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At least five cruise ship calls to Bermuda have been canceled by both Norwegian Cruise Line and Celebrity Cruises due to the testing requirements the island has in place.
Three more calls by cruise ships are unofficially called off, but these cancellations have not been confirmed yet.
The cancellations do not come as a surprise. Already in May of this year, the cruise industry requested changes by the Bermuda government to testing and entry requirements, which so far have not been pushed through.
At Least Five Cruise Calls to Bermuda Canceled
Bermuda’s testing and entry requirements remain in place for now, and, as a result, at least two cruise lines have decided to cancel calls to the island later this year. Celebrity Cruises canceled four cruise calls, and Norwegian Cruise Line canceled one call.
So far, the canceled calls include Celebrity Beyond, scheduled for October 22, Celebrity Silhouette, for October 30-31, Celebrity Edge, for November 4, Norwegian Sun, for November 5; and Celebrity Reflection, for November 10.
Celebrity Cruises stated to Cruise Hive, “We will no longer visit Bermuda on four transatlantic sailings. We will continue to visit Bermuda with other itineraries where the island is the first port of call and doesn’t trigger the additional testing requirement.”
All these calls were scheduled during the transatlantic crossings the vessels will undertake while repositioning from Europe to North America. These five calls are only a small part of the many cruise ships calling to the island.
Whether or not there will be more cancelations is to be seen in the upcoming days and weeks. So far, Bermuda only requires onboard testing for ships that take longer than four days to arrive in Bermuda after departure from their homeport.
Testing must take place within two days prior to arrival, something that is well within reach for ships sailing from the United States.
The Bermuda newspaper The Royal Gazette quotes an industry insider, stating: “Bermuda’s current testing requirements, the cruise lines have decided to cancel the following upcoming (transatlantic/repositioning) call to Bermuda.“
“It means that cruise ships crossing the Atlantic have to take a second test during the journey to come to Bermuda. They do not want to do that. Cruise lines have been butting heads with the Ministry of Health all year because of it.”
Bermuda’s Regulations Clash With Cruise Industry Protocols
It’s no secret that the cruise industry has been lobbying the Bermuda government to drop or at least ease the regulations it has in place for visitors to the island. However, so far, it has shown little result.
Besides the testing requirement, those that wish to visit Bermuda are still required to fill in the Travel Authorisation Form, which costs $40. John Heald, the Carnival Cruise Line Brand Ambassador, reported in May of this year that negotiations were ongoing to do away with this form:
“We, as an industry, and it’s not just us, it’s every cruise line, we have been working with the Bermudan government to try and negotiate away from this actual fee,” Heald said, “but it’s not been something that the industry has been successful in.”
Bermuda did implement some easement on its protocols in the last month. Since August 22, 2022, unvaccinated travelers are able to visit Bermuda again.
Whether the move by Celebrity and Norwegian will be followed by other cruise lines remains to be seen.
So far, Oceania, Viking, and Azamara still have calls scheduled to Bermuda during their transatlantic voyages later this year, however, with three unconfirmed cancelations, these could very well be the ships in question. | https://www.cruisehive.com/norwegian-and-celebrity-cancel-bermuda-calls-over-testing-requirements/81556 | 2022-09-15T02:11:34Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/norwegian-and-celebrity-cancel-bermuda-calls-over-testing-requirements/81556 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Norwegian Cruise Line has officially announced its newest “EMBARK’ episode, set to feature the ultimate kitchen showdown at sea, “The Great Cruise Cookoff.”
The episode will premiere tomorrow, September 15, 2022, with a culinary competition highlighting three NCL chefs battling for a chance to win a dish featured aboard the new 142,500-gross ton Norwegian Prima.
Norwegian Cruise Line’s “The Great Cruise Cookoff”
Airing this Thursday, Norwegian Cruise Line’s “EMBARK with NCL” series has announced its newest episode, “The Great Cruise Cookoff.”
In this episode, three NCL chefs will battle head-to-head in a culinary competition with an opportunity to have their dish featured aboard Norwegian Prima, NCL’s new Prima-class ship.
Norwegian Cruise Line’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Harry Sommer stated, “We have a history of delivering some of the best cuisine at sea. In fact, we are investing heavily in our food and beverage experience so what better way to get the creative juices flowing than a friendly competition amongst our talented chefs.
Sommer continued, “The Great Cruise Cookoff’ invites viewers into the kitchen and gives them a seat at the table to witness the behind-the-scenes action. I can’t wait for our guests to see, smell and savor the winning dish.”
“The Great Cruise Cookoff” will be hosted by Norwegian Prima Cruise Director, Simon Akinwolere and Senior Director of Culinary Development and Operations, Christian Pratsch.
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During this episode, viewers will be able to experience a real cooking showdown, as the selected NCL chefs compete to create three unique dishes for judging.
The single-proclaimed winner will gain the honor of having their dish shared by thousands of NCL guests worldwide aboard Norwegian Prima, which just entered service in August of this year.
For this cookoff, Corporate Executive Chef Michael Koertgen, Director of Culinary Operations Eric Bilodeau, and Corporate Executive Chef Didier Lailheugue will be given 60 minutes to prepare three dishes with three distinct ingredients.
After the 60 minutes pass, the competing chefs will present their finished plates to the judges, and the winning chef of the very first Great Cruise Cookoff will be announced.
Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pledge to High-Level Cuisine
The cruise line continues to offer innovative dining concepts with each addition to its fleet, having a long-time history of delivering the highest level of cuisine at sea.
Norwegian Prima, the line’s newest ship, has 18 dining options on board, including the release of new dining options such as Palomar, a high-end Mediterranean-style restaurant, Nama, a contemporary sushi house, and its first Indulge Food Hall, featuring 11 eateries.
Significant food and beverage investments have been made by the line to elevate guest dining experiences such as increasing staffing levels to provide beyond exceptional service.
Brand-new main dining room menus have also made their first debut aboard Norwegian Prima and will be rolled out across the rest of the fleet in 2023.
As the first of six new ships in its Prima-class, the 143,535-gross ton Norwegian Prima was built in 2022 with a guest capacity of 3,099 at double occupancy.
The ship will make its initial debut in the US in October 2022 sailing to the Caribbean, featuring many firsts such as the fastest slides on the open ocean, the first three-level race track at sea, and the first charcoal sauna at sea. | https://www.cruisehive.com/norwegian-cruise-line-chefs-to-battle-it-out-for-new-dish-on-newest-ship/81542 | 2022-09-15T02:11:41Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/norwegian-cruise-line-chefs-to-battle-it-out-for-new-dish-on-newest-ship/81542 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Scarlet Lady, the first vessel of the young Virgin Voyages cruise line, has rescued a small group of refugees from a makeshift raft north of Cuba, according to reports from passengers on board.
The cruise ship spotted the vessel in distress, took its occupants onboard, and has reported the incident to the proper authorities.
Scarlet Lady Rescue
The ship, which was enjoying a day at sea, spotted the small, unsteady craft north of Cuba. The refugees appeared to be aboard a makeshift raft built from water barrels and inner tubes, with a blue plastic tarp or similar plastic sheet for a sail.
Eight individuals were aboard the raft, and while their condition was not known, the raft was obviously not seaworthy for the Straits of Florida, the occasionally rough waters between Cuba and the Florida Keys.
You can watch a video fo the rescue below and listen to the announcement from the ship’s captain:
The refugees were brought aboard the cruise ship with what belongings they could carry, though photos and video show that some materials remained aboard the raft. The small craft was left adrift after it was abandoned.
The incident occurred just before 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.
After the rescue, tracking data showed Scarlet Lady turning north toward Key West, where it is likely the refugees will be turned over to the United States Coast Guard, the authorities overseeing such rescues.
A Coast Guard cutter is most likely dispatched to transfer the refugees, though the cruise ship will adjust its course slightly to meet the authorities more efficiently.
The 110,000-gross-ton cruise ship is currently sailing a 5-night Riviera Maya itinerary, having left Miami on Sunday, September 11. Monday was a day at sea, and the ship visited Cozumel, Mexico on Tuesday. Today was another day at sea.
After releasing the refugees to the proper authorities, Scarlet Lady will resume her voyage, with a planned visit to Bimini in The Bahamas on Thursday before returning back to Miami on Friday, September 16.
Because cruise ships normally use slower, more fuel efficient speeds during sea days, it is unlikely there will be any delay in Scarlet Lady‘s remaining itinerary for this cruise. The ship will simply adjust speed to compensate for the diversion in order to arrive in Bimini as scheduled at 8 a.m.
Scarlet Lady can host as many as 2,770 guests, with 1,160 crew members to provide superior service aboard the luxury vessel. The ship is currently offering 4-5 night itineraries roundtrip from Miami, exploring a variety of Caribbean ports of call.
Not the First Rescue for Virgin Voyages
While refugee rescues, particularly near Cuba, have been notably rising in recent months – Carnival Horizon made a similar rescue in the same area just two days ago – this incident is not the first at sea rescue for the Scarlet Lady cruise ship.
In October 2021, the vessel came to the rescue of eight migrants 75 miles southwest of Key West, Florida. The ship’s crew helped the migrants onboard after they had been stranded at sea for six days.
The young cruise line only has two vessels currently sailing – Scarlet Lady launched in October 2021 after multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and industry-wide cruise travel shutdown.
Despite the lengthy delays, however, the ship has received wide acclaim for its luxury experiences and adults-only atmosphere, which sets it apart in the cruise industry.
Scarlet Lady was joined by her sister ship, Valiant Lady, in February 2022, and a third vessel for the fleet, to be named Resilient Lady, is scheduled to debut in May 2023, later than initially planned due to supply chain shortages that have impacted her construction timeline.
The fourth ship in the fleet, Brilliant Lady, is also scheduled to debut later in 2023. There has been no announcement about whether this vessel will also be delayed as her sister ships have been. | https://www.cruisehive.com/virgin-voyages-cruise-ship-rescues-makeshift-raft-in-the-caribbean/81618 | 2022-09-15T02:11:47Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/virgin-voyages-cruise-ship-rescues-makeshift-raft-in-the-caribbean/81618 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The rate, 2.75%, remains unchanged from August as was widely expected.
In August the rate dropped from 2.85%.
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On Tuesday next week, the 20th, the PBOC will set one and five year loan prime rates. Given the MLF rate has remained steady three is no change expected to the LPR rates next week. | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/pboc-inject-400bn-yuan-in-one-year-mlf-600bn-mature-rate-unchanged-20220915/ | 2022-09-15T02:15:19Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/pboc-inject-400bn-yuan-in-one-year-mlf-600bn-mature-rate-unchanged-20220915/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Since April, the number of asylum-seekers allowed to cross the border from Tijuana into San Diego has gone up by 10 times, according to the National Institute for Migration in Baja California.
The agency says in April, only 393 migrants were given permission to cross the border through Ped West, one of two pedestrian crossings at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
Last month, that number jumped to 4,075.
The migrants being allowed to cross the border are getting what’s called humanitarian parole due to illnesses, disabilities, political or organized crime persecution, says Enrique Lucero Vázquez, director of Tijuana’s Migrant Affairs Office.
Lucero stated members of the LGBT community are also getting access due to their vulnerability back home.
He made those comments during a news conference attended by a federal official named Alejandro Ruiz Uribe, who said the majority of the asylum-seekers are from the Mexican state of Michoacán.
The area has become a battleground for cartels who are fighting over control of the avocado industry.
According to Uribe, more than 2,500 Haitian refugees have also been given permission to cross into the U.S., followed by 440 migrants from Honduras. | https://www.wwlp.com/border-report-tour/4000-asylum-seekers-allowed-to-enter-u-s-through-san-diego-in-august/ | 2022-09-15T02:15:18Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/border-report-tour/4000-asylum-seekers-allowed-to-enter-u-s-through-san-diego-in-august/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ING note with a recap of yesterday's action out of Japan on the weak yen:
- The Bank of Japan’s “rate check” appears to have been effective in protecting a ceiling of USDJPY145. This should stabilize the currency, at least temporarily . The market is now slowly digesting the Fed’s next giant step at its September meeting. The rate-checking and intensified verbal intervention by the authorities will likely have a greater impact on market expectations about the possibility of intervention.
And, on what's ahead:
- But we still think that the probability of actual intervention is low because unless the BoJ's monetary policy changes, it is doubtful that intervention will work. We think the market will try to breach the ceiling of 145 again as yield differentials will likely widen further with more aggressive Fed hikes (the market is pricing in a terminal Fed funds rate of 4.25%).
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If you missed the USD/JPY developments yesterday, in summary: | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/the-probability-of-actual-usdjpy-bank-of-japan-intervention-is-low-20220915/ | 2022-09-15T02:15:31Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/the-probability-of-actual-usdjpy-bank-of-japan-intervention-is-low-20220915/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 5,500 minor league baseball players formed a union on Wednesday, completing a lightning-fast organization campaign that launched just 17 days earlier in an effort to boost annual salaries as low as $10,400.
Martin Scheinman, the sport’s independent arbitrator, notified Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association that a majority of the 5,567 players in the minor league bargaining unit had signed union authorization cards since the drive started Aug. 28. He did not provide the sides a specific number.
“This historic achievement required the right group of players at the right moment to succeed,” union head Tony Clark said in a statement. “Minor leaguers have courageously seized that moment, and we look forward to improving their terms and conditions of employment through the process of good faith collective bargaining.”
MLB had agreed Saturday that it would voluntarily accept a union if there was majority support and would not force players to petition the National Labor Relations Board to hold a representation election.
“Major League Baseball has a long history of bargaining in good faith with unions, including those representing minor and major league umpires, and major league players,” the league said in a statement. “Based on the authorization cards gathered, MLB has voluntarily and promptly recognized the MLBPA as the representatives of minor league players. We are hopeful that a timely and fair collective bargaining agreement will be reached.”
Minor leaguers form a separate bargaining unit within the MLBPA, which negotiated its first collective bargaining agreement for big leaguers in 1968 but had until now been uninterested in representing players with minor league deals. Approximately 1,200 major leaguers are covered by the big league agreement, and their average salary has risen from $19,000 in 1967 to more than $4 million this year.
Minor leaguers are expected to choose player representatives who will lead them in bargaining during the offseason. Bruce Meyer, who headed negotiations last winter for a major league agreement, will lead the minor league negotiations, and Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem will be the point man for management. Meyer was promoted to deputy executive director in July.
Harry Marino, who has served as head of Advocates for Minor Leaguers since April 2021, was hired as an MLBPA assistant general counsel.
“For decades, conventional wisdom said it was impossible to unionize the minor leagues,” Marino said in a statement. “Over the past few years, a group of audacious and committed folks came together to prove that wrong.”
MLB raised weekly minimum salaries for minor leaguers in 2021 to $400 at rookie and short-season levels, $500 at Class A, $600 at Double-A and $700 at Triple-A. For players with major league contracts on option to the minors, the minimum is $57,200 per season for a first big league contract and $114,100 for later big league contracts.
In addition, MLB this year began requiring teams to provide housing for most minor leaguers.
“In a multibillion-dollar industry, there is no excuse to pay these players below the poverty line,“ AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in a statement. “By joining together to use their collective voice at the bargaining table, the minor leaguers will be able to advocate for a union contract that will ensure a future with the good pay and benefits they deserve.”
Many amateurs receive large initial signing bonuses: 67 of the top 68 draft picks this year agreed to $1 million or more, and the top 97 picks who signed got more than $690,000 each.
The MLBPA also governs agents for major leaguers, requiring certification and establishing regulations that include prohibitions on payments, gifts and loans to clients. Agents negotiating minor league contracts have been unregulated.
MLB and the big league union have had a contentious relationship that led to nine work stoppages, including a 99-day lockout last winter that delayed the start of this season.
Minor league union dues are likely to be a fraction of big league dues: $85 per day this year over the 182-day season. The union does not represent players in the Dominican Summer League.
Next year’s minor league schedule opens March 31 at Triple-A and April 6 at lower levels, when the minor leaguers’ leverage may be greatest. A strike could lead each team to keep its dozen or so optioned players at training complexes playing makeshift games.
The big league union has represented optioned players since 1981.
MLB and lawyers for minor leaguers agreed this year to a $185 million settlement of an eight-year-old federal lawsuit alleging violations of minimum wage laws, a deal that may be finalized next year. An early estimate is that perhaps 23,000 players could share roughly $120 million with an average payment of $5,000 to $5,500, and their lawyers will split $55.5 million. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/minor-leaguers-form-union-17-days-after-organizing-began/ | 2022-09-15T02:15:46Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/minor-leaguers-form-union-17-days-after-organizing-began/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sixth through 11th in the playoff standings are currently taken by Chevrolet drivers with Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman (6th), Chase Elliott (7th) and Kyle Larson (8th); Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain (9th) and Daniel Suarez (10th); and Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick in 11th. While Reddick’s teammate Austin Dillon might be on the outside looking in, the No. 3 RCR Camaro ZL1 team is just three-points below the cutline.
A look at where the Team Chevy NCS playoff drivers stand heading into Round of 16 elimination race, including season numbers and career stats at Bristol Motor Speedway:
William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 – 2nd in Playoff Standings (+48 points above the cutline)
2022 Season To-Date:
Victories: 2
Top-Fives: 4; Top-10s: 7; Laps Led: 671;
Average Finish: 17.3; Stage Wins: 4
At Bristol Motor Speedway:
Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 2; Average Finish: 18.143
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Byron’s fourth consecutive appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Bryon’s career-best finish in the NCS playoffs came in 2021, finishing the season 10th in the final standings.
- Byron has recorded back-to-back top-10 finishes in the first two races of the Round of 16 (Darlington – 8th; Kansas – 6th).
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 – 6th in Playoff Standings (+30 points above the cutline)
2022 Season To-Date:
Victories: 1
Top-Fives: 4; Top-10s: 12; Laps Led: 136;
Average Finish: 15.1; Stage Wins: 2
At Bristol Motor Speedway:
Top-Fives: 2; Top-10s: 3; Average Finish; 20.455
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Bowman’s fifth consecutive appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Bowman has raced his way into the Round of 12 in each of his NCS playoff appearances; making it to the Round of Eight in the 2020 season to score a career-best sixth in the final standings.
- Bowman scored a stage win and led a race-high 107 laps en route to a fourth-place finish at Kansas; moving him from 10th to sixth in the playoff standings and 30-points above the cutline.
Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 – 7th in Playoff Standings (+28 points above the cutline)
2022 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Champion
2022 Season To-Date:
Victories: 4 (series-leading)
Top-Fives: 10; Top-10s: 17; Laps Led: 719; Average Finish: 11.5; Stage Wins: 5
At Bristol Motor Speedway:
Pole Wins: 1; Top-Fives: 3; Top-10s: 5;
Average Finish: 13.273
Of Note:
- For the first time in his NCS career, Elliott was crowned the 2022 NCS Regular Season Champion.
- The 2022 season marks Elliott’s seventh consecutive appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Elliott has advanced to the Championship 4 the past two seasons, winning his first career NCS Driver Championship in 2020.
- Six of his 17 career NCS wins have come in the playoffs.
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 – 8th in Playoff Standings (+27 points above the cutline)
2022 Season To-Date:
Victories: 2
Pole Wins: 3; Top-Fives: 10; Top-10s: 14;
Laps Led: 307; Average Finish: 14.0;
Stage Wins: 3
At Bristol Motor Speedway:
Victories: 1; Pole Wins; Top-fives: 3; Top-10s: 8; Average Finish: 13.385
Of Note:
- In 2021, Larson scored his first career NCS Regular Season Championship, going on to win his first career NCS Driver Championship.
- The 2022 season marks Larson’s sixth appearance in the NCS playoffs, with 2021 bringing Larson his first trip to the Championship 4.
- During the playoff era (2004-present); Larson leads the series in ‘multiple playoff race wins in a single season’ with five in 2021 (Bristol, Charlotte ROVAL, Texas, Kansas, Phoenix).
- Larson is the series’ most recent winner at Bristol Motor Speedway (September 2021).
Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Camaro ZL1 – 9th in Playoff Standings (+26 points above the cutline)
2022 Season To-Date:
Victories: 2
Top-Fives: 10; Top-10s: 15; Laps Led: 584; Average Finish: 14.5; Stage Wins: 5
At Bristol Motor Speedway:
Average Finish: 26.8
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Chastain’s first career appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Chastain secured a playoff berth with his first career NCS win at COTA in March; also marking Trackhouse Racing’s first win in the organization’s second season in the series.
Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Camaro ZL1 – 10th in Playoff Standings (+6 points above the cutline)
2022 Season To-Date:
Victories: 1
Top-Fives: 6; Top-10s: 11; Laps Led: 246;
Average Finish: 16.3; Stage Wins: 2
At Bristol Motor Speedway:
Top-10s: 2; Average Finish: 16
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Suarez’s first career appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Suarez earned his playoff berth following his first career NCS win at Sonoma Raceway.
Tyler Reddick, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Camaro ZL1 – 11th in Playoff Standings (+2 points above the cutline)
2022 Season To-Date:
Victories: 2
Pole Wins: 2; Top-Fives: 9; Top-10s: 12;
Laps Led: 369; Average Finish: 16.8;
Stage Wins: 2
At Bristol Motor Speedway:
Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 1; Average Finish: 17.333
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Reddick’s second consecutive appearance in the NCS playoffs, with his first coming in 2021.
- Reddick earned a playoff berth following his first career NCS win at Road America; going on to win his second of the season at the Indianapolis Road Course.
Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Camaro ZL1 – 14th in Playoff Standings (-3 points below the cutline)
2022 Season To-Date:
Victories: 1
Top-Fives: 4; Top-10s: 8; Laps Led: 21;
Average Finish: 16.6
At Bristol Motor Speedway:
Top-10s: 1; Top-10s: 3; Average Finish: 16.867
Of Note:
- The 2022 season marks Dillon’s fifth appearance in the NCS playoffs.
- Dillon’s career-best finish in the NCS playoffs is 11th, accomplishing that feat in 2017 and 2020.
Chevrolet All-Time NASCAR Cup Series
Championships:
Manufacturer Championships:
1st Chevy Title: 1958
Most Recent Title: 2021
Highest Number of Consecutive Titles: 13 (2003-2015)
Driver Championships:
1st Chevy title: Buck Baker (1957)
Most Recent: Kyle Larson (2021)
Highest Number of Consecutive Titles: 7 (2005-2011)
GRAGSON CONTINUES A CAREER-SEASON
As the season winds down, Noah Gragson and the No. 9 JR Motorsports Camaro SS team continues to heat up. Edging out teammate Justin Allgaier to capture the stage two win at Kansas Speedway – his series-leading 13th of the season – Gragson was at the top of the leaderboard when the skies opened up, with rain forcing the race to be called official. The victory was Gragson’s career-best and now series-leading fifth of the season, including second in a row.
Continuing its winning ways, the Camaro SS now sits at 18 victories in the series’ 25 races, more than double its manufacturer competitors combined. Chevrolet is also well on its way to its sixth consecutive NXS Manufacturer Championship, with another dominate weekend extending Chevrolet’s lead in the manufacturer points standings to 115-points over second.
NXS REGULAR-SEASON FINALE AT BRISTOL
While the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs are already underway, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will head to Bristol Motor Speedway to conclude its regular-season and complete the 12-driver playoff field that will compete for the NXS championship title.
Heading into Friday’s Food City 300, only two spots remain for drivers to either point or win their way into the 2022 NXS playoffs. Of the 10 drivers that have already clinched their playoff berth, seven come from the bowtie brigade. Six of those Chevrolet drivers have won their way into the playoff field, including NXS points leader AJ Allmendinger; JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier, Noah Gragson and Josh Berry; RCR’s Austin Hill; and Jeremy Clements. Following his 13th top-10 finish of the season at Kansas, JR Motorsports’ Sam Mayer secured his spot in the playoffs by points and the seventh Chevrolet driver to advance to the post-season.
Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger is heading into the series’ regular-season finale looking to not only go back-to-back in wins at Bristol, but also defend his NXS regular-season championship title. The 40-year-old California native has been at the top of the points standings leaderboard for much of the season; and currently sitting at a 38-point lead over second, Allmendinger is a favorite for the regular-season title and the playoff bonus points.
ENFINGER REPRESENTING TEAM CHEVY IN NCWTS ROUND OF 8
Chevrolet’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoff contender, Grant Enfinger, took the first round of the series’ playoffs by storm. Right out of the gate, Enfinger and the No. 23 GMS Racing Silverado RST team solidified their spot into the Round of 8 with their win in the series’ playoff opener at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Enfinger went on to make it three-for-three in top-five finishes in the Round of 10; following up his victory with a fourth-place finish at Richmond Raceway and a fifth-place finish at Kansas Speedway last weekend.
