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Joe Biden gave his first “60 Minutes” interview as president and the sit-down will air Sunday during the show’s season premiere episode.
The president spoke about the economy, upcoming midterm elections and the Russian invasion of Ukraine with correspondent Scott Pelley at the White House, according to the show’s network CBS.
“60 Minutes” cameras also followed Biden as he toured the Detroit Auto Show in Michigan on Wednesday.
Biden has been criticized for his infrequent on-the-record, sit-down interviews since taking office as president.
In June, journalists and Republicans bashed the commander-in-chief for appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to be interviewed by the late night comedian when he hadn’t given a reporter an on-the-record, sit-down interview in about four months.
Biden has appeared on “60 minutes” several times before — including days ahead of the 2020 presidential election — but Sunday will mark his first appearance as president.
Pelley told People he had been trying to land an interview with the president soon after his inauguration. He had a prior date set for the interview but Biden postponed it due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and personally called to apologize, Pelley said.
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David Ryan Hepler
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David Ryan Hepler, 66, of Ringgold, passed away suddenly Monday morning, September 5, 2022.
Born on November 23, 1955, in Brookville, he was the son of the late Charles Allen and Helen Grace (Cathcart) Hepler.
David enjoyed hunting, fishing, and the outdoors.
He was a truck driver for many years for Williamson Trucking Company of Dayton.
He is survived by a daughter, Angie Snyder and her husband, David, and their three children.
He is also survived by three brothers, Gary Hepler, Gale Hepler, and Wray and his wife, Judy, and a special friend, Patty Blose.
There will be no public services.
The Alcorn Funeral Home in Hawthorn is handling the arrangements
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.alcornfuneralhome.com.
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Dr. Kenneth M. Culbertson, Jr.
Dr. Kenneth M. Culbertson, Jr. went home to be with Jesus on September 11, 2022.
He is survived by his wife Patty (Whitling); daughter Kelly Tatum, son-in-law Chuck, granddaughter Kenna, grandson Noah and fiancée Ailsa Poling; son Derek, daughter-in-law Jessica, grandson Ethan, granddaughter Olivia; and daughter Erin.
Preceding him in death were his parents Kenneth and Jacqueline Culbertson, brother Kevin and sister-in-law Jane; grandparents Clyde and Jean Culbertson and Gladys and William Wilson.
Ken graduated from Oil City High School and went on to earn a B.A. at Washington and Jefferson College.
Called to ministry, he continued his education at Nazarene Theological Seminary, graduating with a Master’s in Divinity.
Later, he earned his Doctor of Ministry degree at Drew Theological Seminary.
He ministered for fourteen years in Ohio before becoming the pastor of the South Hills Church of the Nazarene in Bethel Park, serving that congregation faithfully for thirty-six years.
During his pastorates, he was elected to various district leadership positions, including trustee of Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA.
Ken also had a heart for the inner city and developed great friendships while serving with his brothers in Duquesne, Word on the Street, Light of Life, and Changing One Man at a Time conferences.
After retiring, he preached weekly for nearly a year at the New Brighton Church of the Nazarene.
Throughout his ministry, he was supported by his wife and family, whom he considered to be his first church.
Another of Ken’s passions was teaching and mentoring ministerial students.
He was not only an outstanding teacher but also an encourager and supporter.
He went the extra mile to help students complete their degrees and be equipped as servant-leaders.
He also loved to study, write, and preach.
Often, on weekday mornings, he would be at McDonald’s preparing for sermons and end up sharing in other people’s journeys.
He was never too busy to listen to others.
On Sundays, after preaching in the worship service, he would teach a Sunday school class, and, in the evening, lead a time of worship, discipleship, and fellowship.
During the week, he led Bible studies, conducted meetings, and enjoyed speaking for various groups within the church and community.
He exemplified the ministry of presence by being with people during their joyful celebrations and sorrowful seasons of life.
Many people simply called him “Pastor”.
Preaching God’s Word always brought immense joy to Ken.
Even in his last days when he seldom could speak intelligibly, miraculous times occurred when he unexpectedly prayed for someone who was there to pray for him or, on one occasion, spontaneously shared biblical truths with friends who had stopped by to visit.
His final message was to “Love like Him”.
Ken not only preached that message clearly but exemplified it throughout his life so well.
A memorial service will be held at Waterdam Church in Canonsburg at a later date, and interment will be at Brandon Cemetery in Seneca.
Online condolences can be shared by visiting www.pittsburghcremation.com.
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Driver Injured in One-Vehicle Crash on I-80 in Richland Township
RICHLAND TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Police have released the details of a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 in Richland Township that left a driver injured.
According to Clarion-based State Police, this crash occurred around 1:54 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6, on Interstate 80, in Richland Township, Venango County.
Police say a 2017 GMC Terrain operated by 81-year-old Raymond A. Guthro, of Auburn Hills, MI, was traveling west in the right-hand lane of I-80 when he lost control of the vehicle for unknown reasons.
The vehicle crossed the left lane and struck a guide rail on the left side of the roadway, police say.
Guthro suffered suspected minor injuries; however, he was not transported.
His passenger—74-year-old Judy D. Guthro, of Auburn Hills, MI—was not injured.
Both occupants were using seat belts.
The vehicle sustained disabling damage.
According to police, Guthro was cited with a traffic violation.
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Featured Local Job: Part-Time Special Education Paraeducators
Union School District is seeking, a caring, applicant for a Part-Time Paraeducator located at Sligo Elementary School for the 2022 – 2023 school year.
Candidates for consideration should be enthusiastic, joyful, and motivated. Union School District values candidates that possess an understanding of child development and a caring disposition. The district is eager to welcome to their team a colleague committed to building strong student, staff, and family relationships and one who is committed to self-development.
Qualifications: Demonstrated enthusiasm for working with school-age children, 3–5 years of experience working with students (preferred), Associate’s degree (preferred), Confidence when working with others, Strong social and communication skills.
Please submit a letter of interest; resume; general application; along with current Act 34, Act 151, Act 168, FBI Fingerprint, CPR, and First Aid clearances to Dr. Elena Steidinger, Director of Special Education, 354 Baker Street, Suite 2, Rimersburg, PA 16248 or via email at [email protected] Applications can be found at www.unionsd.net.
Review of applications will begin immediately, however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Union School District is an equal opportunity employer.
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Gloria Spanedda
Gloria Spanedda, age 93, of Seminole, Armstrong County, died September 12, 2022, with her family by her side at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in Kittanning.
She was a resident of Seminole her entire life.
She was born May 8, 1929, in Seminole, to the late Patsy and Rosa Allori.
Her parents migrated to the United States from Lucca, Italy.
Gloria met and dated Sebastian “Sebby” Spanedda, also of Seminole.
They married on June 7,1952 and recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with close family and friends in New Bethlehem.
She was a homemaker while her husband was a welder at Pullman Standard in Butler.
Gloria was a proud member of St. Charles Roman Catholic Church and enjoyed attending weekly Mass with her husband and family friends.
Her interests included family visits, cooking, spending time with others, and vacationing with family.
She loved to cook for anyone at any time, always making sure that others were cared for before herself.
She was especially fond of neighbors Annie and Debbie Bonanno, Jean Magagnotti, Rose and Buckeye Stepulla, and Lois Veronesi any many others who lent constant support to her and Sebby.
She also enjoyed completing crossword puzzles.
Gloria had a keen memory to recall birthdays and other important life events.
In addition to devoting much of her time and heart as a caregiver to family and friends, she immensely enjoyed flowers often sent to her, and always took time to ask about everyone’s well-being.
She also enjoyed making her own special spaghetti and risotto sauces and fruit preserves with the help of her husband, using local fruit and tomatoes fresh from their garden.
She is survived by her husband, Sebastian of Seminole; son, Tom and son-in-law Joe Hostetler, both of Pittsburgh; sister, Lillian Bachorski of Jacksonville, Florida, and many other nieces and nephews who were extremely dear to her over her many years.
In addition to her parents, Gloria was preceded in death by her son, Dennis; brothers Edward, Nello, Pete and Raymond, and sisters Dina and Jennie.
Family and friends will be received from 2- 6 pm Thursday, September 15, 2022, at the Rupert Funeral Home and Cremation Service chapel, 233 Penn Street, New Bethlehem.
A Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, September 16, 2022, at St. Charles Roman Catholic Church, 201 Washington Street, New Bethlehem.
Father Samuel Bungo, parish priest, will serve as celebrant.
Interment will follow in the St. Charles Catholic Cemetery in New Bethlehem.
Memorial contributions may be sent in memory of Gloria Spanedda to St. Charles Roman Catholic Church, 201 Washington Street, New Bethlehem, PA 16242
Online condolences may be sent to Gloria’s family at www.rupertfuneralhomes.com.
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Pa. Awarded $25.4 Million for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Governor Tom Wolf announced on Wednesday that the Biden Administration has awarded Pennsylvania $25.4 million to invest in clean transportation through the state’s plan for electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure deployment.
Pennsylvania is one of the first states in the nation to be approved for this first round of funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
“Addressing the global threat of climate change is a top priority throughout my administration and it’s a priority that President Joe Biden and I share. Investing in EV infrastructure is a critical way to reduce greenhouse gases and make EV chargers accessible for more Pennsylvanians,” Gov. Wolf said. “I’m grateful that the Biden Administration has committed a significant portion of the landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for clean transportation, and that Pennsylvania will receive this initial investment to support our state’s efforts.”
The federal funding is part of a new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program under the BIL that provides Pennsylvania more than $170 million over the next five years to support EV infrastructure. The Pennsylvania NEVI Plan will be administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).
“PennDOT and our partners have been hard at work preparing for a future filled with electric vehicles,” said PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian. “These new funds available to us through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law give Pennsylvania the opportunity to reinvent transportation in a way that is smarter, cleaner, safer, more equitable and more efficient than ever before, and we are ready to put them to good use.”
“Increasing access to electric vehicles and EV chargers is one of the best ways to cut down on air pollution and fight climate change,” said Acting DEP Secretary Ramez Ziadeh. “These investments into improving EV charger infrastructure will mean cleaner air for Pennsylvanians, and will pay dividends for years and generations to come.”
There are more than 31,000 EVs registered in Pennsylvania, nearly triple the roughly 9,700 that were registered in March 2019.
The Wolf Administration has been making investments into EV infrastructure for years through programs like Driving PA Forward, which provides grants and rebates for chargers, and the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant program that provides grants to EV and other alternative fuel infrastructure.
The NEVI Formula Program provides dedicated funding to Pennsylvania and other states to strategically deploy EV charging infrastructure and establish an interconnected network to facilitate data collection, access, and reliability. Initially, funding under this program is directed to designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs) for build-out of a national EV charging network, particularly along the Interstate Highway System to support long distance travel.
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‘I’m a Football Player’: Torn ACL Not Keeping Central Clarion’s Ryan Hummell Off the Field or From Making Big Impact for Wildcat Defense
CLARION, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Ryan Hummell didn’t hear the telltale pop. He didn’t feel the instant pain snake through his knee joint. He didn’t have the immediate and sobering realization that his ACL had torn.
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He had none of those things when he was injured during a 7-on-7 drill in late June.
In fact, the Clarion-Limestone senior and linebacker for the Central Clarion football team didn’t even know it was his left knee that was hurt.
“The trainer there said it was just a pulled hamstring,” Hummell said.
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Hummell rested his leg for two weeks, but his concern grew when the pain and discomfort failed to improve.
Then a doctor gave him the shocking news that his ACL was torn.
Hummell, though, wasn’t going to let something like that derail his senior year of sports. Also a standout basketball player and javelin thrower on the track and field team at C-L — he was fourth at the PIAA championships in the event — he didn’t hesitate to make the decision to forgo surgery.
“Instantly,” Hummell said. “I made the decision instantly to play through it.”
Not only is Hummell playing through an injury that usually sidelines players for six months or longer, he’s playing very well.
Hummell leads the 3-0 Wildcats in tackles with 38. He also has an interception.
“He’s having a fantastic season,” said Central Clarion coach Dave Eggleton. “I just can’t express how impressed I am with the toughness he has. There’s a lot of guys who can’t do what he’s doing, and he’s not only out there, he’s playing at a high level and making big plays. He’s also a leader out there on the defensive side of the ball.”
Part of the reason why Hummell has been able to play through the injury — and not miss a beat — is because of his dedication to the weight room.
He’s a workout junkie and was in top physical condition before the injury. Through physical therapy, he’s been able to further build up the muscles around the knee to give support to the joint.
Hummell also wear a brace during games and practices.
“The trainers and everyone else at PT were saying that everything around my knee is very strong,” Hummell said. “I don’t even realize I have a torn ACL when I’m playing. I don’t even feel it.”
But Hummell admitted that early in the first game of the season against Brookville, it was on his mind. He was playing timidly.
Until he got an earful from Eggleton.
“I didn’t have a lot of confidence. I was really scared,” Hummell said. “Coach Egg pulled me aside and told me I was basically playing like a baby.”
That did the trick. Hummell decided he was going to play free and fast and not worry about the knee. He went on to make 12 tackles in the 42-7 victory.
Hummell is now lobbying to play offense. A running back, Hummell has only played a few downs on that side of the ball because Eggleton wants to protect him.
“He keeps pushing me to get him in more on offense,” Eggleton said. “I tell him, ‘Listen, Ryan. I have lots of guys on offense, but you’re the only one who can do what you do on defense.’ I can’t replicate what he does on defense.
“It’s driving him a little crazy,” Eggleton added. “He wants to be on the field. He told me today, ‘Coach, I’m a football player. Put me out there.’ I feel for him. I know what he’s feeling. Anyone who’s played wants to be out there as much as he can. But I think he’s the best defensive football player in the league and maybe the district and he’s too valuable there. It’s just hard to risk him on offense right now.”
Hummell is undeterred.
Just like he was unwilling to accept the fate of a torn ACL ending his season, he’s unwilling to give up his lobbying efforts to play offense.
“I bother him at practice and he just says no and walks away,” Hummell said, chuckling softly. “Eventually it will work. I’ve been at him since the first day of practice. I’m just really happy I can play.”
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Janet E. McKinley
Janet E. McKinley, 84, of Polk, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 10:00AM in her son’s residence of an extended illness.
Janet was born December 16, 1937, in Oil City, PA, to Clinton Shields and Thelma (McDonald) Shields.
She married Kenneth “Bob” McKinley on November 12, 1957 who preceded her in death.
Janet worked for ten years at Howe’s Candy, and also worked as a substitute custodian for the Franklin Area School District.
Janet enjoyed her family, bingo, and taking trips to the casino.
Janet is survived by five children; Vickie Avoy of Florida, Evelyn McKinley of Meadville, Roberta Adams and her husband Jon of Polk, Arlene McFadden and her husband Mike of South Carolina, and Robert McKinley and his wife Janelle of Franklin.
She is also survived by seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and twenty plus great-grandchildren.
Janet was preceded in death by her parents, siblings, and her granddaughter Trish.
Per Janet’s wishes there are no services
Burial will be at Crestview Memorial Park in Grove City, PA
Arrangements have been entrusted to https://www.flynnfuneralhome.com/.
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Jeremy Lee-Roy Allshouse
Jeremy Lee-Roy Allshouse, 46, of Mayport, PA, formerly of Reynoldsville, PA, passed away surrounded by family on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, while at his home.
