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A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday unanimously upheld Washington state’s ban on conversion therapy for children, rejecting a therapist’s claim that it undermined his free speech and targeted him because he is Christian.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Washington’s legislature acted rationally and did not violate the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment by imposing the ban to protect the “physical and psychological well-being” of children.
Enacted in 2018, the ban subjects licensed health care providers to discipline, including possible fines and license suspensions or revocations, for trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of people under age 18.
More than 20 U.S. states have laws against conversion therapy.
“Washington, like other states, has concluded that health care providers should not be able to treat a child by such means as telling him that he is ‘the abomination we had heard about in Sunday school,’” Circuit Judge Ronald Gould wrote for a three-judge panel.
“States do not lose the power to regulate the safety of medical treatments performed under the authority of a state license merely because those treatments are implemented through speech rather than through scalpel,” he added.
The therapist, Brian Tingley, who lives in Tacoma and practices in nearby Fircrest, Washington, said the ban amounted to censorship. The state countered that the ban targeted conduct and protected children from a harmful practice.
Roger Brooks, a lawyer for Tingley, said his client plans to appeal. “The government has no business censoring conversations between clients and counselors,” Brooks said.
In his 58-page decision, which upheld a lower court ruling, Gould noted that the appeals court had in 2014 upheld a similar conversion therapy ban from California.
He also said that ruling was not undermined by a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that California could not require Christian-based “crisis pregnancy centers” that opposed abortion to give women information about how to end their pregnancies.
The American Psychological Association has called conversion therapy harmful to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who defended the state ban, welcomed Tuesday’s decision.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Vanda) (Nasdaq: VNDA) today announced the notice of opportunity for an FDA hearing on Vanda's Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for HETLIOZ® (tasimelteon) to treat jet lag disorder.
On August 19, 2019, Vanda reported that it had received a Complete Response Letter from the FDA for Vanda's sNDA for HETLIOZ® for the treatment of jet lag disorder. On July 1, 2022, Vanda submitted a request for an opportunity for a hearing under section 505(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(d)) on the question of whether the sNDA is approvable. On August 26, 2022, Vanda received a notice of opportunity for hearing from the FDA. The FDA has indicated that it will publish the notice in a forthcoming issue of the Federal Register, but has not indicated when. Vanda is making the notice available to the public here.
Vanda has provided the FDA with four clinical studies that Vanda believes are adequate and well controlled and provide substantial evidence of efficacy for HETLIOZ® in the treatment of jet lag disorder. Vanda does not agree with the FDA's characterization of these studies and the conclusions reached by the FDA with respect to the sufficiency of its evidence to meet the standard of substantial evidence of efficacy. Vanda welcomes further administrative proceedings and remains committed to obtaining FDA marketing approval for HETLIOZ® for the treatment of jet lag disorder in order to address this significant unmet medical need.
Vanda is a leading global biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies to address high unmet medical needs and improve the lives of patients. For more on Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., please visit www.vandapharma.com and follow us on Twitter @vandapharma.
For full U.S. Prescribing Information for HETLIOZ®, including indication and Important Safety Information, visit www.hetlioz.com.
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT), if they purchased the Company's shares between February 19, 2021 to June 8, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until October 31, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nyse-abt/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
Kuznicki Law PLLC is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a Company lead to artificial inflation of the Company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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CEDARHURST, N.Y, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS), if they purchased the Company's securities between October 20, 2020 and May 19, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until November 1, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nyse-kss/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
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NANJING, China, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InxMed Co., Ltd, a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicates to developing innovative therapies targeting drug resistance and metastasis for hard-to-treat solid tumors, today announced the dosing of the first patient in its Phase 2 pivotal study evaluating IN10018, a highly potent and selective oral inhibitor of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), in combination with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) in patients with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer (PROC).
The Phase 2 pivotal study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial investigating the efficacy and safety of IN10018 in combination with PLD in patients with PROC. A total of 168 PROC patients will be enrolled and randomized in a 2: 1 ratio to receive IN10018 in combination with PLD or placebo of IN10018 in combination with PLD treatment in a double-blind manner.
Progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR) will be used as primary efficacy endpoint and overall survival (OS) will be used as key secondary efficacy endpoint. Objective remission rate (ORR), overall disease control rate (DCR), duration of remission (DOR), etc. as assessed by BICR and investigator will be other secondary efficacy endpoints.
InxMed previously reported results from its Phase Ib study of IN10018 in combination with PLD on ASCO 2022, demonstrated promising antitumor efficacy and a well-controlled safety profile in the treatment of patients with PROC.
The Phase 2 pivotal study was initiated in August 2022 and is expected to be completed in Q1 2024. The company also has completed a Type B Meeting discussion with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and planned to submit US IND for a Phase 2 pivotal study evaluating IN10018 in combination with PLD for PROC in US by September this year.
InxMed set up a global clinical development program for IN10018. Clinical trials currently underway in the US, China and Australia are designed for platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer, NRAS mutant metastatic melanoma, triple-negative breast cancer, head and neck cancer, pancreatic cancer, and other solid tumors that are still lacking effective treatment. IN10018 received fast track designation from the US FDA in August 2021, and breakthrough designation from China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in April 2022 for the treatment of patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
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InxMed is a clinical-stage biotech company established in the end of 2018. The company dedicates on developing innovative therapies targeting stroma microenvironment and solid tumor resistance and metastasis, especially new drug development on anti PD-1/PD-L1 treatment drug resistance. InxMed committees to building an efficient engine for clinical translational science and proof of concept platform driven by in-depth understanding of disease biology and being a China based biotech company with global impact. We have built translational medicine and clinical development team across Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, United States, Canada and Australia. We have built a highly differentiated pipeline and established partnership with various multinational pharmaceutical companies including Merck, Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — A judge ruled in favor of City Walk Tuesday, quashing the Tallahassee Leon Planning Commission's ruling from January 2022 that denied City Walk's permit to operate as a homeless shelter.
At that time, city staff members said the shelter did not meet all of the required criteria for the permit-- including security, and proof that the shelter wouldn't create a "private nuisance" for nearby businesses and families.
“Over a multi-day hearing, City Walk demonstrated—and an administrative law judge found—that City Walk is a blessing to Tallahassee and should be permitted to operate its ministry,” said Jordan Pratt, Senior Counsel at First Liberty Institute. “Today’s court ruling agrees with that finding. Consistent with the court’s ruling, we look forward to working with the City to finalize City Walk’s site plan so it can continue answering the call to serve its community.”
The legal battle goes back to March 2021 when City walk was ordered by the city of Tallahassee to stop sheltering the homeless.
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GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Greenville County Council approved funds to re-open the North Greenville Emergency Department.
During Tuesday night’s meeting, council voted to give more than $13 million in federal funding. The Emergency Department will soon be open 24/7.
North Greenville ED was operated by Prisma Health. It officially closed down in November of 2020.
Prisma said while it was open, they were getting fewer than one patient in the ER every two hours during the nighttime.
They said around 90% of patients they saw could have been treated in a physician’s office or urgent care.
Now, the county said needs in this area have changed.
“People are moving in, the population’s increasing, and there was a deficit in the capabilities to provide the types of emergency services and I think this will answer that need,” said Greenville County Councilman Butch Kirven.
Kirven said a lot of thought went into the decision.
“This was a strategically sound decision aimed at public safety and public health, and in the long term, to benefit all of Greenville County,” he said.
The money to re-open is coming from American Rescue Plan Act funds.
“After the federal money is utilized for the expansion of the ER and all the equipment, they will staff it and maintain it, from here on out for an undetermined number of years,” said Kirven.
People 7NEWS spoke to in North Greenville were pleased with the decision.
“I think it’s great that they’re opening back up, because it means there’s more access to health care for everyone,” said Akayla Berg.
Akayla Berg works at Pink Mama’s, just down the road from the hospital.
“I think it’d be very beneficial because then they won’t have to drive super far away, for like parents, giving them a peace of mind for their kids, or that type of thing. So, they just have something very accessible to them,” she said.
Kirven said the details of the agreement with Prisma Health need to be discussed and brought back to county council.
“This was the fastest way to get emergency services in that part of the county, here again, because they had the existing facility,” he said.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker may be getting closer to debating in the state's U.S. Senate race.
Warnock said Wednesday that he will participate in the debate Walker prefers if Walker agrees to another forum Warnock wants, the latest turn in a monthslong debate over debates.
Georgia's Senate race is one of the most closely watched in the country as Republicans try to wrest back control of Congress. Twin 2021 runoff victories by Warnock and Jon Ossoff gave Democrats control of the Senate thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote, but Warnock has to run again this November to win a full six-year term.
Walker refused to participate in debates during the Republican primary race, brushing off criticism from GOP rivals as he cruised to victory. But Walker also repeatedly proclaimed his eagerness to face off with Warnock in the fall. Warnock responded in June by challenging Walker to three debates, one each in Atlanta, Macon and Savannah.
Last month, Walker instead accepted an invitation to an Oct. 14 debate hosted by a different Savannah television station, WSAV-TV, owned by Nexstar Media Group. The contest would be shown on Nexstar and other stations across Georgia.
The Nexstar debate promised a live audience, which Walker said was key, and also said candidates would get the question topics in advance. Warnock on Wednesday said he would do the Nexstar debate if Walker would agree to forgo knowing the topics in advance, and launched a campaign ad criticizing Walker for dodging him.
“The job of a U.S. senator isn’t one where you know the topics ahead of time or get a cheat sheet, and Herschel Walker shouldn’t need one to find the courage to walk on a debate stage,” Warnock’s campaign manager, Quentin Fulks, said in a statement.
Warnock and Democrats have relentlessly attacked Walker as unqualified and untrustworthy after months of news stories questioning Walker's past.
But Warnock also said he wants Walker to accept either an Oct. 13 debate sponsored by Mercer University and local news organizations in Macon or the Atlanta Press Club debate to be aired statewide on Georgia Public Broadcasting on Oct. 16.
Walker, who has attacked Warnock for dodging his chosen forum, said Wednesday that he accepts not knowing the topics in advance, but did not immediately commit to a second debate.
“Let’s lock down Savannah Oct. 14th, Senator," Walker tweeted. "I don’t care what the topics are. It’s a fair debate. Open to the public. Televised statewide. And it’s not run by your donors. You in? Let’s do this for the people.”
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ATLANTA (AP) — Nick Carusillo died when he was hit by multiple vehicles on a Georgia interstate, just days after he was abruptly discharged from an addiction treatment center. Now his parents hope a substantial jury verdict in their favor will prompt change that helps others suffering from mental illness and substance abuse.
Carusillo died on Sept. 22, 2017, and his parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2019 against the facility that released him and several people who were responsible for his care there. A jury just outside Atlanta awarded them a total of about $77 million last week — $10 million for their son's pain and suffering, $55 million for the value of his life, $1 million in punitive damages and the remainder for attorneys' fees and expenses.
“This verdict, for us, is validation,” Tina Carusillo told The Associated Press in a phone interview Wednesday.
“It wasn't his fault. He was caught up in a bad system,” she said. “I'm hopeful that the size of this verdict makes a lot of people pay attention, from insurance companies to facilities to parents to loved ones to people seeking treatment.”
Lawyers for the facility that released Carusillo — Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences, or MARR — did not immediately respond Wednesday to an email seeking comment on the verdict and whether they plan to appeal.
Carusillo struggled with substance abuse from the time he was a teenager growing up in North Carolina. He began to show signs of bipolar disorder in his late teens, and his diagnosis was confirmed by the time he was 20, his father said. He was 29 years old and had been in and out of treatment facilities when he was admitted to MARR on Aug. 29, 2017.
He was managing his bipolar disorder with a combination of lithium and Seroquel and was medically stable when he arrived there, his family's lawyers said in a court filing. A week later, on Sept. 5, 2017, a doctor at MARR took him off lithium, despite having been warned by Carusillo's family and longtime therapist that he should remain on his medications, the filing says.
Carusillo's condition deteriorated and he was forced to leave the facility two weeks later, on Sept. 19, 2017, after staff said he had a cellphone, which wasn't allowed.
MARR released him to a sober living residence but failed to tell the owner about Carusillo's mental health issues, the filing says. Carusillo left the sober living house early the next morning in violation of curfew and was discharged that day. The owner of the sober living house dropped him off an an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
His whereabouts were unknown until he lay down naked on Interstate 85 outside of Atlanta and was hit by several vehicles early on Sept. 22, 2017, according to a statement from lawyers Natalie Woodward and Dax Lopez, who represent his family. He had no illegal drugs or alcohol in his system.
Lawyers for MARR wrote in a court filing that a doctor discontinued Carusillo's lithium treatment after he complained of side effects. Carusillo knowingly violated multiple rules at the facility and had been told that he would be discharged for any further violation, they wrote. The next morning, facility staff discovered he had a cellphone. During a phone conference with facility staff and his parents, Carusillo refused to go to a more intensive treatment facility and only agreed to go to a sober living house, the filing says.
Mike Carusillo said he hopes his son's death and the large jury verdict help prompt legislation to ensure proper staffing and guidelines at treatment facilities. The Carusillos have been open about discussing their son's struggles in hopes of publicizing available resources and reducing the stigma attached to mental illness, Tina Carusillo said.
She described her son — who had his own son who was 5 when his father died — as a beautiful, funny, bright, generous person. He was a talented athlete and had been the kicker on his high school football team.
“I have to say, he was probably the best hugger that I ever knew, and I really, really miss that,” Tina Carusillo said. “He was a generous, kind soul and we miss him.” | https://www.wtxl.com/media/v/content/4e39f088f4097f2ed3f2c6d23522496d | 2022-09-08T03:14:51Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/media/v/content/4e39f088f4097f2ed3f2c6d23522496d | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former defense attorney has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for a bribery scheme involving a former state attorney in north Florida.
Ernest Maloney Page IV, 46, of Madison, was sentenced Tuesday in Jacksonville federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in 2020 to conspiring to commit bribery.
From 2013 through 2109, Jeffrey Siegmeister was the elected state attorney for the 3rd Judicial Circuit of Florida, covering the counties of Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor.
According to court documents, Siegmeister told Page in September 2017 that he would dismiss two DUI charges for one of Page’s clients in exchange for a $20,000 discount on a tractor Siegmeister wanted to buy from the client’s dealership. Officials said Siegmeister later bought the discounted tractor and allowed the client to plead guilty to reckless driving with alcohol and refusal to submit to a blood alcohol test.
Siegmeister previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use a facility of commerce for unlawful activity for bribery and extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion, wire fraud and filing a false tax return. His sentencing hearing is set for Oct. 12. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/florida-news/former-defense-attorney-of-madison-gets-6-months-for-bribery-scheme | 2022-09-08T03:14:58Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/florida-news/former-defense-attorney-of-madison-gets-6-months-for-bribery-scheme | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — A roofing company plans to build a factory in the south Georgia city of Valdosta, investing $146 million and hiring 135 workers over the next six years.
GAF, a unit of privately held Standard Industries of New York, made the announcement Wednesday. Construction is supposed to start this fall, with production beginning in early 2024.
The company will make a plastic membrane called thermoplastic polyolefin roofing that is used mostly to cover flat roofs or low-slope roofs on commercial buildings.
GAF said the plant will allow it to serve customers more quickly. The company currently makes the same product in New Columbia, Pennsylvania; Mount Vernon, Indiana; Gainesville, Texas; and Cedar City, Utah.
“Adding another manufacturing plant in Georgia will help ensure that our customers get the GAF products they need as quickly and efficiently as possible” GAF CEO Jim Schnepper said in a statement.
The company said it chose Valdosta because of its vicinity to highway and railways, available workers and its location relative to other GAF operations. GAF already has other locations in Savannah, Statesboro and Cumming that employ a total of 225 people.
Company spokesperson Joe Perri said it was too early to say how much employees will earn.
GAF could get more than $13.5 million worth of incentives to locate in Valdosta. That includes 130 acres (52.6 hectares) of free land worth $3.25 million and 12 years of property tax abatements with estimated savings of $7.9 million, said Andrea Schruijer, executive director of the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority. The company would also be eligible for a state income tax credit allowing it to annually deduct $3,500 per job from state income taxes, up to $2.36 million over five years, as long as workers make at least $28,000 a year.
It's unclear whether the company will emit air or water pollution. Perri said he facility would “meet or exceed” pollution control permit requirements. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/roofing-company-gaf-plans-146m-plant-in-valdosta-hiring-135 | 2022-09-08T03:15:04Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/roofing-company-gaf-plans-146m-plant-in-valdosta-hiring-135 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KTM, an Austrian firm most widely recognized for its motorcycles, has revealed its first four-wheeled model designed for the road.
The new X-Bow GT-XR, which was shown on Tuesday, traces its roots to KTM’s original X-Bow track car launched in 2008, but is more closely related to the X-Bow GT2 race car launched in 2020.
At its heart is a carbon-fiber monocoque that KTM claims is among the highest for torsional stiffness of any carbon tub used in a road car—this despite weighing just 196 lb. Carbon fiber is also used for the body and interior, helping to keep the curb weight to a low 2,755 lb.
Power comes from a 2.5-liter turbo-5 sourced from Audi, which is mounted behind the cabin and drives the rear wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and a limited-slip differential. The engine is tuned to deliver 493 hp and 429 lb-ft of torque, which in a car this light should translate to scintillating performance. The 0-62 mph time is 3.4 seconds and the top speed is 174 mph, according to KTM.
The suspension is comprised of pushrods with Sachs dampers, while stopping power comes from a brake system that features 8-piston calipers at the rear axle. For buyers looking to save more weight, carbon-ceramic rotors are available. A hydraulic lift kit for the front axle is also available.
The car is fitted with 19-inch front and 20-inch rear wheels from OZ Racing as standard, which are shod with 235/35- and 295/35-size tires, respectively. Larger center-lock wheels can also be ordered.
Entry to the two-seat cabin is via a jet fighter-style canopy that’s electrically operated, and inside it has carbon-fiber bucket seats trimmed in Alcantara, as well as a removable steering wheel with an integrated digital instrument cluster. Despite the car’s diminutive size, there’s still a small but handy 5.6 cubic feet of trunk space.
Production of the X-Bow GT-XR is being handled at KTM’s plant in Graz, Austria, and is capped at 100 units per year.
Pricing starts at 284,900 euros (approximately $282,100) and deliveries in markets where KTM operates are scheduled to start in 2023.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — With a snip of the ribbon, an almost decade-long dream finally turned into reality.
More than 300 students, faculty and community leaders came together for the grand opening of the new Gonzaga medical school building.
The building was made possible by a health partnership between Gonzaga and the University of Washington.
"This is such a terrific day. It's a culmination of so much hard work on so many people,” said Ana Marie Cauce, the President of the University of Washington. “This was a dream I remember when I first started my presidency. This was a dream, and it's not only a reality but a better reality than the dream!"
Students have already been using the 90,000 square feet building since mid-July. The building also has space for over 500 Gonzaga undergraduates in nursing and health sciences.
“I am so excited to stay in the new building. Our classes start about in two weeks for second years. We're excited to start in the new anatomy labs, also the new facilities. I've had some chances to be inside the rooms, great study spaces, great technology advancements as well,” said Samartha Shrestha, a second- year medical school student at Gonzaga.
Some of the new features include an anatomy suite, high-tech research labs and state of the art classrooms. The building was also built eco-friendly and utilizes an open-loop ground source heat pump for heating and cooling.
The program expects to admit 60 qualified students each year. Students who get admitted into the Gonzaga Health Partnership program are enrolled in the UW School of Medicine curriculum and complete their first 18 months of medical school. Later, they can stay in Spokane or move elsewhere for their clinicals.
Associate Dean Darryl Potyk hopes the new building enhances medical education in Spokane and brings more doctors to the area.
"The impact we want to have is have our students come back here, serve our region in the urban area in Spokane but also in the rural regions of Eastern Washington," Potyk said. "We want them to come back there and provide health care for the rural regions."
Gonzaga is the first private institution to join the University of Washington's school of medicine as a full partner. The building was one of the main aspirations when the universities created their partnership in 2016.
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SPOKANE, Wash. —
Rick Williams is just 11 months older than his sister Sandy.
"We've been partners in crime since we were born," Williams said. "Being in a military family, we moved every three years. So, it was Sandy and I against the world.”
He said the self-starter and civil rights activist Spokane knew her as is someone she’s always been since she was young.
“Once she got an idea, she worked it through and she made it happen," Williams said. "She took the time and the energy and had the fire and the passion to see it to fruition. So, she's always been like that.”
The two were always passionate about social justice, even to the point where they joked about how no city was big enough for the both of them.
But, he said she always told him how much Spokane needed her. Now that she’s gone, he’s seeing her impact on others firsthand.
“I knew some of it, but I didn't know the magnitude," Williams said. "And more importantly, and this is so consistent with Sandy, the specifics of she did this, she did this, knew a lot of that, but that's not what she was about. What's really been touching our hearts is how people said she made them feel, how people have said that she made them feel heard, how she was the one that stood by them.”
On top of being a civil rights activist, Sandy also was her mother's primary care givers. When their father passed, Rick said Sandy stepped up to take care of their mom, living in Spokane Valley.
When people encouraged Sandy to take much needed breaks from her social justice and daily life agendas, he would fly in from California to take her place and support their mom.
So, when Sandy said she was going to western Washington to celebrate her 61st birthday with her partner Patricia, he flew in to stay with their mom just like any other time. Only on Sunday, she never came back to resume her place beside her mother and as one of Spokane's strongest leaders.
“We just went to bed numb that night,” Williams said.
Williams said his family always stayed in touch whenever someone was traveling.
"We send a little text," Williams explained. "Just say 'I'm on my way there' and 'I'm getting ready to board the plane.' 'I've landed.' Just a little touch base. Takes a second, just let everyone know we're safe. And mom usually writes back, 'Thank the Lord you landed,' or 'be safe, have a good trip.'"
Williams said he spoke with Sandy as she told him he was getting on the seaplane. He said he could hear Patricia in the background having a good time.
He said she was supposed to leave Friday Harbor and land at the Renton airport 50 minutes after they got off the phone.
He said when the time came for her to check in, she never did.
"I sent her a text saying, 'Hey, did you land?' And if you have an iPhone, the text is blue if it hits another iPhone, and it came back green," Williams said.
He said he continued to text and call, but messages continued to go undelivered and calls went straight to voicemail.
Williams and his mother were waiting for Sandy to land at the Renton airport before catching a flight out of Sea-Tac. She was expected to arrive in Spokane around 7:30 p.m. that night.
"We were closing down the house and mom says 'we'll leave these blinds open because I want to see when Sandy comes,'" Williams recalls. "'I want to see when the car comes around the corner.' We're just excited to see her so we left those blinds open."
Then, a phone call came in from one of Sandy's friends that changed the Williams family. Williams recounts the phone call.
"'There's been a plane crash,' Williams said. "And we both, my mom and I, we just stopped," Williams took a moment and continued. "I went online, I saw that there had been a plane crash. I immediately called Alaska Airlines."
Williams was able to confirm with Alaska Airlines, Sandy did not check in for her flight to Spokane that evening. A few hours later, Williams and his mother were on a video call with the coast guard and other families affected by the accident, learning their loved one had crashed while on board the seaplane.
Williams said the coast guard and NTSB have been staying positive in the search to find the plane. He said he is trying to use the search crews' positivity to stay positive himself.
He said while she may not be coming back, the community outpour of love and support shows her legacy will go on.
“We're just overwhelmed," Williams explained. "My mom and I, we sit night after night after it gets quiet and just kind of look at each other. And we're just very proud, we're very proud of this. She has made a good legacy. I think mom and my dad, Thomas Williams and Wilhelmenia Williams, they're quite proud of their children. I think that Sandy's legacy will be the one that will be remembered.”
Rick also spoke to the relationship between Sandy and her partner Patricia Hicks.
The two spent their final moments together on the seaplane.
Williams said the two were together for several years and they were always going on adventures with one another.
“They as partners together were enjoying life and doing well,” Williams said.
He said his family and Patricia’s are staying strong and leaning on one another as they wait for daily updates on the crash.
Williams said the coast guard and NTSB have been doing daily check-ins with affected family members since the crash happened Sunday.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Singer R. Kelly’s former business manager told jurors Wednesday he never believed allegations of sexual misconduct that emerged against his boss, saying he came to understand that fending off false claims was a cost of doing business for a superstar.
Derrell McDavid, a co-defendant at Kelly’s child pornography and trial-fixing trial in federal court in Chicago, said he saw no signs Kelly sought minors for sex, blaming Kelly enemies and those hoping to profit off his fame for concocting the allegations.
Prosecutors ended their two week presentation to jurors before the Labor Day holiday, which included the testimony of four Kelly accusers who described him as a master manipulator.
