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QUINCY, Fla. (WTXL) — The city of Quincy is using American Rescue act funding to allow and assist its residents with catching up on utilities.
"One thing we don't want is we don't want our customers making these life decisions between food and medicine and whether they pay their utility bill," says Robert Nixon, city manager of Quincy.
Nixon announced the initiative that will give a one-time $100 credit for utilities for people living within city limits.
Officials said there are roughly 200 residents delinquent on their utility bill. After feedback, city leaders felt this was a necessary step to help.
While people are dealing with being able to afford utilities, there’s another area people are having to worry about which is food insecurity.
Monique Ellsworth with Second Harvest of the Big Bend said over 6200 residents suffer from food insecurity in Gadsden County.
"Over the last 2 years hearing about children that are in need. Hearing about families that are really having to go without. Moms and Dads possibly skipping meals so that their children can eat," said CEO of Second Harvest Big Bend Monique Ellsworth. "Those are difficult stories to hear and the number of times we are now hearing that similar story line it's really heart breaking."
Ellsworth said she has noticed an increase in the need for food within the Big Bend, specifically Quincy.
"That's largely attributed to inflation, the cost of food going up during summer months, things being really stretched for families," said Ellsworth.
Resources to help with utility bills in Quincy:
1. Capital Area Community Action (850) 875-4250
2. Gadsden Senior Services (850) 627-2223
3. Catholic Charities (850) 222-2180
4. Big Bend Homeless Coalition (850) 576-5599
5. 211 Big Bend Services http://211bigbend.net/ (850) 617-6333
6. The Salvation Army (850) 222-0304 | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/quincy-issues-one-time-payment-of-100-to-residents-for-utilities | 2022-09-14T00:16:43Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/quincy-issues-one-time-payment-of-100-to-residents-for-utilities | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dallas City Council member Jesse Moreno said his office has planned a meeting with officials in the city's police force to ask them to consider paying people to voluntarily surrender their guns in a buyback program to try and reduce gun violence.
The Dallas Morning News reports that Moreno is pushing the plan after multiple fatal shootings involving teens in Dallas and the neighborhood called Deep Ellum, an area Moreno represents.
Moreno said, “A lot of these weapons that are used in crimes are typically stolen from vehicles or homes, so I think this gives us an opportunity to eliminate that factor for people who no longer feel they need or want a gun in their possession.”
Estimates from Moreno's office said he'd need anywhere from at least $25,000 to $50,000 for one buyback event.
“We’re still in the study phase, but we’re absolutely wanting to move forward with this whether we have the support from DPD (Dallas Police Department) or not,” Moreno said.
Some local events have partnered with non-profits for gun buyback programs, and even featured auctions.
The city's police chief said he hasn't spoken with Moreno but said the department would be open to overseeing a guy buyback event. However, Police Chief Eddie Garcia says he doesn't believe it would make much of a difference in the city's violent crime.
García said, “Our issue with gun violence in the city of Dallas is the criminal element of the possession of firearms.” He said, “And generally, they are not the ones lining up to sell their weapons.” | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/texas-councilman-suggests-his-city-should-consider-paying-residents-to-give-up-guns-to-reduce-shootings | 2022-09-14T00:16:49Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/texas-councilman-suggests-his-city-should-consider-paying-residents-to-give-up-guns-to-reduce-shootings | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
California says they've launched a new tool to connect people to access abortion services.
In a press release, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the website abortion.ca.gov, which will help people nationwide get information about abortion services in California.
“Abortion is legal, safe and accessible here in California – whether or not you live here, know that we have your back," Gov. Newsom said in the news release. "As Republican states continue rolling back fundamental civil rights and even try to prevent people from accessing information online or crossing state lines for care, you’re welcome here in California and we’ll continue to fight like hell for you."
Other resources that can be found include where to find providers and how to pay for services.
According to the news release, the website is available in Spanish and will be translated into several other languages.
In a video about the website, Newsom also said that people will not be tracked while using it, nor will their personal information be shared.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, California has passed sweeping legal protections for patients and providers, CNN reported. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/website-launched-to-help-connect-women-with-abortion-services-in-california | 2022-09-14T00:16:55Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/website-launched-to-help-connect-women-with-abortion-services-in-california | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On August 7, 2022, which was less than a month and a half ago, the following words came out of Lindsey Graham’s mouth: “I’ve been consistent. I think states should decide…the issue of abortion.” Given that unequivocal statement, you might have thought it was safe to assume the senator from South Carolina wouldn’t turn around and introduce a federal bill banning the procedure just 37 days later. First, because of the whole “I‘ve been consistent“ business, and second, because it would yet again set another historic record for Republican hypocrisy. But, surprise!
On Tuesday, Graham put forth the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children From Late-Term Abortions Act, a legislative assault on reproductive rights that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Graham said he was inspired to introduce the bill after Democrats, who don’t think the government should be able to force pregnant people to give birth against their will, attempted to codify reproductive rights. “After [Democrats] introduced a bill to define who they are, I thought it’d be nice to introduce a bill to define who we are,” he said. While the legislation has no chance of being brought to a vote while Democrats control the Senate, Graham indicated during a press conference that, should the GOP prevail in the midterms, it’ll be a top priority. “If we take back the House and the Senate, I can assure you we’ll have a vote on our bill,” he told reporters. “If the Democrats are in charge, I don’t know if we’ll ever have a vote on our bill.” If signed into law, the even more extreme abortion bans passed by state legislatures throughout the country, including the ones already outlawing it entirely, would remain in place.
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As The Washington Post notes, while most people have abortions earlier than 15 weeks, those undergoing the procedure at 15 weeks or later typically include “patients with fetal anomalies, which are often detected at a 20-week anatomy scan, along with those who take longer to realize they are pregnant.” A 15-week ban, the Post notes, would “also affect more people in a post-Roe America as abortion clinics struggle to accommodate a swell of patients from states where abortion is now banned.” Picking apart the verbiage of Graham’s bill, Christina Reynolds, vice president of communications at Emily’s List, tweeted: “15 weeks is not ‘late term,’ particularly given the significant challenges to access around the country.”
As you might recall, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, conservatives took great pleasure in insisting that anyone warning of a looming federal abortion ban was a hysterical simpleton who didn’t understand what the ruling actually meant. “They’re just returning the issue to the states where it belongs,” they’d pedantically explain. “Abortion isn’t going anywhere.” That, of course, was only half true at the time; abortion rights were indeed vanishing in the states that banned or heavily restricted the procedure. But it’s becoming less true as “states’ rights” Republicans like Graham reveal themselves to have no principles beyond making life shittier for millions of people.
On Tuesday, after Graham introduced the legislation, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took the opportunity to note just how much of a shameless hack the guy is:
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For Juno Temple, the actor who plays the excitable, ambitious Keeley Jones on Ted Lasso, the best part of the experience has been working with a team she values—but in an interview before the Emmys she said it was nice to see her coworkers get the validation from getting so many nominations.
“I think it will always be just as surreal, shocking, and spectacular,” Temple said. “This has been an amazing ride for the whole group of us. It’s a once-in-lifetime experience to go through this together, get that acknowledgement for a show that is about a team, and to get the nominations for so many of your teammates who are just brilliant at what they do.
For the second year in a row, Temple was up for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy, along with her co-star and friend Hannah Waddington. “I always feel better and safer when I have the extraordinary Hannah Waddington in a room with me,” she said. “Even when we're shooting, my scenes with her are some of the most treasured scenes in my career. To get to go through this with her, and get to sit by her, and just always be inspired by her as something that I really, really treasure.”
To celebrate the night, she went for a '90s inspired look with a slinky and shimmery black archive Tom Ford gown and a choker necklace. Choosing to wear Tom Ford was easy for Temple, who said she loves the designer’s work. “I have been such a huge fan of his designing of clothing and how he makes clothing for women. And for men from the minute he arrived on the scene,” she said. “I've been collecting his pieces since I was about 15 years old. It actually may be the reason why I haven't ever been able to buy a house!”
“I do have two good luck charms on me,” she said. One is a pair of underwear meant to remind her of her godfather, Paul Fortune, the interior designer who died in 2020 and did the interiors for the café at Sunset Towers, where Temple is staying. “They are underwear that wish me good fortune. So I’m carrying my godfather with me, which would make him laugh because I'm carrying him, you know, on my pussy! He had a cat that he always called Puss puss.” She also has a diamond bracelet that was given to her by Keleigh Sperry Teller.
Though Temple opted for black, she thinks Keeley, her character on Ted Lasso, would choose something very different, and probably wouldn’t have been able to keep her cool if she found out about the nomination. “It would be very, very un-PC,” Temple said. “I would think a lot of swear words would come out and then I think she would probably squeal and squeak and do some kind of a dance. I imagine she would wear something that would make her five year old self very happy, and also that Barbie would probably approve of.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/juno-temple-wore-a-90s-inspired-tom-ford-look-to-celebrate-the-ted-lasso-team | 2022-09-14T00:20:21Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/juno-temple-wore-a-90s-inspired-tom-ford-look-to-celebrate-the-ted-lasso-team | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How Facial Recognition AI Reinforces Discrimination Against Trans People
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Soon, passengers flying from seven Indian cities – Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Kolkata, and Pune – will be able to board their flights without providing boarding passes or physical identity cards, courtesy DigiYatra, a facial recognition technology (FRT) ecosystem from the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
While several people are lauding the Ministry’s move to save passengers’ time at airports, data privacy experts have sounded an alarm about the possible consequences of such technology. Speaking to FirstPost, Anushka Jain of the Internet Freedom Foundation cautioned against the lack of clarity over how the data collected by the airports through DigiYatra will be used or shared.
In the wrong hands, FRTs can act as systems of discrimination and control. These worries are especially compounded for transgender, gender non-conforming and gender non-binary persons, who not only are more vulnerable to discrimination and but also lack the tools to fight back.
Misgendering
Patruni Chidananda Sastry, a Hyderabad-based software employee and drag artist who identifies as gender non-conforming, was palpably worried after hearing of DigiYatra and the use of FRT. “What if I am wearing makeup and the technology cannot match my face to a picture in my ID card that was clicked long ago?” they ask.
Sastry is not the only one worried. Internet Freedom Foundation’s Jain expressed similar concerns in the FirstPost report: that government identity cards often have old photos of people. “There are high chances that the photo might not match the person’s current facial features,” she said.
In fact, most transgender persons in India do not even have identity cards that reflect their gender accurately. While the National Portal for Transgender Persons has begun rolling out transgender certificates and identity cards – which can be later used to update other identity cards – a Scroll report mentions that only 9,064 people have applied on the portal, as opposed to nearly 5 lac transgender persons recorded in the 2011 population census. Of the 9,064 applications, several are pending, and many have been rejected. Further, Sastry added, it may take a person up to six months to obtain a transgender certificate.
“The fact that my gender expression has to be aligned with what’s on the [ID] card restricts my freedom! Transness cannot be depicted in one certain way.”
Patruni Chidananda Sastry
Sastry’s concern is well founded. In 2019, researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder, found that FRTs from some of the world’s leading companies are prone to misgendering transgender individuals. While the programs could identify the gender of cisgender women and men with an accuracy of 98.3% and 97.6%, transgender men were misgendered 38% of the time.
Notably, there was not a single instance when these algorithms could identify the gender of non-binary, agender, and genderqueer individuals. The reason for this massive failure was simple – these technologies continued to see gender as binary.
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“As our vision and our cultural understanding of what gender is has evolved, the algorithms driving our technological future have not. That’s deeply problematic,” Jed Brubaker, an assistant professor of information science at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a senior author of the above-mentioned study, remarked.
New technologies, Old biases
An outdated understanding of gender is not the only concern plaguing FRTs. Concerns also loom on the ethics of FRT research and use, and how researchers and authorities using such technology negatively view transgender persons.
In 2017, The Verge reported that FRT researchers at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW), had collated a controversial database with over a million images from videos of transgender persons documenting their medical transition online. This database, called the “HRT [Hormone Replacement Therapy] Database,” took photographs from YouTube videos of transgender persons documenting their transition without taking informed consent from the people.
Karl Ricanek, a professor at UNCW who was the critical force behind the HRT database, used the excuse of border threats and terrorism to justify the research. “What kind of harm can a terrorist do if they understand that taking this hormone can increase their chances of crossing over into a border that’s protected by face recognition? That was the problem that I was really investigating,” he told The Verge.
Ricanek eventually apologized for pursuing this research. He clarified that the research team did not share the database with anybody for commercial purposes and that he had stopped giving other researchers access to the database in 2014.
However, an independent audit by trans-identifying researchers Os Keyes and Jeanie Austin revealed that the HRT database incident treaded murkier waters than previously reported. Briefly, despite their apology, Ricanek’s team had continued to share until 2015 the database and the videos it used, even though some of the videos had already been removed from the public domain by their creators. Further, Keyes and Austin also discovered that the videos used to build the HRT database were left in an unprotected Dropbox account until the duo made contact with Ricanek and the UNCW in 2021.
In a conversation with The Swaddle, Keyes termed the episode a “scandal.”
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While countering border threats and terrorism might seem like a valid justification for Ricanek’s database, Keyes and Austin believe that such a line of arguing “[mirrors] more general transphobic tropes – that transgender people are suspect, sneaky, and otherwise engaged in acts of trespass and subterfuge.”
Mridul, a Mumbai-based technologist who works on machine learning and neural networks (technologies that make FRT possible), and identifies as a transman, agrees with Keyes and Austin. “Just by virtue of being trans, we are perceived as people who can only be terrorists and thieves. We can only be people who are either punished or need rehabilitation,” he says.
Further, the HRT database’s attempt to use FRT to identify individuals undergoing transition also reduces gender to another binary – that of “pre-” and “post-transition.” However, demarcating periods of a person’s life as “pre-” and “post-transition” is extremely difficult since transitioning is a non-linear and continuous process.
Recognizing Faces, Curbing Freedom
Sastry also thinks the use of FRT by the government is “problematic” because of the fact that such technologies are routinely used to surveil people and curb their freedom of expression.
This is especially pertinent in light of the fact that several Indian cities – Indore, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Chennai – are among the world’s most surveilled places. With about 600,000 cameras in action, Hyderabad is on the “brink of becoming a total surveillance city,” a report from Amnesty International claims.
Further, according to a Reuters report, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh authorities have used FRT during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019.
As authorities in cities like Delhi and Hyderabad continue to use FRTs to surveil and police their citizens, Mridul reminds The Swaddle that FRTs are not “foolproof,” which means that even the best FRT will have a margin of error. Essentially, if a transgender person is wrongly identified or accused based on an FRT, it leaves little room for recourse.
“How do you reason with a machine, especially when you are both prone to suspicion – as transgender persons are – and have little power to fight back?”
Mridul
Uncharted and Unregulated Waters
FRT world over has been met with widespread public discomfort. For example, according to a survey by the Ada Lovelace Institute, most of the respondent population in the United Kingdom wanted restrictions on the use of FRT by the police. Nearly half of the respondents wanted the right to opt out of FRT. Similar concerns have been raised in China, the Nature report mentions.
However, there continue to be practically no regulations on FRT use.
In India too, “There is currently no legislation in place to protect the privacy of citizens,” according to Jain. This is despite a 2017 ruling from the Supreme Court of India that recognized the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right of Indian citizens.
The lack of regulations to deter the unethical use of FRT has led to several organizations calling for a ban on their use. For instance, in 2020, several organizations, including the Washington DC-based National Center for Transgender Equality, petitioned the US government’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to stop the government from using FRTs.
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In 2021, SQ Masood, a social activist, sued the state of Telangana for its indiscriminate use of FRT. Amnesty International has also been asking for a ban on the use of FRT through its “Ban the Scan” campaign.
Manipulating Machines to Fight Back
However, despite these global conversations against the misuse of FRT, they can no longer be wished away. Per a Nature report, 64 countries have been using FRTs for surveillance as of 2019.
The queer-trans community is thus finding ways to fight back by “trying to manipulate the machines,” says Sastry.
They talk about how queer-trans activists who were a part of the protests against CAA used makeup to evade facial recognition. “There are certain makeup techniques, which ensure that a person’s identity is not revealed if they are being surveilled.”
What Sastry is referring to is “anti-surveillance makeup.” A notable example is Computer Vision Dazzle, aka CV Dazzle, introduced by artist Adam Harvey in 2010. According to the CV Dazzle website, the project uses “avant-garde hairstyling and makeup designs to break apart the continuity of a face. Since facial-recognition algorithms rely on the identification and spatial relationships of key facial features, like symmetry and tonal contours, one can block detection by creating an ‘anti-face’.”
Simply put, the accuracy of FRTs depends on how well these technologies can map facial features and the distance between them. By introducing more facial features through makeup, projects like CV Dazzle affect the accuracy of these technologies. However, according to a Vogue report, anti-surveillance makeup is by no means “foolproof.”
“We can’t always do it. Especially when we are in a vulnerable situation, or when we are doing our day-to-day activities,” explains Sastry with understandable frustration.
While Mridul also shares these concerns and continues to be critical of intrusive FRTs, he also believes that the ethical use of machine learning – the technology that makes FRT possible – can have transformative possibilities. For example, he cited one of his projects that harnesses neural networks to create assistive technology for persons with neuromuscular disabilities.
“The whole idea of privacy needs much more thought,” Mridul points out, “We need to draw a line on how much data one can collect, and we need to enable people from whom the data is being collected to have a say in what data is being collected and how it is being used.” | https://theswaddle.com/how-facial-recognition-ai-reinforces-discrimination-against-trans-people/ | 2022-09-14T00:23:14Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/how-facial-recognition-ai-reinforces-discrimination-against-trans-people/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The White House on Tuesday described a new bill that would impose a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy as “wildly out of step” with the country, pushing back hard on the legislation introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that the ban “would strip away women’s rights in all 50 states.”
“This bill is wildly out of step with what Americans believe,” she said. “The President and Vice President are fighting for progress, while Republicans are fighting to take us back.”
The Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion over the summer, ushering in new bans on abortion in a number of states.
Democrats have sought to harness grassroots anger over the court’s decision and the strict new laws to their benefit by making abortion rights a big issue in the midterm elections.
Jean-Pierre said that Biden and Democrats in Congress are committed to restoring Roe v. Wade. The White House has pushed for Congress to codify Roe but passing such a measure would take a larger Democratic majority in the Senate to overcome a legislative filibuster.
“President Biden and Congressional Democrats are committed to restoring the protections of Roe v. Wade in the face of continued radical steps by elected Republicans to put personal health care decisions in the hands of politicians instead of women and their doctors, threatening women’s health and lives,” Jean-Pierre said.
She called Graham’s bill “an extreme piece of legislation” while briefing reporters later on Tuesday.
“The first thing is the senators’ proposal would keep in place the most extreme, the most extreme state level abortion bans that ban all abortions and have no exemptions for health,” she said.
Additionally, she bashed Graham for previously saying that the issue of abortion should be left up to the states.
“That’s from his own his own mouth and now he wants to do a national ban,” she said.
Graham’s bill includes exceptions for rape, incest and risk to life of the mother.
Graham vowed on Tuesday that Congress will vote for the bill if Republicans take back the House and the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections. The bill won’t move in the current Democratic-controlled Congress.
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(NEXSTAR) – Some taxpayers are going to see a boost to their bank accounts soon – the IRS has announced that it will be refunding $1.2 billion in tax filing penalties.
Nearly 1.6 million people will automatically get a refund after filing certain 2019 or 2020 returns late, according to the IRS.
Others, however, will have to act quickly in order to take advantage of the program. In order to qualify, you have to file an eligible income tax return on or by Sept 30, 2022.
The refund goes to offset the failure to file penalty, which the IRS says is assessed at 5% per month, up to 25% of the unpaid tax when a federal income tax return is filed.
Who is eligible?
Americans who filed forms in both the 1040 and 1120 series, or a form listed in this news release, are eligible as long as they file their late 2019 or 2020 return by the September deadline.
Along with individuals, the IRS is also offering relief to banks, employers and other businesses that filed information returns such as those in the 1099 series. In those cases, eligible 2019 returns will have to have been filed by Aug. 1, 2020, and 2020 returns by Aug. 1, 2021.
Taxpayers who filed a variety of international returns, such as those reporting transactions with foreign trusts, the receipt of foreign gifts or ownership interests in foreign corporations are also included in the full guidelines from the IRS. Qualifying international forms must also be filed on or before September 30, 2022.
People who have already paid the penalty will get a refund, while those who have been fined but haven’t yet paid will see their fine dismissed.
When will the refund come?
For the nearly 1.6 million people who already paid the penalty and will be automatically reimbursed, the IRS says they will be issuing refunds by the end of September.
Some people will be disqualified, however, and will not see a payment – fraudulent returns, penalties levied as part of a compromise or closing argument and court-ordered penalties are all exempt.
“Penalty relief is a complex issue for the IRS to administer,” said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig. “We’ve been working on this initiative for months following concerns we’ve heard from taxpayers, the tax community and others, including Congress. This is another major step to help taxpayers, and we encourage those affected by this to review the guidelines.”
Other penalties, such as failure to pay a penalty, won’t be refunded. You can see the full list here.
Why is the IRS doing this?
The IRS says the $1.2 billion in refunds goes to helping “struggling taxpayers” who were affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Throughout the pandemic, the IRS has worked hard to support the nation and provide relief to people in many different ways,” said Rettig. “The penalty relief issued today is yet another way the agency is supporting people during this unprecedented time. This penalty relief will be automatic for people or businesses who qualify; there’s no need to call.”
The IRS also stated that the massive relief measure will help the tax collection agency “focus its resources on processing backlogged tax returns and taxpayer correspondence to help return to normal operations for the 2023 filing season.” | https://www.wwlp.com/news/irs-is-refunding-1-2-billion-who-qualifies-and-when-payments-will-happen/ | 2022-09-14T00:27:56Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/irs-is-refunding-1-2-billion-who-qualifies-and-when-payments-will-happen/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AUVSI Hampton Roads, working with the Commonwealth of Virginia, will host an Advanced Air Mobility and Space Exposition on September 27-29, 2022 in Hampton Roads Virginia. This hallmark occasion begins on the 27th at Fort Monroe, 100 Stillwell Road with robotic demonstrations (Unmanned Air and Ground) for Virginia's first responders. The 28th and 29th will be a symposium held at the Newport News Marriott, City Center focused on Advanced Air Mobility & Space speakers and panel discussions. Speakers include leadership from the State of Virginia, NASA, DOD, Virginia Space, and more. The 3-day event culminates with a NASA Langley reception celebrating its anniversary and an evening Gala hosted by Virginia AeroSpace Business Association.
Event details can be viewed at http://bit.ly/expoUxS.
AUVSI Hampton Roads was founded during the mid-1990's to serve the needs of emerging defense and industry technologists who were supporting uncrewed systems development. Our region includes the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, and NASA and 18 local municipalities that comprise Hampton Roads. Our growing base includes members from academia, industry, and local governments. We reach from Northeast North Carolina, to the Eastern Shore of Virginia, to Richmond.
VASBA is the voice of all aspects of the aerospace industry in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Representing more than 25 companies, nonprofits, and individuals representing many facets of the market segment, VASBA is the state's advocate for the aerospace industry before federal, state and local policy-makers.
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SEONGNAM, South Korea, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NAVER Z, an affiliate of NAVER Corp. (KRX:035420), announced today that the company joined the Tech Coalition to prioritize the safety of children and teenagers in ZEPETO, Asia's largest metaverse platform. Tech Coalition is an alliance of global technology companies that are working to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse on the internet and across digital platforms, and over 20 global IT companies including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta have joined forces.
As a member of the Tech Coalition, NAVER Z joins 27 companies that are working to develop new technologies, fund new research, increase reporting, and take collective action to ensure a more coordinated and collaborative approach to keeping children safe online.
For young users of ZEPETO, the NAVER Z updated the Community Guidelines, which highlight that minor safety violations are reviewed with the highest priority and severity, and published Guardian's Guide to equip parents, guardians, and caretakers with informative resources to help keep young users safe. NAVER Z's global Trust and Safety team is also working around the clock to develop tools and resources that prevent, detect, and remove accounts that engage in child sexual exploitation and abuse.
In addition to partnerships with Tech Coalition, NAVER Z is cooperating with leading global online safety experts and organizations, including ConnectSafely, Trust and Safety Professional Association, and BBB National Programs.
NAVER Z is committed to promoting the Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse– a high-level framework developed by the Five Country Ministerial (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and US) in consultation with leading experts intended to drive collective action to prevent these harms against children.
"We're thrilled to join the Tech Coalition and our peers working to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse online through collaboration," says Daewook Kim, Chief Executive Officer of NAVER Z. "ZEPETO is a platform that empowers users to connect and create without the boundaries of the physical world. Our key responsibility is ensuring ZEPETO is a safe place where our community, especially our younger users, can play and create without fear of harm. As a member of the Coalition, we will contribute to the industry-wide initiatives to develop technology, policy, research, and tools to keep children safe online."
"From our first conversation with NAVER Z, their strong commitment to protecting the children that use their platform has been clear," says Sean Litton, Executive Director of the Tech Coalition. "We look forward to working with them and aligning their expertise as part of our coordinated effort to create a digital world where children are free to play, learn, and explore without fear of harm."
About NAVER Z
NAVER Z launched the metaverse platform ZEPETO in August 2018, attracting users in more than 200 countries around the world. Creators and builders utilize ZEPETO Studio to connect with 340 million users globally, growing by 40% y-o-y. More than 95% of the users are millennials and Gen Z from outside of Korea, showing the virtual platform's promise for future growth. ZEPETO is collaborating with fashion and beauty companies, including BVLGARI, Ralph Lauren, Gucci and Nike, global entertainment agencies and pop stars, such as TinyTAN, Selena Gomez, BLACKPINK and NMIXX as well as companies, such as Starbucks, Samsung, and Hyundai Motor Company. Launched in 2020, ZEPETO Studio allows ZEPETO users to monetize their creations. More than 175 million items have been sold, building a new creator economy.
About the Tech Coalition
The Tech Coalition facilitates the global tech industry's fight against the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children. An alliance of technology companies of varying sizes and sectors, Tech Coalition members work together to drive critical advances in technology and adoption of best practices for keeping children safe online. The Coalition convenes and aligns the global tech industry, pooling their knowledge and expertise, to help all the members better prevent, detect, report, and remove online child sexual abuse content. The coalition represents a powerful core of expertise that is moving the tech industry towards a safer digital world.
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As WUSA 9 reported, 29-year-old Peter Tripp tragically died by suicide after jumping from the bridge. He left behind his longtime partner Chelsea Van Thof who is on a mission to make it harder for the same thing to happen to someone else.
The two met in veterinary school and were in a long-term relationship.
“He was very supportive,” Van Thof said. “You could you could feel the love from him.”
A nearby bridge, the Ellington Bridge, does have barriers on its sides, which motivated Von Thof, even more, to push to change the Taft Bridge.
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson fought to stop the city from putting barriers on the Taft Bridge because he said, “The research was virtually non-existent about whether barriers actually deterred somebody from suicide at that place."
During a virtual listening session, Van Thof asked Mendelson if he would support putting barriers on the bridge. He sent his condolences for her loss and said he would not act on the matter, saying, “I don’t intend as a council member to get involved with that,” he said.
“It's important to me,” she said. “It's important to honor Peter in this way and he was the best person I ever met and this is what he would have done. That's what he would have wanted.”
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What are the lyrics to 'Count your blessings'?
Here are the lyrics to the hymn 'Count your blessings'
American Johnson Oatman, Jr. wrote the hymn 'Count Your Blessings' in 1897, while the tune was composed by Edwin O. Excell. Today it a popular Thanksgiving hymn
'Count your blessings' lyrics
When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Refrain:
Count your blessings, name them one by one;
Count your blessings, see what God hath done;
Count your blessings, name them one by one;
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.
