another argued.
Meanwhile, second grade teacher Madi Dew, 23, agreed that she and her fellow educators should be able to wear whatever makes them feel “cute and confident,” but she’s gone viral for transforming her sexy threads into professional looks.
“I layer,” said Dew, who lives in central Florida, and asked not to reveal her full name for privacy. “At my school, we can’t wear spaghetti straps or show our shoulders, so I put T-shirts under dresses that might be a little lower cut and I wear a lot of undershirts.”
She also loosens straps to make her dresses longer or wears a cute cardigan over frocks to hide any visible skin.
Dew, who plans to relocate and teach in South Korea next month, scored over 1.8 million TikTok views on a “how-to” video about reimagining her flirty finery into fits that often get a thumbs-up from her school’s principal.
In the clip, she shows her over 71,000 followers how she often slips a thin turtleneck under a summer slip or tosses a graphic tee over a hot little number she’d otherwise wear to brunch with friends.
Her craftiness aside, Dew believes a teacher’s passion for educating kids should outweigh what she’s wearing.
“I don’t think our clothes need to be nitpicked so much, especially when there’s a teacher shortage,“ she said.
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A New York City private school administrator has been secretly recorded confessing that she sneaks her liberal political “agenda” into the classroom and complaining about “really awful” white Republicans.
Jennifer “Ginn” Norris, who works at the Trinity School on the Upper East Side, was filmed by conservative outlet Project Veritas saying that she tries to “disrupt” wherever she can and that she and other teachers have been “sneaking” their activism in through the cracks.
“There’s always groups of teachers who want to do these [activist] things but the administration just wouldn’t let us,” Norris says in the clip. “So, we’ve been just sneaking things in [through] the cracks.”
Norris, who is listed as the director of student activities at the $60,000-a-year school, said she has the opportunity to bring in guest speakers twice a week and that she told her boss she would be “100% Democratic” with the kids.
Asked by Project Veritas if she would ever let a Republican voice on campus, Norris said: “I won’t.”
Norris added, “I’m in charge as far as they [the administration] are concerned. So, if they want to do that [bring Republican speakers], then somebody else has to do it. Because — not on my watch, I guess.”
Elsewhere in the secret recording, Norris suggested she has issues with some white male students on campus.
“Unfortunately, it’s the white boys who feel very entitled to express their opposite opinions and just push back,” Norris said. “There’s a huge contingent of them that are just horrible. And you’re like, ‘Are you always going to be horrible, or are you just going to be horrible right now?’ Don’t know.”
When asked if there was any saving Republican white guys, Norris responded: “I don’t know. I think they need to go. I think they’re really awful people. That’s kind of what I’m afraid of with my white students that are rich. I’m like — do you ever have to deal with this? They’re so protected by capitalism. It makes me sad.”
The Post’s attempts to reach both Norris and the head of the Trinity School regarding the video were unsuccessful Thursday.
It is unclear where the video was filmed, but the date on the clip indicates it was taken on June 12.
The circumstances surrounding the secret recording also aren’t clear, but in the past Project Veritas has filmed unaware subjects under the guise of being on a date.
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Multiple Washington, D.C. residents have reported their vehicles stolen, claiming thieves used a tow truck late at night to carry their cars away.
In one case, video from a home security camera showed the moments late at night as a tow truck pulled up in front of a D.C. residence and carried away a man's brand new 2022 Honda Accord he said he only had for a little over a month.
Lyndon Bilal said he had just started to get comfortable parking his new car in front of his home.
“I’ve lost something that I had just fallen in love with,” Bilal said. “It took less than two minutes for them to steal it,” he told NBC Washington.
That crime was captured on camera at around 4:30 p.m. ET early that morning.
In another case before that, D.C. resident Jaclyn Baker said in late February, her doorbell camera caught the moments when, at around 3 a.m. ET, a tow truck could be seen pulling up to the new Corvette she had just purchased.
She described how she was very attached to the car, saying, “As soon as this model of Corvette came out, I saw it at the D.C. Auto Show, and I immediately knew that that was my dream car."
"To see it be pulled off in the middle of the night at 3 in the morning, it was shocking," Baker said.
What was even more shocking was that police told her they later found the car but that “Somebody had been shot and killed in the front seat,” Baker said.
D.C. police are investigating the cases, trying to determine if they are connected.
"I'd hate for other people to have to go through what I went through, getting my car stolen," Baker said. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/another-alleged-car-theft-by-a-tow-truck-reported-in-the-us-capital | 2022-09-02T01:14:39Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/another-alleged-car-theft-by-a-tow-truck-reported-in-the-us-capital | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A bear seriously lacerated a woman’s arm in Colorado on Wednesday while she tried to put her backyard hot tub lid back on, authorities said.
The attack occurred in New Castle shortly after 2 a.m., according to a statement from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
“The woman saw the lid to her hot tub was partially removed and went outside to put the lid back on. While fixing the lid she noticed a bear coming out of a tree and charging at her,” the statement said. “The bear, later determined to be the sow, swiped at the woman, hitting and severely lacerating her arm.”
The injured woman managed to get inside her home, where she called 911. She also sustained scratches to her back, officials said.
When New Castle police arrived, there were four bears, a sow and three cubs, nearby, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, which ordered police to “shoot and kill the sow.” The sow was in a tree when it was killed, according to the agency.
The agency initially could not determine if the sow or one of the cubs had attacked the woman. The decision was made to euthanize the bears, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. One cub was euthanized.
Because of the location of two other cubs in a tree, along with the close proximity of a busy road and homes, Colorado Parks and Wildlife decided to wait to euthanize the remaining cubs.
During a follow-up investigation, Colorado Parks and Wildlife determined the sow was the only bear involved in the attack.
Since the two remaining cubs were not directly involved in the attack, the agency sent the cubs to a rehabilitation facility. The remains of the sow and cub are being sent to the agency’s Wildlife Health Lab for necropsy, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/woman-attacked-by-bear-in-colorado-while-fixing-lid-on-her-backyard-hot-tub/article_22e48014-2a55-11ed-afcd-2b9043674a04.html | 2022-09-02T01:17:27Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/woman-attacked-by-bear-in-colorado-while-fixing-lid-on-her-backyard-hot-tub/article_22e48014-2a55-11ed-afcd-2b9043674a04.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. — The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Benton County Sheriff’s Foundation for the month of September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, in order to raise awareness for combating childhood cancer.
Anyone who donates at least $10 will receive a gold patch, designed specifically for the cause. The organizations made 200 patches, and there are 75 left so far. At the end of the month, all the donations will go toward a nonprofit that works with children diagnosed with cancer. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/benton-county-sheriffs-office-raising-money-for-childhood-cancer-awareness/article_7e40d53a-2a4f-11ed-9f9b-072a4edcda97.html | 2022-09-02T01:17:33Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/benton-county-sheriffs-office-raising-money-for-childhood-cancer-awareness/article_7e40d53a-2a4f-11ed-9f9b-072a4edcda97.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — The Washington state Department of Transportation will pave sections of State Route 125 in Walla Walla starting September 6. Crews will start on the south end and work north until the Dalles and Military Road intersection.
The pave work is meant to extend the roadway’s life and offer a smoother ride. Crews are also making crosswalks ADA accessible as they pave.
Single-lane closures will be in place day and night while crews work. Sidewalks and bike lanes will also be closed. Slow down when driving past the workers. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/crews-to-pave-state-route-125-in-walla-walla/article_a55b0184-2a56-11ed-ab17-9bab712fa8d4.html | 2022-09-02T01:17:39Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/crews-to-pave-state-route-125-in-walla-walla/article_a55b0184-2a56-11ed-ab17-9bab712fa8d4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Transit will offer free rides to those 18 and younger starting October 1 following approval of a state grant and from the city council. Youth passengers, or those 18 and under, just have to prove they are eligible with some form of ID to ride without fees on fixed route busing, the Yakima-Ellensburg Commuter and qualified Dial-A-Ride services.
Youth can prove their identity with a current school ID, a valid government ID, their birth certificate, or the preferred option, a Yakima Transit Youth Card. The cards are available for free at the Yakima Transit Center (S 4th Street and Walnut Avenue) and the City of Yakima Public Works facility (2301 Fruitvale Boulevard). Use a birth certificate or government ID at either location to receive a card.
Kids under six won’t have to prove they’re eligible. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/yakima-transit-offers-free-rides-to-youth/article_e6f5c5d6-2a4a-11ed-8380-d74230f0d232.html | 2022-09-02T01:17:45Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/yakima-transit-offers-free-rides-to-youth/article_e6f5c5d6-2a4a-11ed-8380-d74230f0d232.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to a record-setting 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters.
Thomas Webster’s prison sentence is the longest so far among roughly 250 people who have been punished for their conduct during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The previous longest was shared by two other rioters, who were sentenced separately to seven years and three months in prison.
Webster, a 20-year NYPD veteran, was the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge and the first to present a self-defense argument. A jury rejected Webster’s claim that he was defending himself when he tackled Metropolitan Police Department officer Noah Rathbun and grabbed his gas mask outside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Webster, 56, to 10 years in prison plus three years of supervised release. He allowed Webster to report to prison at a date to be determined instead of immediately ordering him into custody.
“Mr. Webster, I don’t think you’re a bad person,” the judge said. “I think you were caught up in a moment. But as you know, even getting caught up in a moment has consequences.”
Webster turned to apologize to Rathbun, who was in the courtroom but didn’t address the judge. Webster said he wishes he had never come to Washington, D.C.
“I wish the horrible events of that day had never happened,” he told the judge.
The judge said Rathbun wasn’t Webster’s only victim on Jan. 6.
“The other victim was democracy, and that is not something that can be taken lightly,” Mehta added.
Federal prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of 17 years and six months. The court’s probation department had recommended a 10-year prison sentence. Mehta wasn’t bound by the recommendations.
In a court filing, prosecutors accused Webster of “disgracing a democracy that he once fought honorably to protect and serve.” Webster led the charge against police barricades at the Capitol’s Lower West Plaza, prosecutors said. They compared the attack to a medieval battle, with rioters pelting officers with makeshift projectiles and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.
“Nothing can explain or justify Mr. Webster’s rage. Nothing can explain or justify his violence,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Hava Mirell said Thursday.
Defense attorney James Monroe said in a court filing that the mob was “guided by unscrupulous politicians” and others promoting the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from the Republican incumbent. He questioned why prosecutors argued that Webster didn’t deserve leniency for his 25 years of service to his country and New York City.
“That is not how we measure justice. That is revenge,” Monroe said.
In May, jurors deliberated for less than three hours before they convicted Webster of all six counts in his indictment, including a charge that he assaulted Rathbun with a dangerous weapon, the flagpole.
Also Thursday, a New Jersey man pleaded guilty to using pepper spray on police officers, including one who later died. Officer Brian Sicknick suffered a stroke the day after the riot and died of natural causes. He and other officers were standing guard behind metal bicycle racks as the mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
Julian Khater, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon. He could face up to 20 years in prison, though will likely face a sentence ranging from about 6 1/2 to 8 years at a hearing set for December.
The case against Khater and a second man have been among the more notable brought by the Justice Department. George Pierre Tanios brought the pepper spray in a backpack. Tanios previously pleaded guilty and is also set to be sentenced in December.
Webster had testified at trial that he was trying to protect himself from a “rogue cop” who punched him in the face. He also accused Rathbun of instigating the confrontation.
Rathbun testified that he didn’t punch or pick a fight with Webster. Rathbun said he was trying to move Webster back from a security perimeter that he and other officers were struggling to maintain.
Rathbun’s body camera captured Webster shouting profanities and insults before they made any physical contact. The video shows that Webster slammed one of the bike racks at Rathbun before the officer reached out with an open left hand and struck the right side of Webster’s face.
After Rathbun struck his face, Webster swung a metal flag pole at the officer in a downward chopping motion, striking a bike rack. Rathbun grabbed the broken pole from Webster, who charged at the officer, tackled him to the ground and grabbed his gas mask, choking him by the chin strap.
Webster drove alone to Washington, D.C., from his home near Goshen, New York, on the eve of the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, where Trump addressed thousands of supporters. Webster was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a Marine Corps flag on a metal pole when he joined the mob that stormed the Capitol.
Webster said he went to the Capitol to “petition” lawmakers to “relook” at the results of the 2020 presidential election. But he testified that he didn’t intend to interfere with Congress’ joint session to certify President Joe Biden‘s victory.
Webster retired from the NYPD in 2011 after 20 years of service, which included a stint on then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s private security detail. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1985 to 1989 before joining the NYPD in 1991. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/ex-nypd-officer-gets-record-10-year-sentence-for-jan-6-riot/ | 2022-09-02T01:19:16Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/ex-nypd-officer-gets-record-10-year-sentence-for-jan-6-riot/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge Thursday appeared to give a boost to former President Donald Trump’s hopes for appointing an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI, questioning the Justice Department’s arguments that Trump couldn’t make the request and that a special master would needlessly delay its investigation.
“Ultimately, what is the harm” in such an appointment, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon asked department lawyers. But she did not rule on the request, saying she would do so later.
Lawyers for Trump say the appointment of a special master is necessary to ensure an independent inspection of the documents seized by the FBI during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago.
This kind of review, they say, would allow for “highly personal information” such as diaries or journals to be filtered out from the investigation and returned to Trump, along with any other documents that may be protected by claims of attorney-client privilege or executive privilege.
Chris Kise, a Trump lawyer and former Florida solicitor general, told Cannon that appointing a neutral party would restore public faith in the investigation.
“This is an unprecedented situation. We need to lower the temperature,” Kise said. “We need to take a deep breath.”
The Justice Department has said an appointment is unwarranted because investigators have completed their review of potentially privileged records and already identified “a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information.” The government also says Trump lacks legal grounds to demand the return of presidential documents because they do not belong to him since he no longer occupies the White House.
“He is no longer president, said Jay Bratt, the head of the Justice Department’s counterintelligence section. “He is unlawfully in possession of them.”
The department has also expressed concerns that the appointment could delay the investigation, in part because a special master probably would need to obtain a security clearance to review the records and special authorization from intelligence agencies.
But Cannon, who said she would issue a written ruling at some point, pressed the government on its resistance, asking, “Ultimately what is the harm?”
The request for a special master last week opened the door for the Justice Department to disclose additional information from its investigation that might not otherwise have become public at this point. Late Tuesday, for instance, the department filed a document that cited efforts to obstruct the investigation, saying documents were “likely concealed and removed” from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago.
Cannon had said on Saturday, before the latest arguments in the matter, that her “preliminary intent” was to appoint a special master. It was not clear whether she might make a final determination Thursday or how her view might be affected by the fact that the Justice Department says it has already reviewed potentially privileged documents.
It was also not clear who might be serve as that outside expert. In some past high-profile cases, the role has been filled by a former federal judge.
Cannon was nominated by Trump in 2020 and confirmed by the Senate 56-21 later that year. She is a former assistant U.S. attorney in Florida, handling mainly criminal appeals. | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/trump-documents-probe-judge-appears-open-to-special-master/ | 2022-09-02T01:19:34Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/trump-documents-probe-judge-appears-open-to-special-master/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Japan chief cabinet secretary Matsuno with comments trying to support the falling yen - verbal intervention
I posted earlier today to be on the lookout for this sort of jawboning on the currency:
Matsuno:
- no comment on every day-to-day forex moves
- important for currencies to move stably reflecting economic fundamentals
- sharp fx fluctuations not desirable
- watching fx moves with high sense of urgency
- volatility is rising in recent forex market
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USD/JPY update: | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/japan-chief-cabinet-secretary-matsuno-tries-to-talk-up-the-yen-20220902/ | 2022-09-02T01:21:28Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/japan-chief-cabinet-secretary-matsuno-tries-to-talk-up-the-yen-20220902/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The race for Rhode Island general treasurer is getting feisty, with the campaign of Democrat Stefan Pryor attacking rival James Diossa over a controversial pension fund decision made four years ago.