The NCWTS Round of 8 is made up of three races on three very different racetrack configurations. First up is the short track of Bristol Motor Speedway, with Thursday’s UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics also kicking off the NASCAR tripleheader race weekend. The second race of the Round of 8 will take place on a superspeedway (Talladega Superspeedway, October 1), with the 1.5-mile oval of Homestead-Miami Speedway hosting the elimination race that will determine the NCWTS Championship 4.
BOWTIE BULLETS
· Victories by active Chevrolet drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol Motor Speedway include:
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 (2021)
· Chevrolet has recorded a manufacturer-leading 46 NASCAR Cup Series wins at Bristol Motor Speedway. Chevrolet’s first win at the track came in July 1971 with Charlie Glotzbach, with the bowtie brand going on to win seven in a row.
· Erik Jones leads all active drivers in average finishing position at Bristol Motor Speedway with a 12.444 in nine career starts.
· Three of the top-five NASCAR Cup Series drivers that have led the most laps thus far come from the bowtie brand, led by the 2022 NCS regular-season champion Chase Elliott (719 laps). Joining Elliott in the top-five of that chart includes William Byron in second (671 laps) and Ross Chastain in fourth (584 laps).
· In 28 NASCAR Cup Series points-paying racing, Chevrolet continues to lead all manufacturers in NCS race wins (16), top-fives (66), top-10s (122), laps led (3,295) and stage wins (23). With a double-digit lead in wins over its manufacturer competitors with only eight races remaining; Chevrolet has already clinched the most NCS wins recorded in a single season among all manufacturers.
· Chevrolet’s manufacturer-leading 16 NASCAR Cup Series wins in 2022 have been recorded by nine drivers from four different Chevrolet Teams. Eight of those drivers won their way into the 16-driver playoff field, giving Chevrolet 50 percent of the playoff field in the opening round.
· Seven Team Chevy drivers have combined 23 NASCAR Cup Series stage wins:
Tyler Reddick 2 - Fontana x2
Alex Bowman 1 - Las Vegas, Kansas
Ross Chastain 4 - Las Vegas, Darlington, Charlotte, Pocono, Richmond
William Byron 4 – Phoenix, Atlanta, Talladega, Darlington
Daniel Suarez 2 – COTA, Charlotte
Chase Elliott 3 – Martinsville x2, Charlotte, Atlanta x2
Kyle Larson 3 – Bristol, Sonoma, Pocono
· Reigning NASCAR Cup Series and NASAR Xfinity Series Manufacturer Champions, Chevrolet, continues to lead in the manufacturer points standings in both series. The bowtie brand leads the NCS manufacturer points standings by 92-points, with the manufacturer’s lead in the NXS standings expanding to 115-points.
· Heading into the NASCAR Xfinity Series regular-season finale at Bristol Motor Speedway, AJ Allmendinger will look to capture his second-career NXS regular-season championship title; entering the race with a 38-point lead over second. Of the 10 drivers that have already clinched their playoff berth in the series, seven come from the bowtie brand.
· With its 40 NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Championships, 33 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Championships, and 830 all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins, Chevrolet continues to hold the title of winningest brand in NASCAR.
FOR THE FANS
· Fans can visit the Team Chevy Racing Display in the Fan Midway at Bristol Motor Speedway.
· Fans can check out an assortment of Chevrolet vehicles including: Tahoe Z71, Blazer RS, 1500 Silverado Crew ZR2, 2500 Silverado Crew LTZ, Equinox RS, Traverse RS, Corvette Z51, Camaro ZL1.
Team Chevy Driver Appearances at the Display:
Thursday, September 15
· Rajah Caruth: 1:30 p.m.
· Grant Enfinger & Jack Wood: 1:45 p.m.
· Carson Hocevar & Lawless Alan: 3:30 p.m.
Friday, September 16
· Kris Wright: 12:15 p.m.
· Brandon Brown: 12:30 p.m.
· Nick Sanchez: 12:45 p.m.
· Jeremy Clements: 4:45 p.m.
Saturday, September 17
· Corey LaJoie: 4 p.m.
· Ty Dillon: 5 p.m.
Chevrolet Display Hours of Operation:
Thursday, September 15: 12 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Friday, September 16: 12 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 17: 12 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Tune In:
USA Network will broadcast the NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 17. Live coverage can also be found on the NBCSports Gold App, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
USA Network will broadcast the NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300 at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, September 16. Live coverage can also be found on the NBCSports Gold App, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
FS1 will broadcast the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 15. Live coverage can also be found on the NBCSports Gold App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
QUOTABLE QUOTES
ROSS CHASTAIN, NO. 1 WORLDWIDE EXPRESS CAMARO ZL1
This weekend is a playoff cutoff race, what's it going to be like?
"I'm so happy to be racing on the concrete at Bristol this time. It's going to be an intense race because it's an elimination race and I'm sure NASCAR knew what they were doing when they made it an elimination race. The atmosphere is always a little wild - walking through all of the fans and their excitement."
What do you think the race at Bristol is going to be like?
"I don't think I have an answer for that. With the new car its changed how we drive so many tracks with the shifting and different things, so only time will tell, especially on the concrete at Bristol."
Do you ever take time to think about all of the stuff you've been through in your career, and now you see your name and think 'wow?'
"I do. It's interesting because with this current car, watching a ton of old races for each track you're at doesn't really apply anymore. You can really only look at the race earlier this year. So when I go back and look at races from earlier this year when we are headed back for the second time, and we had a winning car, that's where I go 'wow, that's crazy to me.' Seeing my name at the merchandise hauler is cool but where I really feel it is when I think about all of the winning cars I've had this year."
KYLE LARSON, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM CAMARO ZL1
Larson on if high-intensity dirt-track racing helps "slow down" the racing action at Bristol Motor Speedway for him:
"I think Bristol (Motor Speedway) is definitely higher paced, higher intensity and more chaotic than any other track we go to. I’m used to high-intensity racing almost every week, so maybe the action ‘slows down’ a little bit for me at Bristol. I guarantee it doesn’t feel slow in the cockpit. It feels crazy and chaotic, and that’s why I love it."
CLIFF DANIELS, CREW CHIEF, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM CAMARO ZL1
Daniels on if characteristics of concrete Dover Motor Speedway track carry over to Bristol:
"We’ve studied the most relevant data points we can pull from for comparison from years past – Dover (Motor Speedway) being one of them and other short tracks being another. Bristol is not really a short track and it’s not really an intermediate – it’s a super-fast short track. There are characteristics from both styles of tracks that kind of blend for Bristol, so how we have blended things in the past is how we are preparing for this weekend."
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 HOOTERS CAMARO ZL1
Elliott on the approach you must have heading into the first elimination race:
"No one is safe in this grid and this format. You have to be willing to accept a hard challenge or accept a must-win situation. I’ve said that a lot over the last few years. Phoenix (Raceway) is a must win, so you are just preparing yourself to embrace moments like that more and be more comfortable in situations of that magnitude. We’ll see what it brings."
Elliott on the unknowns of racing the Next Gen for the first time on the concrete Bristol layout: "That one is really interesting in my opinion. I’m excited to get to Bristol (Motor Speedway). It’s a really iconic event on our schedule. That fall night race is one that I always look forward to going to. I’m excited about that. Hopefully, you get it (the setup) right because it will be a bit of a guess for everyone."
ALAN GUSTAFSON, CREW CHIEF, NO. 9 HOOTERS CAMARO ZL1
Gustafson on the challenge of the Next Gen car at Bristol:
"It’s going to be a challenge for sure since we haven’t raced there with this car. Bristol (Motor Speedway) is super unique. There’s not a whole lot you can find a lot of parallels with. It’s going to be a clean sheet of paper setup and you have no experience running there. This is going to be one of the tougher ones for sure. The key is to have a good car and have good speed. That will open up a lot of opportunities to score a lot of points and I certainly think that we’re capable of doing that."
WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 ACRONIS CAMARO ZL1
Byron on what it will take to continue momentum through the final race of the Round of 16: "I think we need just one more solid, smooth race to say that we’ve turned things around from the summer. We’ve had two good races so far to open this round. It’s really about continuing to limit the damage and mistakes in the first round especially with how a lot of things are different this year. The competition seems to fluctuate more at different style tracks. It’s more about racing your own race and not the competition. You need to be the best version of yourself and can’t overthink too much. It’s race the way we know how and definitely not do anything too crazy right now to jeopardize that. We just need to make sure we continue to have all the little details buttoned up so we don’t cost us our own race and we’ll advance on."
RUDY FUGLE, CREW CHIEF, NO. 24 ACRONIS CAMARO ZL1
Fugle on the strategy involved for Saturday’s race:
"This weekend is a little bit of an unknown since we haven’t race at Bristol (Motor Speedway) yet with the Next Gen car, not on dirt. We have a good short-track package from previous races this season that gives us a good starting point. I think historically this race, similar to the first two races of the playoffs, have more of a strategy element to them. You have a chance of long green-flag runs and having to manage lap traffic. That brings up the decision on when to pit or when not to pit. Those types of races are the ones we live for. If a caution comes out at the right time, you can’t control that. Once and awhile you have a straight forward race where everything lines up and you consistently pit within the same five-lap window. Those races are nice but it doesn’t happen often. We get paid to make those decisions on what to do when. It makes it interesting to watch especially with points on the line. Saturday night’s race could come down to who made the right calls when."
ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1
Bowman on his approach to Saturday’s race at Bristol:
"I think we have a lot of momentum heading to Bristol (Motor Speedway) and our team is focused on making a championship run. Greg (Ives) and the team back at the shop have been building really fast No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaros and our pit crew has been firing on all cylinders. Getting a top-10 finish at Darlington Raceway and then a top-five finish at Kansas Speedway really puts our best foot forward this postseason."
GREG IVES, CREW CHIEF, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1
Ives on heading to Bristol for the first elimination race:
"We are in a good place heading into the elimination race at Bristol Motor Speedway – 30 points ahead of the cut line is nice but more is always good. Alex (Bowman) has done a great job the last couple of weeks, maximizing every opportunity and getting all the points we can. We are going to approach Bristol like we do every other weekend and try to maximize points."
TY DILLON, NO. 42 EG3 TECHNOLOGIES CAMARO ZL1
When we last visited Bristol in the spring, you fought hard to secure your first Top-10 of the season. What mindset do you bring as we head back there this weekend?
“For sure, when we raced on Bristol's dirt configuration in the spring time, our No. 42 team put together a fantastic race. We were able to win our heat race, which gave us the track position that we needed to be in contention throughout the entire race. However, as we return this weekend, it's going to be a completely different animal because nobody has any laps on this surface with the NextGen car. At the end of the day though, Bristol will always be Bristol in the sense that you need to survive all 500 laps to have a shot at a decent result. If we can unload our EG3 Technologies Chevy with speed right off the truck, I think we can have another solid showing.”
DANIEL SUAREZ, NO. 99 TOOTSIES ORCHID LOUNGE CAMARO ZL1
William Byron said you are the most dangerous driver in the playoffs and the driver to watch out for that might win it all. How does that make you feel?
“He said I’m the most dangerous in the playoffs? I get goosebumps by you saying that because I’ve been working really hard to do that. I’m the kind of guy where I like to do it that way. If you think about it – the year I won the (Xfinity) championship – not a lot of people would bet on me. I did and I won it. I like it that way. I like to be under the radar and not to make a lot of noise. Go out there and beat them, but quietly.”
What are the challenges of racing the Next Gen car on the concrete at Bristol for the first time?
“That’s a very good question. The only racetrack that we’ve been that is similar to Bristol – but not the same by any means – is Dover. Nobody really knows what to expect at Bristol. It’s a racetrack that is by itself. It’s completely different than anything else and it’s a tough place. With 20 minutes of practice; if you miss it during the week, you’re going to have a long weekend and a long 500 laps.
I love Bristol. It’s actually one of my favorite racetracks and I’m really looking forward to the challenge. I’m not really thinking about it too much once I’m in the race. But during the week, there are a lot of conversations about that. I think the preparation we do during the week is going to be important because nobody really knows what is going to work in Bristol, just because it’s so different than everything else that we’ve done.”
Are you satisfied with your season?
“Somebody asked me if I was happy and excited to be in the playoffs, and honestly it feels normal to me. This is not a surprise. I think the fun part is about to begin. The winning was a lot of fun. I proved to myself that I can do it. I knew I could do it, but now everybody knows as well. They do know that I can do it and my team can do it, and we have everything that it takes to get it done. Now we have to do it on a consistent basis. In the last two months, we’ve been extremely consistent."
As a first time playoff driver, are you at a disadvantage going up against drivers who have already won a championship?
“I feel like those guys are already champions, they already know the feeling. So the advantage that they have mostly is mental, not so much physically in the car. But they already know what it feels like. I’ve had this feeling in the Xfinity Series, which is different. But at the same time, it’s the same thing, just multiple it by three or four. I think if we can stay calm, relax and continue to do exactly the same thing that we’ve been doing the last few months, we’re going to be in good shape.”
GRANT ENFINGER, NO. 23 CHAMPION POWER EQUIPMENT SILVERADO RST
Enfinger's thoughts on beginning this next round of the playoffs at Bristol:
“Honestly, our strategy for the other races in this round won't matter until we get past Bristol. Jeff (Hensley, Crew Chief) and the rest of the No. 23 Champion Power Equipment team have put a lot of effort behind our chassis this week - it's the same one that we raced at IRP with. So hopefully, that goes well for us, but you never know how it's going to play out at that track. There are eight of us that want to go out there and lock ourselves into the championship, so it's going to be a tough fight no doubt. We can't really look past this race, because depending on how our race at Bristol goes to open this next round will determine our outlook moving forward."
JACK WOOD, NO. 24 CHEVYLINERS.COM SILVERADO RST
Wood's thoughts on making his first truck start at Bristol:
"I'm excited to return to short track racing this weekend; I think Bristol is a track that provides us with an opportunity to have a solid night, but there is also an opportunity to showcase a lot of attrition. If we can just keep our nose clean and put ourselves in the right spot at the right time, it should hopefully allow for us to have a good finish which will help us build momentum for the final four races of the season. It will be a short trip up to Tennessee, and I'm excited to hit the high banks with my No. 24 ChevyLiners.com Silverado RST."
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R. Kelly was convicted of multiple child pornography charges at a Chicago federal trial and acquitted on others.
Kelly was convicted on three of four counts of production of child pornography and three of five counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.
He was acquitted on one count each of conspiracy to obstruct justice and conspiracy to receive child pornography as well as two counts of receiving child pornography.
Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly's attorney, said her client had a "sense of relief" that this case is now behind him, and felt that prosecutors had overblown their case against him. Bonjean said she is considering filing an appeal.
"If this jury concluded that he was guilty on the first three counts, would they care enough to consider the evidence on the rest? And they demonstrated that they did. They did their job. They looked at each count separately," Bonjean said outside court following the verdict.
Jurors deliberated for about 10 hours after listening to three weeks-worth of testimony, including from one woman who testified anonymously that Kelly sexually abused her and recorded the interactions when she was as young as 14.
The woman was one of five minors who prosecutors allege Kelly sexually abused in the late 1990s by making explicit videos with four of them.
2 of Kelly's former associates acquitted
Kelly's co-defendants, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, were acquitted of all charges they faced.
McDavid, Kelly's former accountant and business manager, was charged with conspiracy to receive child pornography, receiving child pornography and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Brown, Kelly's former assistant, was charged with conspiracy to receive child pornography. Both pleaded not guilty.
Vadim Glozman and Beau Brindley, attorneys for McDavid, praised the verdict in a statement to CNN.
"The jury found what we knew all along. The government brought a case that should have never been brought. It was based on the word of proven liars," the attorneys said. "We exposed them in front of the jury and the jury made the right decision."
CNN has reached out to attorneys for Kelly and Brown for comment.
Victim testified about sexual abuse
One of the witnesses in the trial, a 37-year-old woman, spoke in federal court under the pseudonym Jane and testified Kelly began engaging in sex acts with her when she was 14 and had sexual intercourse with her starting when she was 15. They had sex "hundreds" of times before she turned 18, she said.
Jane testified she met Kelly through her aunt, Sparkle, who worked with R. Kelly and had a romantic relationship with him. Jane was 12 or 13 when she met the singer.
At the time Jane traveled the world with a Christian hip-hop group whose members were cousins of hers. Prosecutors asked her not to name the group in order to protect her identity.
Shortly after they met, Jane said she began spending more time with Kelly and Sparkle. She would watch Kelly and Sparkle record music and talk about basketball and music with Kelly. Jane testified she was 13 when Sparkle suggested Jane should ask Kelly to play a bigger role in her life.
Jane testified that Kelly became her godfather, at which point her parents felt comfortable letting her stay the night or even the weekend at his home, without her parents or aunt present.
"They would pretty much drop me off and then leave," Jane testified.
Jane said she was 14 when her relationship with Kelly became sexual and that she lost her virginity to him when she was 15.
When the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services began investigating an allegation Kelly was having a sexual relationship with Jane in April 2000 when she was 15, Jane testified that she denied the relationship. She also testified she later denied to Chicago police investigators she and Kelly had a sexual relationship.
Jane, her parents and Kelly met for a meeting when reports began surfacing in 2002 about the existence of a tape showing the pair engaged in sex acts. She said Kelly admitted to them he was having a sexual relationship with their daughter.
Jane and her father received subpoenas to testify before a grand jury in 2002. Jane testified that prior to appearing before the grand jury, she had a conversation with Kelly about "loyalty" and "denying our relationship and the sex tape."
Jane testified she lied to a grand jury in 2002 when she denied having a sexual relationship and appearing in sex videos with the singer.
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WAIANAE, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Nanakuli High & Intermediate School was placed on lockdown on Wednesday after a brawl broke out involving several students.
Nanakuli High & Intermediate School Principal Darin Pilialoha sent a letter home to parents explaining the incident.
In the letter, Pilialoha said the fight broke out during lunch. The number of students involved was not released.
School administrators and Honolulu Police (HPD) officers were called in to address the situation, Pilialoha said. The school was placed on lockdown until all of the students involved could be picked up by their parents.
“We want you to have the facts so you can discuss them with your child and emphasize the seriousness of this issued, and we ask for your assistance to stop the spread of rumors on social media. At no time was our campus under any threat of violence as falsely claimed in online posts,” Pilialoha said, in part, in the letter sent home to parents.
It is unclear what prompted the fight. There have been no reports of injuries to students, faculty or staff members at the school.
Officials have not said what punishment, by the school or by law enforcement, could be meted out to the students involved in the fight.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- He's the Rock n' Roll art icon. The man behind the infamous "Mouth and Tongue" Rolling Stones album cover. Ruby Mazur is also an outspoken advocate for the advancement of pediatric cancer care.
"If there's any way any of us can help alleviate such a horrible experience," Mazur began, "If I can help selling my art... kudos on me."
It's an issue that hits close to home.
"I recently went through throat cancer and I am now 100% cancer free," Mazur told KITV4. "But what I've gone through in the treatments and the cancer, which is horrible, so many of these young kids go through."
In teaming up with the Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation (HCCF), Mazur's newest gallery, located in the heart of Waikiki, will serve as a fundraising ground to raise money for Hawaii's pediatric patients and their families.
"What we do is we actually provide financial assistance for even day-to-day costs," explained HCCF Executive Director Michelle Meredith. "So, it can go towards costs related to the cancer diagnosis, like medical bills, but the money can also be used to help cover rent, help cover utilities, alleviate some of that financial burden so families can really focus on what's most important which is taking care of their child."
Over the course of the foundation's 30-year history, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been distributed to families throughout the state.
The reception runs from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Ruby Mazur Gallery
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PEARL CITY (KITV4) -- Pearl City High School will ring in its 50th Anniversary with a special celebration -- and the school's supporters, community, and alums are all invited.
The event takes place on Saturday, October 1, from 4 p.m. - 10 p.m. at the PCHS campus.
The celebration will feature an evening of activities, including a campus tour, and a silent auction and dinner. Live entertainment will feature PCHS alumnus and Na Hoku Hanohano winner Sean Na’auao.
Individual tickets cost $75.00. A table of ten costs $750.
“Chargers Pride is the deep feeling of love, hope and gratitude in our hearts for each student and staff that come through the door, walk through the halls and the hundreds of stairs,” said Kay Bicoy, who has been a teacher at Pearl City High School for the past 50 years. “We have a bond is for life! Each student is our own. This life bond creates that priceless Charger Pride! Charger Pride! Charger Ohana!”
One of the most exciting silent auction prizes? Two 50-yard-line tickets to the 2023 NFL Super Bowl -- but the minimum bid for the tickets comes at a hefty price of $5,000.
PCHS alumnus include Governor David Ige, the late Congressman K. Mark Takai, Olympic medalist Kevin Asano, MMA Champion Ray Cooper III, Kansas City Chiefs football player Jordan Ta’amu, and Hollywood actor Jason Scott Lee.
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The Underground opened Sept. 8 after being closed due to labor shortages, and students are navigating the new changes.
The Underground, located on the first floor of Wescoe, was finally able to open after three weeks of school, but operations now look a little different. The same food is available, but students must order and pay on a GrubHub tablet or online through the GrubHub app.
The specific model they now use is billed as “GrubHub Ultimate,” and replaces the former grab-and-go system.
“GrubHub Ultimate is an ordering and operating system for dining,” said Bailee Myers, Associate Director of Marketing Program for KU Dining. “KU Dining’s former point of sale system was coming to its end of life, and we have a great partnership with GrubHub, and being able to offer ordering services to students while on campus is a plus.”
The Underground currently has two GrubHub tablet kiosks. The tablets can be confusing to use, and several students have said they have had difficulty scanning their items, adding time. The Underground currently has an employee stationed at the kiosks to assist students, according to Myers, but the process is still lengthy.
“I wish there were more kiosks because having two kiosks at the peak of lunchtime doesn’t make sense,” said Lauren Kim, a sophomore from Junction City studying human biology.
During busy hours, the lines can take anywhere between 10 to 20 minutes to complete checkout.
“Back to school is a busy time for everyone and managing wait times and lines is at the top of our priority," Myers said. “Part of this is a change in technology and behaviors, we are working to get folks accustomed to using the kiosks to manage line issues.”
Other students describe having to walk to class while eating due to the long lines.
“I have encountered long lines which is why I don’t often eat here,” said Zoe Arp, a freshman from Overland Park studying political science. “I have to get to class. The lines make it slower.”
However, some students feel as though the changes have made it easier to order.
“I think it helps minimize traffic and it makes it easier for people to get their food on time and what they want, rather than go to the checkout line, order, then go back again to get your food,” said Manasvi Chennareddy, a freshman from Overland Park studying pre-pharmacy.
Similarly, for some the convenience of being able to order ahead and pick-up has allowed for quicker dining.
“[Ordering] food was pretty easy,” said Colin Weiss, a freshman from Chicago studying psychology. “I just came in and grabbed it and sat down, so it was nice. No matter where I go it's usually pretty quick to get my food or whatever I ordered.”
Students do wish that there were more options for food at The Underground.
“I think they could have more options,” said Chennareddy. “Right now I just see pizza, salads, and Uncrustbable sandwiches. That’s it. They could have more fresh things.”
Another feature of The Underground is being able to order pre-packaged items online picking them up in-store. A student goes to where the item is located at The Underground and is able to take it and go.
This method allows for the business to be more susceptible to theft. However, KU Dining has measures in place to prevent instances from occurring.
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Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez–these are all household names, but for what reason?
The obsession with infamous people has become so normalized that we often value their most ordinary qualities–qualities we all have amongst ourselves. Celebrity culture has been so ingrained in our culture that we don’t even question the weirdness of it all. The influence we allow celebrities to have is absurd and quite frankly, dangerous.
Social media has taken control of our lives, and in turn is used at the advantage of those in power. Celebrities can now use social media platforms to gain publicity and market harmful products.
A post promoting a product means little to the average person, but the same Instagram post can mean millions of dollars for a celebrity. Celebrities have too much of an influence on our youth at their fingertips, and it isn’t often used for good.
The Kardashian-Jenner family is known for exploiting young audiences through social media. They pose trim, tanned and sculpted while endorsing companies that are harmful to an audience made primarily of young women. They push harmful narratives surrounding body image, which can lead to eating disorders and severe mental health issues among young people.