2 Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, ev'ry doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by. [Refrain]
3 When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings, money cannot buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high. [Refrain]
4 So, amid the conflict, whether great or small,
Do not be discouraged, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey's end. [Refrain] | https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/count-your-blessings-lyrics/ | 2022-09-14T00:36:14Z | classical-music.com | control | https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/count-your-blessings-lyrics/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
'Flowers of the forest' lyrics and history
The ancient tune 'Flowers of the forest' is a famous Scottish song that is played as funerals and memorial services. Here are its lyrics
How old is the tune 'Flowers of the forest' and why is it played at funerals and memorial services?
Flowers of the forest is a famous Scottish folk song that was written to mark mark the defeat of the Scottish army in 1513 at the Battle of Flodden and the death of James IV. The original lyrics are unknown but the melody was first published in the John Skene of Halyards Manuscript in around in 1615–1625. The melody is usually played on the great Highland bagpipe, however given its subject most pipers will only play it at funerals and memorial services.
Who wrote the 'Flowers of the forest' lyrics?
There are a few different versions of Flowers of the forest but its most famous version was written by Jean Elliot, a Scottish poet who helped her father escape a party of Jacobites when they came to arrest him.
'Flowers of the forest' lyrics
I’ve heard them lilting at our ewe-milking,
Lasses a-lilting before the dawn of day;
But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning-
The Flowers of the Forest are a’ wede away.
At bughts, in the morning, nae blythe lads are scorning,
The lasses are lonely, and dowie, and wae;
Nae daffin’, nae gabbin’, but sighing and sabbing,
Ilk ane lifts her leglin and hies her away.
In har’st, at the shearing, nae youths now are jeering,
Bandsters are lyart, and runkled, and gray;
At fair or at preaching, nae wooing nae fleeching-
The Flowers of the Forest are a’ wede away.
At e’en, in the gloaming, nae younkers are roaming
‘Bout stacks wi’ the lasses at bogle to play;
But ilk ane sits drearie, lamenting her dearie-
The Flowers of the Forest are weded away.
Dool and wae for the order sent our lads to the Border!
The English, for ance, by guile wan the day;
The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land, are cauld in the clay.
We’ll hear nae mair lilting at our ewe-milking;
Women and bairns are heartless and wae;
Sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning-
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Bus crash on U.S. 40 leaves Somerset man hospitalized
HOPEWELL — A Somerset man is in critical condition at Genesis Hospital following a three-vehicle crash with a West Muskingum school bus on Monday, according to Lt. Russell Pasqualetti, of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred around 2:45 p.m. near milepost 6 when a Troy Young, of Greenville, South Carolina, drove his gray BMW into the rear end of the 2021 International bus driven by 65-year-old Roy Dalton, of Zanesville.
Neither driver was injured, but Colt Rose, 20, of Somerset, was trapped in the front passenger seat. He was extracted and later transported to Genesis by Falls Township EMS.
There were 22 passengers on the bus, all of whom were uninjured, per the report. Another vehicle, a 2020 Hyundai driven by Peggy Merton, 75, of Lancaster, was also involved in the crash after hitting debris in the road from the BMW.
West Muskingum Superintendent Chad Shawger said the school is praying for Rose's recovery and is thankful that there were no injuries to the bus driver and students involved.
"We appreciate the quick response from all first responders," Shawger said. "Obviously, a bus involved in an accident is always a scary situation for everyone involved. I'm very thankful for our team of administrators and all the drivers that worked together to take care of the students yesterday afternoon."
Hopewell Township Fire and EMS and Falls Township Fire also assisted.
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Local News Briefs
Body of missing Dresden man found Sunday
ZANESVILLE − The body of Robert A. Marshall, 44, of Dresden, was found near Dillon State Park at about 9:30 am on Sunday. He had been reported missed by his family earlier that morning. No further information will be released, said Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz, pending an autopsy and investigation.
Lutz addressed rumors spread through social media on Sunday. "There were no bodies found in any dumpsters or near any motels" he said via press release on Monday. "Those on social media that post non-factual information really do hinder our investigations and should really refrain from posting things without the knowledge of what is true and what isn't.
"Those reading anything on social media should take into consideration the source of the information you are reading and the probability of whether or not it is true," he said.
Anyone with information about the case should contact Detective Brady Hittle at 740-452-3637 extension 6047.
ZPD seeks missing woman
ZANESVILLE − The Zanesville Police Department is continuing to search for a woman who was reported missing on Aug. 29. Family reported not having contact with her for more than a month.
Daniella Moore, 49, is known to be homeless and frequents Ridge Avenue near Mead Street. Anyone with information on her whereabouts, should call the ZPD at 740-455-0700.
Dresden teen injured in Saturday crash
COSHOCTON − The Coshocton County Sheriff's Office investigated a two-vehicle crash at 7:26 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Chestnut and North Second streets in Coshocton.
Authorities said Philip Sims, 51, of Zanesville, was driving a 2013 International semi-truck with trailer southbound on North Second Street while Cameron Conrad, 19, of Dresden was eastbound on Chestnut Street in a 2002 Honda Civic. Conrad failed to stop at a red light and the Civic hit the semi just behind the rear axle as it went through a green light.
Conrad was extricated from the vehicle and transported from the scene by MedFlight to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical center. Sims was not injured. Assisting were Coshocton County Emergency Medical Services, Coshocton Fire Department, Three Rivers Fire District and Prince's Wrecker Service.
East M BOE to hold special session
NEW CONCORD − The East Muskingum Local Schools Board of Education will meet in special session at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the board office, 13505 John Glenn School Road, New Concord. Considered will be employment of a public employee or official. | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/09/13/local-news-briefs/69486239007/ | 2022-09-14T00:36:32Z | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | control | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/09/13/local-news-briefs/69486239007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What are the lyrics to 'Te Deum'?
Here are the words to the ancient prayer 'Te Deum'
The ancient prayer and hymn Te Deum' dates back to around the 4th century, and is thought to have been written by either Saint Ambrose (died 397) or Saint Augustine (died 430)
What does 'Te Deum' mean?
Te Deum means praise to God
What are the words to 'Te Deum'?
We praise Thee, O God; we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting.
To Thee all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens and all the Powers therein.
To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry,
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy Glory,
The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee.
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee.
The noble army of Martyrs praise Thee.
1The Holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee.
The Father of an infinite Majesty;
Thine honorable, true, and only Son.
Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.
Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
15 Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
16 When thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man,
Thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.
17 When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
18 Thou sittest at the right hand of God
in the Glory of the Father.
19 We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge.
20 We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood.
21 Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints in glory everlasting.
22 O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine heritage.
23 Govern them and lift them up forever.
24 Day by day, we magnify Thee.
25 And we worship Thy Name ever, world without end.
26 Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
27 O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
28 O Lord, let Thy mercy be upon us as our trust is in Thee.
29 O Lord, in Thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded | https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/te-deum-lyrics/ | 2022-09-14T00:36:32Z | classical-music.com | control | https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/te-deum-lyrics/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Smith sentenced on sex crimes
MORGAN COUNTY - Dean W. Smith was sentenced to a four-year definite prison term earlier this month in Morgan County on unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a third-degree felony, and an indefinite term of four to six years for pandering sexually-oriented materials, a second-degree felony, according to the Morgan County Sheriff Douglas McGrath. The counts will be served consecutively for a term of eight to 10 years.
A Morgan County grand jury indicted Smith in September 2021 on 12 counts of unlawful sexual conduct and pandering, after hearing testimony from officers with the Southeaster Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. The task force conducted the investigation along with Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. Smith was arrested the following day and pled guilty to the two charges on June 14.
McGrath reminds anyone who may be a victim or has information related to child sex crimes to contact his office at 740-962-4044 or submit an anonymous tip to the Southeastern Ohio Human Trafficking Tase Force at https:/washingtoncountysheriff.org/tip-inquire-form/ or the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/09/13/smith-sentenced-on-sex-crimes/69491521007/ | 2022-09-14T00:36:38Z | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | control | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/09/13/smith-sentenced-on-sex-crimes/69491521007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What are the lyrics to 'All People that on Earth do Dwell'?
Did you know the hymn All People that on Earth do Dwell' dates back to the 16th century? Here are its lyrics
Who wrote the hymn 'All People that on Earth do Dwell'?
A favourite hymn of Queen Elizabeth II 'All People that on Earth do Dwell' was written by Scotsman William Kethe in the 16th century after he was inspired by Psalm 100. Protestant Kethe fled to the continent during the prosecution of protestants in the reign of Queen Mary I.
The hymn was sung at the coronation Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 as well as other royal occasions and celebrations.
Who composed the tune?
The hymn 'All People that on Earth do Dwell' is usually sung to the tune now known as the 'Old 100th', thought to be composed by Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510 – c. 1560).
What are the lyrics to 'All people that on earth do dwell'?
All people that on earth do dwell,
sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
Serve him with joy, his praises tell,
come now before him and rejoice!
2 Know that the Lord is God indeed;
he formed us all without our aid.
We are the flock he comes to feed,
the sheep who by his hand were made.
3 O enter then his gates with joy,
within his courts his praise proclaim.
Let thankful songs your tongues employ.
O bless and magnify his name.
4 Trust that the Lord our God is good,
his mercy is forever sure.
His faithfulness at all times stood
and shall from age to age endure. | https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/what-are-the-lyrics-to-all-people-that-on-earth-do-dwell/ | 2022-09-14T00:36:39Z | classical-music.com | control | https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/what-are-the-lyrics-to-all-people-that-on-earth-do-dwell/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ace of Trades: 'Taking pictures let me create art'
Sarah Henderson is the owner of Desired Focus Photography
ZANESVILLE – It took her some time to realize her calling.
“My limiting beliefs held me back from my destiny,” said Sarah Henderson. “I thought I needed to pursue something more useful and meaningful than photography to make a living. I didn’t know I could make money pursuing a passion. I never took it seriously. I didn't think it mattered. I didn’t realize the very thing I wanted to do would be the thing that helps me make a difference in this world.”
Today, Henderson is a photographer. She owns Desired Focus Photography.
“I didn’t realize the power of a picture,” she said. “People feel seen, valuable and beautiful when I take their pictures. Businesses can effectively show what they offer with professional images. It’s very powerful to know that our desires help us fulfill our destiny. We can enjoy life and make a huge difference in the world.”
Henderson grew up mostly in Wisconsin.
“My parents were adventurous,” she said. “We moved from state to state until one day, my grandma had a heart attack. To be near family, we ended up in Wisconsin. I was 8 years old at the time. I loved snowy winters that allowed me to actually ice skate in my yard or make snowmen under the aurora borealis.
“My brothers and sisters and I were all naturally skilled at drawing,” she added. “But I hated sitting still and being alone to draw. So I didn’t pursue it, even though I wanted to be an artist just like them. When I discovered taking pictures let me create art and be with people, I began to take as many classes as I could.
“In middle school,” she continued, “I took a technical communications class that included taking pictures and developing film in the dark room. When I first started, I was terrible. My pictures were boring and out of focus. But when I was in high school, I took the yearbook course so I could learn to take pictures. And the local paper paid me $5 a picture when I took pictures of the high school sports.”
Desired Focus Photography - Photographer in Zanesville Ohio
Fast forward. Henderson started Desired Focus Photography in 2008 after her third child was born.
“I started by shooting weddings and taking family pictures,” she recalled. “It took me several years to learn how to run a profitable business. Now, I love working with businesses and professionals who need branding for marketing and headshots.”
Among those impressed with her work is Lydia Tom, membership services specialist with the Zanesville-Muskingum County Chamber of Commerce.
“Sarah is a social butterfly and is a stranger to no one,” Tom said. “She is always willing to show up for our community with a smile on her face. I admire her passion for photography and the way she empowers each of her clients. She produces amazing images, and we enjoy partnering with her here at the chamber.”
“I’m really grateful and pleased with where I am now,” she concluded. “I love that I’m creating a business that benefits me, my children and others. I feel so satisfied to do what I love every time I pick up my camera. I’m grateful I can make a difference doing what I love. I am so grateful.”
For more information about Desired Focus Photography, log on www.desiredfocus.com.
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What are the lyrics to 'For all the Saints'?
Here are the lyrics to the 19th century hymn 'For all the Saints, who from their labor rest'
Who wrote they hymn 'For all the Saints, who from their labor rest'
Anglican Bishop of Wakefield, William Walsham How wrote the processional hymn 'For all the Saints, who from their labor rest' in 1864. How was particularly famous for his work in the London slums and among the factory workers in west Yorkshire. A processional hymn is, just as it sounds, designed to be sung during the procession of clergy, usually at the star of a christian service.
The hymn is usually sung to a tune by Vaughan-Williams called Sine Nomine
'For all the Saints, who from their labor rest' lyrics
For all the saints who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness dread, their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 Oh, may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold
fight as the saints who nobly fought of old
and win with them the victor's crown of gold.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 Oh, blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
and hearts are brave again and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
6 The golden evening brightens in the west;
soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest;
sweet is the calm of paradise the blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
7 But, lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
the saints triumphant rise in bright array;
the King of glory passes on his way.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
8 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Top image by Stephen B Calvert Clariosophic/creative commons
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Roundup: Rosecrans girls soccer rolls on road
UPPER ARLINGTON — Sydnee Maxwell and Chloe Zemba carried the Rosecrans offense, scoring five times between them in a 6-1 win against host Columbus Wellington on Monday night.
Maxwell scored three times and Zemba twice, while Maxwell also had an assist. Kerry Thompson also scored for the Bishops; Avery Maxwell and Ella Lambert chipped in assists.
A strong defensive cause was fueled by Maddi Pugh, Alaina Berry, Jenna McLoughlin, Abby Solt and Katie Ward.
New Lexington 2, Lancaster Fisher Catholic 2: Lilah Carson and Jada Dixon had goals for the Panthers in a nonleague tie at Jim Rockwell Stadium.
Carson scored first to spot New Lex the early lead, but the Irish answered with two straight to take a a 2-1 edge. Dixon's goal in the 29th minute of the second half salvaged the tie.
Volleyball
Tri-Valley 25, 25, 18, 25, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 21, 22, 25, 13: Lexi Howe and Eva Dittmar combined for 38 kills as the Scotties rolled to a nonleague win on the road.
Howe's 22 kills led the team and she also had 11 digs, while Dittmar added 16 kills and Kenzie Albertson four aces among her 17-of-17 serving effort.
Ingrid Dittmar served up 37 assists and Caity Journey tallied 15 digs for the Scotties.
Boys Golf
John Glenn 326, Meadowbrook 363, Buckeye Trail 388: Braden Rice and Hayden Gensor shared medalist honors with 80 in the Guernsey County Invitational at par-72 Cambridge Country Club.
Noah Dever and C.J. Dolan added 84 for John Glenn; Ben Coss shot 84, Damon Baier 86 and Steve Grafton 92 for Meadowbrook, and Blake Miller (92), Washington Miller (97) and Carson Raber (97) paced Buckeye Trail.
Cambridge, which didn't field enough for a team, saw Bradyn Gregg post 88 and Jackson Reed 90.
Sheridan 174, Morgan 206: Medalist Blake Turnes shot 39 to pace the Generals in a Muskingum Valley League win at Coyote Run.
Reed Coconis added 42, Cael Dowdell 45 and Cooper Winders 48 for the Generals, who improved to 15-5 in league play.
Wyatt Weaver posted 48, Nate Silvus 49, Emma Miller 51 and Craig Gorrell 58 for Morgan (4-15 MVL).
Girls Golf
John Glenn 172, Sheridan 206: Elise Abrams and Abby McCullough had 42s to pace the field for the Muskies in an MVL match at Cambridge Country Club.
Addy Burris posted 43 and Carlie Ellsworth 45 for the Muskies, who improved to 36-6.
Ryan Satterfield shot 44, Morgan Wamer 47 and Adi Calendine 57 for Sheridan; Haven Jenkins posted 58.
Philo 239, West M 245: Brianna Mortimer took medalist honors with 45 to pace the Electrics in an MVL match at Fuller's Fairways.
Taylor Winland added 61, Grace Hargraves 63 and Alaina Wahl 72 for the Electrics; Bella Henderson shot 52, Jess Shawger 59, Emma Sprankle 65 and Reagan Davis 69 for West.
Boys Soccer
Lakewood 3, Sheridan 2: Josiah Hamilton and Jim Swain had a goal and assist each for the Generals in a nonleague loss to the neighboring Lancers.
The Generals generated 12 shots on goal.
Maysville 4, Rosecrans 0: The Panthers registered the shutout in a nonleague match against the Bishops at the Maysville Athletic Complex.
Steven Porter had 11 saves for Rosecrans.
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OPSWA Week 4 Notebook: Area players shining on the gridiron
The midway point of the 2022 season is almost here.
But before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s take a look back at some of the top team and individual performances from all over the state.
Here is the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association High School Football Notebook for Week 4:
New Lex’s Hunter Rose ran for 202 yards and two scores on 21 carries and Lukas Ratliff had 210 total yards and two rushing TDs as New Lexington downed West Muskingum 26-13. Ty Shawger had 117 yards and two TDs on 25 rushes for West M.
Zanesville’s Drew Doyle accounted for four TDs in a 35-7 win over Lakewood. He had 21 totes for 158 yards and went 5-of-5 passing for 171 yards, while Robert Guest had a 90-yard INT return for a score.
River View’s Orin McKee had a 60-yard fumble return and Bruno Miller, an exchange student from Germany, kicked field goals of 36 and 35 yards in a 20-15 victory over Philo.
Logan Gilcher carried the John Glenn offense, churning up 207 yards and two TDs on 35 carries in a 20-7 victory over Coshocton.
Max Lyall threw for 165 yards and three touchdowns as Tri-Valley shut out Maysville 21-0.
Reid Packer had 95 yards and a TD on the ground and also nabbed a key interception to help Sheridan seal an 18-13 win over Morgan.
A pair of Ohio Mr. Football winners, Mitch Trubisky and Joe Burrow, squared off Sunday in Cincinnati when the Bengals hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers. Trubisky, who won Ohio's Mr. Football award in 2012, is the starting quarterback for the Steelers. Burrow, who won the award in 2014, is the quarterback of the Bengals. Trubisky and the Steelers beat the defending AFC champions 23-20 in overtime.
The Clear Fork Colts used a complete effort to knock off River Valley 44-42 in what will be considered the game of the year in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference. Clear Fork nearly had three players run for 100 yards apiece as Victor Skoog piled up 114 yards on 20 carries with three touchdowns, Pawie Ault had 92 yards on 17 carries with two touchdowns and Trystyn Robison added 97 yards on nine carries. Skoog also completed 9-of-12 passes for 99 yards and a score to lead the Colts to a huge MOAC-opening win that puts them in the driver’s season for a league championship.
The Lucas Cubs improved to 3-1 behind an offensive explosion in a 55-21 win over previously undefeated Mapleton. The Cubs ran for 347 yards on 32 carries and threw for 127 yards on just four completions to collect nearly 500 yards of total offense. Andrew Smollen threw for 127 yards while Logan Toms ran for 117 on just eight carries and Andrew Fanello caught three passes for 114 yards as the three-headed monster carried the Cubs to victory.
Plymouth’s Shae Sparks helped the Big Red picked up their first Firelands Conference-opening victory since 2011 by running for 261 yards on just 15 carries with three touchdowns of 50, 13 and 82 yards. The Big Red collected 432 yards on 31 carries and threw for 118 yards to collected a whopping 550 yard of total offense. They also put up their best defensive performance of the season after allowing an average of 43 points a game through the first three contests to hold Monroeville to just seven.
Lexington freshman Markale Martin helped first-year head coach Andrew Saris earn the first win of his career in a 30-7 decision over Mount Vernon. Martin burst onto the scenes with 132 yards and three touchdowns on just 19 carries scoring on runs of 32, 5 and 7 yards. Senior quarterback AJ Young ran for 25 yards and a 21-yard score on 11 carries, competed 10-of-13 passes for 110 yards and booted a 45-yard field goal in the massive win.
The Crestview Cougars pushed their regular-season winning streak to 15 games thanks to a 24-12 Firelands Conference-opening victory over Western Reserve in Week 4. Hayden Kuhn threw for 144 yards while Adison Reymer ran for 102 yards and Caiden Cunningham caught four passes for 50 yards.
Shelby freshman quarterback Brayden DeVito added to his growing legacy on Friday night compiling 355 passing yards to seven different receivers in a 34-6 win over Pleasant. He hooked up with Issaiah Ramsey seven times for 225 yards and watched as running back Miles Hall collected 120 yards on the ground including a 75-yard sprint. The Whippets are 3-1 on the season.
Highland junior running back Dane Nauman was unstoppable during the Fighting Scots’ 27-17 win over Ontario running the ball 31 times for 244 yards and all four of his team’s touchdowns proving why he may be the best running back in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference.
River Valley’s Cayden Shindone had himself a night in a 44-42 loss to Clear Fork. He completed 16-or-32 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns while piling up 202 yards on the ground on just 17 carries with three touchdowns. Keyan Shindone was on the receiving end of 10 passes for 129 yards.
Galion’s Gabe Ivy was virtually unstoppable rushing for 279 yards and four touchdowns on 33 carries in a big win over Marion Harding. At halftime he accounted for 169 of the team’s 173 yards.
Colonel Crawford’s Trevor Vogt showed yet again why he’s one of the most dangerous athletes with a football in his hand. He caught two touchdown passes and returned a punt for his seventh, eighth and ninth scores of the season — it was the third special teams TD of the year so far for Vogt.
Lucas Hurst earned his first win as head coach of the Franklin Wildcats by thumping rival Carlisle 34-18 on Friday night. Franklin had three rushing touchdowns - two by Tressel Gibson and one by Rylan Monk - in the win. Monk also eclipsed the century mark with 110 yards on the ground and Brayden Isaacs also helped lead the Wildcats to victory with a 27-yard interception return for a touchdown.
Badin continued its domination over Roger Bacon with a 42-0 win on Friday night. The win made it 11 in a row and 15 in the last 16 meetings for the Rams, who improved their overall lead in the series which began in 1928 to 33-27-2. Alex Ritzie was 14-of-21 for 231 yards and two touchdowns for Badin. The first of his two TD throws was a 58-yard bomb to Braedyn Moore. Zach Yordy had two rushing touchdowns for the Rams.
Exzaviar Moody put up his third 100-plus yard rushing game with 195 yards and two touchdowns on Friday night leading the undefeated Ansonia Tigers to a 53-6 win over rival Arcanum in Western Ohio Athletic Conference play. Moody had 178 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the Tigers season-opening win over Riverside, and then ran for 140 yards and two scores in a Week 2 win over Gamble Montessori. Moody also had a 23-yard touchdown reception against the Trojans.
It was a big night for Napoleon, which defeated Northview 41-16 to open Northern Lakes League action Friday. Wildcats’ senior Andrew Williams broke the single game school rushing record with 355 yards on 31 carries. The old record was 327 yards, set by Michael Chipps last year against Maumee. As a team, Napoleon rushed for 507 yards, tying the school record, which was set in 1950. The Cats, who ran the ball 61 times, attempted just one pass in the game, a 24-yard TD pass from Blake Wolf to Trey Rubinstein. The win was also the first career victory for Napoleon coach Tyler Swary.
Holgate defeated Washtenaw, Michigan, 72-8 in eight-man football Saturday night. It was the first home win for the Tigers since 2020 after playing just one game a year ago. Chris Plotts rushed for 142 yards and two TDs, while Xavier McCord was 3 of 4 passing for 100 yards and two touchdowns. McCord also returned two interceptions for scores and Isaac DeLong returned a punt and a kick-off for touchdowns for Holgate, which is 2-1 on the season after winning its last two games.
Liberty Center’s defense, which has allowed a total of 27 points this season, was once again dominant in a 40-6 win over Wauseon in Northwest Ohio Athletic League play Friday. The Tigers held Wauseon to 4 yards rushing and intercepted four passes. Landen Kruse had a pair of picks, while Jeff Zacharias and Zane Zeiter also had an interception each. LC will be tested this week, when the Tigers host state-ranked Archbold.
The Hawken at Cardinal game featured two stud running backs with different styles but one common denominator, that being the ability to find holes and explode through them. For Hawken, senior Dom Johnson, a part of the Hawken 4x100 meter relay state title team last spring for Hawken, gained 29 yards over right tackle on his second carry to set a tone for the Hawks, Cardinal keyed on him much of the night, though, holding him to just 47 yards on 11 carries in the first half of a 55-20 Hawken win.
Johnson was a marked man all night, but did end up with 101 yards on 17 carries, but he reached the end zone three times on the ground and two more catching passes. His total yardage both ways was for just 150 yards to get those five scores, but he also had two kickoff returns in the game, one in each half, for over 61 yards each that took saving tackles both times from Cardinal tailback Josh Soltis.
Soltis paced a ground game for Cardinal that actually outgained Hawken for the game as both defenses concentrated on the other’s top backs. Soltis gained 191 yards on 18 carries and scored twice for the Huskies, both in the third period as they made a game of things after Hawken took a 20-6 lead at halftime. Soltis scored on runs of 76 and 29 yards in the third period , but a 1:43 span early in the fourth period saw Hawken score three times to blow the game open.
Riverside’s 21-7 upset of Chardon not only ended the two-time defending Division III state champions’ 31-game win streak, it also came with an impressive defensive performance. The Beavers outgained Chardon by a 305-to-255 margin of yardage, and 98 of those yards for Chardon came on one play. Senior nose tackle Collin Fairbanks led the charge on the defensive line with 10 tackles, including two TFL. Junior quarterback Mikey Maloney had a hand in all three of Riverside’s touchdowns. He threw for two of them with 131 yards passing and added another 73 yards rushing with a score on the ground.
Only a sophomore, Akron East’s Ziaire Stevens ran for 322 yards and two TDs in the Dragons’ 40-13 victory at Brush that marked their first win of the season.
Cody Coontz, a senior at Rootstown, ran wild again. He rushed for 261 yards and five TDs on 23 carries in the Rovers’ 48-6 win against Pymatuning Valley. Coontz has 1,005 yards rushing and 14 TDs on the season.
Levi Ellis, a senior at Elyria Catholic, led the Panthers’ power running game with 260 yards rushing and three TDs on 23 carries in their 28-14 win at Parma Heights Holy Name. Defensively, Ellis finished with 17 tackles and blocked a field goal.
Lakewood St. Edward senior edge rushers Wyatt Gedeon and Michael Kilbane got in on seven of the Eagles’ eight sacks Saturday in a 17-14 win against Cincinnati Elder. Gedeon, a Coastal Carolina commit, got in on three of them. Kilbane, a Northwestern recruit, had three of them. Both sacked the quarterback on Elder’s final drive, which started at the Panthers’ own 20-yard line and ended in four plays.
Amani Powell, a junior at Villa Angela-St. Joseph, scored two TDs and rushed for 232 yards on 23 carries to help beat Wheeling Park, 54-27. He ran for one score and had another one in the passing game on a 53-yard reception.
Kyle Snider of Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy lifted the Royals past Canton South, 42-36 in OT, with his fifth TD. He finished with 251 yards on 36 carries.
Danny Stoddard of Medina continued his passing tear. The junior quarterback threw for 386 yards and five TDs on 28-of-41 passing in Medina’s 55-21 win against Stow. Top target Austin Knowles caught two TD passes and had 124 yards on eight receptions. Carlos Corchado, Jack Wojiack and Brennen Schramm all had at least 80 yards receiving, too.
Cleveland St. Ignatius held Euclid to minus-19 yards in a 38-0 win. The last time the Wildcats held an opponent to negative rushing yardage? Bishop Sycamore from Columbus had minus-4 yards in a 33-6 loss to St. Ignatius in 2020.
The Bogart boys from Bluffton were more than Spencerville could contain in Friday’s 53-35 loss to the Pirates. Garrett Bogart completed 10-of-14 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns and rushed eight rimes for 57 yards and three scores. His twin brother Gavin rushed five times for 114 yards – including an 80-yard score – and caught three passes for 78 yards and another TD, a 70-yard strike from Garrett.