He was born on June 15, 1976, to Thomas Everett Allshouse and Janice Arlene (Guiher) Scott in DuBois, PA.
Jeremy graduated from Jeff Tech with the Class of 1994.
He furthered his education by earning a degree from Triangle Tech.
He worked for BOS Solutions in Canonsburg, PA.
Jeremy married Nichole Shaffer on October 8, 2011, in New Bethlehem, PA; Nichole survives him.
Jeremy enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his daughters, who were his whole world.
He also enjoyed taking rides on his Harley, as well as working on and racing RC cars.
He also loved music and had a specific love for the drums, which he played himself.
Jeremy will be dearly missed by everyone who whose lives’ he touched.
In addition to his wife, Jeremy is survived by his mother; Janice Arlene (Richard) Scott; one aunt; Lori Guiher; and two beautiful daughters; Lainee Eleanor Allshouse; Lillian Ruth Allshouse.
Jeremy was preceded in passing by one brother; Gregory Mowrey; and his maternal grandparents; Chester and Ruth Guiher. Family and friends will be received on Friday, September 16, 2022, from 4pm to 8pm at the Snyder – d’Argy Funeral Home, 206 E. Main Street, Reynoldsville, PA 15851.
An additional visitation will take place on Saturday, September 17, 2022, also at the funeral home from 10am to 12pm.
A funeral service will take place immediately following the second viewing, beginning at 12:00pm and officiated by John Milliron.
Memorial contributions may be made in his name to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Online condolences and other information may be found by visiting www.dargyfh.com.
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Mary Ann Shreffler
Mary Ann Shreffler, 78, of Cranberry, died at Sugar Creek Station in Franklin on Monday, September 12, 2022.
She was born in Roswell, New Mexico on April 17, 1944 to the late Earl Ernest and Verna Abbie (Collins) Magness.
She was a 1963 graduate of Grandfalls/Royalty High School in Grandfalls, Texas.
She was of the United Methodist faith and served as a volunteer for the Cranberry Area Food Pantry in Seneca.
Mary Ann enjoyed visiting with her family and taking care of her grandchildren.
She loved doing craft projects, floral arrangements and was an avid football fan.
For most family gatherings, it was requested that she bring her award-winning apple pie to share.
She was a dedicated homemaker, caring for her family.
Mary Ann also worked at the Hallmark and Bon-Ton stores at the Cranberry Mall, was a Mary Kay cosmetics consultant, and did store merchandising for Procter & Gamble.
She was married in Grandfalls, Texas on May 18, 1963 to Edward W. Shreffler, and he survives.
Also surviving are three children, Kimberley Shirey and her husband Dan of Oil City, Melissa Garvin and her husband Terry of State College, and Lance Shreffler and his wife Terra of New Kensington; and five grandchildren, Alexa Marquis and her husband Wes, Robert Shirey, Haley Garvin, Kierra Shreffler, and Mason Shreffler.
Mary Ann is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, and beloved friends and family members, including her dear neighbors, Harry and Nicole Wenner and their children, as well as her Aunt Caroline McGrew of Austin, Texas who was more like a sister to her.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Earl Jr. and Danny; and two sisters, Linda and Donna.
A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 2nd at Fertigs United Methodist Church, 1648 Fertigs Rd., Venus, PA 16364.
The service will be led by Mr. Spence Garvin.
Following the service, the family will visit with friends and family in the church’s social hall.
Her family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Sugar Creek Station and AseraCare Hospice for the compassionate care provided to Mary Ann.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Disease Research, P.O. Box 1950, Clarksburg MD 20871-1950.
Funeral arrangements are being completed by Hile-Best Funeral Home in Seneca.
To express online condolences to Mary Ann’s family, please visit www.hilebest.com.
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Michael Patton Advising: Dividends for Income and Total Returns
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Michael Patton, of Patton Financial Advising, submitted the following article: Dividends for Income and Total Returns.
John D. Rockefeller, one of the wealthiest Americans in history, loved receiving stock dividends. “Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure?” he once asked. “It’s to see my dividends coming in.” (1)
There may be many things other than money that give you pleasure, but you can still appreciate the stabilizing role that dividends might play in your portfolio.
Steady and Dependable
Dividends can be a dependable source of income for retirees and others who want an income stream without selling their underlying investments. If you do not need your dividends for current income, reinvesting these relatively small payments can become a powerful growth engine (see chart). Because dividends are by definition a positive return, they can boost returns in an up market and help balance declining stock prices in a down market.
Read the full article here: https://www.pattonadvising.com/Dividends-for-Income-and-Total-Returns.c9947.htm
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Additional Details Released on Clarion Man Accused of Stealing Multiple Items from Limestone Township Barn
LIMESTONE TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Additional details have emerged regarding a Clarion man accused of stealing multiple items from a barn in Limestone Township.
According to court documents, Clarion-based State Police filed criminal charges against 56-year-old Lawrence Morris Everett in Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller’s office on Monday, September 12.
State Police in Clarion received a report around 11:33 a.m. on Saturday, August 20, regarding a theft from a barn located on South Mechanicsville Road, just south of McGregor Road, in Limestone Township, Clarion County.
According to a criminal complaint, the victim, a known woman, told police that her friend witnessed the theft at her barn. The witness stated he was at the storage barn on “a Saturday in July” when he saw Lawrence Everett there, too.
The witness related that he observed Everett take a Toshiba laptop, a wood splitter, and two Black & Decker power drills from the barn, the complaint indicates.
The witness further related that he knew the items were not Everett’s because they belonged to the victim, the complaint notes.
A preliminary arraignment for Everett is scheduled for Thursday, September 22, at 10:00 a.m. in front of Judge Miller on the following charge:
– Theft by Unlawful Taking – Movable Property, Misdemeanor 3
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North Clarion Boys Cross Country Runners Place 1-2-3 Against Clarion
Thursday, September 15, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
FRILLS CORNERS, Pa. (EYT/D9) – Aiden Thomas, Kaine McFarland, and Gabriel Fair finished 1-2-3 to lead the North Clarion boys cross country team against Clarion.
North Clarion’s Katie Bauer won the girls’ race with a time of 23:06.
The meet was not scored because neither team had enough runners.
The North Clarion junior high girls won, 37-18, bringing in the top four overall finishers.
Abby Hastings won the race while Dean Sliker of North Clarion won the junior high boys race. However,ˇ Clarion did not have enough athletes to score the meet.
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Regular Private Meetings Among Top Penn State Trustees May Be Violating Pa.’s Transparency Law
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — For more than a decade, some of the most powerful members of the Pennsylvania State University’s Board of Trustees have regularly met in private, actions that media law experts say may violate the state’s open meetings law.
(Photo: Penn State’s Board of Trustees claims a legal exception allows some of its most influential leaders to meet regularly in private. Media law lawyers say the practice might violate Pennsylvania law. Photo credit: Abby Drey / Centre Daily Times)
Article by Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College
The board’s executive committee includes the chairs of other committees and university President Neeli Bendapudi, among others. Bendapudi is a non-voting member.
The committee exists “to transact all necessary business” that could occur between regular meetings of the full board, according to board bylaws. The board’s governing documents require the committee’s meetings and agendas to be made public.
Yet the committee’s last public meeting was more than a decade ago. Since then, the committee has used a provision of the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act — which determines public access to governing bodies — that allows officials to gather for “conferences” without public notice or other transparency measures.
The law says conferences can only take place in limited circumstances, primarily as a “training program or seminar, or any session arranged by State or Federal agencies” and never to deliberate business.
Pennsylvania’s three other state-related universities — Temple University, University of Pittsburgh, and Lincoln University — have trustee executive committees that post public meeting minutes. Pennsylvania’s state-related universities are independently governed but receive some state funding.
The University of Pennsylvania, a private university, also makes available the minutes of its executive committee meetings.
Shannon Harvey, the director of Penn State’s Office of the Board of Trustees, told Spotlight PA in an Aug. 17 email that the executive committee uses the conference provision to “review Board and committee agendas and for planning purposes.” The executive committee’s planning and discussions of agendas don’t rise to the level of deliberating “agency business,” Harvey wrote in an Aug. 26 email.
Harvey wouldn’t provide information about which state or federal agencies hosted training programs for the executive committee during its conferences, nor would she explain how the board determined that reviewing agendas or planning is considered a “training program or seminar,” as defined by the law.
“We believe that our conferences are structured to comply with the law and facilitate good governance,” Harvey wrote in a follow-up email.
Melissa Melewsky — media law counsel with the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, of which Spotlight PA is a member — said Penn State’s explanation was “inconsistent with the law.” If a committee is authorized to render advice to the board of trustees, even if that committee is not voting, then it must comply with the law, Melewksy said.
“The law recognizes that most of the deliberation, and most of the real work on a particular issue is farmed out to the committee,” she said. “And the committee does all the legwork and all the discussion, and all the changes happen there. So, if you cut the public out of that process, all you see and participate in as the public is the end result and you’ve lost your opportunity to help shape public policy.”
Melewsky questioned why Penn State’s executive committee needs to have its gatherings in private, without public notice or input, if such gatherings are as nondescript as the board claims.
Harvey declined to explain why the board chooses to make this committee’s gatherings private. She also would not discuss how the executive committee’s ability to set agendas might influence the business of the full board or its other committees.
Because the gatherings are not open to the public and no official minutes are taken, it’s nearly impossible to know what is happening behind closed doors, or if the committee is following the law.
“There’s no records kept of it, and as long as they don’t break ranks, you’ll never know exactly what they said,” said Craig Staudenmaier, an attorney with Nauman Smith Shissler & Hall and an expert in media law. “But it’s only human nature to start voicing an opinion or to start discussing it. The more discussion that goes, the closer and closer it gets to deliberation, in my opinion.”
The committee’s last official meeting, a record of which is publicly available, occurred Dec. 2, 2011, while the university grappled with the fallout of the Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. During the seven-minute meeting, the committee approved a previous board decision to accept Graham Spanier’s resignation as university president and to end Joe Paterno’s tenure as head football coach.
Since then, the executive committee has continued to gather in private, with the full board voting in new members. The committee has gathered five times in 2022, according to information Harvey provided to Spotlight PA.
The effectiveness of the committee was called into question during the July 22 meeting of the board of trustees, when Barry Fenchak, a trustee elected by alumni, asked when it had last met to deliberate university business. Board of Trustees Chair Matthew Schuyler said the group had met a few weeks prior to the July meeting.
Fenchak told trustees he doubted the executive committee’s ability to responsibly oversee the university.
“In fact, it’s an opportunity to be incongruent with responsible governance, so I can’t support further additions to that committee,” said Fenchak, who was the lone vote that day against appointing a new member to the executive committee.
The board’s seven other committees have all held public meetings in 2022, with agendas and minutes posted online.
State courts have not provided a clear test to determine whether something is a meeting or a conference, Staudenmaier said. If a quorum of officials in a public body gathers, they have to demonstrate why the meeting should not be open, he said.
Conferences are supposed to be educational and can involve fact-finding, Staudenmaier said. But once people start sharing opinions or talking about implementing changes to the organization, then the gathering becomes a meeting as defined under the law.
The state’s Sunshine Act allows for fines ranging from $100 to $1,000, plus the cost of prosecution, for a first offense by any agency member who knowingly violates the law. The fine increases to $500 to $2,000 for subsequent offenses.
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SPONSORED: Having Trouble Finding Building Materials? Tionesta Builders Supply Can Help!
Thursday, September 15, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
SHIPPENVILLE, Pa (EYT) – Tionesta Builders Supply has a full stock of building materials perfect for your next project. Don’t put your project on hold contact Tionesta Builders Supply today.
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– 81 Amsler Avenue, Shippenville, PA 16254
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State Police Calls: Clarion Man Accused of Theft from Goodwill
CLARION/FOREST CO., Pa. (EYT) – Area state police responded to the following calls:
Clarion Man Accused of Stealing Sneakers from Goodwill
PSP Clarion investigated a report of retail theft from the Clarion Goodwill in Monroe Township, Clarion County.
Police say 20-year-old Hayden Marous, of Clarion, allegedly stole a pair of black New Balance sneakers from the store around 2:46 p.m. on Monday, August 29.
The sneakers are valued at $14.99.
Natural Death Investigation Launched
Clarion-based State Police are investigating a natural death that occurred near Circle Drive, in Paint Township, Clarion County, around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 1.
Police say the victim is a 77-year-old Shippenville man.
No further details were released.
Incident of Theft by Deception
Marienville-based State Police received a call regarding an incident of theft by deception near Jenkins Road, in Kingsley Township, Forest County.
Police say the incident occurred sometime between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Steven T. Barnett
Alas, the stalwart tow truck pulled into the garage for one last tow.
Steven T. Barnett, age 54, of East Hickory, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Monday evening, September 12, 2022.
He began his earthly journey on February 5, 1968 in Oil City, PA, son of the late Frank A. and Margaret A. (Roberts) Barnett.
Steve attended Edinboro University and graduated with a degree in criminal justice.
On September 18, 1993, he married his soulmate, Ann (Caldwell) Barnett, at the Endeavor Presbyterian Church.
They later had two children, Marissa and Steven Barnett.
Steve was a proud lifelong resident of East Hickory and was a well known pillar in the community.
He began working for Forest County in 1989 and had been employed nearly 33 years working as the Chief Probation Officer as well as a Deputy Sheriff.
He was very gratified by serving the public in these jobs as well as his unequivocal community service to the local area.
Steve also loved owning and operating Franks Auto and Sons, Inc. in downtown East Hickory.
He was a long-standing elder and member at the Endeavor Presbyterian Church.
Steve had many interests and hobbies which included fishing with his son, hunting, trapping, flea marketing, researching local Native American history, and driving tow trucks.
Steve also had a deep love for his right hand companion, Sadie, his German Shepard.
Steve is survived by his wife Ann Barnett, daughter, Marissa K. Barnett, and his son, Steven S. Barnett. His sister, Marcy Galloway of Myrtle Beach, SC. Two nephews: Chase and Trentin Galloway, both of Myrtle Beach. His cousin, John Barnett, of Mifflintown, PA. His mother-in-law, Grace Caldwell, of Oil City, PA.
He will be reunited in Heaven with his father Frank and mother Peggy Barnett, Uncle Ken Squire, and his dear friends, Grant George, Marshall Yeager, and Max Kuntz.
A memorial service will be held at 12:15 P.M. on Sunday, September 18, 2022 at the Endeavor Presbyterian Church, 17402 Route 666, Endeavor, PA 16322, with Lay Pastor Roger Z. Snyder officiating.
Friends are invited to a fellowship luncheon at the Harmony Township Community Center, 95 Center Circle Street, West Hickory, PA 16370, following the service at 2 P.M.
A private burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Tionesta, PA.
Memorial contributions may be made to Endeavor Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 212, Endeavor, PA 16322.
Messages of sympathy may be left at www.wimerfuneralhome.com.
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Theron Miles Appointed to Clarion Area School Board
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Clarion businessman Theron Miles was unanimously selected on Tuesday night to fill a vacancy on the Clarion Area School Board.
(Pictured above: Clarion Area School Board President Hugh Henry (left) welcomes Theron Milles as a new member.)
Miles will complete the remaining term of Sara Robertson who recently resigned.