In 2020, Khloé Kardashian tweeted a sponsored post supporting Flat Tummy Co., a meal replacement drink promoting weight loss. This brand’s entire marketing strategy is based on convincing people that a flat stomach is not only desirable but necessary.
Actress and body positivity activist Jameela Jamil made a video in response to Kardashian’s posts sponsoring meal replacement drinks. Jamil critiques Kardashian’s post, calling the product “a scam.”
This smoothie is another tool used to profit off of the insecurities of women, and yet another example of companies marketing specifically to our need to be conventionally attractive, thereby wrongfully profiting off insecurity.
“You know what makes these women look the way they do? Personal trainers. Chefs, nutritionists, photoshop, plastic surgeons—all of which they are able to afford from the money that they receive from selling you these diet and detox products that have nothing to do with their aesthetic,” Jamil said.
Let’s face it, celebrities can suck. The influence celebrities have is abused in many ways, especially when they promote unhealthy eating habits. Although the Kardashians and their miraculous “gut-saving” teas are harmful, other celebrities don’t even acknowledge or care about the very people that give them a platform.
In 2021, rapper Travis Scott held a concert where 10 people were killed and hundreds more injured as a result of a large crowd pushing towards the stage. Astroworld Festival, the two-day event, is forever remembered as a tragedy.
Despite seeing an ambulance in the back of the crowd, Scott showed no sense of urgency or care to the problems occurring before him. Fans were even seen screaming for help and falling unconscious in the crowd, but were ultimately unheard as the show continued to proceed.
The events of that night were preventable if more attention was given to the crowd, Scott’s fans, rather than the celebrity on stage. The infatuation with celebrities to the point of causing the death of 10 people is extremely concerning for our society. Scott showed no immediate concern for his fans and yet he is still given a platform today.
He immediately bounced back from the tragedy, and was never really held accountable for his actions. He is so idolized that despite several deaths happening in front of him, he still performs at the same volume to this day. Although “Astrofest” was an unforeseen disaster, it could have been prevented.
Though celebrities don’t always have malicious or dangerous intentions, it’s important to understand that putting people on a pedestal isn’t always beneficial. Humans are imperfect and can reflect the worst of our society — praising them to the point of fame and wealth is never a good idea.
Many celebrities have what appears to be good intentions: they advocate for causes, bring awareness to issues and even donate to causes they support. Although these things are seemingly virtuous, celebrities benefit from each charitable act and public endorsement they make, whether monetarily or through publicity.
Sometimes, it's hard to remember that celebrities are real people because we have placed them on a pedestal so far from "regular" people. As a result, we tend to idolize celebrities to the point of unhealthy obsession, unconsciously becoming susceptible to the sometimes harmful and dangerous messages they project onto their loyal followers.
It’s okay — even normal — to take part in music, film and media in our culture, but it’s important to draw a firm line between admiration and adulation. We have the power to be selective in who is allowed to have a platform and audience, and therefore who we are influenced by.
The decision lies in us as to who gets the spotlight, and being selective with these decisions is vital. You can unfollow celebrities that you know are harmful, and disengage with their content. Becoming a more intentional citizen can help you to slow the push of celebrity culture.
Choosing who has this power is crucial to the future of our society. It is our responsibility to ensure that we are no longer forced to endure more indoctrination by people like the Kardashians, who force a certain unattainable body type, or Scott, who was never held responsible for the recklessness that cost lives. | https://www.kansan.com/opinion/celebrities-why-you-should-avoid-the-hype/article_ba5fe388-32bc-11ed-98de-6f92a19627e7.html | 2022-09-15T02:19:21Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/opinion/celebrities-why-you-should-avoid-the-hype/article_ba5fe388-32bc-11ed-98de-6f92a19627e7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kansas offense has taken college football by storm by averaging 55.5 points per game and leading the FBS in that category through two games. There are numerous factors helping the Jayhawks get to that point.
Great offense usually starts up front with the offensive line, and the Jayhawks have gotten superb play out of that group so far. The line has not given up a sack to start the year.
“It means we’re doing what we should do. To see that is great, but at the end of the day that’s our job,” redshirt-senior center Mike Novitsky said of the protection of junior quarterback Jalon Daniels. “We look to continue to keep doing that”
“It’s a credit to our offensive line and everyone else involved in the blocking game," offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki said.
Kotelnicki also cited “staying out of predictable situations” as a big key to keeping Daniels protected.
“If you can stay out of third downs where you gotta drop back all the time, that’s a part of it.” Adding that turnovers and sacks most often occur on third down.
The Jayhawks were 11 out of 15 on third downs in the 55-42 win over West Virginia. While the stat is impressive, Kotelnicki credits success on first and second down for making third down easier to convert on.
“You gotta make sure the third downs are manageable. You gotta whole bunch of third and longs, it's a long Saturday typically.”
The Jayhawk offense has kept opponents on their toes by being able to successfully run and pass the ball at a high rate.
Being able to do one can often lead to success in the other, something that redshirt sophomore running back Daniel Hishaw Jr. is very aware of.
“Them (offensive line) not giving up sacks just opens up the pass game, which opens up the run game,” Hishaw said.
Hishaw also cited how the run game can similarly open up the pass game, and how it can work both ways.
The run game has been a strength early in the year as they have accumulated 10 rushing touchdowns. Hishaw has three, while sophomore running back Devin Neal has four.
Daniels has lived up to the dual threat label with 114 yards rushing on the year. With Hishaw and Neal over 100 yards on the year so far, the offense has accumulated 497 rushing yards.
Meanwhile, the passing yard total is up to 424 yards. That has included completions to 11 different wide receivers making for a balanced, unpredictable attack.
The Jayhawks look to continue their high-powered offensive efforts against a very “explosive” front-seven and “aggressive” secondary of Houston that Kotelnicki has gotten to see on film leading up to Saturday’s 3 p.m. kickoff. | https://www.kansan.com/sports/jayhawks-leading-fbs-in-points-per-game/article_b4f72fd2-3474-11ed-94e4-579582a41dbe.html | 2022-09-15T02:19:27Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/jayhawks-leading-fbs-in-points-per-game/article_b4f72fd2-3474-11ed-94e4-579582a41dbe.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After the overtime victory against West Virginia, Kansas now heads to Houston with a 2-0 record on the season.
While they were down at halftime, head coach Lance Leipold says that staying competitive and buying into the system helped them stay in the game and win.
“I think they've understood our approach and bought into, we're gonna keep coaching no matter what the score is,” Leipold said. “They saw that maybe against Tennessee Tech, no matter what we're ahead by. I think last year at times they saw it as well, when we're behind by a lot and I think they've understood it, embraced it more. Then we take a situation like Saturday night and keep competing.”
Leipold said that the early season success has caused a change in the atmosphere, both within the program and around Lawrence.
“There's a little bit of different energy in the building,” Leipold said. “There's different energy maybe outside within the community, hopefully in our fan base, and that's going to be critically important as we as we're focused on this one.”
With his early season success and the recent opening for a head coach position at Nebraska, Leipold’s name has certainly had a buzz on social media, however he’s more focused on where he is at.
“I’m focused on this football team and getting ready for Houston,” Leipold said.
As the focus and momentum shifts to the Cougars, Leipold acknowledged that Houston is a team that will play until the final whistle.
“You're gonna be in a four quarter, could be four quarter plus game with them,” Leipold said. “They're highly dynamic. Heading into the season, they're the team people talked about, as this year's version of Cincinnati, of being a team in college football playoffs.”
Even though Kansas currently has one of the highest scoring offenses in the country, Leipold noted that the Cougars are also strong on the offensive side of the ball with senior quarterback Clayton Tune.
“They have an experienced quarterback who can keep plays alive, create plays with his feet, is a heck of a play to score in the overtime game against San Antonio," Leipold said. "So a lot of things are presented a huge challenge for us. And, you know, we'll have to be ready to take another step.”
While Kansas continues their season on the road, Houston will finally get to play in its home opener.
“They've been tested both directions, in that one to two games here to start, both were on the road. So you’ve gotta give them that as well. So you gotta be be ready. I'm sure they'll be excited to have their home opener.”
Kick-off is set for 3 p.m. on ESPNU. | https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-football-looks-to-keep-momentum-surging-against-houston/article_a322429c-3451-11ed-a30d-8b47e802c3fe.html | 2022-09-15T02:19:34Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-football-looks-to-keep-momentum-surging-against-houston/article_a322429c-3451-11ed-a30d-8b47e802c3fe.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This past weekend, Kansas men’s basketball held its annual fantasy camp with head coach Bill Self 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/kansas-mens-basketball-hosts-annual-fantasy-camp/article_effdaaec-33b7-11ed-aaa0-3b830f118c87.html | 2022-09-15T02:19:40Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-mens-basketball-hosts-annual-fantasy-camp/article_effdaaec-33b7-11ed-aaa0-3b830f118c87.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kent Police have called on the general public to help in the search for a 22-year-old woman from Maidstone, whose whereabouts remain a mystery.
Concerns are growing for local woman Shannon Travis-Spencer, who was reported missing on Wednesday (September 14). Officers are increasingly anxious about her welfare and are asking for assistance in finding her.
Shannon is described as being of slim build. She was last seen wearing a blue hooded top, patchwork brown trousers and white trainers with rainbow laces on.
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Anyone who has seen her, or who has information about her likely whereabouts is urged to call 999. They should quote reference number 14-0561.
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For more stories from where you live, visit InYourArea. | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/police-urgently-searching-22-year-7587993 | 2022-09-15T02:23:35Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/police-urgently-searching-22-year-7587993 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of iRobot Corporation (NasdaqGS: IRBT) to Amazon.com, Inc. (NasdaqGS: AMZN).Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of iRobot will receive $61.00 in cash for each share of iRobot that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-irbt/ to learn more.
To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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Alheizmer’s Awareness Walk happening in Wilkinson County this weekend
The city of Toomsboro is holding an Alzheimer's Awareness Walk this weekend to raise money for Alzheimer's research.
TOOMSBORO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The city of Toomsboro is holding an Alzheimer’s Awareness Walk this weekend to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.
The walk, set for Saturday, will begin at Toomsboro City Park at 8 a.m.
Visitors will also be able to talk to healthcare professionals, and the Macon Museum of Arts and Science will put on an animal education show.
Toomsboro Mayor Joyce Denson spoke about what it means to those with Alzheimer’s to have support from others.
“It’s one thing for your family, but even when you have people not close to you to come out, I think it makes a difference in everybody, no matter what tragedy or what type of illness you may be going through,” she said.
You can sign up for the walk on-site. | https://www.41nbc.com/alheizmers-awareness-walk-happening-in-wilkinson-county-this-weekend/ | 2022-09-15T02:38:39Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/alheizmers-awareness-walk-happening-in-wilkinson-county-this-weekend/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Alheizmer’s Awareness Walk happening in Wilkinson County this weekend
The city of Toomsboro is holding an Alzheimer's Awareness Walk this weekend to raise money for Alzheimer's research.
TOOMSBORO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The city of Toomsboro is holding an Alzheimer’s Awareness Walk this weekend to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.
The walk, set for Saturday, will begin at Toomsboro City Park at 8 a.m.
Visitors will also be able to talk to healthcare professionals, and the Macon Museum of Arts and Science will put on an animal education show.
Toomsboro Mayor Joyce Denson spoke about what it means to those with Alzheimer’s to have support from others.
“It’s one thing for your family, but even when you have people not close to you to come out, I think it makes a difference in everybody, no matter what tragedy or what type of illness you may be going through,” she said.
You can sign up for the walk on-site. | https://www.41nbc.com/alheizmers-awareness-walk-happening-in-wilkinson-county-this-weekend/ | 2022-09-15T02:38:39Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/alheizmers-awareness-walk-happening-in-wilkinson-county-this-weekend/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Dry weather continues this week
Sunshine and low humidity will keep it feeling nice across Middle Georgia for the rest of the week.
It was another gorgeous day across Middle Georgia, from the start in the 50s to the mid 80s and sunshine this afternoon.
Overnight it won’t be quite as chilly across the area, but lows will still fall into the low 60s.
Thursday brings another sunny day to the southeast with highs in the mid 80s and low humidity.
The forecast won’t change much between now and Friday so enjoy the low humidity and below normal temperatures.
Meanwhile, in the tropics, we now have Tropical Depression Seven in the Atlantic (as of writing this at 9pm).
The track for seven will bring it over Puerto Rico and Hispaniola this weekend.
Typically tracks like this will weaken the system so it will be interesting to see what happens next week.
Back at home we will continue our trend of mostly dry weather.
With the dry weather we will reintroduce 90s back to the forecast for next week with some increased humidity as well.
Forecasts are trending dry and hot for much of next week, so enjoy the break for the rest of this week. | https://www.41nbc.com/dry-weather-continues-this-week/ | 2022-09-15T02:38:45Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/dry-weather-continues-this-week/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Dry weather continues this week
Sunshine and low humidity will keep it feeling nice across Middle Georgia for the rest of the week.
It was another gorgeous day across Middle Georgia, from the start in the 50s to the mid 80s and sunshine this afternoon.
Overnight it won’t be quite as chilly across the area, but lows will still fall into the low 60s.
Thursday brings another sunny day to the southeast with highs in the mid 80s and low humidity.
The forecast won’t change much between now and Friday so enjoy the low humidity and below normal temperatures.
Meanwhile, in the tropics, we now have Tropical Depression Seven in the Atlantic (as of writing this at 9pm).
The track for seven will bring it over Puerto Rico and Hispaniola this weekend.
Typically tracks like this will weaken the system so it will be interesting to see what happens next week.
Back at home we will continue our trend of mostly dry weather.
With the dry weather we will reintroduce 90s back to the forecast for next week with some increased humidity as well.
Forecasts are trending dry and hot for much of next week, so enjoy the break for the rest of this week. | https://www.41nbc.com/dry-weather-continues-this-week/ | 2022-09-15T02:38:45Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/dry-weather-continues-this-week/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Forsyth fire chief reflects on time in role ahead of retirement
The Forsyth Fire Department is saying goodbye to a long time employee and leader.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Forsyth Fire Department is saying goodbye to a long time employee and leader.
Fire Chief David Herndon is retiring September 30. We sat down to speak with him about his accomplishments in the position.
Fire Chief Herndon says it was time to head to retirement and travel.
“It’s been an extremely fun position,” he said. “I’ve looked forward to getting up and coming to work every day.”
A dream of working with the Forsyth Fire Department is coming to an end, and Fire Chief Herndon will hang up his helmet after 11 years in the position.
“My one core value was to make a difference one life at a time,” he said. “And that’s something that the crews bought into, and that’s what we did.”
Fire Chief Herndon gave 40 years of his life as a part-time firefighter with the department and spent 11 of those as chief.
He says the department has maintained a great relationship with the city. In his 11 years, they’ve worked to add personnel, buy new equipment and add a new fire truck.
He recalls some fires that happened in downtown Forsyth.
“When we had our block fires, we had a lot of people doing a lot of work, but thankfully downtown is still there,” he said.
As he prepares to leave the position, he has one message to his men and women.
“The true purpose is to make a difference and work towards that,” he said. “Don’t ever get complacent. If you get complacent in your training, it gets dangerous.”
Herndon says the community can rest assured the department will continue to maintain a safe level of care. | https://www.41nbc.com/forsyth-fire-chief-reflects-on-time-in-role-ahead-of-retirement/ | 2022-09-15T02:38:52Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/forsyth-fire-chief-reflects-on-time-in-role-ahead-of-retirement/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Forsyth fire chief reflects on time in role ahead of retirement
The Forsyth Fire Department is saying goodbye to a long time employee and leader.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Forsyth Fire Department is saying goodbye to a long time employee and leader.
Fire Chief David Herndon is retiring September 30. We sat down to speak with him about his accomplishments in the position.
Fire Chief Herndon says it was time to head to retirement and travel.
“It’s been an extremely fun position,” he said. “I’ve looked forward to getting up and coming to work every day.”
A dream of working with the Forsyth Fire Department is coming to an end, and Fire Chief Herndon will hang up his helmet after 11 years in the position.
“My one core value was to make a difference one life at a time,” he said. “And that’s something that the crews bought into, and that’s what we did.”
Fire Chief Herndon gave 40 years of his life as a part-time firefighter with the department and spent 11 of those as chief.
He says the department has maintained a great relationship with the city. In his 11 years, they’ve worked to add personnel, buy new equipment and add a new fire truck.
He recalls some fires that happened in downtown Forsyth.
“When we had our block fires, we had a lot of people doing a lot of work, but thankfully downtown is still there,” he said.
As he prepares to leave the position, he has one message to his men and women.
“The true purpose is to make a difference and work towards that,” he said. “Don’t ever get complacent. If you get complacent in your training, it gets dangerous.”
Herndon says the community can rest assured the department will continue to maintain a safe level of care. | https://www.41nbc.com/forsyth-fire-chief-reflects-on-time-in-role-ahead-of-retirement/ | 2022-09-15T02:38:52Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/forsyth-fire-chief-reflects-on-time-in-role-ahead-of-retirement/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from September 14, 2022
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Peyton Anderson Cancer Center now offering oncology services
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
Peyton Anderson Cancer Center now offering oncology services | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-141/ | 2022-09-15T02:38:58Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-141/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from September 14, 2022
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Peyton Anderson Cancer Center now offering oncology services
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
Peyton Anderson Cancer Center now offering oncology services | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-141/ | 2022-09-15T02:38:58Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-141/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Macon-Bibb EMA hosting emergency preparedness fair Saturday
The Macon-Bibb Emergency Management Agency is hosting an emergency preparedness fair this weekend.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon-Bibb Emergency Management Agency is hosting an emergency preparedness fair this weekend.
The fair will offer personal safety and health items, Covid testing, first aid demonstrations and pet micro-chipping.
It will also offer a bit of fun with fire truck tours and firefighter gear races.
Macon-Bibb EMA Administrative Officer Moranda Guy says being prepared for an emergency is essential.
“When it’s time, there may be things that may not be available for them at the time when a disaster strikes, so for them to have these things to at least last for about three days such as your emergency kit, food, water and blankets, those utensils, things and stuff that can help them until they can receive help from our public safety personnel,” she said.
The event, happening at the Frank Johnson Recreation Center on Mercer University Drive, starts at 11 a.m. Saturday and goes until 3 p.m. | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-bibb-ema-hosting-emergency-preparedness-fair-saturday/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:04Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-bibb-ema-hosting-emergency-preparedness-fair-saturday/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Macon-Bibb EMA hosting emergency preparedness fair Saturday
The Macon-Bibb Emergency Management Agency is hosting an emergency preparedness fair this weekend.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon-Bibb Emergency Management Agency is hosting an emergency preparedness fair this weekend.
The fair will offer personal safety and health items, Covid testing, first aid demonstrations and pet micro-chipping.
It will also offer a bit of fun with fire truck tours and firefighter gear races.
Macon-Bibb EMA Administrative Officer Moranda Guy says being prepared for an emergency is essential.
“When it’s time, there may be things that may not be available for them at the time when a disaster strikes, so for them to have these things to at least last for about three days such as your emergency kit, food, water and blankets, those utensils, things and stuff that can help them until they can receive help from our public safety personnel,” she said.
The event, happening at the Frank Johnson Recreation Center on Mercer University Drive, starts at 11 a.m. Saturday and goes until 3 p.m. | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-bibb-ema-hosting-emergency-preparedness-fair-saturday/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:04Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-bibb-ema-hosting-emergency-preparedness-fair-saturday/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Man hospitalized after drive-by shooting on Montpelier Avenue
A 33-year-old man is in stable condition at the hospital after being shot Wednesday night on Montpelier Avenue.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 33-year-old man is in stable condition at the hospital after being shot Wednesday night on Montpelier Avenue.
A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says it happened just before 9 o’clock at M&M Groceries, located at 2760 Montpelier Avenue.
Witnesses told investigators people were standing outside the store when a dark-colored vehicle drove by and someone inside the vehicle fired several shots.
A personal vehicle took the victim to Atrium Health Navicent.
No one else was injured.
Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have any information. | https://www.41nbc.com/man-hospitalized-drive-by-shooting-montpelier-avenue/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:10Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/man-hospitalized-drive-by-shooting-montpelier-avenue/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Man hospitalized after drive-by shooting on Montpelier Avenue
A 33-year-old man is in stable condition at the hospital after being shot Wednesday night on Montpelier Avenue.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 33-year-old man is in stable condition at the hospital after being shot Wednesday night on Montpelier Avenue.
A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says it happened just before 9 o’clock at M&M Groceries, located at 2760 Montpelier Avenue.
Witnesses told investigators people were standing outside the store when a dark-colored vehicle drove by and someone inside the vehicle fired several shots.
A personal vehicle took the victim to Atrium Health Navicent.
No one else was injured.
Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have any information. | https://www.41nbc.com/man-hospitalized-drive-by-shooting-montpelier-avenue/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:10Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/man-hospitalized-drive-by-shooting-montpelier-avenue/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Monroe County woman dies in house fire
UPDATE: The Monroe County Sheriff's Office identified the victim of Wednesday's fire as 63-year-old Joanne Turner of Forsyth.
UPDATE: The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim of Wednesday’s fire as 63-year-old Joanne Turner of Forsyth.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT ) — One person is dead following a deadly fire in Monroe County Wednesday.
According to the Monroe County Fire Department, the call came in just before 11 a.m. from a home at 134 Sutton Road.
County and City of Forsyth firefighters worked to put out the flames and rescue the victim inside.
According to County Fire Chief Matt Jackson, an unidentified female was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Fire Chief Jackson says 40% of the home was impacted by the fire.
“With reports from families who were on scene, where the victim was last seen, we made our way to that location as quickly as we could,” he said. “There was some obstacles in the house, and of course visibility is always zero, using thermal imagery to try to locate that victim.”
According to Chief Jackson, the fire begin on the porch but the cause is still under investigation. | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-fire-department-reports-deadly-fire/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:16Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-fire-department-reports-deadly-fire/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Monroe County woman dies in house fire
UPDATE: The Monroe County Sheriff's Office identified the victim of Wednesday's fire as 63-year-old Joanne Turner of Forsyth.
UPDATE: The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim of Wednesday’s fire as 63-year-old Joanne Turner of Forsyth.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT ) — One person is dead following a deadly fire in Monroe County Wednesday.
According to the Monroe County Fire Department, the call came in just before 11 a.m. from a home at 134 Sutton Road.
County and City of Forsyth firefighters worked to put out the flames and rescue the victim inside.
According to County Fire Chief Matt Jackson, an unidentified female was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Fire Chief Jackson says 40% of the home was impacted by the fire.
“With reports from families who were on scene, where the victim was last seen, we made our way to that location as quickly as we could,” he said. “There was some obstacles in the house, and of course visibility is always zero, using thermal imagery to try to locate that victim.”
According to Chief Jackson, the fire begin on the porch but the cause is still under investigation. | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-fire-department-reports-deadly-fire/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:16Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-fire-department-reports-deadly-fire/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park hosting 30th annual Indigenous Celebration this weekend
The Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is hosting its 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration this weekend.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is hosting its 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration this weekend.
This will be the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic the park has hosted the event in-person.
The celebration will feature traditional cultural crafts, storytelling and educational programs to celebrate southeastern Native American culture.
The park’s superintendent, Carla Beasley, says the celebration will help educate visitors about Native American culture as well as help people rediscover the history of the mounds themselves.
“It is an opportunity for visitors to come to the park and hear directly from the ancestors of the people who made some of these mounds and other structures in the park,” Beasley said.
An artisan will also be on-site creating a traditional Native American canoe that will be on display at the visitor’s center.
The celebration starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets are available on-site or in advance here. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 6-12 and military with ID. Children 6 and under are free. All parking will be off site at the former Macon-Bibb Health Department, located at 171 Emery Highway. A free shuttle will run continuously between the parking area and the event.
For more information about the celebration, visit the park’s Facebook page. | https://www.41nbc.com/ocmulgee-mounds-national-historical-park-hosting-30th-annual-indigenous-celebration-this-weekend/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:22Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/ocmulgee-mounds-national-historical-park-hosting-30th-annual-indigenous-celebration-this-weekend/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park hosting 30th annual Indigenous Celebration this weekend
The Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is hosting its 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration this weekend.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is hosting its 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration this weekend.
This will be the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic the park has hosted the event in-person.
The celebration will feature traditional cultural crafts, storytelling and educational programs to celebrate southeastern Native American culture.