McComb’s Grant Dishong completed 11-of-12 passes for 251 yards and five TDs in Friday’s 66-7 win over Van Buren. Camden Glaser caught five of those passes for 155 yards and touchdowns covering 45-, 45 and 50-yards.
Moeller junior Jordan Marshall ran for 141 yards and three touchdowns and added five receptions for 56 yards and a score as the Crusaders beat Our Lady of Good Counsel (Maryland) 39-31 in Ironton.
Lakota West junior Jacob Asbeck has eight tackles, six solo, three sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss as the Firebirds shutout Oak Hills 31-0.
Princeton sophomore linebacker P.J. Nelson had nine tackles, six solo, two sacks and four tackles for loss as the Vikings shutout Hamilton 26-0.
Milford senior quarterback Austin Hardin was 28-for-39 for 372 yards and five touchdowns as the Eagles held off Anderson 48-47.
Anderson senior Santos Alvarez had 13 catches for 155 yards and three touchdowns in a 48-47 loss to Milford.
Winton Woods senior running back Trey Cornist had 151 yards and two touchdowns in a 46-6 win over Little Miami.
Kings senior quarterback Will Kocher was 19-for-27 for 291 yards and five touchdowns, plus 59 yards rushing as the Knights downed Loveland 55-12.
Wyoming senior C.J. Hester ran for 281 yards and six scores as the Cowboys beat Indian Hill 48-7.
Taft junior running back Charles Hawkins ran for 200 yards and two touchdowns in a 51-0 shutout of Meadowdale.
Western Brown senior Matthew Frye had seven catches for 173 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-35 loss to Jackson.
New Richmond quarterback A.J. Metzger was 29-for-36 for 340 yards and five touchdowns and ran for 53 yards in a 49-27 win over Talawanda.
Williamsburg quarterback J.J. Miller threw for 356 yards and five touchdowns in a 48-41 loss to Hillsboro.
With injuries mounting, Blanchester was in dire straits going in to its matchup against Norwood. So coach Jon Mulvihill moved starting offensive tackle Ty Goodwin to the backfield. Taking every play on a direct snap, Goodwin ran 42 times for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns while passing for another 41 yard score in a 30-21 win.
Wilmington won its first game under new head coach Ryan Evans, 45-0 over Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy. The Hurricane scored 2 defensive touchdowns (pick-6s by Luke Achtermann and Tyler Kramer) and a punt return touchdown by Adrien Cody. The WHS defense held CHCA to 19 total yards (-1 rushing). On offense, Caydn Denniston ran for 215 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Defensive back Nigel Glover, a Northwestern commit, scooped up a Fairmont fumble and raced 48 yards untouched to give the Thunderbolts a 21-0 lead with 11:04 left in the first half en route to a 28-0 win. Glover led the defense with six solo tackles and four assists. It marked the third straight shutout win for Clayton Northmont and its first victory in Greater Western Ohio Conference play as the Thunderbolts improved to 4-0 and 1-0 in conference play. Kettering Fairmont suffered its first loss, falling to 3-1 and 0-1. Quarterback Cahke' "Deuce" Cortner, a junior, passed for 110 yards and rushed for 48 yards and two touchdowns during the victory.
Springfield quarterback Bryce Schondelmyer passed for 262 yards and three touchdowns in the No. 8 Wildcats’ 21-7 victory over Huber Heights Wayne. Anthony Brown caught seven passes for 108 yards. Wayne’s Zachariah Williams rushed for 182 yards on 27 carries.
Springboro quarterback Evan Ruzzo was 12 of 15 for 220 yards and three touchdowns in a 49-10 victory over Beavercreek. He also rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown on seven carries. Maxim Butler caught three passes for 107 yards and a touchdown.
Northmont’s Brian Jones, Payton Lupton, Nigel Glover and Christian Pendleton combined for 36 tackles and led a defensive effort that recorded two sacks and seven tackles for loss in a 28-0 victory over previously unbeaten Kettering Fairmont. Unbeaten Northmont has allowed 13 points this season and recorded three straight shutouts.
Dayton Chaminade Julienne rushed for 482 yards in a 50-46 victory over Cincinnati Hughes. Josiah Payne gained 134 yards and scored three touchdowns on 21 carries. Aiden Lowery gained 168 yards on 16 carries.
Trotwood-Madison quarterback Timothy Carpenter threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to lift the Rams to their first victory, 26-24 over Kettering Alter. Carpenter hit Quinten Johnson with a 20-yard TD pass then freshman Armani Rogers for a 60-yarder to take the lead.
Bellbrook’s Elijah Brooks rushed for 165 yards on 22 carries and opened the game with a 75-yard touchdown in a 24-14 victory over Eaton.
Franklin freshman linebacker Brayden Isaacs recorded 23 tackles, including 13 solos, in a 34-18 victory over Carlisle.
Brookville’s Tim Davis rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries in a 36-22 victory over Monroe.
Germantown Valley View’s Jacob Clark rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries in a 38-3 victory over Oakwood.
Dayton Northridge rushed for 469 yards in a 46-7 victory over Casstown Miami East. Quarterback Jayden Kelly rushed for 219 yards and four touchdowns on 12 carries, and running back Jeremy Henry gained 175 yards on 13 carries.
Fairborn’s J.T. Smith rushed for 141 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries and passed for 131 yards and a touchdown in a 36-35 victory over Greenville. Brock Short led Greenville with 187 yards and five touchdowns on 22 carries.
Xenia’s Trei’Shaun Sanders rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries in a 28-0 victory over Piqua in a battle of ranked and unbeaten teams. Xenia tackle Jamell Smith had 13 tackles and four tackles for loss.
Tipp City Tippecanoe’s Xavier Smith rushed for 170 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries in a 64-0 victory over West Carrollton.
Troy’s Jahari Ward rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries in a 17-7 victory over Riverside Stebbins.
Camden Preble Shawnee’s Brody Morton completed 18 of 24 passes for 265 yards and four touchdowns in a 53-26 victory over West Alexandria Twin Valley South.
Hillsboro junior fullback Austin Barrett set the school record in rushing yards for a game with 370 yards on 22 carries, plus he tied the school record with five touchdown runs en route to the Hillsboro Indians’ 48-41 win in overtime against the visiting Williamsburg Wildcats.
McClain junior Andrew Potts rushed 15 times for 175 yards and two touchdowns while only playing in the first half where he averaged 11.7 yards per carry. Potts also caught two passes for another 47 yards.
Paint Valley’s Dom Chambers had 18 carries for 187 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 10.4 yards per carry. Teammate Braylon Robertson finished with 10 carries for 112 yards and three rushing scores, averaging 11.2 yards per carry. Also for Paint Valley, Carson Free caught six passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 18.7 yards per catch.
Ironton senior quarterback Tayden Carpenter completed 11 of 16 passes for 234 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed for 35 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries, in Ironton's 32-21 win over Johnson Central (Ky.) on Saturday night. Carpenter was named the game's Most Valuable Player, part of the three-game first annual Ironton Gridiron Classic.
Franklin Furnace Green junior Nathaniel Brannigan rushed for 289 yards and six touchdowns on 25 carries with one 2-point conversion run, and senior Landan Lodwick rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries with three 2-point conversion runs, in the Bobcats' 65-52 high-scoring win over Racine Southern on Friday night. Lodwick also caught the Bobcats' only pass recpetion for 35 yards, and returned five kickoffs for 112 total yards.
McDermott Northwest junior Connor Lintz landed an all-around impressive effort in the Mohawks' 19-7 win over Oak Hill on Friday night. Lintz rushed for 130 yards on seven carries including an 80-yard touchdown run, caught a 45-yard touchdown reception, made one defensive interception, and added a 44-yard kickoff return.
Portsmouth West senior Ryan Sissell rushed for 212 yards and four touchdowns on 18 carries, and junior Jeffery Bishop caught two passes for two touchdowns and 113 yards in the Senators' 49-7 win over Wellston. Those two TD receptions by Bishop were the only pass attempts by senior quarterback Mitchell Irwin.
Lucasville Valley senior quarterback George Arnett completed 12-of-17 passes for 247 yards and two touchdowns, and Aiden Waughtel made three receptions for 109 yards and one TD, in the Indians' 35-0 win over Beaver Eastern.
Wheelersburg junior Creed Warren returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown, and carried five times for a team-high 75 yards in the Pirates' 49-7 win at Ashland (Ky.) on Friday night.
Franklin coach Luke Hurst got his first win 34-18 over Carlisle.
Centerville got two interceptions from Ross Coppock and Joseph Jean-Louis in 17-0 win over Miamisburg to improve to 4-0.
Dayton Christian quarterback Preston Sellers threw for 293 yards and four scores as the Warriors improved to 2-2 with a 44=24 win over New Miami.
Evan Ruzzo had another big night for Springboro. Ruzzo threw for 220 yards and ran for 112 in the Panthers win over Beavercreek. The loss snapped a two game winning streak for Beavercreek.
Valley View had 408 yards in total offense with Caden Henson throwing for 133 and Jake Clark rushing for 134 in a 33-3 win over Oakwood.
West Carrollton was held to 39 yards in total offense in a 64-0 loss to Tipp City.
Xenia's Trei'Shaun Sanders ran for 152 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries to help the Bucs, ranked No. 10 in the initial Division II state poll, defeat No. 6 Piqua 28-0.
JT Smith accounted for four touchdowns, including the game winning score and two-point conversion with 39 seconds left, as Fairborn got its first win of the year by defeating Greenville 36-35.
Bellbrook's Elijah Brooks had his third straight 100-yard rushing performance in a win against Eaton. He amassed a career high 165 yards on 22 carries and scored on a 75-yard touchdown run.
The Chillicothe run defense found its footing Friday night against one of the top rushing attacks in southeastern Ohio. The Cavaliers (3-1) entered their Week 4 contest at Waverly having allowed 225 yards per game. The Tigers’ running game was at a 280 yards per game average and headlined by Jase Hurd’s 214 yards per contest clip. Chillicothe held Waverly (2-2) to 84 yards on the ground while Hurd accounted for 85 yards rushing as the Cavaliers left with a 42-12 win. Chillicothe is now 8-0 all-time in the series after the win, which was dormant since an 80-0 win by the Cavaliers in 1935. In the seven prior meetings before Friday night, Chillicothe pitched seven shutouts with the combined score of the contests at 401-0.
Huron quarterback Dylan Hohler threw four touchdowns and ran for another in the Tigers' 38-14 win over Lima Central Catholic. He was 18-for-24 passing for 277 yards while running for 62 additional yards. The senior now has taken part in 18 touchdowns through the first four weeks as Huron is off to a 4-0 start.
Margaretta running back Jake Boggs carried 27 times for 167 yards and three touchdowns in the Polar Bears' 37-23 win over previously undefeated Ottawa Hills. Boggs also found the end zone on a 24-yard interception return to help Margaretta improve to 4-0, its best start since 2002.
St. Paul's Quincey Crabbs ran 17 times for 193 yards and three TDs on the ground in a 54-20 win over South Central. He also caught a touchdown and took a blocked punt to the end zone to total five TDs.
Clyde senior Abe Morrison took part in five touchdowns during the Fliers' 44-0 win over Toledo Start. Morrison completed 13-of-22 passes for 158 yard and four touchdowns through the air, including two to Ben Wott. He also ran six times for 26 yards and another TD.
Port Clinton senior Cam Gillum threw four passing touchdowns in PC's 54-14 win over Toledo Bowsher. Gillum also found paydirt a fifth time when he returned a first-quarter interception 82 yards for a TD.
Connor Smith of Gibsonburg carried 45 times for 355 yards and six touchdowns in a 44-14 win over Tiffin Calvert.
Mason Heintschel of Oregon Clay completed 29 of 39 passes for 366 yards and four touchdowns in a 64-31 loss to Fremont Ross. Clay's Christian Mays caught 14 passes for 146 yards and a touchdown.
Kaden Holmes of Fremont Ross was 21 of 25 passing for 305 yards and three touchdowns in a 64-31 win at Oregon Clay. Adam Hrynciw of Ross had five catches for 134 yards and a TD.
Hayden Wickard of Bloomdale Elmwood completed 15 of 20 passes for 305 yards and five touchdowns in a 68-14 win over Fostoria.
Andrew Williams of Napoleon had 355 yards and four touchdowns on 31 carries in a 41-16 win over Sylvania Northview.
Chris Edmonds of Toledo Central Catholic rushed 33 times for 250 yards and four touchdowns in a 50-17 win at Findlay.
Joe Caswell of Whitehouse Anthony Wayne ran for 235 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-3 win over Maumee.
Isaac Sexton of Sylvania Southview carried 31 times for 202 yards and a touchdown in a 30-14 win over Holland Springfield.
Taylen Miller of Holland Springfield rushed 20 times for 201 yards in a 30-14 loss to Sylvania Southview.
Aiden Antry of Genoa had 189 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries in a 32-28 win over Rossford.
Carson Dominique of Archbold rushed 23 times for 172 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-14 win over Bryan.
Nash Meyer of Hamler Patrick Henry completed 18 of 21 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns in a 40-7 win over Swanton. Landon Johnson of Patrick Henry caught nine passes for 149 yards.
Alex Williams of Rossford was a double threat in a 32-28 loss to Genoa. Williams completed 25 of 35 passes for 257 yards and three touchdowns, and ran 24 times for 120 yards and a TD. Brenden Revels of Rossford caught 12 passes for 173 yards and a score.
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Popular tonic brand Fevertree has reported a loss in profits for the first half of the year, even with strong sales in Europe and the U.S. citing fallout from a prolonged supply chain crisis.
The company says that despited high demand for its products on both sides of the Atlantic, volatile freight costs for trans-Atlantic air shipments have managed to greatly cut into the company's bottom line.
Comments on the company's social media suggest that there have been issues getting products on store shelves as well signaling an ongoing supply chain issue in the U.S.
Commenters saying they are from the UK and the U.S. are reporting issues, with one commenter on Instagram writing, "Are you having supply issues? Not finding you on shelves locally anymore."
As Reuters reported, inflationary pressures have been coupled with unfavorable shipping costs.
In April, the the travel, logistics and infrastructure publication McKinsey & Company reported that an ongoing supply-chain crisis has been the driving force behind an increase in freight rates. The report said that "Between 62 and 85 percent of revenues are channeled into purchasing carrier capacity (such as shipping lines or cargo airlines)."
"For both ocean and air freight, gross profit margins shrink as carrier rates increase, and inflate at times of low rates," the report said.
Fevertree said in a statement, "Labor shortages at our East Coast bottler in the U.S. have impacted our ramp up."
The London-based company also said that the availability of glass will also hurt their profits in the second half of the year.
According to the U.S. International Trade Commission, though most shipping, including in maritime capacity, returned to 2019 levels, port capacity and container availability continued to be a problem. Supply chain issues in 2020 and 2021 have appeared to flow into 2022 in the form of changes in future demand. There has been an evolution in the recovery from the height of the pandemic into future means of merchandise transport and trade. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/popular-tonic-brand-fevertree-reports-dip-in-profits-citing-increased-freight-costs | 2022-09-14T00:45:20Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/popular-tonic-brand-fevertree-reports-dip-in-profits-citing-increased-freight-costs | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A woman is looking to find meaning and closure in the tragic loss of her loved one by urging Washington, D.C. leaders to install safety barriers on the city's tall Taft Bridge after authorities say her partner jumped to his death from the structure in April.
As WUSA 9 reported, 29-year-old Peter Tripp tragically died by suicide after jumping from the bridge. He left behind his longtime partner Chelsea Van Thof who is on a mission to make it harder for the same thing to happen to someone else.
The two met in veterinary school and were in a long-term relationship.
“He was very supportive,” Van Thof said. “You could you could feel the love from him.”
A nearby bridge, the Ellington Bridge, does have barriers on its sides, which motivated Von Thof, even more, to push to change the Taft Bridge.
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson fought to stop the city from putting barriers on the Taft Bridge because he said, “The research was virtually non-existent about whether barriers actually deterred somebody from suicide at that place."
During a virtual listening session, Van Thof asked Mendelson if he would support putting barriers on the bridge. He sent his condolences for her loss and said he would not act on the matter, saying, “I don’t intend as a council member to get involved with that,” he said.
“It's important to me,” she said. “It's important to honor Peter in this way and he was the best person I ever met and this is what he would have done. That's what he would have wanted.”
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BOSTON (State House News Service) – For more than three hours Tuesday afternoon, the Gaming Commission regulators who are in the midst of making legal sports betting a reality in Massachusetts huddled with responsible gaming researchers and experts, a regulator from another state and others in the industry to wrap their arms around the ways that responsible play efforts intersect with sports wagering.
The discussion was wide-ranging and touched upon how the voluntary self-exclusion program that exists for Massachusetts casino-style gambling might need to be adapted to work best for sports betting, whether and how to restrict sports betting advertising, and what can be expected and required of sports betting operators in terms of player and public health protections. The commission made no decisions during Tuesday’s roundtable, which was the second in a planned series of sports betting-related deep dives.
Alan Feldman, a distinguished fellow in responsible gaming at the University of Nevada Las Vegas’s International Gaming Institute, kicked off the discussion Tuesday by pointing out that the academic research knowledge base around sports betting and problem gambling “is very thin and very young.”
“I’m gonna use air quotes here for the word ‘know’ — what we believe we may know may actually not turn out to be true in six months or six years time, depending on how our research is is able to continue to guide us,” he said.
Michael Wohl, a professor in the psychology department at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, backed Feldman up and emphasized the need for even more research on the topic as more states legalize betting.
“I agree that it’s green, and that we need stronger methodologies and research funding to truly understand the causes and consequences of making sports betting legal,” Wohl said. “For many, sports betting presents a means to enhance their enjoyment of sports events. For others, it’s going to cause severe financial, personal and interpersonal problems. And what leads one to one path versus another, we still need to better understand it.”
Researchers from the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) project at UMass Amherst last week reported to the commission that an estimated 13 to 20 percent (and rising) of the Massachusetts population bets on sports. That rate, the SEIGMA team said, “is very similar to the prevalence rate in other states where sports betting has been legally operational for several years.”
While sports betting takes place across demographics, the research team found the activity is most popular among young, well-educated men.
“Problem and at-risk gambling is significantly higher among sports bettors, including in Massachusetts,” the researchers said. But it was not clear that sports betting itself is a riskier activity than other gambling.
“The relationship between sports betting and problem gambling is not straightforward,” the SEIGMA researchers wrote. “While people who bet on sports tend to have higher rates of problem gambling, this does not identify the unique contribution of sports betting to problem gambling, as most sports bettors engage in several different types of gambling, all of which likely contribute to their problems.”
The SEIGMA team made a slew of recommendations in its report, a few of which hit upon issues debated on Beacon Hill when the House and Senate were working towards a final sports betting bill.
Among the suggestions is that Massachusetts ban betting on any collegiate sports in any jurisdiction. That was the approach that the state Senate wanted to take before ultimately agreeing to a bill that bans bets on Massachusetts colleges and universities unless they are playing in a tournament. House Speaker Ronald Mariano, whose chamber passed a bill to allow betting on all college sporting events, said he didn’t see the point of legalizing wagering if collegiate betting was going to remain exclusive to the illicit market.
The researchers also proposed that Massachusetts ban in-play betting, or wagers on things like whether the next pitch in a baseball game will be a ball or a strike, because that type of betting “is disproportionately utilized by problem gamblers.”
Gaming Commission Chairwoman Cathy Judd-Stein said the SEIGMA report, which the commission asked for last fall in anticipation of being put in charge of legal sports betting, “will aid the MGC as we begin to regulate a sports wagering industry in the Commonwealth with an uncompromising focus on integrity and player safety.”
The Gaming Commission, in its own snapshot summarizing the SEIGMA research team’s findings, concluded that, if it implements the activity “in the right fashion,” legal sports betting presents the opportunity for “some modest economic benefits for Massachusetts that could offset a small and temporary increase in gambling-related harm.”
“Legalizing sports betting in MA would likely increase the rates of gambling-related harm and gambling problems. However, the magnitude of these impacts is likely to be modest,” the commission wrote. “This is because current rates of sports betting in MA is similar to states where it has been legal for some years and because only a small proportion of the MA population (13% – 20%) participates in sports betting. Hence, even a high rate of gambling problems among sports bettors would have a fairly small effect on the overall rate in the population.”
The commission meets again Thursday for a meeting that is expected to focus mostly on sports betting implementation. Topics on the agenda include a discussion and possible vote related to a process for temporary sports betting licenses, and a discussion and possible vote on whether the commission will seek to launch in-person betting at its casinos, slots parlor and simulcast centers before or at the same time as it launches mobile and online betting. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/sports-betting-regulators-weigh-approach-to-problem-gamblers/ | 2022-09-14T00:53:55Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/sports-betting-regulators-weigh-approach-to-problem-gamblers/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with journalist Michael Isikoff about the death of Ken Starr, who became a household name for investigating then-President Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with journalist Michael Isikoff about the death of Ken Starr, who became a household name for investigating then-President Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky.
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A popular T-shirt at Raygun, a well-known locally owned store in Iowa’s capital city, reads “Des Moines! Let us exceed your already low expectations!” It’s fairly tongue-in-cheek—the insurance town in flyover country has gotten genuinely (quietly) cool.
With vibrant cultural offerings, impressive bike trails, inventive restaurants, and a blossoming beer scene, Des Moines is an attractive place to visit. The low cost of living, strong job market, and affordable housing mean the city is becoming increasingly popular with transplants from across the country. The city is growing at a faster rate than any other Midwest metro, including Chicago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis.
All that growth, innovation, and Iowa earnestness have helped propel Des Moines to become more than just a dateline during caucus season in recent years. Sure, you could keep waving from cruising altitude, but here’s why you should stop and take a trip to one of the Heartland’s most dynamic cities.
Enjoy Saturday morning at the downtown farmers’ market
Each Saturday from May through October, more than 300 local fruit and vegetable farmers, florists, bakers, winemakers, cheesemongers, butchers, artisans, and creators set up shop in the Downtown Historic Court District for the farmers’ market. Sprawling roughly 12 blocks, the market is the second largest in the United States (behind Madison, Wisconsin) and has been operating for more than 40 years. Beyond foodstuffs, flowers, and art from all 58 counties of Iowa, you can expect live music and street performers on every corner all season.
Spend an afternoon in the East Village
Everything between the Des Moines River and the Iowa State Capitol building is considered the East Village. Home to some notable boutique shops, award-winning restaurants, and much-loved dive bars—all with a counterculture bent—this neighborhood, full of U.S. National Register of Historic Places buildings, is worth spending a few hours in.
For food, consider Lucca for elevated Italian fare, Zombie Burger + Drink Lab for inventive handhelds and boozy milkshakes, or Open Sesame for Lebanese and Mediterranean dishes.
For drinks, tiki-themed Bellhop, barcadium (arcade bar) Up-Down, and classic cocktail focused Pura Social Club are all solid choices. There’s also Locust Tap, an 85-year-old dive bar where the walls are covered with the signatures of patrons, the drinks are strong, and the decor eclectic (you may notice an old prosthetic leg hanging above the door). On the same block as Locust Tap is the Blazing Saddle, the oldest gay bar in Des Moines.
After you’ve done your boutique shopping, pop into the Capitol building (you’ll know it by the shiny dome covered in gold leaf) for a self-guided tour. Or spend some time walking around the 12-acre Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden—the bonsai and orchid collections are particularly nice. And if you’re visiting in the winter, practice your pirouettes at Brenton Skating Plaza (it offers rentals).
Eat a pork chop on a stick at the Iowa State Fair
Iowa’s annual, two-week-long tribute to blue-ribbon farm animals and deep-fried overindulgence, the Iowa State Fair, takes place in Des Moines each August. Fairgoers can spend the day visiting the agricultural exhibits, compete in the bean bags tournament, do carnival rides, watch musical acts in the grandstand, and nosh on highly caloric meat-forward treats, like the Pork Picnic in a Cup (layers of barbecued pulled pork, baked beans, coleslaw, and brown sugar pork belly in a cup).
And because Iowa is the first-in-the-nation-for-nominating state, during the years leading up to and including elections, you can expect to see presidential hopefuls shaking hands on the Grand Concourse, admiring the famous butter cow, and getting their photo taken eating a giant turkey leg while sitting on a hay bale.
Sip a locally crafted beer
Hop heads, prepare to be pleasantly surprised—Des Moines has a stellar beer scene.
Start at El Bait Shop, which is consistently ranked among the top beer bars in the country. They have 262 beers on draft—the largest offering west of the Mississippi River—including some of particularly hard-to-find barrels. Within a couple blocks you’ll also find a selection of hyper-specific, but robust beer joints, including Hessen Haus (a German-style beer hall), the Royal Mile (a British pub) the Red Monk (a Belgian café), and Iowa Taproom (with more than 100 suds brewed within the state).
There are also more than two dozen breweries in the metro. The three most senior (and the largest in size and volume) are Court Avenue Restaurant and Brewing Co., Exile Brewing Co., and Confluence Brewing. A popular newcomer, Lua Brewing, often has a selection of sours and boasts a patio overlooking downtown.
Dine at a renowned restaurant
While the State Fair’s fare leans deep-fried, don’t think that’s indicative of Des Moines’s dining scene.
Downtown, we’d recommend St. Kilda, a trendy Australian American café and bakery popular for its various avocado toast renditions and colorful grain bowls; French bistro Django for duck frites and beef tenderloin; Bubba for Southern comfort foods; and Fong’s, which defies categorization considering it’s equal parts tiki bar, pizzeria, karaoke joint, and Chinese restaurant. (Do yourself a favor and get the Crab Rangoon Pizza.)
On Ingersoll Avenue, known for its high density of bars and restaurants, there’s the supper club Jesse’s Embers; Mediterranean-inspired Eatery A; the aptly named Cheese Bar; and the Asian-focused Lucky Lotus and Harbinger.
Take in art at the Des Moines Arts Center and Pappajohn Sculpture Park
At the Des Moines Arts Center, the main gallery acts as a canvas for temporary exhibits, usually lasting one to three months. The permanent collection includes the works of many of the modern artists who dominated your Art History 101 textbook, including Matisse, Monet, O’Keeffe, Rodin, and beyond. Throughout the year, it offers guided and self-guided tours of the museum, as well as the outdoor rose garden and sculpture park. Found in downtown Des Moines, the building was designed by the acclaimed architect Eliel Saarinen and combines art deco and art nouveau styles.
Also downtown is the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, a four-acre area that displays more than 20 sculptures. The original 24 sculptures, valued at $40 million, were part of the personal collection of philanthropists John and Mary Louise Pappajohn, who donated the works to the city in 2009 to help revitalize downtown.
Catch nationally recognized bands at the 80-35 music festival
Des Moines is also home to a major music festival each July, known as 80-35. Named for the two interstates that cross through Des Moines, the summer festival features both local talent and bands known around the world. (2022 saw acts like Father John Misty, Japanese Breakfast, and Charli XCX.)
Rent a bike and hit the trails
Des Moines has more than 800 miles of bike trails within the metro area, making it an exciting place for cyclists to explore safely. One of the most popular routes is the High Trestle Trail, a flat, paved path atop a decommissioned and converted railroad line. For 25 miles, it weaves through the nearby cities of Ankeny, Madrid, Sheldahl, Slate, and Woodward. The most scenic portion may be where the route crosses the High Trestle Bridge, a 13-story-tall, half-mile-long bridge over the Des Moines River valley.
Stretching just over five miles, the Meredith Trail (named for Ted Meredith, a conservationist and former chairman of the board for Meredith Corporation) connects downtown to Gray’s Lake Park. The latter has a nearly two-mile path that encircles the lake; from the Kruidenier Trail Pedestrian Bridge that completes the loop, the views of the Des Moines skyline are incredible. Gray’s Lake is a popular spot to go fishing, sunbathe on the beach, and rent a kayak at the concession stand.