With less than two weeks to go before the Sept. 13 primary election, Pryor is arguing the former mayor of Central Falls mismanaged parts of the local pension system at the same time the city was recovering from bankruptcy.
“Once Mr. Diossa regained budgetary control, he made major miscalculations,” Pryor spokesperson Anthony Cherry wrote in a press release this week.
One of the Pryor team’s accusations is focused on $500,000 that was transferred out of the city’s pension fund to its general fund in fiscal year 2017-2018. Such transfers can get governments in trouble, since pension money is only supposed to pay for retiree benefits; if moved into a general fund, the money could be used for other expenses such as roads or trash collection.
On Wednesday, Diossa’s campaign acknowledged the transfer happened, but insisted the decision was made unilaterally by a rogue state-appointed financial adviser, and that Diossa addressed it immediately after finding out.
“James was not informed of the decision, and – upon learning of it – James directed the funds to be returned and relieved the financial adviser of his responsibilities,” Diossa spokesperson Alisha Pina said in a statement.
Pina also fired back at the Pryor campaign, arguing the former commerce secretary’s team is just trying to make political hay in the run-up to the election.
“This is a purely political attack leveled in the midst of an overwhelming show of municipal support for James this morning and is a distraction from Mr. Pryor’s own lackluster record,” Pina said, referring to a news conference Diossa held earlier this week with other mayors.
The exchange of fire comes amid a tight primary for treasurer. A 12 News/Roger Williams University poll last month showed the two Democrats running neck and neck, with 61% of primary voters undecided. Pryor has established a financial advantage over Diossa, in part due to outside groups’ support.
Politics aside, however, the 2018 pension transfer shines an unflattering light on a city that had to claw its way back from bankruptcy — in part after local leaders cheated the city’s pension fund.
Diossa’s campaign has declined to provide specifics about why the transfer happened. But a 2018 memo obtained by Target 12 shows the financial adviser, Leonard Morganis, made the transfer because the city’s general fund had been paying millions toward retiree benefits in the wake of the bankruptcy. He argued the money should have been repaid by the pension fund.
“Without informing the Mayor, or consulting anyone else … I made the fiduciary decision to recoup a small portion of this money [$500K] [sic] in the form of a withdrawal to the city in late fiscal year 2018 since I’ve always believed its rightful owner was the city of Central Falls,” Morganis wrote in the memo dated Aug. 30, 2018.
“In hindsight, I obviously should have communicated my actions and for not doing so, I sincerely apologize,” he added.
Morganis did not immediately respond a phone call seeking comment Thursday, but he wrote at the time that the money would be returned to the pension fund. That transaction was reflected in a fiscal 2017-2018 audit of the city’s finances reviewed by Target 12.
Diossa tried to distance himself from Morganis this week. In her statement, Pina described Morganis as a “financial advisor appointed by and subservient to the Director of the State Department of Revenue.”
R.I. Department of Revenue spokesperson Paul Grimaldi said his department – which oversees the Division of Municipal Finance – was unaware of the $500,000 transfer and never gave anyone instructions to make it. He also distanced the department from Morganis.
“Morganis was not a Department of Revenue employee,” Grimaldi said. “He was an employee of the city. If he did transfer funds from the pension to the general fund, we doubt the instruction came from us. The city’s chief executive officer (i.e., mayor) would have had authority over Len’s actions, not the department.”
It’s unclear whether the transfer – now that it’s been made public – could have any negative repercussions for Central Falls. Pina was adamant that “there was no – I repeat, no – impact on the pension fund.”
But the IRS has previously penalized state or local governments that tried to use pension money for other purposes. That was made clear after Rhode Island’s banking crisis in the early 1990s, when the IRS came down on the state for trying to use retirement money for other budgetary items.
The man both Pryor and Diossa are seeking to replace — outgoing General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, now a Democratic candidate for Congress — avoided weighing in.
Asked by Target 12 whether Central Falls’ 2018 pension transfer was unlawful or otherwise prohibited, Magaziner spokesperson Ben Smith responded with one sentence: “This is a municipal matter.”
Smith did not respond to any follow-up calls or text messages.
Eli Sherman (esherman@wpri.com) is a Target 12 investigative reporter for 12 News. Connect with him on Twitter and on Facebook. | https://www.wpri.com/news/elections/pryor-attacks-diossa-over-controversial-transfer-out-of-central-falls-pension-fund/ | 2022-09-02T01:22:16Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/elections/pryor-attacks-diossa-over-controversial-transfer-out-of-central-falls-pension-fund/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Kansas school district has agreed to pay $95,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former teacher who refused to use a student’s preferred name and pronouns, according to her lawyers.
Pamela Ricard, a former math teacher at Fort Riley Middle School, sued the district in March, alleging she was reprimanded and suspended for three days in April 2021 for addressing a student by their "legal and enrolled last name” instead of their preferred one.
Attorneys for Ricard called the settlement with Geary County Schools “a victory for free speech at public schools.”
“No school district should ever force teachers to willfully deceive parents or engage in any speech that violates their deeply held religious beliefs,” Tyson Langhofer, director of the Alliance Defending Freedom Center for Academic Freedom, said in a statement.
“We’re pleased to settle this case favorably on behalf of Pam, and we hope that it will encourage school districts across the country to support the constitutionally protected freedom of teachers to teach and communicate honestly with both children and parents.”
The Alliance Defending Freedom describes itself as a non-profit committed to “protecting religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.” The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the organization as a “hate group” for its anti-LGBTQ ideology.
Geary County Schools confirmed that a settlement had been reached but otherwise had no comment.
According to the lawsuit, a guidance counselor told Ricard that a student preferred a different first name than their registered one and a classmate said the student used “he/him” pronouns. The lawsuit said Ricard decided to use “Miss” and the student’s last name in order “to be respectful to the student without compromising” Ricard's religious beliefs.
The lawsuit alleged the district did not have a formal policy regarding students’ preferred names and use of pronouns when Ricard was suspended. Instead, it alleged she was disciplined under “generic school district policies” regarding bullying by staff.
A week after Ricard returned from her suspension, staff received instructions mandating that teachers use students' preferred names and pronouns or face discriminatory action, according to the suit. It said the school district rejected her request for a religious accommodation to the policy.
In October 2021, teachers and staff were directed to not inform parents of a student’s pronouns or preferred name unless the students requested for them to do so.
As part of the settlement, Ricard’s attorneys said the school district agreed to issue a statement that she was “in good standing without any disciplinary actions against her at the time of her retirement in May.”
Following the settlement, the case was dismissed on Wednesday. | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-09-01/kansas-teacher-receives-95-000-after-refusing-to-use-students-preferred-name-and-pronouns | 2022-09-02T01:34:32Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-09-01/kansas-teacher-receives-95-000-after-refusing-to-use-students-preferred-name-and-pronouns | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Air quality in Yakima and most of Eastern Washington was "moderate" on Thursday afternoon, according to the state’s air monitoring network.
Skies were noticeably hazy in the Yakima area. Under a moderate rating, the state notes that people who are sensitive to lower levels of particle pollution should reduce exposure.
The Washington Smoke Information Blog said fires burning in the Wenatchee region and Methow Valley are putting out smoke, and there was fresh fire activity in Northeast Washington with smoke visible north of Spokane.
"In general, it should be windy enough this weekend to prevent any long-term build-up of smoke, but smoke impacts will continue to be a problem," the posting from the state Department of Ecology said.
The blog said smoke in Central Washington should mostly clear out on Friday. Winds are expected to disperse most of the smoke in the area but Saturday is expected to bring moderate to unhealthy smoke back to Methow Valley and the Wenatchee area.
Meanwhile, a heat advisory is in effect from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday for the Yakima and Kittitas valleys, according to the National Weather Service. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/air-quality-dips-in-yakima-valley-on-thursday-as-wildfire-smoke-arrives/article_90cfc518-2a4e-11ed-8897-43c4b14f7ea4.html | 2022-09-02T01:40:45Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/air-quality-dips-in-yakima-valley-on-thursday-as-wildfire-smoke-arrives/article_90cfc518-2a4e-11ed-8897-43c4b14f7ea4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A federal jury is deciding whether Yakima city officials targeted a local business owner who opposed plans for a downtown plaza.
The eight-person jury began deliberations around 2:10 p.m. Thursday in Mark Peterson’s claim against the city and three current and former employees. The trial in U.S. District Court in Yakima started Monday.
In addition to the city, Peterson’s suit named former City Manager Tony O’Rourke, retired Yakima Deputy Fire Chief Mark Sopitch and Fire Inspector Tony Doan, alleging the officials conspired to target Peterson’s H&H Furniture with fire-code violations in 2013 in retaliation for opposing the city’s plans to replace downtown parking lot with a large plaza.
Peterson alleged in his lawsuit that his First Amendment right to free speech was violated and he was a target of malicious prosecution.
Voters and the Yakima City Council turned down the plaza project in 2018.
Matthew Mensik, one of Peterson’s attorneys, told jurors that they would need to follow a trail of circumstantial evidence he said demonstrated that the three officials targeted Peterson for speaking out on the plaza issue.
“In cases like this, you are not going to get someone to admit they did it, but there are little traces of what they did, little echoes of their conduct,” Mensik said.
But Megan Coluccio, who represented the defendants, said that the only agenda that Sopitch, Doan and O’Rourke were pursuing was “public safety, fire safety, life safety.”
“To believe Mr. Peterson’s case, you have ask yourself why? Why did these individual defendants, these public servants, do what they did?” Coluccio told jurors. “Usually, the simplest explanation is right. This is not a question about speech but about a city’s fundamental right to protect its citizens.”
In Peterson’s civil suit, in which he’s seeking attorney’s fees, lost revenue and other damages, the jury must find that it was more likely than not that the city officials used fire inspections in an attempt to silence Peterson.
Peterson, in his suit, alleged that shortly after he and other business owners criticized the city’s downtown plans in November 2013 that Doan inspected his building, found that the basement showroom’s ceiling violated fire codes, and ordered it fixed within 90 days.
In court papers, Peterson said the ceiling issue was brought up in a 2002 fire inspection, but subsequent inspectors did not cite any violations.
Mensik told jurors that Doan showing up to inspect the building after Peterson spoke at a meeting on the plaza cannot be dismissed as coincidence.
Sopitch, Doan’s supervisor, upheld Doan’s findings in his report, court documents said.
Doan tried to conduct follow-up inspections of the property but was told that Peterson was not present, and he would have to reschedule when Peterson was there, court documents said.
Mensik said that Doan had started compiling a timeline on H&H before Peterson was accused of refusing to allow inspectors in, and in drafts of a report Sopitch prepared for O’Rourke on fire inspections, H&H went from the bottom of a list of four unnamed buildings with inspection issues to the top of the list by name with a detailed description of the issues.
“You can see all the evidence that Mr. O’Rourke started scheduling senior staff meetings, talking about getting warrants,” Mensik said. “They wanted to get (Peterson) prosecuted. They wanted him to deny a fire inspection.
“Mr. O’Rourke sets the agenda, and everybody is talking about H&H.”
The city filed charges that Peterson refused entry to building inspectors, a charge that prosecutors ultimately dropped “in the interest of justice” because Doan did not specify the scope of the inspection he sought to perform, court records said.
Prosecutors said he would need the owner’s permission only if he were inspecting parts of the building that were not public spaces.
Peterson said that before the charge was dismissed, he was offered a deal in which if he pleaded guilty, he would have to pay a fine and spend a night in jail, which he rejected, according to court documents.
But Coluccio reminded jurors that the city’s prosecutor, Cynthia Martinez, testified that she filed the charges because she had probable cause to believe that there was a violation, and that the case was dismissed after weighing the potential risks of taking the case to court.
But she said that Peterson admitted in court that he has not done the work to address the concerns about the basement ceiling, nor has any intentions of doing so.
Coluccio said O’Rourke had no say over whether Martinez filed charges, nor was he the ultimate authority on city policy, as that is the council’s purview.
She said any publicity in local media on the matter was generated primarily by Peterson, not the city. And financial records show that his furniture store did not lose money during the time this was going on.
The 90-day “mandate” was only for Peterson to inform city officials how he planned to bring the building up to code, and the city would have allowed him to take the time needed to do it, she said.
“I want you to keep in mind when you go back into that jury room that speculation is not causation,” Coluccio said. “Coincidence is not causation.” | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/jury-deliberating-in-yakima-business-owners-free-speech-suit-against-city-officials/article_a7dcdbc6-2a4c-11ed-85bb-57076dda10d6.html | 2022-09-02T01:40:51Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/jury-deliberating-in-yakima-business-owners-free-speech-suit-against-city-officials/article_a7dcdbc6-2a4c-11ed-85bb-57076dda10d6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SUNNYSIDE — From an all-school pep assembly to a firetruck escort, Sunnyside schools had all sorts of ways to celebrate the first day of classes Thursday. And new Superintendent Ryan Maxwell was determined to see them all.
As most students in Yakima County’s second largest district headed back to school Thursday, Maxwell darted from campus to campus, with the goal of visiting seven of them by noon.
Thursday was Maxwell’s first day in the superintendent role with most of the district’s approximately 6,500 students on campus. But it was not his first day on the job. His contract began in July. And he was a longtime figure at Sunnyside High School, where he worked for two decades with a nine-year stint as principal.
During the morning he greeted several former students who were dropping off their own children.
As a part of his bid for the superintendent role, Maxwell pledged to be highly visible at Sunnyside schools. He gave himself the goal of visiting each school site once a week, a goal he reaffirmed Thursday morning.
“My job, partially, is to audit the system from the district level and I can’t do that unless I’m visible,” he said.
First day feelings
Maxwell began the day the same place he spent many first days during his educational career: Sunnyside High School. The school revived its annual tradition of hosting a pep assembly to kick off the school year. The assemblies were put on pause for a few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The assembly featured a speech from Dave Martinez, the SHS director of student life and athletics, and performances from the cheer team and Grizzly Dance Team.
Junior and member of the cheer team Veronica Puente said she was excited to be back, especially since there were few COVID regulations this year. Of the approximately 2,000 students at the school, few chose to wear masks Thursday. She said things felt more normal.
“I feel like it’s gonna be a lot better and we’re gonna have a lot more opportunities,” Puente said.
But she also felt nervous. Junior year is a critical time for college preparations, and she planned to take courses in law and justice, the field she wants to pursue after high school.
She said Maxwell was well liked at the school and as long as he kept up his history of good work, she felt like he will do fine in his new role.
Though he could not stay for long, Maxwell shook hands and greeted several of his former coworkers. He was in high spirits after the assembly. He said he felt more excited than nervous. After all, it was not his first-ever first day.
“I’ve been doing this for a long time,” he said.
At his next stop, Pioneer Elementary School, Maxwell posed for photos with second-grader Kennia Espinoza, who rode to school in a fire truck. She won the honor during August’s National Night Out, said her mother, Maribel Espinoza.
The whole family was excited to ride to school in the fire truck, Maribel Espinoza said, though her eldest son David could not go because he had to head to middle school. Kennia was ready to board even earlier than expected, her mother recalled laughing.
Maribel Espinoza said it felt good to see Maxwell, her former high school teacher, on the first day.
Over at Chief Kamiakin Elementary School, the staff revived a pre-pandemic tradition. Community members, including folks from Walmart, Maverick gas station and the Sunnyside Police Department, came out to greet students and families as they walked onto campus. They gave pencil sharpeners, stickers and fist bumps to the kids. Maxwell joined the lineup during his visit.