The park’s superintendent, Carla Beasley, says the celebration will help educate visitors about Native American culture as well as help people rediscover the history of the mounds themselves.
“It is an opportunity for visitors to come to the park and hear directly from the ancestors of the people who made some of these mounds and other structures in the park,” Beasley said.
An artisan will also be on-site creating a traditional Native American canoe that will be on display at the visitor’s center.
The celebration starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets are available on-site or in advance here. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 6-12 and military with ID. Children 6 and under are free. All parking will be off site at the former Macon-Bibb Health Department, located at 171 Emery Highway. A free shuttle will run continuously between the parking area and the event.
For more information about the celebration, visit the park’s Facebook page. | https://www.41nbc.com/ocmulgee-mounds-national-historical-park-hosting-30th-annual-indigenous-celebration-this-weekend/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:22Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/ocmulgee-mounds-national-historical-park-hosting-30th-annual-indigenous-celebration-this-weekend/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Peyton Anderson Cancer Center now offering oncology services
The Atrium Health Navicent Peyton Anderson Cancer Center is now offering a new service to its patients.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) – The Atrium Health Navicent Peyton Anderson Cancer Center is now offering a new service to its patients.
The center held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday to announce it will now offer medical oncology services.
Medical Director Dr. Paul Dale says the service will help provide better care for patients.
“This is just one more aspect that allows us to give better cancer care,” Dr. Dale said. “It allows you to walk through the front door and see our surgical oncologist, our radiation oncologist and now our medical oncologist.”
Medical oncology doctors will be able to manage drug, chemotherapy and surgical treatment plans for patients.
“It’s your one-stop shop,” Dr. Dale said. “You walk in and you’ll see everything in one area, which is quite unique and a very nice offering for the patients with cancer here in the Middle Georgia area.”
The Cancer Center also welcomes medical oncologist Dr. Katie McQueen Amaker. She’s looking forward to helping patients in Middle Georgia.
“I’m excited to bring new opportunities including the availability of possibly some cancer research clinical trials from the Living Cancer Institute helping make that available to our patients here in Macon,” she said. | https://www.41nbc.com/peyton-anderson-cancer-center-now-offering-oncology-services/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:28Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/peyton-anderson-cancer-center-now-offering-oncology-services/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Peyton Anderson Cancer Center now offering oncology services
The Atrium Health Navicent Peyton Anderson Cancer Center is now offering a new service to its patients.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) – The Atrium Health Navicent Peyton Anderson Cancer Center is now offering a new service to its patients.
The center held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday to announce it will now offer medical oncology services.
Medical Director Dr. Paul Dale says the service will help provide better care for patients.
“This is just one more aspect that allows us to give better cancer care,” Dr. Dale said. “It allows you to walk through the front door and see our surgical oncologist, our radiation oncologist and now our medical oncologist.”
Medical oncology doctors will be able to manage drug, chemotherapy and surgical treatment plans for patients.
“It’s your one-stop shop,” Dr. Dale said. “You walk in and you’ll see everything in one area, which is quite unique and a very nice offering for the patients with cancer here in the Middle Georgia area.”
The Cancer Center also welcomes medical oncologist Dr. Katie McQueen Amaker. She’s looking forward to helping patients in Middle Georgia.
“I’m excited to bring new opportunities including the availability of possibly some cancer research clinical trials from the Living Cancer Institute helping make that available to our patients here in Macon,” she said. | https://www.41nbc.com/peyton-anderson-cancer-center-now-offering-oncology-services/ | 2022-09-15T02:39:28Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/peyton-anderson-cancer-center-now-offering-oncology-services/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Tennessee's two U.S. Senators are addressing the increase in crime that is happening all across the country and in the state.
Compared to 2019, some of the United State's largest cities have seen a 50% increase in homicides and a 36% increase in aggravated assaults.
The increase in crime has led United States Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty to introduce the Restore Law and Order Act.
Blackburn said the act will increase resources to state and local law enforcement agencies to help them combat violent crime.
“Our bill will establish a federal grant program to hire more police officers and detectives focused on violent crime such as rape, murder, and carjacking,” Blackburn said.
Another component of the act will have the U.S. Government Accountability Office study the length of time it takes rape kits to get processed in Tennessee.
This comes in light of Eliza Fletcher's alleged killer being connected to a rape that happened a year prior.
“It took a year for Memphis Police to receive the results and have the rape kit processed by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Tragically, the rape kit was returned the same day that Fletcher's body was discovered with DNA allegedly matching Fletcher's killer,” Blackburn said.
Senator Bill Hagerty is leading a letter to President Biden asking him to get on board and help fight the ongoing crime wave.
“The letter that we sent this week to Biden encourages him and we are ready to work with him to step up, and address this problem, to use some of the tried-and-true principals that have already worked,” Hagerty said.
Hagerty believes the crimes will continue to rise if leaders don't take charge immediately.
“Memphis saw a record high this past year alone. We have to step up and do something about this and we've had an administration that prioritizes anything but dealing with crime,” Hagerty said. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/tennessee-senators-introduce-act-to-reduce-crime/article_db68153c-346f-11ed-b513-a797e9271805.html | 2022-09-15T02:56:35Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/tennessee-senators-introduce-act-to-reduce-crime/article_db68153c-346f-11ed-b513-a797e9271805.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has complied with a subpoena from the Justice Department's investigation into events surrounding January 6, 2021, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, making him the highest-ranking Trump official known to have responded to a subpoena in the federal investigation.
Meadows turned over the same materials he provided to the House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack, one source said, meeting the obligations of the Justice Department subpoena, which has not been previously reported.
Last year, Meadows turned over thousands of text messages and emails to the House committee, before he stopped cooperating. The texts he handed over between Election Day 2020 and Joe Biden's inauguration, which CNN previously obtained, provided a window into his dealings at the White House, though he withheld hundreds of messages, citing executive privilege.
In addition to Trump's former chief of staff, one of Meadows' top deputies in the White House, Ben Williamson, also recently received a grand jury subpoena, another source familiar with the matter tells CNN. That subpoena was similar to what others in Trump's orbit received. It asked for testimony and records relating to January 6 and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Williamson previously cooperated with the January 6 committee. He declined to comment to CNN.
Meadows' compliance with the subpoena comes as the Justice Department has ramped up its investigation related to January 6, which now touches nearly every aspect of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss -- including the fraudulent electors plot, efforts to push baseless election fraud claims and how money flowed to support these various efforts, CNN reported this week.
An attorney for Meadows declined comment. The Justice Department did not respond to CNN requests for comment.
Federal investigators have issued at least 30 subpoenas to individuals with connections to Trump, including top officials from his fundraising and former campaign operation.
As White House chief of staff, Meadows was in the middle of Trump's efforts to overturn the election in the two months between Election Day and Biden's inauguration. Meadows communicated with numerous officials who tried to find election fraud and pushed various schemes to try to overturn the election, according to text messages obtained by CNN that Meadows turned over to the House select committee. Meadows also shared baseless conspiracy theories with Justice Department leaders as Trump tried to enlist DOJ's help in his push to claim the election was stolen from him.
After Meadows stopped cooperating with the House committee, Congress referred him to the Justice Department for contempt of Congress. DOJ declined to prosecute him for contempt earlier this year.
It's not yet clear whether the Justice Department will seek more materials from Meadows as part of the ongoing criminal investigation, which could lead to a legal fight over executive privilege.
Following last month's FBI search of Trump's Florida residence and resort, Meadows handed over texts and emails to the National Archives that he had not previously turned over from his time in the administration, CNN previously reported. Last year, Meadows spoke with Trump about the documents he brought to Mar-a-Lago that the National Archives wanted returned.
Trump has been counseled to cut contact with Meadows, and some of Trump's attorneys believe Meadows could also be in investigators' crosshairs and are concerned he could become a fact witness if he's pushed to cooperate, CNN reported last month. Still, Trump and Meadows have spoken a number of times, according to a source familiar with their relationship.
Another source described their relationship as "not the same as it once was" while in the White House, but said they still have maintained a relationship, even as Trump has complained about Meadows to others.
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The Justice Department is investigating felony violations of false statements, conspiracy and obstruction as part of its January 6, 2021, probe that led to a recent search of former Trump administration official Jeffrey Clark's home, according to an account of the criminal investigation made public Wednesday in a separate proceeding.
Clark's legal team wrote that on June 20 "approximately a dozen armed agents of the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General executed a criminal search warrant at [Mr. Clark's] home at around 7 a.m. and seized his electronic devices" as part of an investigation into violations of laws concerning false statements, conspiracy and obstruction, according to a report published Wednesday by a committee of the DC Bar's Board on Professional Responsibility.
This is the first time a document has named the specifics of what the Justice Department is considering as possible crimes, as it looks at the top circle of political players around then-President Donald Trump before January 6.
Separate from the criminal investigation -- in which Clark has not been charged -- the DC Bar's disciplinary counsel brought an ethics complaint against Clark for the role he played in seeking to use his department to promote Trump's bogus election fraud claims at the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021.
The attorney discipline committee's report released Wednesday quoted an assertion Clark made in a still-confidential filing where he discloses the details of the search of his home. He had argued to the ethics authorities that his proceedings there should be on hold while the DOJ and other authorities investigate him.
The Justice Department declined to comment to CNN.
Clark's attorneys didn't immediately respond to CNN's requests Wednesday for more information about what they know.
His lawyers have said electronics were taken at the time of the June search of his Virginia home -- and kept by investigators over the summer. Only some of those seized devices have been returned to him, on September 1, his lawyers wrote to the ethics committee earlier this month.
Clark has denied the accusations that he violated attorney ethics rules, writing in a September 8 answer to the charges that he hadn't "harbored any scienter to act in a dishonest fashion for self gain or to achieve an illicit objective for former President Trump."
Trump toyed with the idea of firing the Justice Department's top leadership and installing Clark, after Clark tried to push the department toward questioning the former President's election loss.
The disclosure comes as the broader federal investigation into events surrounding the aftermath of the 2020 election has escalated.
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An Ohio judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a state law prohibiting abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, restoring abortion access in the state for now.
Senate Bill 23 was passed in 2019 and took effect when the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June. The law bans abortions performed after early cardiac activity is detected -- typically around six weeks into a pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant -- except in medical emergencies.
With the judge's ruling, abortion is again available up to 20 weeks post-fertilization (or about 22 weeks after a patient's last menstrual period). The temporary restraining order is in place for the next 14 days, and the plaintiffs have requested a preliminary injunction while the case plays out.
"S.B. 23 clearly discriminates against pregnant women and places an enormous burden on them to secure safe and effective health care such that it violates Ohio's Equal Protection and Benefit Clause and is therefore unconstitutional," Judge Christian A. Jenkins wrote in his order.
On September 2, Ohio abortion providers filed a new challenge against SB 23 in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, arguing that the law violates the state constitution. The groups said they withdrew their initial challenge to the law that was before the state Supreme Court, which denied their request for an emergency hold.
"We're grateful that, for now, Ohioans can once again widely access abortion care in their own state. But this is just the first step. We have already seen the devastating impact Senate Bill 23 has had on people seeking abortions in Ohio," plaintiffs and litigators said in a joint statement.
The state's abortion laws have come under particular scrutiny in recent months following a highly publicized case involving a 10-year-old rape victim in Ohio who traveled to Indiana to obtain an abortion.
Preterm-Cleveland, an abortion clinic and one of the plaintiffs in the case, said Wednesday it would resume providing abortions for as long it possibly could.
Ohio Right to Life President Michael Gonidakis said in a statement that "by forum shopping, abortion activists temporarily got what they wanted."
"We are more than confident that the heartbeat law will go back into effect relatively soon," he said. "Further, we can assure pro-life Ohio that in the near future Ohio will become abortion free, regardless of what this local judge ruled today."
Laws that ban abortion or severely restrict the procedure have gone into effect in about a dozen states after the US Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to abortion. In several of these states, abortion rights advocates and providers have taken legal action to challenge abortion restrictions and have seen some success in temporarily blocking bans.
In neighboring West Virginia this week, lawmakers passed a bill that will prohibit nearly all abortions except to save a pregnant person's life or in certain cases that involve rape or incest, sending the measure to the state's Republican governor for his approval.
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The shelves at St. Francis Diner in New Iberia are a bit more full tonight.
The community-based organization that provides free meals to the hungry is supported by numerous area churches, businesses, civic organizations and caring neighbors.
The Diner has recently been operating five days a week, serving adults and children since June 1, 2022, bouncing back from previous pandemic restrictions.
After hearing about the food shortage that caused St. Francis Diner to close for a week to catch up on replenishment, students at Catholic High held a food drive.
The Catholic High food drive collected over 45-hundred canned goods. The food was delivered to the Diner on Wednesday morning.
St. Francis Diner welcomes donations such as canned goods, dry beans, spaghetti, rice and paper goods. Monetary donations can be sent to P.O. Box 9106 New Iberia, Louisiana 70562-9106. | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/catholic-high-students-offer-helping-hands-in-local-food-drive | 2022-09-15T02:58:40Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/catholic-high-students-offer-helping-hands-in-local-food-drive | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Baltimore State's Attorney's Office on Wednesday filed a motion in court to vacate Adnan Syed's murder conviction, opening up the possibility of a new trial in Maryland.
Syed is currently in prison for the 1999 murder of his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, whose body was discovered in Baltimore's Leakin Park.
He was a juvenile at the time he allegedly committed the murder.
The case gained national recognition when it was featured on the podcast Serial, which questioned some evidence used to convict Syed.
Other information has since come to light leading some to doubt whether Syed was ever, in fact, guilty.
Prosecutors now say they've uncovered previously undisclosed material suggesting two other suspects could've potentially been responsible.
"To be clear, the State is not asserting, at this time, that Mr. Syed is innocent," The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office said in a statement Wednesday. "While the investigation remains ongoing when considering the totality of the circumstances, the State lacks confidence in the integrity of the conviction and requests that Mr. Syed be afforded a new trial."
Defense attorneys claim that both of the 'alternate' suspects were known to investigators when Syed was charged but failed to share those specific details.
Syed's team claims one of the potential suspects previously threatened to kill and make Lee disappear. The defense adds there is documentation that may provide that person's motive. Both 'alternate' suspects reportedly had prior convictions for violent crimes against women, according to Syed's lawyers. Lee's car, they say, had been found behind the home of one of those suspect's family members.
Much of Syed’s original trial hinged on cell phone data records, which prosecutors say are no longer reliable.
At the time, the state contended dozens of calls were received placing Syed at Leakin Park on the date and time of the murder.
He has long claimed to have been elsewhere at the time.
The case has gone through multiple appeals that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to overturn the conviction.
This story was originally published by WMAR in Baltimore, Maryland. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/prosecutors-move-to-vacate-adnan-syeds-lifetime-murder-sentence | 2022-09-15T02:58:52Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/prosecutors-move-to-vacate-adnan-syeds-lifetime-murder-sentence | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Minnesota State Community and Technical College has been chosen as the new host of the West Central Minnesota Small Business Development Center for a three-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2023. M State was selected for its proven commitment to business development, existing resources, large geographic, demographic footprint and established partnerships with regional businesses and industry. Created in 1980 to help small businesses start, grow and succeed, the program offers free one-on-one professional business consulting services and helps secure investment capital for business ventures.
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Manchester: Erling Haaland grabbed an outrageous 84th-minute winner against his former club Borussia Dortmund as Manchester City came from behind with two late goals to seal a 2-1 win in Champions League Group G on Wednesday.
The Norwegian has now scored 13 goals in eight games since making his move from the Bundesliga club and his latest was a brilliant finish as he leapt to guide home a wonderful cross with the outside of his boot by Joao Cancelo.
The ball was almost beyond Haaland as he leapt off the ground to reach a cross that most players would have tried to hit with their right foot.
But the towering blond forward is not like most players and he hooked the ball with the outside of his left foot into the Dortmund goal, prompting an astonished roar from the home crowd.
There was something inevitable about the 22-year-old, who scored 86 goals in 89 appearances for Dortmund, deciding the outcome but it was a surprise how much City had struggled for almost an hour.
Pep Guardiola opted to rotate his squad a little and his players struggled to find their usual tempo and fluency in a dull opening 45 minutes.
The German defence had coped with City's pedestrian build-up play with neither Jack Grealish or Riyad Mahrez getting much joy on the wings.
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The first real chance came in the 52nd minute and it fell to Dortmund with Marco Reus bustling in from the left but he scooped his shot wide of the far post.
Reus was more accurate, though, four minutes later when a corner reached him at the back of the penalty area and he whipped a ball back into the box for England international Jude Bellingham to head past Ederson.
Guardiola had been preparing a triple change when the goal was scored and he soon introduced Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez.
The trio provided the desired impact -- adding the missing pace and inventiveness to City's forward play but when they drew level in the 80th minute it was thanks to a defender.
Kevin De Bruyne played the ball inside to John Stones who blasted a fierce drive past Alexander Meyer from outside the box.
The momentum was with City and all Dortmund's efforts to neutralise Haaland counted for nothing when Cancelo produced his magical cross and the Norwegian his full stretch finish.
"In the end we showed what we are. This is what we are and this is how we have to play. I'm proud of the last 20, 25 minutes," Haaland said.
"We scored two wonderful goals today – mine was a bit better, honestly. It was a nice cross from Cancelo," he said.
Bellingham reflected on the predictability of the match-winner.
"Yeah I knew it (would be him) to be honest. Not many people know how to stop him. We did a really good job tonight and then he did what he does – unfortunately for us," he said.
City, who won their opening group game against Sevilla 4-0, top the standings on six points, three ahead of the Germans. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/09/15/man-city-haaland-dortmund-match.html | 2022-09-15T03:05:20Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/09/15/man-city-haaland-dortmund-match.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Swelling Mosquito Fire now California's largest wildfire this year
Northern California's Mosquito Fire swelled to 63,776 acres on Wednesday evening after "critically dry fuels" drove rapid growth, per Cal Fire.
The big picture: Evacuation orders and warnings remained in place for nearby communities as the blaze burned across El Dorado and Placer counties at 20% containment and became the largest recorded in California this year.
- The McKinney Fire, near the border with Oregon, was previously the largest wildfire to burn in California this year. That blaze has razed 60,138 acres and was 99% contained on Wednesday, according to Inciweb.
Threat level: As poor air quality looms, schools in the area halted in-person classes, including in the Washoe County School District, The University of Nevada, Reno and Truckee Meadows Community College, AP reports.
- Lighter southwesterly winds than Tuesday, helped clear some of the air in fire-affected areas, according to Cal Fire.
By the numbers: 91 large fires were burning on Wednesday across eight states in the Western U.S. — including 10 in California, according to the latest information from the National Interagency Fire Center.
Editor's note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/15/california-mosquito-fire-largest-this-year | 2022-09-15T03:05:30Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/15/california-mosquito-fire-largest-this-year | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Man recovering after being shot in Portland neighborhood
Published: Sep. 14, 2022 at 10:43 PM EDT|Updated: 23 minutes ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man is recovering after being shot Wednesday night in the Portland neighborhood.
Louisville Metro police officers found a victim with a gunshot wound around 9:30 p.m. on Lytle Street, a couple blocks north of Boone Square Park.
The man was taken to University Hospital and LMPD said he is expected to survive his injuries.
Currently, no arrests have been made.
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On the same day NBA commissioner Adam Silver defended his decision to suspend Phoenix Suns’ owner Robert Sarver for one year, others strengthened calls for harsher penalties.
Among the loudest voices: LeBron James.
The Lakers’ star tweeted his disapproval of Sarver’s suspension and $10 million fine on Wednesday afternoon, saying, “Our league definitely got this wrong,” and, “There is no place in this league for that kind of … behavior.” While not formally calling for Sarver to sell the team he’s owned for the last 18 years, James’ dissatisfaction spoke to an undercurrent of NBA voices who believe Sarver was not punished severely enough.
“I love this league and I deeply respect our leadership,” James added. “But this isn’t right. There is no place for misogyny, sexism, and racism in any work place. Don’t matter if you own the team or play for the team. We hold our league up as an example of our values and this aint (sic) it.”
After a November 2021 ESPN report highlighted instances of racist and sexist comments by Sarver last year, the NBA conducted a formal investigation which found that the 60-year-old had mistreated employees, used racial epithets (despite being told by others not to do so) and made sexually inappropriate jokes and comments in the workplace. Sarver, who also owns the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, will not participate in any league business or enter any league facility in the next year.
One of the league’s loudest and most outspoken voices, James is hardly alone in his criticism. Silver acknowledged he had talked with several players since the report was released Tuesday who were “disheartened” by its findings. Silver notably forced Clippers owner Donald Sterling out of team ownership after embarrassing tapes of the billionaire real estate developer’s racist views were leaked, but Silver said Wednesday that Sarver’s case was distinct in key ways from Sterling.
“Ultimately we made a judgment – I made a judgment – that in the circumstances in which he had used that language and that behavior, that while, as I said, it was indefensible is not strong enough,” Silver said. “It’s beyond the pale in every possible way to use language and behave that way, but that it was wholly of a different kind than what we saw in that earlier case.”
Silver added that the suspension and the fine were the strongest possible punishments he could administer and that other factors (including Sarver’s track record with hiring people of color in his organization) offered additional context to his ultimate punishment.
When pressed by a reporter to explain how a team owner faced suspension when a team employee might well be fired, Silver was forced to acknowledge there was a distinction.
“I don’t have the right to take away his team,” he said. “I don’t want to rest on that legal point because of course there could be a process to take away someone’s team in this league. It’s very involved, and I ultimately made the decision that it didn’t rise to that level.
“But to me, the consequences are severe here on Mr. Sarver,” Silver added. “Reputationally, it’s hard to even make those comparisons to somebody who commits an inappropriate act in the workplace in somewhat of an anonymous fashion versus what is a huge public issue now around this person.”
It’s possible that the NBA looked to avoid some of the thorny legal issues that arose when it ousted Sterling – with much more vocal player and personnel outrage – in 2014. Sterling sued the league, and the case was not settled for two years.
Few of the league’s high-profile players have offered dissent as explicitly and publicly as James has. But notably, NBPA executive director Tamika Tremaglio told ESPN she thinks Sarver “should never hold a managerial position within our league again.”
Suns guard Chris Paul, who spent eight years as the NBA players’ union president and was a member of the Clippers when Sterling was forced to sell the team, expressed his disappointment with the punishment as well.
“I am of the view that the sanctions fell short in truly addressing what we can all agree was atrocious behavior,” he wrote on Twitter. “My heart goes out to all of the people that were affected.”
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Pasadena welcomed its newest city manager to Council Chambers for the first time Monday, Sept. 12, but he was immediately met with pleas from residents to fire the police officers involved in the shooting death of Anthony McClain and to hasten related investigations.
McClain, 32, of Pasadena, was shot and killed near La Pintoresca Park in August 2020 after he fled a traffic stop over a missing front license plate initiated by Officer Edwin Dumanguindin and partner Ryan Mulrooney near Raymond Avenue and Grandview Street.
The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office Justice System Integrity Division found that there was insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Officer Edwin Dumaguindin did not act in lawful self-defense when he fatally shot McClain during the traffic stop as McClain fled. But in the months and years since McClain’s death, the City Council has become a forum for calls to fire the officers – an action that under the city’s charter the city manager must sign off on.
Enter City Manager City Manager Miguel Márquez, whose tenure as head administrator of Pasadena immediately opened with such calls on Monday, more than 10 months after former City Manager Steve Mermell ended his 33-year career.
Mermell, who surprisingly announced he would step away from his position last September, faced similar requests from the public on a weekly basis during Council meetings when callers to the still virtual meetings would occasionally become frustrated enough to verbally attack him and individual members of the Council.
In the weeks since, the pleas have continued as the public awaits the results of an administrative review, one of three separate investigations that must be completed before city leaders can have a detailed public conversation about the shooting.
On Monday, Márquez was quiet on the issue, which was not on the agenda for the meeting.
Originally scheduled to be completed in July, former City Manager Cynthia Kurtz acknowledged last month the delay is the result of additional interviews needing to be completed.
“We are going to make sure this is the most complete administrative review that we can possibly defend,” Kurtz said, “and it just means sometimes we need to go back and redo things.”
On Monday, residents wondered when the investigation will be completed while some wondered why the city has increased the police budget since McClain’s murder rather than fund community-oriented solutions.
Others asked Marquez, a former judge, to bring a fresh perspective to the situation.