There’s also the West Des Moines Historical Bike Tour. This eight-mile loop passes the Jordan House, the Red Caboose, Raccoon River Park, and another nine locations that highlight the area’s history.
If you don’t have your own bike with you, look for one of the 27 BCycle stations, each with a selection of classic and E-bikes for public use, throughout town.
Where to stay in Des Moines
Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
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If you’re looking to bed down in history, the Savery Hotel delivers. The 103-year-old hotel was originally helmed by a woman named Annie Savery, a well-known women’s rights activist. Though it’s been around since 1919, the hotel isn’t dated—in 2018 it completed a $20 million renovation. The red-brick hotel sits in the heart of downtown’s main entertainment district, near places like the Des Moines Performing Arts Center and Wells Fargo Arena.
Surety Hotel
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This year, my husband, our two young kids, and I will be celebrating Thanksgiving a little differently—on an airplane. When we initially looked into booking four economy round-trip flights over Thanksgiving week, to say we experienced sticker shock is an understatement. So, we played with the dates and opted for a less conventional flying time (i.e., the exact moment when countless Americans will be sitting at the dinner table) to score a better deal.
This tactic is among several hacks that can help you beat this year’s soaring holiday travel airfares.
“After two years of depressed holiday season travel due to waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans are gearing up for a season of Thanksgiving and Christmas travel once again,” reports travel booking site Hopper in its 2022 Holiday Travel Outlook. “Significant factors including jet fuel prices, fewer flights scheduled, and two years of pent-up holiday travel demand will combine this year to drive Thanksgiving and Christmas airfares to their highest in the last five years.”
The good news is that while holiday airfares are reaching a five-year peak, travel costs are at least coming down from summer 2022 highs. Flight prices have dipped 8.8 percent since last month, and hotel room rates are down about 2.3 percent since last month, according to Sally French, travel expert at financial advice site NerdWallet.
“Hotels and airfares hit record highs during the summer of 2022, but those prices have reached a top,” states French. But, she adds, “If you’re building your next vacation budget based on a 2019 trip, understand that you’ll likely pay far more now for pretty much every expense.”
Fortunately, there are ways you can save. Here are some expert tips on how to cut costs and when the ideal time is to book those holiday flights and travel.
The best time to book holiday 2022 travel
For both Thanksgiving and Christmas, Hopper recommends booking between now and October 20. “Prices will continue to fall until early September then remain relatively flat until mid-October,” Hopper reports. But the sooner the better. With each passing day, tickets tick upwards. Ideally, you should have your holiday travel booked by October 10.
How to get a good deal on holiday travel
Start planning now
Get ahead of the last-minute rush—and price spikes—by locking in holiday travel plans ASAP. Booking patterns indicate that during the pandemic travelers became more prone to making last-minute decisions due to an uncertain travel climate. But now is the time to break that habit for those who want to save some money on flights, car rentals, and hotels.
Look into off-peak dates and times
You may not need to go as far as my family did and fly on Thanksgiving proper, but it helps if you can avoid the most popular travel times. “For Thanksgiving, flying the Monday of Thanksgiving week and returning any weekday of the following week will save you the most,” notes Hopper. (We also did the following week for our return and will be flying back the Wednesday after Thanksgiving to nab more affordable fares.) Flying out the Monday or Tuesday before Christmas weekend and returning midweek the following week could also help you save on flights.
Create price trackers and alerts
A helpful way to monitor airfares is to use the price tracking tools on sites like Google Flights, Hopper, or Kayak. Use these alerts to compare flights and then lock them in when they appear to be at their lowest or most reasonable. Airfares will continue to move up and down daily into early October, before steadily rising in the last two months before Christmas. “The next few weeks of volatile prices means travelers who are proactively monitoring prices could get notified of great, time sensitive deals,” Hopper notes.
Know a good deal when you see one
How do you know when to book? According to Hopper, as of mid-September, what would be considered good-deal domestic round-trip airfares for Thanksgiving are averaging $350 and for the Christmas period they are averaging $463. So, if you’re finding fares around those prices or lower, you likely aren’t going to find anything much better. For international round-trip airfares, Thanksgiving averages are $795 and Christmas averages are $1,300. (So maybe if you were thinking to go somewhere abroad, Thanksgiving is the better time to do so this year.)
Be open to alternate destinations (and airports)
If you’re flying to see friends or family, obviously there isn’t much wiggle room on the destination. But you can always look into nearby hubs that might offer more attractive airfares. Maybe see what’s on offer at Burbank or Long Beach versus LAX, LaGuardia versus JFK, or Oakland airport versus SFO.
And if you are planning to go on a vacation somewhere other than home for the holidays—maybe an escape to Mexico or the Caribbean or are dreaming of the holiday markets in Europe—but aren’t decided, perhaps let the airfares help dictate your final decision. A great deal could be just the motivation you need to finalize your plan and the place, including to somewhere you maybe hadn’t thought of before.
The most popular domestic destinations for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year include Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix, San Juan (Puerto Rico), and Seattle. As for international destinations, the most popular destinations for the holidays this year include Cancun, Dublin, Madrid, Manila, and Mexico City. If you’re looking to avoid the crowds and higher fares, you may want to look for alternatives to these popular places. | https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-best-time-to-book-holiday-2022-flights | 2022-09-14T01:01:26Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-best-time-to-book-holiday-2022-flights | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Hobn, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician, removes a drone from a tree during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 11, 2022. EOD
technicians are trained to locate, identify, disarm and neutralize hazardous materials. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Shannon Braaten)
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Twitter whistleblower's Senate testimony no boon for Musk
Twitter’s former security chief, whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, levied a host of accusations against the platform to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, saying Twitter maintained lax security standards, did not vet employee access to user data and would not improve its practices even in the face of government fines.
Why it matters: The testimony comes as Twitter's court fight to get Elon Musk to make good on his deal to buy the company for $44 million moves forward, but it did not appear to offer much new ammunition for Musk's case.
- Very little of Zatko’s testimony covered Musk’s main argument since July for leaving the deal: his charge that Twitter has been untruthful about the number of bots and fake accounts on the platform.
When Zatko’s whistleblowing report became public last month, it appeared that his complaints against the company could be of use in Musk’s defense.
- Zatko alleged that Twitter lacked the internal resources to fully count the number of bots on the service and had little interest in doing so.
- Musk's lawyers immediately introduced new filings based on Zatko's claims, and the judge in the case, which is set for trial beginning Oct. 17, ruled last week that Musk could introduce this new evidence to the proceeding.
While Zatko’s Tuesday testimony was light on bot-talk, he elaborated on the many security risks he says he observed in his position before the recently installed CEO Parag Agrawal fired him last January.
- Zatko said that he found that Twitter’s engineers, some 4,000 employees, all had extensive access to company and user account data.
- He said that one-time government fines for violating regulations — such as the $150 million Twitter paid to the Federal Trade Commission over improperly selling user data earlier this year — were built into the company’s operating budget.
Twitter has said that Zatko's complaint is "riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies."
The intrigue: Senators from both parties made it clear they support increased government regulation of Twitter and other social media platforms — and that would affect Twitter's future, whoever wins in court.
- Zatko said he was concerned the FTC didn’t have the resources to properly investigate Twitter’s security protocols or vet the information that Twitter provided to the agency.
- Senators on both sides of the aisle discussed strengthening federal regulatory bodies. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) even suggested the creation of a wholly new agency focused on enforcing tech regulations.
- Yes, but: Years of similar hearings have not moved Congress to approve broad legislation imposing new regulations on the industry.
Yes, but: Zatko’s 200-page whistleblower report filed with Congress and other U.S. agencies could still cause Twitter problems and help Musk’s case.
- Parts of his testimony alleged poor internal reporting practices, which could conceivably be used by Musk in his case.
- “There was a culture of not reporting bad results up, only reporting good reporting results up because that was the internal incentive structure,” Zatko told the committee. “You were rewarded based upon relationships and how you performed in an emergency — not for identifying existing errors and doing the ground work for keeping the lights on and running the business.”
What’s next: As with last year’s Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Zatko could be called before lawmakers again.
- Despite multiple attempts by Musk to delay the case, the Oct. 17 court date still stands — unless the parties decide to settle sooner.
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Democrats' surprise surrogates
Democrats in close races are increasingly leaning on doctors to drive messaging on abortion, betting their credibility will appeal to bipartisan audiences and help center a polarizing political debate around health and safety.
Why it matters: Health care professionals aren't your typical political surrogates, but the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade reversal has changed the midterms playbook for both parties.
The latest: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a national 15-week abortion ban Tuesday in a bid to unite Republicans around a common position, weeks after arguing the issue should be left to the states.
- The bill uses the non-medical phrase "late-term abortion" in its title and pledges to "protect pain-capable unborn children," in some instances citing contested medical assertions.
- Democrats see doctors as trusted voices who can help in the political fight against abortion bans by convincing voters that GOP positions aren't medically sound.
What's happening: Some doctors enraged by the high court's Dobbs decision that reversed Roe say they felt compelled to appear in political ads this year for the first time.
- Emily Hyatt — an emergency medicine doctor who lives in Kansas but works in Missouri — told Axios she recently volunteered to help Rep. Sharice Davids' (D-Kan.) campaign when it was seeking a doctor for an abortion ad.
- With less than 24 hours' notice, Hyatt found a colleague to cover her ER shift so she could film. "I've always been a person who doesn't want to talk politics," she said. "But this is the hill I will die on."
The big picture: Kansas became ground zero for post-Roe politics after voters rejected an anti-abortion constitutional amendment that would've stripped protections from the state's constitution.
- Now doctors and nurses are weighing into the abortion debate in contests across Georgia, Michigan, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Tennessee, New Hampshire and Hawaii.
- The dynamic is especially pronounced in governor's races, where abortion rights are on the line.
State of play: The Democratic nominees for governor in Hawaii, New Hampshire and Tennessee are all physicians who have made abortion a central pillar of their campaigns.
- In Georgia, local doctors convened with the state Democratic Party last month "to speak on the dangers Gov. Brian Kemp’s extreme abortion ban poses" to the health care system and providers.
- A group of doctors called out Pennsylvania's Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, on the issue last month, with one physician flatly stating that the candidate's position on abortion "goes against established medicine."
Between the lines: Some Democratic campaigns have seized on abortion bans that would criminalize health care providers who continue to perform the procedure.
- The Democratic Governors Association's latest ad against Michigan's Republican nominee Tudor Dixon attacks her for supporting the state’s 1931 abortion ban, emphasizing its penalties for doctors and nurses.
- A group backed by DGA highlighted the same issue in an early general election ad against Wisconsin's GOP nominee Tim Michels, citing his support for an 1849 law that "jailed doctors" who performed abortions.
What they're saying: Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), the only pro-abortion rights woman doctor in Congress, told Axios she sees herself as a "secret weapon" for Democrats — particularly when some Republicans "are looking to paint Democrats as barbarians."
- "I feel like I am holding the line here, and my voice is necessary because it carries a credibility when I can say that as a pediatrician, I have been in the room," she said.
The other side: There are over a dozen GOP doctors in Congress, but Republicans in competitive races are generally steering away from the abortion debate as polls suggest it could drive Democratic turnout.
- Dr. Mehmet Oz, the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, describes himself as "strongly pro-life" but opposes criminal penalties for patients and doctors who perform abortions. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/14/democrats-doctors-abortion-campaign-ads | 2022-09-14T01:02:26Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/14/democrats-doctors-abortion-campaign-ads | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Seattle teachers strike suspended after tentative deal reached
School will resume in Seattle on Wednesday after the local teachers union voted to suspend a strike that caused classes to be canceled for the first five days of the academic year.
Driving the news: On Tuesday, members of the Seattle Education Association voted to end the strike. But they have yet to approve a tentative agreement on a new labor contract.
Why it matters: Local teachers had been on strike since Sept. 7 — originally scheduled as the first day of school for tens of thousands of students.
Catch up quick: Seattle teachers' contract with the district expired Aug. 31. District officials and the union have been negotiating a new one.
- Although school district officials announced a tentative agreement with the union's bargaining team on Monday night, the teachers union as a whole must vote to ratify the contract for it to be finalized.
- That didn't happen Tuesday, but union members did vote to end the strike. They plan to vote on the new contract language later this week.
Background: Union members had been unhappy with the district's earlier proposals for wages and cost-of-living increases, as well as plans for multilingual and special education.
- Teachers also argued that the district was trying to merge special education students and multilingual students into general education classrooms without guaranteeing that those students will have adequate support.
What they're saying: In a news release, the Seattle Education Association said the tentative agreement would ensure that special education staffing ratios are maintained and improved.
- The details of the agreement won't be publicly available until union members and the school board approve the deal, the release said.
- "We're excited to get back into our classrooms and buildings, knowing that our action means we'll have more of what our students and educators need to succeed," union president Jennifer Matter said in the release. "This has been a huge win for our public school students."
The bottom line: The vote to approve the contract is pending, but parents can go to sleep Tuesday night knowing their kids will have school in the morning.
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Blood test can detect multiple cancers early, study finds
MENLO PARK, Calif. - A new study found that a blood test could detect multiple cancers even before symptoms start showing.
Grail, LLC., a health care company, announced the results from the pathfinder study after using a blood test as part of a multi-cancer early detection screening. Researchers presented their findings at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2022 in Paris.
The pathfinder study involved 6,662 people who were 50 years and older, which researchers believe have an elevated risk of developing cancer.
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Part of the study involved participants being followed for 12 months after enrolling in the study.
Researchers detected a cancer signal in 92 participants with 35 participants actually diagnosed with cancers.
Of the confirmed cancer patients, 71% of participants had cancer types that had no routine cancer screening available. Nearly half of non-recurrent cancers were found in the early stages.
Researchers said the blood test had a 97% accuracy in detecting cancer which was followed up by a professional diagnosis from a doctor.
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Some of the cancers detected were Stage I cancers of the liver, small intestine, and uterus, and Stage II pancreatic, bone, and oropharyngeal cancers.
The blood test, also known as Galleri, uses next-generation sequencing and machine-learning algorithms to analyze methylation patterns of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the bloodstream, which can carry cancer-specific information. DNA methylation is a process used by cells to regulate gene expression. If a cancer signal is detected, Galleri will pinpoint where in the body the cancer is coming from to help health care providers determine the appropriate next steps for patient treatment.
"The PATHFINDER study is an exciting first step towards fundamental change in the approach to cancer screening," Dr. Deb Schrag of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York said in a news release. "The study found cancer in about 1% of participants including types for which there is no established screening method. The study demonstrated the feasibility of this paradigm and solid test performance."
"Although continued public health efforts to optimize adherence to existing screening strategies that have been proven effective are critical, this study provides a glimpse of what the future may hold—the opportunity for screening using blood tests to detect various types of cancers at their earliest and most treatable stages," she continued.
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Currently, recommended cancer screenings in the U.S. only cover five different types of cancer and can only screen for one type at a time. According to Grail, 71% of cancer deaths are caused by cancers that are not commonly screened for.
According to FOX Business, Grail is currently working to obtain full approval for Galleri from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Chicago cop suspended for kicking handcuffed suspect in head, failing to properly activate bodycam
CHICAGO - A Chicago police officer is facing a 100-day suspension for kicking a handcuffed suspect during an arrest four years ago — actions he later blamed on the "high stress nature of the incident."
A review by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability found that Officer Jairam Ramkumar stomped and kicked the suspect "without justification" and failed to properly activate his body camera during the confrontation.
The police department responded that the recommended suspension "will be imposed."
Ramkumar and another officer were on patrol in an unmarked car on Sept. 10, 2018 when they noticed a scooter traveling without any visible registration and tried to pull it over, according to a summary report of COPA’s investigation.
After temporarily losing the scooter, the officers spotted the driver going the wrong way on North Lotus Street. The officers tried to stop him again but he collided with garbage cans in an alley and ran off, the report said.
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While chasing the suspect, Ramkumar said he noticed him reaching for his waistband and, fearing he was reaching for a gun, discharged his Taser. The suspect continued reaching for his waistband as Ramkumar’s partner yelled, "Gun," according to COPA.
Ramkumar said he then used his Taser a second time. After the suspect was placed in handcuffs, Ramkumar began kicking and stomping him in the head, according to COPA.
The officer acknowledged his actions to COPA investigators and said they "occurred because of the high stress nature of the incident."
Ramkumar also admitted to not mentioning the incident in his "tactical response report," failing to timely activate his body camera and deactivating his body camera early.
COPA found that while Ramkumar was justified in using his Taser, he wasn’t justified in kicking the handcuffed suspect. "Direct mechanical techniques like kicking" are permitted only when "a subject who is using or threatening the use of force against another person or himself … is likely to cause physical injury," the report stated.
"Officer Ramkumar was required to deescalate any force," COPA wrote. "However, Officer Ramkumar failed to properly deescalate his use of force.
COPA recommended a two-day suspension for Ramkumar’s partner, noting that body cam footage showed him "in uniform and holding a cigarette in his mouth while he was in official contact with the public."
The agency cited him for being late in activating his camera and shutting it off early. The department said it would follow that recommendation as well. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-cop-suspended-for-kicking-handcuffed-suspect-in-head-failing-to-properly-activate-bodycam | 2022-09-14T01:06:18Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-cop-suspended-for-kicking-handcuffed-suspect-in-head-failing-to-properly-activate-bodycam | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Grayslake sailor being laid to rest 80 years after his death
GRAYSLAKE, Ill. - More than 80 years after his death., a sailor from a Chicago suburb is finally being laid to rest.
Herbert "Bert" Jacobson grew up in Grayslake.
He was 21 when he was killed on the U.S.S. Oklahoma during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Scientific testing that started in 2015 on remains of men whose bodies were pulled from the wreckage led to the identification of Jacobson and more than 350 others.
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A special burial service was held Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Oklahoma inmate who sued over alleged 'Baby Shark' torture found dead in cell
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his jail cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging that in 2019, he and other inmates were tortured by jail employees who forced them to repeatedly listen to the children’s song "Baby Shark" for hours.
John Basco, 48, was found unresponsive in his cell early Sunday morning, Oklahoma County Detention Center officials said in a news release. He was pronounced dead after jail workers began lifesaving efforts, they said. Basco's death is the 14th this year at the jail, which has faced criticism over inmate deaths, escapes and other incidents.
Jail spokesman Mark Opgrande said there were no obvious signs of foul play and that investigators will look into the possibility of a drug overdose. The State Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause of death.
Basco, who was booked into the jail Thursday on a drug trafficking complaint, was among a group of inmates suing the county in federal court for allegedly being handcuffed to a wall and forced to listen to the song "Baby Shark" on repeat for hours during separate incidents in 2019. A jail lieutenant retired and two detention officers were fired in connection with the incidents, and all three face misdemeanor charges.
Basco's attorney, Cameron Spradling, told The Oklahomanthat he found the circumstances surrounding Basco’s death "disturbing" and called for the preservation of all evidence as the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation probe of it unfolds.
"I’m really bothered by this," Spradling said. "One of the ‘Baby Shark’ victims is conveniently dead within three days of his arrival at the jail. How does that happen? District Attorney David Prater just lost one of his witnesses for the upcoming criminal trial. For me, this one does not pass the smell test."
Oklahoma prison records show Basco had a long history of criminal convictions in Oklahoma County dating back to the mid 1990s, mostly for drug, property and firearms crimes. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a second-degree murder conviction in 2000 and was released in 2007, records show. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/oklahoma-inmate-who-sued-over-alleged-baby-shark-torture-found-dead-in-cell | 2022-09-14T01:06:42Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/oklahoma-inmate-who-sued-over-alleged-baby-shark-torture-found-dead-in-cell | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Video shows Chicago cop squad car strike bicyclist in Logan Square
CHICAGO - A bicyclist was struck by a Chicago Police Department squad car in Logan Square last week, and it was captured on video.
At about 10:50 a.m. on Sept. 8, a CPD squad car struck a bicyclist in the 1900 block of North California, police said.
The bicyclist refused EMS, and did not want a report.
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He then left on his own accord, police said.
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During the month of September, people all across the nation come together to spread awareness of suicide and end the stigma of mental health. The University of Kansas and many organizations have events planned for Suicide Awareness Month.
On campus, the University’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) will promote awareness and give ways to help students’ mental health all through the month.
“I think that with KU being such a huge school it is important to take advantage of using its platform for all of its students,” Chloe Christensen, a freshman from Andover said. “It’s important to not let suicide be a stigma and to encourage others to be open to their feelings and ways to get help.”
A group of diverse students dedicated to helping connect students with CAPS and spreading awareness called HOPE@CAPS also took part in Suicide Awareness Month. They partnered up with #BeThe1ToPlay during September, which is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s message for Suicide Prevention Awareness month.
“988 Lifeline's yearly campaign for suicide prevention is a great reminder for HOPE @ CAPS and KU students to check in on our friends and family and be there for them in the best way we can,” Miranda McDaniel, a member of HOPE@CAPS said. “We want to be there for students to provide resources so students know where they can access support.”
Another student-led organization, Hawk’s Mind, which is the newest addition to the Center for Community Outreach, will host “Let’s Chalk About Mental Health” all through the month of September. This event will raise awareness about mental health around campus.
“Raising awareness is all about spreading the message that mental health matters,” Inaya Khan, Hawks Mind co-coordinator, said. “The United States' mental health system is known for being severely understaffed and underfunded, and it isn't uncommon for quality mental health services to be inaccessible to many people desperate for reprieve.”
Later in the month, Hawk’s Mind will also host a Town Hall meeting in hopes that students can meet local mental health organizations, ask questions to community mental health leaders, and give students the opportunity to communicate their hopes for these organizations.
If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988, or go to 988lifeline.org. CAPS also has a 24/7 support lineline where you can call, chat, anytime, anywhere, through the My SSP App. | https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-to-promote-mental-health-awareness-throughout-september/article_fbe6d11e-32ed-11ed-b021-db7d3acde397.html | 2022-09-14T01:13:28Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-to-promote-mental-health-awareness-throughout-september/article_fbe6d11e-32ed-11ed-b021-db7d3acde397.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Lawrence Public Library, along with the Douglas County district attorney’s office and the KU Legal Aid Clinic, hosted the annual Expungement Clinic on Monday.
Individuals who had been convicted of a crime, been held accountable and had paid their debt to society were able to have their record expunged. An expungement means that arrest records followed by criminal charges will be sealed from the public and allow those who were found guilty at one point more equal opportunities without discrimination.
Members of the community were met with a positive and professional atmosphere while getting their records expunged. One of the participants, who asked to remain anonymous, made it clear that they were there to protect their future and what may happen.
“It wouldn't affect my job at all, but I would really like to get it off the record in case I want to move or get another job somewhere else,” the anonymous member said.
Douglas County district attorney Suzanne Valdez was adamant about the importance and benefits of getting a record expunged.
“[Those who have their record expunged] can be integrated in our community, get jobs, get promoted if they have jobs, buy housing, all those things that are really important to be a part of our Douglas County community,” Valdez said.
For those who missed the expungement clinic on Sept. 12th, the DA and KU Legal Aid team plan on hosting more clinics. Valdez has high hopes of it becoming a biannual event in the fall and spring, with each new event being hosted by a new crop of students.
“We want to come to them and we want to make sure we meet the community where they are,” Valdez said.
Hosting more clinics will give more young lawyers from the KU Legal Aid Clinic the ability to practice their skills and directly improve their community while gaining experience.
“As a member of the community myself,” law student and clinic worker Taylor Ross said, “having an ideology of looking out for one another, and treating others as equal members of society goes a long way.”
The students leading the expungements were not only able to help people within their community, but were able to help themselves build on their knowledge and experience of being a lawyer. Law student Matthew Volker spoke on how big of an opportunity it is for those who have marks on their records, saying that former convicts often face discrimination.
“There is a lot of discrimination that goes on with individuals who have been convicted of past offenses and it's super important that we use expungement as a way of pushing back on that type of discrimination,” Volker said. | https://www.kansan.com/news/lawrence-expungement-clinic-gives-former-convicts-a-chance-to-start-over/article_b1b460a2-3397-11ed-8c8b-37431dbb7af8.html | 2022-09-14T01:13:34Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/news/lawrence-expungement-clinic-gives-former-convicts-a-chance-to-start-over/article_b1b460a2-3397-11ed-8c8b-37431dbb7af8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This past weekend, Kansas men’s basketball head coach Bill Self held his annual fantasy camp in an effort to raise money for the men’s basketball program. This fantasy experience, sponsored by Pro Camps, allows men and women to pay to participate in a three-day tournament, which included meals, trainers, and one-on-one practices with current Kansas basketball players.
That’s not the only thing these donors get to experience —the weekend included special guest appearances from journalist Maria Taylor, former Kansas guard Devonté Graham, and former coach Jerry Wainwright.
“You all are a part of us, and one thing I’ve learned is that it actually feels good to tell other men that you love ‘em.” Self said to the campers.
The camp began Thursday, Sept. 8 during a private dinner at Jefferson's with Kansas coaching staff. On Friday, the campers went through an orientation and draft process where they were placed on their respective teams.
Each team included a head coach and a general manager. The coaching staff consisted of current Kansas players, including senior Jalen Wilson, sophomore Bobby Pettiford and sophomore KJ Adams. Jerry Wainwright was the general manager of Adams’ team, which was named ‘Team Mason’ in honor of former Kansas player Frank Mason, while Graham was the general manager of his team, Team Graham. The camp also featured various others in the role of general manager.
On Friday, the campers also got to experience a private event at entrepreneur and realtor Doug Compton’s ranch, where they saw his pet goats and garage of old-school cars. The night included words from Self, Taylor, and other guests, and featured a social hour with Kansas basketball players, coaching staff and interns of the McLendon Foundation.
Saturday was the night of the banquet dinner, where they are offered a meal and the chance to take part in an auction of different items, such as a basketball with a Bill Self autograph, and tickets to future KU games which a meet and greet opportunities with special guests, and much more. The night consisted of watching Kansas football beat West Virginia, a Family Feud game between current Kansas players, and a few words from Self.
Campers who have played in the fantasy camp multiple times received a little bit more than everyone else as a token of appreciation. Fourth-year campers received their own banners and a picture of said banners hanging in the rafters. Fifth-year players received their own “Rules of Basketball” by James Naismith, and more. At the end of the event, Self expressed his gratitude to the donors, former players and his coaching staff, but he also encouraged his team to really appreciate the veracity of the people in that room that made this weekend special.
Self also took the time to speak on what it takes to be a winning team.
“The pie is big enough for everyone, there are no room for egos,” Self said to his team.
On Sunday, the last day of the event, each team competed in “The Final Four,” where they had a chance to play against each other for a chance to cut a piece of the basketball net and win a trophy as members of the coaching staff watched.
Graham said he keeps coming back because he wants to show the campers he cares just as much as they do.
“Because this place is so special, and I know it means a lot to the campers, and they honor me by giving me my own team, so I try to come and show them the same love that they show me,” Graham said.
However, Team Mason ended up winning the tournament and received individual photos with Coach Self and their trophies. | https://www.kansan.com/sports/bill-self-hosts-annual-fantasy-camp/article_effdaaec-33b7-11ed-aaa0-3b830f118c87.html | 2022-09-14T01:13:40Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/bill-self-hosts-annual-fantasy-camp/article_effdaaec-33b7-11ed-aaa0-3b830f118c87.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former Kansas and now Chicago Bears running back Khalil Herbert’s three-yard touchdown run proved to be the dagger in the Bears 19-10 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
The run wasn’t the flashiest play from Herbert, but it was enough to put Chicago in the driver’s seat. The play was designed to go to the right, but was clogged up by the 49ers defensive line.
However, Herbert was patient enough to seize the crease created by the tight end on the left side of the formation, and find the end zone to increase the Bears lead to 19-10 with 7:21 remaining.
Herbert led the Bears in rushing on nine carries for 45 yards and the touchdown.
In a game that turned somewhat sloppy due to about three inches of rain in Chicago, the Bears had to rely on the run game to get through the poor conditions.