Watching kids advance through the grades feels rewarding, said intervention specialist Sofia Esqueda. She attended CKES as a child, as did the school’s newest student teacher.
“I’m so excited to see the new faces and the familiar faces,” Esqueda said.
She said compared to last year, Thursday felt closer to normal, with the lack of social distancing and the ability to greet kids face-to-face. One student ran up to give her a hug and another modeled her new backpack.
Goals for the year
On his first day of senior year, SHS student and class vice president Titus Hazzard said he’s looking to make every day count. He wants to show up to as many games and events as possible.
The pandemic hit during his freshman year. He said he loves being back in-person with his friends and encouraged his fellow students to get involved in school life.
Maxwell also wants to hit the ground running this school year, he said. Shortly after he took over as superintendent, the district hosted a community forum on safety. He also recruited a former Sunnyside Police Department officer to conduct an audit of safety in the district.
Though the district’s goals have not been finalized, Maxwell said safety and security are top priorities. Equity and opportunities for students are also paramount.
He said he is looking to promote connections across schools in the district. All school staff attended a pep assembly Wednesday, similar to the one for high school students. He wanted staff to create bridges and appreciate that it takes all of them to get students to graduation.
Maxwell also said he’d been talking to community stakeholders, trying to gauge what changes they want to see in Sunnyside.
“We’re going to continue on the path to improvement and like I said before, we expect excellence in our district,” he said. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/first-day-of-school-brings-excitement-for-sunnyside-students-and-new-superintendent/article_5593bf82-2a2a-11ed-8705-33b820486d74.html | 2022-09-02T01:40:57Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/first-day-of-school-brings-excitement-for-sunnyside-students-and-new-superintendent/article_5593bf82-2a2a-11ed-8705-33b820486d74.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Continuing financial losses are causing Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital officials to cut traveling staff.
The hospital confirmed to the Yakima Herald-Republic on Thursday that it will reduce its use of traveling nurses within the next month, and will adjust its staffing in response to “large financial losses” it is facing in 2022.
“Memorial’s goal is to be sustainable now and into the future,” hospital officials said in an email to the Herald-Republic. “We are decreasing our reliance on traveling staff and updating our staffing plan to align with existing resources.”
As the Washington State Hospital Association recently reported, hospitals and health care facilities throughout the state have faced financial difficulties and staffing shortages for the first two quarters of 2022, and Memorial is no different.
The statement from Memorial officials noted Washington state has 6,800 open RN positions across the health care spectrum, with 35 RN positions currently open at the Yakima hospital.
“Memorial, like other hospitals in Washington and nationwide, is facing large financial losses in 2022 – nearly $1 billion for Washington hospitals combined in the first quarter alone,” the statement noted. “Massively inflated costs for travelers is one of the main drivers of expenses outpacing resources. Another factor is fixed reimbursement that does not increase with inflation or increased costs.”
The statement didn't provide specific financial information about Memorial's current budget situation.
Rocky times
In July, Memorial vice president and chief financial officer Susan Sauder said the hospital "has suffered unsustainable negative margins and cash flow through the first two quarters of 2022.”
Sauder said the struggle to find employees and the use of temporary workers to fill some of those openings have contributed to Memorial’s financial problems, with temporary labor costs escalating by 201% during the past year.
When asked Thursday if a reduction in traveling nurses would mean a reduced capacity or fewer beds available at the hospital, Memorial officials didn't respond directly, saying:
“Our approach to patient care and our commitment to this community has not changed. Positive outcomes for patients is our No. 1 priority. With proactive steps we can ensure that access to key acute care services remains in Yakima.”
Memorial, the city’s only full-service hospital and trauma center, has 226 licensed beds according to the hospital’s website. It was founded in 1950 and is governed by the private, non-profit Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association.
David Hargreaves, chairman of Memorial’s board of directors, said Thursday hospital officials are working with community health care partners on solutions to the facility’s financial difficulties.
“Memorial’s goal is to be sustainable now and into the future, and we are focused on ensuring that access to key acute care services remains in Yakima,” Hargreaves said. “A central element of this goal is to help patients receive the right care in the right location, and use of our inpatient resources for acutely ill patients.
“With proactive steps and the cooperation and understanding of our community, we can provide quality local care for years to come,” he added.
Multicare merger pending
On May 9, officials with Memorial and MultiCare Health Systems of Tacoma said the two health organizations were considering a merger. A “due diligence and information sharing process” that originally was estimated to take two months has been extended through the summer.
In its Thursday statement, hospital officials said the nursing and other staffing decisions being made at Memorial are not tied to the potential merger.
“The due diligence process with MultiCare remains on track,” the statement noted. “The possibility of integration does not change our current financial situation.”
Carrie Youngblood, Memorial’s chief people officer, said the hospital is also exploring long-range answers to its shortage of nurses and candidates for nursing job openings.
“We are increasing community outreach efforts at local colleges and universities to strengthen the recruitment pipeline and bring new staff to our workforce,” Youngblood said. “Memorial also offers internal development programs such as RN residency, Nursing Assistant residency, pharmacy residency and a pharmacy tech training program."
This story is developing and will be updated. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakima-valley-memorial-cuts-traveling-staff-in-response-to-large-financial-losses/article_f5baaa70-2a4d-11ed-8d6a-cf4f15b954ee.html | 2022-09-02T01:41:04Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakima-valley-memorial-cuts-traveling-staff-in-response-to-large-financial-losses/article_f5baaa70-2a4d-11ed-8d6a-cf4f15b954ee.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
For a man he once said never knew how he knew. That is our gift\nIn order a man should serve we' ll take one out when you are able then the three together at four or all ten will go when they fall we should know the better the more we suffer, and that the one or ones for the first are called voluntees' when for you, no better\nWe knew who our true friends are when he died! Not from how nice you speak it is the man GRANDVILLE, Mich. — Developers broke ground on a new apartment complex in Grandville Thursday.
The new Rivertown Commons community will have 408 units to house more than 1,000 people.
There will be 12, three-story apartment buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans.
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Rivertown Commons will also include a clubhouse and a dog park for residents to access.
“Approximately a thousand people will be here, so, which we couldn’t be more excited about bringing and helping to expand this community. We’ve owned in and around this area for a long time, approximately ten years and we expect to be here for another ten, 20 or 30 years if you’ll have us,” said Jesse Karaski, Trilogy Real Estate Group’s chief investment officer.
Developer Trilogy Real Estate Group is based out of Chicago.
The Rivertown Commons will be located at 4612 Ivanrest in Grandville. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kent/developers-break-ground-on-new-grandville-apartment-complex | 2022-09-02T01:50:27Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kent/developers-break-ground-on-new-grandville-apartment-complex | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
2 shot in the face, head after gunman opens fire on Chicago's Southwest Side
CHICAGO - Two people were critically wounded in a drive-by shooting on Chicago's Southwest Side Thursday afternoon.
The shooting occurred in the 1600 block of West 79th Street.
At about 4:16 p.m., a 24-year-old woman was sitting inside of a parked vehicle, and a 30-year-old man was standing next to the parked car, Chicago police said.
At that time, a red colored SUV drove by, and a person inside the car fired shots, striking both victims.
The man was shot in the face, and transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
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The woman was shot in the head, and transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
No offenders are currently in custody.
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It’s a project that would be massive in scale. A roadway and trail that would go from State Highway 210 and the County Highway 29 intersection all the way across to Water Plant Road at County Highway 1 and a trail alongside that would connect the Hoot Lake trail to the Central Lakes trail.
The idea was brought up during the Fergus Falls City Council Committee of Whole meeting on Aug. 31.
Rich Wentzel of rural Underwood, who stated he commutes to Fergus Falls daily and conceived the idea, made a short presentation explaining the need for such a roadway and trail.
“The recent demolition of the Hoot Lake plant opens up the possibility of constructing a trail and corridor through there. Completion of this project along with the new world class farmer’s marketplace downtown makes Fergus Falls a very attractive tourist destination in the upper midwest. So I’m here to encourage council members to pass a motion to consider the best alignment for this highway and trail corridor and to identify sources to fund it,” said Wentzel.
In response, city administrator Andrew Bremseth said he felt that with the significant scope of the project and the land are being covered that it may not be realistic.
“As you look at this, it’s a significant project. The first time I talked to Rich about this, his passion was obvious. I indicated that a prime example of something significant like this is the Tower Road bridge connection that we completed 10 years ago, which was about 50 years in the making because it’s a substantial project with a substantial price tag and a lot of coordination between various entities. Unfortunately funding sources aren’t readily available for a project of this magnitude, in fact we struggle to find funding sources for our already existing needs,” said Bremseth.
Bremseth also indicated that it would be an uphill climb, from easements, to figuring out cooperation agreements between Otter Tail Power Company and the city as well as the issue of there being significant wetland areas and conservation areas along the proposed path.
“I don’t want to be a negative nelly or a naysayer because it’s a great idea, but I think with the existing needs that we have and the amount of money and time that this would require, I don’t know if there are any immediate steps that we should take unless the council has different thoughts,” said Bremseth.
"Generally when we hear of an idea like this, i’ll go back to the Tower Road bridge, that’s really something that if council thinks there’s merit to the idea it goes potentially on a long range capital improvement plan so it’s out there but, it’s not actively funded or anything like that. Again, that was nearly a 50 year or more project, I see this being more costly and more robust because the area to cover is significantly larger,” stated Bremseth.
Mayor Ben Schierer then inquired about any high level studies on the Hoot Lake power plant area and if it identified any large scale corridors.
City Engineer Brian Yavarow said he had thought about that study, but hadn’t had a chance to review any of its conclusions, but could go back to it to see.
“If the council wants to proceed I would say putting it on the capital improvement plan and giving staff some direction as to how they want us to start doing the due diligence would be appropriate. We’re going to spend money now, to even have any elementary answers on what this looks like, the best path if it's feasible cost and those types of things,” said Bremseth.
The reaction from the city council was mixed.
Both council members, Jim Fish and Scott Kvamme said they were supportive of the idea and said it should be added to the list of improvements, while council member Brent Thompson stated he thought it would actually drive business from downtown and utilize any resources that the city had to address complaints about current roads in the city.
Council member Karoline Gustafson felt it should also be included in the city’s strategic plan.
A motion was ultimately passed to direct staff to include the idea in any future capital improvement planning with the understanding that city staff would bring back details before any funds would be allocated or time spent. | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/council-considers-road-project/article_4a797528-2972-11ed-9bda-3b94ab723f6e.html | 2022-09-02T01:53:58Z | fergusfallsjournal.com | control | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/council-considers-road-project/article_4a797528-2972-11ed-9bda-3b94ab723f6e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It was a frigid cold day in January. It was the last call Joyce Burton-King thought she would ever get.
The apartment building she helped manage was on fire.
“When the initial phone call came from my brother, David, who is actually the property manager of Westridge Apartments, called me at 3 p.m. and he said Westridge was burning. That shook me up so bad,” said Burton-King, who is management supervisor of Fergus Enterprises, Inc.
Burton-King said the fire originated in apartment 307 on Jan. 19, but the first thing that she was concerned about was the residents.
“Once the police and fire departments were there, behind the scenes we were making sure all the residents were taken care of. They were all visibly shaken. That day was just tragic for the residents in that building. We are so grateful that the Red Cross was assisting residents,” said Burton-King.
She said after getting everyone out of the building, they put them up for a few days in a local hotel so they could start the mitigation process of making the building habitable again.
“Then it came to shutting down the building. We went into action mode where we worked with the fire department checking to make sure the fire and smoke alarms were working on each level and each individual unit was working and operational. Then we had to address the third floor,” said Burton-King.
She said on the third floor, seven out of the eight units were not directly impacted by the fire. Apartment 307 where the fire originated, was a complete loss. However, there was smoke damage in all the units on the third floor and closer to the epicenter, apartment 308 had a very thick concentration of soot and smoke damage.
Burton-King said apartment 307 had to be gutted.
“We took it all the way down to the studs, then they sprayed a special chemical, like a shellac, that is oil based that is made for burned units. First we had to take out the contents that could no longer be used by the tenant, before we could go down to the studs. We had to do a complete re-wiring, as that all got melted in the fire, because it was burning so hot. We had to replace the complete unit from the floor up to the ceiling,” said Burton-King.
At the same time she said crews were going through every unit, checking for any additional damage.
“We had to take a look and make sure there were no visible signs of smoke damage, water damage, any fires that may have been lurking elsewhere, the fire department addressed that with us. Then of course you’ve got to start looking at the building, you want to make sure after the actual fire, we had to shut down the building. We could not have any occupants until we did certain things which number one, was to mitigate the risk. We had to go through every unit, the fire department addressed that with us,” stated Burton-King.
Burton-King mentioned in the process of doing the work on the destroyed unit, they had plans to make the building safer for all residents.
“We had a fire plan, but to give you an idea of how bad this shook the core of our company, we’ve been established since 1972 and have never had a fire to this magnitude. The owners wanted to make sure that we checked every box off, so we had to reinstitute our old plan, prevention and fire safety, which we had partnered with the fire department on. We had to go through and make sure everything was working correctly. We even have what is called an auto out,” said Burton-King.
Burton-King explained that an “auto out” is a miniature fire extinguisher that goes into a range hood that will actually put out fires. She emphasized that the fire department has also been working with residents and educating them about fire safety as well. They also do regularly scheduled building inspections.
The mitigation efforts after the fire started in February and ended in April, while Burton-King said the rehabilitation started shortly after that and everything was finished on Aug. 26. An event to celebrate the reopening of Westridge took place on Aug. 27 with a BBQ for residents of both buildings, in conjunction with a tree planting and an official ribbon cutting ceremony.
“This is something that is serious and can happen in the blink of an eye and that’s exactly what happened here. Having that conversation, more than once a year where we say check your smoke detector batteries, it’s a reminder. Everything you can do to cut the risk for a potential fire,” said Burton-King. | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/rising-from-the-ashes/article_4df0e9da-2a20-11ed-803d-87005334ade5.html | 2022-09-02T01:54:04Z | fergusfallsjournal.com | control | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/rising-from-the-ashes/article_4df0e9da-2a20-11ed-803d-87005334ade5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Video shows suspect pointing gun at victim on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO - Chicago police are searching for two suspects wanted in an aggravated battery that occurred Thursday on the South Side.
The incident occurred at about 7:26 a.m. in the 7000 block of South Wentworth Avenue.
Police released video footage of the two suspects getting out of a vehicle on the side of the street.
One of the suspects points a gun at a victim.
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The vehicle appeared to have damage on the driver's side as well as a spare tire.
If you have any information on the vehicle or the suspects, you are asked to contact Area One detectives at (312) 747-8380. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/video-shows-suspect-pointing-gun-at-victim-on-chicagos-south-side | 2022-09-02T01:54:06Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/video-shows-suspect-pointing-gun-at-victim-on-chicagos-south-side | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Springboard for the Arts has recently announced the 10 rural artists who have been selected as Fellows of the Rural Regenerator initiative, a program started in 2021 with a vision to expand S4A’s work supporting and connecting creative rural leaders in the upper Midwest who are committed to strengthening their communities through art, culture and creativity.
Recipients of the fellowship will each receive $10,000 in flexible funds to support or expand on their existing artistic efforts and will take part in a two-year learning exchange with fellow rural artists.
The selected artists are:
Siriacasso Garcia, from Huxley, Iowa, is an artist, event manager and community leader. Garcia dove into painting after high school. He does full time commission work and has painted several murals across central Iowa in addition to have his own clothing brand.
Penny Kagigebi is from Detroit Lakes/White Earth Reservation and creates traditional Ojibwe art with a focus on birchbark basketry and quillboxes. Penny and her also-artist husband Rick Kagigebi have been called “the last people on earth without a cell phone." But they’re happy to borrow yours.