McDavid and Kelly both face charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice that accuse them of rigging Kelly’s 2008 trial, at which the R&B star was acquitted. A third co-defendant, former Kelly associate Milton Brown, faces one charge — conspiracy to receive child pornography.
McDavid told jurors he had seen the prosecution’s star witness — referred to by the pseudonym “Jane” at the current trial — when she was a minor hanging around Kelly’s studio in the late 1990s. He said Kelly angrily denied rumors that he was sexually abusing Jane, who Kelly described as his god daughter.
“I believed him,” McDavid testified.
McDavid spoke in a dry, matter-of-fact manner from the witness stand for more than four hours Wednesday. Before the trial resumed after a lunch break, McDavid stood at the Kelly defense table and spoke amiably with his former employer.
Testifying earlier for prosecutors, Jane, now 37, said Kelly sexually abused her hundreds of time starting when she was 14. She also said she was the girl in a child pornography video at the center of the 2008 trial and entered as evidence at the current trial. She said Kelly produced it.
McDavid is the only one of the three defendants testifying in his own behalf. Both Kelly and Brown told the trial judge last week they would not testify.
This federal trial in Kelly’s hometown of Chicago follows a separate federal trial in New York, where the 55-year-old Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in June.
McDavid, who said he came to see Kelly as a son after he started to work for the budding star in the early ’90s, portrayed Kelly as a once-in-a-lifetime talent who, shy and humble as a younger man, struggled to cope with booming fame and fortune.
Success, he told jurors, began to change Kelly.
“As he (rose to) superstardom, he started to act like most superstars,” he said. McDavid added: “When I first met him, he was shy around women.” The now-famous Kelly, he said, started to embrace the attention of women wherever he went, sometimes paying for women’s flights to see him in Chicago.
When McDavid’s lawyer, Beau Brindley, interrupted to ask if he was referring to girls ages 13 and 14, McDavid said no.
“Grown women,” he answered.
As more rumors began to circulate about Kelly’s possible misconduct and as the first accusers came forward around 2000, McDavid said he still didn’t believe any of them.
McDavid said the lesson he learned from one litigator who represented Kelly in an early lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct was that it’s better for stars to settle suits — even if settling them makes them appear guilty.
“Even a rumor of something like this getting out could hurt your client — even if it is not true,” McDavid said, citing what the lawyer explained to him.
Leading up to Kelly’s 2008 child pornography trial, McDavid said he had no reason to think Jane was the person in the video that jurors would be asked to assess. She had told a grand jury before the trial began that she was not the one in the video.
“There was absolutely no truth to any of this.… She denied it. Her parents denied it,” McDavid said. His conclusion at the time, he said, was that the allegations were “some grandiose plan… to destroy Robert Kelly.”
Jane and her mom testified during the current trial that Kelly and his associates used intimidation and payoffs to ensure they lied to the grand jury and to ensure they would decline to testify against him at the 2008 trial.
McDavid was expected to resume his testimony for the defense on Thursday.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Scott Servais spent a majority of his pregame time on Wednesday lauding his Seattle Mariners for the work they have done to be a good defensive ballclub this season.
And then the Mariners promptly went out and committed three errors in a 9-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
“We play very clean baseball, for the most part,” the Seattle manager said. “You’re going to have rough days. Today was one of them. We made some mistakes, and it wasn’t just one. We made a couple different ones that hurt us in this ballgame.”
Eloy Jiménez drove in three runs with a homer and double, Chicago took advantage of each of Seattle's three errors. The Mariners began the day with the fewest errors of any team in baseball, then ended up allowing six unearned runs to the White Sox.
“We kind of let this one slip away. Again, we’re not going to harp on it too long. We have an off day tomorrow, we got to let it go," Servais said.
The White Sox took two of three in the series and stayed on the heels of Cleveland and Minnesota in the crowded AL Central race.
It looked early like it would be a series loss for the White Sox as Seattle starter Luis Castillo tied an American League record by striking out the first seven batters to start the game.
But Castillo made a mistake giving up Jiménez's two-out home run in the fourth inning, and watched Chicago rally for four runs in the sixth inning that started with a fielding error by third baseman Eugenio Suárez.
“I thought it was going to be a long day,” Chicago acting manager Miguel Cairo said. “But the guys fight back and it was a team win. It was unbelievable.”
Seattle got a pair of home runs by Suárez for hits Nos. 1,000 and 1,001 of his career. The second homer led off the seventh and pulled Seattle even at 6.
But the White Sox took advantage of another defensive mistake in the eighth. Jiménez singled with one out, and pinch-runner Leury García stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by catcher Curt Casali.
García scored easily on Gavin Sheets’ groundout that bounced high off the plate. Chicago added two more runs in the ninth after a throwing error by reliever Chris Flexen.
“Everyone stepped up and did their job,” Cairo said. "That’s teamwork. That’s a team. Everyone is picking each other up and that’s what we’ve been doing lately.
Aaron Bummer (1-1) allowed Suarez’s homer in the seventh inning, but pitched out of a jam after Seattle had runners at first and second and no outs and couldn’t add on.
Vince Velasquez pitched the eighth and Liam Hendriks struck out the side the ninth for his 31st save. The White Sox have won six of the past eight.
“These are the games earlier in the year that we weren’t able to pull out and that’s one thing we’ve got going on in this clubhouse right now it’s we’re not backing down,” Hendriks said.
Seattle lost for just the fourth time in the past 15 games, but any loss with Castillo on the mound hurts as the Mariners are vying with Tampa Bay and Toronto for the top wild-card spot in the AL.
Castillo set a franchise record for most consecutive strikeouts to start a game. The first ball put in play by Chicago came with one out in the third inning when Josh Harrison grounded out on a 3-2 pitch.
But he couldn’t make it through the sixth inning. After Suarez's error, José Abreu dribbled an RBI single through the infield and Jiménez's RBI double pulled the White Sox even at 4.
Sheets hit a sacrifice fly and Andrew Vaughn capped the inning with an RBI double.
Castillo finished with eight strikeouts and only three of the six runs allowed were earned.
“I didn’t know what the record was, but luckily we were able to accomplish that milestone,” Castillo said through an interpreter.
Diego Castillo (7-3) lost in relief.
Chicago starter Michael Kopech returned from the injured list and threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits.
RECORD START
Castillo's seven strikeouts to begin the game matched an AL record first accomplished by Joe Cowley for the White Sox on May 28, 1986. Carlos Rodón for the White Sox (Sept.30, 2016) and Blake Snell for Tampa Bay (June 3, 2018) also struck out the first seven batters of the game.
The major league record is nine straight by Miami's Pablo López set last season.
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: OF Luis Robert was out of the lineup a day after getting hit on his left fingers during a swing. Acting manager Miguel Cairo said Robert was day-to-day but was already dealing with a sore left wrist.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has postponed a meeting of senior governmental advisers known as the Privy Council after doctors advised her to rest, Buckingham Palace said.
The council had been scheduled to meet virtually on Wednesday, a day after the 96-year-old monarch had a full day of activities as she presided over the ceremonial handover power to new Prime Minister Liz Truss at her summer residence in Scotland.
Truss would have taken the oath as First Lord of the Treasury, one of her other titles, and new Cabinet ministers would have been sworn in during the session. The meeting will be rescheduled.
The decision is likely to spark renewed concern about the health of Elizabeth, who marked seven decades on the throne this year. She has increasingly handed over duties to her heir, Prince Charles, and other members of the royal family in recent months as she struggled to get around.
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Despite trying to keep operations afloat, air ambulance company Lifesave Kupono announced Wednesday it halted operations, and plans to officially close Friday.
The company owns and operates three fixed-wing aircrafts here in the islands, one each at Honolulu, Hilo, and Kahului airports, to transport patients from neighbor islands to O'ahu.
Parent company Air Methods reported it "conducted extensive financial analysis and explored every option at our disposal for nearly a year but ultimately, determined that keeping these bases open is simply unsustainable."
The Colorado-based corporation blamed the planned closure on "tremendous pressures from the No Surprises Act (NSA), unprecedent inflation and significant under reimbursement from Medicare, which the government hasn’t updated in nearly 20 years."
Hilton Raethel, one of the state's leading health experts, said he and other medical professionals as well as state leaders are set to meet with the company Thursday.
"We are hopeful that we can reach a resolution to ensure that we do have sufficient capacity to move patients as necessary when they do need air ambulance services," Raethel added.
If an agreement can't be reached and the company closes up shop, Raethel predicts its only competitor, Hawai'i Life Flight, will begin operating more flights.
As for Lifesave's employees -- Raethel points out they'd be in high demand, especially because of the ongoing worker shortage.
"It is possible, it not likely, that Hawai'i Life Flight would pick up some of those personnel," Raethel said.
However, Raethel added the state would prefer to have two providers in the islands, "just so you've got essentially, some redundancy, some back up, just in case something would happen to one company."
According to Raethel, Hawai'i Life Flight operates eight aircraft in Hawai'i, seven fixed-wing, and one helicopter.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The owner of a Honolulu painting company has been ordered to pay more than $84,000 in back wages and damages for failing to pay its workers for pre-shift activities as on-the-clock work, according to the US Department of Labor.
Raymond’s Painting Co. Inc., located in the Kalihi area, has been ordered to pay $42,060 in overtime back wages and $42,060 in liquidated damages for 44 workers who were not paid their proper wages.
The company was also assessed a $10,000 in civil penalties for “willful and reckless disregard” of the Fair Labor Standards Act, US Labor officials said.
“Overtime earned should be overtime paid. Not counting work performed before or after a scheduled shift misrepresents the workers total weekly hours worked and leads to the underpayment of wages, including lawfully entitled overtime pay,” said Honolulu Wage and Hour Division District Director Terence Trotter in a statement about the violation.
Labor officials say Raymond’s Painting Co. Inc. also incurred a record keeping violation of the FSLA when it did not properly document or maintain its employment records.
Raymond's Painting Co. Inc. issued the following statement about the fine:
"We at Raymond's Painting Company, has been in business for over 50 years. We strongly feel that we did not intentionally take advantage of overtime hours or take advantage of our fine employees. Since this has been brought to our attention, we have since then corrected our working hours to fit legal parameters, based on the Department of Labor. We continue to strive to be a fair, local company, and will only use this as an example to better our mission."
The US Department of Labor encourages workers who think they may be owed back wages as a result of these or other federal investigations to use the Workers Owed Wages search tool or contact the Honolulu Regional Office at 808-541-1361.
Matthew has been the digital content manager for KITV4 since September 2021. Matthew is a prolific writer, editor, and self-described "newsie" who's worked in television markets in Oklahoma, California, and Hawaii. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/honolulu-painting-company-fined-94k-in-back-wages-damages-for-44-underpaid-workers/article_8a1f3ff8-2f0f-11ed-b7fa-13204723d25b.html | 2022-09-08T03:16:54Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/honolulu-painting-company-fined-94k-in-back-wages-damages-for-44-underpaid-workers/article_8a1f3ff8-2f0f-11ed-b7fa-13204723d25b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The US Department of Defense (DoD) submitted its updated plan to defuel its Red Hill Underground Bulk Storage Facility. The updated plan moves up the defueling completion date by five months to July 2024.
The Navy had previously estimated that it would take until December 2024 to completely defuel the facility.
“This plan represents considerable work by our DoD and Navy team along with the regulators, and we remain completely focused on the safe and expeditious defueling of the facility,” said Rear Adm. Steve Barnett in a statement on the updated defueling plan.
Officials say the new timeline was the work of a team of experts with the DoD, the Navy, and the Defense Logistics Agency refining and improving the initial plan. They determined that some work could be down in parallel, reducing the final defueling phase from an estimated eight months down to five months, officials said.
The DoD says it will provide the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) with an additional defueling plan supplement later in September.
“As we move forward, we will continually refine and improve this plan, and keep stakeholders and the community informed throughout the process. Every action we take must protect the environment and the community,” Barnett said.
As the new plan moves forward, DoD officials say they will continue to look for ways to accelerate progress even further without sacrificing safety.
An updated copy of the plan is included at the bottom of this article.
DOH Deputy Director of Environmental Health, Kathleen Ho, issued the following statement on the Navy's revised plan to defuel Red Hill:
“We are focused on ensuring that defueling takes place as quickly and safely as possible. There is a continued threat to our aquifer and residents every day that fuel remains in the Red Hill tanks. As we review this submission, it is our full expectation that it will have the requisite amount of detail to ensure defueling work can begin.”
The DOH says its staff is reviewing the Navy's submission and will comment further at a later time. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/navy-submits-accelerated-red-hill-defueling-plan-to-hawaii-doh/article_029b7412-2f18-11ed-8e58-6b46ff4d8bc6.html | 2022-09-08T03:17:00Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/navy-submits-accelerated-red-hill-defueling-plan-to-hawaii-doh/article_029b7412-2f18-11ed-8e58-6b46ff4d8bc6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A murder-for-hire trial involving former stars of the reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” got underway in St. Louis, where prosecutors allege that James “Tim” Norman arranged his nephew’s killing because he needed money from a life insurance policy that he took out on the victim.
Norman’s attorneys said during opening statements Tuesday that he was a successful celebrity who was concerned about the safety of his nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Norman, who is charged with murder for hire, and Montgomery both appeared on the reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” which ran on the OWN Network for five seasons. The series was based in a St. Louis-area restaurant owned by Robbie Montgomery, Norman’s mother and the victim’s grandmother.
During opening statements, Assistant U.S. Attorney Gwendolyn Carroll said Norman tried to a collect on a $450,000 fraudulent life insurance policy that he took out on Andre Montgomery because he was badly in need of money to support a lavish lifestyle.
Prosecutors said they will prove Norman hired an exotic dancer, Terica Ellis, to lure Montgomery to a spot near a St. Louis park where he was shot by Travell Anthony Hill on March 14, 2016.
Ellis and Norman have both pleaded guilty to their roles in the plot. Ellis said Norman paid her $10,000; Hill said he received $5,000 indirectly from Norman after the shooting.
Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, an insurance agent who in 2002 was one of the producers of Nelly’s hit album “Nellyville,” pleaded guilty in July to helping Norman take out a fraudulent policy on Montgomery.
Norman’s attorney, Michael Leonard, contended during his opening statement that Norman took out life insurance on his nephew because he was concerned that Montgomery’s aspiring rap career would get him killed.
Leonard said Norman didn’t need the insurance payout because of the success he had after selling the script for “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” to Oprah Winfrey’s TV network.
He said Norman was looking for his nephew in the days before the shooting because he believed Montgomery had stolen at least $220,000 in cash, jewelry and other items from his grandmother in 2015.
FBI Special Agent Christopher Faber testified Tuesday that Montgomery left the St. Louis area shortly after the burglary to avoid Norman but agreed to briefly return to take a polygraph test. He was killed four days after he took that test.
Faber’s testimony also included texts from Norman to a cousin about two months before the killing that said he had been evicted from his apartment and had more than $91,000 in monthly expenses with no money coming in while the TV show was on hiatus.
The trial is expected to involve more than 100 pieces of evidence and last into next week. | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-trial-begins-in-killing-of-miss-sweetie-pies-grandson/ | 2022-09-08T03:17:09Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-trial-begins-in-killing-of-miss-sweetie-pies-grandson/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that he wants Mississippi’s capital city to receive “its fair share” of federal money to repair a troubled water system that left homes and businesses without running water for several days.
Even with water flowing from taps and people again able to flush toilets this week, Jackson lacks safe drinking water. The city of 150,000 is in the sixth week of a boil-water advisory from the state health department because of concerns that low pressure could allow contaminants into the water.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan was in Jackson to meet with residents and state and local elected officials Wednesday. He touted the $1 trillion federal infrastructure law that President Joe Biden signed in November.
Mississippi is set to receive more than $4 billion from the law, with most of the money designated for highways and bridges, the White House said. The state’s allocation includes $429 million over five years to improve water systems.
“It’s our desire that the city of Jackson gets its fair share,” Regan said during a meeting with community leaders. “It’s our desire that the city of Jackson doesn’t have to live with what you all have lived with for far too long.”
Jackson’s main water-treatment plant malfunctioned in late August after torrential rain caused flooding along the Pearl River. The influx altered the quality of the raw water entering the plant from a reservoir. That slowed the treatment process, depleted supplies in water tanks and caused a dangerous drop in pressure.
But even before the rainfall, officials said some water pumps had failed and a treatment plant was using backup pumps. A rental pump was installed last week, and the system’s water pressure is back to normal.
Groups are distributing bottled water at drive-thru sites, and restaurants are bringing tanks of clean water from suburbs.
About 25% of Jackson’s residents live in poverty, and the city’s tax base has declined with a sharp decrease in population since 1980 — a change that happened along with mostly white flight that started about a decade after public schools began integrating in 1970.
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson sat with Regan at the community meeting and toured Jackson’s main water plant with the administrator, Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Other members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation also participated in meetings with them about short-term and long-term solutions for the city’s water problems.
“We do know that will require all of us working together to cut through the bureaucracy,” Regan said during a news conference at Jackson State University.
Thompson pointed out during the community meeting that Regan is from North Carolina, which also has a large Black population.
“He understands the challenges, especially (for) communities of color,” said Thompson, the only Black member of Mississippi’s congressional delegation. “Under this current administration, they have taken the fact that many of these communities have been underserved by its government and tried to right the ship.”
Jackson’s water system has been fragile for years, with officials warning that widespread loss of service was possible. A cold snap in 2021 froze pipes and some water treatment equipment, leaving tens of thousands of people without running water. Similar problems happened again early this year, on a smaller scale. The EPA also told Jackson months ago that its water system violates the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-epa-leader-jackson-needs-fair-share-of-money-to-fix-water/ | 2022-09-08T03:17:38Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-epa-leader-jackson-needs-fair-share-of-money-to-fix-water/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 32 |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that he wants Mississippi’s capital city to receive “its fair share” of federal money to repair a troubled water system that left homes and businesses without running water for several days.
Even with water flowing from taps and people again able to flush toilets this week, Jackson lacks safe drinking water. The city of 150,000 is in the sixth week of a boil-water advisory from the state health department because of concerns that low pressure could allow contaminants into the water.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan was in Jackson to meet with residents and state and local elected officials Wednesday. He touted the $1 trillion federal infrastructure law that President Joe Biden signed in November.
Mississippi is set to receive more than $4 billion from the law, with most of the money designated for highways and bridges, the White House said. The state’s allocation includes $429 million over five years to improve water systems.
“It’s our desire that the city of Jackson gets its fair share,” Regan said during a meeting with community leaders. “It’s our desire that the city of Jackson doesn’t have to live with what you all have lived with for far too long.”
Jackson’s main water-treatment plant malfunctioned in late August after torrential rain caused flooding along the Pearl River. The influx altered the quality of the raw water entering the plant from a reservoir. That slowed the treatment process, depleted supplies in water tanks and caused a dangerous drop in pressure.
But even before the rainfall, officials said some water pumps had failed and a treatment plant was using backup pumps. A rental pump was installed last week, and the system’s water pressure is back to normal.
Groups are distributing bottled water at drive-thru sites, and restaurants are bringing tanks of clean water from suburbs.
About 25% of Jackson’s residents live in poverty, and the city’s tax base has declined with a sharp decrease in population since 1980 — a change that happened along with mostly white flight that started about a decade after public schools began integrating in 1970.
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson sat with Regan at the community meeting and toured Jackson’s main water plant with the administrator, Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Other members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation also participated in meetings with them about short-term and long-term solutions for the city’s water problems.
“We do know that will require all of us working together to cut through the bureaucracy,” Regan said during a news conference at Jackson State University.
Thompson pointed out during the community meeting that Regan is from North Carolina, which also has a large Black population.
“He understands the challenges, especially (for) communities of color,” said Thompson, the only Black member of Mississippi’s congressional delegation. “Under this current administration, they have taken the fact that many of these communities have been underserved by its government and tried to right the ship.”
Jackson’s water system has been fragile for years, with officials warning that widespread loss of service was possible. A cold snap in 2021 froze pipes and some water treatment equipment, leaving tens of thousands of people without running water. Similar problems happened again early this year, on a smaller scale. The EPA also told Jackson months ago that its water system violates the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-epa-leader-jackson-needs-fair-share-of-money-to-fix-water/ | 2022-09-08T03:17:38Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-epa-leader-jackson-needs-fair-share-of-money-to-fix-water/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 32 |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Give our country $100 billion — or stop lecturing us about making money from fossil fuels.
That was the message East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta had Wednesday for those raising environmental concerns about his nation’s proposal to build a new gas-processing plant.
Ramos-Horta was speaking in Australia after the two countries signed a new defense agreement. He delivered his remarks at the National Press Club in Canberra with humor but also with an edge.
East Timor, an impoverished nation of 1.5 million, is hoping to break a 20-year deadlock with the new Australian government over the development of the Greater Sunrise gas field that lies beneath the seabed separating the two countries.
Australia wants the gas piped to an existing gas hub at its northern city of Darwin. East Timor expects more economic benefit if the gas is piped to its south coast.
Ramos-Horta was visiting Australia in part to try and resolve the dispute. A reporter asked how East Timor could justify the project given the climate impacts.
Ramos-Horta replied that gas was cleaner than some fossil fuels. He then listed countries that had benefitted from fossil fuels, including the U.S. and Japan, and then later China and India.
“But first the Europeans, you were the ones who polluted the whole world with coal, with oil, and everything that you can imagine,” he said. “And we, unfortunately, discover oil and gas only now. And the Europeans are lecturing us: We have to move away from fossil fuel.”
He said the gas field could generate $100 billion or more in revenue.
“I have no authority to make any proposal, but I can make one off the top of my head,” Ramos-Horta said. ”The Europeans, Australia, the U.S., give us $100 billion and we give up on the Greater Sunrise development. As simple as that.”
Earlier Wednesday, Australia and East Timor signed a defense agreement aimed at increasing the military and security cooperation, especially along their shared maritime border.
The agreement aims to increase joint military exercises and training, as well as cooperation on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
“We have been working towards a DCA (defense cooperation agreement) for over a decade and today’s signing is a significant step forward in our partnership,” said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The agreement comes at a time of heightened tensions in the region, particularly after the Solomon Islands in April signed a new security pact with China.
Asked about his views on the move by the Solomon Islands, Ramos-Horta said he wasn’t that familiar with the nation but that the wider region is a “very sensitive strategic location.”
“Any leader that is serious about being a leader, you have to be sensitive to your neighbors,” he said. “Don’t bring in extraterritorial, regional interests, powers, that might not be welcomed by our neighbors.”
Ramos-Horta shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize with East Timorese Bishop Carlos Belo for their efforts to end conflict in their homeland. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-east-timor-president-pushes-back-on-environmental-criticism/ | 2022-09-08T03:18:36Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-east-timor-president-pushes-back-on-environmental-criticism/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday, holding a minute of silence for the former Soviet leader who paved the way for German reunification 32 years ago.
Flags at the parliament’s Reichstag building in Berlin were lowered to half-staff as lawmakers opened the day’s session, one of the first since Gorbachev’s death last week, with the tribute.
“He made possible what for decades seemed impossible — ending the Cold War peacefully and overcoming the division of our country and our continent,” speaker Baerbel Bas told lawmakers. “We Germans have much to thank Mikhail Gorbachev for.”
“He changed the history of our country and the lives of millions of people,” Bas said. “His courage and his stance were decisive in the recovery of our unity.”
Gorbachev’s drive for reform and increasing openness set the scene for the peaceful collapse of communism — and one of its key moments, the fall in November 1989 of the Berlin Wall. Less than a year later, Germany was reunited as member of NATO and with a promise that Soviet troops would be withdrawn.
Gorbachev remained enduringly popular in Germany, a contrast with how he was viewed in Russia. As they remembered Gorbachev last week, German leaders pointed to the contrast with today’s relations with Russia, which are icy following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Germans for too long “overlooked, or perhaps didn’t want to believe, that Russia under (President Vladimir) Putin had long since and radically turned away from Gorbachev’s aims,” Bas said.
“Today, a deep rift gapes between Russia and Europe where, according to Gorbachev’s vision, a common European house was supposed to arise with Russia and with a common security architecture,” she added.
“It is Russia that has broken with this spirit under Putin, and that is a tragic mistake.” | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-german-parliament-honors-gorbachev-who-enabled-unification/ | 2022-09-08T03:18:58Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-german-parliament-honors-gorbachev-who-enabled-unification/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Elon Musk will be able to include new evidence from a Twitter whistleblower as he fights to get out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company, but Musk won’t be able to delay a high-stakes October trial over the dispute, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the head judge of Delaware’s Court of Chancery, denied Musk’s request to delay the trial by four weeks. But she allowed the billionaire Tesla CEO to add evidence related to whistleblower allegations by former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko, who is scheduled to testify to Congress next week about the company’s poor cybersecurity practices.