Chicago attempted just 17 passes, compared to 37 rushing attempts. Herbert, along with starting running back David Montgomery and quarterback Justin Fields, accounted for 20 of the 37 rushing attempts.
It is just Herbert’s second year in the NFL as he spent his redshirt senior season at Virginia Tech after a complicated transfer, and saved his last year of eligibility abruptly before the game against TCU.
The shocking twist came just two weeks after rushing for 187 yards and a touchdown on just 11 attempts in a 48-24 road win against Boston College
He also had the third highest rushing total for a single game his sophomore year against West Virginia, where he compiled 291 yards.
Herbert’s role as the number two running back proved to be important to the Chicago offense, as his five yards per carry were essential in the win. The one-two punch of Montgomery and Herbert will be one to watch as first year offensive coordinator Luke Getsy looks to build on the week 1 success. | https://www.kansan.com/sports/former-jayhawk-khalil-herbert-clutch-in-chicago-bears-week-one-win/article_91790bc2-33b9-11ed-8335-bfb06f282456.html | 2022-09-14T01:13:47Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/former-jayhawk-khalil-herbert-clutch-in-chicago-bears-week-one-win/article_91790bc2-33b9-11ed-8335-bfb06f282456.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kansas men’s golf finished in a tie for second place with Kent State at the Gopher Invitational in Minneapolis Monday. Both teams shot 15-under (837), finishing five strokes behind tournament winner Georgia Southern.
The Jayhawks were led by juniors Cecil Belisle and Davis Cooper. They both placed in a tie for fourth place at six-under (207). They finished five strokes behind 5th year Wilson Andress from Georgia Southern, the tournament’s individual winner.
Belisle opened day one by shooting one-over (72) in his first round. Belisle bounced back in his second round by shooting three-under (68), leaving him at two-under overall and tied for 21st place. In this round, Belisle scored four birdies in a row on holes nine to 12. Belisle was able to propel himself into a tie for fourth place after a four-under (67) round with no bogeys.
While Belisle started day one slow, Cooper started day one strong with a four-under round with six birdies and two bogeys. An even par (71) second round kept Cooper well in the hunt for a strong finish. Starting day two tied for ninth place, Cooper rose into a tie for fourth following a two-under (69) round.
Junior Gunnar Broin rounded out the top three performances for the Jayhawks, finishing in a tie for 12th at four-under (209). Broin’s first round on day one was an even par. Broin was able to score five birdies, but he also had three bogeys and a double-bogey. He bounced back shooting two-under in his second round, placing him in a tie for 21st.
Broin also shot two-under in his final round. The score was secured after Broin hit three birdies in a row on holes 11 to 13.
The Jayhawks will be back in action September 26-28 at the Folds of Honor Collegiate in Grand Haven, Michigan. | https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-men-s-golf-ties-for-second-at-gopher-invitational/article_022001b8-3307-11ed-8b7c-9b90529526b5.html | 2022-09-14T01:13:53Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-men-s-golf-ties-for-second-at-gopher-invitational/article_022001b8-3307-11ed-8b7c-9b90529526b5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Led by strong performances from Gr. senior Esme Hamilton and sophomore Jordan Rothman, Kansas women’s golf finished ninth with a 19-over-par 883 at their season-opening tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sept. 12-13.
For the second straight year, the Jayhawks opened their season at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational, where they finished seventh last season. Ohio State won this year’s tournament with a team score of 11-under-par 853.
This year, Hamilton and Rothman each finished the three rounds of golf tied for ninth place in the individual competition with scores of one under par, although they took different paths to get there across the two days of competition.
Rothman shot her best round of the tournament on the opening 18 holes, shooting a four under par 68. Hamilton on the other hand put on her best performance during the third and final round, scoring a three under par 69.
The Jayhawks finished just three strokes behind the seventh-place Texas Tech Red Raiders, after a back-and-forth last round.
Rounding out the Kansas scores were senior Pear Pooratanaopa’s eight-over-par 224, junior Hanna Hawks’ 13-over-par 229, freshman Katie Ruge’s 16-over-par 232 and freshman Anna Shulste’s 21-over-par 237.
Kansas will continue its season at the Texas A&M MoMorial Invitational on Sept. 20-21. | https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-women-s-golf-finishes-ninth-at-season-opening-invitational/article_0c014c56-33ba-11ed-ab29-6fc57405a66d.html | 2022-09-14T01:13:59Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-women-s-golf-finishes-ninth-at-season-opening-invitational/article_0c014c56-33ba-11ed-ab29-6fc57405a66d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SUSSEX COUNTY, Del.- A retired Army surgeon and a United States Marine Corps Veteran reunited in Rehoboth Beach this week.
The two men had not seen each other since 1968, when Dr. Mayer Katz saved A.B. Grantham's life after he was shot.
The two veterans served in the Vietnam War together. Grantham was shot in the chest during the Battle of Hue in February, 1968. Most people did not believe he would make it out alive. Except for M.A.S.H. surgeon, Dr. Katz.
Katz says he is always looking to reconnect with patients he helped in the past. He even keeps personal medical records from the war with the names and conditions of these patients.
But, he struggled to track down A.B. Grantham until he saw his name in a Vietnam War book about the Battle of Hue. With the help of his daughter, Katz contacted the author of the book and eventually found Grantham's contact information.
The two men have been in touch over the last four years, but it was not until this week that could finally reunite in person.
Grantham says it is surreal to be with the person who saved his life and that he considers Dr. Katz a true hero. | https://www.wboc.com/news/veterans-reunite-decades-after-one-saved-the-others-life/article_b4630196-33ab-11ed-90f0-4fae01394ca4.html | 2022-09-14T01:14:34Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/veterans-reunite-decades-after-one-saved-the-others-life/article_b4630196-33ab-11ed-90f0-4fae01394ca4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sheriff: Murder suspect sent texts from victim’s phone to his mother to throw off investigators
HARRISON COUNTY, Texas (KLTV/Gray News) - A suspect believed to be involved in the death of a man over the weekend is in custody, according to Texas authorities.
Harrison County Sheriff Brandon Fletcher said during a press conference that 33-year-old Canton James Echols was arrested and charged with the murder of 31-year-old Blake Edward Reddock.
Reddock was found unresponsive along Herschel McCoy Road in Harrison County on Sept. 10, KLTV reported. Officials said Reddock appeared to be a victim of a homicide, after appearing to have been stabbed multiple times.
Investigators worked to put together a timeline to figure out what had happened to Reddock. They said they had recovered surveillance video of Echols and Reddock taken at a pawn shop on Saturday, which they used to identify the suspect.
The sheriff’s office received a call for a vehicle fire on Oscar Reagan Road around 5:45 p.m. on Sept. 10. Later that evening, authorities said they received a call about a body someone had found on the side of the road, which was identified as Reddock’s.
Investigators said they traced the vehicle to Reddock and also discovered Echols had residences on both roads.
While they were heading to serve search warrants for Echols, Fletcher said they found him riding a bicycle and took him into custody.
During the investigation into Reddock’s murder, Fletcher said Reddock’s mother received a text from her son’s phone number on Sept. 10 in which he allegedly said he picked up a hitchhiker and gave him gas money. He also said he would see her after he dropped off the hitchhiker.
Reddock’s mother told authorities she sent her son some replies later and noticed that some had been “read,” but others soon stopped being delivered to his phone as it seemed to be turned off.
The sheriff said he believed there was no hitchhiker and that the suspect, Echols, had sent those messages to throw off law enforcement during the investigation.
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Warrants: 2 women arrested, charged in stabbing man accused of cheating
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) - South Carolina authorities say two women are facing assault charges after a man they both knew romantically was stabbed.
According to arrest warrants, 22-year-old Amber Mullins confronted her live-in boyfriend about cheating on her with 27-year-old Ashley Cline.
WMBF reports the two women found out that the boyfriend, who was not identified in the arrest warrants, was intimately involved with both of them.
On Sept. 8, Mullins and Cline reportedly then got into an argument with the man when Mullins got a knife from the kitchen.
According to the warrants, Mullins returned to the bedroom where Cline held the man down while Mullins stabbed him in the leg and neck.
Authorities said Mullins was charged with assault, battery and possession of a weapon. Cline was charged with assault and battery and released from jail on a $7,500 personal recognizance bond.
According to the South Carolina Judicial Department Public Index, Mullins was previously arrested in June on charges of attempted murder. She is accused of shooting at two people from her car. Authorities said she was out on home detention before this incident.
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2 Dogs Are Ready for Adoption After Being Rescued From War in Ukraine and Receiving Wheelchairs
Dogs Johnny and Phoenix are ready for a new home.
Two of many dogs rescued during the war in Ukraine are ready to be adopted following their successful recovery.
Phoenix and Johnny were rescued from war-torn parts of Ukraine, both suffering major injuries that led to both dogs needing wheelchairs in order to move, according to Walking Pets.
Walking Pets is a pet mobility company that has donated wheelchairs and other supplies to Breaking the Chains (BTC), a pet rescue service currently working in Ukraine to save as many pets as possible.
According to Walking Pets, Phoenix was injured in an airstrike, leaving his front paw wounded and completely losing both back feet. After treatment from BTC and the aid given from Walking Pets, Phoenix is healed and is waiting to be adopted by someone willing to continue caring for the pup.
Johnny, the other dog looking for a home, was shot by Russian soldiers, which caused paralysis of both back legs, reports Walking Pets. Johnny crawled over a mile before he was found and rescued, reports the company. Johnny has gotten the hang of his wheelchair and is ready to find some willing to keep up with his fast pace in his new wheels.
Breaking the Chains has leased a plot of land where they hope to work and live out of in order to continue their efforts in saving the many injured and abandoned pets in Ukraine. They have a GoFundMe page that details the work they are doing and hope to do.
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Buckingham Palace Drama Unfolds Amid Queen Elizabeth Funeral Prep
Though Prince Andrew and Prince Harry will not be wearing traditional military regalia for the mourning events since they are no longer senior working royals, an exception is being made once for Prince Andrew that has raised some eyebrows.
Bomb sniffing dogs were spotted outside Buckingham Palace Tuesday as part of a massive security operation for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
Former Scotland Yard counter terrorism expert Damian Crilly said the main threat comes from a terrorist using a vehicle as a weapon.
“They are the ones very difficult to plan against because they come in under the radar; there's not a lot of planning involved in carrying out the attack,” he told Inside Edition.
There have already been disturbing breaches of security, the most serious being when a man ran in front of King Charles III’s car.
“The problem you have is that people over here are grieving for the loss of their Queen and there's a certain amount of accessibility has to be allowed,” Crilly said. “That’s a fine line to have to deal with.”
Most of the 150 heads of state will be driven to the funeral in a special bus. But President Biden is being allowed to bring his armored SUV nicknamed “the Beast.”
The queen's coffin made its final journey to London Tuesday, where hundreds of thousands are expected to file past her coffin, many of whom will wait up to 30 hours to do so. An eerie dress rehearsal was held late Monday, with a coffin draped in black.
And there's tension behind the palace walls.
Though the queen’s son Prince Andrew and grandson Prince Harry will not be wearing traditional military regalia for the mourning events since they are no longer senior working royals, an exception is being made once for Prince Andrew that has raised some eyebrows.
Prince Andrew will be allowed to wear his Navy uniform at a vigil for the queen, despite having been stripped of his rank, but Prince Harry, who served in the British Army for 10 years, rose to the rank of Captain and undertook two tours of Afghanistan, will not be allowed to wear his uniform.
The Duke of Sussex instead "will wear a morning suit throughout events honoring his grandmother,” his spokesperson told People.
"His decade of military service is not determined by the uniform he wears, and we respectfully ask that focus remain on the life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II," the spokesperson said.
Prince Harry lost his three honorary military titles—Captain General of the Royal Marines, Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington and Commodore-in-Chief, Small Ships and Diving, Royal Naval Command—after he and his wife, Meghan the Duchess of Sussex, stepped down as senior members of the royal family in March 2020.
Prince Andrew, who served as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands War in 1982 as part of his 22 years in the Royal Navy, was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages in January after he was accused of sexual assault by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's former ring. He settled the sex assault case filed against him for an undisclosed sum. In doing so, he made no admission of guilt.
Prince Andrew will be allowed to wear a military uniform at the final vigil for the queen as a sign of respect, authorities said. King Charles III, Prince William, Princess Anne and Prince Edward are expected to step out in traditional regalia for all mourning events.
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Maryland Child Charged With Arson in Fire That Destroyed Dollar General Store
The Maryland boy was not identified because of his age, authorities said.
An 11-year-old boy has been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to a Dollar General store in Maryland, authorities said.
The child, who was not identified because of his age, was charged as a juvenile with first-degree arson in connection with a huge blaze that destroyed the Carroll County discount store, according to State Fire Marshal Brian Geraci.
"I would again like to thank the residents of Carroll County for their support since this devastating fire," Geraci said Monday in a statement. "I'd also like to express our gratitude for the assistance of the Hampstead Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives."
More than 100 firefighters responded to the massive blaze, the fire marshal's office said. No one was injured, but the inferno wiped out the interior of the store and its contents.
The boy has been released to the custody of his parents, authorities said, pending proceedings in juvenile court.
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Rudy Giuliani’s Descent From Hero Mayor to Conspiracy Theorist Began With His Own Failed Election Bid: Ex-Wife
Rudy and Judith Giuliani married in a glitzy ceremony at Gracie Mansion in 2003, but things soured after Giuliani’s disastrous bid for the republican presidential nomination in 2008, she said in an exclusive interview with Inside Edition.
Rudy Giuliani’s descent from hero mayor who became a symbol of leadership in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks to Donald Trump ally facing potential indictment for attempting to subvert the 2020 election began when he lost his own bid for president of the United States, his ex-wife said in an exclusive interview with Inside Edition.
“The person you see now is not the man I married,” Judith Giuliani said, breaking the years of silence she observed in the wake of her marriage to Rudy Giuliani.
They were married in 2003 in a glitzy ceremony at the New York Mayor’s residence, Gracie Mansion, but things soured after Giuliani’s disastrous bid for the republican presidential nomination in 2008, she said.
“We, for a long time, were a very good team,” she said. “Then things changed.
“He felt he was beloved by the nation,” she continued. “He was devastated. It was very difficult for him and understandably so.”
Judith said the hero of 9/11 fell into despair, and for comfort, he turned to his old friend, Donald Trump. “We stayed at Mar-a-Lago. We were given a place to go, where Rudy could have sanctuary and recover,” she said.
There have been reports that he started drinking heavily to "dull the pain.” More recently, on the night of the 2020 election, Giuliani was reportedly drunk. Giuliani denies he has a drinking problem.
President Trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night, and instead followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani.
When asked if her ex-husband has a drinking problem, Judith said, “You just have to see what Rudy has said himself publicly. He has described himself as a partier... he says he likes to drink scotch.
“I think Rudy has answered his own questions about his own behavior for himself,” she said.
When asked if his decision-making has been impaired by possible heavy drinking, Judith said, “I certainly don’t agree with a lot of the decisions that he's made. How he's come to those decisions, wouldn't be something that I can comment on.”
Giuliani saw Trump as a lifeline back to the center of political power, his ex-wife said.
“There becomes this thing I watched happen to him, that power just becomes extremely addictive, extremely addictive,” she said. “One of the other things Rudy also loves is the limelight.”
His love of the limelight has landed Giuliani in some embarrassing situations, including an awkward encounter in a hotel room with actress Maria Bakalova, who was working undercover for comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, as well as the 2020 press conference in which Giuliani was sweating so much, his hair dye came dripping down his face.
“It breaks my heart, it’s sad,” Judith said of her ex-husband’s fall from grace.
What she views as Giuliani's most humiliating moment was his appearance on “The Masked Singer.”
“This Rudy isn’t the guy I married,” she said. “The guy I married would not have gone on ‘The Masked Singer.’”
But nothing has done more to damage his once heroic reputation as “America’s Mayor” than his role peddling bogus conspiracy theories claiming the election was stolen from Trump.
When asked if she thinks he truly believes the election was stolen, Judith said, “I have not spoken to Rudy recently; I have no idea what Rudy believes.”
Giuliani now finds himself under investigation and reportedly faces potential indictment in Georgia. He’s also battling Judith over $260,000 in back alimony and the sale of joint assets.
Their bickering was caught on tape outside a Manhattan courtroom, just an hour after Judith’s interview with Inside Edition was conducted.
“He hasn’t met his obligations. He was a guy who was responsible for enforcing the rules, now he's not following the rules,” Judith’s attorney, Dror Bikel, said.
The encounter was bitter for Judith, who said she became emotional at the sight of her ex-husband.
“I actually cried when I saw him,” she said. “The person the world sees now is someone that clearly isn't getting good advice.”
Giuliani admits he owes his ex past alimony payments, but says it's much less than the $260,000 she's asking for.
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Asian markets skidded lower on Wednesday after Wall Street fell the most since June 2020 as a report showed inflation has kept a surprisingly strong grip on the U.S. economy.
Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 2.8% in early trading Wednesday, to 27,816.58, while Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 declined 2.5% to 6,834.80. In Seoul, the Kospi lost 2.6% to 2,386.29.
U.S. futures edged higher, with the contracts for the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 up 0.1%. European futures also declined.
On Tuesday, the Dow lost more than 1,250 points and the S&P 500 sank 4.3%. Tuesday’s hotter-than-expected report on inflation has traders bracing for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates still more, adding to risks for the economy.
The steep sell-off didn’t quite knock out the market’s gains over the past four days, but it ended a four-day winning streak for the major U.S. indexes and erased an early rally in European markets.
The S&P 500 sank 4.3% to 3,932.69. The Dow fell 3.9% to 31,104.97 and the Nasdaq composite closed 5.2% lower, at 11,633.57.
Bond prices also fell sharply, sending their yields higher, after a report showed inflation decelerated only to 8.3% in August, instead of the 8.1% economists expected.
The yield on the two-year Treasury, which tends to track expectations for Fed actions, soared to 3.74% from 3.57% late Monday. The 10-year yield, which helps dictate where mortgages and rates for other loans are heading, rose to 3.42% from 3.36%.
The hotter-than-expected reading has traders bracing for the Federal Reserve to ultimately raise interest rates more than expected to combat inflation, with all the risks for the economy that entails.
“Right now, it’s not the journey that’s a worry so much as the destination,” said Brian Jacobsen, senior investment strategist at Allspring Global Investments. “If the Fed wants to hike and hold, the big question is at what level.
All but six of the stocks in the S&P 500 fell. Technology and other high-growth companies fell more than the rest of the market because they’re seen as most at risk from higher rates.
Most of Wall Street came into the day thinking the Fed would hike its key short-term rate by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point at its meeting next week. But the hope was that inflation was falling back to more normal levels after peaking in June at 9.1%.
Such a slowdown might let the Fed reduce the size of its rate hikes through the end of this year and then potentially hold steady through early 2023.
Tuesday’s report dashed some of those hopes. Many of the data points were worse than economists expected, including some the Fed pays particular attention to, such as inflation outside of food and energy prices.
Markets honed in on a 0.6% rise in such prices during August from July, double what economists expected, said Gargi Chaudhuri, head of investment strategy at iShares.
Traders now see a one-in-three chance the Fed will hike the benchmark rate by a full percentage point next week, quadruple the usual move. No one in the futures market was predicting such a hike a day earlier.
The Fed has already raised its benchmark interest rate four times this year, with the last two increases by three-quarters of a percentage point. The federal funds rate is currently in a range of 2.25% to 2.50%.
Higher rates hurt the economy by making it more expensive to buy a house, a car or anything else bought on credit. Mortgage rates have already hit their highest level since 2008, creating pain for the housing industry. The hope is that the Fed can pull off the tightrope walk of slowing the economy enough to snuff out high inflation, but not so much that it creates a painful recession.
Tuesday’s data casts doubt on hopes for such a “soft landing.” Higher rates also hurt prices for stocks, bonds and other investments.
Investments seen as the most expensive or the riskiest are the ones hardest hit by higher rates. Bitcoin tumbled 9.4%.
Expectations for a more aggressive Fed also helped the dollar add to its already strong gains for this year. The dollar has been surging against other currencies in large part because the Fed has been hiking rates faster and by bigger margins than many other central banks.
The dollar bought 144.59 Japanese yen, up from 144.57 yen late Tuesday. The euro rose to 0.9973 cents, up from 0.9969 cents.
Oil prices rose. U.S. benchmark crude added 38 cents to $87.69 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 47 cents to $87.31 on Tuesday. Brent crude, the international pricing standard, climbed 38 cents to $93.55 per barrel.
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COSTA MESA — DeAndre Carter’s collection of NFL jerseys grew by one when the Chargers signed him as a free-agent kick- and punt-return specialist during the offseason. His story is more about perseverance, dedication and good, old-fashioned grit than sports collectibles, however.
The jerseys are more like a route map of Carter’s career, from Sacramento State to the Baltimore Ravens to the Oakland Raiders to the New England Patriots to the San Francisco 49ers to the Philadelphia Eagles to the Houston Texans to the Chicago Bears to the Washington Football Team.
Carter’s debut with the Chargers on Sunday marked his 61st game over six seasons in the NFL, pressed into action Sunday when wide receiver Keenan Allen suffered a hamstring injury in the first half of a 24-19 victory over the Raiders. Carter caught three passes for 64 yards and one touchdown.
In addition to returning kicks and punts, Carter is likely to be a prime target of quarterback Justin Herbert if Allen is sidelined for the Chargers’ game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night at Arrowhead Stadium.
“He’s a coach’s dream,” Chargers coach Brandon Staley said of Carter. “He’s just such a hard worker. He’s so unselfish. He does so many different things. He works extremely hard no matter what he’s doing throughout the day, whether he’s in a meeting, a lift or a walk-through.
“He’s a good player. We’re very fortunate to have him.”
Plenty of teams had their chance with the 5-foot-8 Carter. It’s been a long and winding road to the Chargers.
The Ravens signed Carter in 2015 after a stellar, four-year career at Sacramento State, an FCS school. They waived him, though. The Raiders, then based in Oakland, signed him to their practice squad and then released him. The Patriots signed him for the rest of the season and for all of their training camp in 2016.
The 49ers then signed him during the offseason in 2017 and he spent the season on their practice squad. The Eagles signed him in 2018 and he played seven games before they waived him. The Texans signed him and he played seven games in ‘18. He played 16 games in 2019 and nine in ‘20.
The Bears claimed him after the Texans waived him and he played the final four games with Chicago in 2020. Washington signed him in 2021 and he played all 17 games with the team now known as the Commanders. He set career highs with 24 catches for 296 yards and three TDs.
The Chargers, looking to upgrade in the offseason, took notice and signed him.
“A great situation,” Carter said in April.
Then he went to work proving he was more than just a return specialist.
“I don’t know if we knew that he was going to be this type of impactful receiver,” Staley said. “I think that’s been a pleasant surprise for us. We felt like he was a quality return man, which was the first reason why we wanted to join up with him, but then, I think, we quickly saw in the springtime that he was going to be a lot more than that. When I think of ‘Dre,’ I think of a football player, I think of a guy who can do a lot of things well. He’s done a nice job for us.”
Herbert said he bonded with Carter right away during offseason workouts.
“We kind of knew right when he stepped in here how special he was,” Herbert said. “He was able to play a lot more receiver than what is usual for a return specialist. He’s a special route runner, very smart, intelligent. That play, that touchdown that he caught (Sunday), we’ve thrown that a couple of times in camp throughout OTAs, throughout camp. It was really good to see from him.
“But I’m not surprised by his success either.”
INJURY UPDATES
Staley didn’t rule out the possibility that Allen could play Thursday, but he also said, “I don’t think it’s looking great for this week, but you never know. I wouldn’t put anything past Keenan, so we’re not ruling him out.” Staley was hopeful cornerback J.C. Jackson (ankle surgery) could play.
ROSTER MOVE
Defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko cleared waivers and was signed to the practice squad. The Chargers waived him Monday in order to sign defensive lineman Christian Covington to the active roster.
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For the second time this summer, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 13, pursued a ban on large-caliber handguns and ammunition, and other regulations that would restrict sale of firearms in unincorporated county communities.
In a unanimous vote, the five supervisors asked the county’s attorneys to draw up a host of ordinances that would ban the sale of .50 caliber handguns and the one-half-inch bullets they fire, prevent gun vendors from operating near schools and parks, and prohibit anyone from carrying a firearm on any L.A. County property.
In addition, the supervisors want all gun and ammunition vendors in unincorporated areas to install video security cameras, restrict minors from entering their stores, maintain fingerprint logs and report inventory in real time to licensing agencies.
“We need to do whatever we can to keep our communities safe from gun violence,” said Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn, who co-authored the motion with First District Supervisor Hilda Solis.
On June 14, the Supervisors passed a similar motion that included these and two other restrictions: raising the age from 18 to 21 to be able to buy rifles and shotguns, and banning anyone on the federal No-Fly List from purchasing firearms. But on June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a 1913 restrictive concealed-carry law in New York, weakening the ability of states, cities and counties to enact tighter gun-control laws.
The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen case prompted the Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office to write a confidential report that eliminated the two gun restrictions county supervisors had backed on June 14. The supervisors said the measures in the motion they adopted Tuesday fall within the parameters of the Supreme Court ruling.
“This fits well within the new restrictions imposed by the Supreme Court,” said Third District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. “They are common sense, but that doesn’t always apply to the Supreme Court.”
The county counsel will now create a report on how the ordinances should be written, and in what form. It will come before the supervisors for a possible vote in 90 days.
The National Rifle Association criticized the L.A. County board’s action in an emailed response to the Daily News after the vote.
“The LA County Board consistently supports every ill-conceived gun control proposal while providing a free pass to the criminals wreaking havoc on their streets,” wrote Dan Reid, NRA western regional director.
“If they truly wanted to address violent crime, they would start by taking violent criminals off the streets and reject their soft on crime policies that’s turned L.A. and California into the criminal haven it is today,” Reid added.
Stephen Gutowski, editor of TheReload.com, a publication about gun politics, said the county could run into legal challenges. The “Bruen (case) will cast a lot of additional scrutiny on whatever the county wants to do,” he said.
But the supervisors said the epidemic of gun violence in L.A. County and across the U.S. requires local jurisdictions to take action. So far this year, there have been more than 470 mass shootings in the U.S., according to the Gun Violence Archive.
“This is something we can’t waste any more time (on) by putting this on hold,” said Solis. Her district includes unincorporated communities representing 300,000 people, including East Los Angeles, Rowland Heights and Hacienda Heights.
The measures would only affect unincorporated communities — not the 88 cities in Los Angeles County. Hahn said she hoped the idea of tighter laws would spread. “I hope our action today will inspire actions in other cities,” she said.
Hahn also asked her fellow supervisors, along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, to hold more gun buy-back events. At an event in Lynwood earlier this year, more than 400 guns were surrendered by their owners, she said.
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At some point during the final five games of the regular season, the Galaxy will have to find a way to win and secure all three points from a match.
The Galaxy (11-11-7, 40 points) currently has a six-game unbeaten streak, but the last three have been draws. Five more ties would leave the club at 45 points and likely out of the playoffs.
Galaxy coach Greg Vanney isn’t thinking about five more draws.
“Drawing out is not the intention,” Vanney said Monday. “In my head, I have an idea of what that number looks like. I would like to see us win at least three of these five, see where we’re at with the other two. Then I think we’re in real discussion.”
Last season, the Galaxy missed the playoffs on the final day, ending the season with 48 points.
Entering Wednesday night’s game at Vancouver, the Galaxy is three points behind seventh-place Real Salt Lake. The Galaxy defeated Vancouver, 5-2, on Aug. 13.
“I do, though, in some ways like the way we’re trending in terms of what we’re doing,” Vanney said. “There is a real confidence in the group. There’s clarity in the group. I think we’re finding our rhythm with this group of players. Guys are settling in and now there just needs to be a ruthlessness about punishing teams.
“When we get to that chance, we just need to bury them. We’re kind of allowing teams to stay in games because we’re not as ruthless in that final piece as we need to be. If we can get that little bit, then I think we’re in a really good spot.”