Wicanhpi Iyotan Win Autumn Cavender, of Granite Falls, is a Wahpetunwan Dakota artist, midwife and activist who lives and works near her home community of Pezihutazizi K’api Makoce (Upper Sioux Community). Dedicated to the work of decolonization, Cavender believes that art, birth and community-integrated work are crucial for the collective liberation of the whole.
Melissa Wray is from Caledonia and describes community and storytelling as the heart of her creative practice which is rooted in the driftless area of southeast Minnesota. After over a decade in the Twin Cities, Wray moved back to her small hometown of Caledonia, in 2019, to collaboratively start a nonprofit arts and community center called "Mainspring," in a vacant church building on Main Street.
Nancy XiáoRong Valentine, from Otter Tail County, is a Chinese-American artist living and making a life in the rural lakes region. Valentine’s artwork is woven with nuance and symbolism resulting in conceptually complex visual stories meant to evoke empathy. Outside of the studio, Nancy can be found wandering in the woods foraging for fungi.
Awanigiizhik Bruce, of Belcourt, N.D., is a diverse media artist, poet, storyteller, traditional knowledge and language teacher, community leader, organizer, researcher, consultant and tour coordinator. Based from the Turtle Mountain Reservation, Awanigiizhik’s diverse artistic media techniques utilize their culture, history and Indigenous world-view, as well as exploring their scientific interests and processes.
Eliza Blue is from Bison, S.D. and is a writer, folk-singer, environmental advocate and rancher. Her work touches on everything from raising her family to reforming agricultural systems and practices to upcoming projects connecting traditional festivals and celebrations to their agrarian roots.
Lyle Miller Sr, of Mitchell, S.D., is a retired teacher, a veteran of the US Army, a Sundancer and traditional dancer. He was director of Tribal Historic Preservation for the Yankton Sioux Tribe and later repatriation specialist for the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. Lyle currently practices his artwork professionally at his home in Mitchell.
Nibiiwakamigwe hails from Dunkirk, Wis and is an Onyota'a:ka, Anishinaabe, Michif and waabishkiiwed Two-Spirit artist and organizer working in traditional Indigenous craftwork and contemporary woodlands style to foster awareness of land protection, Indigenous cultural landscapes and complexity of identity. Their multidisciplinary practice incorporates song, textile, dance, storytelling and visual symbol, relying on their cultural teachings and experience.
Rufus Jupiter, of Viroqua, Wis, is a humxn animal dwelling in the rural landscape of the midwest's driftless region. An artist, dancer, farmer, educator, and activist, Jupiter immerses themself in themes of liminality, queerness, ecology, mythologies & justice. Through creative collaboration & community building, they have faith that rural queer culture can transcend its longstanding story of isolation & otherness, blooming a new queer narrative.
S4A maintains a vision of helping area artists make a living and a life, promoting programs such as Rural Regenerator to help communities connect to the creative power of local creators. More information on current initiatives can be found here: springboardforthearts.org. | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/rural-artists-selected-for-program-funding/article_f092b272-2949-11ed-89e2-c33b23337ee7.html | 2022-09-02T01:54:10Z | fergusfallsjournal.com | control | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/rural-artists-selected-for-program-funding/article_f092b272-2949-11ed-89e2-c33b23337ee7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Falling behind two sets to none, on Aug. 31, the M State Lady Spartans volleyball team kicked things into high gear and rebounded for a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota West Lady Jays.
The Lady Jays won the first two sets via scores of 25-22 and 25-20. M State began the comeback with a 25-18 victory in set three and then 25-9 and 15-12.
Offensively, Faith Marion had 14 kills and Kaleigh Sip contributed 13. As a team, the Lady Spartans finished with 50 kills. Kaia Strom finished with 43 assists and Laci Strom had 19.
On the other side, M State finished with 97 digs as a team. Kendra Emery and Marion led the way with 17 apiece. Avery Warner and Kaia each had three service aces.
It was the Minnesota College Athletic Conference Southern Division opener for M State, who improved to 2-3 on the season.
Earlier this week, M State volleyball learned that they had to forfeit a pair of victories from last weekends invite, due to the use of an ineligible player. It was determined that All-American Libero, Bailey Marty, was no longer eligible for community college volleyball as there was a misinterpretation of the rule regarding an extra season of play due to the COVID year of 2020. To get the extra year players must have been in their first year of play that season, however, Marty was in her second year.
The Lady Spartans will be at NDSCS, on Sept. 2, before hosting Anoka-Ramsey Community College, on Sept. 3.
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EAST CHINA SEA (Aug. 31, 2022) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Leah James, from Mobile, Alabama, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), observes an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, Det. 6, land on the ship’s flight deck while sailing in the East China Sea, Aug. 31, 2022. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready-response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amy Mullins)
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EAST CHINA SEA (Aug. 31, 2022) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Ray Hightower, left, from Houston, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Rian Oxendine, from Oldsmar, Florida, both assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), observe flight operations on the ship’s flight deck while sailing in the East China Sea, Aug. 31, 2022. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready-response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amy Mullins)
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We are used to hearing the term that determination and hard work eventually pays off but there is no truer depiction of this than Marion Githinji the overall winner of the Safaricom Golf Tour. She was declared the winner after emerging as the best golfer at the final which was held at the Vipingo Ridge Baobab Golf Course in Kilifi County earlier this month.
Marion’s win was interesting due to the fact that not only was she the winner of the first tournament that was held at her home course in Nanyuki. She also managed to beat players who had a handicap lower than hers to clinch the title.
To put this into context, Marion who has a handicap of 28 only started playing golf seriously last year. Previously, she used to escort her husband to the course in a bid to see what made him and his friends so addicted to the game.
It is only when she started taking the game seriously that she also got hooked because she realized that it challenged one mentally because to win, you have to play a calculated game. She also loves that fact that it has enabled her to meet many new people as well as make friends. Not to mention the fact that the game has taught her to accept wins and losses gracefully.
Marion shared that on the day of the tournament at Vipingo Ridge, It was very windy something which she was not used to in Nanyuki. As such, she had to try and judge try and judge the wind speed and direction correctly before making her shot. It appears that her reading of the wind worked given her win. She also indicated that through the game she tried her best to remain calm and manage the game to the best of her ability. It also helped that she had a good caddie who knew the course as well as team mates who made the game enjoyable.
Marion termed her win as a bag of mixed emotions, this is because she was definitely excited because she could see that the efforts that she had put in golf were finally paying off. However, the win also came with pressure because, she wants to improve on her game as well as lower her handicap.
She termed her win as a Godsend because other than bringing the trophy to her home club in Nanyuki. It has also made ladies at her club who were not very interested in the game to start taking it seriously. Also, the fact that she was a rookie, yet managed to win the inaugural Safaricom Golf Tour has served to show that anyone can do it. It is her hope that this will serve to encourage others who are interested in the sport to take It up.
Marion had only nice things to say about Safaricom whom she felt had done an excellent job in demystifying the sport. They did this by organizing golf clinics in public spaces and schools where those kids who have never interacted with the sport got a chance to try it out. She also loved the junior program which nurtures and develops young talents for the country’s future. This is because courtesy of taking part in the tournament, the juniors get to compete against each other and start working on improving their game from an early age. As a matter of fact, her child who is only 7 years of age, is already looking forward to winning a tournament.
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Thor Meets Dionysus in a Deleted Love and Thunder Scene
Contrary to Taika Waititi’s earlier claims, deleted scenes from Thor: Love and Thunder will be included on the film’s Blu-ray release next month. And thanks to IGN, we have our first look at an exchange between Team Thor and Dionysus that didn’t make the sequel’s final cut. Dubbed “Looking for Zeus,” the scene finds Thor and his allies searching for Russell Crowe’s ruler of Mount Olympus. But instead, they encounter his youngest son, who clearly inherited a brash personality from his father.
Be warned—any fans who thought Love and Thunder didn’t take itself seriously enough probably aren’t going to be won over by this new clip. Because it features more of the same loosey-goosey humor that many critics felt sunk the movie. Former Penny Dreadful star Simon Russell Beale is predictably over-the-top as Dionysus, who brags about his VIP status without even the slightest hint of shame or self-awareness. The scene also features unfinished special effects, which means we occasionally get to see Waititi in his Korg mo-cap suit.
You can watch the new scene in the player below.
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This is actually one of four deleted scenes that will appear on Love and Thunder’s home media release. Other scenes contain additional footage of the Guardians of the Galaxy, including Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff). Fans can also expect another conversation featuring Thor and Zeus, who presents the Asgardian with a “special tool” after overhearing a discussion between him and his fellow heroes (presumably, this would have taken place before Thor stabbed the Greek god with his own lightning bolt).
Thor: Love and Thunder will begin streaming on Disney+ next Thursday, September 8. The film will then hit Blu-ray, 4K UHD, and DVD on September 27.
What do you think of this deleted scene from the sequel? Should the filmmakers have left it in? Let us know in the comment section below!
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, signed off Thursday on the recommendation of the agency's independent vaccine advisers in favor of updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13 to 1 earlier in the day to recommend updated mRNA boosters for Americans this fall.
Walensky's decision means the shots could be available by Friday, according to pharmaceutical manufacturers, which began shipping the new doses after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized them Wednesday.
"The updated COVID-19 boosters are formulated to better protect against the most recently circulating COVID-19 variant," Walensky said in a statement. "They can help restore protection that has waned since previous vaccination and were designed to provide broader protection against newer variants. This recommendation followed a comprehensive scientific evaluation and robust scientific discussion. If you are eligible, there is no bad time to get your COVID-19 booster and I strongly encourage you to receive it."
The updated boosters have instructions that tell our cells to make antibodies against two strains of the virus that causes Covid-19: the original strain and the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, which share the same spike.
Pfizer/BioNTech's updated vaccine is a 30-microgram dose authorized for people 12 and older. Moderna's updated vaccine is a 50-microgram dose authorized for people 18 and older.
The CDC said in the statement that it "also expects to recommend updated COVID-19 boosters for other pediatric groups" in the coming weeks.
People are eligible for the updated boosters as long as they have completed all primary doses in their vaccine series. The committee recommended that the new boosters be given at least two months after the last dose of any Covid-19 vaccine and up to three months after an infection.
The new formulations do not replace shots for the primary series.
The boosters were approved based on studies in mice bred to have human ACE-2 receptors -- the doors the coronavirus uses to get into our cells -- but clinical trial data showing how well they may work in humans won't be available for another month or two.
This is similar to the way annual flu shots are studied and approved, but it's the first time for Covid-19 vaccines.
In approving the vaccines, regulators also reviewed data behind different two-strain boosters. Those carry instructions to fight the original strain of the Omicron variant, BA.1, along with the original virus. Those boosters have been studied in about 1,400 people. They have been authorized for use in the UK and Canada but will not be available in the US.
Several of the committee members said Thursday that they were uncomfortable recommending a vaccine with no human data to back it.
"We're been extrapolating the data that has been seen with the bivalent BA.1, and hopefully, we'll have similar data for BA.4 and BA.5," said Dr. Pablo Sanchez, a pediatrician at Ohio State University and a member of the committee.
"So I'm just concerned about that extrapolation. And because and ultimately, I really don't want to establish a precedent of recommending a vaccine that we don't have clinical data," said Sanchez, who voted against the recommendation.
That prompted a quick rebuttal from government experts who work with the committee.
"I just would like to remind the committee that every year, we use influenza vaccines that are based on new strains without clinical studies being done," said Dr. Melinda Wharton, associate director for vaccine policy at the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
Dr. Doran Fink, deputy director of the FDA's Division of Vaccines and Related Products Applications, said, "I do appreciate the amount of discomfort that I'm hearing from committee members who are being asked to take this leap with the Covid vaccines that they haven't been asked to make previously with the Covid vaccines.
"FDA felt very comfortable with the approach of extrapolating the safety and effectiveness or rather the known and potential benefits," Fink said. "We recognize that we've taken a different path than the regulatory authorities have in Europe and Canada."
Fink said the US chose to go this route based on feedback from its independent advisory group and projections for the viruses that may be circulating in this country over the fall and winter.
On Thursday, the committee saw new modeling data that suggested there were substantial risks to waiting to roll out new boosters.
According to the CDC's forecasts, boosters given to US adults in September could prevent 137,000 more hospitalizations and 9,700 deaths than if the boosters were held until November.
New analyses on the cost-effectiveness of the boosters suggest that the US could save at least $63 billion in medical costs between August and March 31 if as many people get these boosters as got flu shots during the 2021-22 season.
In the studies that looked at the shot targeting BA.1 along with the original, the boosters broadened immunity against many variants, and they were proven to be better than the older single-strain boosters because they made higher levels of antibodies.
Moderna presented tantalizing data suggesting that the two-strain shots it developed against the Beta variant might extend the length of protection people get from their vaccines, which currently drops off significantly after about four months. It said a study on these results was being prepared for publication
In mice bred to have human ACE-2 receptors, the two-strain vaccines against BA.4 and BA.5 protected better against infections in their lungs, compared with the original vaccine.
About two-thirds of the total US population is vaccinated against Covid-19 with an initial series, according to data from the CDC. But less than half of those with their initial series -- and less than a third of the total population -- has also gotten a booster.
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This August 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows vials of the company's updated COVID-19 vaccine during production in Kalamazoo, Mich. U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain. The move on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2022, by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives. (Pfizer via AP)
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) recommends residents get the updated COVID-19 booster vaccine following its approval by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The new, bivalent vaccine booster protects against the original COVID-19 strain as well as specifically targeting the most-dominant ba.4 and ba.5 Omicron strains of the virus.
According to the DOH, the BA.5 subvariant accounts for about 91% of all COVID-19 cases in the state. The BA.4 subvariant accounts for an additional 4% of the state’s cases.
“The COVID-19 boosters we have been using do a good job of protecting us against severe illness. The new bivalent boosters are an upgrade because they take into account mutations of the COVID-19 virus to specifically address Omicron subvariants,” said State Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Char in a press release.
The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency authorization for the updated vaccines on Wednesday. That was followed Thursday morning by approval by a CDC Advisory Committee before finally getting final go-ahead from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
Walensky’s approval means that the updated shots could be available by Friday, according to pharmaceutical manufacturers, which began shipping the new doses after the FDA’s emergency authorization.
The CDC and DOH recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine for people ages 12 and older. They recommend the Moderna bivalet vaccine for adults 18 and older.
Both shots require just a single dose. The bivalent boosters can only be administered if it’s been at least two months since a person’s most recent vaccination.
“The federal government allotted DOH initial orders totaling 37,800 doses of bivalent boosters. Those initial orders will arrive in the coming days. DOH will place additional orders weekly as needed,” Hawaii health officials wrote in a press release following the CDC’s approval.
Pharmacies and community health centers in Hawaii will place their own orders for the new vaccine, DOH said.
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A second leg, which appears to be from a child or a newborn, was found at the water pollution control plant on Ryawa Avenue in Hunts Point around midnight.
HUNTS POINT, Bronx (WABC) -- More apparent human remains were found at a Department of Environmental Protection facility in the Bronx early Thursday.
A second leg, which appears to be from a child or a newborn, was found at the water pollution control plant on Ryawa Avenue in Hunts Point around midnight.
The discovery was made a day after workers initially spotted possible human remain there, described as a leg from the knee down, with the foot attached, on a conveyor belt as recycled materials passed them just before 9 a.m. Wednesday.
"It's unbelievable," said Efraim Basom, who works across the street at a seafood warehouse. "It's starting to be scary in this area."
Investigators have concluded the legs were cut from the rest of the body using a cutting instrument.
The Medical Examiner's office has told detectives the remains appear human.