“I’m interested in positive change within our community, and any chance I have to donate, volunteer, or offer any experience, I take advantage of, I feel this is a good fit,” Miles said after being selected.
A graduate of both Clarion Area High School and Clarion University, Miles is a member of the Clarion Blueprint Community.
Theron, along with brothers Ryan and Curtis, is an owner-operator of Miles Brothers, LLC and Terra Works, Inc.
The companies are heavily involved with environmental land reclamation of brownfields such as the former Owens-Illinois Glass Plant in Clarion. Miles Brothers purchased the land to form Glassworks Business Park, The Glassworks project, along Grand Avenue, consisting of a 28.5-acre brownfield site. The project will lead to seven building pads ready for development. Those sites will be used for offices and warehouses for light industrial use, and work has already started for utilities, lighting, and water and sewer infrastructure.
Theron entered the industry as a laborer for his father’s company in the late 1990s. He worked through high school and college as a laborer where he gained a wealth of knowledge in the classroom and the field.
Voting for the appointment of Miles to the school board were Hugh Henry, Braxton White, Shane Kriebel, Todd Bauer, Dave Estadt, Todd MacBeth, Julie McCormick, and Zachary Shekell.
The Board approved the following personnel actions:
Hiring:
Ashley Burdic – Full-time Custodian -$10.95
Jamie Smail*- Substitute Secretary
Olivia Schilling* – Nurse Substitute
*Pending Clearances
Pay Correction:
Joyce Ditullio – $29,000 2022-2023 annual salary (Title)
Resignations:
Juliet Chivavaro – Paraprofessional
Preston Shumaker – Paraprofessional
Kathleen Trout – Paraprofessional
Diane Dubensky – Cafeteria
Addison Hockins – Science Olympiad Advisor
Days without Pay:
Mike Lefay – 8/24-9/6/2022
Ken Minnich – 9/16-9/23/2022
Alisa Hartzel – 9/26/2022
In other business, the board approved:
• Disposal of surplus items, including band risers and baseball uniforms. The jerseys were last born in 2017 for the PIAA State Championship. Clarion was the runner-up in the contest.
• Board meetings for October include:
October 4, 2022
– Finance Committee
– Work Session
October 11, 2022
– Curriculum Committee
– Board Meeting
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Walter E. Kenley
Walter E. Kenley, 77, of Marienville, died Sunday, September 12, 2022, while at Allegheny General Hospital following a decline in health.
Born in Kittaning on May 14, 1945, he was the son of the late Samuel W. and Edith Geidel Kenley.
He was a 1965 graduate of Shannock Valley High School and continued on with his education by obtaining a degree in drafting from Triangle Tech in Pittsburgh.
Mr. Kenley proudly served his country with the U. S. Air Forceand retired from Dominion Gas (formerly Peoples Gas).
He was married to the former Brenda M. Reeger. She survives.
His pastimes include fishing, hunting and he was a member of the NRA.
In addition to his wife, Brenda; he is survived by a son, Adam (Sheila) Kenley; a stepson, Anthony (Nikki) Reeger; a daughter, Jennifer (Tony) Matvia; a sister, Joanne Berstein; his six grandchildren, Jake, Paige, Emma, Aleck, Isaiah and Elijah.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Jason Kenley and two grandchildren, Jason and Kaylee; and two sisters.
His family will receive friends on Friday, September 16, 2022 from 5-7PM at Furlong Funeral Home, 140 Cherry St., Marienville, PA.
A funeral service will follow at 7PM at the funeral home with Rev. Boyd Edmondson, officiating.
Interment will follow on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at Tree Trimmers Rest Cemetery, Farmington TWP, Clarion County.
Friends and family may order flowers, leave online condolences, light a memorial candle, share a memory and obtain additional information by visiting www.furlongfuneralhome.com.
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YMCA Swim Team to Host Parent Information Meeting Thursday
CLARION, Pa. – The Clarion County YMCA Riversharks Swim Team will host a parent informational meeting at the YMCA at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 15.
The Riversharks are a competitive swim team for ages 5-18. Practices are held at the PennWest – Clarion Natatorium (Tippin) Monday through Thursday from 6-8 pm. The swim season runs from the beginning of October through mid-February. The coach will assign practice times based on ability and age.
The Clarion County YMCA participates in the CENKEY Swim League. Meets are held Saturdays from December through February at pools in the league.
A parent meeting will be held Thursday, September 15th at 5:30 p.m. at the Clarion County YMCA in the multipurpose room. New swimmers and parents are welcome! Practices will begin in October. Registration materials will be available at the meeting.
-The cost for the full seasons is $255 plus $84 membership fee. Fundraisers can be done to help offset the cost of the program-.
For more information about the YMCA Swim Team, contact aquatics director, Katie Roth, at 814-764-3400.
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Director Paul Greengrass Will Adapt Stephen King’s Fairy Tale
It’s only been nine days since Stephen King’s latest novel hit bookstores. And while many readers have yet to get through all 608 of its pages, there are already plans for a film adaptation. Deadline brings word that Paul Greengrass has secured the rights to direct a movie based on Fairy Tale and he will begin shopping the project to studios “immediately.”
Fairy Tale centers on Charlie Reade, a 17-year-old high school student who begins doing odd jobs for his reclusive, elderly neighbor, Mr. Bowditch. When Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a recorded message revealing that the shed on his property contains a portal to another world. Inside that world, a battle between good and evil rages, and Charlie finds himself caught right in the middle of it.
Greengrass is also writing the script for Fairy Tale and he will produce the film alongside Greg Goodman. Although King adaptations are often hit-or-miss, Greengrass’ involvement bodes well for the movie’s success. His feature credits include three films in the Bourne franchise, Captain Phillips, and News of the World. In 2007, he received his first Oscar nomination for directing United 93, but lost to Martin Scorsese for The Departed.
RELATED: Warner Bros. Moves the Salem’s Lot Remake To 2023
King reportedly sold Greengrass the rights to the novel for $1, something he normally reserves for up-and-coming filmmakers who want to adapt his stories. In fact, the practice has become so common that it even has its own name: the “Dollar Baby” arrangement. But King is already a fan of Greengrass’ movies, so that may have played a role in the negotiation process. In any case, King stands to make a “healthy backend” upon the film’s release.
Fairy Tale joins several other King adaptations currently in the works. Assorted films and TV shows based on Salem’s Lot, Billy Summers, The Talisman, and other tales are in varying stages of development. The next film based on his work, Mr. Harrigan’s Phone – an adaptation of the novella that originally appeared in King’s 2020 collection, If It Bleeds – premieres on Netflix on October 5.
Have you had a chance to dive into Fairy Tale yet? Do you think Greengrass is a good choice to adapt the novel? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: Fairy Tale
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A Coast Guard Air Station North Bend MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew rescues two individuals from the 49-foot fishing vessel Preamble that caught fire approximately 57 miles west of Gold Beach, Oregon, Sept. 14, 2022. Both individuals rescued reported no medical concerns. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station North Bend.
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U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 169th Civil Engineering Squadron from the South Carolina Air National Guard, construct a community center for the Blackfeet Nation Native Americans at Heart Butte, Montana, September 6, 2022. This temporary deployment is part of the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron’s yearly Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) that helps Airmen train in a real-world environment to acquire and maintain their trade skills. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Bacalzo, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
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Sewer line, manhole cover replacements overdue in Fort Smith
A federal appeals court has ruled Fort Smith should have fixed sewer lines within four years of problems being detected.
The decision was announced Wednesday. City officials are reviewing the full decision.
Carl Geffken, Fort Smith Administreator said the city is working toward fulfilling the requirements of the Consent Decree.
“Although we are disappointed with the decision, we will continue to do our best to comply with the U.S. Clean Water Act, as I have said consistently since 2016. The approval of the sales tax extension and the Board of Director’s approval of a sales tax committee to review spending shows the City’s commitment to transparency and to achieving the requirements of the Consent Decree," Geffken stated.
Sanitary sewer system overflows have been at issue.
City officials had argued they should have more time to complete the work on aging sewer lines.
A sales tax was approved by voters in May for projects that are planned.
Fort Smith entered into a consent decree with the EPA in 2015 after runoff violations were cited.
Sewer improvements of $22 million were announced in 2021.
More:City projected to pay $22M for sewer improvements in 2021
"As we work on the consent decree, the true cost of the work has increased and we would like to address sanitary system overflows in a direct manor and in a way that does not overly burden our residents. We have had discussions with the US DOJ, US EPA, ADEQ, and the AG that have been productive and we are looking forward to future discussions,” Geffken stated.
City officials had asked for more time for projects through 2032.
Had voters not passed the sales tax in May, the city could have faced fines up to $12,000 a day and water rates could have been increased to comply with the EPA, city leaders said previously.
More:Board of directors talk consent decree costs, understanding at the federal level
The city entered the consent decree — designed to address sanitary sewer overflows — in 2015, with a cost estimate from the Environmental Protection Agency of $200 million over the next 12 years, said Lance McAvoy, city utilities director.
That number was revised up to around $480 million, which includes work done prior to the consent decree. The total cost is now estimated at $650 million.
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Kansas Jayhawks (2-0) vs. Houston Cougars (1-1)
Saturday, Sept. 17 @ TDECU Stadium in Houston.
How to watch
3:00 p.m. on ESPNU
Betting stats
Spread: Houston -9.5
Over/under: 57.5 points
Matchup
Heading into the fourth matchup in this pair’s history, Kansas and Houston is going to definitely be a game to keep an eye on as the Jayhawks are coming off of a thrilling overtime win against West Virginia.
Last week’s win brought Kansas to its first 2-0 since 2011, but this year’s Jayhawks are hoping to avoid the same fate as the 2011 team that failed to win another game on the season — but would it be too outlandish to already think that they’re well on their way?
Kansas currently ranks first among all FBS schools in points per game, averaging 55.5, and if there were any remaining doubts about the starting quarterback position, junior quarterback Jalon Daniels shut them down in the week two win. Daniels tallied three passing touchdowns for 219 yards in week two, going 18-for-29 on passing. Daniels wasn’t afraid to show off his mobility, either, rushing for 85 yards.
Putting up 42 points, West Virginia and junior quarterback JT Daniels definitely put up more of a fight against the Kansas defense compared to the Jayhawks’ week one opponent in Tennessee Tech, but the defense still showed out where it mattered, as highlighted by sophomore cornerback Cobee Bryant’s 86-yard interception return in overtime that secured the 55-42 win.
But as we get deeper into the college football season, challenges for Kansas will continue to arise, and the next roadblock is to get through the Houston Cougars.
Similarly to the Jayhawks, the Cougars are also coming off of an overtime finish, though Houston’s square-off with Texas Tech resulted in a tally to the loss column, falling 33-30 to the Red Raiders in two overtimes. The Cougars came back from being down 17-3 at halftime, but a Texas Tech game-tying field goal at the end of the fourth was the first domino to fall for Houston before Red Raiders quarterback Donovan Smith locked in a win with a nine-yard run for a touchdown.
Houston’s collapse in overtime shows potential for two outcomes as they host Kansas in week three: Either the Cougars carry on from last week’s loss, or they use it as extra motivation to put a stop to a Kansas team that keeps on rolling.
This is the first time since 2005 that this pair has met up, and just the fourth time in history. As Kansas remains undefeated both in this season and against Houston all time, can the Jayhawks survive another week against a strong opponent? Or will the Cougars get back in the win column and take down a Kansas team that continues to trend upwards?
Players to Know
Devin Neal, Kansas running back
Season stats: 150 rushing yards, five total touchdowns
“Real Deal” Devin Neal is going to be one of the players to take note of on ahead of the week three matchup. The sophomore running back played a monumental role in the Jayhawks' win against West Virginia with his three touchdowns in week two. Though up against a tough defense, it wouldn’t be unexpected for Neal to still keep Houston’s hands full throughout the matchup.
Clayton Tune, Houston quarterback
Season stats: 472 yards, four touchdowns, one interception, 59.2% completion
Senior quarterback Clayton Tune led the Cougars to their week one, triple overtime win against the UTSA Roadrunners, gunning three touchdowns on 206 yards in addition to one rushing touchdown. Though his performance against the Red Raiders faltered with a 44.4 QBR, Tune could still show off the arm that was a highlight in the season-opening win.
Cobee Bryant, Kansas cornerback
Season stats: four total tackles, three solo tackles
The sophomore cornerback has been responsible for two large plays for the Kansas defense. In week one against Tennessee Tech, Bryant returned a blocked kick for a 61-yard touchdown in the 56-10 blowout win, but of course, what put him in the headlines this past week was the 86-yard interception return that sealed the win for the Jayhawks against the Mountaineers. As the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, it’ll be interesting to see what ways the young cornerback can continue supporting the Kansas defense. | https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-football-at-houston-players-to-know-how-to-watch-and-more/article_44bf0434-3509-11ed-ba6a-1baf73fe755c.html | 2022-09-16T00:48:07Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-football-at-houston-players-to-know-how-to-watch-and-more/article_44bf0434-3509-11ed-ba6a-1baf73fe755c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Seen here is an aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 10, in Palm Beach, Florida. A Brooklyn-based federal judge was selected on September 15 to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago.
Seen here is an aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 10, in Palm Beach, Florida. A Brooklyn-based federal judge was selected on September 15 to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago.
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A truck displaying pro-Trump flags is drives past Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, the home of former President Donald Trump, on August 9.
A Brooklyn-based federal judge was selected on Thursday to serve as an independent arbiter to review the materials seized in the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home.
The special master will be Senior Judge Raymond Dearie, who was put forward as a possible candidate for the special master role by Trump, who had sued in court to obtain the review. The Justice Department also endorsed Dearie's appointment.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon also rejected the Justice Department's bid to revive its criminal investigation into classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago last month. The denial sets the stage for the department's dispute with Trump over the search to move quickly to an appeals court and potentially the US Supreme Court.
Cannon gave the special master a deadline of November 30 to finish his review of potentially privileged documents. The schedule puts the review ending after the midterm congressional elections -- essentially guaranteeing the Mar-a-Lago investigation will move slowly for the next two months, unless a higher court steps in.
Appointed by Reagan, Dearie takes center stage
Dearie sits on the district court for the Eastern District of Brooklyn, where he has taken senior status -- meaning his workload has been lightened significantly as he nears the end of his time on the federal bench.
He was appointed as a judge by Ronald Reagan in 1986 and was for a time the chief judge of the Brooklyn-based district court. He also served a seven-year term, concluding in 2019, on the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
In his role as a FISA judge, Dearie was one of the judges who approved one of the Justice Department's request to surveil former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page, as part of the federal inquiry into Russia 2016 election interference.
The department's process for securing FISA warrants for Page was riddled with errors and sloppiness, a DOJ inspector general review later found. The IG's review pointed to omissions and mistakes in the FBI's court filings supporting the FISA applications, including in filings submitted to Dearie.
Trump has railed against how the FISA warrants against Page were obtained, making his recommendation of Dearie to review the Mar-a-Lago search notable. Legal observers across the ideological spectrum, including vocal Trump critics, also backed the choice.
More than 100 documents marked as classified seized
Trump filed the lawsuit seeking the special master two weeks after the Justice Department executed the search on his Florida residence and resort. Prosecutors are investigating at least three potential crimes: violations of the Espionage Act, illegal handling of government records and obstruction of justice.