One thing that might help during this final stretch is converting penalty kicks. The Galaxy have received four penalty kicks in the last two games and have missed two, both by Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez.
On the second one against Nashville, Dejan Joveljic wanted to take it, but Riqui Puig grabbed the ball and converted for the 1-1 draw.
“We will define it a little clearer now,” Vanney said. “For me, there are veteran guys on the field who have played a lot of matches and stepped up in big moments. This was at times how it was dealt with on teams I played at. If you’re a consistent guy and putting the ball in the back of the net and you want that moment.
“For me, the rule is if you’re confident and you step up, you’re clear about it, then step up and put it in the back of the net. There are older guys, between Victor (Vazquez) and Javy (Javier Hernandez) who had the primary discussion on the first one (against Nashville) as to who will hit it. On the last one, it was a matter of who is going to take the ball, put it down and put it in the back of the net. It is something that we will clear up as we move into the next games.”
The Galaxy head into Vancouver short-handed on the back line with Sega Coulilbaly and Raheem Edwards both out due to yellow-card accumulation. Both will be available for Saturday’s home game against the Colorado Rapids.
Vancouver will be without forward Lucas Cavallini, who is still serving a suspension.
GALAXY AT VANCOUVER
When: Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Where: BC Place
TV: Spectrum SportsNet
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Correctional officers at the federal prison complex in Victorville are suspected of creating an Instagram page spouting racist, homophobic and misogynistic memes, causing a stir in the national prison system and catching the attention of officials in Washington, D.C.
The anonymous web posts accuse female Bureau of Prisons employees of trading sex for promotions, joke about sexually assaulting female prisoners and deride Blacks and Mexicans. The Instagram site goes under the name “good verbal.”
“It’s a blemish to the agency,” said Don Shults, former president of the 1,000-member Victorville correctional complex union and now the local’s fair practice coordinator. “It’s unconscionable that people would do this.”
In an online post, the “good verbal” writers defended their memes as dark humor by people with difficult, little appreciated jobs.
“Our humor is not for everyone. This is how we deal with the horrible things we must see to earn money,” said the post. “We are the modern day sin eaters. We try to manage those who are unfit for society.”
Others, however, say the memes themselves are unfit for society.
One post announces the hiring of new females.
“Better get’em early before they belong to the yard,” says the post, meaning that if the male workers don’t act first, the inmates will have their way with the female recruits.
Another meme shows a rainbow-colored, phallic-shaped sex toy, marked to show the job favors that can be earned by using it.
In one reference to the women’s prison in Dublin, California, the meme says: “What’s the point of dating online when you work in a gated Tinder? Swipe right, get a new inmate.”
Then there are the racist posts, such as, “Never trust a Mexican with a mullet.”
Inside jokes
Many of the posts refer to inside jokes, using abbreviations and terminology known mostly to federal correctional officers and employees. Some refer to whistleblowers and other employees having personnel problems with the system.
“A lot of the insults are only for insiders to know,” said one whistleblower, whose name is being withheld by the Southern California News Group for fear of retaliation by staff and prisoners.
A female correctional officer, who asked to remain anonymous, believes she has been the target of some of the offensive memes.
“A lot of people think it is hilarious,” she said, “but a lot feel they are harassed. It’s at the expense of other people’s problems. If you work there, you will know what the (memes) are talking about.”
Because of that inside information, staff and union officials contacted by SCNG say they believe the posts are originating from Victorville Federal Correctional Complex guards.
Feds denounce posts
Bureau of Prisons officials would not confirm suspicions that the memes are linked to the Victorville facility. But they denounced the posts.
“As an agency, we believe the posts by the ‘Good Verbal’ account holder are reprehensible. If this matter is linked to a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee, we will fervently pursue all actions in accordance with policy and law,” agency spokesman Emery Nelson said in an email.
“The BOP takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and, consistent with national policy, refers all allegations for investigation,” Nelson wrote. “Incidents of potential criminal activity or misconduct inside BOP facilities are thoroughly investigated for potential administrative discipline or criminal prosecution.”
The Victorville complex consists of four institutions, including a federal penitentiary housing more than 3,800 medium- and high-security prisoners. This is not the first time the complex has been hit by controversy.
In 2019, the bureau paid $11 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by female staff alleging sexual harassment.
Shults said the workplace environment has improved, but some disagree.
Treatment of women, minorities ‘horrible’
Jermaine Carson, a former case manager at the Victorville complex, left in 2017 for a law enforcement job at the Department of Homeland Security. Carson said he still keeps in touch with friends at the Victorville prison. And he says all is not well there.
“The treatment toward women and minorities there was horrible. Things have not changed as far as I know,” said Carson, who is Black.
During his tenure in Victorville, Carson said correctional officers often made deals to sneak phones and other contraband to inmates for money. Harassment of women was commonplace.
“Do I believe this stuff is still happening? I do,” he said.
Another anonymous male employee added, “The male staff are worse than the male inmates when it comes to crossing the line” with females.
The explosive “good verbal” page has reverberated throughout the Victorville site, causing at least one fistfight among employees in the prison parking lot, Shults said.
“Most of the staff is very professional,” he said. “It’s a few bad apples. But the problem is so egregious, it’s not something to discount.”
Shults added, “Everybody that’s professional is ashamed of the whole situation.”
Controversy over the web page is making an already difficult job of keeping often violent offenders in line even more challenging, he said.
Shults said that with all the Victorville references, he believes the posts are coming from two people there, potentially including a supervisor.
“I can see it going in a very bad direction,” he said. “We need to ID it as soon as humanly possible. We’re trying to hire people and we have this cloud over us.”
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Victor Herman Jass has been living at Ashbrook for the last 14 years. He said the facility has always allowed him to continue living independently, but appreciates the help with certain things as he grows older.
Stacey Anderson has a bit of a deceiving position at Scenic Living Communities in Iowa Falls. Her official title is Marketing Director. While that means advertising and promotions, she said that is only a small part of her job.
“My most important and favorite role is to help families when they are just starting to think about that next step,” Anderson said. “Whether it’s a telephone call or an on-site tour, I help with the discovery process. Together we focus on the person’s wants and needs. We review the differences between independent and assisted living services. We discuss what services can be provided in our assisted living program. One of the most frequent questions asked is when’s the best time to move. My advice, start to look at the options available sooner rather than later. Once an individual settles in, I often hear from families and individuals, ‘We should have done this sooner.’”
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Brent A. Peters, 79, longtime resident of Iowa Falls left this earth to go to his eternal home on Sept. 11, 2022. As Brent was a very humble man, his wishes were that there be no formal service, only a private family graveside service. Memorials and donations may be made in Brent's name to the Greenbelt Humane Society, 319 River Street, Iowa Falls, IA 50126.
Brent was born on March 26, 1943 in Swaledale to Lois (Thomas) and Ray Peters. Brent graduated from Rockwell-Swaledale school. After graduating from high school, Brent attended and graduated from NIACC. He continued his education at the University of Northern Iowa, proudly graduating and receiving his teaching certificate. He accomplished his goal to follow in his mother's footsteps and to become a teacher. Brent started his teaching career in Klemme and spent the remainder of his teaching career at Iowa falls high school teaching business and accounting courses along with coaching until his retirement. Brent was known for his love of teaching and more so for his love and mentoring of his students in education and life.
Brent remained a bachelor and was always looking to befriend others, giving love and kindness to everyone he met. His motto in life was "Kindness Matters."
To thank Brent for his giving of kindness, the residents of Iowa Falls started a school scholarship fund in Brent's name, the Brent Peters Kindness Scholarship. Donations to this scholarship were from friends, former students and others and will be given to two high school students per year and for future years to come. Brent was both honored and humbled by the recognition and outpouring of the community for this scholarship.
Brent enjoyed his hobby of antiques, being with family and most of all his love for his kitties that he adopted. Brent always had a smile on his face and a sack of candy to give some to everyone. He was a dedicated Christian and church attendee.
Brent is survived by his twin sister, Barbara Montgomery; his brothers: Lynn (Kay) Peters and Paul (Sheri) Peters; along with several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Brent will be welcomed to his eternal home by his parents Ray and Lois Peters, both paternal and maternal grandparents, brother-in-law J'ay Montgomery, nephew Larry Easter; and several aunts and uncles.
Brent's motto in life was "Kindness Matters" of which he lived his entire life. Please carry this kindness forward.
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The Ellsworth Community College men's basketball team were national champions and are being inducted into the Hall of Fame during homecoming week at ECC.
Mike Virden was not only a player for ECC, but he was also a coach. Virden was the quarterback of the 1987 team that won the national title and won two Graphic Edge Bowls during his tenure as head coach.
Four individuals and one team will be part of the Ellsworth Community College Hall of Fame Class of 2022.
Those inducted during a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 30 as part of Homecoming week include: the 1971 National Championship men’s basketball team, Mike Virden, James Bradley, Tony Lewis, Sam Newby.
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It’s never easy for an athlete to compete with a quick turnaround.
For the first time this fall, South Hardin ran on a Thursday and then had one day of practice before competing again on Monday. This is also the first week this fall the Tigers will have another meet on Saturday.
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Late in the fourth set in Iowa Falls, Wartbug JV went on a run and carried that momentum into knocking off Ellsworth Community College by a 3-2 final.
Other than the middle two games, neither one had spreads more than five points separating the two squads. In the end, it was the Knights that won 25-22, 14-25, 18-25, 27-25, 15-10.
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The White House on Tuesday described a new bill that would impose a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy as “wildly out of step” with the country, pushing back hard on the legislation introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that the ban “would strip away women’s rights in all 50 states.”
“This bill is wildly out of step with what Americans believe,” she said. “The President and Vice President are fighting for progress, while Republicans are fighting to take us back.”
The Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion over the summer, ushering in new bans on abortion in a number of states.
Democrats have sought to harness grassroots anger over the court’s decision and the strict new laws to their benefit by making abortion rights a big issue in the midterm elections.
Jean-Pierre said that Biden and Democrats in Congress are committed to restoring Roe v. Wade. The White House has pushed for Congress to codify Roe but passing such a measure would take a larger Democratic majority in the Senate to overcome a legislative filibuster.
“President Biden and Congressional Democrats are committed to restoring the protections of Roe v. Wade in the face of continued radical steps by elected Republicans to put personal health care decisions in the hands of politicians instead of women and their doctors, threatening women’s health and lives,” Jean-Pierre said.
She called Graham’s bill “an extreme piece of legislation” while briefing reporters later on Tuesday.
“The first thing is the senators’ proposal would keep in place the most extreme, the most extreme state level abortion bans that ban all abortions and have no exemptions for health,” she said.
Additionally, she bashed Graham for previously saying that the issue of abortion should be left up to the states.
“That’s from his own his own mouth and now he wants to do a national ban,” she said.
Graham’s bill includes exceptions for rape, incest and risk to life of the mother.
Graham vowed on Tuesday that Congress will vote for the bill if Republicans take back the House and the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections. The bill won’t move in the current Democratic-controlled Congress.
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What separates a crossover from an SUV? In the old days, a body-on-frame design along with a 2-speed transfer case for low gearing used to be the litmus test. Now, except for truck-based full-size SUVs, most vehicles in this most popular segment are based on unibody construction. Yet automakers continue to hark back to those days with trim lines they all call rugged.
To distinguish the crossovers that have supplanted cars on American roads, automakers have introduced so-called rugged grades that bundle popular features such as standard all-wheel drive, bigger black wheels, black trim garnishes, roof rails, some exhaust tips, and some cross-stitching on the inside.
Then there’s the badging. Trailsport. Timberline. Trailhawk. Wilderness. Rock Creek. All the badging, lest you forget the upcharge. It is truly surprising that there is no Rugged trim line. The all-new rugged Rugged SUV could get confusing.
The $1,000-$4,000 upcharge for such packages promises owners they can hit the trail without having to skip the on-road comfort of their SUV—crossover— and without having to rough it with a rough-and-tumble Jeep Wrangler.
Jeep might have started it with a Trailhawk trim that codified its own Trail Rated designation. But even that trim has been diluted on some models away from standard four-wheel drive with a 2-speed transfer case and off-road suspension bits. Some Jeep Trailhawk crossovers merely look the part.
Which of these trim levels are off-roaders or soft-roaders? Which are off-road pretenders and which are off-road intenders worth the upcharge? We’ve tested them all, and here’s what we’ve found.
Jeep Trailhawk
Available models: 2022 Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, Compass, Renegade
Added price: The Cherokee Trailhawk costs $2,650 more at $39,140, including $1,595 destination.
Cosmetic differences: LED fog lights, black grille surround, black hood decal, black cladding, wider wheel flares, and more black accent bits.
Standard mechanicals: A 3.2-liter V-6 makes 271 hp and 239 lb-ft of torque and connects with a more durable 9-speed automatic and four-wheel drive.
Added equipment: Jeep equips the Cherokee Trailhawk with its uprated 9-speed automatic and Active Drive II, which has rear-axle disconnect ability to improve efficiency on the highway. It’s similar to Active Drive I, but it also adds a low-range gear, a mechanical locking rear differential, and a Rock mode for bona fide crawling. Also helping the crawl and overall off-road performance is a 1.0-inch higher suspension lift, a heavy-duty engine cooling system, skid plates, and 17-inch wheels wrapped in Firestone Destination all-terrain tires.
Off-road intender or pretender? The Cherokee Trailhawk is one of the more capable Jeeps that is not a Wrangler. It’s an Intender and then some. The Grand Cherokee embraces some of the mechanical upgrades and follows in the Cherokee’s imprints, but the Compass and Renegade are more for show.
Toyota TRD Off-Road
Available models: This one is confusing. There are four TRD offerings in the Toyota lineup. The Camry TRD builds off the XSE for beefier suspension and brakes, as well as black exterior accents. The TRD Sport does similar on the Tacoma and Sequoia. Those full-size SUVs and trucks can be had with the full TRD Pro treatment, and include the 4Runner and Tundra as well as Tacoma and Sequoia. Then there’s the TRD Off-Road available on Tacoma, Sequoia, and the RAV4. We’re limiting this to the Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road.
Trim basis: RAV4 Adventure
Added price: At $38,130, the RAV4 TRD Off-Road costs $3,685 more than the RAV4 Adventure.
Cosmetic differences: The Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road carries LED fog lights, sharper running lights, all-weather floor mats, a front skid plate, and orange accent stitching inside. Same as the Adventure, it has a transmission cooler, 150-amp alternator, roof rails, and a different grille.
Standard mechanicals: It uses the same 203-hp 2.5-liter inline-4 (183 lb-ft) with an 8-speed automatic transmission and torque-vectoring AWD.
Added equipment: TRD-tuned front strut suspension and multilink rear with stabilizer bars front and rear, 18-inch black alloy wheels wrapped in Falken off-road tires.
Off-road intender or pretender? Compared to the TRD Pro models, it’s a pretender. But compared to the RAV4 Adventure, it’s an intender. It gives shoppers the option to take its bestseller off-road without having to upgrade to a much larger truck or SUV.
Subaru Wilderness
Available models: 2022 Forester, 2022 Outback
Trim basis: Forester Premium, Outback Onyx Edition XT
Added price: At $38,120, the Outback Wilderness costs $1,850 more than the Onyx XT. At $33,945, the 2022 Forester Wilderness costs $4,625 more than the Forester Premium.
Cosmetic differences: The Wilderness models sport a skid plate up front, more cladding on the wheel arches, a new fog light design, and a black hood decal that deflects sunlight. Inside are water-resistant seat surfaces and copper badging and contrast stitching.
Standard mechanicals: A 260-hp 2.4-liter turbocharged flat-4 that makes 277 lb-ft of torque with a CVT, all-wheel drive, and a limited-slip rear differential. Subaru softened the suspension tuning to account for the greater ride height and modified the final drive ratio for better low-end torque when climbing.
Added equipment: Ground clearance increases from 8.7 inches to 9.2 inches (Forester) or 9.5 inches (Outback); raised bumpers; increased approach and departure angles; black 17-inch black alloy wheels with Yokohama Geolandar all-terrain tires; water-resistant upholstery.
Off-road intender or pretender? Intender. The Wilderness grade enhances what was already an off-road-capable car. The Forester’s compact package, good low-end torque, and extra grip makes it even more like a rallycross car, and up the fun factor where the pavement ends. The only downside is it lacks the surround-view camera system of rivals, which helps with rocky paths and narrow trails.
Ford Timberline
Available models: 2022 Explorer, 2022 Expedition
Trim basis: XLT
Added price: At about $72,000, the Expedition Timberline is $10,000 more than an Expedition XLT with 4WD and a less potent engine.
Cosmetic differences: The Expedition Timberline wears an orange-rimmed grille with black cladding and different bumpers that increase the approach angle from 23.3 degrees to 28.5 degrees and departure angle from 21.9 degrees to 23.7 degrees. LED headlights are standard.
On the Explorer Timberline, higher bumpers increase the approach angle from 20.1 degrees to 23.5 degrees, and the departure angle from 22 degrees to 23.7 degrees. It also comes with standard steel skid plates to protect the engine, transmission, and rear-end components. Ford says the steering and stabilizer bars have been specially tuned.
Standard mechanicals: The Expedition shares the F-150 Raptor’s twin-turbo V-6 rated at 440 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque, and a 10-speed automatic transmission. The Explorer Timberline uses a 300-hp 2.3-liter turbo-4 mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission. It has standard all-wheel drive that can split the 310 lb-ft of torque between the front and rear axle.
Added equipment: Expedition Timberline comes standard with four-wheel drive and a 2-speed transfer case and black 18-inch wheels wrapped in 33-inch Wrangler all-terrain tires. Steel skid plates protect the increased exposure from the bumpers, and the knobby tires as well as new springs and other suspension upgrades raise the ground clearance nearly an inch more than the standard Expedition, to 10.6 inches. A limited-slip rear differential helps it churn through the muck, and a Trail Turn Assist function locks the inside rear wheel and drags it through a turn to help this big beast navigate tight corners. Orange front tow hooks can lend a helping hand.
The Explorer Timberline has a limited-slip rear differential that shuttles torque to the rear wheel with the most grip and keeps the other wheel from spinning, and ground clearance increases from 7.9 inches to 8.7 inches. It rides on 18-inch wheels with high-profile Bridgestone Dueler all-terrain tires, and has heavy-duty shocks that Ford uses on the Explorer Police Interceptor. A standard Class III trailer tow package with a 5,300-lb towing capacity enhances the do-it-all capability.
Off-road intender or pretender? Pretender, at least in the mud. Testing the Expedition Timberline off-road in the rain resulted in more slip over rocks than in smaller models, even with all-terrain tires. We could expect similar results with an Expedition XLT with 4WD. The lighter-weight Explorer Timberline does it better.
Honda Trailsport
Available models: 2022 Honda Passport
Trim basis: Built off EX-L grade.
Added price: At $44,265 (including $1,295 destination), it’s $4,600 more than the EX-L, and about $3,000 less than the top Elite.
Cosmetic differences: A new rear bumper with a “skid garnish” meant to look like a silver skid plate; an orange logo and other orange accents; orange contrast stitching on leather seats; black roof rails.
Standard mechanicals: All-wheel drive, a 280-hp 3.5-liter V-6 making 262 lb-ft, and a 9-speed automatic transmission.
Added equipment: 18-inch wheels with 245/60R18 Firestone “highway terrain” tires and chunky sidewalls, and a 10-mm wider track.
Off-road intender or pretender? The Trailsport sports the look, regardless of the trail. It’s a pretender only because any AWD Passport has a good enough system and 8.1 inches of ground clearance for mild off-roading on well-established trails.
Hyundai XRT
Available models: 2023 Palisade, 2022 Tucson, 2022 Santa Fe
Trim basis: SEL with Convenience Package
Added price: $2,300 more on the Palisade SEL AWD to $41,545; add $2,150 on Tucson SEL to $33,145; and $1,600 more on the Santa Fe SEL to $34,045 (includes $1,295 delivery).
Cosmetic differences: 20-inch black alloy wheels (19-inch on Tucson, 18-inch on Santa Fe), different lower bumpers with fake skid plate molding, a black grille, black roof and cross rails, and black synthetic leather seats, as well as a sunroof. The Tucson and Santa Fe add black mirror covers. The AWD version adds a locking center differential and Snow and Tow modes.
Standard mechanicals: Palisade has a 291-hp 3.8-liter V-6 and can tow up to 5,000 lb. Santa Fe uses a 191-hp 2.5-liter inline-4, with a tow rating of 3,500 lb. The Tucson employs a 187-hp 2.5-liter inline-4. All models have an 8-speed automatic and front-wheel drive standard.
Added equipment: The AWD version of the Palisade adds a locking center differential, Snow and Tow modes, and hill descent control, but that applies to any AWD Palisade.
Off-road intender or pretender? Pretender.
Kia X-Line and X-Pro
Available models: 2023 Sportage, 2023 Telluride
Trim basis: EX for the X-Line and SX for X-Pro
Added price: For $32,085, the Sportage X-Line is $1,000 more than Sportage EX, and the loaded $38,085 Sportage X-Pro Prestige is $1,500 more than the SX Prestige. Telluride details haven’t yet been released.
Cosmetic differences: The Sportage X-Line wears distinct bumpers, fake skid plates, and gloss-black side mirrors, roof rails, window surrounds, and 19-inch wheels with all-season tires. A black roof with two-tone options distinguishes X-Pros, as well as LED fog lights and LED projector headlights on X-Pro Prestige grades. Inside, a mechanical gear shifter replaces the dial shifter in the console on other models.
The Telluride X-Line adds roof rails, 10 mm of extra ground clearance, 20-inch wheels, and a Tow mode with sway control and also adjusts the transmission’s shift program.
Standard mechanicals: The Sportage uses a 2.5-liter inline-4 that makes 187 hp and 178 lb-ft of torque with an 8-speed automatic. The Telluride has the same 3.8-liter V-6 (rated at 291 hp and 262 lb-ft of torque) and 8-speed automatic as the Palisade.
Added equipment: Standard all-wheel drive for the Sportage X models, while the Telluride X comes in front-wheel drive. The X-Line has four drive modes—Normal, Sport, Smart, and Snow—but no more off-road functionality than other grades. Sportage X-Pro models add a locking center differential to fix torque 50/50 between the axles, hill descent control at speeds up to 15 mph, a surround-view camera system, and 17-inch wheels with off-road tires.
The Telluride X-Pro swaps out the X-Line’s 20-inch wheels for 18-inch wheels with Continental all-terrain tires, and it can to 500 lb more to 5,500 lb. It can be had with a self-leveling rear suspension.
Off-road intender or pretender? The X-Line pretends, while the X-Pro intends. We haven’t tested the 2023 Telluride X-Pro.
Nissan Rock Creek
Available models: 2023 Pathfinder
Trim basis: SV trim
Added price: $3,100 more than the SV with AWD
Cosmetic differences: The exterior gets black trim elements, and the interior flashes black synthetic leather upholstery with orange contrast stitching. A surround-view camera system comes standard, as does a tow hitch and wiring harness, second-row captain’s chairs, and LED fog lights.
Standard mechanicals: A 3.5-liter V-6 that makes 295 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque with premium fuel.
Added equipment: Standard all-wheel drive, an off-road suspension with a 5/8-inch lift that raises the ground clearance to about 7.7 inches. The 18-inch wheels pretend to be beadlock-capable, but the all-terrain tires are real, and a roof rack that’s totally tubular can hold 220 lb.
Off-road intender or pretender? Intender. When equipped with the available surround-view camera system, it helps see beyond the blocky rear end and bold front. The seven drive modes automatically adjust traction control, simplifying the transfer between mud and dirt and snow, for instance.
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CLEVELAND (AP)Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout homered in his seventh consecutive game Monday night, one shy of the major league record.
The three-time AL MVP hit a two-run drive off Cleveland’s Konnor Pilkington in the fifth inning. Trout’s 35th homer of the season traveled 422 feet to dead center at Progressive Field.
Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly and Dale Long share the major league record of eight straight games with a home run.
Trout can tie the mark Tuesday night when the Angels continue their series with the Guardians.
Trout is the first AL player with a seven-game home run streak since Kendrys Morales of Toronto in 2018. Cincinnati’s Joey Votto homered in seven straight last season from July 24-30.
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CINCINNATI (AP)Rodolfo Castro and Diego Castillo homered in a five-run fifth inning to power the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
Castro hit a three-run home run off Mike Minor in the fifth inning. His eighth of the season. Castillo, who was recalled from Indianapolis before the game, hit a two-run shot – his 11th – to cap the inning.
”Brian got us on the board early, then we got a couple balls that just got over the fence,” Pirates’ manager Derek Shelton said. ”We had good at-bats all night.”
Castillo had to travel from Omaha and arrived about three hours before the game.
”It was a crazy day,” Castillo said. ”I was working on hitting right handed pitchers. I’m the same player. I’m going to swing hard all the time. I hit a cutter in. I was just trying to hit the ball hard. I was ready in the moment.”
”`When he was here before he did a nice jobs against left handed pitching,” Shelton said. ”There just weren’t enough at bats so we sent him. He came back up here against a left handed starter and did a really nice job.”
Aristides Aquino broke an 0-for-8 slide with his eighth home run with a man on to put the Reds on top. The line drive off Bryse Wilson was Aquino’s eighth of the season and fourth in his last eight games.
Brian Reynolds started the scoring with his 22nd home run off Minor in the first inning.
Minor (4-11) came into the start with wins in his last three starts. He has allowed 23 home runs in 95 innings this season. He finished giving up six runs and seven hits in five innings.
Wilson (3-8) left with the bases loaded in the sixth inning with a 6-3 lead. Former Reds draft pick Robert Stephenson, who was claimed off waivers from the Rockies, retired Nick Senzel on a line out to center. Wilson allowed three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
”If there is one pitcher I want to get a hit off of it is Rob but I was happy with the at-bat,” said Senzel, who has spent a couple days making adjustments at the plate. ”It is important for us to build momentum to the end of the season. We can knock some teams out of the race. It is important to come out and compete every day.”
The Pirates turned two double plays while he was on the mound. Wil Crowe pitched two scoreless innings to earn his fourth save.
”Six runs like that takes a lot of stress off the pitcher,” said Wilson, who pitched four innings in which the Reds’ leadoff batter reached base. ”I was able to execute and command the ball really well. Sinkers were keeping it on the ground. I got a one double play on a two seamer, the other was slider. They are situations were i want to execute the pitch and get a ground ball.”
The Pirates won for the fourth time in the last 21 games at Great American Ball Park.
JUST LIKE HOME
Brian Reynolds has eight career home runs at Great American Ball Park with three this season.
ROOKIE POWER
When Alejo Lopez hit his first career home run on Sunday in Milwaukee, he became the seventh Reds player since July 12 to hit their first major league home run.
MAKING MOVES
Pirates: Recalled IF Diego Castillo from Triple-A Indianapolis. Optioned If Hoy Park to Indianapolis. Added RHP Luis Ortiz to the Taxi Squad. He will be the 29th man for the double header on Tuesday.
Reds: Placed RHP Justin Dunn on the Injured List. He is expected to be available Friday according to David Bell. Selected the contract of RHP Raynel Espinal from Triple A Louisville. Release OF Albert Almora Jr.
TRAINERS ROOM
Reds: RHP Connor Overton slated to make a rehab start on Tuesday at Louisville. RHP Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to make a rehab start on Wednesdat Double A Chattanooga. RHP Hunter Greene completed a rehab assignment Sunday. His next start will be with the big league team.
UP NEXT
The Pirates and Reds play a double header on Tuesday. RHP Luis Cessa (3-2 4,97) expected to start the first game for the Reds. Bell has not made a decision for the second game starter. RHP Johan Oviedo (2-2 3.90 and RHP Luis Ortiz (0-0 0.00) are scheduled to pitch for the Pirates. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/mlb/pirates-slam-three-home-runs-to-down-reds/ | 2022-09-14T01:33:20Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/mlb/pirates-slam-three-home-runs-to-down-reds/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lower gas costs slowed U.S. inflation for a second straight month in August, but most other prices across the economy kept rising — evidence that inflation remains a heavy burden for American households.