Twitter has sued Musk, asking the Delaware court to force him to go through with the deal he made in April to buy the company. Musk has countersued and a trial is set to start the week of Oct. 17.
Musk’s legal team has argued that the allegations made by Zatko to U.S. officials may help bolster Musk’s claims that Twitter misled him and the public about the company’s problem with fake and “spam” accounts. Zatko, a well-known cybersecurity expert known by his hacker handle “ Mudge,” said he was fired in January after raising flags about Twitter’s negligence in protecting the security and privacy of its users.
The judge’s ruling followed an hours-long hearing Tuesday at which attorneys for Musk and Twitter argued with each other about the merits of Zatko’s claims and the pace at which both sides are producing evidence ahead of the trial.
Twitter’s attorneys sought to downplay the relevance of Zatko’s allegations to the merger dispute, arguing that an initial 27-page complaint he sent to Twitter and a later retaliation clam made no mention of the “spam bot” issues that Musk has given as a reason to terminate the deal. Zatko “never said a word about spam or bots” until his July whistleblower complaint, said Twitter attorney William Savitt.
Twitter has argued for weeks that Musk’s stated reasons for backing out were just a cover for buyer’s remorse after agreeing to pay 38% above Twitter’s stock price shortly before the stock market stumbled and shares of the electric-car maker Tesla, where most of Musk’s personal wealth resides, lost more than $100 billion of their value.
McCormick, the judge, said Wednesday the newly published whistleblower complaint gave Musk’s team grounds to amend its countersuit but she declined to weigh in on the details.
“I am reticent to say more concerning the merits of the counterclaims at this posture before they have been fully litigated,” she wrote. “The world will have to wait for the post-trial decision.”
McCormick, however, sided with Twitter’s concerns that delaying the trial would make it harder for the company to get back to business.
“I am convinced that even four weeks’ delay would risk further harm to Twitter too great to justify,” she wrote.
In afternoon trading, Twitter shares added 5.5% to $40.77. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-judge-musk-can-use-twitter-whistleblower-but-not-delay-case/ | 2022-09-08T03:19:35Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-judge-musk-can-use-twitter-whistleblower-but-not-delay-case/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Puerto Rico legislator to more than four years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to bribery as part of a kickback scheme.
Nelson del Valle Colón, who was elected to Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives in 2004 and 2016, also was ordered to pay $190,000 in restitution.
He was accused of hiring two women to work in his office and demanding biweekly kickbacks from them ranging from about $500 to $1,300 for more than three years in exchange for their employment and salaries.
The two women have pleaded guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced later this month. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-ex-puerto-rico-legislator-sentenced-in-bribery-scheme/ | 2022-09-08T03:21:23Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-ex-puerto-rico-legislator-sentenced-in-bribery-scheme/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he expects to be charged soon in a state criminal case in New York City.
Bannon, 68, plans to turn himself in on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, reported that the state criminal case would resemble an earlier attempted federal prosecution, in which Bannon was accused of duping donors who gave money to fund a wall on the U.S. southern border.
That federal case ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment late Tuesday.
In a statement, Bannon said District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has now decided to pursue phony charges against me 60 days before the midterm election,” accusing the Democratic prosecutor of targeting him because he and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
“The SDNY did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to take me out of the election,” Bannon said, referring to his arrest months before Trump’s re-election loss.
Federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in wall donations.
“It didn’t work then, it certainly won’t work now,” the former White House strategist said. “This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”
Bannon, who had pleaded not guilty, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him on his last day in office in January 2021.
Two other men involved in the “We Build the Wall” project pleaded guilty in April. They had been scheduled to be sentenced this week, but that was recently postponed to December. A third defendant’s trial ended in a mistrial in June after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
A president can only pardon federal crimes, not state offenses, but that doesn’t mean state-level prosecutors have carte blanche to try similar cases.
In 2019, then-Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. brought state mortgage fraud charges against Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in what was widely seen as an attempt to hedge against a possible pardon.
But a judge threw the case out on double jeopardy grounds, finding that it was too similar to a federal case that resulted in Manafort’s conviction. (Manafort was later pardoned by Trump).
While Manafort’s New York case was pending, New York eased its double jeopardy protections, ensuring that state-level prosecutors could pursue charges against anyone granted a presidential pardon for similar federal crimes.
Bannon’s case differs because he was dropped from the federal case in its early stages. In most cases, double jeopardy is only a factor when a person has been convicted or acquitted of a crime.
In another case not covered by Trump’s pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years in federal prison.
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Tucker reported from Washington. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-steve-bannon-expects-to-face-new-criminal-charge-in-ny/ | 2022-09-08T03:22:28Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-steve-bannon-expects-to-face-new-criminal-charge-in-ny/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, returned to the White House Wednesday, unveiling official portraits with a modern vibe in an event that set humor and nostalgia over his presidency against the current harsh political talk about the survival of democracy.
While her husband cracked a few jokes about his gray hair, big ears and clothes in his portrait, Mrs. Obama, a descendant of slaves, said the occasion for her was more about the promise of America for people like herself.
“Barack and Michelle, welcome home,” declared President Joe Biden as the gathering cheered.
Biden, who was Obama’s vice president, praised his former boss’ leadership on health care, the economy and immigration and said nothing could have prepared him any better for being president than serving with Obama for those eight years.
“It was always about doing what was right,” he said.
The portrait of Obama, America’s 44th and first Black president, doesn’t look like any of his predecessors, nor does Michelle Obama’s look like any of the women who filled the role before her.
Obama stands expressionless against a white background, wearing a black suit and gray tie in the portrait by Robert McCurdy that looks more like a large photograph than an oil-on-canvas portrait. The former first lady, her lips pursed, is seated on a sofa in the Red Room in a strapless, light blue dress. She chose artist Sharon Sprung for her portrait.
Scores of former members of Obama’s administration were on hand for the big reveal.
Obama noted that some of them in the East Room audience had started families in the intervening years and feigned disappointment “that I haven’t heard of anyone naming a kid Barack or Michelle.”
He thanked McCurdy for his work, joking that the artist, who is known for his paintings of public figures from Nelson Mandela to the Dalai Lama, had ignored his pleas for fewer gray hairs and smaller ears. “He also talked me out of wearing a tan suit, by the way,” Obama quipped, referring to a widely panned appearance as president in the unflattering suit.
Obama went on to say his wife was the “best thing about living in the White House,” and he thanked Sprung for “capturing everything I love about Michelle, her grace, her intelligence — and the fact that she’s fine.”
Michelle Obama, when it was her turn, laughingly opened by saying she had to thank her husband for “such spicy remarks.” To which he retorted, by way of explanation, “I’m not running again.”
Then the former first lady turned serious, drawing a connection between unveiling the portraits and America’s promise for people with backgrounds like her own, a daughter of working-class parents from the South Side of Chicago.
“For me, this day is not just about what has happened,” she said. “It’s also about what could happen, because a girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to Jacqueline Kennedy and Dolley Madison. She was never supposed to live in this house, and she definitely wasn’t supposed to serve as first lady.”
Mrs. Obama said the portraits are a “reminder that there’s a place for everyone in this country.”
Tradition holds that the sitting president invites his immediate predecessor back to the White House to unveil his portrait, but Donald Trump broke with that custom and did not host Obama. So, Biden scheduled a ceremony for his former boss.
Mrs. Obama said the tradition matters “not just for those of us who hold these positions, but for everyone participating in and watching our democracy.”
In remarks that never mentioned Trump but made a point as he continues to challenge his 2020 reelection loss, she added: “You see the people, they make their voices heard with their vote. We hold an inauguration to ensure a peaceful transition of power … and once our time is up, we move on.”
McCurdy, meanwhile, said his “stripped down” style of portraiture helps create an “encounter” between the person in the painting and the person looking at it.
“They have plain white backgrounds, nobody gestures, nobody — there are no props because we’re not here to tell the story of the person that’s sitting for them,” McCurdy told the White House Historical Association during an interview for its “1600 Sessions” podcast.
“We’re here to create an encounter between the viewer and the sitter,” he said. “We’re telling as little about the sitter as possible so that the viewer can project onto them.”
He works from a photograph of his subject, selected from about 100 images, and spends at least a year on each portrait. Subjects have no say in how the painting looks. McCurdy said he knows he’s done “when it stops irritating me.”
Obama’s portrait went on display in the Grand Foyer, the traditional showcase for paintings of the two most recent presidents. His portrait replaced Bill Clinton’s near the stairway to the residence, the White House tweeted Wednesday night. George W. Bush’s portrait hangs on the wall opposite Obama’s in the foyer.
Mrs. Obama’s portrait was hung one floor below on the Ground Floor, joining predecessors Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, according to the tweet.
Two spokespeople for Trump did not respond to emailed requests for comment on whether artists have begun work on White House portraits for Trump and former first lady Melania Trump. Work, however, is underway on a separate pair of Trump portraits bound for the collection held by the National Portrait Gallery, a Smithsonian museum.
The White House Historical Association, a nonprofit organization founded in 1961 by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and funded through private donations and sales of books and an annual Christmas ornament, helps manage the White House portrait process. Since the 1960s, the association has paid for most of the portraits in the collection.
Congress bought the first painting in the collection, of George Washington. Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. | https://www.wspa.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-here-they-are-obamas-white-house-portraits-being-unveiled/ | 2022-09-08T03:23:04Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-here-they-are-obamas-white-house-portraits-being-unveiled/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Campaigning at a park filled with 19th-century pushcarts on a state holiday honoring Utah’s early Mormon pioneers, Evan McMullin glad hands voters as he strolls past potato sack races and beverage stands selling cold, sugary drinks under a sweltering sun.
The independent U.S. Senate candidate who won the official backing of Utah’s Democratic Party in this year’s midterm election harks back to Utah’s pioneer days as he explains his quest to unseat two-term Republican Sen. Mike Lee.
“When our ancestors arrived, the only way to make this harsh but very beautiful place work in order for them to survive and thrive was to work together,” said McMullin, who casts his candidacy as an opportunity to ”unite Americans across party lines to protect democracy.”
To defeat Lee, McMullin’s idealized call for cross-party unity will have to do a lot more than just win over Democrats and a few disgruntled conservatives. Republicans have won every U.S. Senate race in Utah since 1976.
It’s been six years since McMullin, a soft-spoken former Republican congressional staffer, emerged as a third-party candidate as a conservative alternative to Donald Trump. McMullin won 21.5% of the vote in Utah in 2016, the most of any third-party candidate in the country. Trump still breezed to victory.
McMullin warned in a New York Times op-ed after Trump’s election that he was an authoritarian who “undermined critical democratic norms including peaceful debate and transitions of power.” This year, McMullin is hitting that message even harder, denouncing his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents.
McMullin has cast both Trump and Lee as threats to democracy, noting text messages obtained by the Jan. 6 House committee that show Lee discussing legally dubious schemes to keep Trump in power, before shifting course, backing away and voting to certify the election results.
“Authoritarians serve themselves and the small cadres that surround them,” McMullin, an ex-CIA officer, said. “They never solve problems.”
As both parties jockey for control of the evenly split Senate, the peculiar Republican-versus-independent contest has transformed Utah from an electoral afterthought into a possible spoiler. Conservative groups like Club for Growth are spending millions to defend Lee.
If McMullin were to win in November, he would become the Senate’s third independent, joining Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Both caucus with the Democrats, though McMullin has said he wouldn’t caucus with either party.
Both Lee and McMullin are vying for voters like Cindy Kemp of Lehi, who credits Trump for the country’s thriving pre-pandemic economy but was often fed up with his public persona.
“With Trump and everything, we were like, ‘What do we do?’” Kemp said after speaking to McMullin in Provo. “But he did good for the country.”
She plans to vote for McMullin.
Eighty miles (129 kilometers) north at a junior livestock auction in Ogden, Lee wears ostrich skin cowboy boots and sits cross-legged on a folding chair. Mingling with voters amid the the sound of squealing hogs after purchasing a sheep at the auction, he acknowledges the race defies traditional two-party dynamics yet hews closely to conventional Republican talking points: government spending, inflation and polling showing widespread disapproval of President Joe Biden.
In response to questions about prominent midterm election issues, Lee repeatedly prefaces his answers by circling back to a reminder that McMullin has been “embraced and endorsed and funded by the Democratic Party.”
Lee, a one-time critic of the former president who even voted for McMullin in protest of Trump in the 2016 election, dismisses McMullin’s alarm bells about extremism and says their race has less to do with Trump than Biden.
“Trump’s not on the ballot. This one is not about him,” Lee said as he walked through a cattle corral talking about the effects of inflation on feed and fuel prices.
“People in Utah feel strongly about the horrible state of affairs that Joe Biden has brought and the horrible conditions that we’re now facing with inflation and all that goes along with it.”
McMullin acknowledges issues like inflation and abortion rights are focal points in Senate races nationwide. Still, his campaign is laser-focused on what he believes are growing threats to democracy from power-hungry extremists willing to abandon it. It’s difficult to fix issues like air quality near the Great Salt Lake or buoy economically depressed coal towns in Carbon County, he said, without a functional, representative democracy.
“It’s democracy. And it’s what democracy allows us to do,” McMullin explains.
Although he says voters he speaks to largely agree having a functional government in Washington is important, McMullin is aware opinions clash within the coalition he hopes to unite behind him.
He insists voters are less polarized than people assume, yet despite that belief, offers carefully calibrated answers on polarizing topics such as abortion. He talks about “standing up to the extremes that want to criminalize women” and rejects abortion bans that don’t have exceptions for rape, but says he “doesn’t have all the answers” rather than articulating when he thinks abortion should be legal and when it shouldn’t.
Much like Lee repeatedly references McMullin’s Democratic Party support, McMullin repeatedly prefaces explanations about where he stands on issues by referencing “our coalition” — a group he says is the same one that supports Sen. Mitt Romney and includes Democrats, moderate Republicans and independents.
The “coalition,” he said, also supports investing in more modern infrastructure, but he doesn’t clarify his position on the billions in infrastructure spending approved since Democrats took control of Washington.
Back at the Weber County Fair, Lee says recently approved spending will exacerbate inflation and expand the role of government in everyday life.
“It’s pretty relevant if the party that has endorsed you and is funding you and is backing you is behind a $750 billion spending boondoggle at a time we’re in a recession and at a time we’re experiencing rampant inflation,” Lee said of McMullin.
Although Lee’s frequent “no” votes on bipartisan legislation garner criticism, they endear him to legions of Utah Republicans who call him “a fighter” and like that he isn’t afraid to disrupt Washington.
“He fights for us and takes what we say and takes it to heart. Not like other politicians, who lie to us and do different things, like Mitt Romney,” Heidi Hadley of Plain City said after meeting Lee at the fair. | https://www.wspa.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-utahs-evan-mcmullin-upends-two-party-fight-for-us-senate/ | 2022-09-08T03:23:54Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-utahs-evan-mcmullin-upends-two-party-fight-for-us-senate/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BANGKOK (AP) — Days after flying to Thailand to seek asylum, members of a Chinese church huddled in a restaurant to share their stories with journalists. But when they peered over their shoulders, they spotted strangers taking videos of them with cellphones.
In seconds, they scattered, fearing Chinese state security had come for them yet again.
“Political pressure is rising, and there’s more and more ideological control,“ said Pastor Pan Yongguang, whose church has been on the run for years. “The persecution is growing worse.”
The story of the exile of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church illustrates how the Chinese government is going to increasing lengths to control religious faith and its citizens, even far outside its borders.
Since leaving China for South Korea’s resort island of Jeju three years ago, Pan’s 61 congregants have been stalked, harassed, and received threatening calls and messages despite fleeing hundreds of kilometers (miles) away, he said. Relatives back in China have been summoned, interrogated and intimidated. In one case, Chinese diplomats refused to issue a member’s newborn child a passport, rendering the baby stateless.
The government’s tactics against the church echo ones used against the Uyghurs and other Chinese ethnic minorities abroad, as well as fugitives accused of corruption, to coerce them to return to China.
In China, Christians are legally allowed to worship only in churches affiliated with Communist Party-controlled religious groups, but for decades, the authorities largely tolerated independent, unregistered “house churches.” They have tens of millions of worshippers, possibly outnumbering those in the official groups.
However, in recent years, house churches have come under heavy pressure, with many prominent ones shut down. Unlike previous crackdowns, such as Beijing’s ban of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement it labels a cult, the authorities have also targeted some believers not explicitly opposed to the Chinese state.
Most members of Pan’s church are young, married middle-class couples, with their children making up about half the group.
Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid, a Christian group helping Pan, cited tightening controls on religion under Chinese leader Xi Jinping aimed at rooting out foreign influence and bolstering national security.
“What national security threat?” Fu said. “They’re not going to public squares, they’re not trying to shame the Chinese government. They’re just trying to seek religious freedom.”
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the matter was “not a diplomatic question” when asked for comment.
Ministering in China was never easy, Pan said. Since starting the church in 2012, it has had to move from house to house as authorities ordered landlords to turn them away. Police kept close track of church gatherings, recording attendees and hauling Pan in for questioning from time to time. The questions grew sharper after they discovered he was ordained into the Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, sharper still after new religious regulations in 2018. Police homed in on his ties overseas.
“They want to seal off Chinese churches from the outside world,” Pan said.
Pan said the church began thinking of leaving after his friend, an outspoken pastor from the same denomination, was arrested.
The final straw came after millions began taking to the streets of Hong Kong in 2019 to protest Beijing’s tightening grip on the city. Pan said they had no connection to the protests, but authorities in their city of Shenzhen on the mainland bordering Hong Kong were on high alert under “quasi-martial law.” The church came under excruciating pressure.
Pan decided it was time to put the matter to a vote. Most members elected to leave.
“At the time, I thought maybe we could return after things settled down,” said Nie Yunfeng, who joined the church months after its founding. “I never imagined things would get this bad.”
At the beginning of this year, her parents were summoned by police and questioned about Nie’s faith, as were dozens of relatives of other church members who had left for South Korea. Officers all over the country, from central Hubei province to tropical Hainan island, threatened the relatives with confiscation of state benefits or the closure of their businesses if the congregants didn’t return to China.
“Your descendants may suffer,” they told Nie’s terrified father. “Tell them to come back right now, or else they will face serious consequences.”
Officers found Pan’s brother, sisters and mother and accused Pan of “treason,” “collusion with foreign forces” and “subversion of state power.” Evidence obtained by Pan and seen by the AP indicates that state security was ordered to investigate the church.
They left South Korea for Thailand after meetings with local and U.S. officials made it clear that prospects for refuge were dim. Despite being home to a large, active Christian population, South Korea’s cultural and ethnic homogeneity can make it unfriendly toward refugees. Government statistics show less than 1% of asylum seekers were granted refuge there last year.
So, the church decided to flee again. On Monday, church members gathered outside the United Nations refugee office in Bangkok. They piled manila envelopes stuffed with asylum papers on a mailbox hanging by the entrance.
In Bangkok, members have split between different hotels and attend Sunday service on Zoom, wary of being tracked by Chinese police. They spend their days praying, worrying about an uncertain future.
Xie Jianqing, a church elder, said the transition has been tough. The church members, largely white-collar workers in the glittering high-tech metropolis of Shenzhen, had to get used to picking fruit and digging dirt in the volcanic soil of Jeju island. Now, they have no work, and their future is even cloudier.
Still, such sacrifices are worth it, Xie said. In China, he wasn’t able to give his children the religious upbringing he wanted because state schools are compulsory and mandate an atheist, communism-infused curriculum. Abroad, he said, his children can learn about the God he believes in.
“We’re willing to pay this price,” he said. “God always has the best plan.”
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro transformed the nation’s bicentennial Wednesday into a multi-city campaign event, but didn’t use his appearances to undermine the upcoming election as his opponents had feared.
Bolsonaro, who trails former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in polls before the Oct. 2 vote, drew tens of thousands of supporters to rallies in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro. The armed forces put on military displays in the cities, with the president attending.
The far-right Bolsonaro has stacked his administration with military officers and repeatedly sought their support, most recently to cast doubt on the reliability of the nation’s electronic voting system, which raised fears his speeches on Independence Day would be filled with fresh attacks. The far-right nationalist held back from doing so, and instead focused on attacks on da Silva and his leftist Workers’ Party.
Bolsonaro compared da Silva to autocratic leftist leaders in Venezuela and Nicaragua and called Brazil’s former president “a gangster.”
“We will have a much better administration with us being elected, with the grace of God,” the president said in a speech in Rio.
His prior efforts to sow doubt about the voting system has prompted widespread concern among his opponents that he may follow former U.S. President Donald Trump ’s footsteps in rejecting election results.
Bolsonaro arrived at the military display in Brasilia accompanied by at least one of the business executives who allegedly participated in a private chat group that included comments favoring a possible coup and military involvement in politics, and who is being investigated by Federal Police for possibly financing anti-democratic acts.
The crowd, decked out in green and yellow, chanted against da Silva, who wants to return to the post he held in 2003-2010.
Later, da Silva said he had never used Independence Day for electoral ends.
“Brazil needs better luck. It needs a government that takes care of people. A person who talks about harmony, love, economic growth, industrialization, job creation, pay increases,” da Silva said. “Brazil needs love, not hatred.”
Other presidential candidates also criticized Bolsonaro’s electoral use of the country’s independence bicentennial, and party leaders have suggested they will take the case to electoral courts.
Speaking at a rally after the parade in Brasilia, Bolsonaro made no reference to Brazil’s struggle for independence and instead focused on his achievements while his supporters made clear they came to support their candidate.
“We came for democracy, we want a free country, with no corruption or robbing, we want a country with clean elections,” said farmer Marcelo Zanella, 46, who drove some 800 kilometers (496 miles) from the state of Tocantins.
Tens of thousand demonstrators also gathered on Sao Paulo’s main downtown boulevard. Due to a downpour and the fact Bolsonaro wasn’t scheduled to appear, turnout was apparently smaller than last year’s.
Later, Bolsonaro attended another military display in Rio along Copacabana beach — where his supporters often hold demonstrations. It entailed rifle salutes, cannon fire, flyovers, paratroopers and warships anchored offshore. He delivered his speech from a sound truck, on the back of which a draped banner read: “CLEAN AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS.”
Bolsonaro, a former army captain and lawmaker for decades before winning the 2018 presidential election, has spent most of his first term locking horns with Supreme Court justices, some of whom are also top members of the electoral authority.
He has accused some judges of hamstringing his administration and favoring da Silva. That has effectively turned those figures and their institutions into enemies for Bolsonaro’s base.
When Bolsonaro launched his reelection bid July 24, he asked supporters for “one last” show of support on Independence Day.
Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo, said Bolsonaro needed to energize his campaign and reach out to undecided voters.
“He needed something new and failed to do that. Bolsonaro once more only spoke with his supporters, indeed many of them, and with that the window might be closing for other voters to join him,” Melo said.
Since his campaign began, Bolsonaro has softened his tone. In the southern city of Curitiba last week, he told supporters to lower a banner demanding a military coup.
Carlos Ranulfo de Melo, a political scientist at Federal University of Minas Gerais, said this likely reflects campaign strategy to avoid fiery rhetoric and instead focus on the improving economy.
“We will convince those who think differently from us, we will convince them of what is best for Brazil,” Bolsonaro told the crowd in Brasilia.
The president is known for off-the-cuff outbursts. At last year’s Independence Day rally, he pushed the country to the brink of an institutional crisis by proclaiming he would ignore rulings from a Supreme Court justice. He later backtracked, saying his comments came in the heat of the moment, and the boiling tension was reduced to a simmer.
In both speeches in Brasilia and Rio, he made a couple veiled critiques of the Supreme Court, which elicited boos from the crowd.
“The institutional wear-and-tear was present in his speech in Brasilia, but in a less explicit way than last year,” said Rafael Cortez, who oversees political risk at consultancy Tendencias Consultoria.
There had also been concerns about political violence, which didn’t materialize during the afternoon.
In Rio, it was a scene of adulation. Sound trucks blasted songs exalting Bolsonaro to a crowd packing multiple blocks of the beachside boulevard, spilling onto the sand and down to the waterline. Motorboats and jet skis floated just offshore. When the first paratroopers started gliding down, one group began chanting, “Legend!”, a nickname for the president.
“I came to honor my president,” said Myleni Lima, 50, from the city’s west zone. “I’m going to reeelect him, me and the Brazilian people.”
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BEIJING (AP) — The death toll in this week’s earthquake in western China has jumped to 74 with another 26 people still missing, the government reported Wednesday, as frustration rose with uncompromising COVID-19 lockdown measures that prevented residents from leaving their buildings after the shaking.