“I don’t have to repeat what’s already been said by community members. We do we need new ears to hear the regards to and literally their regards to public safety,” said Heavenly Hughes, founder of grassroots organization MyTribeRise. “We feel like the city has been desensitized when it comes to the lives of Black people, Black men, women and children in our community. We feel like we’ve been undervalued here in the city of Pasadena. We ask you to hear our voices.”
Councilman Tyron Hampton echoed the sentiment, stressing two years have passed since a trio of reviews relating to the case began.
Hampton claims Dumanguindin was not in compliance with Pasadena Police Department procedure because he didn’t have his body camera on.
“My stance has always been I think we need to finish our administrative review … . ,” Hampton said. “(McClain) was running when he was shot in the back twice. To me, it doesn’t look right.”
As he has repeatedly in the past, Hampton said, “I think accountability at its highest needs to happen. It needs to happen for the community. It needs to happen for the police officers involved.”
It’s also part of building and restoring trust in the community, according to Hampton.
“When things like this go on for years – I mean years,” he said. “It’s an erosion of public trust.”
Looking to his new city manager, Marquez, Hampton concluded, “I hope that with your new eyes, your vision for our city, that you look at how do we bring back that trust.”
Councilman Steve Madison chimed in to note the conversation was not on the Council agenda.
“There is much that can be said about the proliferation of guns and gang activity in our city and gun violence,” Madison said. “This is a much larger conversation than we have time for today and it’s not on our agenda, so I suggest we get back to the agenda mayor.”
The remark upset Hampton, who questioned what gangs had to do with the situation.
“I don’t know what guns and gangs has to do with anybody being shot in the back twice,” Hampton said. “I have no idea why that was even mentioned. That literally made no sense.”
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LOS ANGELES — Entering the season, USC’s defense was the prevailing question for the team in Lincoln Riley’s first season. Everyone knew the offense was going to score plenty of points, but would a patchwork defense be able to hold up its end of the bargain?
Through two games, we’ve seen the beginnings of an answer, and it’s allowed the 2-0 Trojans to ascend to No. 7 in the latest AP poll.
USC is first nationally in turnover margin with an 8-0 mark. The Trojans are third nationally in sacks with 4.5 per game and fifth in tackles for loss at 10 per game.
These are the types of categories that coaches, especially USC defensive coordinator Alex Grinch, focus on to determine how successful a defense is. But while this performance has been a pleasant surprise, it doesn’t disguise areas where this unit still needs to improve.
“I’ve caught myself talking to Coach Riley in particular, saying, ‘To our standard – ok, what is our standard?’” Grinch wondered out loud after practice Wednesday. “We’re trying to establish that. The brand of USC determines by and large what that standard is and it’s a lot higher than what we’ve done so far. So you attack that.”
The area of greatest concern for USC is how opponents have been able to move the ball. The Trojans are allowing 360.5 yards per game, 72nd nationally in the statistic. That drops to 106th when you only look at rushing yards allowed per contest.
This is an area where Grinch is still looking for answers. He and his staff consider whether mistakes are mental errors or missed assignments or miscommunications on the field.
“It’s unacceptable, it’s not good enough and we know that. It’s something that we continue to evaluate,” he said. “It leads to points which in the end puts us in a situation where the offense needs to score more.”
Where USC takes some degree of comfort is that it only allows 21 points per game.
“The thing is, yards don’t mean points,” linebacker Shane Lee said. “Our goal is definitely to eliminate the yards that they get, but they’re not scoring. We gotta pride ourselves on not breaking.”
One reason for this has been USC’s propensity for turnovers, especially in the red zone. There was Calen Bullock’s interception at the 8-yard line against Rice, Mekhi Blackmon’s end zone interception against Stanford and Max Williams’ forced fumble against the Cardinal.
Some of those turnovers have been a product of luck; tipped passes by receivers that landed in defensive backs’ hands. This raises the question of whether this current level of production is sustainable for the USC defense.
“We take the approach that the ball has no idea it’s supposed to go from the quarterback to the receiver,” Grinch said. “So the messaging is 100% we control it, 100% of the time.”
When asked directly if he thought USC could continue with this level of forced turnovers, “Tell me why we can’t. You gotta think that way. You’re not a passive member of the game of football, you’re an active member. So we choose to have that approach, that it’s controllable.”
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — It was a very difficult and emotional night as the Tallahassee Fire Department, police department, and community members all paid their respects to the fallen Captain at Wildwood Church.
Community leaders, family, and friends came from all over to mourn the loss of someone that dedicated their life to protecting others. Wildwood Church, where the viewing was held, is where the Captain and his family attended church. Rudy was a husband and father of two boys. Tragically, over the weekend, Captain Brenden Rudy died in a car accident in Leon County.
Rudy joined the Tallahassee Fire Department in 2009 and was part of the Urban Search and Rescue Team…trained to respond to the most critical situations in the city. Tallahassee Fire Chief, Jerome Gaines, called Captain Rudy a leader at the department. Chief Gaines also described him as a man of faith, family, and who loved the fire department. He says you couldn't find a better man than Captain Rudy and he will be dearly missed by everyone who knew him.
The funeral service for Captain Brenden Rudy is tomorrow morning (Thursday, 9/15) at 11:00 AM at the Wildwood Church on 100 Ox Bottom Road in Tallahassee. In lieu of flowers, the Rudy Family has requested contributions to be made to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/funeral-service-for-fallen-tallahassee-fire-dept-captain-brenden-rudy-on-thursday | 2022-09-15T03:12:32Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/funeral-service-for-fallen-tallahassee-fire-dept-captain-brenden-rudy-on-thursday | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK — A onetime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sued him Wednesday, saying he sexually harassed her and then smeared her reputation after she became the second woman to publicly accuse him of misconduct.
Charlotte Bennett’s lawsuit, filed in a federal court in New York City, repeats many of the allegations she has talked about publicly in the year and a half since she first began telling her story.
She said the governor subjected her to unwanted advances, including telling her he was “lonely” and on the hunt for a girlfriend and asking her if she would be open to sex with an older man.
The lawsuit is at least the second to be filed by one of the multiple women who accused Cuomo of sexual harassment before the scandal led to his resignation last summer. Bennett has also sued three Cuomo aides.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, saying Bennett experienced near-debilitating anxiety, symptoms of depression and a neurological disorder after a barrage of inappropriate comments by the governor spoiled her job as a health policy adviser in the governor’s administration.
In a statement, Cuomo attorney Rita Glavin said Cuomo “has always said he didn’t harass anyone and with each day that goes by more and more information is uncovered showing how evidence favorable to the Governor was suppressed and crucial facts ignored or omitted that undermined witness credibility.”
“We’ll see them in court,” she added.
Debra Katz, a lawyer for Bennett, said Cuomo continues to attack women who came forward “in a desperate effort to rehabilitate his political career.”
“Instead of apologizing and making things right with the women he harmed, he’s now on a campaign to try to smear everyone,” Katz said. “These attacks will not be successful.”
Cuomo resigned after New York’s attorney general released the results of an investigation that concluded Cuomo had sexually harassed at least 11 women, including Bennett.
Those women had told of being subjected to unwanted kisses and touches, or inappropriate comments about their looks and their sex lives. One aide filed a criminal complaint alleging that Cuomo had groped her breast. The charge was later dropped by the Albany district attorney, who cited a lack of proof. Cuomo denied the allegation.
Bennett, 27, played a critical role in Cuomo’s downfall. At the time she came forward with her accusations, only one other woman, Lindsey Boylan, had spoken publicly about being harassed by the governor.
By adding her voice, Bennett emboldened other women to speak up.
“I was really scared to come forward,” Bennett later told The Associated Press. “But something that reassured me even in that moment of fear was that there were women before me … (it wasn’t) Charlotte versus the governor, but a movement, moving forward. and I am one small event and one small piece of reckoning with sexual misconduct, in workplaces and elsewhere.”
When Bennett initially told her story to The New York Times, Cuomo appeared to acknowledge that he had hurt her with comments inappropriate for a workplace, but denied that he was making sexual advances. He claimed Bennett had misinterpreted his comments.
Bennett, who turned 25 when she worked for Cuomo, said she had no doubt that Cuomo’s comments — some of which were delivered in a whisper — were intended to probe her interest in a sexual relationship.
Bennett’s lawsuit came a day after Cuomo filed an ethics complaint against New York Attorney General Letitia James, claiming the sexual harassment investigation she launched against the governor was biased and intended to drive him from office.
In February, Cuomo was sued by a New York State Police trooper who said Cuomo subjected her to sexual remarks and on occasion ran his hand or fingers across her stomach and her back. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/ex-aide-who-alleged-sexual-harassment-sues-andrew-cuomo/article_20d295a8-347e-11ed-b1d2-df1bf95b8472.html | 2022-09-15T03:13:25Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/ex-aide-who-alleged-sexual-harassment-sues-andrew-cuomo/article_20d295a8-347e-11ed-b1d2-df1bf95b8472.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The city's first online auction of tax-foreclosed properties raised $867,550, the largest grand total ever at auction, according to city Treasurer Sue Mawhiney.
The auction was conducted between Aug. 12 and Aug. 26. The Common Council approved the sale of 27 properties on Wednesday night.
The reason for the big grand total is two-fold, Mawhiney said. First, the 2022 auction included properties seized for non-payment of taxes and fees since 2019; the annual auction wasn't conducted in 2020 or 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. Second, this was the city's first online property auction.
“The online auction opened it up to way more people,” Mawhiney said. “It was more convenient and lasted for two weeks rather than just one night.”
Winning bids ranged from about $1,500 for the vacant lot at 160 Gooding St. to $185,000 for 320-326 West Ave., last the home of DeFlippo's restaurant.
AL1 Holdings, LLC purchased the latter property, along with the single-family homes at 263 High St. ($80,500) and 67 Chapel St. ($54,200), and the multi-family residence at 37 Amelia St. ($50,100).
Mawhiney noted that this year the insides of properties on the auction block were not shown, as many of them were still occupied. Thus, bidders did not know whether they had bought a functioning residence or a gutted house without proper water, electric and sewer.
Asked about any steps taken by the city to discourage absentee landlord-style ownership, Mawhiney said the treasurer's office does not police the sale of properties but there's a rule in place giving purchasers up to nine months to apply for a "certificate of occupancy" through the building inspection department. That certifies compliance with local building codes, she said.
Mawhiney added that the city has contact information for all of the buyers and she didn't see many out-of-towners on the list.
"Most of them, I believe, are within Niagara County," she said.
Mawhiney said her office is still compiling the amounts of unpaid taxes and fees on the seized properties to determine whether the city broke even on the auction. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/citys-first-online-property-auction-sets-a-record/article_fdc5f028-346e-11ed-a8a3-b78ee82078f5.html | 2022-09-15T03:13:31Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/citys-first-online-property-auction-sets-a-record/article_fdc5f028-346e-11ed-a8a3-b78ee82078f5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MIDDLEPORT — Royalton Hartland Central School District is paying $16,000 to the Western New York Educational Services Council for its help finding a permanent superintendent of schools.
That's according to the written agreement between the organizations, a copy of which the Union-Sun & Journal obtained by Freedom of Information Law request.
School board president Carol Blumrick was asked last week how much the district is paying WNYESC and she declined to answer. The US&J submitted its FOIL request to district clerk Marjorie Masters on Monday afternoon and received a copy of the requested documentation on Wednesday morning.
Asked on Wednesday afternoon why she had declined to state the fee being paid to WNYESC, Blumrick said that at the time she didn't know the exact amount off-hand and didn't want to risk stating a number that could be incorrect.
“I don’t like to speak off the cuff, it’s really hard for me to do that,” she said in a telephone interview. “It's good to have your ducks in a row or else it can come back to bite you.”
The agreement, which was ratified in May, states WNYESC is to be paid in installments: $3,000 upon formal approval of the contract and appointment by the school board, $6,000 upon the presentation of semi-finalist candidates, and the remaining $7,000 once the board has appointed a new superintendent. Travel and mileage expenses are to be reimbursed up to $1,000. This district also is covering the costs of advertising the open position.
While superintendent search services are offered free of charge through Orleans / Niagara BOCES, Blumrick reiterated the school board's belief that WNYESC's search service is well worth the cost.
“We’re very comfortable with the decision we made,” she said. “We thought that perhaps they would have a greater ability to reach the best pool of candidates, and that they were a good fit for our district at this time.”
Clark Godshall, the Orleans/Niagara BOCES superintendent who has headed up numerous superintendent searches for local school districts, said it's not unusual for districts to turn to agencies other than BOCES.
"Barker, Newfane and Albion have all gone with paid consultants in the past," Godshall said. "BOCES does about 50% of the searches. It's a local decision, and not uncommon to go with another consultant."
Roy-Hart is in the process of replacing superintendent Henry Stopinski, who left the post in June to become the superintendent of Depew Union-Free School District. Jill Heck, director of curriculum and instruction, is serving as interim superintendent. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/roy-hart-paying-16k-for-superintendent-search-help/article_52d8dd84-347c-11ed-842e-cf2c17c1cd5d.html | 2022-09-15T03:13:37Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/roy-hart-paying-16k-for-superintendent-search-help/article_52d8dd84-347c-11ed-842e-cf2c17c1cd5d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Honda’s electrification push won’t be limited to cars. The company on Tuesday announced that it will launch 10 electric motorcycles globally by 2025, and make its motorcycle lineup carbon neutral by 2040.
Honda already sells a line of small scooters aimed at fleet operators, and that are already used by the Japanese and Vietnamese postal services. The company plans to expand availability of these models to other markets, and introduce two personal-use derivatives for the European and Asian markets between 2024 and 2025.
Between 2022 and 2024, Honda plans to introduce five larger electric moped models, again in European and Asian markets. Those will be followed by three even larger models for Japan, Europe, and the United States between 2024 and 2025.
Finally, Honda plans to launch an electric motorcycle for kids. This model is also slated for 2024 or 2025, and also appears destined for the U.S.
Honda said it will equip future electric motorcycles with solid-state batteries, utilizing technology the company is also eyeing for cars. Battery swapping is also part of the company’s plans; Honda in 2021 joined fellow Japanese motorcycle manufacturers Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha in a consortium to develop battery-swapping standards for motorcycles.
In addition to electric models, Honda said it will continue to improve the fuel efficiency of its internal-combustion bikes, and investigate alternative fuels to reach its carbon neutrality goal.
There was at least one false start for these efforts. Honda originally said in 2008 that it would launch an electric motorcycle in 2010. That left room for companies like Zero and Energica to focus on electric bikes.
BMW Motorrad said in 2018 that it saw electric powertrains as the future for motorcycles. And even some traditional motorcycle makers like Harley-Davidson beat Honda to market with a fully fleshed-out electric bike.
Honda has stepped up its electric vehicle investment too. It now plans 30 EVs by 2030, globally, with two electric sports cars in development.
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On Sept. 15, Highpoint Cider in Victor will be hosting local artist and illustrator Cy Whitling’s first art show from 5-9 p.m. The ‘Big Art Party’ will feature Whitling’s unique stylings that take heavy inspiration from the multitude of outdoor pursuits he participates in.
For those that don’t know Cy, his background in the outdoors is extensive as a volunteer for Teton County Idaho Search and Rescue while also organizing grassroots mountain bike events and scholarships. Cy is also a trail runner and, in the winter, an avid backcountry skier/ski blade enthusiast.
Whitling documents his outdoor pursuits and the local outdoor community in a very unique, sometimes humorous style. A common theme in his works is poking good-natured fun at outdoor stereotypes while also illustrating more impactful subject matter such as proper backcountry safety and the trials of mountain town life.
He does this through a variety of methods and processes. For more storytelling-oriented works he illustrates large-format comics. To illustrate specific scenes and moments, Cy will go so far as to bring a kit out with him while mountain biking, post up next to a trail, and draw and paint works with riders (literally) flying past him.
“The underlying thing is I consider myself more of an illustrator than an artist. While I spend a lot of my days drawing, it is drawing for clients, not capital ‘A’ art that you would show off,” said Whitling of his identity as an artist.
“You’ll recognize mountains and locations and some people, stuff like that I portrayed because that is what I am doing. It’s a pretty apt reflection of my life,” said Whitling. “This show reflects my passions pretty well and the last six years, as those are the years I have lived in Teton Valley.”
Whitling moved to Teton Valley in 2016, and eventually started creating art professionally for clients such as Mountain Gazette and Explore Big Sky. In his works, Whitling is sure to prioritize a sense of community.
“I was raised to have a strong feeling of responsibility to be an asset to my community. I think I am at my best when I can be giving to a community,” said Whitling.
Giving, whether it is tangible objects or intangible knowledge, is something Whitling is prolific at. Whitling used to give away free stickers to anyone that would physically mail him, but that was something he had to stop just due to the sheer volume of requests.
“I’ve given away like 9,000 stickers in the last five years or something. My goal has always been to brighten people’s day in a way if I can afford to,” said Whitling.
That generosity hits especially hard in Teton Valley, where the tribulations of mountain town life make enjoying art sometimes unrelatable.
“It can be intimidating to go to an art show or a gallery and be like oh, I can’t afford this, I’m living in Teton Valley paying rent, working minimum wage, and whatever. A lot of the people here are trying to survive in a place that’s too expensive, but they are sacrificing to follow their passions and I want to make sure what I do is accessible to those people,” said Whitling.
Those sympathies will extend into the show. Works across all price ranges will be included either in the show or as favors to his audience.
“Free, cheap, and expensive. I am really excited about that, it’s been something I focused on for a long time,” said Whitling. “There will be free stickers and I’ll be giving away some big prints and there will be affordable print packs so I can make sure everybody that wants something can go home with something.”
That accessibility also translates into his art through a unique position in the local art scene.
“I have an end goal of a story that I am trying to tell in a certain way and I think that gives me a different angle than a lot of folks. There are a lot of paintings of unrealistically colored animals and the Tetons at sunset and I don’t need to exist in that space,” said Whitling.
Self-awareness is a highly admirable trait of Whitling’s, which motivated him to seek a unique path amid a glut of artists creating more traditional local art.
“There are a bunch of people who do that really well and I don’t need to compete with them. That is not how I see the world, that is not how I experience the world, so I care more about portraying other things,” said Whitling.
That sentiment conveys Whitling’s ability to create his own space as an individual, which is a large inspiration in his path through life.
He first found that ability through his outdoor pursuits, which he found organically, not by being pushed by his parents or expectations. He hopes others can take note of that.
“I went out and sought skiing and mountain biking when I was a teen. I’m lucky that I had mentors and the privilege to get them and that’s similar with art. I have no formal education, I just wanted to draw stuff. I want to create a safe space for other people who are in a similar situation where it is not a straightforward path for them to get into these things that they are really passionate about,” said Whitling.
Whitling cautioned that it takes a lot of hard work to create that path. With sharp sincerity, he spoke about how being well-rounded and open to doing whatever to make it work can be extremely valuable for anyone chasing their own dream.
“This idea that you can’t pursue whatever your passions are without having an office job that’s in that industry I think is harmful. Trying to live this lifestyle of trying to be an illustrator or an artist, having other skills is valuable while having a good work ethic and having to do things to pay the bills,” said Whitling.
At the end of the day, Whitling is simply grateful to be here and views our community as something that can be enhanced sustainably for everyone.
“I think we have been given a lot, anyone that gets to live here has been given a lot,” said Whitling. “You can try and hold that for yourself and keep others out of it and try and keep it pristine for yourself and be seen as a NIMBY (not in my back yard) and not want people to come, or you can do your best to share that in a sustainable way.”
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It has been an extremely busy summer for the team at Teton County (WY) Search and Rescue as they near an all-time annual high in call volume, with still more than three months to go before 2023.
There have been 102 calls for rescue handled by TCSAR since Jan. 1 (as of Aug. 31). The annual record is 105 call-outs.
While most of those calls have come in and been responded to via the east side of the Tetons, the increase has inevitably spilled over into the western aspects of the range.
TCSAR Chief Advisor Cody Lockhart roughly estimates that “a quarter to a third” of all calls this summer have been for rescues and/or victims that accessed from the west side of the Tetons, mainly through Teton or Darby Canyons.
“The short version is we have had more calls than ever. It has been pretty consistent, every week we’re having a serious amount of calls so it’s not like there have been big breaks,” said Lockhart. “Every day, every other day, something is happening.”
A particular hotspot has been Alaska Basin, a relatively remote but popular destination. The Alaska Basin trail, around 15 miles out and back, launches from the Teton Canyon Trailhead located at the end of Teton Canyon Road.
While SAR has completed some rescues from Alaska Basin using their wheeled litter, a rugged backboard-like carrier mounted on an oversized bike wheel, the Teton Interagency Helitack helicopter is the preferred egress vehicle for SAR in that terrain.
“Another thing we are having to do a lot, especially in Alaska Basin, is we end up flying the helicopter out there, leaving from Jackson. It’s eight or ten miles no matter how you get there so that is a pretty tricky place to get to that has a lot of rescues,” said Lockhart.
The Teton Interagency Helitack helicopters are based at the Jackson Hole Airport and serve multiple organizations including GTNP, the USFS, Teton Interagency Fire, and TCSAR. To use the helicopter, SAR has to obtain prior authorization. This agreement runs from June 1 of each year through Sept. 30.
From Oct. 1 to May 31, TCSAR contracts a helicopter for exclusive use. TCSAR does not own its own helicopter.
Last April, the TCSAR Foundation paid an initial, non-refundable down payment of over $300,000 to purchase its own helicopter, even as additional funding has not materialized yet. The TCSAR Foundation is currently fundraising to complete the purchase of the helicopter.
It is important to note that TCSAR does not charge victims for rescues, even those involving helicopters.
When a call for service comes in, TCSAR leadership immediately gets on a conference call to determine their best course of action. By design, there are a handful of SAR members that live in Teton Valley and can get up to about an hour’s head start on west-side rescues versus those that originate at TCSAR’s Jackson base.
There is also a gear and vehicle cache located in Alta, WY, which TCSAR uses to store medical equipment, ATVs, and snowmobiles among other supplies.
“The majority of the team and the resources are an hour away from the trailhead and that is certainly tricky for us. We are just having to build a system where we can respond to them in an efficient way and that means having a presence over there in some form or fashion,” said Lockhart.
More west-side rescues will mean building a stronger presence in Alta. Lockhart also mentioned the Grand Targhee expansion as a potential harbinger of more SAR demand.
“As we get busier it becomes more important for us to have a stronger presence over there,” said Lockhart. “That gear cache is something we’re looking to build out more with more rescues over there, more team members over there, and with Targhee expanding. There is a reason for us to have a presence over there because there is enough going on.”
The Wyoming exclave of Alta is viewed as a two-sided coin. While it enables a faster response and an ability to cache supplies, it also eases access for recreationists that might need a rescue further from the main base.
It also opens TCSAR to responsibility from recreationists coming from further away, instead of those just living in close proximity to the Tetons.
“It is tricky for us in these high-use areas like Teton Canyon and Darby Canyon, that have huge use between all of the folks that live over there and in Rexburg and Idaho Falls using these trailheads,” said Lockhart. “It’s in Wyoming, it’s our responsibility, but it isn’t in our backyard necessarily.”
Lockhart stated that the increase in call volume isn’t an increase in one user group or another running into trouble, but more of an across-the-board trend. There have also been a few incidents that he chalked up purely to randomness.
“I know there is some element of randomness. We had a lightning strike this year. Lightning just struck. We had never had a lightning rescue before like that. There is some randomness to it but overall as a trend, there are more backcountry users, and there are more backcountry users being more aggressive,” said Lockhart.
He pointed to mountain biking accidents which display the idea of more backcountry users being more aggressive. TCSAR has seen an increase in bike wrecks, with Teton Pass being a hotspot. The Mill Creek trail in Teton Canyon has also seen at least a few mountain bike wreck rescues this summer.
“The biking is a unique example of that. On Teton Pass, it is a downhill mountain bike course on public land. It is not a ski hill like Targhee or Jackson Hole where there is ski patrol or mountain patrol,” said Lockhart.
In addition to TCSAR being the de-facto responders to accidents on Teton Pass, the level of terrain forces recreationists to be more aggressive, in summer or winter.
“It is normal to be aggressive there, but there is not a safety net like there is at a ski hill where there is a group of quick, paid people standing by for something to happen,” said Lockhart.
Lockhart does not blame a lack of education or risk assessment among recreationists for the increased number of callouts.