Consumer prices rose 8.3% from a year earlier and 0.1% from July. But the jump in “core” prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs, was especially worrisome. It outpaced expectations and ignited fear that the Federal Reserve will boost interest rates more aggressively and raise the risk of a recession.
Fueled by high rents, medical care and new cars, core prices leaped 6.3% for the year ending in August and 0.6% from July to August, the government said Tuesday. Furniture and sports gear, among many other items, also got costlier, suggesting that businesses are still raising prices in response to robust consumer demand.
The breadth of the price increases dashed hopes, at least for now, that core inflation would moderate. Economists tend to track core prices for a clearer read on where inflation is headed.
Stock prices plunged, with the S&P 500 index suffering its worst day June 2020 — a loss of more than 4% — and bond yields jumped on the worse-than-expected core figures. Many investors are now fearful that the Fed will tighten credit even more vigorously in its drive to curb inflation. Chair Jerome Powell is expected to announce another big increase in the Fed’s key rate next week, which will lead to higher costs for consumer and business loans.
Further aggressive Fed rate hikes could weaken growth so much as to push the economy into a downturn. Some economists now expect the Fed to raise its benchmark short-term rate, currently in a range of 2.25% to 2.5%, to 4.5% or higher by early next year. That would make it even harder for the central bank to meet its goal of achieving a “soft landing,” whereby it would tame inflation without causing a recession.
“This was a disappointing report,” said Laura Rosner-Warburton, senior economist at MacroPolicy Perspectives. “It raises the risk of higher interest rates and a hard landing for the economy.”
Inflation is higher than many Americans have ever experienced, escalating families’ grocery bills, rents and utility costs, among other expenses. It has deepened gloom about the economy despite strong job growth and low unemployment.
Republicans have sought to make inflation a central issue in the midterm congressional elections. They blame President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed last year for much of the increase. Many economists generally agree, though they say that snarled supply chains, sharp pay increases and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have also been key factors in the inflation surge.
At the same time, the drop in gas prices — for consumers, perhaps the most visible barometer of inflation — could bolster Democrats’ prospects in the midterm elections. It may already have contributed to slightly higher public approval ratings for Biden.
In a statement Tuesday, the president said, “Overall, prices have been essentially flat in our country these last two months. That is welcome news for American families, with more work still to do.”
In his speeches, Biden has generally stopped referring to the impact of inflation on family budgets. He has instead highlighted his administration’s recent legislative accomplishments, including a law enacted last month that’s intended to reduce pharmaceutical prices and fight climate change.
Nationally, the average cost of a gallon of gas has dropped to $3.71, down from just above $5 in mid-June. But grocery prices have continued to rise rapidly, jumping 0.7% from July to August. In the past year, they have soared 13.5% — the biggest 12-month increase since 1979.
Chicken prices have risen nearly 17% in the past year. And egg prices surged 2.9% just in August from July and are up nearly 40% from a year ago.
Worsening food inflation is a particular strain on lower-income families, more of whom have had to turn to food banks and other aid as inflation has worsened. Mary Jane Crouch, executive director of America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, which works with a network of food banks, said 38% more food was distributed in August compared with July.
Though much of the food is donated, Crouch said her organization buys some of it and has faced sharp increases in meat and dairy prices in the past few months.
And the prices of many other goods are still rising even as supply chain snarls unravel, said Rosner-Warburton, the MacroPolicy economist.
“Companies are still putting through large price increases for those goods, and that’s problematic,” she said. It means the Fed will likely have to work harder to slow consumer spending through higher rates.
Elaine Buckberg, chief economist at General Motors, said Friday that the pandemic disruptions to overseas production of semiconductors, which have slowed auto output, have significantly dissipated and that overall supply chain disruptions have improved about 80% from the worst days of the pandemic.
Yet Americans are still desperate for cars, Buckberg said, which has allowed dealers to keep their markups much higher than pre-pandemic levels. New car prices, which rose 0.8% in August, have climbed nearly 11% in the past year.
“Virtually every vehicle that gets to a dealer has already been sold to someone,” she said.
Ongoing price increases for raw materials — and labor — have left many small businesses struggling. Some are raising their own prices to keep up, only to then lose customers, according to a survey by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Voices.
Meaghan Thomas, co-owner of Pinch Spice Market in Louisville, Kentucky, an online seller, has avoided raising prices for the past two years but worries that that can’t last if inflation worsens.
The price to ship spices from overseas have quadrupled, she said, and she’s seen little relief so far despite reports that such costs are declining. The cost of spices, which Thomas and her partner grind and blend in a small factory, have jumped by as much as 25% in the past year.
The company’s profit margin has been cut by half, Thomas said, but she and her partner think it’s important to keep their products affordable. She says larger companies have made inflation worse by raising prices unnecessarily.
“We can hang on for a little bit if all these other companies can stop raising their prices,” she said.
Wages are still rising at a strong pace — before adjusting for inflation — which has elevated demand for apartments as more people move out on their own. A shortage of available houses has also forced more people to keep renting, thereby intensifying competition for apartments.
As a result, rental costs jumped 6.7% in August from a year earlier, the most since 1986. Rents change much more slowly than commodity prices like gas. That could mean that apartment prices will keep inflation elevated well into 2023.
Other data from companies like Apartment List, which tracks prices of new apartments and leases, suggests that rental price inflation is starting to decline. But that data takes time to filter into the government’s measure, which tracks all rents.
Rosner-Warburton said it’s not clear if those declines, when they do start to affect the government’s measure, will slow inflation enough for the Fed.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Geno Smith threw two first-half touchdown passes, Denver fumbled twice at the 1-yard line in the second half, and the Seahawks beat the Broncos 17-16 on Monday night in Russell Wilson’s return to Seattle.
Brandon McManus missed a 64-yard field goal attempt with 20 seconds left and the Seahawks escaped with another wild victory involving Wilson at quarterback.
Except this time Wilson was the opponent and there will be plenty of questions about Denver coach Nathaniel Hackett’s late-game clock management and decisions in his first game.
Denver faced fourth-and-5 at the Seattle 46 and had three timeouts left, but the Broncos ran significant time off the clock before Hackett called timeout and decided to have McManus try the long field goal. The kick missed and instead of Wilson leading the 36th career fourth-quarter or overtime comeback of his career, the Seahawks celebrated to chants of “Geno! Geno!”
“I was surprised that they took Russ out there,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said.
Smith and the Seahawks did very little offensively in the second half but their first half was good enough. Smith threw a touchdown pass of 38 yards to Will Dissly on the first possession of the season and hit Colby Parkinson for a 25-yard touchdown in the second quarter.
Smith finished 23 of 28 for 195 yards, but was 17 of 18 for 164 yards in the first half.
“For him to go out there and get a win like that shows the confidence we have in him,” Seattle wide receiver DK Metcalf said.
Wilson was 29 of 42 for 340 yards and a touchdown. But Denver couldn’t overcome its red-zone inefficiency with both Melvin Gordon III and Javonte Williams fumbling on plays snapped at Seattle 1-yard line.
The Seahawks moved into first place in the NFC West after Arizona, San Francisco and the Los Angeles Rams all lost on Sunday.
Wilson spent the first 10 seasons of his career in Seattle. He went from being a disputed third-round pick to a franchise cornerstone that helped Seattle to its only Super Bowl title.
But his departure this past offseason in a trade to Denver was a messy conclusion to a mostly sparkling career with the Seahawks.
And Seattle fans were ready to let Wilson find out just what it was like to be an opposing QB at the stadium where he enjoyed so many triumphs.
“Just going out there and seeing him in a Broncos jersey was shocking to me,” Metcalf said.
Wilson was greeted with lustful, guttural boos every time he stepped on the field from a crowd notorious for making noise. They started in pregame warmups and didn’t decrease in volume throughout the victory.
Some signs in the stadium compared Wilson to Alex Rodriguez, who infamously left for a massive contract in Texas early in his baseball career. Others switched around the words from a catchphrase during his time in Seattle, urging the Seahawks, “Let’s Cook Russ.”
Wilson and the Broncos had plenty of chances to silence the crowd.
Denver ran eight plays inside the Seattle 12 in the third quarter and came away with zero points after the two fumbles.
The Broncos had three more plays inside the Seattle 10 midway through the fourth quarter and still couldn’t find the end zone. Denver reached the 3-yard-line but its third false start of the game moved Wilson back to the 8 and he was incomplete on his next two throws. McManus’ 26-yard field goal with 6:13 left pulled the Broncos within 17-16.
INJURIES
Seattle safety Jamal Adams suffered what Carroll said after the game was a serious injury to his left quadriceps tendon. Adams limped off the field after nearly sacking Wilson in the first quarter and eventually was driven away on a cart.
Denver lost right guard Quinn Meinerz to a hamstring injury in the first half and cornerback K’Waun Williams to a hand injury in the fourth quarter.
UP NEXT
Broncos: Host Houston on Sunday.
Seahawks: At San Francisco on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. leaders from President Joe Biden on down are being careful not to declare a premature victory after a Ukrainian offensive forced Russian troops into a messy retreat in the north. Instead, military officials are looking toward the fights yet to come and laying out plans to provide Ukraine more weapons and expand training, while warily awaiting Russia’s response to the sudden, stunning battlefield losses.
Although there was widespread celebration of Ukraine’s gains over the weekend, U.S. officials know Russian President Vladimir Putin still has troops and resources to tap, and his forces still control large swaths of the east and south.
“I agree there should be no spiking of the ball because Russia still has cards it can play,” said Philip Breedlove, a retired U.S. Air Force general who was NATO’s top commander from 2013 to 2016. “Ukraine is now clearly making durable changes in its east and north and I believe that if the West properly equips Ukraine, they’ll be able to hold on to their gains.”
Lawmakers particularly pointed to the precision weapons and rocket systems that the U.S. and Western nations have provided to Ukraine as key to the dramatic shift in momentum, including the precision-guided High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile, or HARM, which is designed to target and destroy radar-equipped air defense systems.
“They’re there, they’re in theater, and they’re making the difference,” Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In the hands of highly motivated Ukrainian fighters who are making the most of weapons ranging from off-the-shelf drones and abandoned Russian arms to advanced weapons from the West, the HIMARS are enabling Ukrainians “to turn the tide, dramatically,” Coons said.
Meanwhile, a senior defense official said the U.S. is looking at future needs, including discussions about providing more intensive combat training for larger Ukraine units, a change from current training focused on smaller teams learning to handle specific weapons. It is also considering sending additional air defense systems, as well as lethal strike drones and more surveillance drones. The official was one of two who briefed reporters Monday on condition of anonymity to discuss planning details.
Ukraine’s launch in recent days of a much-anticipated counteroffensive — in a different part of the country from where Russian troops occupying Ukraine had massed strength to meet it — has brought on the biggest territorial changes in months in the 200-day war, launched when Putin rolled Russian forces into the neighboring country, targeting its Western-oriented government.
The U.S. officials acknowledged that the U.S. provided information to help the Ukrainian counteroffensive, but declined to say how much or if Western officials helped strategize the idea to throw Russian forces off guard by calling attention to attack plans in the south, while actually plotting a more formidable campaign in the east.
The U.S provided information “on conditions” in the country, said one of the officials, but “in the end, this was the Ukrainian choice. The Ukrainian military and the Ukrainian political leadership made the decisions on how to conduct this counteroffensive.”
Ukrainian forces claimed Monday to have retaken a wide band of territory and more than 20 Ukrainian settlements from Russia, pushing all the way back to the two countries’ northeastern border. Russian soldiers were surrendering in such numbers that Ukraine was having difficulty making room for them, Ukrainian military officials said.
Ukrainians have pounded 400 targets in all with the HIMARS since the U.S. began supplying them, using them “with devastating effect,” Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters late last week as Ukraine’s counteroffensive was getting underway.
The truck-mounted, GPS-guided systems fire faster, farther and more precisely than the Soviet-designed rocket launchers otherwise used by both Russia and Ukraine. They can hit targets up to 80 kilometers (50 miles) away. Ukrainian forces have used the 16 HIMARS and several similar systems to strike supply lines, ammunition depots and other key Russian targets.
The Ukrainians “believe that this has happened because of the new technology equipment and weapons that we’ve sent them. They … said well, if you would have sent them six months ago,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat. “We didn’t have them six months ago, but you know, we had to build the weaponry, and train their people on it, takes time.”
Still, Ukrainian leaders are still pressing for more — including fighter jets and the longer-range Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, a surface-to-surface missile that the U.S. has so far declined to send.
A key question going forward will be how much more Congress and the American public are willing to spend on the war in Ukraine, which the U.S. and the West say also represents a significant threat to Europe.
It’s unclear if, or how, Ukraine fighters’ successes in recent day will affect the ongoing debate. The White House has asked Congress to greenlight an additional $11.7 billion in aid as part of an overall government funding measure that lawmakers must approve before the end of the month.
“I haven’t seen any lack of appetite so far” for continuing funding for Ukraine, said Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. “I think to see the ability to take the help that they’ve been given and then be clearly successful in some of their efforts is an encouragement to want to do more of that.”
The U.S. — the lead contributor to Ukraine’s war effort among NATO members — has poured more than $15 billion in weapons and other military support into Ukraine since January.
Biden acknowledged the battlefield gains for Ukraine over the weekend but refused to say more. “I’m not going to speak to that now because things are in process,” he told reporters.
Breedlove noted that despite the recent battle losses, Putin still has “a lot of tanks and a lot of trucks and a lot of people that he can still throw at this problem. They’re just not his best tanks, his best trucks or his best people.”
But he warned that winter may bring the most daunting challenge. Putin’s moves to shut down fuel supplies to Europe, which is expected to increase prices, are likely aimed at turning public opinion across the region.
“Even though Mr. Putin’s military has taken a beating on the military front, his big card, yet probably to play is how well does Europe hold together through a winter that Mr. Putin is going to make completely miserable for the European people,” Breedlove said. “I think Mr. Putin is desperately trying to hang on to winter because his big hope now is to separate the European people from their European political leadership.”
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Associated Press writers Seung Min Kim, Lisa Mascaro and Aamer Madhani contributed to this report.
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PERTH, Australia (AP) — A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in Australia since 1936.
A relative found the 77-year-old man with “serious injuries” on his property Sunday in semirural Redmond, 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of the Western Australia state capital Perth.
It was believed he had been attacked earlier in the day by the kangaroo, which police shot dead because it was preventing paramedics from reaching the injured man, police said.
“The kangaroo was posing an ongoing threat to emergency responders,” the statement said.
The man died at the scene. Police are preparing a report for a coroner who will record an official cause to death.
Police believe the victim had been keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet.
There are legal restrictions on keeping Australian native fauna as pets, but the police media office said Tuesday they had no information to make public regarding whether the victim had a permit.
Tanya Irwin, who cares for macropods at the Native Animal Rescue service in Perth, said authorities rarely issue permits to keep kangaroos in Western Australia.
“This looks like it was an adult male and they become quite aggressive and they don’t do well in captivity,” Irwin said.
“We don’t know what the situation was; If he was in pain or why he was being kept in captivity and unfortunately … they’re not a cute animal, they’re a wild animal,” Irwin added.
Irwin said her rescue center always rehabilitates native animals with the aim of returning them to the wild, particularly kangaroos.
“You do need a special permit to be able to do that. I don’t believe they really give them out very often unless you’re a wildlife center with trained people who know what they’re doing,” she said.
Western gray kangaroos are common in Australia’s southwest. They can weigh up to 54 kilograms (119 pounds) and stand 1.3 meters (4 feet 3 inches) tall.
The males can be aggressive and fight people with the same techniques as they use with each other. They use their short upper limbs to grapple with their opponent, use their muscular tails to take their body weight, then lash out with both their powerful clawed hind legs.
In 1936, William Cruickshank, 38, died in a hospital in Hillston in New South Wales state on the Australian east coast months after he’d been attacked by a kangaroo.
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The Chrysler 300 is about to be killed off, again. But the full-size sedan will go out with a bang.
On Tuesday, the 2023 Chrysler 300C limited edition was announced with big V-8 power as a last hurrah for the iconic nameplate before production winds down at the end of the model year.
Originally introduced in 1955, the 300C nameplate returned in 2005 before quietly disappearing after the 2020 model year. The sedan will follow countless others into the great automotive beyond, including its V-8 muscle car siblings, the Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger.
The special edition packs a 6.4-liter V-8 engine rated at 485 hp and 475 lb-ft of torque. An 8-speed automatic transmission with a final drive ratio of 3.09 sends power to the rear wheels via a limited-slip differential. A dual-exhaust system with electronic baffles will make sure the 300C is heard before it’s seen.
Chrysler said the 300C will run from 0-60 mph in 4.3 seconds and run the quarter mile in 12.4 seconds on its way to a top speed of 160 mph.
Active dampers will help control body roll while red four-piston brake calipers at all four corners grab 14.2-inch front and 13.8-inch rear vented rotors.
It’ll take a keen eye to spot the differences between the 300 Touring, 300S, and the revived 300C, which will be available in three colors: Gloss Black, Velvet Red, and Bright White. Exterior modifications are limited to a new tri-color 300C badge, blacked-out chrome accents and trim, and model-specific 20-inch forged aluminum wheels.
Interior upgrades include Laguna black leather seats with an embossed 300C logo on the front seat backs. The dashboard is wrapped in black leather. Silver stitching and carbon fiber accents are found throughout the cabin while the gauge cluster receives a piano black bezel. An 8.4-inch touchscreen infotainment system and 19-speaker Harman/Kardon sound system come standard along with heated front seats and a heated steering wheel.
Every 300C will feature automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitors, and active lane control.
Production of the 2023 Chrysler 300C will be capped at 2,200 units at a price of $55,000. Reservations are being taken now.
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The 2023 Nissan Pathfinder three-row SUV costs $36,295, including a $1,295 destination fee, Nissan announced Monday. Nothing is new for the carryover model except for a Rock Creek off-road edition and inflationary price hikes.
The new price represents a $1,735 increase over the redesigned 2022 Pathfinder, including a hike of $145 on the destination and delivery fee.
Aside from the price hike, the big news for the 2023 Nissan Pathfinder is the return of the Rock Creek edition. The outdoorsy trim comes standard with an all-wheel-drive system that routes half of the torque to the rear axle, and a limited-slip differential that allocates power to the rear wheel with the most grip. Nissan also revised the fuel mapping of the Rock Creek’s 3.5-liter V-6 to boost output to 295 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque (from 284 hp and 259 lb-ft of torque in the other grades). The boost requires premium fuel.
First launched on the 2020 Pathfinder, the Rock Creek model adds an off-road suspension with a 5/8-inch lift that raises the ground clearance to about 7.7 inches. The 18-inch wheels pretend to be beadlock-capable, but the all-terrain tires are real, and a roof rack that’s totally tubular can hold 220 lb. The exterior gets black trim elements, and the interior flashes black synthetic leather upholstery with orange contrast stitching. A surround-view camera system comes standard, as do a tow hitch and wiring harness, second-row captain’s chairs, and LED fog lights.
Like other AWD Pathfinders, the Rock Creek can tow up to 6,000 lb and has seven different drive modes. In our initial testing on a rain-soaked off-road course, the Pathfinder Rock Creek proved that it’s more than just a cosmetic package, and adds more capability to venture off the beaten path. It costs $44,115.
Otherwise, the 2023 Pathfinder comes in S, SV, SL, and Platinum trims with front-wheel drive, but all-wheel drive costs $1,900 more across the board. The base S starts at $36,295 and comes with an 8.0-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, keyless entry, and satellite radio.
Standard driver-assist features include front and rear automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitors, lane-departure warnings, and automatic high beams.
The SV grade costs $39,115, which is only $505 more than last year’s SV, with the higher delivery fee factored in. That makes it the best value for 2023 Pathfinders, and it adds the ProPilot Assist adaptive cruise control driving system.
Slotting above the Rock Creek, the SL costs $42,715, which is nearly $2,000 more than last year. It comes with the larger 9.0-inch touchscreen so you don’t need your cheaters, wireless Apple CarPlay so you don’t need your cord, a heated leather-wrapped steering wheel, and a surround-view camera system that’s key for towing.
The $49,265 Platinum sits at the top of the Pathfinder hill, and it comes in front-wheel drive this year for about the same price as last year’s Platinum AWD. It adds a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, a 10.8-inch head-up display, navigation, a tow hitch and harness, 20-inch dark alloy wheels, a panoramic sunroof, second-row captain’s chairs, heated and cooled front seats, heated second-row seats, and a Bose 13-speaker sound system.
The 2023 Nissan Pathfinder is on sale now.
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OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The crowd hung on his every word, cheering him on and booing his opponents. At one point, emotions ran high enough that someone in the crowd bellowed “Lock him up!”
This was no Donald Trump rally featuring the former president vowing to use prison to settle political scores. This cry came as President Joe Biden addressed top Democratic leaders at a riverside resort outside Washington, warning about “Trumpers” attempting to destroy U.S. democracy.
And, rather than urge bipartisan civility, Biden didn’t miss a beat.
“We have to win this off-year election,” the president said, “for more reasons than just being able to move our agenda forward.”
The boisterous mood of the Democratic National Committee’s recent summer gathering at National Harbor, just across the Potomac River from the nation’s capital, follows a new, sharper tone from Biden as he warns that the GOP’s Trump wing is a threat to core American values. The atmosphere signaled an emboldened party less than two months from Election Day, sensing that a year of political liabilities ranging from the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan to rising inflation is finally easing.
The Supreme Court’s decision invalidating a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade may prove to be a turning point that energizes Democratic voters in November, the party argues. Since then, Republican Kansas rejected a statewide abortion ban, and Democrats notched notable victories in special House elections in New York and Alaska.
“There’s a real sense that Republicans kicked the bee hive,” said Ben Wikler, chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, which wants to flip a Senate seat held by Republican Ron Johnson while retaining the governorship.
But as the party navigates an unexpected sense of momentum, it risks tapping into the same divisiveness Trump and his supporters relish — and that Democrats have said is undermining democratic norms. Democrats, however, insist that they must be clear about the stakes of the campaign.
“Republicans use fear as a tactic,” said Democratic Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly. “It seems like, a lot of times, that we might have to do a little bit of that, too.”
Biden, who rarely referred to his predecessor during the opening phase of his presidency, is increasingly vocal about the need to confront Trump. “This guy never stops and we’ll never stop, either,” he told the DNC.
Vice President Kamala Harris told the conference, “We refuse to let extremist so-called leaders dismantle our democracy.”
“Democrats, we, here, rise to meet this moment,” Harris said.
Making his own rounds at the DNC, Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, used sarcasm to slam even more moderate Republicans who have dared break with Trump on key issues like denouncing year’s deadly mob attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“We’ve got some Republicans who are saying the right things on say, I don’t know, treason? Like, as if pushing back on treason is somehow, you should be honored,” Emhoff told the DNC’s Midwestern conference to hoots of laughter and cheers. “That was in the oath of office that we all took. That’s the job.”
Trump rose to power with a divisive approach to politics. He encouraged violence against protestors at his rallies during the 2016 campaign and branded the media the “enemy of the people.” As president, he said several liberal congresswomen of color should go back to the “broken and crime infested” countries they came from, ignoring the fact that all are American citizens and three were born in the U.S. The final days of his administration were consumed by efforts to remain in office, including Trump’s personal role in sparking the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Republicans who were largely silent then are now blasting Biden and Democrats for picking political fights.
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has called the president “the divider-in-chief” and dismissed “the current state of the Democrat Party: one of divisiveness, disgust, and hostility towards half the country.”
While Democrats are increasingly optimistic about their prospects, there’s still plenty of reason for caution. The party’s grip on Congress is already tenuous and many of the races that could determine control on Capitol Hill may be decided by narrow margins. Democrats have also missed signs of strong GOP turnout in the past several elections — leading to surprise setbacks in places like South Florida.
More fundamentally, the party that wins the presidency almost always loses congressional seats the next cycle, and inflation remains at near-record highs despite some recent indications it might be cooling. Biden’s approval ratings, while improving, remain low.
Ken Martin, chairman of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and DNC vice chair, suggested that the key to midterm gains doesn’t have to be confrontational and can just mean trumpeting the accomplishments of Washington under Democratic control.
“Everywhere I go, I see Democrats hanging their head, wringing their hands, wondering, ‘Well, What are we going to do to win?’ You know what you need to do to make sure we win? Tell the story,” Martin said of promoting the party’s achievements. “President Joe Biden has led the way, delivered on almost every single promise.”
But Martin also suggested that simply staying positive may not be enough, adding that Democrats must “be willing to fight for our president” and “fight for our party.”
Wikler, the Wisconsin state Democratic chairman, said his party turned the GOP playbook back on Republicans to boost turnout in local elections throughout the state.
Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin’s harnessing parental frustration over schools that were closed during the pandemic helped key his upset win of the state’s governorship last year. Wikler said Democrats successfully argued in the latest round of local elections that so-called parental activism was actually built on conservative attacks on teacher authority, transgender students and how history is taught — with the ultimate goal of shifting taxpayer funding away from public schools.
“Explaining why the other side is doing what they’re doing can take the sting out of it,” Wikler said.
DNC Chair Jamie Harrison suggested his party has regained some of its political swagger nationally, calling the coming election “Roe-vember” as a way of predicting that support for abortion rights will lift Democrats.
But, as he traveled around the conference meeting with smaller caucus groups, Harrison also reminded them that Democratic leaders in critical swing states like Wisconsin and Michigan helped safeguard the electoral system from Trump’s lies about widespread fraud that did not occur in 2020. He said winning key races in such states this year is the best way to ensure the system holds after 2024’s presidential race results are in.
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Interest in purchasing an EV is high among communities of color, which are also more burdened by air pollution than white communities. Yet significant barriers exist to greater EV adoption, according to a new study from Consumer Reports, EVNoire, GreenLatinos, and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).
Communities of color are most harmed by vehicle-generated air pollution, but currently purchase and lease EVs at disproportionately low rates, the study’s authors noted, citing 2018 research. It’s not due to lack of interest in EVs, but rather issues that tend to affect people of color more than white people, according to the study, which is based on a national survey of 8,027 United States adults conducted by Consumer Reports between January 27, 2022 and February 18, 2022.
That survey showed broad interest in EVs. Of those surveyed, 33% of white respondents, 38% of Black respondents, 43% of Latino respondents, and 52% of Asian American respondents said they would “definitely” or seriously consider” purchasing or leasing an EV for their next vehicle.
However, the study highlighted several issues that might limit EV adoption in communities of color. Home charging is currently the most affordable way to charge an EV, but it’s not always possible for renters and residents of multi-family dwellings, Consumer Reports noted. The study recommends specifically boosting charging accessibility for these living situations, as well as increased affordable public charging.
Incentive programs accessible to all consumers are another important component to equitable EV adoption, the study said.
That isn’t off to a great start. The federal EV tax credit, which was recently re-upped, requires a certain amount of tax liability in able to claim the benefits. Meanwhile, because of the way it was just restructured, EV leases have become more expensive. The revamped EV tax credit does at least include a $4,000 credit on used EVs up to $25,000.
California has also considered refocusing it incentives toward “gasoline superusers“—although that doesn’t necessarily align with low-income families or communities of color.
The study also calls for increased education efforts, including loaner, test drive, or car sharing programs that let people experience EVs. Across racial groups, experience with an EV “strongly correlated” with interest in purchasing or leasing one, according to Consumer Reports. And a larger percentage of Black (13%) and Latino (10%) respondents than white (5%) and Asian American (2%) respondents said they didn’t know enough about EVs to purchase or lease one.
As has been covered for EVs, and for trucks and buses specifically, air quality issues disproportionately affect communities of color, and it’s likely they will benefit in quality of life from greater rates of EV adoption.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee was locked in a tight Democratic primary on Tuesday as he sought his first full term in office.