It remains unclear if it was dumped at the location or came from the water and got caught in the system.
The plant is an initial filter point for all of the Bronx, so the possible remains could have come from anywhere in the borough.
The investigation is ongoing and detectives are waiting for more information from the medical examiner.
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President Joe Biden delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of Republicans and their fealty to his predecessor in an evening speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, alleging they "thrive on chaos" and warning their attempts to undermine democracy could devolve into violence.
"They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies," Biden said in front of a red-lit Independence Hall, harnessing the historic setting to call for a reckoning on the movement led by former President Donald Trump.
It was a strident and urgent call to Americans months ahead of midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Biden's remarks, while billed as an official address, provided the broad contours of his election message heading into the fall.
Even as he worked to balance a dose of optimism about the country's future -- and his own string of recent accomplishments -- Biden painted a dark portrait of his political opponents, saying Trump and his followers are threatening the entire American experiment. He named his predecessor within minutes of taking the stage, and suggested Americans faced an existential choice in the coming elections.
"As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault," Biden said. "We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise."
Biden attempted to separate Trump's most loyal followers from the Republican Party as a whole. And as he concluded, he sought to strike a more upbeat note, saying it was still within voters' power to rein in the nation's darkest forces.
But the heart of Biden's address was a ringing alarm bell about what he called "an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic."
"MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards. Backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy. No right to contraception, no right to marry who you love," he said, striking on cultural issues Democrats believe can help them win in November.
"They promote authoritarian leaders," he went on. "They fanned the flames of political violence."
After tearing into Republicans for what he calls "MAGA extremism" and "semi-fascism" over the past week, administration officials say Biden determined the time was right to provide a more serious, sober reckoning on what he regards as growing anti-democratic forces building across the country.
Officials insisted Biden's message wasn't partisan and instead targeted to an extreme wing of the GOP. Still, he called on his audience to go to the polls in November and lashed into his predecessor, backed by traditionally apolitical symbols like the United States Marine Band and two Marines who were positioned in a spot where they were on camera throughout the speech.
"We must be honest with each other and with ourselves: Too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal," Biden said. The Republican Party of 2022 is partly "dominated, driven and intimidated" by Trump and his acolytes, he said.
It's a topic Biden has come to embrace more publicly in recent months after initially attempting to ignore the after-effects of his predecessor and focus instead on national unity. At its core, the speech represented the same overarching theme that defined the launch of his presidential campaign in 2019 as he set out to defeat Trump.
It remained a constant through high profile speeches in locations rife with historical symbolism, including Warm Springs, Georgia, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The prime-time remarks was no different, this time with the site of the nation's revolutionary beginning as the backdrop.
A crowd of about 300 invited guests -- a mix of elected officials and dignitaries, along with Democratic supporters -- watched Biden speak from behind panes of bulletproof glass. It was a short distance away from where Biden formally announced his bid for the presidency in 2019, striking similar themes about the "battle for the soul of the nation."
White House officials emphasized ahead of time that when Biden warns of the threat to democracy, he is not talking about Republicans as a whole, but those who style themselves after Trump: the "MAGA Republicans," as the administration has deemed them.
Ahead of the speech, Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, said Biden was dividing the nation.
"Joe Biden is the divider-in-chief and epitomizes the current state of the Democrat Party: one of divisiveness, disgust, and hostility towards half the country," she said in a statement.
Biden had been mulling a thematic speech about American democracy for several months, spurred in part by the revealing hearings convened by the congressional committee investigating the January 6 riot, according to an official. He has also watched with alarm as election deniers running for statewide office have been elevated by Trump and was outraged by the attempted attack on an FBI field office in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In his remarks, Biden said forces on the right were stoking political violence, insisting it was "inflammatory and dangerous."
"We, the people must say this is not who we are," he said.
Biden looks to seize the moment
While Biden underestimated when the "fever will break" when it came to the GOP's ties to Trump, the last several weeks have brought into sharp focus that many of the campaign pledges that seemed just as unrealistic -- from major bipartisan deals to substantial investments in the manufacturing, climate and health care -- have, in fact, been signed into law.
The convergence of factors has created a genuine sense inside the West Wing that the political winds are changing just as Americans start to tune in ahead of the midterm elections. It has also had a dramatic effect on the White House itself, where months of intraparty warfare, a resurgent and ever-present Covid-19 pandemic and a myriad of crises many aides viewed as outside of their control appear to have finally turned their way.
Even Biden, who revels in telling the story of the doctor who called him "a congenital optimist," wasn't immune from a sense of gloom and occasional doom that hung over the West Wing for months.
"He could get pretty dark," said one person who spoke regularly to Biden said of his view of things toward the end of his first year in office. "It's not his way, but there was a period there" when Biden's mood reflected that of the exhausted country he led.
Yet the shifting winds this summer coincided with Trump's major re-emergence into the national spotlight. Republican politicians and candidates running entire campaigns based on false claims of fraudulent elections have only become more prevalent.
As the midterm campaign season kicks into high gear, convergence of factors created an ideal moment for Biden to lay out what has long been on his mind, officials say.
"The President felt that this was an appropriate time before the traditional campaign season begins next week to lay out what he sees at stake, not for any individual political party, but for our democracy itself," a senior administration official said.
A rare prime-time speech shows Biden's focus on democracy
Biden worked for several days with his speechwriters on drafts of the 20- to 30-minute address, poring over the precise language and wording. The President typically rehearses his major addresses beforehand and his schedule was clear of public events on Wednesday and Thursday as he prepared.
Biden has delivered only a smattering of speeches in prime-time over the course of his presidency, including his yearly addresses to Congress and remarks on gun violence earlier this summer. Aides said the President felt the topic was serious enough to address the nation in the evening -- and ask television networks to interrupt their regular programming (though the broadcast networks declined to air the President's remarks).
White House officials have said they want to be selective in when and where to address the issues surrounding the erosion of democracy, even though many party activists have clamored for more sustained focus on the issue. The issue itself is one that consumes much of Biden's own thinking, those close to him say -- something can spill into the public sphere during the rare moments he engages in a substantive way with reporters.
But choosing the right moment to address them on a major national scale, Biden's team believes, will prevent the issue from becoming rote and routine for voters. Biden, officials note, has had no qualms about that strategy.
'Semi fascism' comment draws ire, but White House won't back down
Biden's newly aggressive rhetoric has drawn howls of protest from Republicans. When he accused followers of Trump of "semi-fascism" at a fundraiser last week, the response was swift.
"Horribly insulting," said Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, a Republican who has not aligned himself with Trump. "He's trying to stir up controversy, he's trying to stir up this anti-Republican sentiment right before the election, it's just -- it's horribly inappropriate."
At least one Democrat in a tight reelection race also distanced herself from Biden's remark; Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire said Biden "painted with way too broad a brush" when he uttered the comment.
While officials describe Biden's message as urgent, it remains to be seen whether voters facing high prices and an uncertain economy will respond to his warnings about the state of democracy.
Yet recent polls have shown concerns about democracy rising among voters. An NBC poll conducted in August found "threats to democracy" rose to the No. 1 issue facing the country, surpassing "cost of living." And a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found 67% of respondents think the nation's democracy is in danger of collapse, a 9-point increase from January.
Unplanned -- but not entirely unwelcome -- for the White House has been the ongoing developments over Trump's handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, a matter the White House has officially kept at arm's length to avoid the appearance of politicization.
Still, the reminder to voters of the chaos that surrounded Trump's presidency has been privately gratifying to some Democrats, who believe it presents a stark contrast to Biden's way of doing business.
"It's like the chaos was memory-holed because of the 50 million other things going on," one Democratic official with close ties to the White House said.
Biden "will never make it about Trump alone -- he views it as so much bigger than that and probably, to some degree, beneath him," the official said. "But I think most in our party appreciate the very clear contrast now that he's back in the headlines."
This story has been updated with additional developments on Thursday.
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Labor Day Weekend is just about here, which means roadways will be flooded with travelers.
Delmarva's beaches will see an influx of visitors this weekend and traffic delays are a guarantee. Gas prices have also gone down significantly since July, which may encourage even more people to head towards the coast.
AAA Mid-Atlantic officials say the busiest traffic day will be Friday, Sept. 2 as both commuters and visitors will be driving. AAA suggests that drivers who want to beat the traffic and save on gas should travel early in the morning or later in the evening.
Drunk driving is also a major concern on the roads this time of year. There will likely be an increased police presence for this reason.
AAA Mid-Atlantic Supervisor, Jana Tidwell, says the upcoming holiday weekend will bring pre-pandemic travel volume.
The Maryland Transportation Authority anticipates more than 350,000 vehicles will cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge this weekend. | https://www.wboc.com/news/labor-day-weekend-traffic-delays-expected/article_93dd1180-2a34-11ed-ac6b-bb160830e990.html | 2022-09-02T02:02:29Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/labor-day-weekend-traffic-delays-expected/article_93dd1180-2a34-11ed-ac6b-bb160830e990.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
There are the titles Venus and Serena Williams amassed, the cultural forces they became, the records and firsts they rang up. But like most great champions, the numbers hardly tell the whole story. Perhaps the most wildly impressive aspect of the Williams sisters’ careers was their so-called “Sister Act” was never an act.
From the time they hit the scene to the night they inaugurated the US Open’s first primetime women’s final in 2001 to their last years together on tour, Venus and Serena not only changed the game and the world around them -- but nothing ever seemed to fray their relationship with each other.
What we saw from them instead over the quarter of a century -- including Thursday night in a first-round doubles loss at the US Open -- was a bond that was unbreakable, a closeness that was never faked, a comical ability to always make the other laugh, an unshakeable loyalty and laudable lack of jealousy.
There’s simply no overstating how much Venus paved the way for Serena, especially in their formative years, even though they were born just 15 months apart. Each of them turned pro at the age of 14, within a year of each other between 1994 and 1995. Their father, Richard, labeled them both “Ghetto Cinderellas” because they grew up playing amid the occasional sound of gunfire in Compton, California, before moving to Florida to train.
His strategy of holding them back from junior tennis as they honed their games in practice against each other was just one of his many unorthodox moves, along with leaving the training of Venus and Serena to himself and Oracene Price, their mother. But look how it all worked out.
Venus roared to her first US Open final in 1997 as an unseeded 17-year-old, and she won the first of her five Wimbledon titles three years later after defeating Serena in a semifinal match. They were still learning how to manage their conflicted feelings about playing each other then, and the showdown was less memorable for the quality of tennis than the booming power they brought to the court.
As amazing as they already were individually, there was still just something different, bigger, bolder, about seeing them on the court together, often as teammates, but more often against one another blistering groundstrokes, handling the other’s best shots and sending some sizzling back. What an incalculable advantage for both of them to spend their adolescence practicing against the other future best player in the world.
No women back then played power tennis like the Williams sisters did, but they’ve had a generation of imitators since. Venus covered the court with her long legs and snared shots that no one else got with her telescopic reach; Serena was already fierce and strong, remorselessly driven and lightning fast to the ball.
That Wimbledon semifinal was our first high-stakes glimpse of how the predictions about the Williams sisters really were about to come true, and their fortunes were going to be almost cruelly entwined. One of them would win, one of them would have to lose. But after Venus prevailed on that first occasion -- on a Serena double fault, of all things -- a clue arrived regarding the mystery of how they’d handle all that was to come.
When they met at the net, Venus, whose celebration had been muted, leaned in toward her little sister and gently whispered in her ear, “C’mon. Let’s get outta here.”
AN ARRAY OF SPORTS SIBLINGS has spoken over the years about the psychodrama of having to compete against each other. But none of them were also simultaneously, realistically vying for No.1 in the world -- not to mention doing so in the intimate confines of an individual sport. Nor did the others have to shoulder the weight of being groundbreaking icons and racial standard-bearers. Venus and Serena were the first female African American women to win a Grand Slam major in the Open Era and the first Black women to reach No.1 since Althea Gibson dominated amateur tennis in the 1950s after breaking the color barrier in the sport.
Navigating all of that for two-and-a-half decades in public life should be seen as a victory as remarkable as all the Williams sisters’ 48 Grand Slam singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles combined. As Billie Jean King says, “Venus and Serena Williams transcend tennis and have ushered our sport into the 21st century.
"From the first time I saw them in 1988 at a World TeamTennis clinic, I knew they were special, and they have both led tennis with grit and grace. They don’t look like the tennis establishment, and they brought a style of play that focused on power and passion. Even with all their championships, their greatest contribution, in and out of tennis, will forever be opening doors for others, particularly people of color.”
Venus and Serena had an uncanny ability to adjust on the fly as their individual stature in the game shifted, even when Serena overtook Venus for No.1 in the world and never looked back. They continued to share a house together for years. Once on tour, they often flew together, ate together, practiced together and roomed together even on the nights before they played for tennis’ biggest titles.
They’d wake up, go to the tournament, dress for the final in the same otherwise deserted locker room, walk on and off the court together, and after the match, there were usually flowers waiting for the winner when they returned to their room. “Can you imagine doing all that?” Carlos Fleming, Venus’ longtime agent, once marveled.
Serena eventually outpaced Venus by a significant margin in most career numbers, including Grand Slam titles singles (23 to 7), a gap that began widening even before Venus was diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome in 2011. It’s only natural to wonder how many more majors Venus would’ve amassed if she didn’t come along at the exact same time as the best tennis player in history -- no gender qualifier needed. Even Roger Federer endorsed the idea, ceding GOAT honors to Serena in a 2018 interview.
Serena defeated Venus in seven of their nine Grand Slam tournament finals. On the seven more occasions in which they met in an earlier round of a major, the winner went on to win the championship another four times. (Venus once, at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships.)
That means, all told, 12 of Venus’ Grand Slam title runs were thwarted by her sister in the 20-year span that Venus was still advancing to at least one of the four major finals. Venus played her last in 2017 at the Australian Open. That was also the same year Serena was off the tour most of the time after giving birth to her daughter, Olympia.
FOLKS FROM ALL walks of life -- sports writers to academicians to weekend hackers -- have tried to capture the multifaceted significance of the Williams sisters, knowing it has been immense. Millions of words have been spilled dissecting and reflecting and remarking on their unique journey as athletes, women and business moguls.
While their impact is often compared to the effect Tiger Woods had in golf, that yardstick fails in one glaring respect: All three of them are African Americans in predominately white sports who unlocked new ideas of what’s possible, but far more people of color have followed the Williams sisters into women’s tennis -- especially at the top level -- than materialized in golf after Woods came along.
A few years ago, Venus herself provided perhaps the best look at how she and Serena made their parallel lives as sisters and tennis champions work in a 2016 essay she wrote for "The Players’ Tribune." It shouldn’t be a surprise that such an original take would come from her.
Venus has seemed like an old soul from the moment she appeared on the WTA Tour at the Bank of the West tournament in Oakland, California, where she made her pro debut at 14. She was still gangly and wet behind the ears. She already stood 6-foot-1 and would later jokingly compare her appearance to “a baby giraffe.” She was already bracingly smart. When asked if she agreed with the projections that she was destined to become a superstar, she said, “I'm prepared to face failure because I know that before you become successful, you fail."
Then she added a kicker: “I think I have the game to beat anyone. I'm not going to say I can't. I can't just accept [someone else] is better” -- all sentiments that both Williams sisters stuck to like a mantra throughout their careers.
“Not your day?” a reporter asked Venus after she lost the 2000 Sony Ericsson Open final.
“I don’t ever feel like it’s not my day,” she volleyed back.
What made Venus’ "Player’s Tribune" essay so notable was it felt like the first draft of an epilogue, even though she and Serena still had many years left to play. And it was Venus’ words. Not somebody else’s.