“These sports, whether it’s mountain biking or skiing or hiking, there is risk and things go wrong and that is a part of it. We all accept that and understand that,” said Lockhart. “Yes, we think that people should know what they’re getting into, but for the most part people do and they just accept that risk, and sometimes things go wrong. That’s where we step in.” | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/news/tcsar-seeing-increased-west-side-call-volume/article_6877f8e0-2faf-11ed-b85b-a737aeeecdb5.html | 2022-09-15T03:17:51Z | tetonvalleynews.net | control | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/news/tcsar-seeing-increased-west-side-call-volume/article_6877f8e0-2faf-11ed-b85b-a737aeeecdb5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As the Florida Air National Guard (FLANG) and U.S. Air Force celebrate 75 years of defending the skies, Airmen assigned to the 125th Fighter Wing in Jacksonville, FL design and paint an F-15C eagle aircraft commemorating the heritage and culture of the FLANG. The Airmen, assigned to various units within the 125th Maintenance Group, came up with the design and theme for the aircraft and spent more than two weeks carefully bringing their creation to life from. The anniversary jet was unveiled to fellow Airmen, friends and family during the 125th FW's Family Day held Sept. 11, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Mike Monlezun and Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Smith)
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CHICAGO (AP)Kyle Freeland outdueled Dylan Cease and put a dent in a push by the Chicago White Sox for a playoff spot, pitching 6 2/3 shutout innings as the Colorado Rockies earned a 3-0 victory Wednesday.
The White Sox fell four games behind AL Central-leading Cleveland with 19 games remaining. Chicago travels to Cleveland for a makeup game Thursday, and the teams return to Chicago for a three-game series starting Sept. 20.
”I’ll be talking to them,” White Sox acting manager Miguel Cairo said. ”I’ll say, `Hey, we still got a chance. Do our job and put pressure on (the Guardians).’ ”
Freeland (9-9) frustrated a Chicago lineup that was 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. He worked around seven hits and three walks, striking out five.
”I thought the fastball played as well as anytime all year,” Colorado manager Bud Black said.
Freeland has posted a 2.17 ERA over his last four starts. Chicago fell to 20-9 in games started by Cease.
Daniel Bard struck out three in the ninth for his 30th save.
Cease (14-7), a contender for the AL Cy Young Award, threw 56 pitches in the first two innings.
”I thought we had a great approach,” Black said. ”We laid off a lot of borderline pitches. So I think that was the key. He’s got such great stuff, right? And he gets strikeouts in and out of the zone. And our guys were stingy out of the zone. They trusted their eyes and made him work.”
Alan Trejo, filling in for injured Jose Iglesias, hit an RBI double in the second to snap Cease’s 16-inning scoreless streak. Yonathan Daza singled home a run later in the inning.
Daza reached near the top of the left-field fence to rob Seby Zavala of an extra base hit with two runners on base to end the Chicago fourth.
Ryan McMahon opened the fifth with a double off Cease and scored on C.J. Cron’s single.
Freeland said Cease is having a great season, ”but we got him today.”
The White Sox put at least one runner in scoring position in the first five innings against Freeland but didn’t score. A.J. Pollock grounded into a double play in the second, struck out with runners at first and second in the fourth and grounded to third with a runner at second to end the eighth.
Chicago brought the tying run to the plate with two out in the seventh, but newly summoned reliever Carlos Estevez struck out Yoan Moncada.
”At the end of the day, we all know what the stakes are,” Cease said. ”So you can either let that get to you, or let that fuel you.”
STABILITY AT THE TOP
After receiving long-awaited results from the offense, Cairo said he’s leaning more toward a set lineup at the top.
”Right now, something is working so I’m going to keep going,” Cairo said before the White Sox fielded their 141st different lineup. Cairo still stuck with a lineup that features Elvis Andrus at the top, followed by Moncada, Jose Abreu and Eloy Jimenez. ”I will mix up sixth and seventh,” Cairo said. ”I will mix it up, but not much.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: SS Tim Anderson (middle left finger surgery) received treatment, one day after performing baseball work. Anderson is expected to resume fielding duties Thursday, Cairo said.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP German Marquez (8-10, 5.25) starts Friday against the Cubs. Marquez allowed nine runs in four innings in a 13-10 win over the Diamondbacks Sept. 9.
White Sox: RHP Lance Lynn (6-5, 4.07) starts Thursday against the Guardians. Lynn allowed two runs in six innings in a 10-2 win over the Athletics Sept. 10.
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CLEVELAND (AP)Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Wednesday for their sixth consecutive victory.
Oscar Gonzalez and Andres Gimenez each had three hits as AL Central-leading Cleveland (76-65) moved 11 games over .500 for the first time since September 2020.
The Angels (61-82) clinched their seventh straight losing season, matching the team record set from 1971-77.
With Amed Rosario aboard after a leadoff single, Ramirez drove a 3-1 slider from Ryan Tepera (4-3) deep to right for his 27th homer. The All-Star third baseman also leads the Guardians with 111 RBIs.
”In reality, we’re in a rebuild, but it’s a bit different when you have very talented players that know how to play the game the right way,” Ramirez said. ”It’s fun to see them, and as long as we keep playing our way, it’s going to be fun to watch.”
The Guardians opened a four-game lead over the Chicago White Sox, who lost 3-0 to last-place Colorado. The win streak for Cleveland matches a season high.
”Ramirez does a little bit of everything and he’s really tough to pitch to,” Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said. ”That’s why I walked him two or three times in this series already, but in that situation, you can’t put the winning run on second in Rosario.”
Trevor Stephan (5-4) recorded three outs for the win, and James Karinchak worked the ninth for his third save. Emmanuel Clase, who has an MLB-best 35 saves, was unavailable after pitching four times in the previous five days.
Luis Rengifo led off the ninth with a double for Los Angeles, but Karinchak retired the next three batters.
”We’re trying not to overdo people, but the way we play, there’s a lot of close games,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. ”We’re trying to manage about nine different things with our pitching staff.”
Mickey Moniak hit a two-run homer for the Angels, and Mike Trout had an RBI single in their fourth straight loss. Shohei Ohtani went 1 for 4 with an eighth-inning double.
Moniak went deep in the third for his third homer since he was acquired in an Aug. 2 trade with Philadelphia. Moniak was selected by the Phillies with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 amateur draft.
Los Angeles opened a 3-1 lead when Moniak scored on Trout’s base hit in the fifth.
Cleveland got one back in the bottom half when Gimenez singled and scored on Austin Hedges’ double-play ball. Gimenez singled again in the seventh and scored the tying run on Tyler Freeman’s double off Jimmy Herget.
”There are no better veteran leaders, in my opinion, than the guys in our clubhouse,” Freeman said. ”Jose is a fireball and someone to look up to, and all of them make us feel comfortable on the field or on the bus.”
Cleveland right-hander Cal Quantrill, who is 12-0 in his career at Progressive Field, allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings.
”I know there have been some really special players this year, but Jose deserves to be in the (MVP) discussion,” Quantrill said. ”At least in the discussion at the end of the year.”
Gonzalez opened the scoring with a solo shot in the second for his second homer in two days. The rookie has four homers and 11 RBIs over his last nine games.
Angels starter Patrick Sandoval pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball. The left-hander has not allowed more than two earned runs in eight straight starts.
Los Angeles is 1-21 against the Guardians on the road since 2015, losing 11 straight.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: SS Andrew Velazquez (right knee) will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his right meniscus Tuesday while fielding a Gonzalez grounder. Velazquez was placed on the 10-day injured list and will require surgery.
Guardians: LHP Anthony Gose (left elbow), who has been on the IL since July 3, underwent Tommy John surgery in Dallas. The former Tigers and Blue Jays outfielder was shut down six weeks ago after feeling discomfort in his triceps.
UP NEXT
Angels: RHP Michael Lorenzen (6-6, 4.70 ERA) works the opener of a four-game set Friday against Seattle. Lorenzen went 5 2/3 innings, allowing an earned run, at Houston last week in his return from a two-month absence with a strained right shoulder.
Guardians: RHP Hunter Gaddis (0-1, 21.60 ERA) will be recalled from Triple-A Columbus to start a makeup game Thursday against the White Sox. Gaddis lost his only big league appearance on Aug. 5 against Houston, giving up eight runs in 3 1/3 innings.
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Joel Balsam is a Canadian freelance journalist and guidebook author who writes about travel, the environment, food, and culture — pretty much whatever interests him. After graduating from Montreal’s Concordia University in journalism and political science, he has been a freelance journalist for more than a decade, writing for publications like National Geographic, TIME, The Guardian, BBC Travel, Lonely Planet, The Globe & Mail and many more. Based in Montreal, Joel has traveled to more than 50 countries and lived in Ottawa, Toronto, Madrid, Medellin, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Oaxaca, and New Orleans. His work has been acknowledged for multiple awards, including a recent Canadian award for a feature on a river that became a legal person. | https://www.afar.com/authors/joel-balsam | 2022-09-15T03:22:02Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/authors/joel-balsam | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The secret’s out about Toronto being a world-class food destination, with the accolades to prove it. Thirteen restaurants in Canada’s largest city received Michelin stars on September 13—surprisingly, they were the first stars anywhere in the country.
“With such diversity, with such quality, we definitely think that Toronto deserves a place on the world culinary map,” said Gwendal Poullennec, international director of Michelin Guides.
At an award ceremony at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works (complete with Canadian oysters, champagne, and hors d’oeuvres prepared by several nominated restaurants), Michelin named one two-star and 12 single-star establishments.
The tire company, which has been doing guides for more than 100 years, also named 17 Bib Gourmands. These “great value” restaurants are places where you can eat a two-course meal and a glass of wine or dessert for under CAD$60. Michelin recommends 44 further Toronto restaurants in its online guide.
When Poullennec started 20 years ago, he says the brand worried about the quality of foods internationally and didn’t have enough inspectors willing to travel as much as necessary—this put cities like Toronto on the back burner. But restaurants have upped their game globally and Michelin is expanding. Now, Michelin Guides has given stars to Canada in addition to 3,200 restaurants in several cities across Asia, Europe, the United States, Brazil, and Dubai in the Middle East.
“We have been impressed by the number of homegrown talent,” Poullennec said. “Based on that we are pretty sure that there will be more to come.”
Which restaurants got Michelin stars?
Chef Masaki Saito took home the biggest honor with a two-star rating for his restaurant Sushi Masaki Saito, which does 18-course omakase menus for CAD$680. The chef was awarded the same number of stars in 2017 and 2018 for his New York City restaurant Sushi Ginza Onodera before moving to Toronto in 2019.
“I love Toronto, I love Canada,” Saito told the crowd.
Chef Patrick Kriss also had a big night, winning stars for two of his restaurants: Alo, a contemporary European restaurant done up in marble and featuring excellent wine pairings (Michelin named its sommelier Christopher Sealy Canada’s best sommelier of the year), and French bistro Alobar, a more cocktail-focused spot, serving dishes like chilled lobster with lime aioli since it opened in 2018.
Other notable restaurants include Quetzal, an upscale Mexican restaurant in Kensington Market with a 26-foot-long wood-burning grill; Osteria Giulia, an Italian eatery that also won Michelin’s Exceptional Cocktails Award; Enigma Yorkville, which does molecular food like smoked foie gras; and West End seasonal restaurant Edulis (it won the Michelin Service Award for its team of husband-and-wife chefs Michael Caballo and Tobey Nemeth). Aburi Hana, Don Alfonso 1890, Frilu, Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto, Shoushin, and Yukashi round out the list of Toronto’s single Michelin stars.
Save money and eat well at Michelin’s 17 Bib Gourmands
Given that so many of the Michelin-starred spots will be hard to try—many have months-long reservation lists—travelers on a last-minute trip to Toronto may want to visit one of the 17 Bib Gourmand places.
Among the selections are popular local spots like Bar Raval, a pintxos bar with Gaudi-like decor, and Fat Pasha, serving hefty Middle Eastern dishes like roasted cauliflower with pomegranate and pine nuts. There’s also what might be considered cheap eats, like Chica’s Chicken, which does crispy Nashville-spiced chicken sandwiches bathed in buttermilk ranch, and SumiLicious, a smoked meat deli in a suburban strip mall.
In addition, plant-based Mexican restaurant La Bartola received a Bib Gourmand, as did the Ace, Alma, Campechano, Cherry Street BBQ, Enoteca Sociale, Favorites Thai BBQ, Fonda Balam, Grey Gardens, Indian Street Food Co, Puerto Bravo, R&D, and Wynona.
“The diversity is quite obvious and it is fairly reflected by 27 different types of cuisine and 74 total restaurants being part of this very first selection,” Poullennec said.
Canada won’t have to wait long for more Michelin stars, as the director said a guide for Vancouver will be released before the end of the year. | https://www.afar.com/magazine/canada-gets-its-first-michelin-star-restaurants | 2022-09-15T03:22:08Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/magazine/canada-gets-its-first-michelin-star-restaurants | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Seeking a two-game sweep of their home interleague series against the Colorado Rockies, the Chicago White Sox will turn to ace right-hander Dylan Cease on Wednesday afternoon.
Relying on the American League Cy Young Award contender has been a steady proposition for the White Sox (73-69) throughout the season. Still, Cease (14-6, 2.06 ERA) showed flashes even before his breakthrough campaign.
“He’s definitely proven (himself) time after time, the big moment he’s handling,” Chicago pitching coach Ethan Katz said. “And he has stepped up all season for us and he’s continued to lead this team and the staff in helping us win a lot of games.
“There’s a lot of things he’s learned over the course of the last two years, and he’s been able to handle bigger moments and been able to slow the game down. It’s nice to see. He’s really developing nicely.”
After falling one out short of a no-hitter in an eventual complete-game shutout of the visiting Minnesota Twins on Sept. 3, Cease pitched six innings of shutout ball to defeat the host Oakland A’s on Thursday. In two September starts, Cease has amassed four hits, four walks and 16 strikeouts in 15 scoreless innings.
He will look to be equally electric in his first career appearance against Colorado while keeping the White Sox in the hunt to repeat as AL Central division champions. Chicago is three games behind the Central-leading Cleveland Guardians (75-65) with 19 games remaining.
Meanwhile, Colorado (61-81) hopes to even the season series with Chicago. After the teams split a pair of games in Denver in late July, the White Sox edged the Rockies 4-2 on Tuesday night behind home runs from Eloy Jimenez and Jose Abreu and five strong innings from right-hander Michael Kopech.
Left-hander Kyle Freeland (8-9, 4.63 ERA) is set to get the call for Colorado. In his lone career appearance against the White Sox as a rookie on July 9, 2017, Freeland pitched 8 1/3 shutout innings, losing a no-hitter on Melky Cabrera’s single with one out in the ninth.
Freeland snapped a five-start winless streak in his most recent outing, topping the Milwaukee Brewers on Sept. 7 behind six innings of one-run, two-hit ball. He walked one and fanned eight.
“Create that culture of winning in this clubhouse, you know, regardless of what this season looks like right now,” Freeland said. “We need to show these young guys that we’re going to win. We need to teach them how to win at this level.”
White Sox manager Tony La Russa remains sidelined with a heart issue. He watched Tuesday’s game from a suite and is expected to be in the ballpark for Wednesday’s game, as well, without managing.
La Russa hasn’t led the team since leaving before an Aug. 30 home game against the Kansas City Royals. The White Sox have won 10 of 14 under acting manager Miguel Cairo, the team’s bench coach.
Closer Liam Hendriks feels the team’s improved play and energy shouldn’t be in jeopardy should La Russa return to the dugout, though the timeframe for that is uncertain.
“I don’t think the vibe should change,” Hendriks said, “and if it does for anybody, that’s an issue they have within themselves. That just means you’re looking for an excuse.”
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For the first time since 1973, Constantine and Schoolcraft did not play in football in 2021, the Eagles canceled the game due to COVID-19 within their team.
"It's game that we circle on our calendar every year no matter how good the season is going or how bad it is," Eagles fifth year head coach Nathan Ferency said. "Unfortunately we didn't get to play them last year and that really stung us and I know they were really disappointed so we are really excited to have this game back on this week and this season and we are fortunate to be 3-0 right now and feeling pretty good and having some momentum going into this game."
Schoolcraft was just 3-5 last season and missed the playoffs, but have started 2022 strong winning all three games so far.
"Our energy is always high even in moments when we were down against United (33-29 win last Friday against Kalamazoo United)," Eagles senior quarterback Tagg Gott said. "We just really rallied there at the half and held them to that goal line stop. It is just our energy, we never get down on ourselves and we are never out of the game."
This week against a solid Falcons squad will be another good chance for Schoolcraft to show what it is made of.
"I am looking forward to showing everybody how much work we put in and that we are not here on a fluke and we deserve to be here," Eagles senior wide reciver and cornerback Malachi Sampley said. "Just focusing on team mwork and trusting each other."
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BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official unveiled a plan Wednesday to cap the revenue of electricity producers that are making extraordinary profits because of the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine and climate change, saying the proposal could raise $140 billion to help people hit by spiraling energy prices.
It’s one of several proposals aimed at containing an energy crisis in Europe that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession this winter. Others include slashing energy use and reforming the electricity market, which all need approval by the 27 EU countries. As the bloc supports Ukraine, Russia has reduced or cut off natural gas to 13 member nations, surging gas and electricity prices that are expected to go higher as demand peaks during the cold months.
Europe also has been hit by a drought that experts say is the worst in 500 years. Prices for natural gas — which is used to power industry, heat homes and generate electricity — are now 10 times higher in the EU than before COVID-19 took hold in 2020.
“Russia keeps actively manipulating our energy market,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, France. “So, this market is not functioning anymore.”
Individual countries have passed subsidies, tax cuts and other relief for households and businesses as high energy prices drive record inflation. But with economies still recovering from the pandemic, money must be found outside of national budgets to provide more help to millions struggling to pay their electricity bills. That’s why the commission wants to tap the profits of power producers using oil, gas and coal as well as renewables and nuclear power. It estimates that some companies are making five times their usual profits.
“These companies are making revenues they never accounted for, they never even dreamt of,” von der Leyen said. “In these times, it is wrong to receive extraordinary record revenues and profits benefiting from war and on the back of consumers.”
During her State of the European Union address to the EU assembly, attended by Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, von der Leyen said company “profits must be shared and channeled to those who need it the most.”
“Our proposal will raise more than 140 billion euros ($140 billion) for member states to cushion the blow directly,” she said.
Most of the money would come by setting a price cap on electricity produced through renewable energy sources and nuclear power of 180 euros per megawatt hour, less than half the current price. EU countries would also collect a “solidarity contribution” from oil, gas and coal refineries earning 20% more profit than they averaged over the last three years.
With Russia tightening the natural gas taps, demand for gas and electricity also must be reduced, even if reserves of the fuel are on average 84% full across the EU. Capping prices will not draw down use, so the European Commission also wants people to consume less, particularly during peak hours.
The commission’s goal is to reduce electricity consumption in the bloc by at least 5% during peak use hours.
Von der Leyen, sporting Ukraine’s national colors with a blue top and yellow jacket, also said the bloc’s electricity market must be reformed to properly tackle the energy crisis.
She said a “deep and comprehensive reform of the electricity market” is required to reduce the influence of natural gas on the way that prices are set.
Even before Russia started its war against Ukraine, many EU member states had been calling for reform of the bloc’s energy market because they believe that the influence of gas in setting wholesale electricity prices is disproportionate.
However, EU countries are deeply divided over what approach to take, and it remains unclear whether they will approve the commission’s proposals. The bloc’s energy ministers held emergency talks last week, without any real results, and they are due to meet again at the end of the month.
“The next winters – not just this one – the next winters will be difficult, make no mistake about that,” commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans told reporters after the plan was unveiled. “But I am confident that these measures will bring progress.”
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two airstrikes hit the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region Wednesday morning, killing 10 people, many of them first responders, the director of the city’s flagship Ayder Referral Hospital said, as Ethiopia’s government gave no sign of taking up the Tigray forces’ offer to stop fighting and pursue talks.
The target in Mekele “was a residential neighborhood,” Kibrom Gebreselassie told The Associated Press. “Three of the victims need urgent major surgery, in the face of (a) shortage of medicines.”
The first airstrike wounded two people but the second was deadly, with rescuers among those killed, Kibrom said.
The death toll could climb as more patients reach the hospital, another doctor said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
In a weekend statement to mark Ethiopia’s new year, the Tigray leadership said they were ready to participate in an “immediate” cessation of hostilities with Ethiopian forces leading to a comprehensive cease-fire, and even welcomed mediation led by the African Union, a significant shift.
But Ethiopia’s federal government is yet to publicly respond amid reports of more talks between the two sides in Djibouti. With independent media, human rights groups and monitors barred from Tigray, and with most basic services like internet severed, it is challenging to assess the situation on the ground.
Several airstrikes have hit Mekele since fighting resumed between Tigray forces and Ethiopian ones in late August, shattering a period of relative calm since late March.
That calm had allowed more humanitarian aid to reach the long-blockaded Tigray region, but those deliveries have now been halted, according to the United Nations. Deliveries to conflict-affected parts of the neighboring Amhara region have also stopped.
Since the conflict broke out in November 2020, tens of thousands are believed to have been killed and millions displaced in the Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions.
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Border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan have killed about 100 troops on both sides in the largest outbreak of fighting between the longtime adversaries in nearly two years, fueling fears of even bigger hostilities.
Here is a look at the decades-long conflict between the two neighbors, and the latest clashes.
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Armenia and Azerbaijan have faced each other off in a conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh for more than three decades.
The mountainous region is part of Azerbaijan, but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994.
The territory in the southern Caucasus covers an area of roughly 4,400 square kilometers (1,700 square miles), about the size of the U.S. state of Delaware.
During the Soviet era, the mostly Armenian-populated region had an autonomous status within Azerbaijan. Long-simmering tensions between Christian Armenians and mostly Muslim Azeris, fueled by memories of the 1915 massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by Muslim Ottoman Turks, boiled over as the Soviet Union frayed in its final years.
Fighting broke out in 1988 when the region made a bid to join Armenia, and after the 1991 Soviet collapse hostilities escalated into a full-blown war, killing an estimated 30,000 people and displacing about 1 million.
When the war ended with a cease-fire in 1994, Armenian forces not only held Nagorno-Karabakh itself but also broad areas outside the territory’s borders.
International mediation efforts over the following decades failed to achieve a diplomatic settlement.
THE 2020 WAR
On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijan launched an operation called “Iron Fist” to reclaim control over Nagorno-Karabakh.
NATO-member Turkey, which has close ethnic, cultural and historic bonds with Azerbaijan, offered it strong support.
In six weeks of fighting involving heavy artillery, rockets and drones that killed more than 6,700 people, Azeri troops drove Armenian forces out of areas they controlled outside the separatist region and also seized broad chunks of Nagorno-Karabakh proper.
A Russia-brokered peace deal on Nov. 10 allowed Azerbaijan to reclaim control of the areas occupied by Armenian forces outside Nagorno-Karabakh for nearly three decades, including the Lachin region, which holds the main road leading from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. Armenian forces also agreed to surrender control over significant sections of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russia has deployed about 2,000 troops to the region to serve as peacekeepers under the deal.
The agreement triggered years of protests in Armenia, where the opposition denounced it as a betrayal of the country’s interests and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Pashinyan has weathered the pressure, defending the deal as the only way to prevent Azerbaijan from seizing all of Nagorno-Karabakh.
AND THE NEW HOSTILITIES?
Sporadic clashes between Azeri and Armenian forces have repeatedly erupted in the area, but the fighting that began Tuesday was the most serious since the 2020 peace deal.
Both sides blamed each other for starting hostilities, with Armenia accusing Azerbaijan of an unprovoked attack and Baku saying it was responding to shelling by Armenian forces.
Armenia said at least 49 of its soldiers were killed while Azerbaijan said it lost 50.
Russia moved quickly to help negotiate an end to hostilities, but a cease-fire it tried to broker has failed to hold and clashes have continued.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court ruling Wednesday revives unsettled lawsuits against Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by the late team doctor Richard Strauss.
A district judge in Columbus had dismissed most of the unsettled cases, acknowledging that hundreds of young men were abused but agreeing with the university’s argument that the legal time limit for the claims had long passed. The plaintiffs argued that the clock didn’t start until the allegations came to light in 2018, and that their cases should be allowed to continue.
Two of the three judges on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that heard the case concluded in Wednesday’s ruling that the men “plausibly allege a decades-long cover up” and “adequately allege that they did not know and could not reasonably have known that Ohio State injured them until 2018.”