During the search, according to court filings, investigators seized more than 100 documents marked as classified, which were obtained after Trump's representatives were served a subpoena in May demanding they return to the government all such documents. When the FBI traveled to Mar-a-Lago in June to collect the documents, one of his lawyers signed a certification asserting the subpoena had been complied with.
Trump, in his filings in the special master case, argued that his constitutional rights had teen trampled upon with the August 8 search, though Cannon herself had previously said she did not agree that the judicially authorized search amounted to a "callous disregard" of the former President's rights.
According to her order on September 5 initially granting Trump's request for a special master review, Cannon decided it was necessary to bolster public trust in the search and because Trump, as a former president, faced increased risks of reputational harm if an indictment was wrongfully brought against him.
Trump claimed on Hugh Hewitt's radio show Thursday that he declassified the government records that were taken to Mar-a-Lago, but that's not an argument that he's made in any legal setting.
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We get it, you’re busy. So, the Convene editors have curated the latest tips and trends in the world of work for you. Take a look at what caught our eye this past week.
You Got the Big Job Offer. What If You Don’t Want It?
The plum opportunity you dreamed of is yours: a new job, a stretch assignment, a move to that big office abroad. But what happens if you don’t want it anymore? The Wall Street Journal shares how you can say no to a new position or assignment, gracefully — and keep your options intact.
Move Over, Quiet Quitting — Frugality Is the Latest Trend in Work-Life Balance
Amid the Great Resignation, a growing number of people are cutting back on work hours to enjoy more leisure time, even if it means taking a pay cut. As Bloomberg says, “Call it spending less to work less.”
Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life
The Atlantic offers five pieces of career advice, shaped by economics, psychology, and a little bit of existential math. One tidbit: Don’t do the job you want to tell others you do (i.e., one with a fancy title). Do the job you want to do.
It’s Time to Do Away With the Exit Interview and Two Weeks’ Notice Period
The pandemic has changed most of the workplace’s formal, restrictive protocols, but some customs still need to be revisited and, perhaps, discarded, like exit interviews, which are fraught with peril, and the two weeks’ notice period, which doesn’t make much common sense. Forbes offers a fresh perspective. | https://www.pcma.org/career-advice-news-ideas-20220916/ | 2022-09-16T00:51:23Z | pcma.org | control | https://www.pcma.org/career-advice-news-ideas-20220916/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.
Todd Neal
The ATL Airport District, the DMO for the cities of College Park, Hapeville, and Union City, Georgia, have announced the return of a former senior sales manager, Todd Neal. Neal served on the ATL Airport District team for more than six years, focusing on selling the District’s convention, meeting, and hospitality facilities to military, education, religious, social, and fraternal groups. In 2019, he departed to work as a meeting and events consultant at 1600 Hospitality Group.
Melissa Morse-Malone
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront has named Melissa Morse-Malone as group and business travel sales manager. With more than two decades of experience working in hospitality, Morse, Malone joins the property from Springhill Suites, Marriott International, where she worked as director of sales. In her new role, Morse-Malone will serve as a remote seller based in the Northeast.
Tony Yousfi
The Venetian Resort Las Vegas has added Tony Yousfi to its executive team as chief sales officer. Yousfi brings 18 years of hospitality experience to his new role, and most recently served as senior vice president of sales, catering, and conference services for Fontainebleau Las Vegas. In 2019, Yousfi was awarded the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Top 25 Award for his exhibition of exceptional leadership and contributions to the industry.
Kellie Myers and Mandy Holt
Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau has promoted Kellie Myers to the role of director of convention services. Myers, who was recently named one of Destination International’s 2022 30 Under 30 recipients, previously served as a convention services sales manager since 2019. Mandy Holt, a 10-year veteran in the OKC hospitality scene, has been hired as the new convention sales manager. | https://www.pcma.org/people-on-the-move-20220916/ | 2022-09-16T00:51:29Z | pcma.org | control | https://www.pcma.org/people-on-the-move-20220916/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PFAS chemicals found in ENC river directly linked to cancer
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The Environmental Protection Agency says chemicals such as PFAS, which can be found in the Cape Fear River and the New River in New Hanover and Onslow counties, have been linked to various forms of cancer.
WITN joined groups Thursday as they went out to collect water samples in Onslow County in an effort to find a solution to the problem.
Waterways along the coast are essential for marine wildlife and for the communities around them.
However, environmentalists worry that the New River could do more harm than good if left untreated.
“We’re working with a network of water keepers,” Lisa Rider of Coastal Carolina Riverwatch said. “There will be 130 sample locations being done across the nation. The New River is one of those.”
Members of Coastal Carolina Riverwatch and the Sturgeon City Environmental Education Center are collecting water samples for PFAS, a series of chemicals found in a number of commercial and industrial products that the National Cancer Institute says are directly connected to kidney and testicular cancer.
“I moved to Wilmington kind of on a spur-of-the-moment decision and went to UNCW without ever hearing about PFAS or Gen X or any of that sort of contaminant,” Raley Lewis of Coastal Carolina Riverwatch said.
Lewis has a personal attachment to the research, receiving a crash course about the issues in water quality in the Wilmington waterways.
“My peers told me pretty much right away, ‘hey, don’t drink the tap water,’ and so right from pretty much day one, I learned about these chemicals and the severity of them.”
Experts explained that the sample kits from the river testing filter the surface water for the concentration.
The hope is that none will be found, as the fight continues against an enemy we can’t see.
“We’re looking at the concentrations if they’re higher, but also the potential for an avenue of removal of PFAS because if we can create foam using some type of infrastructure, that may be a method to remove PFAS from the water,” Rider said.
Environmentalists also discourage the use of non-stick frying pans and encourage businesses and restaurants to use more biofriendly wrapping papers, as these are some of the more common products containing the chemicals.
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Woman takes Alford plea for 2004 Nash County killing
SPRING HOPE, N.C. (WRAL) - A Nash County woman charged in connection to the 2004 death of Deborah Deans took a plea deal in court.
WRAL reports that Kimberly Hancock took an Alford plea to aiding and abetting voluntary manslaughter and concealment of death. Hancock was originally charged with first-degree murder when Deans’ remains were found in 2019.
An Alford plea means a defendant is accepting there is enough evidence that could lead to a conviction, but the defendant is not outright admitting guilt to the charges.
Deans disappeared in 2004. Her remains were found in a shallow grave behind a home in Spring Hope in 2019, which was 17 years after she was last seen alive
In court on Thursday, prosecutors said evidence showed Hancock was the last person known to have seen Deans, and she was arrested a year after her disappearance for cashing support checks addressed to Deans.
Prosecutors said a woman who had a relationship with Hancock’s son contacted the sheriff’s office and said they had gone over to Hancock’s home and he showed her a hole in the backyard that he used to play in. When the two went inside, Hancock said there were bodies in the backyard, and that she was going to possibly move a body and take it somewhere else, so it couldn’t be found.
Previously, the sheriff’s office said a tip from a local crime fighting Facebook page led to the discovery of Deans’ remains.
“What kind of monster does this to children? The kind that allows her own children and her own grandchildren play in the yard where she’s buried our loved one in a shallow grave,” said Deans’ mother Elaine Blevins.
Although there was no known DNA sample for Deans, authorities obtained DNA from her mother to compare with DNA from the remains. Testing showed there was a high probability the remains belonged to Deans.
At the time, the Nash County Sheriff’s Office said the tip was very detailed and proved to be very accurate.
Deans’ remains were found buried with a bullet wound to the head, prosecutors said.
Hancock will spend at least seven years in prison for the charges.
Deans’ family said the conviction means they can partly begin to move forward.
“We still don’t have our mom. My kids still don’t have their grandma. But at least we have an answer were she is. We’re not left in the unknown endlessly,” said Dean’s daughter Jessica Blevins.
The family said they’re happy with the plea deal.
“I’m glad we got something, considering how long it took, said Jessica Blevins. “The fact that she went to prison was a good outcome for us.”
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#include \\\n-UU391C44L/LU$P$$$R:;/51<6+R9\n LVMH, the parent company for luxury brand Louis Vuitton, says it plans to reduce its energy consumption in stores by turning out the lights.
The company wants customers to know it's not shutting down stores but just turning off the lights at night to save energy amid more focus on climate change and excessive energy use around the globe.
The French company says it will start to turn off its store lights earlier, starting in France in October, and then will implement the plan worldwide in the weeks and months that follow, the Guardian reported.
Louis Vuitton is the world's largest high-end goods conglomerate operating 522 stores and 110 production locations in France.
Company leaders said they would also implement a plan to educate employees on ways to reduce energy consumption at work and home.
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When my sister decided against our going for ESL lessons on this date with me that afternoon for about $4 because that lesson time wouldn't match up the daylight-sleep thing time in order to have light to start working by morning that last few things from getting things together all while we talked more in English, it wasn'T fun when talking at a pace to learn by while that talker had less, had their part for what would've meant no help and less Coffee giant Starbucks is making some major plans to focus on drive-thru and delivery while speeding up service, the company says.
The company says it plans to invest in new equipment to help make drinks faster while improving systems to serve its products to customers at a higher rate.
Company leadership made the announcement this week at its investor day, where the company laid out plans for the next few years, CNN reported.
Interim CEO Howard Schultz said, "We're not reinventing what we do." He said, "We're just reinventing how we do it."
The company plans to open 2,000 new stores by 2025, focusing on delivery-only locations and more drive-thru stores.
In a July open letter, the company said, "The Starbucks business as it is built today is not set up to fully satisfy the evolving behaviors, needs, and expectations of our [employees] or customers. It is not designed for the future we aspire to for ourselves and the communities in which we serve."
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UPDATE: Incumbent Chattanooga District 8 Council member Marvene Noel has defeated Marie Mott in the runoff election Thursday night.
The race was 400-330.
RESULTS: Voters in Chattanooga's District 8 went to the polls Thursday to decide a runoff race for the Chattanooga City Council.
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An Iowa judge's ruling this week ordering a teenage girl -- who was 15 when she killed a man she said raped her multiple times -- to pay his family $150,000 in restitution has reignited conversations about what justice looks like for girls and young women who have experienced sexual violence.
Pieper Lewis, who killed her alleged rapist in 2020, received a deferred judgment from Polk County District Judge David Porter after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury.
Lewis is just one of several teenagers -- often of color -- who have been legally penalized or convicted of killing their sex trafficker or assaulter in recent years in the US.
Last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom granted clemency to Sara Kruzan, who was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole as a teenager for killing a man who sexually abused and trafficked her in 1994.
In Wisconsin, Chrystul Kizer is facing a life sentence for killing the man she said forced her into sex trafficking. After a state Supreme Court ruling in July, Kizer will be allowed to argue in court her actions were a "direct result" of being trafficked, a defense that could see charges against her acquitted.
And in Tennessee, Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison for killing a man who paid to rape her when she was a 16-year-old trafficking victim. Now 32, Brown was granted clemency in 2019, after spending half her life behind bars.
In response to Lewis' ruling, Brown -- who is now a criminal justice reform advocate and author -- told PBS Newshour, "It's just a story that has unfortunately become all too familiar."
"She was a victim in this situation, not only is she going to have to serve time in a facility, but, over the next five years, anything that she does can trigger her having to serve a 20-year sentence. So she's not truly free."
Advocates like KellyMarie Meek of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault told CNN, "Women of color who've experienced sexual violence and trafficking who act in self-defense against the people who harmed them have not been treated well by our legal system historically."
'Punished rather than protected by the legal system'
Iowa is not among the dozens of states with a so-called safe harbor law providing legal protections to victims of human trafficking.
"There is a disproportionate number of black and brown folks that are in our criminal legal system and that are incarcerated in our jails and prisons in Iowa," Meek said. "It is a lot more than you would expect based on the population of folks of color in Iowa. And so it, it's hard to imagine that that didn't have something to do with it."
The most recent figures from the US National Human Trafficking Hotline identified 22,326 trafficking victims and survivors in 2020. Of those, 14,597 were cases of sex trafficking and 1,048 were sex and labor trafficking, or forcing someone to work by fraud or coercion. Farm and domestic work are common avenues of labor trafficking, according to the hotline.
The average age of those trafficked was 17, and the numbers sharply decline of those older who were identified by the hotline. The sum of younger victims was about the same as the number of 17-year-olds.
In her plea agreement, Lewis laid out the series of events leading up to the killing. She described running away from an abusive home environment and ending up with nowhere to live until being taken in by an older man who she said trafficked her and forced her to have sex with other men for money, including Brooks ... She described being assaulted repeatedly, including while being unconscious, stating, "I suddenly realized that Mr. Brooks had raped me yet again and was overcome with rage."
Lewis was facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury. But the judge deferred those sentences on Tuesday -- meaning her guilty plea could be expunged if she completes five years' probation at a residential correctional facility.
The judge said the restitution was mandatory under Iowa law. "This court has no discretion but to impose $150,000 in restitution payable to Mr. Brooke's estate."
Meek said she understood the restitution ruling and the fact the judge did not have any discretion.
"It worked out really poorly in this case, but I don't want to automatically swing the pendulum and say, we're just going to get rid of that," she said.
As outrage continues to grow over Lewis' case, a GoFundMe campaign launched by one of Lewis' former teachers surpassed $388,000 by Thursday afternoon. But rights activists say the case highlights a broader trend of victims of sexual abuse and trafficking being punished rather than protected by the legal system.
"I don't think that justice was served. I think that justice would have not seen Pieper Lewis spend any time behind bars," Meek told CNN. "This is not the worst outcome that could have happened, but it's far from the best outcome, and it's definitely not justice."
"The decision to prosecute Lewis and the subsequent sentence sends a clear message to Black women, girls and gender expansive individuals -- the law will not protect you -- and if you defend yourself, you will pay a high price," Marcela Howell, the president and CEO of nonprofit advocacy group In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda, said in a statement after the ruling.
Experts like attorney Lindsey Ruff told CNN, "Too often, we see a tragic pattern where the criminal justice system punishes the victims of horrific crimes, rather than the true perpetrators."
Ruff, who represented multiple groups in a brief supporting Kizer, said the root causes of human trafficking are complex and addressing those issues requires complex solutions.
"Many trafficking victims -- especially child victims like Chrystul or Peiper -- suffer severe psychological consequences as result of trafficking, which can lead them to enact in seemingly anomalous ways," she said. "They might cope in self-destructive ways like drug use or violence, they might use self-help to defend themselves. These kinds of behaviors can increase the risk of -- or directly result in -- contact with the criminal justice system. The causal link between victimization and criminality creates a cycle where victims are penalized for their reactions to their own trauma."
Trauma is not understood
Meek also expressed concern about Lewis' ability to manage the terms of her probation due to the severity of her trauma.
"Five years [of] probation under strict supervision is something that concerns me, because I know that many of the ways that trauma survivors deal with their trauma is not understood very well by folks that haven't experienced trauma, which can sometimes lead to behaviors that get folks in trouble," she said.
It's a sentiment Brown shares as a survivor turned advocate.
"We have a long way to go in educating people what it's actually like for someone who's a victim of trafficking, the life that they have to live, the things that they have to resort to just to survive," she said in the interview with PBS NewsHour. "Even in states where we do have mechanisms in place for prosecutors, for judges to be lenient, to look at these individuals as young girls who reacted from a place of trauma and who are in need of services, and not being incarcerated, sometimes, the people who are involved in these cases don't necessarily see that."