Also, what Venus chose to reflect on wasn’t the same thing that others do -- namely, how in the world did she and Serena navigate the passing of the torch between them? Instead, what Venus essentially inferred is we’ve been framing it wrong. We should all look instead at what being in position to exchange the torch meant. Once upon a time, for a very long time, a Williams was the best damn tennis player in the world.
“For me,” Venus wrote, "being the big sister meant that when I made my professional debut, I was the only player on tour who looked like me. I was the only player with my skin color, with my hair, with my background, with my style. … When I became world No.1 in 2002, I wasn’t just World No.1. I was also the first Black American woman to reach No.1. And it meant that I had to carry with me the importance of what I had accomplished. And I was honored to do that.
Being the big sister meant that when my little sister made her professional debut, I became a lot of new things to her -- her colleague, her competitor, her business partner, her doubles partner. But I was still, first and foremost, the one thing I had always been: her family. I was her protector -- her first line of defense against outside forces. And I cherished that.
It was yet another lesson from the Williamses on sisterhood. What others saw as the eclipse of one sister by another, Venus and Serena saw as the ultimate victory. They had both made it. And they did it the best way possible. Together. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2182793/the-sisterhood-venus-serena-and-an-unbreakable-bond | 2022-09-02T02:10:45Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2182793/the-sisterhood-venus-serena-and-an-unbreakable-bond | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- Zheng Qinwen, Zhang Shuai, Wang Xiyu and qualifier Yuan Yue have advanced to the third round at the US Open, marking the first time in the Open Era that four Chinese women have advanced to the third round of a Slam.
"So it's like five," Zheng said, referring to Wu Yibing, who became the first Chinese man to ever advance to the third round of a Slam.
"I think this is so positive. In China, the tennis starts to go up. I think between each other we have good competition between each other. When you have someone to compete [with], you always can [perform] better. I think with this energy, I hope all of us, we can go as far as we can."
4 - Four Chinese female players (Qinwen Zheng, Yue Yuan, Xiyu Wang and Shuai Zhang) have reached the Round of 32 in a single Grand Slam tournament for first time in the Open Era. Group.@WTA @WTA_insider #USOpen #USOpen2022 pic.twitter.com/0iMp669Ku2
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At 19, the 39th-ranked Zheng has continued to build a solid resume that points in the direction of a major breakthrough. She is into her third consecutive Slam third round after beating Jelena Ostapenko in the first round and Anastasia Potapova in the second.
It's worth pointing out that the champions of the past two majors, Iga Swiatek at Roland Garros and Elena Rybakina at Wimbledon, had to go through Zheng. Each time, the powerful teen took them the distance. She's already notched marquee wins against Simona Halep on clay at Roland Garros and Bianca Andreescu and Ons Jabeur in Toronto. At Wimbledon, Zheng rued a missed opportunity against Rybakina to go up a late break and beat the eventual champion.
"When she won the championship, always I congratulate her, for sure, because she deserved that," Zheng said in Toronto. "But it's like, I should get this match. And it's me, I give this championship to her.
"And yes, I know it's not good to say this, but I was really, really pissed about myself for that match."
Swiatek once again looms as a potential roadblock for Zheng, who could face the World No.1 in the fourth round. But first she'll ready for Germany's Jule Niemeier.
Yuan is the newcomer of the group, and by her reaction to making her first third round said it all. She put her business studies at university in Shanghai on hold to focus on tennis, and at 23, she is ranked No.143. Yuan worked her way through qualifying to make her first Slam main draw and has defeated Jamiee Fourlis and Irina-Camelia Begu without losing a set.
"Actually, I [feel] I'm not ready to play in the third round of a Grand Slam," Yuan said. "Before this tournament I played an ITF 60K and I lost in the first round of the main draw. So I'm kind of confused. It just happened."
Yuan said it was her recent practices with the likes of Wang Xiyu and Wang Qiang that gave her more belief in her quality.
"I saw a lot of players they can do really well so I tried to learn from them," Yuan said. "Sometimes I practice with them and I think sometimes I don't think I play really bad."
"Sometimes I practice with some Chinese players, like Zhu Lin, Wang Qiang, Wang Xiyu. They are all really good players, Top 100. Wang Qiang was Top 12. They helped me a lot.
"Before, I did not have clothes for Wimbledon and Wang Qiang helped me. She has a lot of clothes from her sponsor and her coach said if you don't need so many, I can give it to people who need it. And I said, 'I need it!'"
For No.75 Wang, New York is where she's found her best tennis once again. A former junior No.1 and girls' champion in 2018, the 21-year-old left-hander stunned No.3 Maria Sakkari to make her first third round at a Slam. She'll next face No.29 seed Alison Riske-Amritraj.
No.36 Zhang is the veteran of the group. The 33-year-old from Tianjin is enjoying one of the best seasons of her career. Just two weeks ago in Cincinnati, Zhang ousted Naomi Osaka and Anett Kontaveit to make her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal in four years.
With wins against No.30 seed Jil Teichmann and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, she'll face Canada's Rebecca Marino for a spot in the second week.
"I'm so proud that I can be a part of this team," Yuan said. "I think for our Chinese players, Covid was very difficult. It was hard to travel. But we grow stronger. Sometimes the difficult things make you stronger." | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2775338/zheng-qinwen-leads-chinese-quartet-making-history-at-the-us-open | 2022-09-02T02:10:51Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2775338/zheng-qinwen-leads-chinese-quartet-making-history-at-the-us-open | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- In the end, there was no fanfare.
When Venus and Serena Williams lost what appears to be their last doubles match Thursday night at sold-out Arthur Ashe Stadium, they quickly packed their bags, waved briefly to the crowd and walked together to the locker room.
The novel pairing of 37-year-old Lucie Hradecka and 17-year-old Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic was too much in a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win.
It wasn’t quite the last-dance scenario some might have envisioned before the tournament began. The soon-to-be-retiring Serena plays Ajla Tomljanovic on Friday night for a spot in the singles Round of 16.
Venus, who has yet to discuss her future plans, did not offer any further clarity. It was doubles that allowed her to sidestep the retirement question from reporters after losing a first-round match to Alison Van Uytvanck.
“Right now,” she told reporters, “I’m just focused on the doubles.”
So, too, was much of the tennis world. Women’s doubles were featured in an Ashe night match for the first time in a decade.
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Venus served the opening game, and it ended in vintage Williams fashion -- a big serve from Venus and a sharply angled (though two-handed) volley winner from Serena. The match proceeded in orderly fashion and, after 63 minutes, arrived at a tiebreak.
That one also played out to the end, with the Czechs winning on a huge second-serve return from Hradecka right down the alley past Venus at net.
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When Serena was broken in the second set, the Czechs took a 3-0 lead. But with Hradecka serving at 4-2, 40-love, the Williamses somehow reeled them back in to get back on serve. With Serena serving at 4-5, the Czechs broke her, converting their second match point on a Hradecka volley winner.
According to Venus, it was Serena’s idea to play doubles.
“She’s the boss,” Venus said, “so do whatever she tells me to do. I don’t think we have played since 2016, but might be getting that wrong.”
For the record, the last time they played together was 2018 at Roland Garros, where they lost in the Round of 16. The Williams sisters have always enjoyed playing doubles; they won their first title in Oklahoma City and, still teenagers, their first Grand Slam at the 1999 French Open.
They also won three Olympic gold medals -- in 2000 (Sydney), 2008 (Beijing) and 2012 (London). They have famously reached 14 Grand Slam finals -- and won all of them. The last came in 2016 at Wimbledon. Since then, Serena has played with Caroline Wozniacki (Auckland, 2020) and, most recently, with Ons Jabeur earlier this year on the grass in Eastbourne. Venus played doubles with Coco Gauff a year ago in Paris and mixed doubles with Jamie Murray this year at Wimbledon, where they lost their second match.
Doubles has always been not only fun for the sisters, but also a welcome diversion from the pressures of pursuing a major singles title. This might help Serena as she contemplates Friday’s third-round singles match against Ajla Tomljanovic.
It’s a fine line, she said, between the fierce concentration necessary to succeed in singles and stepping back to appreciate the outpouring of support she’s received here.
“I think I’ve mostly been kind of blocking everything out, but then at the same time I’ve been embracing a little bit of it, because I also want to enjoy the moment,” she told reporters after defeating Anett Kontaveit on Wednesday night. “I think these moments are clearly fleeting. For me, it’s really about having a little embrace but also understanding that I’m here to focus.
“I feel like everything is a bonus. So I’m just really trying to figure out which percentage I want of each.”
Some have questioned the wisdom of Serena playing doubles. At nearly 41, should she be saving herself for singles? Serena, scoffing, told reporters that she felt she needed all the matches she could get. Certainly, she took the opportunity to tighten up her net game.
“We have had some great wins,” Venus said before the match. “It would be nice to add some more. More than anything, I just want to hold my side of the court up and be a good sister.”
As they walked off, chatting among themselves, you got the idea that she checked that box. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2775395/venus-serena-fall-in-opening-round-of-doubles-at-us-open | 2022-09-02T02:10:57Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2775395/venus-serena-fall-in-opening-round-of-doubles-at-us-open | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Steve Tjarks, 72, of Ackley, passed away on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 at Grand JiVante in Ackley. Funeral services are pending with the Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls.
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HUBBARD-Raymond Klemme, age 87, of Hubbard passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 at the Hubbard Care Center in Hubbard.
A celebration of life service will be held on Monday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. in the Hubbard Arboretum located at Ash and Lowden St. in Hubbard. Please bring a lawn chair.
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Larry Gehrls, 42, of Marion and formerly of Iowa Falls, passed away Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. A memorial visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Counsell Woodley Funeral Home in Iowa Falls. He will be laid to rest with a private family inurnment at a later date. Counsell Woodley Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Iowa Falls is caring for Larry and his family.
Larry was born on Nov. 7, 1979, in Sapulpa, Okla. to parents John and Vicky Gehrls. After graduating from Iowa Falls Community Schools, he attended Kirkwood Community College. Larry married Paula Williams on April 14, 2004, in Las Vegas, Nev. Larry worked as a musician and also as a custodian for Cedar Rapids Public Schools.
Larry had a deep love for his family, friends and music. Over the years he performed solo and with many different bands. He wrote or co-wrote over 75 songs in any genre he was inspired by. Many were written by a fire at a family cabin in northern Wisconsin that he helped build with his family when he was a boy. He spent a lot of time there at peace with the people he loved. He would make you laugh or hold you when you cried. He was kind. He was never happier than when he was with his daughters. He will be missed.
Left to cherish Larry's memory include his parents: John and Vicky Gehrls of Iowa Falls; wife, Paula Gehrls of Marion; daughters: Nevaeh Kay Murphy and Emberlee Opal Gehrls of Marion; brother, Mike Gehrls of Iowa Falls; sister, Jennifer Gehrls of Iowa Falls; Larry Spears of Sapulpa, Okla. and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
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Steve Tjarks, 72, of Ackley, passed away on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 at Grand JiVante in Ackley. Funeral services are pending with the Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls.
Steve William Tjarks was born on May 25, 1950 in Iowa Falls to Donald and Margie (Janes) Tjarks. He graduated from Iowa Falls High School.
Steve had an infectious laugh and loved spending time with his family. His highlight was seeing his nieces and nephews. He had a deep faith in his Lord and Savior and enjoyed going to church, reading his bible and listening to gospel music. In his younger years he maintained lawns for others and took deep pride in his work. Steve loved his Cadets, the Hawkeyes, the Baltimore Colts and the Minnesota Twins. You could say he was a bit of a sports fanatic.
Steve is survived by his siblings: Donna (Kevin) Vierkandt of Alden, Timothy (Deanne) Tjarks of Cedar Falls and Suzanne (Mike) Murphy of Iowa Falls; his nieces and nephews and lifelong friend Mike Ingebritson.
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A new study says that aging may be accelerated with excessive time in front of, and looking at, the many screens we use for our computers and devices daily.
The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Aging, says that other problems may also be caused, including obesity and psychological problems.
Dr Jadwiga Giebultowicz, a professor at the Department of Integrative Biology at Oregon State University and senior author of the study, wrote, “Excessive exposure to blue light from everyday devices, such as TVs, laptops, and phones, may have detrimental effects on a wide range of cells in our body, from skin and fat cells, to sensory neurons.“
Giebultowicz said, “We are the first to show that the levels of specific metabolites – chemicals that are essential for cells to function correctly – are altered in fruit flies exposed to blue light.“
Researchers showed that fruit flies exposed to the light activate or "turn on" genes that protect against stress. Those that were in darkness lived longer.
Blue light was also found to cause great differences in metabolite levels that researchers observed. Levels of succinate were increased, while glutamate was decreased with exposure.
Giebultowicz said, “Succinate is essential for producing the fuel for the function and growth of each cell. High levels of succinate after exposure to blue light can be compared to gas being in the pump but not getting into the car."
“Another troubling discovery was that molecules responsible for communication between neurons, such as glutamate, are at the lower level after blue light exposure,“ Giebultowicz said
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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
In many parts of the country, kids are about to wrap up their first week of school. And teachers are happy to have them back for what they hope is a relatively COVID-free school year. But there's one more thing educators and health care providers are preparing for - another wave of kids struggling with their mental health. NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee reports.
RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: To understand why educators and health care providers are concerned about kids' mental health, we have to step back to this time last year, when students came back into classrooms, many for the first time since spring of 2020, and educators were thrilled.
BOB MULLANEY: We were very excited because we were going to have all our kids back.
CHATTERJEE: Bob Mullaney is superintendent of Mills Public Schools in Massachusetts. But he says the last school year turned out to be a tough one.
MULLANEY: We had a lot of kids with elevated levels of anxiety and stress, kids who are fearful coming to school, fearful of contracting COVID. We had an increase in students reporting suicidal ideation. It was a lot.
CHATTERJEE: Data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that in the previous academic year, 76% of public schools reported concerns around student mental health, and only half said they felt equipped to address the problem. And data from emergency rooms show a rise in the number of kids seeking help for mental health crises. Even after schools closed for the summer, hospitals have continued to see children and adolescents seeking care for mental health. So health care providers and educators are expecting that kids are still struggling, especially in the country's most marginalized communities, where families are still reeling from the impacts of the pandemic.
ELISA VILLANUEVA BEARD: Things like loss of life, loss of jobs, food insecurity, homes - you know, kids not having, you know, predictable homes, the predictability and routine completely disrupted.
CHATTERJEE: Elisa Villanueva Beard is CEO of Teach for America, which caters to schools in underserved communities. She says her organization is sensitizing teachers to the emotional states of their students.
VILLANUEVA BEARD: We have to actually equip our teachers to be able to approach classrooms in a trauma-informed way. And they all want this. So we, as part of our training curriculum, are really teaching our teachers how to be emotionally available.
CHATTERJEE: That's the right approach, says psychologist Janice Beal, who works with schools in the Houston area.
JANICE BEAL: Every morning, five minutes - check in with the students and have everybody share how they're feeling for that particular day.
CHATTERJEE: Beal says it's something she's been telling teachers as they prepare for the school year.
BEAL: So the teachers - we don't want them to be mental health professionals. We want you to be able to understand what mental health concerns may be in your classroom and to be able to recognize them so that you can refer them.
CHATTERJEE: Beal has also created a team of mental health ambassadors, students who have been trained as peer counselors.
BEAL: The ambassadors' role will be able to, if someone was, you know, having some type of difficulty, to come and talk to them.
CHATTERJEE: So kids feel more comfortable sharing their mental health struggles and seeking help before they reach a crisis point. Dr. Tami Benton is psychiatrist-in-chief at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She says she's heartened by how proactive schools have been regarding student mental health going into the school year.