The 6.8 magnitude quake that struct just after noon Monday in Sichuan province caused extensive damage to homes in the Ganze Tibetan Autonomous Region and shook buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million citizens are under a strict COVID-19 lockdown.
Following the quake, police and health workers refused to allow anxious residents of apartment buildings out, adding to anger over the government’s strict “zero-COVID policy” mandating lockdowns, quarantines and other restrictions, even while the rest of the world has largely reopened.
Footage circulating online showed residents of the central city of Wuhan, where the pandemic is believed to have originated in late 2019, chanting “lift the lockdown, refuse to be tested” at police.
The restrictions have prompted protests online and in person, rare in China’s tightly controlled society where the all-powerful Communist Party can easily sentence people to months or years in prison on loosely defined charges such as “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
In all, 65 million Chinese in 33 cities, including seven provincial capitals, are currently under varying levels of lockdown. The government is also discouraging domestic travel during the Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday and the weeklong National Holiday at the start of October.
Outbreaks have been reported in 103 cities, the highest since the early days of the pandemic in early 2020.
Monday’s quake was centered in a mountainous area of Luding county, which sits on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau roughly 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Chengdu, where tectonic plates grind up against each other.
China’s deadliest earthquake in recent years was a 7.9 magnitude quake in 2008 that killed nearly 90,000 people in Sichuan. The temblor devastated towns, schools and rural communities outside Chengdu, leading to a years-long effort to rebuild with more resistant materials. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-china-earthquake-deaths-rise-to-74-as-lockdown-anger-grows/ | 2022-09-08T03:24:44Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-china-earthquake-deaths-rise-to-74-as-lockdown-anger-grows/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Epic Comeback: Keystone Digs Itself Out of 0-2 Hole to Rally Past Redbank Valley
KNOX, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Trailing 2-0 against rival Redbank Valley after two sets, Keystone sophomore Ava Patrick made a bold prediction.
(Above, Leah Exley was named the Hager Paving Incorporated Player of the Game.)
“I can feel it in my gut,” Patrick told senior Leah Exley. “We’re going to win these next three and we’re going to take it all.”
Exley believed her.
“I was like, ‘You know what?’” Exley said. “‘I think you’re right.’”
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There was nothing before that third set that indicated such a prolific comeback was coming for the Keystone volleyball team.
The Panthers were out of sync, out of sorts and scuffling after losing 25-16 and 25-19 to fall into that 0-2 hole.
But Keystone regrouped, scoring the last five points to win the third set, 25-20, then rallied again from 19-16 down in the fourth set to take that one, 25-22.
The decisive fifth belonged to the Panthers in a 15-8 win that gave them a dramatic 3-2, come-from-behind home victory on Tuesday night over Redbank Valley.
“We are all like, ‘We just can’t let this happen,’” Exley said. “‘We can’t lose like this.’ We did not play well at all at first, but I’m really glad we managed to pick it up.”
For awhile, it looked as if Keystone (2-0) was going to get swept out of its own gym.
Redbank dominated play early — at the net and on the serve.
Four different Bulldog players recorded at least one kill in that first set win and that balance carried over into the second to put them on the verge of a sweep.
Redbank was also piling up the aces. Taylor Ripple had three in a row at one point in the second set to help the Bulldogs to an 18-11 lead.
Ripple finished the match with nine kills and five aces.
Redbank Valley (1-1) led 19-18 in the third set, but Keystone went on 7-2 run to keep the match alive.
Runs were something that was hurting the Panthers early.
“I told them we needed to control the runs,” said Keystone coach Bryan Mong. “It’s those long runs like in that first and second game of six, seven points in a row that hurt us. Granted, we were making some mistakes, but those runs hurt you very bad.”
Exley and Karley Callander started hurting Redbank Valley on the serve.
Exley finished with 16 service points and four aces and Callander, who developed a jump serve before her senior season, added nine service points and four aces.
“We had a camp and they were teaching the jump serve and it just really clicked with me,” Callander said. “I decided I might as well try it since this is my last year. I wanted to go out with a bang.”
Callander was strong at the net, too, with eight kills. Exley also had eight kills and Natalie Bowser had two aces, three digs, 11 assists, five kills and two blocks for Keystone.
“Karley has a really strong arm and she learned how to jump float serve this year — it’s almost more of a jump topspin,” Mong said. “It’s really hard when it’s on. She’s always had a strong arm coming up, so now that she’s put the two together, she’s pretty tough to defend.
Kennedy Kaye had 31 digs and Reagan Mays 13 assists for the Panthers.
Exley was the Hager Paving Incorporated Player of the Game, but any one of several Keystone players could have earned that honor.
“It’s a team game,” Mong said. “This is only going to help them build character. Everybody on the bench was celebrating.”
For Redbank Valley, the loss was difficult to stomach.
“Honestly, I just told them we’re going to move forward,” said Bulldogs’ coach Ashley Anderson. “They have nothing to be ashamed of — they lost a tough match. They stuck with it. I was telling them to be intentional and they were intentional for the whole game.”
Alivia Huffman and Izzy Bond each had 11 kills for Redbank Valley. Huffman also had 20 digs, Caylen Rearick 20 digs and Mylee Harmon 28 assists.
This was a rematch of the last two District 9 Class 2A championship matches.
Redbank Valley won two years ago and Keystone claimed the crown last season, its first since 1992.
“We beat them last year for D9, and we wanted to show that was not a fluke,” Exley said. “We wanted to push through because they are our biggest rivals because when we play them, we tend to play five sets.
“This will give us a lot of adrenaline and energy and confidence because we came back from a 2-0 deficit,” Exley added. “That is a really hard thing to do, especially when this game is pretty much based on momentum. We’re already down two sets and you’re so far in the hole, you would think there’s no way you can get out of it, but we did. That’s awesome. Beating Redbank in itself is awesome, but this is really awesome.”
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7-Day Weather Forecast for Clarion County
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Today – Scattered showers, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight – Scattered showers before 8pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday – Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 78. Light northeast wind.
Thursday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Calm wind.
Friday – Sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
Saturday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Saturday Night – Scattered showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday – Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night – Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday – Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Monday Night – Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday – Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
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9-6 ROUNDUP: Verdill at it Again for Clarion-Limestone; Karns City Volleyball Team Wins Five-Set Thriller Over North Clarion
KNOX, Pa. (EYT/D9) – Bailee Verdill continued his torrid scoring pace on the early season with five goals while adding two assists, and Thomas Uckert also had a big afternoon with one goal and four assists in helping Clarion-Limestone roll to a 14-0 victory over Keystone on Tuesday afternoon.
Brendan Betwy added two goals while Danny Schweitzer added one goal and three assists.
Brady Pierce, Jason Megnin, Layton Dunn, and Reece Geiger each added a goal. Jameson McIlwain, Tyler Bingham, and Isaac Lerch each added an assist.
“Sometimes when you have a big lead it can be tough to keep your focus on the field and you can have a tendency to get a bit sloppy,” said C-L head coach Don Montgomery. “We told the guys at halftime to work on our passing game and keep with our initial defensive game plan.”
Verdill scored all five of his goals in the first half, including the first four goals of the contest. Geiger, Betwy, and Uckert each scored goals as the Lions built an 8-0 halftime lead.
Betwy, Schweitzer, Pierce, Megnin, and Layton scored in the second half while Keystone had an own goal giving C-L the 14-0 victory.
Asked about reflecting on the 4-2 Brockway win from Thursday Montgomery replied, “Brockway is a team that you always want to measure your team by. That game was a good measuring stick for us. We were tied at 1-1 at the half. In soccer, each team wants to put their best effort into the first 10 minutes of each half. Our first 10 was better than theirs as we were able to score two quick goals in that second half and that opened up more room for us. Our guys were very happy with that win for sure.”
“We have another game against Redbank Valley and we know it most likely is going to be more of a challenge so we’ll have to come out and be ready to go.”
VOLLEYBALL
Ava Fox had eight kills, eight digs, two aces, and two blocks as Karns City held off a North Clarion rally for a 25-13, 25-23, 15-25, 21-25, 15-12 victory.
Rosalie Carden also had a good all-around night for the Gremlins with five kills, nine digs, seven assists, and three aces.
Karns City grabbed a 2-0 lead but watched North Clarion erase that, setting up the decisive fifth set.
The Gremlins were able to pull out the win.
Bethany Morrow also had seven digs for Karns City.
Alexa Carll had 12 kills and six blocks and Kylie Disney added 28 digs for North Clarion.
Ainsley Hartle had 31 assists and Kyler Freeman 10 kills and 11 digs for the Wolves.
CLARION 3, CRANBERRY 0 – Taylor Alston had seven kills, three aces, three digs, and 11 assists to lead the Bobcats to a 25-21, 25-19, and 25-17 win.
Aryana Girvan paced Clarion with 10 kills and Grace Ochs 15 assists for Clarion.
Brooke Hart led Cranberry with five kills and Aryanna Ferringer added four kills.
MONITEAU 3, FOREST 0 – Abbey Jewart had seven assists and seven aces, and Marissa Pry had five kills and six aces in the Warriors’ 25-8, 25-6, 25-15 sweep.
Sophia Fleeger pitched in two kills, six assists, and six aces for Moniteau.
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 3, JOHNSONBURG 1 – Tori Newton had a huge night at the net for the Crusaders with 17 kills in the 25-18, 25-22, 25-27, 26-24 win.
Maddie Bierley and Reagan Bauer each added five kills for Elk County Catholic.
Kiri Emmert had 27 assists and Lucy Klawuhn four aces for ECC.
GIRLS SOCCER
Emily Graeca scored a pair of goals to help DuBois to a 6-1 win over St. Marys.
Kamryn Fontaine, Leah McFadden, Rachel Sickeri, and Ariel Carney also scored for DuBois.
Sophie Radkowski scored the lone goal for St. Marys, which also got 17 saves from keeper Liv Eckels.
DuBois keepers Jasmine Carney and Abbie McCoy combined for nine saves.
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AAA: Gas Prices Drop in Pa.
CLARION CO., Pa. – Gas prices are 17 cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.010 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average: $4.010
Average price during the week of August 29, 2022: $4.189
Average price during the week of September 7, 2021: $3.321
Clarion County drivers are paying an average of $4.045 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. In Venango County, the standard price is $4.008. Forest County drivers are paying an average of $4.069 a gallon. The average in Jefferson County is $3.933.
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$3.994 Altoona
$4.082 Beaver
$4.024 Bradford
$3.915 Brookville
$4.008 Butler
$4.002 Clarion
$3.950 DuBois
$3.992 Erie
$3.999 Greensburg
$4.014 Indiana
$3.958 Jeannette
$4.021 Kittanning
$3.997 Latrobe
$3.999 Meadville
$4.087 Mercer
$4.037 New Castle
$3.996 New Kensington
$3.996 Oil City
$4.054 Pittsburgh
$3.999 Sharon
$4.087 Uniontown
$3.999 Warren
$4.019 Washington
Trend Analysis:
Lower oil prices, modest domestic gasoline demand, and a so-far quiet hurricane season are combining to drive pump prices lower. According to weather analysts, it’s the first time in 25 years that a named Atlantic storm did not develop in August. The national average for a gallon of gas fell seven cents in the past week to $3.77. Today’s national average is 31 cents less than a month ago but 59 cents more than a year ago.
Meanwhile, oil prices dipped on recent decreased Chinese manufacturing output due to lower demand for goods and new COVID‑19 outbreaks in critical industrial cities. This is fueling fears that oil demand could drop in China, the world’s largest importer of crude oil. Additionally, prices declined most of last week amid market concerns that crude demand will fall if economic growth slows or stalls due to a recession. EIA’s latest weekly report showed that total commercial crude inventories decreased by 3.4 million barrels to 418.3 million barrels.
According to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), domestic gas demand increased slightly from 8.43 million barrels per day to 8.59 million barrels per day last week. However, the rate is nearly 1 million barrels per day lower than the last week of August 2021. Also, total domestic gasoline stocks decreased by 1.1 million barrels to 214.5 million barrels.
Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government has written to the country’s NATO and European Union partners and the head of the United Nations, asking them to formally condemn increasingly aggressive talk by officials in neighboring Turkey and suggesting that current bilateral tensions could escalate into a second open conflict on European soil.
In the letters, copies of which were seen Wednesday by The Associated Press, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said the behavior of his country’s historic regional rival — and NATO ally — should be censured by the three bodies.
“By not doing so in time or by underestimating the seriousness of the matter, we risk witnessing again a situation similar to that currently unfolding in some other part of our continent,” he wrote, in an allusion to the war in Ukraine. “This is something none of us would really wish to see.”
The letters dated Monday and Tuesday come at a low point in relations between the two neighbors, who are separated by centuries-long enmity and contemporary disputes, including Aegean Sea boundaries and immigration. Greece and Turkey have come close to war three times in the last half-century.
On Tuesday Turkey’s president reiterated a thinly veiled invasion threat made over the weekend. Athens responded that it’s ready to defend its sovereignty.
In the letters to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell and U.N. chief Antonio Guterres, Athens quoted Erdogan’s references to Greek “occupation” of Aegean Sea islands that have been part of Greece for decades, and to the Greek people as “vile.”
“The Turkish leadership has apparently chosen to present future aggression as already prepared and, more importantly, as a justified action,” he said. “Unless seen in its true dimensions and properly dealt with by the international community, this Turkish attitude risks destabilizing our wider region and causing consequences of which the gravity is hard to assess.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey could “come all of a sudden one night” in response to perceived Greek threats, suggesting a Turkish attack cannot be ruled out.
Ankara says Greece is violating international agreements by keeping a military presence on islands close to Turkey’s Aegean coastline. It has also accused Greek air defenses of locking on to Turkish fighter jets during NATO exercises over the eastern Mediterranean.
Greece says it needs to defend its eastern islands — including tourist hotspots Rhodes and Kos, which are much closer to Turkey than to the Greek mainland — against its larger and militarily stronger neighbor.
Dendias on Tuesday accused Turkey of carrying out 6,100 Greek airspace violations this year, including 157 overflights of Greek territory.
Greece almost daily scrambles fighter aircraft to identify and intercept Turkish military planes and often simulated dogfights break out, which have led to several fatalities in the past decades.
“The Turkish attitude is a destabilizing factor for NATO’s unity and cohesion, weakening the southern flank of the alliance at a moment of crisis,” Dendias wrote to Stoltenberg.
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Barbara A. Rupp
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 @ 07:09 AM
Barbara A. Rupp, 78, of New Bethlehem (Putneyville), passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at the Clarion Hospital.
Born on August 16, 1944, in Charleston, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Glen and Helen (Hayes) Church.
She married Arthur R. Rupp on March 7, 1959 and he survives.
She is also survived by two children, Christopher Rupp and his wife, Shannon, and Kathy Kunselman and her husband, Ron, both of New Bethlehem, five grandchildren, Chastity Adams, Courtney Ortz, Brad Ortz, Emmaleigh Rupp, and Keihin Rupp, and five great-grandchildren.
There will be no services.
The Alcorn Funeral Home in Hawthorn is handling the arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.alcornfuneralhome.com.
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Birthday Wishes: Aiden Turns 4!
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
A birthday wish, brought to you by The Haskell House.
Happy Birthday, Aiden Barrett!
Aiden turned four today, Wednesday, September 7.
Submitted by his mother, Lindsay Barrett.
To submit a birthday announcement, email [email protected]
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Birthday Wishes: Happy Birthday, Carson!
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
A birthday wish, brought to you by The Haskell House.
Happy Birthday, Carson!
Carson turned 10 today, Wednesday, September 7.
Submitted by his mother, Kayla Pat.
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Carolyn L. Quinn Curran
Carolyn L. Quinn Curran, 78, of Oil City, PA, passed away on Monday, September 5th, at UPMC Northwest after a period of declining health.
Carolyn was born on March 1st, 1944 in Sheffield, PA.
She was the daughter of the late William L. and Rita Hynes Quinn.
Carolyn grew up and attended school at St. Josephs High School, graduating in 1962.
During her school years she made lifelong friendships with her classmates and looked forward to their reunions each year at Henrys Bend.
Carolyn attended the Oil City Hospital School of Nursing where she excelled, earning her degree in Nursing in 1966.
In February of 1967, she enlisted in the United States Army Nurse Corps, as a 2nd Lieutenant.
In 1967, at 23 years old, she was ordered for active duty in Vietnam, stationed in Pleiku with the 71st EVAC Unit as a Med-Surgical Nurse.
Noteworthy, Carolyn’s experience in Vietnam was the first ever case where Army nurses faced direct combat enemy fire due to the unconventional nature of the conflict.
Also noteworthy, Carolyn was stationed in Pleiku throughout the infamous Tet Offensive and endured nightly mortar attacks and battlefield evacuations.
She earned many medals and commendations including: Republic Vietnam Campaign Medal w/Device 1960, The Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and the Army Commendation medal.
In early April, 1968 after completing her tour in Vietnam she returned to the United States and continued her service at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. whereupon she achieved the rank of 1st Lieutenant on April 10th, 1968.
After returning home to Henrys Bend, PA, she met the love of her life, James (Jim) P. Curran and they were married on October 26th, 1968.
Jim preceded Carolyn in death on October 15th, 2018, 11 short days before their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Carolyn was honorably discharged from the United States Army on December 3rd, 1968 and returned home to Oil City where they resided for their entire lives.
After several years as an RN at Oil City Hospital, Carolyn decided to further her education and earned an advanced degree as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP).
During her time at the Oil City Hospital and Northwest Medical Center, Carolyn was a leader of emergency services and dedicated her entire career to caring for patients during crisis situations.
Carolyn and Jim both made their careers of service to the community with the Oil City Hospital.
Through their careers at the hospital, they had lifelong friendships, including their special friendship with Neil and Connie Todhunter, with whom they traveled and enjoyed a special bond as lifelong friends.
Carolyn dedicated her life to her family including raising her sons, Craig and Colin, while working the hectic schedule of an emergency room nurse.
As a grandmother, she dedicated much of her time and attention to her beloved grand-daughter, Lindsay Marie King.
Carolyn had 3 younger brothers and 2 sons, so when Lindsay was born, Carolyn dedicated much of her time to her grand-daughter.
She loved to shop, and shopping with her grand-daughter was one of her most cherished pastimes.
Carolyn was also a HUGE STEELER FAN and rarely missed watching the weekly Steeler games throughout the season.
Carolyn also enjoyed playing golf with her family at River Ridge and especially with the girls during the Ladies league, She was always in the hunt during first on, first in and closest to the pin.
She loved going to the beach, especially in St. Pete where she and Jim would stay with their buddy and nephew, Robert J. Curran and his wife Lauri.
They both were very dear to her.
Carolyn is survived by her two loving Sons who will miss her greatly, they are, Craig R. Curran of Oil City and Colin James Curran, of the Flemish Cap, Carolyn is also survived by her beloved and very special Granddaughter, Lindsay Marie King and her husband Shane, their beautiful daughter and Carolyn’s Great Granddaughter, Scarlett Marie who lovingly called her GG, and of course their other special baby, Molly.
Also surviving are her two brothers and their lovely wives, Terry and Kelley Quinn of Colleyville, Texas whom she loved to visit and watch the golf tournaments at Las Calinas, and then a dip in the hot tub with a well deserved glass of wine.
Also Robert and Stellie Quinn of Del Mar, California.
Carolyn loved to travel to see them and enjoy time in Lake Tahoe with their family.
Carolyn adored her brothers, they were so very good to their Big sister, she was so proud of them and they of her.
Also she had three Brothers in Law and two sisters in Law, Rick and Cindy Curran, Joe and Jenny Curran and Jerry Curran of Oil City and Judy Wenner of Greenville and Ginny Curran and (Al Weaver).
Also her lunch buddy and partner in crime, Kathy Womer.
Also Surviving are many nieces and nephews spread out all over the land.
In addition to her Husband, she was preceded in death by her father and mother, William L. and Rita Hynes Quinn, a brother, William(Billy) Quinn, a grandson, Steven M. Curran, her father and mother-in-law, Joseph A. and Edith Robbins Curran, and two brothers-in-Law, John Curran and Gary Wenner.
There will be no viewing or funeral at Carolyn’s request.
Committal Services will be held at Calvary Cemetery on Saturday Sept. 10 at 12 noon, Military Honors will be accorded by the V.E.T.S.Honor Guard.
Memorials may be made to the Venango County Humane Society or to a charity of one’s choice.
The Reinsel funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
Condolences may be sent at www.reinselfuneralhome.com.
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Charges Against Man Who Allegedly Lit Jar of Lighter Fluid Inside Dollar General in Fryburg Waived for Court
CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) – Charges against a 36-year-old man who allegedly lit a jar of lighter fluid inside the Dollar General store in Fryburg have been waived for court.
According to court documents, the following criminal charges against 36-year-old Joshua A. Flockerzi, of Kittanning, were waived for court on Tuesday, September 6:
– Arson – Intent to Destroy Unoccupied Building, Felony 2
– Reckless Burning or Exploding – Places Uninhabited or Unoccupied Structure in Danger of Damage or Destruction, Felony 3
– Criminal Mischief – Catastrophe, Summary
– Retail Theft – Take Merchandise, Summary
– Disorderly Conduct Hazardous/Physical Offense, Summary
He is currently free on $30,000.00 monetary bail.
Details of the case:
According to a criminal complaint, PSP Marienville were dispatched on Wednesday, August 24, to a reported incident of arson that occurred at Dollar General store located along State Route 157, in Fryburg, Washington Township, Clarion County.
A witness on the scene reported to police that Joshua Flockerzi entered the store around 4:45 p.m. and lit a jar containing lighter fluid on fire in an aisle of the store, the complaint states.
She further explained to police that she was working the cash register when Flockerzi entered the store and began “acting abnormal and paranoid,” the complaint indicates.
Then, while she was stocking the shelves, she observed Flockerzi carrying a jar that was on fire. He then placed the jar in the back of the store, in the middle of an aisle on the floor. She said Flockerzi was using a bottle of lighter fluid he acquired from the store as an accelerant, the complaint states.
According to the complaint, Flockerzi refused to leave the store upon original request but left after another store employee told him he had to leave.
On his way out, Flockerzi took a bottle of Mountain Dew without paying, the complaint states.
When the witness asked for Flockerzi’s name, he handed her his driver’s license. Police were able to positively identify the individual as Joshua Flockerzi with his driver’s license and video footage at the Dollar General, the complaint notes.
He was arraigned at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 29, in front of District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller.
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday pledged his country’s support in resolving long-standing disputes in the Balkans that continue to threaten stability in the troubled region.
Speaking in the Serbian capital Belgrade, Erdogan expressed hope that a recent agreement settling a travel document dispute between Serbia and Kosovo can help further bolster regional stability.
Tensions recently soared between Serbia and Kosovo over a mutual refusal to recognize each other’s travel documents. The dispute was resolved through Western mediation but other problems remain. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 which Belgrade won’t recognize.
“We are ready to extend our support and I hope that there is now a positive acceleration which will be sustained in the Balkans, because the Balkans can no longer tolerate these kind of problems,” Erdogan said at a joint press conference with Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic.
Erdogan’s stop in Belgrade was part of a tour of the Balkans. He visited Bosnia on Tuesday and on Thursday travels to Croatia where he will inaugurate a mosque.
Turkey has in recent years ramped up its presence in the Balkans, both politically and economically. Mainly Muslim Bosniak communities in Bosnia and Serbia have close relations with Ankara, while Turkish companies have increased investment in infrastructure projects throughout the region.
Erdogan also said Turkey would like to help three rival ethnic groups in Bosnia “find reconciliation.” Tensions there also have been simmering following the devastating 1992-95 war.
Erdogan and Vucic oversaw the signing of a string of cooperation agreements, including abolishing passports and simplifying travel between the two countries through the use of identity cards only. Serbia also asked for Turkey’s help to supply electricity from Azerbaijan through the coming winter amid a continent-wide energy crisis, Vucic said. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-turkeys-erdogan-pledges-help-to-bolster/ | 2022-09-08T03:26:18Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-turkeys-erdogan-pledges-help-to-bolster/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Clarion County Photo of the Day
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
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Clarion County Recipe of the Day: Cauliflower Broccoli Salad
This dish holds well, and leftovers are still tasty a day later!
Ingredients
1 medium head cauliflower, broken into florets (about 7-1/2 cups)
1 medium bunch of broccoli, cut into florets (about 4 cups)
6 green onions with tops, sliced
2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
2 cups mayonnaise
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1/2 to 1 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled
Leaf lettuce, optional
Directions
-In a large bowl, combine the cauliflower, broccoli, grapes, onions, and mozzarella cheese. Combine the mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, sugar, and vinegar; pour over vegetable mixture and toss to coat.
-Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Just before serving, stir in bacon. If desired, line the serving bowl with lettuce leaves; transfer the salad to a serving bowl. If desired, garnish with additional grapes.
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Dirt Moving to Complete Clarion Community Park Phase1B
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – August was a good month for moving dirt at the Clarion Community Park on Second Avenue as the Clarion Blueprint Community eyed completion of Phase 1B in early September.
A delay in the delivery of materials for the project meant a later start date this summer because of a backlog with the current supply delays.
(Photos by Dave Cyphert of Pro Point Media.)
“We were able to get everything we need and construction is underway in Phase 1B, and everything’s going as planned,” said a representative of Clarion Blueprint Community.
“In two more weeks, we should probably finish this phase. Phase Two of construction will start in the spring of 2023 and will include the completion of the children’s playground, all green space, the parking lot, and the basketball, pickleball, and tennis courts. Phase Three includes the construction of the splash pad/ice skating area of the park, as well as the restroom facility.”
The current phase is the last of the earth disturbance construction that gives a final “bank” routine and also creates the impact-resistant barriers that are designed to keep cars from being able to drive anywhere near the activity centers, the playground, the future ice skating rink, or future basketball courts.
It creates that impact barrier that is also a decorative appearance. Essentially a Jersey barrier, Clarion barriers are tested and rated and have an aesthetic appeal to them that makes them look much nicer.
There will also be wrought iron fences on top of the walls there for fall protection; the fencing adds a decorative aspect. The fencing will also start establishing the parking along Second Avenue. Planners were able to retain that ground bank and utilize every bit of ground available for parking.
“We do have a large amount of funding secured to start Phase Two in 2023, and we are still working on many other avenues and options. Depending on funding and logistics success, we hope the park will be functional and open to the public after Phase Two.”
The Blueprint Community is also working on teaming up with several government agencies to be able to apply for more considerable grant opportunities. A grant application in partnership with the Clarion County Housing Authority is currently pending approval.
Donations are accepted in the form of checks made out to Clarion Blueprint and mailed to the Clarion Borough Offices located at 1400 E. Main Street, Clarion, PA 16214. Clarion Blueprint and Clarion Borough share the same address.
Donations can also be made through PayPal at [email protected]
The vision of the Clarion Blueprint Committee is to develop community assets in the Clarion area. It aims to expand on all the aspects Clarion offers, like its natural beauty and its businesses.
Clarion Blueprint has been a designated blueprint community by the FHLBank of Pittsburgh since 2014. Its initiative was created with the goals of building strong local leadership, developing local and regional planning skills, and encouraging coordinated investments in targeted communities by public and private funders.
Although the Second Avenue Park is Clarion Blueprint’s most ambitious project yet, they hope to follow it up with more projects. Clarion Blueprint is currently working on multiple funding sources and has several grant applications, as well as solicitations from private donations in place to work towards funding portions of the project.
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Donald Merle Kunselman
Donald Merle Kunselman, age 73 of Distant, Armstrong County, passed from this life to life with the Lord on Saturday evening, September 3, 2022, at his home.
Born September 4, 1948, in Distant, he was the youngest of the 11 children of the late Paul Edgar Kunselman, Sr. and Florence Pearl Bish Kunselman.
He was a graduate of Redbank Valley High School.
Don married the former Sarah Jane Wilson on September 17, 1966, and they celebrated 56 years of marriage.
He worked for Ralph Toy Drilling, Climax Fire Brick Company, Eljer Pottery in Ford City, H.B. Deviney Company (peanut butter factory) in New Bethlehem, Carpentertown Coal and Coke in Templeton, and retired as a miner for Rosebud Mining.
Don enjoyed watching and participating in truck and tractor pulls and had a shelf full of trophies to show for it.
He and Jane loved to camp at various campgrounds over 20 plus years, including Cook Forest, Smith Grove Campground in Butler, Benezette Campground and the Canfield Fair.
They have many continued friendships with those they met during their camping years.
Survivors include his wife, Jane; daughter, Amy Sutton of Florida; son, Mark Kunselman of Fairmount City; grandchildren: Brianna Sutton, Sara Kunselman and Miranda (Justin) Finland, and great grandchildren; Xander Kunselman, Mia Switzer, Ellie Finland, Hunter Reed, Zach Reed and Jessi Reed.
Don is also survived by three brothers: Jack Kunselman of Fairmount City, Gary Kunselman of New Bethlehem and Edgar Kunselman of Distant, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson Brian Sutton, and his six sisters and a brother: Esther Kunselman, Maxine Rearick, Alverda Shoemaker, Shirley Ortz, Phyllis Jean Flick, Judy Barclay and Paul Kunselman, Jr.
Private funeral services will be held at the Rupert Funeral Home and Cremation Service chapel in New Bethlehem.
Reverend Dottie Kunselman will officiate.
Interment will take place at the Oakland Cemetery in Distant.
Online condolences may be sent to Don’s family at www.rupertfuneralhomes.com.
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Featured Local Job: Exterior Door Assembler
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 @ 01:09 PM
Derstine Doors, a manufacturer of quality, affordable exterior doors, is seeking motivated individuals to add to their assembly team.
Derstine Doors offers:
- Monday through Friday work week
- Competitive wages
- Benefits package
- Paid vacation
Interested individuals should contact Don at 814-538-9333 or apply in person at 2020 Madison Street Extension, Sligo, PA.
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Featured Local Job: Multiple Employment Opportunities at the Clarion Hospital
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 @ 02:09 PM
Here is a list of career opportunities currently being offered at the Clarion Hospital.
Download this PDF for a full description of each position.
- Staff Nurse, RN – Med/Surg – 1 Full Time
- Staff Nurse, RN – ICU – 2- Full Time
- Certified or Registered Respiratory Therapist – Full-Time
- Polysomnographic Tech/EEG Tech – 1 Per Diem, 1 Full Time
- Staff Nurse, RN or LPN– Swing/Rehab. – 2 Full Time
- LPN – Med/Surg – 2 Full Time, 1 Per Diem
- Staff Nurse, RN –ED 2 Full Time
- LPN – Rehab/Swing, Per Diem
- Medical Technologist – 2 Full Time
- Dietary Aide – 2 Full Time
- Clerk/Phlebotomist – Full Time
- Ultrasound Tech – 1 Per Diem
- CT Technologist – 1 Full Time – 1 Per Diem
- EMT– 2- Full Time
- Medical Records Coder – Full Time
- Nursing Supervisor – 1 Full Time, 1 Per Diem
- Maintenance Supervisor- Full time
- Radiology Tech – Full Time
- CNA /Telemetry Tech – ICU – Full Time
- Paramedic – 2- Full Time
- ED Secretary/Aide- Full Time
- Housekeeping Aide – 1 Full Time
- Nursing Aide- Med/Surg – Part Time
- Registration Clerk – Full Time
- Wheelchair Van Driver– Full Time
Excellent benefits package available. Apply at www.clarionhospital.org or e-mail a resume to [email protected]
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Featured Local Job: Pre-K Counts Teacher
Keystone SMILES Community Learning Center currently has and opening for a Pre-K Counts Teacher.
Keystone SMILES mission is to empower and strengthen individuals of all ages with a focus on children and youth to improve the quality of their lives through learning and service. They are looking for an individual whose focus become a member of an agency whose goals are for service to others and not work for themselves.
Requirements:
- Experience with young children
- Passion for young children
- 4 year degree in early childhood education
- Commitment to service and not work
Please submit a resume and 2 references. (1 work related reference-one personal reference)
Schedule: Full Time average of 37.5 hours per week. Begins on August 22, 2022.
Hourly wage: Varies- $18 – 21.50
After 90 Days:
- Healthcare/Retirement/Paid Time Off
Job responsibilities will include:
- Early Education teacher to perform the duties of a certified teacher in addition to support meals, and duties to provide a healthy and safe environment working with children 3-5 years of age during the school year.
Keystone SMILES CLC has been providing early education programs in Knox for years. 27 classrooms have been recently remodeled.
Keystone SMILES AmeriCorps members provide support and STEM labs for all preschool classrooms. Keystone SMILES CLC also provides PK Counts curriculum activities for families who are not eligible for PreK Counts state-funded programs.
Click here to apply: https://smileshr.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=103
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Joe Izzi, Well-Known Business Owner, Teacher, and Coach Passes Away at Age 78
Joe Izzi, age 78, of Clarion, passed away after a long battle with cancer on Monday, September 5, 2022, while surrounded by his family.
Born November 8, 1943, in New Bethlehem, he was a son of the late Mike and Irene Carvillano Izzi.
He graduated from Redbank Valley High School in 1961, where he was a three-sport all-star: football, wrestling, and track and field.
After graduation, Joe worked for a year in Washington DC for the Federal Trade Commission.
Upon his return he attended Clarion State College where he was a wrestler until an automobile accident ended his athletic career.
He graduated in 1967 with a degree in secondary education, with certifications in social studies and English.
During his college years, he was sports editor of the Leader-Vindicator in New Bethlehem and later the sports editor of the Clarion News.
Joe taught social studies at Clarion Area High School from 1967 to 1983.
While there, he initiated a successful wrestling program and coached a number of state caliber wrestlers.
He served as the chairman of the Autumn Leaf Festival in 1970.
Joe had an entrepreneurial spirit. While teaching, he bought and rented mobile homes.
He then bought two mobile home parks and began selling mobile homes.
He eventually sold those parks and began developing Izzi Village Park in Strattanville.
His lifelong ambition of owning an Italian restaurant was realized when in the early 2000’s he bought what had originally been Johnny Garneau’s.
He successfully operated Izzi’s Ristorante for several years.
Joe had a keen love of travel. In 1968 he undertook the first of many trips to Europe.
In spite of being a motorcycle rookie, he bought a cycle and drove thousands of miles through Europe, making stops in Italy to connect with relatives.
On two of his European trips, he escorted his mother back to her birthplace in southern Italy.
In the 1980’s, after retiring from teaching, he undertook a trip around the world.
Scandinavia and the Holy Land were other memorable destinations from his extensive travels.
Joe was also well traveled in the U.S. In 1969 he and a friend drove to the west coast, logging almost 9000 miles.
He was known to enjoy gambling and was even a guest at Donald Trump’s penthouse at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City.
Joe enjoyed his high-roller status and often treated friends to some of the perks that went along with it.
In his younger years he enjoyed boating on the Clarion River and snowmobiling on the family farm in Porter Township and in later years bought a large tract of land between Clarion and Strattanville, where he lived with his wife, YongFen, until his death.
Always the businessman, Joe forested part of the property, stripped coal and drilled gas wells.
Survivors include his wife, YongFen; stepdaughter, Kelly Caro, and two sisters: Catherine Swartz of Brookville and Lucille Souders of Norristown.
In addition to his parents, Joe was preceded in death by four brothers: Andrew, Clarence, Arthur and Bert, and three sisters: Joan, Teresa and Mary.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, September 9, 2022, at the St. Charles Catholic Church, 201 Washington Street, New Bethlehem. Father Samuel Bungo, parish priest at St. Charles, will serve as celebrant.
Interment will follow in the St. Charles Catholic Cemetery in New Bethlehem.
Memorial contributions may be given in the name of Joe Izzi to the American Cancer Society, 993 Beaver Drive, DuBois, PA 15801 (online at www.cancer.org) or Clarion/Forest VNA, 271 Perkins Road, Clarion, PA 16214
Online condolences may be sent to Joe’s family at www.rupertfuneralhomes.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Rupert Funeral Home and Cremation Service of New Bethlehem.
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John “Ben” Dehner
John “Ben” Dehner, 85, of Lucinda, formerly of Tionesta, passed away on Monday, September 05, 2022, at Shippenville Healthcare and Reb. after a period of declining health.
Born on October 15, 1936 in Lickingville, PA he was the son of Woodrow and Ethel Anderson Dehner.
Ben was involved in construction all his life and finished his career at Tionesta Builder Supply.
He was proud of the fact that he was a self taught carpenter.
Outside of work he enjoyed hunting and being outdoors.
After he worked his “regular” job he could often be found working with his family on side jobs and family projects.
Ben was also a member of the AVSA in Newmansville.
Ben is survived by his children: Tina Siegel of Tionesta, Keith Dehner and his wife Veronica of Leeper, Fay DeLoe and husband Dave of Knox.
Grandchildren surviving include: Travis and wife Kassie, Jessica and husband Rich, Meagan, Heather, and Jason and also four great-grandchildren.
His companion Nancy Schneider of Lucinda, brother-in-law Joe Strickenberger and sister-in-law Norma Dehner as well as numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Ben was the last surviving member of his family and was preceded in death by his siblings: Shirley Weiser, Grace Strickenberger, and Ken Dehner
Also preceding him in death was a son-in-law Tom Siegel and grandson-in-law Brad Montgomery.
As per his wishes all services will be private.
Interment will be in the Dehner Cemetery.
Please visit www.fallerfuneralhome.com to share your memories and photos and offer your condolences.
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New Funding Awarded to Train Masonry Trades Apprentices in Clarion, 28 Additional Counties
CLARION CO., Pa — Governor Tom Wolf on Tuesday announced $297,000 in new funding through Pennsylvania’s Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Grant Program to help the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 9 continue its Western Pennsylvania Bricklayers Masonry Training Program in Clarion, Venango, Jefferson, and 26 other counties, as well as preparing apprentices for good-paying jobs.
(Photo courtesy of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 9.)
“There is great demand for skilled workers in the trowel trades, especially in western Pennsylvania” said Gov. Wolf. “This new funding will help the training program continue, and through it, BAC Local 9 will be able to help meet the industry’s demand.”
This funding will allow the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 9 to continue its apprenticeship program in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cameron, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, McKean, Potter, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
Through the training courses, apprentices are taught bricklaying, tile setting, terrazzo work and stone masonry, while receiving on-the-job training under the supervision of Journeymen. The curriculum for the training program is a four-year commitment. At the end of the four years, a Journeyman will have completed 6,000 hours of on-the-job training as well as 576 hours of classroom and lab training.
“We sincerely appreciate this investment and confidence in the Western Pennsylvania Bricklayers Masonry Training Program,” said Norm Ringer, president, Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 9. “This contribution will assist us in providing a strong foundation for anyone interested in starting a career in the masonry trades.”
Under Governor Wolf, 84 pre-apprentice and apprenticeship programs have been supported and more than $13 million has been invested through Pennsylvania’s Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Program.
The program works to increase apprenticeship availability to Pennsylvania employers to assist them with their talent recruitment and development. Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Program funding is provided to eligible applicants for the purpose of reaching the goal of increasing apprenticeship accessibility across the state. Eligible uses of funds include expenses related to instruction that complements on-the-job learning.
For more information about the Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Grant Program and other economic development programs, visit the DCED website, and be sure to stay up-to-date with all of the agency’s news on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Pa. Lawmakers Spent at Least $3 Million on Private Lawyers, Experts During Redistricting Battle, Invoices Show
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania state lawmakers spent at least $3 million in taxpayer money on outside law firms and experts as they lobbied for their preferred political maps during the recent redistricting cycle, according to invoices obtained by Spotlight PA.
Article by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA.
The new districts have the potential to change the balance of power in both Harrisburg and Washington, with one Republican-held congressional seat eliminated and the updated state House map giving Democrats the potential to win back the chamber.
Considering the high stakes, it’s not surprising that legal action played a major role during the process.
The congressional map was picked by the state Supreme Court as part of a lawsuit brought by a group of citizens concerned that Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf and the GOP-controlled legislature would fail to agree on a plan by the May primary. The legislative maps, meanwhile, were the subject of five lawsuits, including one brought by state House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R., Centre) that is still ongoing.
To understand how much money Democrats and Republicans spent to convince Pennsylvanians and the court system to support their maps, Spotlight PA asked the four caucuses for invoices from January 2021 to June 2022. They returned bills for work beginning in May 2021 and ending in April 2022.
The invoices show leadership employed eight different law firms throughout the process. Some details — like descriptions of legal strategy and personal finance information — were redacted due to attorney-client privilege and limits in Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law.
According to the invoices, Democrats in the state House and Senate paid six private law firms $1.4 million over the last year beginning in June 2021.
Most of that sum was spent by Democrats in the lower chamber in support of work on the legislature’s own maps, which are drawn by a five-member panel of top legislative leaders and an independent chair.
Lawyers prepared the caucus’ legal strategies, attended Legislative Reapportionment Commission meetings, and met with a Democratic caucus team charged with redistricting matters.
State House and Senate Republicans paid two private law firms over $1.6 million. Most of those costs were incurred by the state House GOP caucus, which spent just under $400,000 on lawyers for legislative redistricting. House Republicans spent another $450,000 on congressional redistricting matters.
Pennsylvania’s congressional map is drafted and voted on by the General Assembly and must be approved by the state’s governor. Wolf in January vetoed a plan sent to him by Republicans, leading the state Supreme Court to take over.
Each caucus proposed its own congressional map, as did several citizen groups. The high court ultimately chose a map submitted by the group that brought the original lawsuit.
The high cost of expertise
Redistricting lawyers for all four caucuses paid “professional experts” $527,980 for their testimony, according to invoices. They gave testimony at public hearings and in court, created “expert reports” to submit to courts, and in some cases drew maps.
The hourly rates for the eight experts ranged from $195 to $350 an hour. Many also provided expertise in redistricting cases in New York, Ohio, and Maryland.
The highest-paid expert, according to invoices — Brigham Young University political science professor Michael Barber — made nearly $90,000 from his work over the course of six months, consulting with Republicans in the General Assembly. House Republicans did not list an hourly rate for Barber, but court records show he was paid $500 an hour for his expert testimony in New York.
Matt A. Barreto, professor of political science and Chicana/o andCentral American studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, was the highest paid expert hired by Democrats, receiving $65,000 for his work. On behalf of House Democrats, he testified at public hearings on legislative redistricting, wrote reports analyzing the effects of the legislative maps on communities of color, and reviewed the research of experts hired by House Republicans.
While active during the public hearings that preceded the adoption of the new political maps, the experts were perhaps even more crucial during the court proceedings that followed.
The Pennsylvania Constitution spells out four traditional redistricting criteria — including that districts be compact and made up of roughly equal population — but judges in recent years have also embraced new metrics to measure whether a map has been drawn to unfairly benefit one political party.
Because of advancements in technology, the latter practice, known as gerrymandering, has become increasingly easy for academics to pull off while still meeting traditional redistricting criteria. Tools to measure partisan fairness are now standard practice, and experts for the four caucuses all presented their own analyses to the court.
The state Supreme Court chose a congressional map drawn by Jonathan Rodden, a political science professor at Stanford University, who kept 90% of residents in the same district. In the majority opinion, Chief Justice Max Baer wrote that while there is no perfect map, Rodden’s “best abides” by traditional redistricting criteria while also being “superior or comparable to the other maps in regard to partisan fairness.”
Justin Villere, executive director of Draw the Lines PA — a project of the good-government group Committee of Seventy that seeks to engage people in the redistricting process — said using expert witnesses in court was a useful tool, as the cases often became a “battle of the experts.”
But Villere argued that experts used in the court cases — professors of political science, geography, and demography — often didn’t understand the intricacies of the state. His organization compiled input from over 7,200 residents that he says created a map that is richer and more representative of the nuances in Pennsylvania.
Exactly what qualifies as a redistricting “expert” was also loosely defined during this year’s process.
Carol Kuniholm, executive director of Fair Districts PA — a nonpartisan organization that advocates for an independent redistricting process — said some of the experts used by the GOP in this redistricting cycle didn’t have close connections to an academic study of redistricting.
“There’s just a handful of experts who have spoken on behalf of what I would call Republican gerrymanders that are the same folks,” said Kuniholm. “It just doesn’t seem like there are many academics who are eager to put their name to supporting some of these plans and they’re being well compensated to do it.”
Hundreds of thousands of dollars may seem like a lot of money to spend on experts, but Villere noted that it’s much cheaper for lawmakers to spend money trying to put in place maps that are favorable to their political party than to have candidates run in competitive elections.
“Given what’s at stake in the redistricting process and the partisan interest, everyone wanted to throw everything into the breach,” he said. “If [experts] help persuade the court, then that’s a lot cheaper than an election.”
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Police Continue Search for Missing Rimersburg Teen
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
RIMERSBURG, Pa. (EYT) – State Police are continuing to search for a Rimersburg teen who was reported missing on Saturday.
A representative of Clarion-based State Police told exploreClarion.com that 15-year-old Melea H. Janis, of Rimersburg, remained missing as of Wednesday morning.
Melea is described as 5’1” tall, approximately 116 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Police say she has been missing from her residence in Rimersburg since 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 3.
Anyone with information concerning Melea is asked to contact PSP Clarion at 814-226-1710 or call 9-1-1.
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Robin Lynn Adams
Robin Lynn Adams, 61, of New Bethlehem, died on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie.
Born on August 14, 1961, in Clarion, he was the youngest son of the late Theodore Preston and Mable Marie (Truitt) Adams.
Robin worked at various jobs in the New Bethlehem area and had a real passion for farming.
He is survived by two girls that he considered his daughters, Paula Johnston of Fairmount City and Katie Pierce of New Bethlehem, seven grandchildren, six sisters, Kay Irene McClellan, of Florida, Joyce Gramsky, of New Bethlehem, Linda Gramsky, of New Bethlehem, Peggy Adams of New Jersey, Rita Adams, of Lucinda, and Debbie Keener, of New Bethlehem, two brothers, Bill Adams of New Castle, and Jim Adams (Chris) of Clarion, and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, was preceded in death by a sister, Karen Adams.
Robin’s wish was to be cremated.
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at the Oakland Church of God in Distant with Pastor Anthony Rosario Adams officiating.
Robin also requested no flowers for the service.
The Alcorn Funeral Home in Hawthorn is handling the arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.alcornfuneralhome.com.
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Say What?!: Bear Takes a Dip in California Man’s Backyard Pool
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
SIMI VALLEY, California – A California man captured video when he looked out a window at his home and spotted a big bear taking a swim in his backyard pool.
Mike Emanuel said he initially thought a person was swimming in the pool behind his Simi Valley home, but a second look revealed the mysterious swimmer was a black bear.
Read the full story here.
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Sherell E. Hindman
Sherell E. Hindman, 81, formerly of Emlenton, passed away Friday evening (09-02-22), at Autumn Grove Health Care Center in Harrisville following a lengthy illness.
Born in Butler, Pa. on October 23, 1940, he was the son of the late James Leroy “Buck” and Dorothy Hutchison Hindman.
He was a 1958 graduate of Northern Butler School District. (now Moniteau).
Sherell served over four years with the U.S. Navy, from 1962 to 1966, being Honorably Discharged with the rank of PC3 (E-4).
He was awarded the Vietnam Service MedaL, NDSM, and Good Conduct Medal.
He was a member of both the VFW and American Legion.
He was employed in the limestone mining industry most of his adult life as both a heavy equipment operator and foreman.
His main employment was with Emlenton Limestone.
Mr. Hindman was a member of North Washington Presbyterian Church in earlier years.
Sherell was an avid hunter and enjoyed attending Nascar Racing events.
He is survived by a limited number of relatives and many personal friends.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Garrie L and Delton L Hindman.
Sherell’s family wishes to express their heartfelt and sincere gratitude to all of his caregivers from Transitions Healthcare Autumn Grove and the VA Hospital.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Tuesday at H. Jack Buzard Funeral Home, 201 So. Wash. St. in Eau Claire, where a Masonic Service will be conducted at 8:00 PM by F.& A.M. Lodge #521 of Parker City.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday at the funeral home (American Legion and VFW Service will precede the funeral at 10:45 AM).
Private interment will follow at North Washington Union Cemetery where he shall be laid to rest with his parents.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials in his name to Mechling-Shakely Veterans Home, Route 68, Cowansville, Pa. 16218.
to view/send condolences/memorial Cards, visit http://www.buzardfuneralhomes.com/.
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Shirley J. McLean
Shirley J. McLean, 70, of New Bethlehem, passed away early Tuesday morning, September 6, 2022, at the Clarion Hospital.
Born on August 11, 1952, in Karns City, she was the daughter of Pearl (Crawford) Spiker.
Shirley worked at the Goodwill store in New Bethlehem.
She is survived by her companion, Donald Bowles of New Bethlehem, three children, John McLean and his wife, April, of South Carolina, Leeann Livingston and her husband, Wayne, of Fairmount City, and Amy Whitmire and her companion, Ron Wensel of Strattanville, nine grandchildren, and four sisters, Patricia of Vermont, Grace of Karns City, Deb of Freeport, and Ruth Ann of Petrolia.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Viola Bowser, a brother, Clayton Spiker, and two grandchildren, Ian Whitmire and Alivia Livingston.