With about half of the vote counted, McKee and former CVS Health executive Helena Foulkes were essentially tied, with Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea a few percentage points behind.
McKee, the former lieutenant governor, ascended to the state’s top office last year after two-term Gov. Gina Raimondo was tapped as U.S. commerce secretary.
He was trying to avoid becoming the first sitting governor to lose a primary since 2018, when Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer narrowly lost the Republican nomination to Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who went on to lose the general election to Democrat Laura Kelly. Like McKee, Colyer took over when the sitting governor resigned for another job.
Foulkes appeared to have benefited from a late rise in the polls. Days before the primary, she earned a last-minute endorsement from The Boston Globe’s editorial board, which called her a “big-picture leader who can sell the world on the state’s many virtues.”
Whichever candidate emerges from the Democratic gubernatorial primary will be heavily favored against Republican Ashley Kalus, a business owner and political novice, in November in the liberal state. Kalus easily beat back a challenge from fellow Republican Jonathan Riccitelli, who has been arrested dozens of times since 2000 under a different name, the Globe reported.
Kalus, who owns a COVID-19 testing company that’s in a dispute with the state over a canceled contract, moved to Rhode Island last year from Illinois and previously worked for former Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.
In the last primaries before the November general election, voters in Rhode Island were choosing nominees for statewide offices, U.S. House, the state Legislature and local positions. New Hampshire and Delaware also held primaries on Tuesday.
Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner won the Democratic nomination for a congressional seat being vacated by longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin. Langevin, a Democrat retiring after two decades representing the state’s 2nd Congressional District, had endorsed Magaziner to replace him. Magaziner will face Republican Allan Fung, a former Cranston mayor, in the November general election.
National Republican leaders aim to flip the seat into their control for the first time since 1991. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy visited Rhode Island in August to raise money for Fung. Two Republican rivals dropped out of the primary contest to clear the path for Fung.
The top race in Rhode Island on Tuesday was the Democratic gubernatorial primary, whose winner will be favored to win in November in the liberal state.
McKee touted his leadership in navigating the state’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic after he was sworn in as governor in March 2021. Foulkes proved to be an adept fundraiser and spent heavily on the race in her first bid for public office. She highlighted her 25 years of experience at CVS, stating that she had nearly every leadership job at the company, including being president of the retail business.
Gorbea, who would be the first Latina governor in New England if elected, says the state needs better leadership on issues like housing, education and climate change.
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Cruise, a self-driving technology company majority owned by General Motors, will expand its fledgling robot taxi service to two more U.S. cities before 2022 is out, CEO Kyle Vogt said Monday during a Goldman Sachs conference, Reuters has reported.
Cruise’s taxi service currently operates in San Francisco, where the company is headed, but will expand to Austin and Phoenix later this year, Vogt said. Phoenix is where Alphabet’s rival Waymo self-driving technology company has been operating a service for the past three years.
Vogt also said he expects Cruise to earn $1 billion in revenues as early as 2025, though that’s still about half what GM annually invests in the company, according to Reuters.
Cruise has been offering rides to the public in San Francisco since February and was granted permission to start charging for rides in June, though the service is limited to between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The taxis are also limited to 30 mph and cover only certain parts of the city. Cruise’s service will also be rolled out in a limited fashion in Austin and Phoenix, Vogt said.
Cruise has about 70 of the taxis in operation in San Francisco but is on track to double or even triple the number by the end of the year. The taxis are based on the Chevrolet Bolt EV, though Cruise plans to eventually add a dedicated vehicle known as the Origin.
It hasn’t been all smooth sailing for Cruise. One of its taxis was involved in a crash in June, resulting in minor injuries. The company later recalled its fleet and made updates to the software.
Cruise’s self-driving system ranks at Level 4 on the SAE scale of self-driving capability, as it is limited in areas in which it operate. The final goal is Level 5, where a self-driving car is able to operate at the same level as a human. While Level 5 might be a decade or more away, companies are already offering commercial services involving Level 4 cars. The Waymo One service has been running successfully in Phoenix for the past three years and is currently testing in San Francisco, and China’s Baidu continues to expand its Apollo Go service in Chinese cities.
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Ferrari on Tuesday revealed the Purosangue, the brand’s first nod toward the popularity of SUVs.
The Purosangue, Italian for “thoroughbred,” is more of a low-slung crossover than a true SUV. As revealed in Pisa, Italy, it more closely resembles a taller version of the GTC4 Lusso hatchback, the model it directly replaces, though it should still prove popular thanks to practical elements like four doors (a first for a production Ferrari), 2+2 seating, and ground clearance that isn’t set at a pavement-scraping low.
Those things matter, even among shoppers of exotic brands like Aston Martin, Lamborghini, and Porsche, where high-riding models vastly outsell sports cars. And the same will likely be true for Ferrari and its Purosangue which is slated to reach the U.S. in the third quarter of 2023.
Underpinning the Purosangue is a new front mid-engine platform Ferrari has developed for grand touring models. The platform complements the new mid-engine architecture that debuted in the SF90 Stradale and has since appeared under the 296 GTB, and it features its transmission mounted at the rear to help deliver a near-ideal 49:51 weight distribution.
A mechanical all-wheel-drive system is also included. Unlike most AWD systems with a center differential, Ferrari’s setup, known as 4RM, relies on a 2-speed transmission that mounts to the front of the engine and takes power directly from the crankshaft to the front wheels. Here, power is directed to the wheels that can use it best, in this case using a set of clutches that can vary torque between the front wheels. A normal torque tube at the other end of the engine directs power to the rear-mounted transmission, in this case an 8-speed dual-clutch automatic.
The engine is a newly developed 6.5-liter V-12. It generates a peak 715 hp and 528 lb-ft of torque, or enough for 0-62 mph acceleration in 3.3 seconds and a top speed of over 192 mph. Those numbers are impressive considering the Purosangue weighs a hefty 4,480 lb—dry. Helping to motivate the heavy horse is the engine’s ability to generate 80% of the peak torque from just 2,100 rpm.
The Purosangue could have been even heavier, but Ferrari used high-strength aluminum alloys in the spaceframe chassis to help reduce weight while maintaining rigidity. Carbon fiber for some of the body panels, including the roof, was also employed to help reduce weight. Customers can choose to have the carbon roof swapped for electrochromic glass, though.
The styling of the body follows a handsome theme first introduced on the Roma coupe, but new to the design are the four doors, with the two rear doors mounted as rear-hinged suicide-style doors similar to those used on the Mazda RX-8 sports car. This allowed the design team to preserve a sporty coupe-like side view.
Inside, there are four individual seats, though the rear seats are still smaller than what you find in a typical SUV. Cargo space in the trunk is 16.7 cubic feet, though the rear seats fold flat in case more space is needed. The design of the dash is similar to that in the SF90 Stradale and features dual cowls, with the front passenger cowl stocked with its 10.2-inch touchscreen display.
There are also a lot more luxury goodies in the Purosangue than your typical Ferrari, where performance tends to be the main focus. For its SUV, Ferrari adds items like a premium Burmester audio system, massaging seats, cabin air filtration, and carbon-fiber trim with copper weaving. In a nod to most customers likely using their mobile phones for navigation, the Purosangue relies on Android Auto and Apple CarPlay smartphone integration as a substitute for a traditional built-in navigation system.
U.S. pricing will be announced closer to the local launch but in Ferrari’s home market, prices will start at 390,000 euros (approximately $391,000). To help maintain exclusivity, Ferrari plans to cap production at around 3,000 units per year, or roughly 20% of the automaker’s 15,000-unit total annual capacity. That means finding an example at list will likely be next to impossible.
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Harley Quinn’s 30th Anniversary and The Evolution of an Antiheroine
Thirty years ago this week, Harley Quinn made her debut in Batman: The Animated Series. And her evolution from the Joker’s accomplice and sidekick to a full-blown antiheroine in her own right has made her a DC icon. However, that wasn’t always the case. When she first appeared in 1992’s “Joker’s Favor,” Harley was just the amusing henchwoman to the Joker, and she was slated to appear in only one episode. However, Harley’s creators Paul Dini and Bruce Timm saw the potential to keep using her in the series and her role on the show kept growing.
Dini and Timm fleshed out Harley’s origin and her abusive relationship with the Joker in Batman: Mad Love, a one-shot comic published in 1993. This issue (which was later adapted as an episode of the show), revealed that Harley was once Dr. Harleen Quinzen, a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum who made the grave mistake of falling for her patient, the Joker. But as much as Harley loved her “Mr. J,” he never truly loved her in return. However, even this series gave Harley a close friend outside of the Joker’s influence: Poison Ivy. Together, Harley and Ivy were a formidable team.
How it started vs. how it’s going. Happy 30th Anniversary, me! #HarleyQuinn pic.twitter.com/PdE1Lcnmqj
— Harley Quinn (@dcharleyquinn) September 11, 2022
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Harley’s popularity was so huge that she was introduced into DC’s comic book continuity in 1999. By 2000, Karl Kesel and artist Terry Dodson launched the first Harley Quinn ongoing series. This comic was also the first time that Harley stepped out of the Joker’s shadow as a solo criminal. Additionally, the series fleshed out the friendship between Harley and Ivy.
Over the ensuing years, Harley remained a part of Batman’s rogues gallery. 2011’s New 52 reboot even made Harley a member of the Suicide Squad and separated her from the Joker once and for all. However, it wasn’t until 2013 that Harley started to morph into a more humorous version of herself. Co-writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner launched a new Harley Quinn ongoing series with artists Chad Hardin and John Timms, This is where she picked up her fourth wall breaking habits and became more of an antiheroine. By the end of the series, even Batman tacitly approved of Harley’s change of heart.
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In 2016, Margot Robbie brought Harley to the big screen in Suicide Squad. This version of the character is the antiheroine that many fans have come to love today. She’s an extremely skilled fighter who is both hilarious and unpredictable. While Harley’s headline turn in Birds of Prey wasn’t quite as popular, she returned to form in The Suicide Squad.
Currently, Kaley Cuoco voices Harley in the HBO Max animated series, Harley Quinn. Unlike previous adaptations of Harley, this one is more true to the comics. She is also openly in a romantic relationship with Poison Ivy, a development that the comics shied away from acknowledging until recently. The Harley of this series is the most fully realized version of herself to date. But given her popularity, this won’t be the last time Harley appears in either a TV series or a film.
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LaQuan Smith used the spectacular setting of a historic aircraft carrier for his fashion show exploring the female form.
At a Monday evening soiree on the USS Intrepid, the famed tourist attraction docked on the Hudson River, Smith launched his spring ready-to-wear collection. Milling among wartime relics like the Avenger bomber, fashion insiders, music industry celebrities and social media influencers sipped cocktails and posed for photos while they waited for the show to get under way. Frequent New York Fashion Week muse Julia Fox caught up with friends like Lourdes “Lola” Leon — Madonna’s daughter — while posing for photos in a fur-trimmed mini skirt from Smith’s fall show last year.
“It’s the IT factor,” Fox said in an interview. “You can’t describe it, but LaQuan has it, and he understands women and what makes women feel good.”
Swedish model Elsa Hosk opened the show in a refreshing neon pink bodysuit and sporty skirt combo. With long ponytails swinging behind them to the beat, models followed one after the other in barely-there bright fluorescent jewel toned outfits with translucent jewelry and wrap-around heels.
After the show, Smith said his influence for the collection came from his travels including a recent trip to Morocco, which he said left him feeling overwhelmed with ideas. He then came back to New York and applied his city sensibilities to his sketches.
His ideas played out in the romantic elegance of silk chiffon scarves wrapped around the model’s necks to utility pants fit for a fashionable day out.
“This collection was all about sensuality, female formality and really having a sense of freedom and fluidity,” Smith said. “This season was a great creative challenge for me because I kind of had to think much lighter, much softer.”
As with several other designers showing this season, semi-nudity was on display. When models were not baring it on the runway, Smith had crafted structured bodices to adorn their chests.
Norwegian model Frida Aasen sported a bralette made of silver wings and a matching silver waist sash over a sheer black figure-hugging skirt.
Since Smith’s debut in 2013, he has taken his brand to new heights. Most recently, Beyoncé wore one of Smith’s snug dresses for her campaign with jewelry brand Tiffany.
“I’m living my dream, and it didn’t play out the way that I thought that it would, but sometimes I have to pinch myself and realize, ‘Oh my god Beyoncé wore LaQuan Smith on the billboard of Tiffany and Co,’” he said. | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-laquan-smith-displays-his-fashions-on-an-aircraft-carrier/ | 2022-09-14T01:37:20Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-laquan-smith-displays-his-fashions-on-an-aircraft-carrier/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TORONTO (AP) — It’s seven years almost to day since the last episode of “Key & Peele” aired, but Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key are once again riffing together.
They’re sitting in a Toronto hotel the day before the premiere of Henry Selick’s stop-motion-animation marvel “Wendell & Wild” at the Toronto International Film Festival. Peele co-wrote and produced the film with the “Coraline” filmmaker, and in it, he and Key voice the titular demon brothers who manipulate a goth teenager (voiced by Lyric Ross) into summoning her dead parents to the land of the living.
In the film’s opening scene, Wendell and Wild operate a strange machine in a spooky netherworld, and yet, even in this dark, fantastical realm, the tempo of Peele and Key’s unique comic rhythm is unmistakable. In the recording booth voicing the scene, they drew from an old Second City improv game they used to do called Make-a-Machine where a string of people mime a different part of an assembly line.
“Let’s play it right now,” says Peele.
And in a moment, the cogs of one of the century’s greatest comic duos again whirls into motion. Key and Peele work in syncopated harmony, with a symphony of bleeps and blurps, while Selick and Ross look on uncertain of their role in this still finely-tuned comedy machine. Eventually the gears slow.
“It’s not the funniest improv game,” deadpans Peele.
“Wendell & Wild,” which Netflix will release in theaters Oct. 21 and begin streaming Oct. 28, is an event for a couple reasons. It’s first film by Selick, the celebrated animator of “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” since 2009’s “Coraline,” a 13-year spell during which he spent years on a Pixar film that was abruptly canceled. In the stop-motion animation world, “Wendell and Wild” also stands out for its bold, punkish Black protagonist.
But for many, the appeal of seeing, even in demon-form, Key and Peele reunited is something special. Since “Key & Peele” concluded in 2015, Peele has, of course, embarked on an ambitious and acclaimed filmmaking career with a trilogy of mind-bending thrillers in “Get Out,” “Us” and this year’s “Nope.” Key has greatly extended his acting career in film, television and on Broadway.
“I think people sort of get that when Key and Peele does something, it’s going to be very special. It’s going to be very intentional,” Peele says. “Certainly this is the first but I do not think it will be the last by any means.”
With that Peele and Key launch again into an impromptu bit, muttering a secret plan over frenetic phone calls into their hands and making mock Facetimes.
“It was like a blur,” Key says of the five seasons of “Key & Peele.” “There’s a general feeling that there was passion, that there was focus, that there was love. There was an alchemy to it. In some ways, it’s completely unexplainable. It’s ineffable. It just worked.”
Says Peele: “It’s like a brother thing. There is a familial connection that’s very strong. Nothing can replicate going through a period like that. Looking back on ‘Key and Peele,’ one of my favorite things is the idea that you get sent sketches and people say ‘There’s a Key and Peele’ for that.”
For “Wendell & Wild,” the two insisted on being together while recording much of the voice tracks, eager to return to the energy they had together on “Key & Peele.” (They also lent their voices to a pair of plush toys in “Toy Story 4.”)
“There’s at least three whole comedy albums worth of outtakes of these guys just riffing,” says Selick. “We weren’t going to stop because it was a miracle just to see them reconnect. It was like a masterclass. The best lines are things they just thought of spontaneously.”
Peele actually began working with Selick before the end of “Key & Peele.” (Stop-motion animation takes a long time.) But, if anything, “Wendell and Wild,” with dazzlingly dark designs and a PG-13 story centered around family trauma, marries the duo’s earlier comedy with Peele’s more nightmarish films since.
“There’s almost a sense of evolution to me, in a way,” says Key. “There were only hints to Jordan’s sensibilities in ‘Key and Peele’ that leaked through some cracks here and there in regard to something that might be strange or macabre.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper PnB Rock was fatally shot during a robbery at a South Los Angeles restaurant where police believe a social media post may have tipped the assailant to his location.
The Philadelphia artist, whose real name is Rakim Allen, was gunned down Monday at a Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant while eating with his girlfriend. A robber approached their table and demanded items from the victim, according to Los Angeles police. A verbal exchange ended when the assailant opened fire, striking the rapper multiple times.
Rock’s girlfriend had posted the location and tagged the rapper in an Instagram post that has since been deleted. Detectives are investigating whether the post prompted the attack, police Chief Michel Moore told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday.
He “was with his family — with his girlfriend or some kind of friend of his — and as they’re there, enjoying a simple meal, (he) was brutally attacked by an individual who apparently (came) to the location after a social media posting,” Moore said.
The robber took some items from the victim and fled in a car that was waiting in the parking lot, said Officer Jeff Lee, a police spokesperson. No one else was injured in the shooting and the victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police were still searching for the shooter.
PnB Rock stood out with his rap-crooner R&B style. The Philadelphia native is best known for his 2016 hit “Selfish” making guest appearances on other likeable songs such as YFN Lucci’s “Everyday We Lit,” Ed Sheeran’s “Cross Me” with Chance the Rapper and XXXTentacion’s “Bad Vibes Forever,” featuring Trippie Redd. He released his latest song, “Luv Me Again,” on Sept. 2.
The rapper released a series of mixtapes before his two albums “Catch These Vibes” in 2017 and “Trapstar Turnt Popstar” in 2019 through Atlantic Records. His stage name derives from a street corner called Pastorius and Baynton, an area where he grew up in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Germantown.
PnB Rock’s label called the death a “senseless loss” in a post on Instagram. The statement was confirmed by a representative for the rapper.
Atlantic Records said PnB Rock a great friend and a “wonderful father to two beautiful little girls.”
Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles offered the company’s condolences to the Allen family.
“The safety of our employees and guests are our utmost priority,” the restaurant posted on Facebook. “We have and will continue to keep our place of business as safe as possible.”
TMZ first reported the shooting. A graphic video reportedly taken at the scene shows PnB Rock laying in a pool of blood on the restaurant’s floor.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has selected a prison memoir by Jarvis Jay Masters, currently on death row in San Quentin State Prison in California, for her latest book club pick. Masters’ “That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row” was first published in 2009.
Activists for years have called for the release of Masters, sentenced to death in 1990 for taking part in the murder of a San Quentin prison guard. Masters, first imprisoned in 1981 for armed robbery, has filed numerous appeals in efforts to have his murder conviction overturned. A hearing is scheduled for next month in federal court.
“A little more than 10 years ago, I was given a memoir by Jarvis Jay Masters, a man serving a death row sentence in San Quentin,” Winfrey said in a statement Tuesday. “His story, of a young boy victimized by addiction, poverty, violence, the foster care system, and later the justice system, profoundly touched me then, and still does today, which is why I’m naming ‘That Bird Has My Wings’ as my latest Oprah’s Book Club selection.”
Masters said in a statement that he would be “forever grateful” to Winfrey for choosing his book.
“I turned 60 this year, having entered San Quentin at the age 19. I wrote ‘That Bird Has My Wings’ while in solitary confinement, isolated and alone,” he said. “My greatest hope at that time was that a few young people would read my story and learn from my mistakes. Thanks to Ms. Winfrey and her book club, my story will be introduced to a national audience. It is my greatest hope that their lives will be the better for it.”
Supporters of Masters have backed his claims of innocence and cited him as a model of how people can transform themselves. In “Don’t Stop Believing That People Can Change,” a New York Times essay published in April, author Rebecca Solnit wrote that “he has often defused potential violence and offered solace and a trustworthy ear to the sorrows of those around him.”
Masters has also written “Finding Freedom: How Death Row Broke and Opened My Heart,” published in 1997. | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-winfrey-selects-prison-memoir-that-bird-has-my-wings/ | 2022-09-14T01:38:02Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-winfrey-selects-prison-memoir-that-bird-has-my-wings/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense has signed a memorandum of agreement to begin shifting responsibilities for managing space traffic to the Department of Commerce.
Don Graves, deputy secretary of commerce, announced the agreement Friday during a National Space Council meeting in Houston. The document formalizes the partnership between both agencies on the space monitoring mission, according to a press release.
The memorandum follows the release of Space Policy Directive-3, a 2018 instruction from then-President Donald Trump that called on the organizations to collaborate on advancing space domain awareness and space traffic management technology, make the associated data publicly available and improve interoperability. It also directed the Commerce Department to take responsibility for managing space object warning and tracking, meant to free up the Defense Department to focus on the threat environment.
“We are pleased to partner with [the Commerce Department] on this effort and look to broaden our relationship with industry, allies and partners to help achieve the objectives of SPD-3,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb said in a statement. “We also take this opportunity to encourage and invite commercial or other partners who can assist in this effort.”
Plumb, along with U.S. Space Command and Space Force leaders and Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Rick Spinrad, signed the memorandum.
While the agreement creates an initial framework for cooperation between the departments, there is still work to be done to fully implement SPD-3. Breaking Defense reported in June the agreement would be followed by more detailed annexes that lay out how DoD will share resources with the Commerce Department as they create a new office to manage the effort.
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Employees working for the largest federal food service contractor, Sodexo, are raising concerns about lagging wages to Congress in hopes lawmakers will support more competitive wages on government contracts.
Members of Unite Here, a labor union representing 300,000 employees across various industries, picketed outside the Federal Reserve building in New York last week, saying inflation further erodes wages that already lag behind the private sector. And on Sept. 13, members who work in the House of Representatives, the FBI and Fannie Mae will rally in Washington, D.C.
Labor contracts that cover workers have expired, or will next year. This creates a potential window of opportunity to adjust current wages for inflation and reach a new agreement to address lost wages from the pandemic shuttering federal buildings.
“We want our people to get more than crumbs,” said Marlene Patrick Cooper, president of Local 23. “We want our people to get something that’s livable.”
Getting support from Congress would be critical in building support for livable wages on government contracts, the union said. Workers are also hoping to garner allyship for union efforts, for which the Biden administration has repeatedly pledged support.
“Our work matters to the functioning of essential businesses, banks and venues, and our members need jobs that are enough to live on,” said José Maldonado, president of the Local 100 chapter.
Across chapters, about 70% of union workers now work in person, but the volume of work has not been fully replenished.
Venorica Tucker, a 34-year banquet worker at the House of Representatives, used to be able to make nearly $60,000 during a good year on Capitol Hill.
Year to date, Tucker’s paycheck is $6,000.
“We are not asking for handouts,” she said. “We are asking them to recognize our efforts.”
Sodexo workers within the Federal Reserve said they lacked the money to cover basic living expenses in the past year, even though President Joe Biden issued an executive order in April that required contractors to pay their employees a $15 minimum wage starting in 2022.
Though service contracts set a wage and benefit floor intended to protect workers from competition whittling down pay, those minimums have a tendency to become the de facto ceiling and are difficult to adjust.
Some of the lowest paid workers in New York make less than $2 above the minimum, still below what’s considered a living wage for the locality.
For one working adult and no dependents, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calculates a living wage of $22.71 for a New York City resident.
A spokesperson for the Federal Reserve did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sodexo employees serve millions of meals every year to more than 160 military and federal government locations in 28 states.
Molly Weisner is a staff reporter for Federal Times where she covers labor, policy and contracting pertaining to the government workforce. She made previous stops at USA Today and McClatchy as a digital producer, and worked at The New York Times as a copy editor. Molly majored in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | https://www.federaltimes.com/fedlife/career/2022/09/12/federal-contract-workers-call-for-wages-to-keep-pace-with-inflation/ | 2022-09-14T01:38:14Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/fedlife/career/2022/09/12/federal-contract-workers-call-for-wages-to-keep-pace-with-inflation/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Less than two weeks after the Department of Veterans Affairs announced it will provide abortion services for the first time, lawmakers will hold a hearing this week questioning officials over the scope and goals of the plan.
The Thursday hearing before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee likely is to be contentious, given Republican lawmakers’ public opposition to the idea. Ranking member Mike Bost, R-Illinois, already has vowed to stop the action.
But VA officials said the move is necessary to provide needed care to women veterans and dependents, particularly those in states where the procedure is banned. Under pending rules, physicians at VA medical centers will be able to perform abortions in cases of rape, incest and situation where a veterans’ health is endangered.
The procedures will be authorized later in September, although exactly when they will start being performed has not been specified yet by department leaders.
Senate Armed Services — 9:30 a.m. — G-50 Dirksen
Nominations
The committee will consider the nomination of Lt. Gen. Bradley Saltzman to be chief of space operations.
Wednesday, Sept. 14
Senate Commerce — 10 a.m. — 253 Russell
Coast Guard
The committee will consider the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022.
House Foreign Affairs — 10 a.m. — 2172 Rayburn
Central Asia
State Department officials will testify on U.S. engagement in Central Asia.
House Foreign Affairs — 1 p.m. — 2172 Rayburn
Pending legislation
The committee will mark up four pending bills.
Senate Foreign Relations — 2:30 p.m. — S116 Capitol
Pending business
The committee will consider several pending bills and nominations.
Thursday, Sept. 15
Senate Armed Services — 10 a.m. — G-50 Dirksen
Nominations
The committee will consider the nomination of Gen. Anthony Cottonto be head of Strategic Command.
Senate Foreign Relations — 10 a.m. — 419 Dirksen
Venezuela
State Department officials will testify on U.S. policy toward Venezuela.
House Veterans' Affairs — 10 a.m. — H210 Visitors Center
Veteran employment
VA officials will testify on VA employment programs and whether they are helping veterans.
House Foreign Affairs — 2 p.m. — 2172 Rayburn
Latin America
Outside experts will testify on U.S. post-pandemic aid to Latin American countries.
House Veterans' Affairs — 2 p.m. — H210 Visitors Center
Women veteran medical care
VA officials will testify on women’s health care and reproductive medical care offered by the department.
Leo covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He has covered Washington, D.C. since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veterans policies. His work has earned numerous honors, including a 2009 Polk award, a 2010 National Headliner Award, the IAVA Leadership in Journalism award and the VFW News Media award. | https://www.federaltimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/09/12/this-week-in-congress-house-hearing-to-focus-on-va-abortion-policy/ | 2022-09-14T01:38:20Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/09/12/this-week-in-congress-house-hearing-to-focus-on-va-abortion-policy/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced a national debate on end-of-life options that will include exploring the possibility of legalizing assisted suicide.
A 2016 French law provides that doctors can keep terminally ill patients sedated before death but stops short of allowing assisted suicide.
Macron said in a written statement that a panel of citizens would work on the issue in coordination with health care workers over the coming months, while local debates are organized in French regions.
The government plans to hold parallel discussions with lawmakers from all political parties to find the broadest consensus, with the aim of implementing changes next year, the president’s statement said.
Some French patients travel to other European countries to seek further end-of-life options. While campaigning for his successful reelection this year, Macron promised to open the debate in France, suggesting he was personally in favor of legalizing physician-assisted suicide.
Assisted suicide, which involves patients self-administering a lethal dose of drugs, is allowed in Switzerland. Euthanasia, a process in which a medical professional directly gives the drugs, is currently legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain under certain conditions. .
Macron’s announcement came the day the family of French director Jean-Luc Godard said he died by assisted suicide at his home in the Swiss town of Rolle.
French polls in recent years steadily showed a broad majority of people are in favor of legalizing euthanasia.
The current law allows patients to request “deep, continuous sedation altering consciousness until death” but only when their conditions are likely to lead to a quick death.
Doctors are allowed to stop life-sustaining treatments, including artificial hydration and nutrition. Sedation and painkillers are allowed “even if they may shorten the person’s life.” | https://www.wspa.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-france-to-open-debate-meant-to-broaden-end-of-life-options/ | 2022-09-14T01:38:23Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-france-to-open-debate-meant-to-broaden-end-of-life-options/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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