The issue is complex and experts like Ruff say the power dynamic between the victim and their abuser needs to be considered to avoid re-traumatizing victims by penalizing them for protecting themselves.
"An ongoing physical and emotional power imbalance between a victim and their abuser can lead to learned helplessness, and the sense the threat of serious injury is ever present and always imminent," Ruff said. "Abuse can erode a victim's sense of security to the point that they never feel safe, which can cause them to act out of fear or desperation in interactions with their abusers."
Across the US, the children most vulnerable to sex trafficking are those living in poverty, often known to child protection services, in foster care, in generally unstable conditions, social workers and researchers say. Many have been sexually abused as children before they become victims.
"Our data shows that people are exploited because traffickers know that there are certain groups of people that don't have the support, that don't have the ability to get accountability, or justice for themselves," Robert Beiser, the strategic initiatives director for sex trafficking at Polaris, which runs the National Human Trafficking Hotline, previously told CNN in a report on sex trafficking. "And those people who, if you exploit them, it's much less likely that any problems will come your way as a trafficker or as a sex buyer."
The trauma lingers for victims of sex trafficking and for teens like Lewis who exist at the intersection of being Black, a girl and growing up in unstable environments -- the road to justice is unwieldy.
"Injustice and violence against Black women and young girls are reproductive and racial justice crises, whether the harm is perpetrated by an abuser, police officer, or the courts and criminal legal system itself," Monica Simpson, executive director of SisterSong, told CNN.
"This is yet another example of how the system fails our communities, and in fact, sanctions and allows for the continued punishment of Black women and girls."
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Camry driver Sammy Smith won two ARCA Menards Series titles with a win at Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday evening. Smith claimed his second consecutive ARCA East title, while also walking away with his first Sioux Chief Showdown championship as well.
The 18-year-old has delivered consistent race results across all ARCA Menards Series racing action this season. In ARCA East competition, Smith won five of the seven events, with top-five finishes in the balance. In the 10-race Sioux Chief Showdown title chase, the Toyota development driver has scored top-five finishes in every start, with victories at Berlin Raceway and Elko Speedway in June, the Milwaukee Mile in August and Bristol Motor Speedway this evening.
“Sammy has consistently run up front since first competing in ARCA competition just one season ago,” said Paul Doleshal, Group Manager, Motorsports and Assets, Toyota Motor North America (TMNA). “We are happy to help him celebrate these accomplishments and look forward watching him continue to grow as part of the Toyota Racing driver development program.”
Along with his ARCA success this season, Smith also made his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as the Iowa-native has run several events for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). He recently earned his first stage win and top-five finish at Watkins Glen International in August.
Smith drives a Toyota Camry for Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) in ARCA competition. This is the first two ARCA championships for KBM. Smith is the sixth Toyota driver to win the ARCA East title, and second to win two consecutive championships. He joins a list that includes Ryan Truex (2009 and 2010), Max Gresham (2011), Kyle Larson (2012), Harrison Burton (2017) and Tyler Ankrum (2018).
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US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday selected federal senior Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as special master to review the materials seized in the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Florida residence and resort.
Cannon also rejected the Justice Department's request to revive its criminal investigation into classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago.
Read the documents below.
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If you are into numerology, then picking the winner of this weekend’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race should be pretty simple. The mathematical pattern of the last two weeks points to the No. 47 Chevy driven by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. as the sport’s next winner.
The veteran Mississippi driver also fits the current trends: not a Round of 16 Playoff driver and also hasn’t won a race this season.
The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs has opened with a lot of unpredictability, as two non-Playoff drivers have claimed trophies the past two Sundays. Erik Jones stunned everyone by powering to a true “Throwback” victory in the iconic No. 43 Chevy at Darlington’s Playoff opener. Bubba Wallace kept the storyline alive Sunday in Kansas when he became the season’s 18th different winner in the second Playoff race, piloting the No. 45 for 23XI Racing to Winner’s Circle.
While that 43-45-47 scenario is fun one to dream about, this is The Last Great Colosseum, and with so may drivers’ Playoff fates up in the air this weekend, it truly promises to be like an intense Gladiator battle once the green flag drops on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (USA Network, PRN Radio, Sirius XM NASCAR Radio).
Stenhouse is a self-confessed Bristol lover, having posted a bunch of second place finishes in his career at The World’s Fastest Half-Mile. So if we see him standing in Bristol’s famed rooftop Victory Lane late Saturday night posing for photos, it wouldn’t be that much of a surprise to anyone.
However, sometimes mathematical patterns just don’t apply when it comes to the chaos, mayhem and drama that Bristol seems to consistently deliver.
While Stenhouse would be an excellent pick, the truth is there are other numbers at work. There are so many drivers who run great at Bristol that the cast of potential winners could be covered by a very wide net. As most drivers will tell you, Bristol victories most often come to those who were best at staying out of trouble and surviving 490 laps just to be there at the end.
After two races in the Round of 16 only Christopher Bell is safely in the Round of 12 and enters Bristol worry-free. The other 15 Playoff drivers who have championship dreams will have to put it all on the line on the iconic high-banked all-concrete bullring where so much NASCAR history has unfolded. That .533-mile oval of steeply graded concrete is so highly revered, some have called the venue “The Holy Grail of Short Tracks.”
Certainly, at the top of the Bristol favorites has to be Kyle Busch, who has won nine Cup Series trophies at Thunder Valley including the Food City Dirt Race in April. As an added plotline, he will be making his final Bristol start for Joe Gibbs Motorsports in the famed No. 18 machine on Saturday night. Earlier this week Busch announced he will drive the No. 8 car for Richard Childress Racing starting in 2023.
Others to watch include the defending Night Race winner Kyle Larson, who runs the high side at Bristol as well as anyone. Then there’s Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Blaney, Austin Dillon and Joey Logano, to name a few, who could easily take home the massive BMS Trophy and Gladiator Sword on Saturday night.
And when you factor in the Next Gen car’s first visit to Bristol’s concrete surface, past results and expectations can definitely be tossed out the window.
As Dale Earnhardt Jr. said on Sunday’s NBC broadcast as he looked ahead to the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, “We’ve got an incredible battle around the bubble for the Playoffs going into Bristol, which is a very unpredictable race track. We expect it to be physical. Every race has been more physical than we could imagine all year long. We expect Bristol to be a new high in terms of physicality.”
While the scenarios are plenty for the 15 drivers, and if you want an in-depth look at all of the possibilities you should check out reporting ace Bob Pockrass’ Twitter feed, but to break it down in the most simple of explanations, the large majority of the drivers, barring a complete catastrophe, have a chance of advancing just by finishing above a certain spot in the order.
The only driver who enters the race in a must-win situation is two-time Night Race winner Harvick. His scary fire at Darlington combined with his last place finish at Kansas puts him in that unenviable position.
“Yeah, it is what it is,” Harvick said late Sunday. “We were racing to win anyway (at Kansas), so that’s what we will do again (at Bristol).”
Harvick’s teammate, Chase Briscoe, who is 15th in the Playoff order, nine points below the cutline, summed up what’s going to happen at Bristol, quite succinctly.
“It’s going to be chaos this time around,” Briscoe said. “Not even just for the win, but literally all throughout the field. Every point is going to matter. It’s just how these Playoffs are right now, the end of the race is going to be insane. All 500 laps will be wild because this Next Gen car hasn’t seen anything like Bristol. My guys have been double and triple checking everything to make sure we don’t miss anything. Bristol will quickly expose any kind of weakness you have in the car. I definitely think it’s going to be intense from start to finish. As a fan, I’m looking forward to it and I’m excited to see how it turns out, but as I driver I’m really excited too.”
The action on the track begins with Zane Smith, John Hunter Nemechek, Ben Rhodes and defending winner Chandler Smith battling for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory Thursday night in the UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics (Sept. 15, 9 p.m., FS1, MRN Radio). The rising stars in the ARCA Menards Series also will take on the challenging half-mile bullring in the Bush’s Beans 200 as part of the Thursday night doubleheader (Sept. 15, 6:30 p.m., FS1, MRN Radio).
On Friday, Sparks are sure to fly once again in the Food City 300, as NASCAR Xfinity Series favorites Allmendinger, Allgaier, Noah Gragson, Austin Hill, Ty Gibbs and Josh Berry will be trying to lock in their Playoff positions in the season’s final regular season race (Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m., USA Network, PRN Radio) while others like Ryan Sieg, Landon Cassill and Sheldon Creed are in an intense battle to make one of the 12 Playoff spots. The stars of the NASCAR Cup Series will take to the track on Saturday for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race (Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m., USA Network, PRN Radio), you’ll get to see all of your favorite drivers racing hard to advance in the first elimination race of the Playoffs.
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The Inland Empire used to have Jewish delis, you tell me. Downtown Riverside had Relish, run by Jewish immigrants from Russia, says Adina Hemley. Temecula had a deli too, under at least three iterations, says Bob Sher. Pomona had Greene’s. Upland had Stein’s.
About Stein’s, Richard Armour rhapsodized: “Every table was adorned with a large jar of kosher pickles to sample while perusing the menu. It was a tragedy when the family decided to close it. It was always packed!”
Perhaps Stein’s met the fate of the long-ago Big Apple hotspot about which Yogi Berra famously lamented: “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.”
Armour concluded: “That left us with the current desert of Jewish deli restaurants we now face out here.”
Updating Joan Didion’s 1960s slam against San Bernardino County, Dustin Lehren joked: “I guess in the IE it’s possible to never eat an artichoke OR at a Jewish deli.”
But not all hope is lost for those unwilling to schlep 60 miles west or 60 miles east.
Kara’s Korner in Glendora (101 W. Foothill Blvd.) is not a Jewish deli, but the sit-down restaurant’s wide-ranging menu does include some deli favorites like potato latkes, matzo brie and knockwurst amid Denver omelets, patty melts and meatloaf.
Glendora is San Gabriel Valley, not Inland Empire, and depending on where you live you may well be closer to a real Jewish deli. But if you live in certain portions of our Jewish deli desert, it might beat a long drive to Studio City or Palm Springs.
Jerry Fenning of Upland invited me to lunch at Kara’s, saying its absence from my two columns on Jewish delis was like a thumb in the eye.
“It’s not just a deli because this is a heterogeneous community, but it’s got pastrami, corned beef, matzo ball soup, lox and onions,” Fenning told me by phone Tuesday. He said he’d round up additional Jews for our lunch and promised: “We’ll schmooze.”
What could this goy do but accept?
On Wednesday, Fenning and five other guys – Burt Taschman, Ira Kwatcher, Arthur Weinstein, Dan Pollock and Lawson Spicer – were seated around an outside table when I arrived. Fenning joked that he’d invited every Jew he knows.
Scanning the table, I replied: “You don’t know any women?”
He does, but these are male-only gatherings. They all attend Temple Beth Israel in Pomona. Some meet regularly on Sundays for golf at Glen Oaks and lunch afterward at Kara’s. A couple of them had never been to Kara’s.
Before we ordered, Fenning said of the omission of Kara’s from my column: “You don’t have to eat crow. You can eat matzo ball soup.”
He added that he’d discussed the matter with his rabbi, Jonathan Kupetz, at Temple Beth Israel and they had arrived at an informal agreement.
“On the basis of our ordained rabbi,” Fenning declared, “we’ll make you an MOT, a member of the tribe.”
“If a rabbi said it,” I replied, a bit awed, “it doesn’t get more official than that.”
Most of us ordered matzo ball soup. It was pretty good. Various entree orders arrived. Opinions varied. One said he’d heard the corned beef is better than the pastrami. None of us got the corned beef. Fenning had lox and eggs and looked satisfied.
The couple behind Kara’s Korner, Kara and Robert Larsen, opened Danny’s Kosher Pickle, a Jewish deli, in Covina in 1985. They sold it in 2005 to move to Wisconsin, then returned in 2010 and opened Kara’s. It caters to a broader swath of the public, serving traditional breakfasts and lunches and even some Mexican dishes.
As Fenning put it philosophically, today’s Jewish population is like “a salad bowl,” what with mixed marriages and wider tastes. He likes the classic delis of L.A., the San Fernando Valley and Palm Springs but appreciates that when he had to bring food for a post-funeral luncheon, he could go to Kara’s to pick up whitefish and lox.
Taschman told me: “Kara’s a nice lady. A local yokel.”
The conversation among the alterkakers (“old guys” in Yiddish) was sharp and funny. Weinstein, a former New Yorker who now lives in Claremont, said he likes to tell people that, a la NYC’s SoHo (south of Houston) neighborhood, he lives in “NoBa”: north of Baseline.
“’NoBa’? I thought you were talking about smoked salmon,” Pollock fired back.
Despite being the only non-Jew present, apparently I passed muster. Also, at the request of Taschman, who was to my left, I passed the mustard.
Taschman brought up Fenning’s status at the temple by using a Yiddishism for “bigshot.”
“Jerry, you’re a macher at TBI,” Taschman said. “Can we get him an honorary bar mitzvah too?”
“We already made him an MOT,” Fenning protested. “How many honors does he get in one meal?”
I know, right? Being an MOT isn’t chopped liver.
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In last week’s episode of Disney+’s “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” reader Ron Scott told me, a stage magician who is actually a master of the mystic arts opens up a fiery portal onstage, inviting a volunteer from the audience to step through. “Uh-uh. You did that same trick in a show last week,” the skittish woman demurs, “and my friend Kayla ended up stranded in a parking garage in Pomona.”
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Ford’s Mustang in recent generations has been making the transition from boulevard cruiser to bona fide sports car, and the seventh-generation ‘Stang revealed on Wednesday at the 2022 Detroit auto show looks set to finally cement this with an extensive racing program that will include a return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The new Mustang is set to compete across a wide spectrum of racing series, including NASCAR, IMSA SportsCar Championship, and Australia’s Supercars series, as well as in various GT3 and GT4 competitions around the globe. With confirmation the Mustang will race at Le Mans, the World Endurance Championship can be added to that list. Le Mans is the premier event on the WEC calendar, similar to the 24 Hours of Daytona on the SportsCar Championship calendar, and has seen a Mustang compete in 1967 and 1997.
A new Mustang GT3 is being developed and will be eligible to compete in the WEC’s GT classes as soon as 2024, so the Mustang won’t be chasing outright victory in the Hypercar class. The Mustang GT3 will also be the basis for the race cars competing in the GT classes of the SportsCar Championship. This means it will compete against race cars based on the likes of the Aston Martin Vantage, Chevrolet Corvette, Mercedes-Benz AMG GT, and Porsche 911.
Ford hasn’t said whether it plans to field cars directly at Le Mans, or whether it will partner with a race team, similar to its partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing for the GT supercar’s successful run at Le Mans in recent years. It will run a factory team fielding two of the Mustang GT3s in the SportsCar Championship’s GTD Pro class.
Ford also plans to offer the Mustang GT3 to customer teams, meaning it could compete in other GT3 competitions around the globe.