Visitation will be on Saturday, September 10, 2022, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 at the Alcorn Funeral Home in Hawthorn.
The funeral service will follow at 8:00 pm at the funeral home with Pastor John Phillips officiating.
Interment will be in the New Bethlehem Cemetery.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.alcornfuneralhome.com.
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State Police Calls: Man Arrested for Illegally Operating ATV; DUI Arrest
FOREST CO., Pa. (EYT) – Marienville-based State Police responded to the following calls:
Man Arrested for Operating ATV While Ignition Interlock License
PSP Marienville received a report of ATVs operating on Fork Run Road and Bean Farm Road, in Howe Township, Forest County, around 4:28 p.m. on Saturday, September 3.
Police say a known 33-year-old New Castle man was encountered operating an ATV illegally on Bean Farm Road.
It was later determined the operator of the ATV has an Ignition Interlock License and is prohibited from operating a vehicle that is not equipped with an Ignition Interlock system.
An Ignition Interlock system is a device that is installed in a motor vehicle to prohibit an individual under the influence of alcohol from operating the vehicle. An individual is required to blow into the device before starting the vehicle. If the device detects alcohol,
it will prevent the vehicle from starting. In addition, at periodic times during the operation of the vehicle, the individual will be
prompted to blow into the device to ensure they are not under the influence. The law requires that all vehicles to be operated by an individual be equipped with an Ignition Interlock system.
Charges are pending.
Suspected DUI in Jenks Township
Marienville-based State Police conducted a traffic stop on a blue Jeep in the area of State Route 66 and Conrad Drive, in Jenks Township, Forest County, on Sunday, September 4, at 3:01 p.m.
According to police, it was determined that the male operator was under the influence of marijuana. He was also found to be in possession of marijuana.
Charges are pending certified blood results, police said.
The operator’s name was not released.
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State Police: Six Fatalities, 180 Injuries During Labor Day Weekend Travel Period
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania State Police investigated 648 vehicle crashes resulting in six fatalities and 180 injuries during the four-day Labor Day travel period, which ran from September 2 to September 5.
Alcohol was a factor in four of the fatal crashes.
Troopers made 515 driving under the influence arrests and issued nearly 23,000 traffic citations over the long holiday weekend.
During the 2021 Labor Day driving period, which spanned four days, troopers made 587 DUI arrests. In addition, six people were killed and 209 were injured in the 674 crashes investigated by the PSP.
More information on 2022 Labor Day enforcement, broken down by troop, is available here. These statistics cover only those incidents investigated by the state police and do not include incidents to which other law enforcement agencies responded.
For more statistical information on the Pennsylvania State Police, visit psp.pa.gov.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The clock is ticking for Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens.
The star quarterback said Wednesday that Friday would be the cutoff point at which negotiations for a contract extension would need to be set aside before the start of the regular season. He’d indicated previously there could be some sort of deadline, and that he hoped to have a deal done before the season, but now he’s clarified the timetable he’s working with.
“The end of this week,” Jackson said when asked when his deadline is. “Friday. Friday.”
Jackson didn’t offer many more details about the status of contract talks, and that’s consistent with his posture on the topic this whole offseason. He’s entering his fifth-year option season, and after that, the Ravens can always use the franchise tag to keep him. So in theory it’s not a big deal if extension talks drag on to next offseason — unless something happens to him this year like a major injury.
Jackson, who is representing himself in contract talks, didn’t sound too concerned about that risk.
“It was a pretty big risk last season, the year before. I wasn’t thinking about contract negotiations around that time,” he said. “This season, it’s going to be the same thing.”
Jackson did go down with an ankle injury that caused him to miss the final four games of last season, but all indications are that the 2019 league MVP is at full strength entering Sunday’s opener on the road against the New York Jets. It sounds as if Jackson’s teammates are largely in the dark about how contract talks are progressing.
“He doesn’t really talk about it, so it hasn’t really been a distraction. I think it’s definitely interesting how it’s going, for sure, but nobody knows what’s going on,” cornerback Marlon Humphrey said. “Hopefully they can get done pretty soon here, but I have no doubt he’ll be here for his whole career, so I’m excited about that, being his teammate for a long time.”
While it may seem unlikely that the Ravens would lose Jackson after this season, it’s still noteworthy that these negotiations aren’t done yet, especially now that Kyler Murray — drafted a year after Jackson — has received his big new deal.
“It’s business, so it’s just been business the whole process,” Jackson said. “Just taking it a day at a time. Whenever we meet, we meet, stuff like that.”
Earlier this week, coach John Harbaugh sounded confident that this issue isn’t hurting Jackson’s focus.
“He’s hopeful to get a new contract. We’re hopeful to get him a new contract. But all the rest of it is business,” Harbaugh said.
“There’s nothing other than coming to something that’s mutually agreeable. That’s the way that all of these deals are done. So, obviously, I’m very hopeful, and I know everyone is really hopeful to get it done. But the focus remains on the football. Lamar’s that way, coaches and players are all that way.”
The Jets are planning to start former Baltimore standout Joe Flacco at quarterback this week, so if Jackson and the Ravens don’t agree on an extension, the spotlight could quickly turn to other storylines. At the very least, the suspense about his contract figures to go on pause for a little while.
“Kickoff, I will not be talking about a contract,” Jackson said. “I’m thinking straight Jets around kickoff time.”
NOTES: The Ravens listed RB J.K. Dobbins (knee), CB Marcus Peters (knee) and T Ronnie Stanley (ankle) as limited in practice Wednesday. DT Travis Jones (knee) did not practice. “I told (Dobbins) I want him to slow down, but he’s looking pretty good,” Jackson said. “Hopefully he’ll be out in a couple weeks. I’m looking forward to that guy, and he’s very eager to play.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Major League Baseball Players Association is joining the AFL-CIO in an effort to strengthen its position in the aftermath of one labor struggle and in the midst of another.
Executive director Tony Clark made the announcement Wednesday alongside AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler during an event at the National Press Club, discussing the MLBPA’s attempt to unionize minor leaguers following a nearly 100-day lockout that delayed the start of the season.
Clark cited lessons learned from 2020, when minor league baseball was not played, as a major impetus for this decision.
“Over the past couple of years, our experiences have suggested now is the right time to have that conversation,” he said. “We are in a world now where strengthening our organization, strengthening our player fraternity by bringing the minor leaguers under our umbrella, as well as joining the AFL-CIO and doing so alongside our brothers and sisters that are part of the labor movement, together we’re going to navigate that chaos, and together we’re going to work through it.”
Shuler called it “an incredible moment for the labor movement.” Clark said baseball players want to strengthen their organization by supporting minor leaguers and becoming part of the AFL-CIO.
The MLBPA is the 58th union to affiliate with the AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the U.S. with 12.5 million members. The AFL-CIO’s Sports Council already included players’ associations from the NFL, National Women’s Soccer League, United Soccer League and U.S. Women’s National Team.
The International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, whose members are involved in broadcasting and staging major league games, voiced support for the move.
“Today’s announcement was a winning play by the players’ association,” president Matthew D. Loeb said in a statement. “We look forward to working in solidarity with the MLBPA to improve both the fan experience and the work lives of our members.”
The MLPBA on Tuesday asked management to voluntarily accept the union as the bargaining agent for minor leaguers. Bruce Meyer, the union’s deputy executive director, sent a letter to MLB Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem that claimed a majority of roughly 5,400 minor leaguers had signed authorization cards.
Clark repeated that assertion Wednesday, saying “thousands” of cards had been returned.
The MLBPA, which reached its first collective bargaining agreement for major leaguers in 1968, launched the minor league unionization drive Aug. 28. Players with minor league contracts, who earn as little as $400 weekly during the six-month season, would become their own bargaining unit within the MLBPA.
If MLB does not voluntarily accept the union, signed cards from 30% of the 5,000 to 6,500 minor leaguers in the bargaining unit would allow the union to file a petition to the National Labor Relations Board asking for a union authorization election. A majority vote in an election would authorize union representation.
“We support the MLBPA’s position, and so we’ll bring the full breadth and scope of the labor movement to back them up,” Shuler said. “And we hope that the league does the right thing.”
Baseball and the players settled on terms of a new collective bargaining agreement in March, ending the sport’s ninth work stoppage after 99 days and clearing the way for a full, 162-game regular season with opening day pushed back a week.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout homered in the same game for the eighth time this season, but rookies Kerry Carpenter and Ryan Kreidler hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to send the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday.
Kreidler hit his first career homer off José Quijada (0-4) four pitches after Carpenter tied it with a homer down the left field line into the shortest porch at Angel Stadium.
Eric Haase went 5 for 5 with a homer and two doubles in the majors’ 12th five-hit game of the season, and former No. 1 overall draft pick Spencer Torkelson hit his first homer since July 3 as the Tigers snapped their four-game skid.
“This is what you work your whole life for, for moments like these,” said Kreidler, the UCLA product and Davis, California, native whose parents have been in the stands for every game since his debut last week in Detroit. “The fact that we’re rookies is cool, but we’re all on the same team here and we’re pulling in the same direction, so it feels good to get it done. I had trust that Carp would do something.”
Detroit avoided a series sweep with a 13-hit attack in just their second win in nine games, and three rookies came up with the biggest hits. Kreidler, Carpenter and Torkelson all played together at Triple-A Toledo last month.
“This is a young group of players who have played together and they’re trying to find their way,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “They’re up in the big leagues, and these are all unfamiliar situations for them, but they’re banding together, and today was a good (example) of why we like these guys.”
José Cisnero (1-0) pitched the eighth, and Gregory Soto allowed two baserunners before finishing his 25th save in a game that began in uncharacteristic 99-degree heat and ended with an all-too-normal Angels bullpen collapse. Los Angeles’ five relievers each gave up an extra-base hit to the first batter they faced.
Trout homered in his fourth consecutive game during the fifth inning, matching his career record for consecutive games with a homer and tying Ohtani for the team lead with his 32nd. Ohtani surged back ahead in the seventh with his 33rd, a tiebreaking solo shot to right off Andrew Chafin.
The Angels’ two former AL MVPs have homered in the same game 22 times in their five seasons together — including twice in the past three games against Detroit.
Matt Thaiss also hit his first homer since 2020 for the Angels, who wrapped up their first winning homestand since early May with an awful bullpen performance. Thaiss hasn’t stuck in the big leagues since his rookie season in 2019, but he is batting .333 during his current callup.
“He’s really swinging the bat well,” Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said of Thaiss. “The home run was obviously huge for us at that moment. We like what we see. We’re going to take a long look at him.”
FOR STARTERS
Patrick Sandoval held the Tigers to six hits and a run over five innings. The left-hander couldn’t match his four-hit shutout with nine strikeouts at Detroit on Aug. 19.
Drew Hutchison yielded five hits and two walks over four innings for the Tigers.
TORKELSON’S SHOT
Torkelson’s homer was the latest promising sign from the 2020 draft’s top prospect after a rough start to his career. He was sent back to the minors around the All-Star break while batting .197, but he returned to Detroit last Friday and then drove in his first run since July 12 on Tuesday night in Anaheim.
“Tork has done a nice job coming back in a very good mindset (and a) great place physically with where his stance is, where his weight is and where his mind is,” Hinch said. “You get rewarded for that (if) you keep hitting the ball hard.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Tigers: OF Riley Greene got his second straight day off with a sore wrist. The rookie’s 13-game hitting streak ended Monday in the game in which he got injured.
Angels: RHP Michael Lorenzen is slated to rejoin the rotation Friday in Houston. The longtime Reds reliever had an up-and-down beginning to what was expected to be a full season as a starter before he went on the injured list July 7 and missed 56 games with a right shoulder strain.
UP NEXT
Tigers: After a day off, rookie Joey Wentz (0-1, 8.10 ERA) is expected to return from the minors Friday in Kansas City. He made his big league debut with two starts in May.
Angels: After a day off, Lorenzen (6-6, 4.94 ERA) returns against the playoff-bound Astros to open the Halos’ six-game road trip Friday.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Baker Mayfield finds himself in a familiar position — entering a football game seeking revenge.
How he handles it is anyone’s guess.
But at least one teammate said he expects the Carolina Panthers flamboyant quarterback will be “jacked up” on Sunday when he faces his former team, the Cleveland Browns, who traded him after replacing him with Deshaun Watson.
“When Baker is out there, swinging (his arms) with his chest out … that’s what we want to see — him talking his talk, and walking his walk,” said Carolina wide receiver Rashard Higgins, who spent four years as Mayfield’s teammate in Cleveland.
Added Higgins: “When he’s jacked up, he plays good. So I want to see it from him.”
Chances are, he will.
Mayfield admitted Wednesday he’s looking forward to “smack talking” with his former teammates on Sunday, but again declined to say anything negative about his former team.
“I’m grateful for my time in Cleveland,” Mayfield said. “I started my career there and it ended abruptly and unexpectedly, but we’re here now and everything happens for a reason. I’m rolling with the punches.”
Mayfield has thrived in revenge-type settings during his career.
He got it returning to Texas Tech after transferring from the school to Oklahoma, outdueling Patrick Mahomes for a wild 66-59 victory. He did it again on the road at Ohio State, celebrating a Sooners upset by planting an OU flag at midfield in Columbus — one year after the Buckeyes won in Norman, Oklahoma.
And with the Browns, Mayfield paid back former Cleveland coach Hue Jackson in 2018 with a win against Cincinnati. Jackson had joined the Bengals midseason as an assistant coach and he and Mayfield had a cold exchange following the game. Mayfield stared down the Bengals’ sideline during the contest after a 66-yard TD pass to tight end David Njoku.
“We all know Baker, so I don’t know what to expect,” Browns running back Nick Chubb said looking ahead to Sunday’s game in Charlotte.
The Browns are doing their best to downplay this becoming the “Baker Bowl”.
They know the fiery QB better than anyone and are very familiar with his on-field antics as well as his reputation as a trash-talker.
While the divisive quarterback left Cleveland on bad terms with the organization and perhaps with a few teammates and coaches, linebacker Anthony Walker said he’s got no hard feelings toward Mayfield.
“I’ve always been cool with Bake,” Walker said. “I actually saw him this offseason when I was in Austin. Always been a great person. So, again, no hard feelings from me.”
What will Walker’s first words be to Mayfield?
“What’s up my guy?” he said.
But the Browns fan base is already fired up.
Last week, Mayfield caused a commotion in Cleveland when he allegedly told a reporter that he was going to “(mess) them up” in the season opener against the Browns. Mayfield denied making the comments, but that story added external fuel to the matchup.
And this week Mayfield’s camp began selling T-shirts depicting the fifth-year QB in a cowboy hat with the words “off the leash,” showing him breaking free of a chain on a dog collar. Mayfield said the T-shirts had “subliminal messages,” but that he didn’t have anything to do with the design.
The Panthers knew what they were getting when they traded a conditional fifth-round pick to the Browns on July 6 to land Mayfield, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft.
Coach Matt Rhule has repeatedly said he likes Mayfield’s fiery personality and wants all of his players to “be themselves.”
Rhule doesn’t believe Mayfield’s emotions heading into this week will be a distraction — and said if he sees that change before the game he’d have a talk with the quarterback.
But right now he said Mayfield is “locked in” on the game plan.
Higgins said if Mayfield gets overly excited during the game he has no plans to try to settle him down.
“Let him go, let him eat,” Higgins said. “A dog has to eat. Let him do his thing. This is where he gained his confidence building up to the season. It’s going to be fun, man.”
And who knows, perhaps if Carolina wins Mayfield will plant a Panthers flag at midfield.
“Nah,” joked Panthers guard Austin Corbett, “that’s only at away games he does that.”
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The Rockets now get set to open OK Green play on Friday taking on defending conference champion Muskegon at Hackley Stadium.
"The piece that we look at it as is that there are two really really great programs (Muskegon and Mona Shores) within our county and our program hasn't been up to par as they have," first-year Reeths-Puffer head coach Cody Kater said. "I think there are great programs throughout the state and so if we can really concentrate on these teams throughout the county and closing that gap, we'll have a pretty good opportunity moving forward with this program."
The Big Reds come in a 1-1 after a loss to De La Salle last Friday.
The Rockets have lost 19 straight games to Muskegon with their last win coming back in 1999.
“I mean it’s obviously Muskegon, you want to beat them," Reeths-Puffer senior quarterback Brady Ross said. "Something this program hasn't done in over 20 years, so it’d be huge for the program. We all want it.”
It's just two weeks in, but the confidence is up within the Rockets program.
“I think we’re going to go in pretty strong in this game," Reeths-Puffer senior wide receiver and defensive back Clyde Bartee said. "I think we’re going to put up a better fight, we’ve been working way harder than last year so I think we’re going to be pretty good with that.”
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Ogun Cargo Airport to be unveiled at ChinetAviaCargo 2022
Ogun Cargo Airport described as the fastest built cargo airport in Nigeria will be at the 2022 ChinetAviacargo Conference holding between September 7 and 8, to unveil the opportunities available to stakeholders.
The presence of the Ogun Cargo airport team at the 2022 will be its second appearance following its participation at the 2021 conference.
At Chinet 2021 the Commissioner of Finance for Ogun State, MrDapoOkubadejo had promoted the airport as a great option for investors, promising that the airport will be built before the end of 2022.
According to the organisers of Chinet 2022, the promise had been fulfilled as the state returns to engage aviation professionals in order to exploit the inherent opportunities in the industry.
As Cargo is the fastest growing sector of the aviation industry with the airport promises to tap into this huge market, other state cargo airports are therefore expected to join in the day 2 discussion at the 2022 edition of the event.
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The future of cargo airports and their viability will be the focus of day 2 at the Chinet 2022 event where captains of industries in aviation, logistics, exports, transport and government agencies in export related field are expected to be present.
Equally, to be placed on the front burner at the event is the role of Cargo Airports, Insurance and Finance in the development of a National Aviacargo Export Master Plan for Nigeria with Captain John Okakpu, an export guru and the driver of many agroexport projects in Nigeria heading the discussions on the viability of these airports and their utilisation for agro-exports.
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Chima, is a 26-year-old creative designer, who works as a freelancer, is the second son in a family of six, both of his parents are still alive and well, and he has a close relationship with his siblings. He moved to Lagos after completing his youth service for better opportunities, while his parents remained in Edo state. Although two of his siblings also reside in Lagos, they are always preoccupied with work, so the three siblings rarely see one other.
Chima became an established freelancer within two years of moving to Lagos, rising to the top of his clients’ recommendation lists due to his beautiful designs. He enjoyed designing and experimenting with colors, which was why he was always eager to take on new jobs and clients, However, in his third year in Lagos, he began to struggle with inspiration and he was continually feeling tired, sleeping poorly and struggling to concentrate on tasks. He stopped taking on new clients and struggled to complete the tasks he already had. He became severely depressed but everyone around him – his friends figured that he was just probably exhausted from work stress as he had been driving himself really hard. On a fateful day, he ended his life via suicide and left behind a note of apology for his family.
Everyone was shocked to learn that he had ended his life via suicide. Everyone thought Chima was a happy-go-lucky and boisterous guy who was succeeding in his career and other areas of his life. He was handsome and earning good money. How could he just throw all that away? His parents were especially devastated while his older siblings in Lagos were wracked by guilt that they had not seen him in a while, though they still spoke with him in the preceding week.
Discussion
The sober facts of avoidable and painful loss of precious human lives through suicide as we see with Chima here, remains a tragic reality. A million suicide deaths occur globally every year, with about 20 million attempted suicides occurring in the same time frame. This implies that every 40 seconds, a human life is lost through suicide, somewhere on this planet. Yet we know that suicide is always preventable. Thus, September 10 every year has been set aside to create awareness about Suicide Prevention.
Every suicide death has been estimated to affect, on the average, at least 138 people across various spheres of interaction – such as at school/work, friends, family members, neighbours, and so on. With nearly a million suicides every year, that implies that about 138 million people are closely affected by suicide deaths every year. It should be immediately clear, that suicide prevention justifiably, is now a public health priority.
How can We Help?
This year’s theme for world suicide prevention is “creating hope through action”. All of us can do something and be there for someone.
i). Individuals: At the individual level, if you suspect the individual is at risk, do not dismiss your suspicion. Do not leave them alone but ensure someone is with them at all times. Let them know you are concerned about them. Evidence of specific planning is an indication of serious intent and should instantly be a red flag to take action. Lastly, please go the extra mile to ensure they get professional evaluation from a qualified mental health professional (psychiatrist or clinical psychologist).
ii). Community: At the community and public level, public awareness and education to understand suicide and other mental health challenges as well reducing the associated pervasive stigma is helpful. In this regard, the public awareness campaigns by NGOs such as the Suicide Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (SURPIN), as well as the Community Awareness Rallies by the Asido Foundation, are especially helpful.
iii). Media: The media also has an important role to play in suicide prevention. Splashing all the gory details should be avoided as much as possible. While it is necessarily important news, such sad occurrences also provide an important avenue to provide education about risk factors and where to seek help. Emphasis should be on the fact that individuals who are depressed, can recover and turn things around in their life…with professional help and treatment. Let us create hope for the living, through action.
iv). Schools: The school environment should allow all students to flourish, learn and develop – regardless of their individual temperaments or dispositions. Bullying, taunting and public humiliations can be devastating for adolescents with fragile egos and low self-esteem.
vi). Social Support Network: Lastly, having a support network such as friendly and caring neighbours; religious support groups; close circle of friends and colleagues at work; and involvement in social activities such as sports are also helpful and protective.
In conclusion, let us all create hope through positive action everywhere we find ourselves. Not doing anything is simply not an option. Life is precious and irreplaceable.
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Born and raised in a S. Carolina home with two elementary school teachers as parents, Keshia S. Elder and her siblings had little choice but excel academically.
“Education was very important in my family. My parents expected us to do well,” Elder recalled. "It wasn’t an issue of if we were going to college but where we were going to college.”
It seems that the parental mandate of academic excellence paid off. As of the first of this month, Dr. Keshia S. Elder, will serve as the Dean of the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL). Elder is the first African American female in the nation to lead a school of optometry.
The accolade is a bit bittersweet.
“From the perspective that it’s 2022 and this milestone should have happened a long time ago, it’s disappointing that it took this long. But Elder added humbly: “I’m glad it has finally happened. It will show others that there’s definitely an opportunity for them to do the same thing.”
Elder’s path to the role she now serves should serve as inspiration to any high school student who’s unsure about their ultimate academic desire.
“I always liked math and science so, I always knew that I’d go into an area that was sciencey,” Elder joked, explaining how she earned her undergraduate degree in science teaching secondary math at S. Carolina’s Clemson University. Like her parents, she thought she wanted to teach, which she did for a short time at a high school in Columbia S. Carolina. Although she liked teaching, she didn’t feel it was going to be her career choice. She decided to instead pursue a master’s degree in actuarial science (a discipline that uses mathematical and statistical methods to assess financial risks).
It didn’t take her long to realize that the life of an actuary didn’t suit her either.
Also at Clemson, Elder attended an optometry workshop. She remembered how she and a friend drove to the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Optometry (UABSO) to check out their program. Elder found the field of optometry fascinating on many levels.
“It’s just really, really cool,” Elder gushed. “When you’re talking about eye care, you’re, of course, talking about helping people see better. Vision and sight are very important to people having a productive life.
“But also, by looking at someone’s eyes, you can tell if someone has high blood pressure, diabetes, certain autoimmune diseases…you can just learn a lot about people’s health by looking in their eyes.”
Elder was so impressed that she took the school’s optometry admissions test. She did well and was invited to enroll at the university.
Elder’s career trajectory took off even before she graduated UAB’s School of Optometry. Through another career workshop, she was exposed to military benefits. The Navy, she learned, offered a scholarship that would pay for her last three years of optometry school and reimburse her for books and equipment. Dr. Melvin Shipp, the first African American to join UABSO’s faculty in 1976, was in the Navy Reserves at the time and wrote a recommendation letter for Elder. She joined in 1998 and quickly ascended to assistant head optometrist at the Naval Medical Clinic in Annapolis, MD. Elder was quick to humorously downplay the accomplishment.
“There were only two optometrists there, so it’s not as good as it sounds.”
Elder met her husband, Keith while attending optometry school and the two were married in 1999. Elder signed up for another two-year stint with the Navy and served at the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. from 2001 to 2003.
She moved back to S. Carolina after her husband completed his PhD and got a job with the department of public health. Elder, who was out of the Navy by then, went to work for Pearle Vision knowing it wasn’t a position she wanted permanently.
In 2004, Elder entered the world of academia at the University of South Carolina’s School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology where she held assistant and associate professor roles as a faculty member. She joined the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) in 2011 before returning to UABSO in 2016.