“Ohio State is a vast institution, and the plaintiffs’ allegations underscore how difficult it is for a student to know what appropriate persons within the Ohio State administration knew” about abuse allegations, Judge Karen Nelson Moore wrote in the decision.
Lead plaintiff Steve Snyder-Hill said it’s a huge ruling for the survivors, who believe it could influence other sexual misconduct cases at universities.
“Our lawyer argued that if OSU had gotten away with what they were trying to do here, with getting this motion thrown out on the statute of limitations, then they would have paved the way and given a playbook for all these other universities to do the same thing that they’ve done, and I’m glad that this court saw through it and didn’t let it happen,” Snyder-Hill said.
Judge Ralph B. Guy Jr. dissented with the decision, writing that the clock on the claims ran out decades ago and that the court’s decision “effectively nullifies any statute of limitations for Title IX claims based on sexual harassment.”
Ohio State is reviewing the ruling, university spokesperson Benjamin Johnson said by email.
Hundreds of former student-athletes and other alumni say they were abused by Strauss during his two decades at the school, and that Ohio State officials failed to stop him despite knowing about complaints. The men alleged Strauss abused them during medical exams, required physicals and other encounters at campus athletic facilities, a student health center, his home and an off-campus clinic.
The doctor died in 2005. No one has publicly defended him.
The university has reiterated apologies for anyone he harmed, and it has reached over $60 million in settlements with at least 296 survivors.
The school sought to dismiss remaining cases, saying it didn’t intend to disrespect the men or their allegations but the claims were made years too late. OSU’s lawyer has argued that if the doctor’s behavior and Ohio State’s inaction during his tenure were as egregious as alleged, the students knew enough that, legally speaking, they should have started inquiring about possible recourse back then.
Wednesday’s ruling said the appeals court can’t say whether the plaintiffs’ “snippets of knowledge” should have prompted them to investigate further. That, the ruling said, “is a question of fact — one that is improper to resolve at the motion-to-dismiss stage.”
Two groups totaling more than 100 survivors appealed the dismissal, contending the two-year window for the claims didn’t start until 2018, when the men began to speak out and the school hired a law firm to investigate. Until then, most of the plaintiffs didn’t recognize their experiences as abuse, and they didn’t know that OSU’s indifference to students’ concerns allowed the abuse to continue for years, an attorney for the men said during arguments on the appeal.
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The Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy Facebook page shared this photo on Sept. 9, 2020, with the caption: “Cadets have been busy and focused on completing classes and setting up a plan for their futures. Recently, they virtually met with military recruiters and Job Corps representatives to explore just a couple of the options they have once they graduate from WCCA. It’s great seeing the cadets show their Courage to Change!”
CHEYENNE – A type of military academy in Guernsey that's affiliated with the government is drastically scaling back operations, according to a stakeholder and an announcement from the Wyoming Military Department.
The latter cited a shortage of staff, something employers throughout the state and country have been facing. The Wyoming National Guard has also warned of such issues, including in testimony at the state Capitol.
According to a two-page news release emailed Wednesday evening after the Wyoming Tribune Eagle's inquiries, the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy "will shut down for an indefinite amount of time based on the inability to recruit and retain staff." The release said "shutdown procedures are underway" and indicated the organization has operated for almost 20 years.
The teenage attendees of the academy, who are called cadets, are going back home, according to the government and to an adult who has been working with someone who has been a student. All of the youth will be returning home by Oct. 1, the military department said.
The Wyoming Military Department, which said it has oversight of academy, "has dedicated administrative staff, as well as Wyoming National Guard members on state active duty, to make up for staffing shortages, particularly in the cadet care and management section." Since July, when the current class of attendees began, "continued staff attrition" led "to an inability to maintain the 24/7 residential program," the announcement said.
"The critical staffing shortage" is considered "to be unsustainable for the long term," it added. According to the announcement, the current cadet class has almost 60 members, and almost 1,500 have graduated from the program over the years.
“We understand the hardship this places on families and cadets, but we simply cannot sustain our current program given our staffing issues,” said Maj. Gen. Gregory Porter, the adjutant general of the Wyoming National Guard, in the prepared statement. "We are committed to helping the cadets achieve their educational and individual goals, and will work with them to find alternate means to meet them."
Representatives of the Wyoming Military Department and of the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy have not provided additional details to the WTE beyond the news release. The priority on Wednesday "was to notify the families of Cadets and the staff of Cowboy Challenge," a spokesperson for the state military department wrote in an email to the WTE. "That is why we were delayed in getting the public release out."
Following what is described as a five-month-long residential academy, there is a year-long "mentorship program, designed to provide structure, instill discipline, and help young men and women recognize and achieve their potential in a quasi-military training environment," the release said. "All cadets volunteer to take part in the program." The goal is for "non-traditional learners" ages 16 to 18 "to improve their educational level and employment potential and become responsible productive citizens of" Wyoming.
Further details have been added from a news release. This online report may be updated again with additional details.
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BEREA, Ohio (AP)One successful field goal turned Cade York from a rookie into a local cult hero.
For the time being.
The Browns’ young kicker is savvy enough to know his new-found celebrity may be fleeting.
”I had a good game, but next week’s a new game,” York said Wednesday after being the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. ”Cleveland could hate me after next game, so it doesn’t really mean anything.”
As NFL debuts go, York’s meant a lot.
The fourth-round draft pick from LSU made four field goals, including a 58-yarder with 8 seconds to go – the longest field goal by a first-year kicker in Week 1 in league history – as the Browns edged the Carolina Panthers 26-24.
Showing no nerves, the 21-year-old calmly drilled a kick that gave the Browns their first season-opening win since 2004 and prompted a few of the city’s kitschy clothing stores to print up T-shirts to mark the occasion.
On one of them, with the familiar ”I love New York” slogan on the front has been changed to read: ”I love Cade York.”
”That’s cool,” York said.
So is York, who has not only impressed teammates with his powerful right leg, but also a self-assuredness rarely seen in such a young player.
Long snapper Charley Hughlett said York’s maturity is rare.
”We’ve had a lot of really good people come in as kickers over the years, but I would say it’s a unique combination of his confidence, his ability and overall I would just say his maturity,” said Hughlett, who has been with the Browns since 2014. ”He does a really good job in all three of those areas.”
York is the first Cleveland specialist to be honored with the AFC award since punter Jamie Gillan in 2019, and the first Browns kicker since Phil Dawson in 2005, when he was 4.
He took it in stride.
”I mean, awards-wise, the week is over,” he said at his locker before practice. ”So it doesn’t really matter anymore. We’ve got 20 weeks left, hopefully, so just getting back to it.”
On Sunday, York validated the Browns’ decision to make him the first kicker taken in the first four rounds since 2016.
After having a poor warmup that had special teams coordinator Kevin Priefer and coach Kevin Stefanski reconsidering when to use him, York made three field goals and two extra points before the Browns called on him in the closing seconds.
Like a golfer adjusting his swing to the conditions, York had been playing a right to left ”draw” on his first three kicks and used that strategy on his last. His kick started right, but then bent back and cleared the uprights with room to spare.
”I’d rather hit it dead straight,” he said. ”But I’ve been hitting it right to left all day so I just played that.”
Earlier this summer, York told Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett that if the situation ever came up, he only needed to move the ball to the 40-yard line to set up any potential game-winning kick.
York would handle the rest.
Brissett was impressed.
”One, from a rookie, that’s rare, but from a kicker, that’s even more rare,” he said. ”But he puts in the work, so he should be confident. He should want the ball in his foot at the end of the game. He was confident, and that’s more than half the battle right there.”
York’s celebrity has been steadily growing. He was the star attraction at training camp for Browns fans, who have endured enough bad kicking over the years since the super-steady Dawson left in 2012 after 14 seasons.
York then drilled a 70-yard field goal before a home preseason game with the kick taking on almost urban myth status to anyone who didn’t witness it.
And after his award-winning performance in Charlotte, York got sense of his popularity when he was greeted by fans on Monday night during a fundraising event at FirstEnergy Stadium.
”It was loud,” he said.
He’s expecting it to be that way when he’s introduced before Sunday’s home opener against the New York Jets.
”I mean it was kind of like that all training camp just cause a kicker got drafted,” he said. ”But I better do my job.”
NOTES: RB Nick Chubb swapped jerseys with former Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield after Sunday’s game. Mayfield’s white Panthers No. 6 hung in his locker. ”He’s a close friend of mine, ex-teammate, so it’s only right that we got each other’s jersey,” Chubb said. … WR Amari Cooper (rest) didn’t practice.
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Preseason rest appeared to lead to a little bit of rust in Week 1 for several of the NFL’s top quarterbacks.
More than one-third of the league’s Week 1 starting quarterbacks didn’t play a single snap in the preseason and most of those 11 QBs didn’t play anywhere close to their usual form.
Whether the poor results were a result of rust or other factors isn’t clear but the poor results are. The only QBs to rest the entire preseason and end up on the winning side in Week 1 were Minnesota’s Kirk Cousins, Justin Herbert of the Chargers and Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson.
Cousins and Herbert bested two other quarterbacks who rested with the Vikings beating Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay and the Chargers knocking off Derek Carr and the Raiders.
The other resting QBs who lost in Week 1 were Matthew Stafford of the Rams, Arizona’s Kyler Murray, Dallas’ Dak Prescott, Denver’s Russell Wilson, Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow and Tennessee’s Ryan Tannehill.
The 11 QBs combined for an 86.1 passer rating, 6.9 yards per attempt and a touchdown to interception ratio of 1.38. Those were steep drop-offs from 2021 numbers when those QBs posted a 100.4 rating, averaged 7.7 yards per attempt and had a 2.65 TD to INT ratio.
The rough openers from many of the league’s top passers led to a downturn in scoring across the league with the 42.1 combined points per game in Week 1 down from 48 last season and the lowest for Week 1 since 2017, when teams combined for 40.4 points per game.
SUPER BOWL HANGOVER
The Super Bowl teams from last season got off to a not-so-super start to 2022.
The defending champion Los Angeles Rams lost the opener 31-10 to Buffalo and the runner-up Cincinnati Bengals fell 23-20 in overtime to Pittsburgh.
It marked the first time since 1999 when Denver and Atlanta both lost the opener that the two Super Bowl teams began the next season 0-1.
The only other times that happened were: 1996 (Dallas and Pittsburgh), 1988 (Washington and Denver) and 1985 (San Francisco and Miami).
TURNAROUND TEAMS
There were six Week 1 matchups between teams that made the postseason in 2021 and teams that missed the playoffs last season.
Surprisingly, five of those non-playoff teams came out of Week 1 as winners with the New York Giants beating Tennessee, Minnesota topping Green Bay, the Chargers knocking off Las Vegas, Miami beating New England and Chicago toppling San Francisco.
Only Philadelphia ended up on the winning side in that group, beating Detroit 38-35.
The five wins by teams that didn’t make the playoffs the previous seasons against returning playoff teams were the most in Week 1 since it happened seven times in 2005.
WINNING TIME
The Giants comeback win at Tennessee left New York in unfamiliar territory.
For the first time since the end of the 2016 season, the Giants have a winning record. They had lost the opener each season since then and never recovered as their 22-59 record (.272 winning percentage) was tied with the Jets for the worst in the NFL from 2017-21.
Cleveland also did something new, beating Carolina 26-24 to win the season opener for the first time since 2004. The Browns were 0-16-1 in Week 1 from 2005-21 – the longest Week 1 winless streak in NFL history.
Indianapolis ended an eight-year Week 1 losing streak with a 20-20 tie at Houston. But the Colts’ nine straight openers without a win are now tied with Washington (1959-67) and Philadelphia (1968-1976) for the second longest streak in NFL history.
CLOSE CALLS
The bizarre ending to Denver’s 17-16 loss at Seattle on Monday night was the seventh game decided by three points or fewer last week, including the Indianapolis-Houston tie.
That’s the most Week 1 games ever decided by three points or fewer, topping the six close games done five times previously – most recently in 2016.
Five games were decided by a game-winning score in the final 2 minutes of regulation or in overtime, the most in Week 1 since there were six in 2002.
Indianapolis (17-point deficit), New Orleans (16), the Giants (13) and Chicago (10) all overcame double-digit deficits to win or tie, the most double-digit comebacks in Week 1 since there were five in 2002.
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Everything you need to know about Apple AirPods Pro 2nd Generation earbuds
While we’re not getting any new devices — such as a VR headset — from Apple this fall, last week’s Apple Event did reveal some remarkable upgrades to its existing line. One product graduating into the second generation is the immensely popular Apple AirPods Pro. Although you can’t buy these high-tech earbuds yet, you can preorder them right now on Amazon. We highly recommend you do just that if you want to be one of the first to own this upgraded version.
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What’s new on Apple AirPods Pro 2nd Generation earbuds?
H2 chip
The big upgrade to the Apple AirPods Pro is the addition of the powerful new H2 chip. This meticulously designed chip not only offers high-bandwidth connectivity and seamless handoff between devices but enhanced audio. Apple’s AirPods Pro have a low-distortion driver paired with a custom amplifier to deliver greater clarity across a wider range of frequencies.
Personalized Spatial Audio
The revolutionary Spatial Audio feature that makes it sound like you’re in the middle of the music has been upgraded as well. You can now make a personal profile that takes into account the size and shape of your head and ears to customize Spatial Audio for an even better listening experience.
Advanced Active Noise Cancellation
Thanks to the H2 chip and a couple of other tweaks, Apple was able to upgrade its Active Noise Cancellation feature. The technology is so adept at identifying disruptive sounds that it offers up to double the amount of noise cancellation as the original AirPods Pro earbuds. The addition of a set of extra-small ear tips helps people with smaller ears have a better listening experience as well.
Adaptive Transparency
The big change to the Transparency Mode is it can selectively limit high-decibel sounds. For example, if a fire engine races by while you’re in transparency mode, the AirPods will protect your ears from the potentially damaging volume.
Increased battery life
While the increased performance would seem to mean a decrease in battery life, the H2 chip has an energy-efficient design, which actually increases battery life by up to 33%. This means you can get up to six hours of listening on a single charge, or up to 30 hours by using the included charging case. Additionally, the case can now charge on your wireless Apple Watch charger or any MagSafe or Qi-compatible chargers.
Precision finding
Each AirPod can individually play a sound to help you locate the earbuds if you ever misplace one or both, and the case now has a built-in speaker that helps you know when the AirPods are finished charging. Even better, the case is compatible with Apple’s Find My app so you can pinpoint its exact location if it’s ever lost. You can also trigger the case to play a sound when it’s nearby and you just can’t see it.
How much do Apple AirPods Pro 2nd Generation earbuds cost?
With all the inflation and rising prices we’ve been experiencing since the pandemic, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to learn that Apple has not raised the price of its AirPods Pro 2nd Generation earbuds. They still cost $249.
How to preorder Apple AirPods Pro 2nd Generation earbuds
If you’d like to be one of the first to receive the new Apple AirPods Pro 2nd Generation earbuds, all you have to do is go to Amazon and click the orange “Preorder now” button on the right-hand side of the screen. The earbuds will be released on September 23.
Other earbud options
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A newly constructed University of Michigan facility that will be home to the most powerful laser in the United States is hosting its first experiment this week as the nation seeks to become competitive again in the realm of high-power laser facilities.
The experiment will be conducted at ZEUS — short for Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System — by researchers from the University of California, Irvine. They traveled to Ann Arbor as part of their study of extremely intense interactions of light and matter, and how such interactions can be harnessed to shrink particle accelerators.
At the height of its power, ZEUS will be a 3-petawatt laser.
Three petawatts is “3 with 15 zeroes after it,” said Louise Willingale, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Michigan.
And “3 petawatts is 3,000 times more powerful than the U.S. power grid,” she said.
Michigan was awarded $18.5 million by the National Science Foundation to establish ZEUS as a federally funded international user facility.
Initially, the facility — housed in a building that is home to U-M’s Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science — will host research teams conducting experiments that use a fraction of the laser’s full power potential. The system gradually will ramp up, and ZEUS is expected to begin its signature experiments in the fall of 2023.
The U.S. built the world’s first petawatt laser a quarter-century ago, but hasn’t kept pace with more ambitious systems in Europe and Asia. While ZEUS doesn’t feature the same raw power as its contemporaries overseas, its approach will simulate a laser that is roughly 1 million times more powerful than its 3 petawatts.
ZEUS primarily will study extreme plasmas, a state of matter in which the electrons have enough energy to escape atoms, creating a sea of charged particles. Nearly all of the seen universe is made of plasma. The sun is an example of a plasma.
Experiments are expected to contribute to the understanding of how the universe operates at the subatomic level and materials change on rapid timescales. Scientists also hope they lead to the development of smaller and more compact particle accelerators for medical imaging and treatment.
ZEUS will “have a huge range of applications across science, technology, engineering and medicine,” Willingale said.
Proposals to use ZEUS will be evaluated by an external panel comprised of scientists and engineers. Because of the NSF funding, there will be no cost to users whose experiment proposals are selected to conduct research, beyond providing their own travel costs to the facility.
The proposals will be selected on scientific merit and technical feasibility, Willingale said.
Franklin Dollar, an associate professor in Cal-Irvine’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, and four UCI graduate students arrived at Michigan last week to begin preparing for their experiment.
“One of the major challenges in our field is access to high quality, intense laser light,” Dollar said. “ZEUS will not only be the most powerful laser beam on the continent, but perhaps more importantly will provide multiple powerful beams.
“Rather than solely making highly energetic plasmas from a laser, there is a second beam which can interact with the plasma as well,” he said.
ZEUS is an upgrade over the University of Michigan’s 0.5-petawatt laser, known as HERCULES.
While Michigan researchers are thrilled with the birth of ZEUS, they are cognizant of how their naming conventions aren’t exactly in keeping with the chronology of Greek mythology.
“HERCULES was the predecessor to ZEUS,” Willingale said. “It’s slightly backward, because Hercules was the son of Zeus.
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China's Communist Party congress begins on a month, on October 16.
Via Reuters:
- President Xi Jinping is poised to break with precedent and secure a third leadership term
- While top government officials remain in posts until the annual parliament meeting, usually in March, expected the party conclave will offer clues on who is in line for top posts and identify who succeeds Premier Li Keqiang, who steps down in March after two terms as premier, a position tasked with managing the world's No.2 economy.
- Li is widely perceived to have seen his role diminished under Xi but has nonetheless been a source of comfort to investors who view him as a moderate voice amid Xi's shift towards state-driven economic management.
- China's next economic team, by contrast, may be dominated by domestically groomed Xi loyalists who lack the international savvy, academic polish and independent-mindedness of the current team, policy insiders and analysts say.
Who the likely contenders are for the key roles is here at the article.
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These remarks come via ANZ on the oil market.
- Officials in the Biden administration are said to be considering refilling its strategic oil reserve if WTI crude oil falls below USD80/bbl. If so, it places a strong floor under prices at that level.
As background the
- US has released more than 180mbbl onto the market, which has left the reserve at its lowest level since 1984.
- Under IEA guidelines, inventories must be at certain levels as a buffer against future disruptions.
More from ANZ:
- the market was also supported by prospect of strike action in the US. Rail unions are threatening to halt trains across the nation, which is a major delivery route of crude and refined products.
- EIA’s weekly inventory report was mixed, with a large build in crude oil and a fall in gasoline. The move in commercial crude oil stockpiles was driven by lower exports and weaker demand.
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The potential for a rail strike has been bubbling;ing away since Monday but is only now catching the attention of amrekts.
From earlier this week:
ICYMI:
- US railroad strike looks likely to trigger another surge in food price inflation
- More than 90,000 workers at the country's freight railroads could go on strike should the railroads fail to reach an agreement with unions by Friday, September 16
- 30% of US freight could halt
Goldman Sachs are not fussed:
And, most recently:
Finally, a post from earlier today on movement at the US admin on the strike:
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(AP) — A former Massachusetts town official pleaded guilty on Wednesday to joining a mob in storming the U.S. Capitol after she organized a bus trip to Washington, D.C., for fellow members of a right-wing group called “Super Happy Fun America.”
Before her guilty plea, Suzanne Ianni had argued in February that federal authorities had selectively targeted her for prosecution based on her political beliefs. Prosecutors said her political views played no role in charging her with crimes for her conduct at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A judge rejected Ianni's request to dismiss the case before she pleaded guilty.
Ianni, 60, of Natick, Massachusetts, faces a maximum sentence of six months of imprisonment and five years of probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols is scheduled to sentence her on Dec. 2.
Ianni was an elected member of Natick Town Meeting in a Boston suburb while serving as operation director of Super Happy Fun America, which gained national notoriety for organizing a “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston in 2019.
On its website, Super Happy Fun America calls itself “a right of center civil rights organization focusing on defending the Constitution, opposing gender madness and defeating cultural Marxism.” The group registered as a nonprofit with Massachusetts state regulators.
A Dec. 29, 2020, post on the group’s Twitter account said Super Happy Fun America members would be in Washington “to get wild.” Ianni was listed as the contact for the trip. The account also tweeted a photo of Ianni and other members on a bus traveling to Washington on the eve of the riot.
After marching to the Capitol, she joined a crowd chanting “Fight for Trump!” and “Our house!” while rioters near her broke windows, forced open doors and breached police barricades. Surveillance video captured Ianni marching through the Capitol after she entered the building through a Senate fire-exit door. She raised her fist in the air in front of police officers who stopped her and other members of the mob, prosecutors said in a court filing.
Mark Sahady, another Super Happy Fun America member, was arrested on Capitol riot-related charges that haven't been resolved.
In April 2021, Natick Town Meeting members voted to condemn the Capitol riot. Ianni, who was elected to a three-year term that was due to expire in March 2022, told the MetroWest Daily News that the vote represented “political persecution of conservatives.”
Also on Wednesday, a Nevada man pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers at the Capitol with what appeared to be a table leg, injuring an officer. Josiah Kenyon, 35, of Winnemucca, Nevada, is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 15. Kenyon was dressed up as “Jack Skellington,” a character from the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” when he attacked police.
More than 870 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot. Approximately 400 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors, and over 250 have been sentenced.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A onetime attorney for Uber who was fired for his role in a suspected coverup of a major 2016 data breach took the stand in the criminal criminal obstruction trial of his former boss on Wednesday, testifying that ex-security chief Joe Sullivan was responsible for changes to a nondisclosure agreement with two hackers that made the attack seem like a white hat security report.
Craig Clark was given immunity in exchange for testifying against Sullivan, who stands accused of concealing the breach from authorities and obstructing an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into Uber’s security practices.
The 2016 hack that exposed the personal information of 57 million Uber users could not have come at a worse time for the company as it was already in the throes of an FTC probe stemming from a similar breach in 2014.
Under questioning by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Dawson, Clark said he recalled Sullivan asking how the incident could be funneled through Uber’s bug bounty program where “researchers” are paid to find and report security flaws.
“I remember Joe asking or saying how can we fit this into bug bounty,” Clark said on the stand.
Did you take that as a directive to fit this into bug bounty?” Dawson asked, to which Clark answered “Yes.”
Clark testified that if the hack was classified as a bug bounty, the company would not be obligated to report it as a data breach.
“Was it your understanding if Mr. Sullivan was asking for legal advice or giving a directive?” Dawson asked.
“I took it as both,” Clark said. “It was — we need to fit this into bug bounty, how are we going to do it.”
Clark said this conversation happened after he found out that 600,000 driver’s license numbers had been exposed. When asked about his reaction to this knowledge, Clark said, “it was a big sigh and maybe an expletive that we were in reporting land. Once we knew we had drive;rs license numbers pretty much everybody knew the implications of that.”
But Clark said he got right to work figuring out a way to turn the breach into a bounty. After a couple of hours, he’d come up with a theory — Uber would treat the two hackers as employees or agents of the company. Of course, it would have to be post-dated. Also, “We had to get the data back, know who they were, make sure the information had not been disseminated,” Clark said. “We needed to have a relationship such as they could be referred to as agents.”
It was admittedly an aggressive plan, but Clark considered himself an aggressive lawyer. He came to the field at a later stage in life, having worked previously as a welder and a lineman for PG&E. But he graduated at the top of his class at UC Hastings Law School before joining the firm White & Case, where he advised tech companies on privacy issues. Then came a stint at Facebook, where he met Sullivan. “He was the golden boy of security. He was well known, very engaged and well respected in the community,” Clark said of his former mentor.
Clark said he so admired and respected Sullivan that when he departed Facebook and joined Uber, Clark wanted to go with him.