The race car is being developed in partnership with Multimatic, the Canadian motorsports and engineering company that builds the GT for Ford, as well as the more recent Bronco DR racer. It will run a unique version of the familiar 5.0-liter V-8. The engine is being developed by Ford Performance and will be supplied by M-Sport, the British motorsport and engineering company responsible for recent Ford rally cars, including the Ford Puma-based car competing in the 2022 World Rally Championship.
The Mustang GT3 will also feature an unequal-length double-wishbone suspension front and rear, a rear-mounted transaxle gearbox, carbon-fiber body panels, and of course an aero package developed to meet GT3 rules.
Joey Hand, one of the class-winning drivers in Ford’s 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans campaign, will serve as a test and development driver for the program, alongside his current NASCAR duties.
The Mustang GT3 isn’t the only new Mustang racer in the works. Ford has also announced a Mustang Dark Horse R that could potentially compete in a new one-make series.
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SAN DIEGO – Major League Baseball history will happen in April as the San Diego Padres embark on a two-game series against the San Francisco Giants in Mexico City — the MLB’s first regular season series ever played there.
“To be able to bring the sport down there and play a major league game in that city, it’s a tremendous opportunity and we’re honored to be a part of it,” said Padres CEO Erik Greupner.
The Padres are familiar with games across the border. The team will embark on their fourth series in Mexico with the previous three in Monterey, most recently happening in 2018.
“It’s critical for Major League Baseball to continue to hold games in Mexico,” continued Greupner. “It’s such a passionate and loyal fanbase, really a great country for baseball and the sport of baseball.”
The NL West rivals will face off at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú, a ballpark built by and named after a Padres’ minority owner.
According to an article published by Newsweek at the beginning of this season, Hispanic and Latino players make up nearly 30% of Major League Baseball.
“It’s always fun to play internationally,” said Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar. “Since I was young, I played a lot of baseball internationally and it’s going to be great for MLB. I think we should do it a lot more.”
“It’s been awesome, the way they’ve been doing it in London and Mexico. I hope someday in the future they will do it in Columbia,” added Padres right-handed pitcher Nabil Crismatt, a native of Barranquilla, Colombia.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter and review records seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month.
In her order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon refused a Justice Department request to lift her temporary prohibition on the department’s use of the roughly 100 classified records that were taken during the Aug. 8 search. She also granted the newly named special master, Raymond Dearie, access to the entire tranche of documents seized from the property even though the department had said the arbiter shouldn’t be permitted to inspect the batch of classified records.
The Justice Department is expected to contest the judge’s order to a federal appeals court. It had given Cannon until Thursday to put on hold her order barring the continued review of classified records, and said it would ask the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to intervene if she did not do so then.
A Justice Department spokesman did not immediately return a message Thursday evening.
The selection of Dearie, a former federal prosecutor who for years served as the chief judge of the federal court based in Brooklyn, came after both the Justice Department and Trump’s lawyers made clear that they would be satisfied with his appointment as a so-called special master.
In that role, Dearie will be responsible for reviewing the documents taken during the search of Mar-a-Lago and segregating out any that may be covered by claims of privilege. It is not clear how long the work will take but the special master process has already delayed the investigation, with Cannon directing the Justice Department to temporarily pause core aspects of its probe.
The Justice Department is investigating the hoarding of top-secret materials and other classified documents at the Florida property after Trump left office. The FBI says it recovered more than 11,000 documents from the home during its search, including roughly 100 with classification markings.
Trump’s lawyers had asked last month for a judge to name a special master to do an independent review of the records and segregate any that may be covered by claims of executive privilege or attorney-client privilege. The Justice Department argued the appointment was unnecessary, saying it had already done its own review and Trump had no right to raise executive privilege claims that ordinarily permit the president to withhold certain information from the public and Congress.
Cannon, a Trump appointee, disagreed and directed both sides to name potential candidates for the role. She also ordered the Justice Department to halt its review of the documents for investigative purposes until “further Court order” or until the special master completes their review.
The Trump team recommended either Dearie or a Florida lawyer for the job. The Justice Department said that, in addition to the two retired judges whose names it submitted, it would also be satisfied with a Dearie appointment.
Dearie served as the top federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of New York from 1982 to 1986, at which point he was appointed to the federal bench by then-President Ronald Reagan. He has also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which authorizes Justice Department wiretap applications in investigations involving suspected agents of a foreign power.
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Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Lowe is giving testimony in parliament.
From his prepared remarks (Headlines via Reuters):
Now that inflation
Inflation
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Read this Term is as high as it is, we need to make sure that inflation returns to target in a reasonable time Inflation has very quickly gone from being too low, to being too high RBA is committed to returning inflation to the 2 to 3 per cent target range over time. RBA will do what is necessary to make sure that higher inflation does not become entrenched Seeking to do this in a way that keeps the economy on an even keel. Medium-term inflation expectations have remained well anchored Growth in labour costs remains consistent with inflation returning to target. It is understandable that some people are questioning whether or not too much support was provided by the RBA over the past two years Board expects that further increases will be required to bring inflation back to target. We are not on a pre-set path At some point, it will be appropriate to slow the rate of increase in interest rates Case for doing that becomes stronger as the level of interest rates increases. RBA board judged during peak of covid pandemic that the bigger policy mistake would have been to do too little, rather than too much Board and the bank's staff welcome rba review and we have already had constructive discussions with the review panel Full text:
There will be an extended Q&A to follow
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On these comments there is something for those forecasting a 50bp rate hikes at the next RBA meeting (October 4), and something for those forecast 25bp instead.
Lowe talking tough on the fight against inflation (the case for +50bp), for example:
Inflation has very quickly gone from being too low, to being too high RBA is committed to returning inflation to the 2 to 3 per cent target range over time. RBA will do what is necessary to make sure that higher inflation does not become entrenched And for the +25bp side of the argument:
Seeking to do this in a way that keeps the economy on an even keel. Medium-term inflation expectations have remained well anchored At some point, it will be appropriate to slow the rate of increase in interest rates Case for doing that becomes stronger as the level of interest rates increases. So, what will it be? I'm a gonna wait until the Q&A, to see if there is more of pertinence before drawing conclusions.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B resolved a yearslong criminal case stemming from a pair of brawls at New York City strip clubs by pleading guilty Thursday in a deal that requires her to perform 15 days of community service.
The 29-year-old “WAP” singer agreed to a conditional discharge just as her case was about to go to trial, saying in a statement: “Part of growing up and maturing is being accountable for your actions.”
Cardi B, a New York City native whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges stemming from the August 2018 fights. Ten other counts, including two felonies, were dismissed. Two co-defendants also pleaded guilty.
According to prosecutors, Cardi B and her entourage were targeting employees of Angels Strip Club in Flushing, Queens, over an apparent personal dispute.
In one fight, chairs, bottles and hookah pipes were thrown as the group argued with a bartender. She and another employee had minor injuries.
“No one is above the law,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement. “In pleading guilty today, Ms. Belcalis Almanzar and two co-defendants have accepted responsibility for their actions. This Office is satisfied with the resolution, which includes appropriate community service.”
In 2019, Cardi B rejected a plea deal that would have given her a conditional discharge. Prosecutors then presented the case to a grand jury and obtained an indictment that included the two felony charges.
“I’ve made some bad decisions in my past that I am not afraid to face and own up to,” said Cardi B, adding that she wanted to set a good example for her two children.
“These moments don’t define me and they are not reflective of who I am now,” she added. “I’m looking forward to moving past this situation with my family and friends and getting back to the things I love the most—the music and my fans.”
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PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the plastic tanks on the truck’s flat bed.
His timer is set for 5 minutes, 20 seconds — when the tank will be full and he’ll turn to the second one.
The water pulled from the ground here will be piped dozens of miles across rugged landscape to serve the roughly 700,000 tourists a year who visit the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai reservation in northwestern Arizona — an operation that is the tribe’s main source of revenue.
Despite the Colorado River bordering more than 100 miles of Hualapai land in the canyon, the tribe can’t draw from it. Native American tribes in the Colorado River basin have inherent rights to the water, but the amount and access for a dozen tribes hasn’t been fully resolved, not for decades.
The 1922 Colorado River Compact that divided the water among states didn’t include a share for tribes. Now that the river is shrinking because of overuse, drought and human-caused climate change, tribes want the federal government to ensure their interests are protected.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a collaborative series on the Colorado River as the 100th anniversary of the historic Colorado River Compact approaches. The Associated Press, The Colorado Sun, The Albuquerque Journal, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Arizona Daily Star and The Nevada Independent are working together to explore the pressures on the river in 2022.
A water settlement pending in Congress would give the Hualapai Tribe the right to draw river water, plus $180 million to pipe it to tribal communities and the main tourist center at Grand Canyon West.
“It was the best of a bad deal,” said Phil Wisely, the tribe’s public services director. “And the thing is, I don’t think we could get a better deal, especially now.”
The Colorado River can no longer can meet the needs of the 40 million people and $15 billion agriculture industry that depend on it. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently announced that Arizona, Nevada and Mexico would see deeper cuts to their water supply in 2023. The agency also is asking seven Western states to find a way to conserve more.
LONG-STANDING RIGHTS
The 29 tribes in the Colorado River basin are in fact among the river’s most senior water rights holders, a determination often tied to the date the federal government established a reservation. Tribal water rights — once they’re fully resolved — could add up to about one-quarter of the river’s historic flow, according to the Water & Tribes Initiative.
Unlike other water users, tribes don’t lose access to water when they don’t use it. A 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as the Winters Doctrine says tribes have the right to enough water to establish a permanent homeland. Often, tribes give up potentially huge water claims in exchange for an assured supply and federal funding to deliver it.
To the northeast of Hualapai, the Ute Indian Tribe has Colorado River tributaries flowing on its reservation east of Salt Lake City. While the tribe has secured some rights, not everyone agrees on how much more it should receive, delaying a settlement for decades.
Ute Indian Tribe leaders say they’re tired of reiterating that the federal government needs to protect tribal interests, a duty laid out in treaties and other acts.
“Until you start to deal with the inequities or the injustice, you can never really have any momentum going forward,” said Shaun Chapoose, chairman of the Ute Business Committee.
“You’re not resolving that. And they are in a position to do that, they are the federal government.”
The situation of both the Hualapai and Ute Indian Tribe highlights the frustration of Native American leaders across the basin that although their rights may not be quantified, they are real.
Other tribes that have secured water rights have pitched in to help their neighbors amid the prolonged drought by conserving water in key reservoirs along the Colorado River. Some lease or exchange water, and use it to sustain the environment, sometimes creating revenue for themselves.
But Jay Weiner, who represents tribes in water settlements, said it would be unjust to continue to rely heavily on tribes when they haven’t had access to the water as long as states in the basin.
“The tribes have already front-loaded and sacrificed by the fact that the basin has been able to use huge amounts of water that tribes have rights to over the past 100 years,” Weiner said.
In a statement to The Associated Press, the Interior Department did not say how tribal water rights, which are federal rights, would be protected as the river’s flow decreases. It said it is working with tribes that are affected by drought.
HAULING WATER ON HUALAPAI LAND
Querta’s job is a grind but he’s well-suited for it — analytical, quick and goal-oriented. He takes meticulous notes on water levels and quality as he fills the tanks that ensure tourists at Grand Canyon West have water.
The truck takes a beating on the gravel and dirt road on multiple round trips of more than 30 miles most days. The side mirrors and back windows that rattled loose are held together by red duct tape. Querta keeps tools on hand for minor repairs. Major ones or illness can put him out of commission.
He was out for two weeks because of COVID-19 last year and had no replacement.
“I didn’t mind because I didn’t want anybody to mess up my truck or my tanks,” said Querta. “I take care of this truck like it’s mine.”
Once he’s filled the tanks on the truck bed, the water is sent through a pipeline from just outside of Peach Springs to Grand Canyon West. The tourist center is crucial. Revenue from it funds tribal programs for the elderly, public works, the cultural center, scholarships and other social services. The main attraction is the Grand Canyon Skywalk — a horseshoe-shaped glass bridge that gives tourists a view of the Colorado River 4,000 feet below.
There is not a drop to spare at Grand Canyon West. A restaurant that overlooks the Grand Canyon has waterless urinals in the restrooms and faucets with sensors. Customers are served bottled water and food in disposable containers with plastic utensils, cutting out most of dish washing.
Even if the Hualapai eventually get water from the Colorado River, those practices will stay in place, said operations manager Alvaro Cobia-Ruesga.
“We see what’s going on, we have to conserve water for our future,” he said.
The tribe has long planned to expand Grand Canyon West with a store, fire and police station, housing and elementary school to serve tribal members who ride a shuttle up to five hours round trip daily from Peach Springs and surrounding communities to their jobs there.
But without a secure source of water for Grand Canyon West, it won’t happen, said tribal Chairman Damon Clarke. Under the settlement pending in Congress, the tribe would be responsible for building out the infrastructure to deliver water.
“One of the biggest things with our settlement is hope for the future and getting this not for us at this time but for the generations ahead,” Clarke said.
Part of the reason the Hualapai Tribe did not prioritize discussions on water rights long ago is because tribal members believed that water came with their land, said Rory Majenty, board chairman of the Grand Canyon Resort Corp. that oversees Grand Canyon West.
“We took things for granted,” he said. “Like you knew you were going to eat, you knew the sun was going to come up. Tomorrow is another day.”
The settlement has its critics, including Hualapai rancher Clay Bravo. He said the tribe should wait, negotiate a better deal and develop groundwater resources at the same time. He’s not satisfied with a lower priority water right that he equates to crumbs, given the Hualapai Tribe has been on the land since time immemorial.
“How can we run a race and come in first and get the fourth-place trophy?” Bravo said, leaning against a pickup truck on a rocky road overlooking an old water well that was contaminated with radium.
Even with secure water rights, tribes can’t always fully put the water to use because they lack infrastructure. A pipeline eventually will reach the southwestern portion of the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico through another tribe’s water settlement to boost economic development in the region. Jicarilla Apache has leased water it already has access to for energy production, recreation and conservation, and to benefit threatened and endangered fish. Tribes in the Phoenix area have leased water to nearby cities.
The Colorado River Indian Tribes, whose reservation sits along the river bordering Arizona and California, doesn’t have the legal authority to lease its water, though a bill is pending in Congress to authorize it.
“It’s our sovereignty and beneficial rights of our water — the full beneficial rights of our water,” said tribal Chairwoman Amelia Flores. “We want to lease, we don’t want to sell our water, and that’s the difference.”
WHAT IS JUST?
The Ute Indian Tribe wants that same ability. The tribe asserts rights to 550,000 acre-feet. (An acre-foot is enough water to serve two to three U.S. households annually). A settlement negotiated 30 years ago recognizes about half of that.
“Utah’s position is that’s the number we’re comfortable with, and we think that does more than enough to satisfy the claims of the Utes,” said Utah deputy state engineer Jared Manning.
But the tribe hasn’t ratified the settlement. The Utes have sued in federal court over access to water. A judge ruled in one case last year that the tribe waited too long to bring its claims against the federal government and Utah.
Daniel McCool, professor emeritus at the University of Utah, said the larger question is whether the Ute Indian Tribe has been treated justly and whether funding for water diversions have been on par with non-Native American interests.
“There’s a reason why the tribe doesn’t have much water and why almost all the water in the region is being used by white people,” said McCool, who studies tribal water rights. “Look at who got the money, the Central Utah Project. Who got the water? Ask yourself that and ask, ‘does this look fair to you?’”