Even after earning multiple degrees, Elder continued to push herself. She took an online course and won a degree in diversity, equity, and inclusion and, by 2020, became UABSO’s first director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Although optometry is her chosen field, “diversity work,” based on her own experiences, is also a passion.
“I have an understanding of how much grit and determination it takes to be successful. It’s hard when you feel alone all the time,” Elder explained, adding: “Because I know how it feels, I really work to make sure the world of optometry looks like the people we serve. I want everybody-not just minorities-no matter what you look like, your religion, your creed, your gender, or sexual orientation-I want everybody to be able to come to school, go to the clinics, be a faculty or staff member and just be their authentic selves.”
Elder, in an August 31 interview with the St. Louis Business Journal, spoke about the importance of institutions to “walk the talk,” stressing the importance that faculty, staff and students represent the people optometrists will eventually serve.
“The only way that we can really change the face of the profession is by making sure that we have a diverse representation of the profession within our schools and colleges of optometry,” Elder said.
As Dean of UMSL’s College of Optometry Elder said she plays the dual role as an example of inclusion and a facilitator of all-around diversity.
“To change the face of optometry, you have to get more students to enter the field and graduate and become optometrists and become faculty members. They play a large role in recruiting students and helping make sure they graduate. Sometimes it just takes someone saying, ‘You know what, you’ll be great as a faculty member.
“It is my responsibility as an African American optometrist and as a dean to make sure I identify these students, minority or not. As the faculty mirrors the population more and more, students will see people who look like them so they feel they can do it also.
As Dean, Elder has a simple yet profound list of priorities: Graduating more outstanding optometrists; Moving the profession forward; Broadening the university’s research capacities. While doing all those things and more, Elder stressed, she wants to ensure they are “developing and molding and cultivating a diverse optometry environment with our staff, students, faculty and with our patients. It’s important, Elder said adding:
“Because with diversity, there’s strength.”
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The magical run of Frances Tiafoe in the U.S. Open Tennis Championships continued on Wednesday with a straight-set victory over Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals.
Tiafoe, the No. 22 seed defeated No. 9 seed Rublev 7-6, 7-6, 6-3 to advance to Friday's semifinals. He became the first American player to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Open since 2006 when Andrew Roddick accomplished the feat. Tiafoe is also the first African-American player to advance to the U.S. Open semifinals in 50 years. The last player to do that was the late, great Arthur Ashe in 1972. He is also the first American player to make the semifinals of a Grand Slam event since 2018 when John Isner made the Final Four at Wimbledon.
Tiafoe scored one of the tournament's biggest victories on Monday when he eliminated No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal in the round of 16 to advance to the quarterfinals. He showed no signs of a letdown against Rublev as he won the match without losing a game on serve. He won the first two sets of the match on tiebreakers. He won the second tiebreaker 7-0 to run his string of successful tiebreakers to six in the tournament.
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Pushed out of their homes by the Fairview fire, residents had two choices: leave behind their animals or take them with them.
Mary Jo Ramirez, who runs the California Family Life Center, a home for girls between 3 and 18 who are in foster care, left her miniature horse and two goats after being evacuated from the facility near Hemet.
“On Monday, there was smoke in our area … we became concerned, so our staff evacuated our girls and we got them housed in another home,” Ramirez said Wednesday, Sept. 7.
The home, a ranch in the hills with therapy animals such as a miniature horse named Faith and two goats, was threatened by the nearly 10,000 acre blaze. The animals remain on the property, where Faith is covered in pink dust from the flame retardant used by firefighters, Ramirez said.
Some residents are not yet allowed into the fire area, but Ramirez said the Riverside County Animal Services is caring for her animals and others left behind.
While some residents raced to escape the fire, leaving their livestock, others took their pets with them but temporarily impounded them at the San Jacinto animal shelter.
Danielle Goodman and her family evacuated Monday, Sept. 5, loading her car with documents — and two cats and a dog.
When she met her family at Tahquitz High School, where the American Red Cross set up an evacuation center, Goodman placed the pets at the animal shelter.
The next day, the family returned to their house in the McSweeny Farms community. By Tuesday afternoon, its pets were safely back home.
“They were well taken care of at the shelter,” Goodman said.
Some residents that chose to stay might have had concerns about their pets, Goodman said.
“I wish more people in the community knew there was more help for their pets,” she said.
On Monday night, Riverside County Animal Services reported in a news release that 12 dogs, six cats, and one rabbit had been impounded due to the evacuations.
As of Wednesday evening, there were 14 dogs, four cats and one rabbit impounded, said John Welsh, a spokesperson for the Department of Animal Services. Residents, including Goodman, have been reunited with their animals, he said.
Pet owners who need assistance with their pets can visit the county’s animal shelter in San Jacinto.
During the emergency, boarding fees are being waived. People can take pets to the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus, 581 S. Grand Ave.
Animal control officers are working with fire authorities to check for stray horses, provide water and food for horses, a potbellied pig and a herd of goats in the area, Welsh said. The agency has also transported two horses from the Sage area, he said.
The agency is making sure animals are fed and safe are trying to give owners “peace of mind,” he said.
“There are no reports of animals that have perished,” Welsh said.
Information: 951-358-7387 or shelterinfo@rivco.org
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Long-time Rams right tackle Rob Havenstein was voted as a first-time team captain last week and now he gets paid on the eve of the season opener against the Buffalo Bills.
The Rams announced Wednesday that Havenstein signed a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2025 season. ESPN reported that the new deal will make Havenstein one of the top-10 highest paid right tackles in the league.
Havenstein, the team’s second-longest tenured player behind Aaron Donald, has started 99 career games since the Rams selected him in the second round of the 2015 draft.
Career start No. 100 will come Thursday night against the Bills with the Rams having a new-look offensive line with left tackle Joe Noteboom and right guard Coleman Shelton joining Havenstein, center Brian Allen and left guard David Edwards on the starting unit. Havenstein took over the leadership role after former left tackle Andrew Whitworth retired in the offseason.
“It’s a very cool experience, it’s a humbling experience,” Havenstein said this week about being named a team captain for the first time in his career. “I’m honored that my teammates think of me that way and I look forward to helping do what I can to lead this team to wherever we want to go this year.”
The Rams want to go back to multiple Super Bowls and Havenstein will be around for that quest.
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT), if they purchased the Company's shares between February 19, 2021 to June 8, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until October 31, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nyse-abt/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Azure Power Global Limited ("Azure" or the "Company") (NYSE: AZRE), if they purchased the Company's securities between June 15, 2021 and August 26, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until October 31, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
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Opelousas Police Officers are on the scene of a double shooting in the 1100 Block of W South Street.
According to Police Chief Martin Clendon, two individuals were walking from a store when they were shot, each suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Authorities say this is an active scene.
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS: LFST), if they purchased the Company's Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's June 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). Shareholders have until October 11, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
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ROME, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After its successful launch at Bakery @ SIAL America, the campaign managed by ITALMOPA - the Italian Association of Millers – and co-funded by the European Commission to promote exports of organic soft / durum wheat flour and semolina to the U.S. and Canada and to raise awareness of their high quality, will land in New York at Plant Based World Expo, an international trade show which will take place from the 8th to the 9th of September 2022.
The campaign is called "Pure Flour from Europe: Your Organic and Sustainable Choice!" and it is co-funded by the European Commission.
Visit our booth #203 – Level 1 - to find out more and meet the representatives from three of the association's largest producers: Molino Grassi, Molino Casillo and Molino de Vita. Taste some great focaccia and fresh pasta specially prepared by chef Fabrizio Facchini in the demo dedicated area of the show:
Pure Flour from Europe will span three years and will include other consumer and trade events with product demonstrations led by chefs featuring such well-loved Italian foods as pizza, pasta, pastries and breads. There will also be social media and advertising campaigns and participation in other important trade shows targeting the grocery, foodservice and food manufacturing sectors: we will be in Las Vegas for the Winter Fancy Food 15/17 January 2023 and then again in Anaheim for the Natural Products Expo West 8/12 March 2023 and in Toronto for SIAL Canada 9/11 May 2023. There will also be an educational tour of millers of organic flours and semolina in Italy during the second half of the year.
"We see great opportunity in North America to grow exports of organic soft wheat and durum flours and semolina from Italy. More than ever before, home cooks and chefs are demanding premium ingredients that are healthy, nutritious and grown without synthetic fertilizers. They also want to respect the environment," says ITALMOPA President Emilio Ferrari. "Organic flour from our member companies delivers on all these attributes and elevates the quality of most any culinary creation."
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I gave the heads up on Powell earlier in the week:
A heads up for Federal Reserve Chair Powell speaking this week (8 September)
- 09:10 am NT time, which is 1310 GMT.
- topic is "The State of Monetary Policy After 40 Years"
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Then, at 12:00 NY time (1600 GMT)
- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans
- participates in moderated question-and-answer session on current economic conditions & monetary policy
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The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) next meets September 20 & 21.
- will issue an updated Summary of Economic Projections
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Be listening out to Powell and Evans for clues!
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From the Q&A.
Post on his speech is here:
RBA Gov. Lowe says more rate hikes are coming, but no preset path
The one-sentence summary of his speech is that Lowe sees further rate rises as still required, just at a slower than pace than we've had.
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Q&A now:
- Demand has to grow more slowly to bring back in line with supply
- There is significant demand element to higher inflation , not just supply
- very conscious that there are lags in monetary policy
- its very possible that wage growth does not pick up much further
- quantiitave tightening is not on our agenda
- neutral cash rate is at least 2.5%
- we are closer now to estimates of neutral
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Speaking of preset. (I've posted this before. Sue me) | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/rba-gov-lowe-demand-has-to-grow-more-slowly-to-bring-back-in-line-with-supply-20220908/ | 2022-09-08T03:57:24Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/rba-gov-lowe-demand-has-to-grow-more-slowly-to-bring-back-in-line-with-supply-20220908/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Humor expert Dr. Michael Cundall, Jr., shows you how to use humor to improve your life
Greensboro, NC — Have you ever found yourself dreading going to work or a meeting because you know it will be dull or boring? Dr. Michael K. Cundall, Jr., explores ways to improve your life in and out of work through using humor in his new book “The Humor Hack: Using Humor to Feel Better, Increase Resilience, and (Yes) Enjoy Your Work.”
“The Humor Hack” is a playbook filled with anecdotes, exercises, and discussions of topics that will give you a way to understand how humor works and how you can use humor to enrich your personal and professional lives. Each chapter teaches you how to understand, recognize, and produce more humor in your day-to-day life, providing a playbook of how-tos. It marries theory and practice to give the reader insightful and useful tips.
Dr. Cundall is a professor of Philosophy at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NC A&T). He’s has studied humor for two decades and is an expert on using humor in various settings. He is also the founder of Mirth Management (www.mirthmanagement.co). | https://www.yesweekly.com/literature/the-humor-hack-using-humor-to-feel-better-increase-resilience-and-yes-enjoy-your-work/article_1f63c298-2ef0-11ed-bb78-830ea6a7d7be.html | 2022-09-08T04:01:57Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/literature/the-humor-hack-using-humor-to-feel-better-increase-resilience-and-yes-enjoy-your-work/article_1f63c298-2ef0-11ed-bb78-830ea6a7d7be.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(AP/NEXSTAR) — On Wednesday, Apple unveiled the 14th series of its iconic and ubiquitous iPhone during its first in-person product launch event since before the coronavirus pandemic began.
New features of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max include crash detection, which can sense motion of a vehicle crash and offer assistance, and something Apple is calling the “Dynamic Island,” a little capsule that is where the iPhone’s signature “notch” used to be.
The capsule adapts to whatever you’re doing on your phone at any given time and can be expanded to give you more information and options to help, Apple says.
Another new feature is the SOS feature — which allows iPhones to communicate with satellites for the first time, in the event of emergencies outside of cellular reception and WiFi.
Also new to the iPhone is the Always-On display, which keeps up certain information on the lock screen. Apple said the display “keeps essential information always available at a glance.”
The iPhone Pro’s camera features a quad-pixel sensor, “its largest ever,” according to Apple. It’s about 65% larger than previous models.
In April of 2020, just as the pandemic was crushing the U.S. economy, Apple released the second-generation iPhone SE with a price tag as low as $399, a 40% markdown from the most affordable iPhone 11 unveiled last year.
Now, with 9% inflation battering Americans’ household budgets, analysts wonder if consumers won’t wait a little longer to upgrade phones, or pass on the earphones that can cost as much as filling up their gas tanks each month.
“Pricing is a key watch-point in a tough macro which comprises inflationary pressures and pull back in consumer spending, but we believe it matters more for wearables which are considered more discretionary purchases relative to iPhone by consumers,” JPMorgan analysts wrote. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/apple-iphone-14-crash-detection-dynamic-island-among-new-features/ | 2022-09-08T04:07:33Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/apple-iphone-14-crash-detection-dynamic-island-among-new-features/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man who authorities said had a “disturbing fascination with mass school shootings” was arrested after he allegedly left several dead animals on a memorial in Parkland.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 29-year-old Robert Mondragon left several dead and disfigured animals at the MSD Memorial Garden, which is located outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The investigation began on July 20 after a school crossing guard found a dead duck with its chest cavity cut open on a bench at the memorial garden. A day later on July 21, the school crossing guard found a dead raccoon on the same bench.
On July 31, a dead opossum was found on the bench by a deputy.
Using surveillance video, authorities were able to identify Mondragon’s car, which had been spotted parking near the memorial for several minutes the night before the dead opossum was found.
When a vigilant deputy saw Mondragon’s car driving slowly in the area, he conducted a traffic stop.
The sheriff’s office said Mondragon was the only person in the car at the time. Next to him were bird feathers and blood on the front passenger side floorboard. Mondragon told the deputy he had a dead bird in his car because he likes “the metal and blood smell that emit from the dead animal.”
Mondragon was let go that night, but his whereabouts were forwarded to detectives who arrested him several days later for violating his probation for battery, indecent exposure, and a risk protection order.
Search warrants obtained during an investigation into the dead animals uncovered a photo on Mondragon’s phone of him holding a dead duck with its chest cavity cut open and another photo of a dead raccoon on the floorboard of his car.
Detectives said further investigations found that Mondragon had an “obsession with school shooters, both real and fictional.”
“Mondragon’s facial tattoos resemble those of Tate Langdon, the character from the television series American Horror Story based on the Columbine High School massacre,” the sheriff’s office said in a release.
The investigation also found text messages about school shootings, and internet searches about school shooters, how to break into steel doors, shootings involving multiple victims, pipe bombs, and slang terms for killing cops.
Deputies said further evidence, captured two weeks before the end of the 2021-2022 school year, showed that Mondragon walked the same path Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz took from the high school to Walmart on Feb. 14, 2018. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/florida-man-obsessed-with-school-shootings-put-dead-animals-on-parkland-memorial-deputies-say/ | 2022-09-08T04:07:51Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/florida-man-obsessed-with-school-shootings-put-dead-animals-on-parkland-memorial-deputies-say/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan extended their Onam greetings to the people of the southern state and Malayalis across the world.
"I convey my heartiest Onam greetings to the people of the state and other Keralites all over the world. The celebration of Onam calls to mind the treasured legacy of a life of equality, oneness and prosperity and enlivens every home with the ethereal joy of festivity," Khan said in a statement issued by Raj Bhavan.
Vijayan, in a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), said Onam teaches us to unite by transcending our differences and also speaks of a time when there was no inequality.
This is the thought process which can fuel our efforts to achieve a social order in the future where everyone is equal, the CM said and wished a prosperous Onam to Malayalis all over the world.
Earlier in the day, Khan, in his greetings, said everyone should come together to "spread the melody, beauty and sparkle of Onam across the globe as Kerala's unique message of love, equality and harmony".
Onam, the biggest annual festival of Kerala, falls on Thiruvonam day in the month of 'Chingam' in the Malayalam calendar and is celebrated by all Keralites, cutting across class, caste and religious barriers.
This year Thiruvonam falls on Thursday, September 8.
According to mythology, Kerala was once ruled by 'Mahabali', a generous Asura (demon) king. During his reign, everyone was equal and deception and theft were unheard of.
The Devas (Gods), who were envious of Mahabali's popularity, managed to get him pushed down to the netherworld with the support of Lord Vishnu.
But, he was allowed to return to Kerala on Thiruvonam day every year and Keralites celebrate Onam as the homecoming of the legendary king. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/08/kerala-onam-festival-greetings.amp.html | 2022-09-08T04:08:51Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/08/kerala-onam-festival-greetings.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: Casting a shadow over the Onam festive holidays in the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the rain is likely to continue in Kerala till September 11.
The rainfall is likely to intensify in the central and northern districts, while it could weaken in the southern districts. Thundershowers are also likely.
An orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall has been sounded for Kannur and Kasaragod districts on Thursday. And a yellow alert of heavy rainfall has been declared for Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts. For Friday, a yellow alert has been sounded for Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod districts.
As the rain has been continuing in the hill-range areas over the past few days, an alert has been sounded in view of the possibility of landslides.
Fishermen have been advised not to go fishing off the Kerala coast till Friday. Till Saturday, squally weather with wind speed of 40-50kmph is likely along the Kerala coastal areas.
A cyclonic circulation lies over Karnataka and nearby areas. And a cyclonic circulation also remains over the east-central Bay of Bengal. As this is likely to form into a low-pressure area within 24 hours, several parts of Kerala are likely to receive rainfall.
On Tuesday, 11cm of rainfall was recorded in various parts of Kasaragod and Kozhikode districts. And 7cm of rainfall was recorded in various areas of Kannur and Wayanad districts, according to the IMD. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/08/kerala-rain-orange-alert.html | 2022-09-08T04:09:11Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/08/kerala-rain-orange-alert.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kollam: One more person has been nabbed in connection with the attempted abduction of a 14-year-old boy near Kottiyam in Kerala's Kollam district.
He has been identified as Saif (37), a native of Thazhuthala and a physiotherapist. He is the neighbour of the boy's mother Sheeja.
According to Manorama News, Saif hired a gang to recover the money that Sheeja had borrowed from his mother Shailabivi.
It is reported that he paid them Rs 1 lakh for their 'services'. The boy is Ashik, son of Manzil Azad and Sheeja from Kannanallur in Kollam.
The gang that reached in two cars to Sheeja's house sedated the boy using chloroform while his parents were away.
Though the boy's sister and a neighbour put up a fight to prevent the gang from kidnapping the boy, they were knocked down.
The gang had planned to take the boy to Marthandam in Tamil Nadu before asking the boy for a ransom.
Fortunately, in a quick and coordinated move by the police teams from Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts, the gang was stopped at Parassala.
Police rescued the boy just 100 metres away from the Tamil Nadu border.
Biju, a native of Kanyakumari's Kattathurai - part of the six-member gang, was arrested by the police on Wednesday.
The police had interrogated the boy's mother as well. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/08/kollam-abduction-case-update.amp.html | 2022-09-08T04:09:18Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/08/kollam-abduction-case-update.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chicago professor warns 'BeReal.' app could pose some issues for children
CHICAGO - The new app "BeReal." is rapidly gaining popularity.
Instagram has caught heat for allowing users to portray what isn't real — impacting how teens view themselves.
Internal research found in the U.S. and UK that more than 40 percent of teens using Instagram reported feeling "unattractive."
This new app, BeReal., uses both your front and back camera — once per day at random times.
The user has two minutes to capture and share their image.
There are no filters available.
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"The ‘BeReal.’ is showing more of a positive trend, our teenagers are recognizing that most of what they see online on social media is not accurate, it's not authentic, and it's unattainable," said Dr. Michelle Cutler.
Cutler, who is an associate professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology says the app could still pose some issues for children.
"Even though they can only post that one time a day, they can always go on and scroll — there's a page where they can scroll and discover and see what other people are up to," said Cutler. "More importantly, the bigger draw for kids is its easy for them to become reliant on waiting for that notification to post because if they miss it, right, then they miss out on that chance to connect with their peers online and to be able to see what other people are doing at the same time."
Earlier this year, the app was reportedly gaining movement — seeing downloads up 315 percent. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-professor-warns-bereal-app-could-pose-some-issues-for-children | 2022-09-08T04:10:05Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-professor-warns-bereal-app-could-pose-some-issues-for-children | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How Illinois schools prepare for mass shootings Pt. 3
CHICAGO - In the past two nights, FOX 32 Chicago has gone over what happens when a threat comes into a school, who handles it and where it goes. But what if the threat is real and becomes a reality?
In part three of "Students Under Fire," we take a look at what police officers do to make sure kids are kept safe.
Schools and local police departments prepare for the worst.
"And if something happens in my school, if I hear shots, I'm running straight to it," said Officer Jay Leonardi, an Aurora School Resource Officer (SRO).
HOW ILLINOIS HANDLES SCHOOL SHOOTING THREATS AS NEW ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINS PT. 1
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Every time an incident occurs, SROs are watching, processing, and improving what to do if it were to happen to their school.
Plainfield police and fire allowed FOX 32 Chicago to tag along during one of their active school shooter training drills over the summer.
They do the drills twice every year and mix it up every time, with different scenarios based on what has happened locally, like Aurora's Henry Pratt shooting in 2019, with a shooter firing from a doorway.
Or what’s happened recently, like the Uvalde shooting in May where officers thought the door was locked.
"Initial reports was the door was locked and they were trying to figure out their way in, so obviously that's something that hasn't come up before," said Sgt. Colin Mulacek of the Plainfield Police Department.
The top priority is to neutralize the shooter.
"If you stopped to treat your victims as you come in, dying continues to the killing continues. So you have to go after your immediate threat first," Mulacek said.
Once that happens, they turn their attention to the victims.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, last school year was the most violent with 93 total school shootings — 43 of them deadly.
"These incidents are only open to somebody's imagination. So, whatever you come up with, to get your guys ready and prepare them for it. That's what we try to do," said Mulacek.
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After Uvalde and the criticism that followed, FOX 32 wanted to sit down with the first line of defense in schools: School Resource Officers, also known as SROs.
We met three of them from different communities.
Their experience varies from a Plainfield sergeant who’s in charge of his department’s SROs to a detective from Joliet with three years in schools, and a rookie SRO in Aurora.
"It's like being a police officer in a small city, almost 3,000 kids. If something happens, you're the first one going to whatever incident that is," said Officer Leonardi.
Like the rest of us, they watched what unfolded inside Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School on May 24.
"We hope to God that nothing ever like that would happen. What if, unfortunately, if something like that did, we'd be prepared," Leonardi said.
It's not an easy topic for police to discuss what took place and what we saw in the surveillance videos.
"It's kind of hard to watch. I mean, you would think that you know maybe it's just something needs to happen quicker. Like I said, I wasn't there or part of the planning, or understand what was going on, but you hate to see that much time pass," said Detective Jamere Price, a Joliet School Resource Officer.
All three say they prepare for disaster routinely, get to know the blueprint of the school and mentally prepare for incidents in different locations.
"What are you going to say on the radio? How are you going to call for help? Where are you going to go?" said Leonardi.
They also welcome patrol officers to stop by and walk-through schools learning the layout, and school maps are made available for first responders.
In Plainfield, officers have building swipe cards for easy access.
SROs are there to protect, but they are also there to talk to students.
"You're a counselor, you're a social worker, to some extent, you're an educator, the law enforcement aspect, sometimes the smallest part of the job," said Price.
So, if something does occur, the trust is already there.
"We don't want our guys to go through life completely on edge all the time. But you have to be prepared. You don't rise to the occasion. You fall to your level of training. And that's what we hope our guys are going to do," Sgt. Mulacek said.
If your student or someone you know has a school safety issue, you can report it confidentially through a new state program.
The website is safe2helpil.com. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/how-illinois-schools-prepare-for-mass-shootings-pt-3 | 2022-09-08T04:10:11Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/how-illinois-schools-prepare-for-mass-shootings-pt-3 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Eliza Fletcher: Man charged with murdering Memphis jogger held without bond
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Tennessee judge revoked bond Wednesday for a man charged with killing a Memphis woman who was abducted during a pre-dawn run near a university campus.
Cleotha Abston, who told a Shelby County judge he prefers to be referred to as Cleotha Henderson, will be held without bond on charges including first-degree murder in the kidnapping and slaying of Eliza Fletcher, 34.
General Sessions Judge Louis Montesi had ordered him held on $510,000 bond Tuesday on charges of especially aggravated kidnapping, tampering with evidence, theft and fraud.
Henderson had faced only those charges before police on Tuesday identified a body found a day earlier behind a vacant duplex as Fletcher. He was then charged with first-degree murder and made his first court appearance on that charge Wednesday. The judge said the name change to Henderson would be placed in the court record.
Eliza Fletcher (Memphis Police Department)
The suspect's public defender has filed a sealed motion regarding his future representation. Details of the motion have not been disclosed. The public defender has not commented publicly on specifics of the charges against Henderson.