TAMI BENTON: This year, what we can expect is a more open approach by schools and communities to understanding these mental health challenges and actually having much more education about how to respond.
CHATTERJEE: And that gives her hope that this school year might make it a little easier for students to get help. Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR News.
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President Biden is giving a rare prime-time speech on Thursday on what he calls the "battle for the soul of the nation" — including threats posed by a faction of the Republican party tied to former President Donald Trump.
It's a message that comes just two months ahead of the midterm congressional elections, where Democrats are fighting to keep their slim majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. Biden is expected to travel to key states in upcoming weeks to campaign for Democratic candidates.
The speech from the Independence National Historical Park in downtown Philadelphia marks a return to a message Biden used in his 2020 campaign.
Watch the speech here at 8 p.m. ET:
"For a long time, we've reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed," Biden will say, according to excerpts of remarks released by the White House. "But it is not. We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of us."
The White House calls supporters of Trump "MAGA Republicans" — referring to the 'Make America Great Again' slogan used by the former president. Biden says they must be confronted.
"MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards," he will say, according to the excerpts. "Backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love."
In recent weeks, Biden has said they support a form of semi-fascism, and has excoriated them for embracing political violence in their refusal to accept the results of the election.
Republicans have criticized Biden for being divisive. Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the president was pitting Americans against each other.
"Joe Biden is the divider-in-chief and epitomizes the current state of the Democrat Party: one of divisiveness, disgust, and hostility towards half the country," McDaniel said in a statement.
After months of struggling in the polls, Biden is seeking to capitalize on a series of legislative wins, concerns about the impact of the Supreme Court's abortion ruling --- as well as from ongoing coverage of Trump's legal problems, said Doug Sosnik, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton.
Democrats are working to capitalize on this newfound momentum ahead of the midterms, particularly with independent voters, Sosnik said.
"In a world that's increasingly become bifurcated, the center here is the 30% of the people out there who are, you know, open to persuasion," he said.
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AILSA CHANG, HOST:
President Biden is heading to Pennsylvania tonight, where he will give a rare primetime speech on what the White House calls the battle for the soul of the nation. The speech in downtown Philadelphia is about threats to democracy. It's a return to a message that Biden used in his 2020 campaign. And Biden is expected again to take sharp aim at Republicans tonight. Here to talk about all of this is NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez. Hey, Franco.
FRANCO ORDOÑEZ, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa.
CHANG: OK. So what else can you tell us about what to expect from the president's speech tonight?
ORDOÑEZ: Well, Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden's press secretary, told us to expect the president to speak about how he sees Republican followers of former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. Biden says they don't respect the rule of law and that they have refused to accept the results of the election. He calls them MAGA Republicans and says they support a kind of semi-fascism. The president has been more aggressively taking on Republicans in recent weeks, you know, as he did in Maryland last week.
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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: They refuse to accept the will of the people. They embrace - embrace - political violence. They don't believe in democracy.
ORDOÑEZ: You know, it's really quite a shift from his earlier efforts to find compromise with Republicans over the course of much of his first year.
CHANG: I mean, but this message, it isn't a new area for him, right? Like, why is he giving this speech now? Is he basically - I don't know - just campaigning for the midterms?
ORDOÑEZ: You know, Biden has cited recent events as an example of why fighting for democracy is more important than ever. You know, he's pointed to the suppression of voting rights and threats to abortion and reproductive health care, for example. You know, the White House says this is not political. But, I mean, of course, the midterms are just around the corner. You know, I talked with Doug Sosnik. He was a former adviser to President Bill Clinton. You know, he says Biden was struggling but really changed his momentum recently.
DOUG SOSNIK: He was teetering on getting to that point where people just weren't going to pay attention to him and they tuned him out.
ORDOÑEZ: You know, that new momentum has come from his legislative wins and concerns about the abortion ruling in the Supreme Court, as well as the ongoing coverage of Trump's legal problems. And Sosnik says people are now more willing to listen, especially independent voters. You know, he specifically cited new polling that shows independents have moved more into the Democrats' camp before the midterm elections.
SOSNIK: In a world that's increasingly become bifurcated, I mean, to the center. You know, there's 30% of the people out there who are open, you know, to persuasion.
ORDOÑEZ: You know, and he said those are the people who are now probably more willing and interested to hear what the president has to say tonight. And that's part of the reason why Biden is giving this primetime address.
CHANG: Well, President Biden's second stop in Pennsylvania, this is his second stop in Pennsylvania in, like, three days, right? And he's going back there again over the long weekend. Can you just explain why there's so much focus on Pennsylvania in particular?
ORDOÑEZ: You know, Biden is from Scranton, and Pennsylvania is where he launched his 2020 campaign. And this week has been kind of a kickoff for Biden, who promises to do more campaigning before the midterms. And Pennsylvania is an incredibly important state in those upcoming races. You know, it has competitive House races and a gubernatorial contest and a key Senate race that could help determine control of the Senate. So there's a lot riding on this period.
CHANG: That is NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez. Thank you, Franco.
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The Telluride Film Festival’s lineup, kept top secret until the day before the Colorado fest begins, has been revealed. It features, as usual, a handful of hotly anticipated premieres, some big Venice holdovers, and several promising documentaries.
The festival, which often debuts some of the biggest Oscar contenders of the season, runs September 2–5 this year, returning to its original four-day schedule after extending one day longer last year as a COVID-19 precaution. Telluride Film Festival executive director Julie Huntsinger tells Vanity Fair it will be back to its original form in more ways than one. “This year there’s so much that is challenging, that is in your face. I love it,” she says. “And so you’re going to see a more typical year in terms of how people interact with each other and talk about the movies—there will be fighting.”
What Huntsinger means by fighting is the passionate discussion that takes place—in line for the next movie, on the streets of Telluride, or in the bars and restaurants in town—among the movie-loving fest-goers. And there should be plenty to discuss and debate, as many of the films, including the four world premieres, feature timely topics embedded deep into their stories and captured with phenomenal performances.
One of the most hotly anticipated films is Women Talking, a drama directed by Sarah Polley, which will have its world premiere at the festival on Friday. The film focuses on a group of Mennonite women who, after discovering that they’ve been drugged and raped by some of the men in the community, gather together to decide what course of action to take. Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, and Jessie Buckley all star and will be on hand at the festival, as will Polley, who will be honored with one of the festival’s three tributes. “It’s so obvious that this is a collaborative, beautiful, transcendent effort by this group,” Huntsinger says. “And it’s exciting to me because it’s become more anticipated as buzz has built as a few people have seen it, but for the longest time nobody was talking about it, and I just thought, I can’t wait until people see this.”
Two other films centered on knockout lead performances by rising stars will also world premiere at the festival: The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh and Lady Chatterley’s Lover, starring Emma Corrin. The Wonder, helmed by A Fantastic Woman director Sebastián Lelio, follows a nurse in Ireland who is hired to watch over a young girl who claims she has not eaten in several months. “I’ve never seen Florence Pugh like this, and that is an absolute compliment,” Huntsinger says of the actor, whose other fall vehicle, Don’t Worry Darling, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival almost simultaneously. “In [The Wonder] she is this profoundly rich, rich character.”
One of several promising projects this fall for The Crown breakout star Corrin, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, helmed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, is an adaptation of the D. H. Lawrence classic about an upper class married woman’s sexual awakening when she begins an affair with her estate’s gamekeeper. “It’s really beautiful,” Huntsinger says. “I’m glad people will see more and more and more of who Emma is.”
The final world premiere is Sam Mendes’s drama Empire of Light, starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, and Toby Jones, which is said to be a deeply personal drama set at a movie theater in England in the 1980s. Huntsinger describes it as a “beautiful, beautiful, beautiful story” and notes that it’s not exactly what you’d expect from the filmmaker whose last project was the real-time war epic 1917. “It’s quite lovely for him to go into a more intimate kind of a place, where it is very much about internal life, about how we interact with the people closest to us,” she says. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/awards-insider-2022-telluride-film-festival-lineup | 2022-09-02T02:19:26Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/awards-insider-2022-telluride-film-festival-lineup | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What do you do when you’ve won back-to-back directing Oscars for films that were also commercial hits? If you’re Alejandro González Iñárritu, you make a virtual reality short but otherwise disappear for seven years. You also—if Iñárritu’s new film, Bardo, is any indication—do a lot of interior reflection, of both the healthy variety and the less so.
Bardo, which premiered here at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday and is more fully titled Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths), is a nearly three-hour journey through the mind of a journalist turned film director who is, we’d have to assume, something of a stand-in for Iñárritu himself. The film offers some lonely insights into the alienation of success, with all its conditional adulation and consistent doubt, but mostly muddles through the mechanics of the filmmaker’s guilt toward his family and his home country.
This is Iñárritu’s first primarily Mexico-set film since his breakout, Amores Perros, unless you count the harrowing desert sequence in Babel. That homecoming gives Iñárritu lots to noodle over, from the nation’s fraught history to the director’s own conflicted relationship to it as someone who decamped to Los Angeles at some point in the past. This puts Bardo slightly in line with Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, and the upcoming Steven Spielberg film The Fabelmans. The great masters are getting older more pensive, nostalgia mingling with whiffs of defensiveness as they consider the humble (and, in some cases, forsaken) origins that birthed a brilliant mind.
Iñárritu’s film differs from those other three in that it is not really a journey back in time. We are roughly in the present tense, though most of the film takes place in a kind of dream palace where locations and temporal settings bleed into one another. Bardo is a magical-realist opus that sees Iñárritu, with the funds provided to him by Netflix, indulging in myriad flights of fancy. We see a doomed last stand during the Mexican-American War. There’s a conversation with Hernán Cortés atop an Aztec pyramid made of human bodies. A long tracking shot drifts through a lavish television variety show, complete with feathered dancing girls; a man flies over the scrublands of Mexico’s north; a baby decides to reenter his mother’s womb after deciding the world is too far gone to spend any time in.
Eventually, all of this alternately grim and whimsical imagery—grand and preening, shot crisply by Darius Khonji—must come together to serve some thematic purpose, which is where Bardo stumbles. Iñárritu has a lot on his mind here, weighing the sins and graces of personal and public history, and attempting to atone for some of it. But as Bardo stretches on and on and on, the film narrows into something solipsistic and meta. Eventually, and at length, Iñárritu entertains that most vain of fantasies: how sad would it be if I died? A haughtiness and a curious petulance descend over the film, as if Iñárritu could only stand to name his mistakes for too long. Eventually, of course, he must be celebrated.
Maybe I’m being unfair. It is possible that the film’s hero, documentarian Silverio Gama (Daniel Giménez Cacho), isn’t meant to be so closely reflective of Iñárritu. But they are parallel enough, right down to winning a big prestigious award, that it’s impossible to watch Bardo without spending most of your time trying to suss out what Iñárritu is saying about himself. Some of that observation is lovely and striking: a hushed and tender conversation between Silverio and his young son in a dreamy flashback of sorts; the bitterly sad yet cathartic processing of an infant’s death, shortly after his birth. On occasion, the political commentary—sometimes played for mordant laughs, other times grave and horrified—lands with the intended sobering effect. In those moments we keenly feel the confusion and pain that defines Iñárritu’s—I mean, Gama’s—ever slippery relationship with his nationality and his relative privilege.
But those instances are fleeting, and otherwise we are tediously bogged down by Bardo’s mannered swirl. This has long been a problem of the director’s: His work is often technically marvelous but emotionally, spiritually, philosophically inert. Meaning gets swallowed up by ultra-high style; what’s left when all the adornment is pared away is a director indicating toward his own prowess. Bardo is the most glaring example of that tendency yet, self-obsessed and self-glorifying well beyond what’s tolerable. I suppose we do learn a great deal about where Iñárritu’s head has been these past few years, but the value of that insight is vastly disproportionate to the ornate contraption housing it. Bardo isn’t really a thinly veiled memoir; it’s a love letter. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/bardo-movie-review-inarritu | 2022-09-02T02:19:30Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/bardo-movie-review-inarritu | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The headline-making rise and fall of ’80s pop R&B duo Milli Vanilli is getting the big-screen treatment in a biopic titled Girl You Know It’s True. New images and casting details were first published by The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, unveiling newcomers Elan Ben Ali and Tijan Njie as the group’s frontmen, Fabrice Morvan and Robert Pilatus.
“Girl You Know It’s True is captivating on so many levels,” the film’s writer-director Simon Verhoeven said in a statement to the outlet. “It not only tells the spectacular rise of two underdogs making it to the zenith of showbiz within one summer, it also gives a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of that illusory world of fame and its sometimes tragic and unscrupulous machinations. Personally, I think Rob and Fab did not deserve to become the sole scapegoats of this scandal.”
For the woefully uninitiated: Milli Vanilli experienced a meteoric rise and ultimately catastrophic fall in the late ’80s and early ’90s. The duo scored three number one hits in the U.S. with tracks “Blame It on the Rain,” “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You,” and “Baby Don’t Forget My Number,” earning a best-new-artist Grammy Award in 1989.
But the pair was soon plagued by scandal when it was revealed that Milli Vanilli was a false musical enterprise engineered by producer Frank Farian. In reality, the group’s hit tracks were sung by other vocalists. When the truth was exposed, Milli Vanilli’s Grammy was stripped from them—a first in Recording Academy history. As the faces of the group, Morvan and Pilatus took major heat for their roles in the deceit, and after several failed attempts at career rejuvenation, Pilatus died after reportedly mixing alcohol with pills in 1998.
Joining the titular duo in the cast are Matthias Schweighöfer as Farian; Graham Rogers as Milli Vanilli’s U.S. assistant, Todd; and Bella Dayne as Milli, Farian’s associate and inspiration for the duo’s name. Some of the scandal’s original players are involved behind the scenes as well. Kevin Liles, a member of the band Numarx—whose song “Girl You Know It’s True” Milli Vanilli covered—and CEO of music company 300 Entertainment, is executive-producing. Associate producers include Jasmin Davis, daughter of the late John Davis, and Brad Howell; John Davis and Howell were the actual voices behind Milli Vanilli. Carmen Pilatus, sister of the late Rob Pilatus, Milli Vanilli’s former assistant Todd Headlee, and Ingrid Segieth, a.k.a. Milli, are also signed on as associate producers.
Girl You Know It’s True has yet to receive an official release date. Filming on the project is scheduled to wrap in December. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/milli-vanilli-biopic-about-the-pop-duos-scandalous-rise-and-fall-unveils-first-look | 2022-09-02T02:19:31Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/milli-vanilli-biopic-about-the-pop-duos-scandalous-rise-and-fall-unveils-first-look | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Saturday Night Live is once more reducing its ranks going into season 48. Per The Hollywood Reporter, regulars Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor, as well as featured player Aristotle Athari, will not be returning to the series come the fall.
Moffat and Villaseñor both joined SNL as featured players in 2016 and were promoted to full cast members in 2018, with each spending a total of nearly six years at SNL. Moffat was perhaps best known for impersonating President Joe Biden before new cast member James Austin Johnson took over the impression this past season. He also made frequent appearances on the Weekend Update desk, playing privileged doofuses like Eric Trump, alongside castmate Mikey Day’s impression of Donald Trump Jr., and the Guy Who Just Bought a Boat.
A skilled vocal impressionist who appeared on America’s Got Talent before getting cast on SNL, Villaseñor frequently impersonated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on SNL and was often tapped for musical bits. Villaseñor was the first Latina cast member to be promoted to series-regular status, and she discussed embracing her Hispanic heritage in a cut-for-time Weekend Update segment. At the end of season 46, Villaseñor went viral for posting an Instagram story in which she appeared to quit the show, writing, “I’m not coming back to SNL next year. Cause I deserve better.” She deleted that Instagram story and posted a subsequent Instagram story in which she said she had been drinking and that her “ego got too cocky.” Villaseñor ultimately returned for the entirety of season 47.