It’s a question tribal members have posed for decades, whether the first inhabitants of what’s now the U.S. should have anything but the oldest, most secure water rights. Inevitably, others will lose water they’ve grown accustomed to using as tribes gain access to it.
“People have been taking our water. Are they taking it legally or illegally?” Majenty said.
“The argument from the other side is it’s capitalism, free enterprise. That’s where they got us. Ownership is where it’s at. Until you have a piece of paper, it’s not yours.”
___ Fonseca covers Indigenous communities on the AP’s Race and Ethnicity team. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/FonsecaAP
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PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the plastic tanks on the truck’s flat bed.
His timer is set for 5 minutes, 20 seconds — when the tank will be full and he’ll turn to the second one.
The water pulled from the ground here will be piped dozens of miles across rugged landscape to serve the roughly 700,000 tourists a year who visit the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai reservation in northwestern Arizona — an operation that is the tribe’s main source of revenue.
Despite the Colorado River bordering more than 100 miles of Hualapai land in the canyon, the tribe can’t draw from it. Native American tribes in the Colorado River basin have inherent rights to the water, but the amount and access for a dozen tribes hasn’t been fully resolved, not for decades.
The 1922 Colorado River Compact that divided the water among states didn’t include a share for tribes. Now that the river is shrinking because of overuse, drought and human-caused climate change, tribes want the federal government to ensure their interests are protected.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a collaborative series on the Colorado River as the 100th anniversary of the historic Colorado River Compact approaches. The Associated Press, The Colorado Sun, The Albuquerque Journal, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Arizona Daily Star and The Nevada Independent are working together to explore the pressures on the river in 2022.
A water settlement pending in Congress would give the Hualapai Tribe the right to draw river water, plus $180 million to pipe it to tribal communities and the main tourist center at Grand Canyon West.
“It was the best of a bad deal,” said Phil Wisely, the tribe’s public services director. “And the thing is, I don’t think we could get a better deal, especially now.”
The Colorado River can no longer can meet the needs of the 40 million people and $15 billion agriculture industry that depend on it. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently announced that Arizona, Nevada and Mexico would see deeper cuts to their water supply in 2023. The agency also is asking seven Western states to find a way to conserve more.
LONG-STANDING RIGHTS
The 29 tribes in the Colorado River basin are in fact among the river’s most senior water rights holders, a determination often tied to the date the federal government established a reservation. Tribal water rights — once they’re fully resolved — could add up to about one-quarter of the river’s historic flow, according to the Water & Tribes Initiative.
Unlike other water users, tribes don’t lose access to water when they don’t use it. A 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as the Winters Doctrine says tribes have the right to enough water to establish a permanent homeland. Often, tribes give up potentially huge water claims in exchange for an assured supply and federal funding to deliver it.
To the northeast of Hualapai, the Ute Indian Tribe has Colorado River tributaries flowing on its reservation east of Salt Lake City. While the tribe has secured some rights, not everyone agrees on how much more it should receive, delaying a settlement for decades.
Ute Indian Tribe leaders say they’re tired of reiterating that the federal government needs to protect tribal interests, a duty laid out in treaties and other acts.
“Until you start to deal with the inequities or the injustice, you can never really have any momentum going forward,” said Shaun Chapoose, chairman of the Ute Business Committee.
“You’re not resolving that. And they are in a position to do that, they are the federal government.”
The situation of both the Hualapai and Ute Indian Tribe highlights the frustration of Native American leaders across the basin that although their rights may not be quantified, they are real.
Other tribes that have secured water rights have pitched in to help their neighbors amid the prolonged drought by conserving water in key reservoirs along the Colorado River. Some lease or exchange water, and use it to sustain the environment, sometimes creating revenue for themselves.
But Jay Weiner, who represents tribes in water settlements, said it would be unjust to continue to rely heavily on tribes when they haven’t had access to the water as long as states in the basin.
“The tribes have already front-loaded and sacrificed by the fact that the basin has been able to use huge amounts of water that tribes have rights to over the past 100 years,” Weiner said.
In a statement to The Associated Press, the Interior Department did not say how tribal water rights, which are federal rights, would be protected as the river’s flow decreases. It said it is working with tribes that are affected by drought.
HAULING WATER ON HUALAPAI LAND
Querta’s job is a grind but he’s well-suited for it — analytical, quick and goal-oriented. He takes meticulous notes on water levels and quality as he fills the tanks that ensure tourists at Grand Canyon West have water.
The truck takes a beating on the gravel and dirt road on multiple round trips of more than 30 miles most days. The side mirrors and back windows that rattled loose are held together by red duct tape. Querta keeps tools on hand for minor repairs. Major ones or illness can put him out of commission.
He was out for two weeks because of COVID-19 last year and had no replacement.
“I didn’t mind because I didn’t want anybody to mess up my truck or my tanks,” said Querta. “I take care of this truck like it’s mine.”
Once he’s filled the tanks on the truck bed, the water is sent through a pipeline from just outside of Peach Springs to Grand Canyon West. The tourist center is crucial. Revenue from it funds tribal programs for the elderly, public works, the cultural center, scholarships and other social services. The main attraction is the Grand Canyon Skywalk — a horseshoe-shaped glass bridge that gives tourists a view of the Colorado River 4,000 feet below.
There is not a drop to spare at Grand Canyon West. A restaurant that overlooks the Grand Canyon has waterless urinals in the restrooms and faucets with sensors. Customers are served bottled water and food in disposable containers with plastic utensils, cutting out most of dish washing.
Even if the Hualapai eventually get water from the Colorado River, those practices will stay in place, said operations manager Alvaro Cobia-Ruesga.
“We see what’s going on, we have to conserve water for our future,” he said.
The tribe has long planned to expand Grand Canyon West with a store, fire and police station, housing and elementary school to serve tribal members who ride a shuttle up to five hours round trip daily from Peach Springs and surrounding communities to their jobs there.
But without a secure source of water for Grand Canyon West, it won’t happen, said tribal Chairman Damon Clarke. Under the settlement pending in Congress, the tribe would be responsible for building out the infrastructure to deliver water.
“One of the biggest things with our settlement is hope for the future and getting this not for us at this time but for the generations ahead,” Clarke said.
Part of the reason the Hualapai Tribe did not prioritize discussions on water rights long ago is because tribal members believed that water came with their land, said Rory Majenty, board chairman of the Grand Canyon Resort Corp. that oversees Grand Canyon West.
“We took things for granted,” he said. “Like you knew you were going to eat, you knew the sun was going to come up. Tomorrow is another day.”
The settlement has its critics, including Hualapai rancher Clay Bravo. He said the tribe should wait, negotiate a better deal and develop groundwater resources at the same time. He’s not satisfied with a lower priority water right that he equates to crumbs, given the Hualapai Tribe has been on the land since time immemorial.
“How can we run a race and come in first and get the fourth-place trophy?” Bravo said, leaning against a pickup truck on a rocky road overlooking an old water well that was contaminated with radium.
Even with secure water rights, tribes can’t always fully put the water to use because they lack infrastructure. A pipeline eventually will reach the southwestern portion of the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico through another tribe’s water settlement to boost economic development in the region. Jicarilla Apache has leased water it already has access to for energy production, recreation and conservation, and to benefit threatened and endangered fish. Tribes in the Phoenix area have leased water to nearby cities.
The Colorado River Indian Tribes, whose reservation sits along the river bordering Arizona and California, doesn’t have the legal authority to lease its water, though a bill is pending in Congress to authorize it.
“It’s our sovereignty and beneficial rights of our water — the full beneficial rights of our water,” said tribal Chairwoman Amelia Flores. “We want to lease, we don’t want to sell our water, and that’s the difference.”
WHAT IS JUST?
The Ute Indian Tribe wants that same ability. The tribe asserts rights to 550,000 acre-feet. (An acre-foot is enough water to serve two to three U.S. households annually). A settlement negotiated 30 years ago recognizes about half of that.
“Utah’s position is that’s the number we’re comfortable with, and we think that does more than enough to satisfy the claims of the Utes,” said Utah deputy state engineer Jared Manning.
But the tribe hasn’t ratified the settlement. The Utes have sued in federal court over access to water. A judge ruled in one case last year that the tribe waited too long to bring its claims against the federal government and Utah.
Daniel McCool, professor emeritus at the University of Utah, said the larger question is whether the Ute Indian Tribe has been treated justly and whether funding for water diversions have been on par with non-Native American interests.
“There’s a reason why the tribe doesn’t have much water and why almost all the water in the region is being used by white people,” said McCool, who studies tribal water rights. “Look at who got the money, the Central Utah Project. Who got the water? Ask yourself that and ask, ‘does this look fair to you?’”
It’s a question tribal members have posed for decades, whether the first inhabitants of what’s now the U.S. should have anything but the oldest, most secure water rights. Inevitably, others will lose water they’ve grown accustomed to using as tribes gain access to it.
“People have been taking our water. Are they taking it legally or illegally?” Majenty said.
“The argument from the other side is it’s capitalism, free enterprise. That’s where they got us. Ownership is where it’s at. Until you have a piece of paper, it’s not yours.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have grown fond of “buy now, pay later” services, but the “pay later” part is becoming increasingly difficult for some borrowers.
Buy now, pay later loans allow users to pay for items such new sneakers, electronics, or luxury goods in installments. Companies such as Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna and PayPal have built popular financial products around these short-term loans, particularly for younger borrowers, who are fearful of never-ending credit card debt.
Now, as the industry racks up customers, delinquencies are climbing. Inflation is squeezing consumers, making it tougher to pay off debts. Some borrowers don’t budget properly, particularly if they are persuaded to take out multiple loans, while others may have been credit risks to begin with.
“You have an industry with a higher concentration of subprime borrowers in a market that hasn’t been effectively tested through (this type of economy), and you have a kind of a toxic brew of concerns,” said Michael Taiano, an analyst with Fitch Ratings, who co-wrote a report in July highlighting some of the concerns with the industry.
The most popular type of buy now, pay later loans allow for four payments over six weeks — one payment at the time of purchase and three others that borrowers often try to sync up with pay periods. Longer-term loans for bigger purchases are also available. Most of the short-term loans have no interest attached to them. Companies that do charge interest can clearly state upfront how much a borrower will pay in financial charges.
Given those features, consumer advocates and financial advisors initially had seen buy now, pay later plans as a potentially healthier form of consumer debt if used correctly. The biggest concern had been late fees, which could act as a hefty finance charge on a small purchase if a borrower is late on a payment. The fees can run as high as $34, plus interest. But now as delinquencies are rising, and companies are being more aggressive in marketing their products, advocates see a need for additional regulation.
The industry is growing rapidly, according to a report released Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Americans took out roughly $24.2 billion in loans on buy now, pay later programs in 2021, up from only $2 billion in 2019. That industry-wide figure is only expected to jump even more. Klarna’s customers bought $41 billion worth of product on its service globally in the first six months of the year, up 21% from a year ago. PayPal processed more than $4.9 billion in buy now, pay later transactions in the second quarter, more than triple a year earlier.
Jasmine Francis, 29, a technology analyst based in Charlotte, North Carolina, said she first used a buy now, pay later service in 2018 to buy clothes from fast-fashion brand Forever21.
“I remember I just had a cartful,” she said. “At first, I thought, ‘Something’s gotta go back,’ and then I saw Afterpay at checkout – you don’t pay for it all right now, but you get it all right now. That was music to my ears.”
How healthfully customers are using buy now, pay later loans is unclear. Fitch found that delinquencies on these services rose sharply in the 12 months ended March 31, while credit card delinquencies remained steady. And according to the CFPB, a growing percentage of loans the industry is making are being charged off — or loans it considered so delinquent that they were likely uncollectible. The industry’s charge-off rate was 2.39% in 2021, a figure that is now likely higher given the economic turmoil this year. In 2020, that figure was 1.83%.
“This upward trend on delinquencies is continuing,” said Rohit Chopra, director of the CFPB, in a call with reporters.
Credit reporting company TransUnion found that buy now, pay later borrowers are using the product just as much as credit cards, piling on debt on top of additional debt. A poll by Morning Consult released this week found 15% of buy now, pay later customers are using the service for routine purchases, such as groceries and gas, a type of behavior that sounds alarm bells among financial advisors. The CFPB report also found a small, but growing number of Americans using these products for routine purchases as well.
“If these buy now, pay later plans are not adequately budgeted for, they can have a cascading impact across a person’s entire financial life,” said Andre Jean-Pierre, a former Morgan Stanley wealth advisor who now runs his own financial planning firm focused on helping Black Americans adequately save and budget.
Another concern among advisers and consumer advocates, as well as Washington lawmakers and regulators, is the ease with which consumers can layer on these installment loans.
Speaking at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday about new financial products, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, noted the benefits of plans that allow consumers to pay for things in installments. But he also criticized the way in which the industry promotes the plans.
“Ads encourage consumers to use these plans for multiple purchases, at multiple online stores — racking up debt they cannot afford to repay,” Brown said.
The short-term loans are potentially problematic because they’re not reported on a consumer’s credit profile with Transunion and Experian. Further the buy now, pay later industry’s customers skew young — meaning they have little credit history. Hypothetically a borrower could take out several short-term loans across multiple buy now, pay later companies — a practice known as “loan stacking” — and they would never appear on a credit report. If a person puts too many items on buy now, pay later plans, budgeting could be difficult.
“It’s a blind spot for the industry,” Taiano of Fitch said.
In a statement, the buy now pay later industry trade group pushed back on the characterization that its products could saddle borrowers with too much debt.
“With zero to low-interest, flexible payment terms, and transparent terms and conditions, BNPL helps consumers manage their cash flow responsibly and live healthier financial lives,” said Penny Lee, CEO of the Financial Technology Association.
Meanwhile providers of buy now, pay later services see rising delinquencies as a natural consequence of growth, but also an indication that inflation is hitting Americans most likely to use these services the hardest.
“We have seen some stress (among those with the lowest credit scores), and those are starting to have a hard time,” said Max Levchin, founder and CEO of Affirm, one of the largest buy now, pay later companies.
“I would not call it a sort of preamble to a potential downturn, but it’s not the same kind of a smooth sailing it’s been,” he said, adding that Affirm is taking a more conservative approach towards lending.
Buy now, pay later took off in the U.S. after the Great Recession. The product, analysts said, largely has not been tested through a great period of financial distress, unlike mortgages or credit cards or auto loans.
Despite these concerns, the consensus is buy now, pay later companies are here to stay. Affirm, Klarna, Afterpay, which is owned by Block Inc., as well as PayPal and others are now widely embedded in Internet commerce.
Further, the industry’s growth is attracting more players. Technology titan Apple earlier this summer announced Apple Pay Later, where users can put purchases on a four-payment plan over six weeks.
“I generally plan purchases that I make using PayPal ‘Pay in 4’ so that my due dates for purchases land on my pay dates, as the due dates are every other week,” said Desiree Moore, 35, from Georgia.
Moore said she tries to use buy now pay later plans to cover purchases not in her usual monthly budget, so not to take money away from the needs of her children. She has been increasingly using the plans with inflation making items more expensive and is so far able to keep up with the payments.
Francis, the technical analyst, said it’s now common among her friends to pay for travel with the installment loans, to not completely drain their bank accounts in case of emergencies.