Memphis police said Fletcher, a wife, mother of two and a kindergarten teacher, was jogging near the University of Memphis campus when a man forced her into an SUV after a brief struggle about 4 a.m.
Fletcher was reported missing when she did not return home from her regular morning run, and her cellphone and water bottle were discovered in front of a house owned by the university, authorities said.
RELATED: Police identify body of kidnapped Memphis jogger Eliza Fletcher
U.S. Marshals arrested Henderson, 38, on Saturday after police detected his DNA on a pair of sandals found near where Fletcher was last seen, an arrest affidavit showed.
After more than three days of searching, police found Fletcher’s body just after 5 p.m. Monday. Police did not publicly confirm that the body was Fletcher’s until Tuesday morning.
Memphis Police Director Cerelyn "CJ" Davis said it was too early in the investigation to determine how and where Fletcher was killed. Davis said her body was found behind a vacant duplex. A police affidavit said officers noticed vehicle tracks next to the duplex’s driveway and they "smelled an odor of decay."
Purple running shorts consistent with those Fletcher was wearing were found in a discarded trash bag nearby, the affidavit said.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said Tuesday that Fletcher’s case was an "isolated attack by a stranger." He stood by that comment Wednesday as he addressed the news media outside the courtroom.
The suspect previously kidnapped a prominent Memphis attorney in 2000, when he was 16 years old. He spent 20 years in prison for that crime, but he had been sentenced to 24. Some have questioned the release. Mulroy has noted Henderson served 85% of the sentence, which Mulroy said was "not unusual." | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/memphis-jogger-eliza-fletcher-murder-man-bond | 2022-09-08T04:10:23Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/memphis-jogger-eliza-fletcher-murder-man-bond | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Memphis shooting spree: Suspect who posted videos of attacks on social media in custody, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Police in Memphis, Tennessee, were looking for a 19-year-old man allegedly connected to a string of shootings recorded on Facebook in the city Wednesday.
The Memphis Police Department released an image of the suspect, identified as Ezekiel Kelly, and said he was driving with a red dealer tag and busted rear window. The vehicle was described as a Nissan or Infiniti.
At approximately 9:20 P.M. local time, Fox 13 reported that Kelly was arrested by police.
At least two shootings were reported as of 7 p.m. local time, Fox 13 reported. One occurred at a BP gas station, and a woman was injured during another, Fox 13 reported.
The Memphis Police Department released an image of a suspect it says is linked to a series of shootings in the city. (Memphis Police Department)
One Twitter user posted a clip of the suspect's Facebook live which shows him entering a store and shooting at a nearby customer.
WARNING: THE VIDEO IN THIS LINK CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE AND MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME.
"So a random guy in Memphis is going around just shooting & killing random people on his Facebook live, happening right now, Memphis stay safe," the Twitter user wrote.
Anyone with information on these incidents should call 911 immediately.
This story will be updated shortly. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/police-memphis-man-on-shooting-spree-recording-attacks-to-facebook-still-at-large | 2022-09-08T04:10:29Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/police-memphis-man-on-shooting-spree-recording-attacks-to-facebook-still-at-large | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
White Sox take advantage of Mariners' miscues for 9-6 win
CHICAGO - Scott Servais spent a majority of his pregame time on Wednesday lauding his Seattle Mariners for the work they have done to be a good defensive ballclub this season.
And then the Mariners promptly went out and committed three errors in a 9-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
"We play very clean baseball, for the most part," the Seattle manager said. "You’re going to have rough days. Today was one of them. We made some mistakes, and it wasn’t just one. We made a couple different ones that hurt us in this ballgame."
Eloy Jiménez drove in three runs with a homer and double, Chicago took advantage of each of Seattle’s three errors. The Mariners began the day with the fewest errors of any team in baseball, then ended up allowing six unearned runs to the White Sox.
"We kind of let this one slip away. Again, we’re not going to harp on it too long. We have an off day tomorrow, we got to let it go," Servais said.
The White Sox took two of three in the series and stayed on the heels of Cleveland and Minnesota in the crowded AL Central race.
It looked early like it would be a series loss for the White Sox as Seattle starter Luis Castillo tied an American League record by striking out the first seven batters to start the game.
But Castillo made a mistake giving up Jiménez’s two-out home run in the fourth inning, and watched Chicago rally for four runs in the sixth inning that started with a fielding error by third baseman Eugenio Suárez.
"I thought it was going to be a long day," Chicago acting manager Miguel Cairo said. "But the guys fight back and it was a team win. It was unbelievable."
Seattle got a pair of home runs by Suárez for hits Nos. 1,000 and 1,001 of his career. The second homer led off the seventh and pulled Seattle even at 6.
But the White Sox took advantage of another defensive mistake in the eighth. Jiménez singled with one out, and pinch-runner Leury García stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by catcher Curt Casali.
García scored easily on Gavin Sheets’ groundout that bounced high off the plate. Chicago added two more runs in the ninth after a throwing error by reliever Chris Flexen.
"Everyone stepped up and did their job," Cairo said. "That’s teamwork. That’s a team. Everyone is picking each other up and that’s what we’ve been doing lately
Aaron Bummer (1-1) allowed Suarez’s homer in the seventh inning, but pitched out of a jam after Seattle had runners at first and second and no outs and couldn’t add on.
Vince Velasquez pitched the eighth and Liam Hendriks struck out the side the ninth for his 31st save. The White Sox have won six of the past eight.
"These are the games earlier in the year that we weren’t able to pull out and that’s one thing we’ve got going on in this clubhouse right now it’s we’re not backing down," Hendriks said.
Seattle lost for just the fourth time in the past 15 games, but any loss with Castillo on the mound hurts as the Mariners are vying with Tampa Bay and Toronto for the top wild-card spot in the AL.
Castillo set a franchise record for most consecutive strikeouts to start a game. The first ball put in play by Chicago came with one out in the third inning when Josh Harrison grounded out on a 3-2 pitch.
But he couldn’t make it through the sixth inning. After Suarez’s error, José Abreu dribbled an RBI single through the infield and Jiménez’s RBI double pulled the White Sox even at 4.
Sheets hit a sacrifice fly and Andrew Vaughn capped the inning with an RBI double.
Castillo finished with eight strikeouts and only three of the six runs allowed were earned.
"I didn’t know what the record was, but luckily we were able to accomplish that milestone," Castillo said through an interpreter.
Diego Castillo (7-3) lost in relief.
Chicago starter Michael Kopech returned from the injured list and threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits.
RECORD START
Castillo’s seven strikeouts to begin the game matched an AL record first accomplished by Joe Cowley for the White Sox on May 28, 1986. Carlos Rodón for the White Sox (Sept. 30, 2016) and Blake Snell for Tampa Bay (June 3, 2018) also struck out the first seven batters of the game.
The major league record is nine straight by Miami’s Pablo López set last season.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: OF Luis Robert was out of the lineup a day after getting hit on his left fingers during a swing. Cairo said Robert was day-to-day but was already dealing with a sore left wrist.
UP NEXT
White Sox: RHP Dylan Cease (13-6, 2.13) will start the opener of a four-game series in Oakland on Thursday. Cease was one out from a no-hitter in his last start against Minnesota. The no-hitter was broken up by Luis Arraez.
Mariners: LHP Robbie Ray (12-8, 3.45) will start the opener of a three-game series against Atlanta on Friday. Ray threw six shutout inning in his last start against Cleveland. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/white-sox-take-advantage-of-mariners-miscues-for-9-6-win | 2022-09-08T04:10:48Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/white-sox-take-advantage-of-mariners-miscues-for-9-6-win | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-area elected public official was arrested Wednesday and identified by police as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a veteran newspaper reporter whose investigations of the official’s work preceded his primary loss in June.
Clark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles, a Democrat, was taken into custody at his home by a police SWAT unit hours after investigators served a search warrant and confiscated vehicles in the criminal probe of the killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, Sheriff Joe Lombardo told the newspaper.
Telles, 45, had been a focus of German’s reporting about turmoil including complaints of administrative bullying, favoritism and Telles’ relationship with a subordinate staffer in the county office that handles property of people who die without a will or family contacts.
The newspaper’s executive editor, Glenn Cook, said in a statement that “the arrest of Robert Telles is at once an enormous relief and an outrage for the Review-Journal newsroom.”
“We are relieved Robert Telles is in custody and outraged that a colleague appears to have been killed for reporting on an elected official,” Cook said.
Telles did not immediately respond Wednesday to telephone messages at his county office, and it was not immediately clear following his arrest if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. The county administrator office was closed.
German joined the Review-Journal in 2010 after more than two decades at the Las Vegas Sun, where he was a columnist and reporter who covered courts, politics, labor, government and organized crime.
Telles, a lawyer who practiced probate and estate law, won his elected position in 2018, replacing a three-term public administrator. He lost his June party primary to Assistant Public Administrator Rita Reid. Telles’ term expires Dec. 31.
In the weeks before the election, German bylined reports about an office “mired in turmoil and internal dissension” between longtime employees and new hires under Telles’ leadership.
Telles blamed “old-timers” for exaggerating the extent of his relationship with a female staffer and falsely claiming that he mistreated them.
“All my new employees are super-happy and everyone’s productive and doing well,” he told the newspaper. “We’ve almost doubled the productivity in the office.”
Telles later posted Twitter complaints about German, the Review-Journal reported, including claims in June that German was a bully who was “obsessed” with him.
German, a reporter with a reputation for tenacity, was working on follow-up reports, the newspaper said Wednesday, and recently filed public records requests for emails and text messages between Telles and three other county officials including Reid and consultant Michael Murphy.
Murphy, the former Clark County coroner hired to address complaints about leadership in the public administrators’ office, did not immediately respond to a telephone message.
German’s body was found Saturday morning outside his home. Police said he apparently was killed Friday and characterized the attack as an isolated incident. The Clark County coroner ruled that German died of “multiple sharp force injuries” and ruled the case a homicide.
After police asked Monday for public help to identify a suspect, developments came quickly.
Police on Tuesday showed a brief video of a possible suspect walking on a sidewalk clad in bright orange “construction attire” and distributed a photo of a distinctive red or maroon GMC Yukon Denali SUV with chrome handles, a sunroof and a luggage rack, saying it may have been linked to the case.
Telles was seen in newspaper photos washing a similar vehicle parked in his driveway on Tuesday, and KTNV-TV reported the vehicle was towed away after police arrived on Wednesday.
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Local Sports: Monroe tops Airport in battle of shorthanded tennis teams
Airport boys tennis coach Jerry Escheck started the season with just six players.
"We started with six, then we had eight, nine, 10 and now 11,” he said. “We’re supposed to have 12 tomorrow.”
Monroe’s Stephen Reau is hoping for similar growth.
His Trojans currently have just 7 on the roster.
The magic number in tennis is 12. That’s what it takes to fill a full lineup of four singles players and four doubles teams for a high school match.
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Airport is nearly there, but Monroe has a long way to go.
The two shorthanded teams met Wednesday at Monroe High for a dual match. Monroe won all five matches that were played on the court to walk away with a 5-2 victory.
Airport’s points came on forfeits at No. 3 and 4 doubles. No. 4 singles was a double forfeit.
“It’s been tough, tough for the guys to accept,” Escheck said.
It’s been even more difficult for Monroe.
Reau believes he has the most talented team in five years of coaching his alma mater. There just are not enough of them.
“We’re always playing from behind,” Reau said, speaking for the three flights his team has to forfeit. "I hope next week we have some more. I went to Freshman Orientation and there was a lot of interest. They know we are underway.”
The Trojans were off to an 0-3 start before Wednesday with losses to Southeastern Conference Red foes Ann Arbor Skyline, Ann Arbor Huron and Bedford.
Reau thought his squad played pretty well in all of those matches.
“We put up a good fight,” he said.
Monroe has the Azariah Duran, last year’s Monroe County Region Boys Tennis Player of the year, at No. 1 singles and his brother Hosea Duran at No. 2.
They give the Trojans a solid building block.
“They were good before, but they put in a lot of work during the offseason,” Reau said. “They played in a lot of YMCA tournaments and spent a large majority of their weeks during the winter playing tennis.”Escheck teaches tennis at the Monroe Family YMCA and has seen the Durans there a lot, especially Azariah.
“He’s solid,” Escheck said. “He’s been playing a lot the last seven years.”The Duran brothers gave up just one game each Wednesday. No. 3 singles player Jack Drougel did even better, pitching a shutout in his match.
Kyle Pafford and Christian Koszka-Lombardo were nicked for just one game at No. 1 doubles and Zane Johnson and Elliott Moore won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2.
Escheck teaching a bunch of first-year players.
“We only have four guys who have any real match experience,” he said.
The cure for that is simply to spend time on the court.
“Hopefully, we can keep building and have the Y programs keep tennis growing,” he said.
PREP TENNIS
Kaplan pitches shutout
WILLIS − Noah Kaplan did not drop a game at No. 1 singles in leading Bedford to a 6-2 victory over Ypsilanti Lincoln Wednesday.
Jaxon Nejedlik lost just one game at No. 2 singles.
PREP GOLF
Bucki leads Airport
Airport sophomore Sophie Bucki scored the best round Wednesday with a 48, leading the Jets to a 216-245 win over Flat Rock.
Ava Giese (51), Hannah Rood (54), and Natalie Kuti (63) also scored for Airport.
Sabrina Barrett carded a 51 for Flat Rock.
Bears show balance
Olivia Peare and Rylee Dunn each shot 50 and Claire Conover checked in at 51 as Jefferson beat St. Mary Catholic Central 204-232 at Monroe Golf & Country Club Wednesday.
Freshman Nora Kinsey shot 54 for SMCC.
Pirates sink Milan
RIVERVIEW − Riverview senior Megan Rogers bested the field by 13 strokes to lead Riverview to a 202-247 win over Milan on Wednesday at Riverview Highlands Golf Course.
Jules Meads carded a 54 to lead the Big Reds, who also scored Rylee Kennedy (59), Ava Swaney (67), and Emily Kiss (67).
Rogers was medalist with a 37.
Grosse Ile tops Huron
GROSSE ILE − New Boston Huron recorded five of the top six scores but it was not enough to overcome Grosse Ile. The Red Devils won 215-223 Wednesday.
Addison Bozynski (55), Mira Lazenby (55), Brooklyn Burke (56), AJ Skene (57), and Brooke Leporowski (58) led Huron.
Grosse Ile's Lily Bargamian paced the field with a 35. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/08/local-sports-monroe-tops-airport-in-battle-of-shorthanded-tennis-teams/66120116007/ | 2022-09-08T04:11:23Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/08/local-sports-monroe-tops-airport-in-battle-of-shorthanded-tennis-teams/66120116007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As she scrambles to lock down votes in a tight gubernatorial race, Tina Kotek has removed one notable potential obstacle.
In private discussions last week, Kotek committed to using her position to advocate for some specific campaign finance regulations if elected governor. With that commitment — and a newly added policy platform on her website — a notable competitor for left-leaning votes has now stepped down.
Nathalie Paravicini, a naturopathic doctor running for governor under the banners of the Oregon Progressive Party and Pacific Green Party, filed a form withdrawing her candidacy on Friday, the last day she could be removed from the November ballot.
Paravicini told OPB Wednesday that personal reasons contributed to that decision, but she also took the step after being assured Kotek would pursue Paravicini’s central issue: enacting campaign finance regulations.
Oregon is one of a handful of states that place no limit on how much political campaigns can raise and spend, and has seen races grow increasingly expensive as a result. While voters amended the state constitution to explicitly allow campaign finance limits in 2020, lawmakers have not enacted any and efforts to land a proposal on the ballot this year fell flat.
With Kotek committing to limits, “I felt my goal had been accomplished,” Paravicini said. “I want to make clear that I did not withdraw because I’m afraid of being a spoiler.”
Still, Paravicini’s exit is a likely boon for Kotek, who could attract many of the votes that Paravicini otherwise would have won.
Those votes could prove vital in what seems poised to be a tight three-woman contest. In a 2020 run for secretary of state as a Pacific Green candidate, Paravicini won 3.6% of the vote.
Besides Kotek, this year’s race features Republican Christine Drazan, a former state House minority leader, and Betsy Johnson, a former Democratic state senator running as an unaffiliated candidate. Limited polling suggests the race could be extremely close, with Republicans viewing the contest as their best chance in decades to retake the governor’s office.
Because of the election’s unprecedented and unpredictable nature, Paravicini said she received repeated entreaties from Democrats to step down and instead endorse Kotek. Kotek’s campaign reached out through the advocacy group Honest Elections Oregon to set up a meeting, and last week committed to a series of campaign finance limits Kotek would support as governor.
“Over the last few weeks, Tina met with advocates and Nathalie Paravicini to continue discussing campaign finance reform,” said Katie Wertheimer, a Kotek spokeswoman. “Tina asked Nathalie to consider supporting her campaign because they found lots of common ground.”
The limits Kotek has agreed to share similarities to a proposal that organizers of Honest Elections and others are hoping to put before voters in 2024. That effort, like a similar proposal that died this year, would place hard caps on how much individuals and political committees could donate to candidates and causes.
But Kotek’s explicit commitments on her campaign website are vague. While she voices support for specific caps on individual political donors — $2,000 for statewide candidates and $1,000 for legislative candidates — Kotek does not lay out what limits she would support for the political action committees that give extensively in Oregon politics.
Such limits on PAC giving are particularly sensitive, since they help dictate how much say special interest groups have in elections. Democrats, who benefit from millions in donations from labor groups most election cycles, frequently argue unions should have higher giving limits than other PACs, since they cobble together their money from many small donations from individual union members.
Kotek suggests on her website that such “small-donor” PACs should face higher limits than committees run by corporations or advocacy groups tied to issues like gun rights or environmental protections, but does not offer specifics. Her campaign also did not provide details when asked. Paravicini says Kotek agreed to a proposal that would allow small donor committees to donate 10 times the limit of many other PACs.
Like other Oregon Democrats in competitive statewide contests, Kotek is drawing big support this year from labor unions. Service Employees International Union Local 503, the Oregon Education Association and the Oregon Nurses Association all count among her biggest donors. Her largest single donor is the national Democratic Governors Association, which has contributed nearly $1.9 million of the $8.6 million she has raised.
Drazan, meanwhile, has reported raising more than $7.5 million, with roughly $1.6 million of that from the Republican Governors Association. Other big donors to the Republican nominee include companies in the lumber and construction industries.
Johnson, who collected more than 37,500 signatures to earn her place on the ballot, has reported raising more than $11 million during the election cycle. Her largest donors include well-known billionaires Phil Knight and Tim Boyle, who have donated $1.75 million and $341,000 respectively. Timber industry and heavy equipment companies are also major supporters.
Kotek has long said she supports limits on political giving in a state that has not had them in decades. But she had not made them central to a campaign that has instead focused on housing, climate change, abortion access and other issues. During Kotek’s time as House speaker, Democrats passed contribution limits through the chamber once, only to see them die in the Senate.
Jason Kafoury, a member of Honest Elections Oregon, said Wednesday that Kotek has agreed to more than just supporting campaign finance limits. He said the campaign will hold a forum on the subject later this month, and will also run campaign ads on the issue.
“We wanted to make sure that campaign finance reform had a voice in this election,” Kafoury said. “We’re very pleased that Tina Kotek has committed to making this a priority.”
The agreement reached last week has parallels to the 2018 governor’s race, when Gov. Kate Brown convinced that year’s Independent Party nominee, Patrick Starnes, to step down and endorse her with a pledge to support campaign finance reform. It was too late for Starnes to be removed from the ballot, but Brown cruised to victory in what initially looked like a close race.
In the years that followed, Brown supported Measure 107, the 2020 ballot proposal that ensured campaign limits are allowed under the state constitution, but otherwise did not move the issue forward.
Paravicini said Wednesday that, though she is now out of the race, she will be watching closely for Kotek to follow through on her pledge.
“I will hold her to it,” she said. “I’m not afraid of running again and spoiling campaigns into the future.”
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SALISBURY, Md. - The death of 19-year-old Anton Black in the custody of the Greensboro Police Department led Maryland lawmakers to pass the Police Reform and Accountability Act, or Anton's Law.
Part of the legislation requires each county in Maryland to form a Civilian Police Accountability Board.
Civil rights advocate Carl Snowden of the Caucus of African-American Leaders says the Boards are important.
"It will give greater transparency to police and community interaction. In the past as you well know, it was always the Officer's word against the victim or alleged victim," he said.
Queen Anne's County Sheriff Gary Hofmann says he worked with the county to form its board, but he still has concerns.
"Some of them when they created the Police Accountability Board saw this as a one stop shop to fix issues in policing, when they probably should've looked at the individual agencies themselves," he said.
The Police Accountability Boards will field complaints lodged against law enforcement agencies.
Working with an Administrative Charging Committee and Trial Boards, a recommendation on punishment will be made by the board.
The Sheriff cannot give a punishment less than the board's recommendation.
Worcester County Sheriff Matt Crisafulli says he feels that is where issues could arise.
"There could be some concern to where their recommendation may seem to be a little bit too harsh but we can't go below that so moving forward that may be a concern," he said.
But Crisafulli stresses that he is confident the County has selected qualified candidates to sit on the board.
Police Accountability Boards will also be required to reflect the demographic makeup of their counties. Snowden says that is a crucial component.
"The most effective Police Accountability Board will be the board that reflects the community that it serves," he said.
Many counties on the Eastern Shore have fallen behind their Western Shore counterparts, either still planning the rollout of a Police Accountability Board or still accepting applications for civilian members.
The state required Police Accountability Boards to be implemented by July 1, 2022.
Snowden believes if the Boards are not fully implemented by the end of this year, he expects lawsuits will be filed. | https://www.wboc.com/news/eastern-shore-counties-fall-behind-in-rollout-of-state-mandated-police-accountability-boards/article_1921ef36-2f27-11ed-a024-57b3d6aa5f65.html | 2022-09-08T04:28:26Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/eastern-shore-counties-fall-behind-in-rollout-of-state-mandated-police-accountability-boards/article_1921ef36-2f27-11ed-a024-57b3d6aa5f65.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 1926 children's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" by author A.A. Milne entered the public domain this year, which happens 95 years after the original publication of a piece of art. That means horror movies like "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" can now wade through some obscure legal waters to ruin your childhood memories.
The trailer for the horror flick garnered more than 2 million views since it came out in August, but adapting characters from the public domain is no easy legal task.
"What has come into the public domain is just the original story, the original elements, original characters," said attorney Tre Lovell. "Whatever Disney has done to that, they continue to own that."
In 1961, Disney acquired the rights to Milne's characters and stories, and that adaptation is not in the public domain. So, what's the difference?
For starters, there is Winnie the Pooh's iconic red shirt, which didn't appear until the 1930s.
Other characters, like Tigger, weren't introduced until 1928, and any story that Disney created itself for its own movies or children's shows are still copyright protected.
Recognizing those little differences can help artists avoid incurring the wrath of the notably litigious House of Mouse. But what "Blood and Honey" is doing — building upon characters from the public domain — is what allowed Disney to build its own creative empire.
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Take Cinderella, Snow White or Rapunzel, for example.
"These are from 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', right?" said attorney Jon Steinsapir. "So, they certainly embellished and created more, but they're creating on top of stuff that was already in the public domain."
From an artistic sense, that's why copyright laws and the public domain exist: so artists can protect their own works and then allow future artists to build upon them.
"Everyone is building on top of everyone," Steinsapir said. "You're standing on the shoulders of giants."
From a business perspective, there's another layer of legal protection that Disney has over its work.
"When you're using Winnie the Pooh in a branding sense, that can infringe Disney's trademark," Steinsapir said.
"Because Disney has also trademarked the name of the movie, the name of the title, 'Winnie the Pooh,' as well as many of the characters, the trademark rights will continue on, even though the copyright rights have fallen into the public domain," Lovell said.
Because of Disney's trademarks, sticking "Winnie the Pooh" or "Cinderella" on t-shirts or hats isn't allowed because the company could argue it would confuse consumers into thinking they're buying official Disney merchandise.
It's the same with major logos, and unlike copyrights, trademarks are permanent.
"It's not easy to trademark a character," Lovell said. "The character has to acquire a certain secondary meaning where somebody sees it and be automatically acquainted as coming from a particular source. Mickey Mouse is a great example. When you see Mickey Mouse, you're almost universally acquainted with Disney."
Beyond Winnie the Pooh, Disney is historically protective of Mickey Mouse, going so far as pushing for the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, which extended copyrights from 75 years from publication to 95 years. The act was nicknamed the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act" because it extended the copyright on the well-known character for an extra 20 years.
The copyright on "Steamboat Willie," Mickey Mouse's debut, expires in 2024, but the trademark on the mouse is forever.
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