"I emailed Joe soon after he left and said, "Hey, I want to come too,” Clark said.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge temporarily blocked Ohio’s ban on virtually all abortions Wednesday, again pausing a law that took effect after federal abortion protections were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
The decision means abortions through 20 weeks’ gestation can continue for now, in keeping with state law in place before the ban.
Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins’ decision to grant a 14-day restraining order against the law came as part of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Ohio on behalf of abortion providers in the state. The clinics argue the law violates protections in the state Constitution guaranteeing individual liberty and equal protection. The suit also says the law is unconstitutionally vague.
The law was signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in April 2019, and prohibits most abortions after the first detectable “fetal heartbeat.” Cardiac activity can be detected as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many people know they’re pregnant. The law had been blocked through a legal challenge, then went into effect after the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was overturned.
DeWine's opponent in the November election, Democrat and abortion rights proponent Nan Whaley, called Wednesday's ruling “a victory, albeit a temporary one, for Ohio women." She said, "Ohio women won’t be safe until we have a pro-choice governor who doesn’t seek to impose extreme views like government mandates against private health care decisions.”
Abortion providers and their defenders have said the law has already created a host of hardships, including forcing a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim to travel to Indiana for an abortion.
The judge's decision is a blow for abortion opponents, who have been celebrating implementation of the long-delayed restrictions since Roe was overturned.
Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati had anticipated the judge was leaning toward a pause after a hearing held last week, when he asked questions about the 10-year-old's case and suggested, “We should just be very honest about what we're talking about here.”
“Let's just be very honest," the anti-abortion group wrote in a statement, “it is always, always best when LIFE is chosen. Always.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday it has approved ambitious plans by 34 states and Puerto Rico to create a national electric vehicle charging network as the U.S. begins in earnest its transition away from gas-powered transportation.
The plans’ approval means $900 million can begin to flow to the states, which are tasked with using money from President Joe Biden’s huge infrastructure law to form the network of chargers across the nation. Building out a reliable and convenient network is critical to spurring more adoption of the technology, which is itself key to reducing greenhouse emissions that cause global warming.
The announcement came on the same day that Biden toured the North American International Auto Show in Detroit to tout the new law that includes tax incentives to purchase electric vehicles.
In practical terms, it means residents in some of those states could see more charging stations start popping up along major travel corridors as early as next summer. Biden has a goal of ultimately installing 500,000 chargers across America and building a network of fast-charging stations across 53,000 miles of freeways from coast to coast.
“Unlocking this type of funding is an enormous step in getting the charging network out, which is something we absolutely need if we’re going to get full-scale deployment and adoption” of electric vehicles, said Nico Larco, director of Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon. “We don’t have the capacity now to power anywhere near the fleet that we need.”
Federal officials said they will continue to review the plans not approved in this round with the goal of approving all the states’ EV roadmaps by Sept. 30.
Biden's infrastructure law provides $5 billion over five years for the electric vehicle charging network.
The funding announced Wednesday is specifically for installing the most powerful chargers along “alternative fuel corridors” — major freeways that connect states — with the goal of eliminating the “range anxiety" that keeps many people from purchasing electric vehicles or using them on long road trips. Under proposed guidelines, states would be required to install at least one four-port fast-charging station every 50 miles on these corridors and ensure they are within one mile of an off-ramp.
Some states received exemptions in rural areas for the 50-mile requirement, according to the approval letters.
An additional $2.5 billion in discretionary grants is also available to fund electric vehicle charging infrastructure in economically disadvantaged communities, rural areas and urban cores. And Biden’s recently passed Inflation Reduction Act includes $3 billion to spur electric vehicle adoption and charging accessibility in disadvantaged communities.
Industry analysts said the federal investment was a huge windfall but alone was not enough to meet projected demand.
“It’s important to see this funding as something that will hopefully kickstart further private sector funding," said Jessika Trancik, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.
“What government can do is incentivize further private sector funding and push forward this shift towards electric vehicles ... where there might not be as much private sector investment,” she said.
Rural states have raised serious concerns about the proposed federal requirements that accompany the money, including the every 50-mile requirement.
State transportation officials in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota joined last month to urge the Biden administration to ease the requirements.
EVs account for 0.1% of vehicle registrations in Wyoming, and state Department of Transportation Director Luke Reiner told federal officials that it would be “irresponsible and illogical” to spend now on requirements that include four charging ports at stations every 50 miles.
It will be more than 20 years before there’s enough EV adoption in Wyoming to worry about lines at a four-port station, Reiner said. So instead of concentrating solely on major highway corridors, Reiner said, the federal money should also be used in areas away from interstates that attract lots of tourists, such as Yellowstone National Park.
“Most of our EVs will be tourist traffic,” Reiner said Wednesday. “The idea is if you’re a nice lady from Iowa with an electric car and you want to get to Yellowstone, we want to get you there. ... We want to make sure these stations are in populated areas so there’s more chance of success.”
Wyoming asked for exceptions from the mileage requirement for 11 stretches of highway. Federal officials have not yet responded, Reiner said, and the state's plan is still pending.
The Federal Highway Administration will review those concerns and determine the final guidelines now that the public comment period has closed. Federal officials are also considering a waiver of the “Buy America” provision of the infrastructure deal.
Officials in Nevada, for example, have expressed concern that they would not be able to acquire charging stations that meet the American-made provisions and thus would be unable to start building out their piece of the network.
Experts who have followed the evolution of electric vehicle adoption in the U.S. say having charging stations everywhere is important.
“It’s like the U.S. Postal Service. You need to be able to send mail everywhere, including places that are rural," said Jeremy Michalek, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and director of the university's Vehicle Electrification Group.
"Even if that charger that’s in that rural area isn’t used as much every day, we still need the infrastructure to supply them.. We have gas stations that are used less in rural areas than they would be in a big city, but we need them for the demand.”
Electric vehicle owners hailed the news and said they currently must take extra precautions if they want to take their EVs on a long trip.
Bob Palrud of Spokane, Washington, says the small number of chargers in some rural areas of the West means he must carefully plot his travel routes to avoid running out of power. Palrud journeys three times yearly with his wife, Judy, to their cabin in Sheridan, Wyoming, and twice they’ve gotten so low on electricity coming through southeastern Montana that his vehicle automatically shut down some functions to conserve power.
“The thing people worry most about is range,” said Palrud, a semi-retired house painter who was at a charging center just off Interstate-90 in Montana on Wednesday on his way back to Spokane. “I sit there and do mental calculations on what kind of range I’m going to get.”
When he travels to see family in Minnesota, Palrud said he goes hundreds of miles out of his way to avoid northern Montana, where there is no major interstate and charging options are few.
“It would be better to have more but it’s not a deal killer,” he said. “I could chop a couple hundred miles off and that would be great.”
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (CN) — After further consideration, the Supreme Court denied an emergency application from Yeshiva University on Wednesday that attempted to block the court-ordered recognition of an LGBTQ club.
Last week the justices temporarily granted a stay to the Orthodox Jewish university in New York, allowing the school to ignore a lower court order that demanded the school immediately recognize YU Pride Alliance as an official club.
Now in an apparent 5–4 vote, the court reversed course and denied relief. Justice Samuel Alito — joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett — wrote a dissenting opinion.
Yeshiva educates more than 5,000 students every year. While the school was founded to prepare students for the Hebrew Orthodox ministry, it has since added secular degrees. In 2018, students founded YU Pride Alliance to provide support for LGBTQ students on campus. However, the university has never recognized the club officially, claiming doing so would conflict with Yeshiva’s values. Without official recognition, YU Pride Alliance can not hold meetings on campus, access university funding available to other student groups, publicize events on school bulletin boards or participate in student club fairs.
Club members filed a suit against Yeshiva claiming the school’s failure to recognize YU Pride Alliance violated the New York City Human Rights Law. Yeshiva claims the public accommodation law does not apply to it because it is a religious corporation. A state trial court disagreed and granted summary judgment to the students. Yeshiva was ordered to immediately recognize the club.
In a rare occurrence on the court’s emergency docket, the justices in the majority explained the court’s ruling. The university asked the high court to grant emergency relief to block the recognition of the club before its appeal had proceeded in the lower court. The court said that while the university has been denied relief today, it may come back after the New York courts review its case.
“The application is denied because it appears that applicants have at least two further avenues for expedited or interim state court relief,” the majority wrote.
The court said the university can seek relief by asking the New York courts to expedite consideration of the merits of their appeal or they can file a new motion asking to appeal the stay denial to the New York Court of Appeals.
“If applicants seek and receive neither expedited review nor interim relief from the New York courts, they may return to this Court,” the majority wrote.
The dissenting justices said the idea that the appeals court would give Yeshiva “a second bite at the apple” even though it already denied them was “dubious.”
“I doubt that Yeshiva’s return to state court will be fruitful, and I see no reason why we should not grant a stay at this time,” Alito wrote. “It is our duty to stand up for the Constitution even when doing so is controversial.”
Alito said the state is forcing its views onto the school in a violation of the First Amendment.
“The First Amendment guarantees the right to the free exercise of religion, and if that provision means anything, it prohibits a State from enforcing its own preferred interpretation of Holy Scripture,” the Bush appointee wrote. “Yet that is exactly what New York has done in this case, and it is disappointing that a majority of this Court refuses to provide relief.”
Claiming Yeshiva met all the requirements for a stay, Alito says the university should have been granted one. He further says that the university has four votes to have its case heard before the court and would likely prevail on its arguments.
“At least four of us are likely to vote to grant certiorari if Yeshiva’s First Amendment arguments are rejected on appeal, and Yeshiva would likely win if its case came before us,” Alito wrote. “A State’s imposition of its own mandatory interpretation of scripture is a shocking development that calls out for review.”
Alito said the university will now be forced to make a statement with which they disagree.
“As the Alliance has contended, this would force Yeshiva to make a ‘statement; in support of an interpretation of Torah with which the University disagrees,” Alito wrote. “The loss of First Amendment rights for even a short period constitutes irreparable harm, and the appellate process in the state courts could easily drag on for many months.”
Oral arguments in the state court are scheduled to take place this fall.
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Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater on what he sees ahead:
- “It looks like interest rates will have to rise a lot (toward the higher end of the 4.5% to 6% range)”
- “This will bring private sector credit growth down, which will bring private sector spending and, hence, the economy down with it.”
- will in turn see equity prices dropping nearly 20%
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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — A Chick-fil-A employee is being hailed as a hero after tackling an alleged carjacker in Florida.
According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, a woman had been taking an infant out of her car at the Chick-fil-A when the suspect, identified as 43-year-old William Branch, allegedly approached her while wielding a stick.
He then demanded her keys before grabbing them from her waistband and getting into the car.
The woman then began screaming for help. That’s when a Chick-fil-A employee intervened, authorities say.
The employee was punched in the face by Branch, according to authorities. As the video above shows, the young man appears to tackle Branch to the ground before other Chick-fil-A employees and patrons intervened.
Deputies arrived to arrest Branch, who now faces charges of carjacking with a weapon and battery.
An employee told deputies Branch had been involved in another incident shortly before the carjacking attempt.
“We’re so relieved that our Guests and Team Members are safe following this alarming incident. I’m grateful for my amazing Team Member, Mykel Gordon, who so selflessly jumped in to intervene and help our Guests. I couldn’t be prouder of his incredible act of care,” Matthew Sexton, operator of the Fort Walton Beach Chick-fil-A location said in a statement shared with Nexstar.
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#3 UofL volleyball outlasts #13 UK in five setter
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Claire Chaussee had 16 kills with teammate Anna DeBeer adding 15 to lead the No. 3-ranked University of Louisville to a 3-2 win over No. 13 Kentucky Wednesday night in Memorial Coliseum.
Louisville moves to 8-1 with the 20-25, 25-15, 26-24, 24-26, 15-11 win. UofL hit .299 with 11 blocks and eight aces. Freshman Cara Cresse had eight kills and seven blocks. Setter Raquel Lazaro had 46 assists, 14 digs, three aces and three blocks. Libero Elena Jones had 14 digs and two aces.
Kentucky hit .231 with 10 aces and six blocks. Adanna Rollins paced the Wildcat offense with 19 kills with Elise Goetzinger leading with four blocks, adding seven kills.
The Cardinals head to the West Coast to face Stanford on Saturday at 10 p.m. ET
Set by Set Recap
Set 1
The teams traded points in the early part of the first set. Tied at eight, UK gained some footage with a 4-0 run to go up 12-8. Louisville shaved a bit off the UK lead with kills by Claire Chaussee and Aiko Jones to pull within three at 14-11. Kentucky scored three straight coming out of the media timeout and Coach Busboom Kelly called timeout down 17-11. The Cats kept the pressure on, forcing another UofL timeout at 22-15. Louisville scored two straight to pull within five at 22-17 and the Wildcats used their first timeout. Coming out of the timeout, Louisville ran off three straight and when Elena Scott scored an ace, the Cats used their final timeout at 23-20. Kentucky recovered and scored two straight with the winning kill coming from Adanna Rollins.
Set 2
In the second set, Aiko Jones landed an ace to tie at three and sparked a 6-0 run for the Cards, who went up 7-4. A block by Cara Cresse and Raquel Lazaro took the Cards up 11-5 and the Wildcats called timeout. The Cats scored twice after the timeout but UofL scored three consecutive points on a block by Anna DeBeer, a kill by Cara Cresse and another by DeBeer and UK called its last timeout of the set. UofL ran off the final four points of the set with Cresse landing her sixth kill of the match for the 25-15 win.
Set 3
The teams stayed close in the third set with 13 ties and five lead changes by the 19-19 mark. Kentucky scored two in a row to take a 21-20 lead and UofL called timeout. Amaya Tillman had a block and a kill to get the Cards to a tie at 24 and spark a UK timeout. A kill by Anna DeBeer right after the timeout forced the Cats to call their last timeout. DeBeer was unfazed as she bounced the final ball of the set for the 26-24 win.
Set 4
In the fourth set, the Cats went on a 4-1 run to take a 10-6 lead. The Cards fought back to come within one at 10-9 on an ace by Elena Scott. But Kentucky countered with three straight and after trading points the Cards trailed 15-12 at the media timeout. Down 17-14, Louisville called timeout and came back to tie at 17 and force a UK timeout. The Cards took their first lead since 1-0 when DeBeer connected with Raquel Lazaro for the kill at 18-17. After scoring three straight points to go up 21-18, UK called timeout. Kentucky brought the score within one on an ace and a kill by Rollins and then tied at 22 on a Louisville miss. The Wildcats scored three straight to take the set 26-24 and force a fifth.
Set 5
UofL used a 4-0 run to take an 8-5 lead at the switch. The Cards had a 4-2 run powered by a Cara Cresse block and a Chaussee kill. But UK aced the Cards to come within two at 12-10 and force a Cardinal timeout. Chaussee scored on a swing from the outside and Cresse got a block to get to match point. UK staved off the next point but fell 15-11.
The match was televised on ESPN, just the fourth regular season women’s college volleyball match to be aired since 1997.
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Tropical Storm Fiona, 6th named storm, forms in Atlantic
Published: Sep. 14, 2022 at 10:43 PM CDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Fiona, this season’s sixth named storm, formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday evening.
Fiona was centered about 650 miles east of the Leeward Islands and tropical storm watches were issued for Saba and St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Anguilla.
Forecasters say those in the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico should monitor the system’s progress.
At 11 p.m. EDT, the storm had maximum sustained winds of about 50 mph.
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Before it was even built, housing advocates and critics tried to stop the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting from allowing construction on a 23-bedroom home on Hala Drive in Kalihi, which property records show has just as many bathrooms.
The home was built back in 2017 and the complaints haven't ceased since then.
"I mean, 23 toilets?" area neighborhood board chair Wesley Fong said in disbelief. "It's perturbing."
Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, founder of housing advocacy group HI Good Neighbor, was also among the opponents.
"Here we are several years later with the project built. Many of the warnings that groups like HI Good Neighbor have been raising on the neighborhood infrastructure, like parking and other things, have unfortunately come to pass," Dos Santos-Tam said.
"There's a lot of parking issues in the neighborhood."
The dwelling was approved before the city rolled out monster home ordinances.
However, DPP is investigating two complaints about too many unrelated people living in the structure. The current city limit is five.
"It's kind of obvious it's more than a small, single-family dwelling," Fong said.
The landlord, who was on property Wednesday, declined comment.
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Talks intensified Wednesday in hope of averting a freight railroad strike set for early Friday that could cripple the nation's struggling supply chain and send prices higher for goods from gasoline to food to cars.
Two rail unions, representing more than 50,000 engineers and conductors who make up the two-person crews that make the trains run, are threatening the first rail strike in 30 years as of 12:01 am ET Friday. Union leaders and the railroads' labor negotiators were meeting throughout the day with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh at his Washington, DC, office.
The talks were still continuing as of 9:30 pm ET, which might be a hopeful sign that perhaps progress was being made. But even if late night talks were a good sign, they were nothing new. Previous negotiations over zoom between the railroads and unions have lasted until 1 am or 2 am, said a person familiar with the talks.
A Labor Department spokesperson said Wednesday that the unions and railroad officials are "negotiating in good faith" and "committed to staying at the table" as discussions continue.
On Wednesday morning, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One that "all parties need to stay at the table, bargain in good faith to resolve outstanding issues and come to an agreement. A shutdown of our freight rail system is unacceptable outcome for our economy and the American people, and all parties must work to avoid just that."
The Labor Department asked both management and labor not to comment on the state of the talks, and neither responded to a request for comment.
Nearly 30% of the nation's freight moves on the nation's railroads. Many vital sectors — including oil refining, agriculture, auto and other manufacturing, plus the imports of consumer goods — depend on the railroads to operate. While a short strike would have a limited effect, economists say a strike lasting a week or more could have severe economic consequences.
The railroads announced last Friday that they had stopped accepting shipments of hazardous material, including fertilizer, as well as security-related materials, due to concerns that trains will immediately stop wherever they are once the strike begins. On Wednesday many stopped accepting shipments of agricultural products.
Members of Union Pacific train crews were informed by the railroad late Tuesday that if they're in the middle of a trip when the strike begins at 12:01 am EST Friday they should park and secure their train and wait for transportation.
Freight railroad Norfolk Southern is planning to use management employees to operate a limited number of trains in the event of a strike Friday. That could allow critical materials to reach their destinations, like chlorine to water treatment plants.
"We'll have some capability. Not a very good capability, but we'll have some if it comes to that," Norfolk Southern spokesman Connor Spielmaker told CNN Business Wednesday. "How we're going to utilize them is still being planned out."
Spielmaker said the railroads still hope to reach a deal with the unions and avert such a situation. Freight railroads CSX, BNSF and Union Pacific declined to say if they'll be using management employees to operate trains in the event of a strike.
Strike threat has White House under pressure
The effort to avert a strike is a major test for President Joe Biden and his White House, which has positioned itself as one of the most pro-labor administrations ever. At the same time, it also wants to avoid any potential shocks to the economy, especially with the midterm elections just seven weeks away.
Railroad workers are governed by a different labor law than most workers, one that limits their freedom to strike and allows for more governmental intervention. In July Biden issued an order that prevented a strike at that time and created a panel, known as a Presidential Emergency Board, to try to find a solution to the dispute. It also imposed a 60-day cooling off period during which the unions could not strike and management could not lock out workers.
But Biden cannot order the railroads to keep operating once the cooling off period ends Friday. Only Congress can act to keep workers on the job if there is no deal. Sen. Richard Durbin, the second highest ranking member of the Democrats' Senate leadership, told CNN this week that Congressional action is unlikely, despite business groups calling on Congress to act. The Senate is in recess on Friday, and many members of Congress are flying to London to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral.
Fight not over wages
The PEB's recommendations called for workers to get an immediate 14% pay raise, plus back pay dating back to 2020. It also called for a 24% increase in pay during the five-year life of the contract from 2020 to 2024, and cash bonuses of $1,000 a year.
But it did not address the staffing shortages and scheduling rules that have become the key sticking point in the dispute. The engineers' and conductors' unions say the railroads are requiring their members to be "on call" and ready to report to work on short notice as often as seven days a week. Leadership of the two unions say their members would not accept a contract without changes to those work rules.
There are more than 50,000 other unions members at the railroads who maintain tracks, operate signals, dispatch trains and work as mechanics, among other jobs. But they are not subject to the same work rules, and those unions already accepted tentative deals with the railroads based on the PEB's recommendations.
One of those unions, the Machinists, announced Wednesday that its members voted to reject its tentative labor deal. There are about 5,000 members of the union at the railroads working as locomotive machinists, track equipment mechanics and facility maintenance personnel.
Their rejection of the proposed contract is not an immediate setback in efforts to avoid the strike. The union said it will not go on strike before the end of the month, as it tries to reach a change in the tentative agreement that its members will accept. But it is a sign of the complexity the railroads are facing in reaching deals with a dozen different unions that are also acceptable to rank-and-file membership.
Two other unions, the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen and the Transportation Communications Union, which between them have 11,000 members, ratified deals on Wednesday.
-- CNN's Matt McFarland, Ali Zaslav, Kate Sullivan, Phil Mattingly and Maegan Vazquez contributed to this report
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15-year-old girl dies after overdosing on high school campus in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES - A 15-year-old student at Bernstein High School is dead and another teen was hospitalized after overdosing on pills they purchased at a park in Hollywood, officials said.
Investigators believe the pills were laced with fentanyl.
The parents of the teen girls became concerned after their daughters did not return home from school and reported them missing Tuesday evening. The stepfather of one of the girls began driving around in search of his stepdaughter and kept circling back to her school. Around 8 p.m., he found her collapsed in the courtyard of the school campus located near the intersection of North Wilton Place and Fountain Avenue.
In a fragile state, she managed to tell her stepfather she took half a pill she bought at Lexington Park.
"She was very ill. She had been the victim of an overdose. She was able to communicate with him and was able to let him know that her friend was in the women’s restroom," said Lt. John Radke with the Los Angeles Police Department’s West Bureau Homicide Unit.
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The stepfather then contacted a school employee. They entered the restroom where they found another 15-year-old student who was unresponsive. They called 911 and rendered aid until paramedics arrived. Despite their best efforts, she was declared dead at the scene by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
"They went to buy Percocet, which is a narcotic for pain. They both ingested a pill and started feeling ill almost immediately. It’s very common for drug dealers to put fentanyl in almost all pills and many other drugs. Fentanyl is a poison and it’s very dangerous to everyone," Lt. Radke added.
The surviving victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery.
That same night, LAPD detectives also discovered there were at least two other victims of drug overdoses that may be connected to the same drug dealer.
A 17-year-old boy who attends Hollywood High School was taken to the hospital from a different location and reportedly purchased drugs at the same park. In addition, police were informed of another teen victim with signs of an overdose in close proximity.
LAFD paramedics administered Narcan to the fourth victim and did not require hospitalization.
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho says the three victims from Tuesday night account for six cases of drug-related incidents stemming from drugs purchased at Lexington Park in recent weeks and issued a stern warning to the person responsible for selling drugs to the teens.
"For the individual, who, for a number of weeks, has been spreading pain, destruction and now death – rest assured, we’re going to use the full weight and muscle of this school system, the full weight of this city’s law enforcement entity, and the DEA to know who you are, who the people behind you are and we shall bring justice to the grieving parents," Carvalho said.
Police respond to Bernstein High School after a 15-year-old student died from a suspected fentanyl overdose.
"We need to do everything we can to get the word out to everyone ‘don’t take drugs from anyone.’ Don’t even take an aspirin. You don’t know what’s in it," Lt. Radke added.
On Wednesday morning, LAUSD officials released the following statement:
"Last evening, Los Angeles Unified became aware that a student passed away on the Helen Bernstein High School campus. Another student was transported with their parent to a local hospital. We are working with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the lead agency on this ongoing investigation, and at this point and due to confidentiality issues, we have no further information to share. However, school will be open today and we will have grief counselors on site and available to support all students and employees. As we work together with LAPD to uncover the details of this tragic situation, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of both students. We also thank everyone for their understanding and support today and we will share more information as it becomes available."
Lt. Radke is hoping parents will warn their children about the dangers of taking drugs amid the ongoing opioid epidemic.
"They need to sit down and talk with their children. They need to talk to them about the consequences of taking anything from someone that they do not know. It puts their life in jeopardy," Lt. Radke said.
Anyone with information on the drug dealer is asked to contact the LAPD.
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