Athari spent one season on SNL, joining the cast as a featured player alongside Johnson and Sarah Sherman in 2021.
The departures of these three comedians mark the latest in a wave of exits from NBC’s long-running sketch program. SNL vets Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Pete Davidson, and Emmy winner Kate McKinnon said their goodbyes to SNL during the final episode of season 47. Longtime senior producer Lindsay Shookus, who most recently ran talent relations, also left SNL in August.
Executive producer Lorne Michaels typically holds auditions for the program in the late summer, and the show usually announces the new and returning cast members in the weeks leading up to the season premiere, often in September. As of now, NBC has not announced a premiere date for season 48.
NBC did not immediately respond to VF’s request for comment. Barring any other departures or promotions, SNL’s season 48 will include Day, Michael Che, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang, as well as featured players Sherman, Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, and Punkie Johnson. But given the number of departures, there may be a handful of names added to that list in the coming weeks. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/saturday-night-live-sheds-three-more-cast-members-ahead-of-season-48 | 2022-09-02T02:19:31Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/saturday-night-live-sheds-three-more-cast-members-ahead-of-season-48 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The lauded writer-director Todd Field has been quiet for the last sixteen years. His last feature, Little Children, debuted in 2006, and in the years since we haven’t heard much of anything from one of the more promising American filmmakers to emerge in the early part of this century. But in all that absence, Field hasn’t been inactive. He’s been productively observing all of culture’s many defining undulations, as is vividly evident in his new film TÁR, a towering achievement which premiered here at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
TÁR is about a composer and conductor, Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), renowned the world over for her interpretations of classical music. She’s a wealthy EGOT-winner and holds the ultra-prestigious position of head conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. Poised and leonine, Lydia cuts a formidable figure. Field introduces her to us by way of an on-stage chat with New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik. It’s a long conversation—filmed with steady and arresting calm—about Lydia’s approach to her work, her philosophies on music and its meaning. All this abstract monologuing skirts the edges of pretension, but remains gripping because of the magnetic person doing the over-egged sermonizing.
We later see Lydia teaching a Juilliard master class to a small group of aspiring conductors. Here the chumminess of the New Yorker talk gives way to something haughtier, more biting—because, we can assume, Lydia’s audience has shifted. She’s still a commanding presence on whose every word we hang, but her profile is suddenly flecked with a menace not seen when she was performing for those she might more readily see as peers.
In these establishing scenes, and really throughout the film, Field shrewdly illustrates both the magnificence of Lydia’s genius and its threat. She can be accommodating of her lessers, but just as often she—privately and publicly—debases them. She refers to those who question or otherwise frustrate her as "robots" and "nobodies." She toys with people’s careers to suit her whims and manipulative schemes. She’s alternately blithe and needy with her wife, a first chair violinist played by Nina Hoss, and is only a fleeting presence in her young daughter’s life.
TÁR first awes us with Lydia’s elegance and acumen, cows us into submission to her intimidating intellect, before beginning its investigation into what that reverence has allowed. When does a person’s brilliance, so potent and singular, curdle into a kind of aggression? Lydia—a close acolyte (and imitator) of Leonard Bernstein in this movie’s version of history—is perhaps at the vertiginous top of her field. Bad habits can develop in all that alienating esteem.
Gradually, TÁR gives us clues about what’s going on just outside the film’s close gaze. We receive snippets of information about one of Lydia’s past proteges, a troubled young woman who has become an insistent nuisance scratching at the impervious majesty of Lydia’s life and career. There are brief, unnerving sequences in which we view Lydia’s apartment and Lydia herself, asleep on a private jet, through video captured by some unseen person’s phone. Text messages on the screen suggest a sneering disdain for the great master. Lydia is being watched, reconsidered, maligned. There is a fissure somewhere in her sterling reputation that, as the film sumptuously unfolds, cracks open into ruin.
In somewhat reductive terms, TÁR is a film about the recent wave of #MeToo-adjacent accusations that have brought down titans in many industries, but especially in the arts. Lydia Tár becomes just such a figure. Field’s film—ruthless and grimly funny—builds toward a mighty, but not entirely conclusive, reckoning. Field nails the fraught tenor of this very contemporary discourse, both its urgency and the fear (mostly shared by those on, or adjacent to, the receiving end of accusations) that some line has been crossed into overreach.
Though TÁR is near-entirely rooted in the perspective of the accused, the film is not positioned as an act of empathy, some exercise in recognizing the vulnerable humanity of those who prey upon people in their thrall. Field has crafted a sharp and damning character study, one that understands, and even appreciates, the wonder of Lydia’s talent (or that of some real-world figure, like disgraced conductor James Levine, who is mentioned by name in the film) while never using it as a reason to excuse anything.
The film is loaded with references to high-culture figures, to literature, to music theory. It all sounds pretty impressive. Which is the point: how often have we been so glamoured by smarts and talent and accomplishment that we miss an obvious pattern, or disregard contrary narratives as bitter noise? TÁR offers itself up as instructive tool, diligently tearing down the specific mythos that Field has worked so meticulously to create. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/tar-movie-review-cate-blanchett | 2022-09-02T02:19:32Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/tar-movie-review-cate-blanchett | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
For months, reproductive rights advocates in Michigan gathered signatures to get a ballot measure enshrining the right to abortion in the state’s constitution in front of voters this November. Backers of the initiative saw incredible success and amassed more than 750,000 signatures, easily eclipsing the minimum 425,059 count needed. But this week two Republicans on the Michigan Board of State Canvassers blocked the constitutional amendment from getting on the ballot.
In a party line, deadlocked vote of 2 to 2 on Wednesday, the Reproductive Freedom for All ballot initiative fell short of the three votes needed for certification. Backers of the ballot initiative plan to contest the decision and bring it before the Michigan Supreme Court. “This is not the end of the road for the Michigan constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights, but it is a demonstration of how deeply afraid anti-choice lawmakers are to see this issue on the ballot in November,” said Kelly Hall, the executive director of the Fairness Project, a group that campaigns for progressive ballot initiatives. “One thing is clear: Conservative officials keep finding new ways to short-circuit the ballot measure process and take power out of the hands of the people. We will be there to fight them every step of the way.”
In its staff report, the Michigan Bureau of Elections estimated that the measure had roughly 146,000 more valid signatures than required to appear on the November ballot. Indeed, the two Republicans on the four-person board who voted against certification didn’t raise any issues with the signatures, but rather “argued that the Board should reject the petition because minimal spacing throughout the text of the constitutional amendment language within the substance of the petition resulted in series of words being condensed into long, nonsensical letter combinations. Citizens argued that a petition cannot insert nonexistent words into the Constitution.” Their reasoning echoed that of the measure’s detractors, such as antiabortion group Citizens to Support MI Women and Children, which, per ABC News, noted that the text read “INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITEDTOPRENATALCARE” instead of “including but not limited to prenatal care” and “DECISIONSABOUTALLMATTERSRELATINGTOPREGNANCY” instead of “decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy.”
As written, the ballot initiative would protect the “individual right to reproductive freedom, including [the] right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy,” and “allow [the] state to prohibit abortion after fetal viability unless needed to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health.” It would also “prohibit prosecution of an individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment; and invalidate all state laws that conflict with this amendment.” Abortion remains legal in Michigan for now, but looming large is the threat of a 1931 law on the books that bans nearly all abortions and allows providers to be charged with a felony for performing abortions. In August, as a result of a request from Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Michigan judge temporarily blocked that 91-year-old law from going into effect, but a legal fight is still pending. Meanwhile, the state’s Democratic attorney general, Dana Nessel, has said she would not enforce the law, though NPR reported that some of the state’s Republican prosecutors have said they would file charges against providers.
The board’s decision is a major blow toward efforts to protect abortion access at the state level—at least for now—and indicative of the fraught political landscape since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, so-called trigger bans and old laws restricting abortion access went into effect in at least a dozen states. Reproductive rights activists see ballot initiatives as a way to circumvent draconian laws and overzealous conservative state legislatures. “These are rights that people support around the country and want to protect, but too often politics and the political makeup of these legislative bodies don’t actually reflect the will of the people,” said Falko Schilling, the advocacy director of the ACLU of Vermont, where a similar measure is on the ballot this November. Another pro-abortion-rights measure will be on California’s ballot in November.
In several states, such as Kentucky and Montana, antiabortion advocates have pushed for measures on the ballot with restrictive language around reproductive health. Early last month, though, voters in Kansas overwhelmingly voted against removing the right to abortion from the state’s constitution. It was the first time that voters took abortion rights to the ballot box since Dobbs, and it not only demonstrated the power of ballot initiatives but also served as a portent of the role abortion access is likely to play as a motivating issue in the upcoming elections. In Michigan, however, it seems Republican officials want to stop the issue from getting in front of voters in the first place. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/abortion-rights-advocates-fight-back-michigan-republicans-block-ballot-measure | 2022-09-02T02:19:46Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/abortion-rights-advocates-fight-back-michigan-republicans-block-ballot-measure | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alaska hasn’t been represented by a Democrat in the House in five decades — not since the late Don Young took over the seat in 1972. That will change. Mary Peltola won out Wednesday over Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and failed 2008 vice presidential candidate, to take the state’s at-large congressional seat. Peltola’s win will make her Alaska’s first indigenous member of congress, as well as the first woman to represent the state in the House. It also flips a long-held GOP seat to the Democrats — for now, at least — as the party attempts to buck off expectations of a “red wave” this midterm cycle.
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Peltola’s victory over Palin is the latest instance of the Democrats overperforming in special elections this year; just last week, Pat Ryan triumphed over Marc Molinaro in an upstate New York race that the Republican was initially a slight favorite to win. Ryan framed his race as a referendum on the GOP’s antiabortion extremism. Peltola made a similar case, tailoring a message of reproductive rights to voters in a state she described as having a “libertarian bent.”
“We are very much covetous of our freedoms and our privacy,” she told CNN.
Still, Democrats shouldn't get too giddy about a blue wave, as there are some important caveats: First, Peltola’s win allows her to finish out what remains of Young’s term. (Young, who was the longest-serving congressional Republican in history, died in March.) That means she’ll have to defend the seat again in the November midterms. Second, it’s not exactly clear how much an election using the ranked choice voting system Alaskans passed two years ago by ballot initiative can tell us about races that use the typical plurality vote system. Some Republicans were notably incensed by the ranked-choice system after Peltola’s win; Senator Tom Cotton condemned it as a “scam to rig elections.” That’s a gross mischaracterization, as fellow Republican Adam Kinzinger noted — there’s a good argument to be made that ranked-choice voting is more democratic, not less. But Cotton is right in one respect: About 60 percent of Alaska voters picked a Republican as their top choice in their ranking. Which brings us to the third caveat: Palin’s unpopularity.
Alaska may, indeed, be a red state — Donald Trump won it two years ago by 10 points — but it turns out that enough Republican voters preferred a Democrat to Palin and ranked Peltola higher on their ballots, sending their votes to the Democrat once third-place candidate Nick Begich III, a Republican and grandson of the congressman Young replaced 50 years ago, was eliminated. Palin retains a somewhat large national stature among conservatives, as the late John McCain’s 2008 running mate and a kind of ur-Trump. But in Alaska? Her reputation is not particularly good. As Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore told NPR earlier this year, more than half of Alaskans held a negative view of her in the years following the 2008 election, with many respondents dismissing her as a “quitter” after she resigned as governor in 2009. Those views have seemingly held firm in the years since; according to Moore’s polling last fall, 56 percent of Alaskans had a negative view of her, compared to 31 percent positive. “I think she’s out of touch with Alaskans right now,” one conservative voter told NPR. “She’s moved into a different circle…I don’t think that the people here — we don’t take her very seriously.”
All this is to say: The issue in Alaska, for Republicans, may come down to the candidate as much as it does to some national trend. Then again, the country is absolutely teeming right now with similarly flawed GOP candidates: There’s Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania, who is struggling to maintain the support of his state’s Republican establishment; there’s Dan Cox in Maryland, who outgoing Republican Governor Larry Hogan has slammed as an unstable “QAnon whack-job”; and there’s the slate of Republican senate candidates so inept that Mitch McConnell appears to be losing hope of taking control of the chamber. And then, of course, there’s the guy leading the GOP, who has never won a popular vote, is currently facing the very real possibility of federal espionage and obstruction charges, and yet still somehow commands loyalty from much of the party apparatus.
Not all of the dynamics in the Alaska House race are transferable to other contests, and there’s always only so much a single race can tell you. But are Democrats encouraged by Peltola’s upset victory? To quote Palin herself: You betcha. “Democrats are on a roll,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Sean Patrick Maloney wrote Wednesday night, “and we will keep it going straight through November.”
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article misstated the nature of Don Young's first campaign for the House. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/mary-peltola-defeats-sarah-palin-in-alaska-house-race | 2022-09-02T02:19:52Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/mary-peltola-defeats-sarah-palin-in-alaska-house-race | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell’s grand vision for a Republican sweep in the midterm elections is not going according to plan. On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that billionaire Peter Thiel, who funded the insurgent primary campaigns of J.D. Vance in Ohio and Blake Masters in Arizona, rejected McConnell’s request for a cash injection in the Arizona general. The news came just days after the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC linked to McConnell, abandoned $8 million in ad buys it had reserved in Arizona.
Shortly after Vance won his primary in early May, McConnell reportedly called Thiel to inform him of the SLF’s funding problems and to ask for additional support. But according to the Post, that request was rebuffed, even though Thiel has long-standing personal relationships with both candidates and previously poured $15 million each into the super PACs backing their respective primary campaigns.
During more recent conversations about the Arizona race, McConnell alleged that the Ohio race has proven to be more costly than the SLF had planned––the super PAC has already poured more than $26.7 million into the race, according to data from AdImpact cited by CBS––and needed Thiel to “come in, in a big way, in Arizona,” proposing that Thiel match the SLF’s spending, according to the Post. McConnell and the SLF also reportedly gave Thiel the option to personally take over the canceled ad reservations that it had lined up for Masters. Both options were apparently rejected by Thiel, who expressed concern that such arrangements might be weaponized as Democratic talking points. Instead, Thiel reportedly plans on supporting Masters’s beleaguered campaign by hosting additional fundraisers.
The latest FiveThirtyEight polling data puts Masters almost eight points behind Democratic incumbent senator Mark Kelly, while the race between Vance and Representative Tim Ryan, the Democratic Party’s Senate nominee in Ohio, is in a dead heat.
Meanwhile, another headache for McConnell came this week courtesy of Senator Rick Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, who tore into comments McConnell made last month in Kentucky, where he told the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce that “there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate.” He added at the time: “Senate races are just different—they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.”
During a Thursday interview with Fox News Radio host Brian Kilmeade, Scott called McConnell’s remarks “a shot at our candidates and the voters,” adding, “I clearly disagree with what he said.” Scott also published an op-ed Thursday that many construed as a shot at the minority leader, writing in The Washington Examiner, “Unfortunately, many of the very people responsible for losing the Senate last cycle are now trying to stop us from winning the majority this time by trash-talking our Republican candidates.” Scott failed to name specific offenders but did describe such interparty criticisms as “treasonous” due to the gravity of this election cycle. “Much of Washington’s chattering class disrespects and secretly (or not so secretly) loathes Republican voters,” Scott added. “If you want to trash-talk our candidates to help the Democrats, pipe down.” In the past, Scott and McConnell have locked horns over whether the GOP should propose a clear platform ahead of the midterms or simply focus on critiquing the Democrats. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/mitch-mcconnell-without-thiel-bucks | 2022-09-02T02:19:58Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/mitch-mcconnell-without-thiel-bucks | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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