“If I come back home from vacation and have two flat tires, and I just spent all that money on plane tickets, that’s $400 you don’t have at the moment,” she said. “Most people don’t have savings. They just have enough for those flat tires.”
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This story has been corrected to say PayPal’s volume of buy now, pay later transactions was $4.9 billion. An earlier version incorrectly reported the $4.9 billion as revenue from such transactions.
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FedEx said Thursday it is shuttering storefronts and corporate offices while putting off new hires in a belt-tightening drive brought on by drop-off in its global package delivery business.
The company based in Memphis, Tennessee, warned it will likely miss Wall Street’s profit target for its fiscal first quarter that ended Aug. 31. And it said it expects business conditions to further weaken in the current quarter amid weaker global volume.
Its stock fell more than 16% in after-hours trading following the announcement.
“Global volumes declined as macroeconomic trends significantly worsened later in the quarter, both internationally and in the U.S.,” FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said in a statement. “We are swiftly addressing these headwinds, but given the speed at which conditions shifted, first-quarter results are below our expectations.”
The company’s FedEx Express business was particularly hurt by challenges in Europe and weaker economic trends in Asia, which led to a roughly $500 million revenue shortfall for the segment. FedEx Ground revenue, meanwhile, came in about $300 million below the company’s forecasts.
High operating expenses were also a drag on the company’s results, FedEx said.
In response, it said it will cut costs by closing over 90 FedEx Office locations and five corporate offices, deferring new hires and operating fewer flights.
The company scrapped its forecast for its earnings in its current fiscal year that it had issued less than three months ago.
For the three months ended Aug. 31, FedEx now projects adjusted earnings per share of $3.44 and $23.2 billion in revenue. That’s below analysts’ consensus forecast of $5.14 adjusted earnings per share and $23.6 billion in revenue, according to FactSet.
Subramaniam noted that he remains confident FedEx will achieve its fiscal year 2025 financial targets.
For the current quarter, which ends in November, FedEx expects revenue to range between $23.5 billion and $24 billion, and adjusted earnings per share of at least $2.75. Wall Street analysts had expected adjusted earnings per share of $5.48 and $24.86 billion in revenue, according to FactSet.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective who has long been accused of sexually preying on Black women during criminal investigations was indicted Thursday on charges that he sexually abused two women, the FBI said.
Roger Golubski, 69, was arrested at his home in Edwardsville after a federal grand jury indicted him on six counts of civil rights violations.
During a 15-minute hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rebecca Schwarz entered a not guilty plea to all six charges for Golubski, who asked to remain silent. She set a hearing for 3 p.m. Monday on whether he should remain behind bars before his trial. A pretrial hearing was scheduled for Oct. 12.
“I am so happy and stunned at the arrest of that man,” one of his alleged victims, Ophelia Williams, said in a statement released by MORE2, a civil rights organization. “I pray that after so many years we finally get justice, people can finally relax, and I can finally sleep at night.”
The Associated Press generally does not name alleged victims of sexual assault, but Williams has allowed her name to be used in previous stories.
Golubski’s court-appointed attorney, Tom Lemon of Topeka, indicated that he will ask that Golubski be released before trial because he undergoes daily treatments for serious health issues, including dialysis three or four days a week for failing kidneys.
Golubski is also receiving treatment after quintuple heart bypass surgery in April and takes insulin shots for diabetes, said Lemon, who declined to comment after the hearing.
“He has been told that if he misses six dialysis treatments, he is going to die,” Lemon said in court. “If he doesn’t receive that daily treatment, he’s going to have trouble helping me in his defense.”
Golubski spoke only when Schwarz asked him whether he wanted her to appoint an attorney for him.
Golubski retired in 2010 after working for the Kansas City Police Department for 35 years. The FBI has been investigating allegations that Golubski, who is white, sexually assaulted Black women in the city and exchanged drugs for information during criminal investigations.
The federal indictment announced Thursday accuses Golubski of sexually assaulting two women, identified as S.K., and O.W., on several occasions between 1998 and 2002. The indictment does not state the race of the women.
He is accused of raping both women and forcing them to perform oral sex on him several times in his vehicle and at the women’s homes. Golubski’s conduct included aggravated sexual abuse and kidnapping, according to the indictment.
If convicted of any of the counts, Golubski could be sentenced to life in prison.
Civil rights groups for years sought an investigation into Golubski’s conduct. The allegations against him drew more attention after Lamont McIntyre, who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit, sued Golubski and other Kansas City, Kansas, officers after he was released.
McIntyre and his mother, Rose McIntyre, alleged in the lawsuit that Golubski framed Lamont for a double homicide in 1994 because she refused the detective’s sexual demands. The local government agreed in June to settle the lawsuit for $12.5 million.
When deposed by McIntyre’s lawyers in the case, Golubski invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination hundreds of times. He has consistently declined media requests to comment on the allegations.
Cheryl Pilate and Lindsay Runnels, attorneys for the McIntyres, commended federal law enforcement agencies on the arrest.
“We are hopeful the justice system delivers the accountability that the Kansas City, Kansas community deserves,” they said in a statement.
The Midwest Innocence Project, a civil rights group that works to free wrongfully convicted inmates, said in a statement that Golubski’s arrest was “the first step” in finding justice for those harmed by law enforcement officials, particularly Black women.
“A full investigation into the abuses in Wyandotte County and systemic reforms are needed to ensure that no other police officers and public officials can continue to abuse their power,” the organization said in a news release.
Kansas City police Chief Karl Oakman and Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree each issued a statement pledging to continue cooperating with the investigation and said the arrest proved that no one was above the law.
Executives with MORE2, which also pushed for an investigation into Golubski, applauded his arrest.
“It took over three decades, thirty years of this man living like he is a law-abiding citizen and he is one of the biggest criminals we have in Wyandotte County,” MORE 2 board member Violet Martin said in a statement. She believes her brother and cousin are wrongfully incarcerated because of Golubski.
In 2020, a coalition of Kansas lawmakers, religious leaders and racial justice advocates asked the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to investigate Golubski and other members of the department who were accused of misconduct and abuse.
And in 2021, an organization run by rapper Jay-Z filed a petition seeking records from the police department related to what it called a history of officer misconduct within the department.
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This story was updated to correct that Morgan Roach is no longer Golubski’s attorney.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police on Thursday arrested two teenage boys in connection with the death of a 15-year-old girl who overdosed in a restroom at her high school after buying pills possibly laced with fentanyl on campus, authorities said.
Police served a search warrant around 8:30 a.m. as part of an investigation into the overdose death of a girl a day earlier at Bernstein High School in Hollywood, police Chief Michel Moore said.
A 15-year-old boy who lives with his grandmother was taken into custody on suspicion of manslaughter, Moore said. Investigators believe he sold pills touted as Percocet to two 15-year-old friends around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday who later crushed and snorted the narcotics in the restroom at their school.
The Los Angeles County Coroner identified the student who died as Melanie Ramos, 15. Her unidentified friend who also overdosed remained hospitalized and was expected to recover.
Moore said police also arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of selling fentanyl-laced pills to two other high school students who suffered overdoses after buying the drugs at nearby Lexington Park. He could face narcotics-related charges, the chief said.
Police will work with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to find the distributors who provided the 15- and 16-year-old boys with the pills, Moore said.
“There is a drug organization behind this,” he said.
The teen suspects knew each other, and both attend Apex Academy, an independent charter school that shares a campus with Bernstein.
Dealers lacing common painkillers with fentanyl is an increasingly common practice, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said at a news conference.
“These are not overdoses. These are people who have been poisoned,” Garcetti said. “One pill can kill.”
Officers were called to Bernstein High Tuesday night after a man said his 15-year-old stepdaughter had overdosed on campus, police said.
The girl and her friend had not come home from school in the afternoon and the man began driving around town looking for the pair. He found his stepdaughter around 8 p.m. in a school courtyard, said police Lt. John Radke.
She had suffered an overdose but managed to tell her stepfather that her friend was in a girls’ restroom on campus, Radke said Wednesday.
The man and a school employee found the other girl unresponsive in the restroom at the school where students and parents had gathered for evening athletic events. The man administered aid until paramedics arrived and pronounced her dead, police said. His stepdaughter was hospitalized.
Earlier in the day, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to separate calls reporting possible overdoses of two teens in the area of Lexington Park, a few blocks from Bernstein High and a cluster of other schools, according to police.
“It is believed that the overdose victims are students of Bernstein and local high schools,” a police statement said.
One of the victims was a 17-year-old student at nearby Hollywood High School, said Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.
Including the latest victims, there have been a total of six cases of drug-related incidents including overdoses stemming from illicit narcotics purchased in recent at Lexington Park in a residential area of East Hollywood near the U.S. 101 freeway, Carvalho said.
“It is a park well known for allowing individuals to sell drugs to provide drugs to some of our students,” the superintendent told reporters Wednesday.
Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, who represents the area, ordered the park closed Wednesday, Carvalho said.
Grief and crisis counselors were on hand at Bernstein High, LA Unified said in a statement.
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LVMH, the parent company for luxury brand Louis Vuitton, says it plans to reduce its energy consumption in stores by turning out the lights.
The company wants customers to know it's not shutting down stores but just turning off the lights at night to save energy amid more focus on climate change and excessive energy use around the globe.
The French company says it will start to turn off its store lights earlier, starting in France in October, and then will implement the plan worldwide in the weeks and months that follow, the Guardian reported.
Louis Vuitton is the world's largest high-end goods conglomerate operating 522 stores and 110 production locations in France.
Company leaders said they would also implement a plan to educate employees on ways to reduce energy consumption at work and home.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in residential Washington on Thursday morning in the bitter political battle over the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants out of Texas to cities with Democratic mayors as part of a political strategy this year because he says there are too many arrivals over the border to his state. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey also has adopted this policy, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also got in on the act recently. It was first dreamed up by former President Donald Trump.
Abbott tweeted that he’d sent the buses that arrived Thursday: “We’re sending migrants to her backyard to call on the Biden Administration to do its job & secure the border.”
About two dozen men and women stood outside the U.S. Naval Observatory at dawn, clutching clear plastic bags of their belongings carried with them over the border, before moving to a nearby church. Harris’ office had no immediate comment.
The steady flow of migrant buses has caused a scramble in Washington, with Mayor Muriel Bowser calling for federal intervention and a coalition of NGOs forming to handle the new arrivals, backed by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
This coalition has become accustomed to wildly divergent levels of coordination between the Texas and Arizona buses.
Tatiana Laborde, managing director of the international relief agency SAMU First Response, said the buses from Arizona come with detailed manifests of passengers and their nationalities, coordination on arrival times and medical personnel aboard each bus.
“They don’t want to just dump people here,” Laborde told The Associated Press last month.
In contrast, she said, the Texas buses arrived chaotically. They only hear from charitable groups on the Texas end that a bus carrying a certain number of people has departed. At some point about 48 hours later, that bus drops off riders at Washington’s Union Station.
Thursday morning’s surprise drop-off outside Harris’ residence suggests governors like Abbott were looking for creative new ways to make their political point — with the District of Columbia as the playing field.
Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, called the move “inhumane” and accused Abbott of “using human beings, babies, families, as political pinatas”
Speaking to reporters outside Harris’ residence, Garcia said the two busloads of migrants from Texas were “dumped like human garbage” in Washington on Thursday. He also said many of the migrants were being “tricked into signing these releases,” – something both the Texas and Arizona governments have denied.
He also called for both Republican and Democratic politicians to come together around, “a bipartisan solution to fixing our broken immigration system. I agree that it’s broken.”
After migrants seeking asylum cross the U.S.-Mexico border, they spend time in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility along the border until they are generally released into the U.S. to wait out their cases. Republicans say Biden’s policies encourage migrants to vanish into the U.S.; Democrats argue the Trump-era policy of forcing migrants to wait out their asylum cases in Mexico was inhumane.
DeSantis flew two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday. And last week, Abbott sent about 75 migrants to Chicago.
Bowser has requested a National Guard deployment but was rejected by the Pentagon; the deployment was opposed by the NGOs, who called it an unnecessary militarization of a humanitarian issue.
Last week, Bowser declared a limited state of public emergency over the migrant issue and proposed forming a new Office of Migrant Services with $10 million in funding. The proposal comes before the D.C. Council next week.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in residential Washington on Thursday morning in the bitter political battle over the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants out of Texas to cities with Democratic mayors as part of a political strategy this year because he says there are too many arrivals over the border to his state. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey also has adopted this policy, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also got in on the act recently. It was first dreamed up by former President Donald Trump.
Abbott tweeted that he’d sent the buses that arrived Thursday: “We’re sending migrants to her backyard to call on the Biden Administration to do its job & secure the border.”
About two dozen men and women stood outside the U.S. Naval Observatory at dawn, clutching clear plastic bags of their belongings carried with them over the border, before moving to a nearby church. Harris’ office had no immediate comment.
The steady flow of migrant buses has caused a scramble in Washington, with Mayor Muriel Bowser calling for federal intervention and a coalition of NGOs forming to handle the new arrivals, backed by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
This coalition has become accustomed to wildly divergent levels of coordination between the Texas and Arizona buses.
Tatiana Laborde, managing director of the international relief agency SAMU First Response, said the buses from Arizona come with detailed manifests of passengers and their nationalities, coordination on arrival times and medical personnel aboard each bus.
“They don’t want to just dump people here,” Laborde told The Associated Press last month.
In contrast, she said, the Texas buses arrived chaotically. They only hear from charitable groups on the Texas end that a bus carrying a certain number of people has departed. At some point about 48 hours later, that bus drops off riders at Washington’s Union Station.
Thursday morning’s surprise drop-off outside Harris’ residence suggests governors like Abbott were looking for creative new ways to make their political point — with the District of Columbia as the playing field.
Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, called the move “inhumane” and accused Abbott of “using human beings, babies, families, as political pinatas”
Speaking to reporters outside Harris’ residence, Garcia said the two busloads of migrants from Texas were “dumped like human garbage” in Washington on Thursday. He also said many of the migrants were being “tricked into signing these releases,” – something both the Texas and Arizona governments have denied.
He also called for both Republican and Democratic politicians to come together around, “a bipartisan solution to fixing our broken immigration system. I agree that it’s broken.”
After migrants seeking asylum cross the U.S.-Mexico border, they spend time in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility along the border until they are generally released into the U.S. to wait out their cases. Republicans say Biden’s policies encourage migrants to vanish into the U.S.; Democrats argue the Trump-era policy of forcing migrants to wait out their asylum cases in Mexico was inhumane.
DeSantis flew two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday. And last week, Abbott sent about 75 migrants to Chicago.
Bowser has requested a National Guard deployment but was rejected by the Pentagon; the deployment was opposed by the NGOs, who called it an unnecessary militarization of a humanitarian issue.
Last week, Bowser declared a limited state of public emergency over the migrant issue and proposed forming a new Office of Migrant Services with $10 million in funding. The proposal comes before the D.C. Council next week.
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US sends new military aid for Ukraine to boost momentum
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Thursday it will send another $600 million in military aid to Ukraine, as the U.S. rushes more weapons to fuel Kyiv’s counteroffensive that has reclaimed large stretches of the embattled country and forced Russian troops to retreat.
The White House said it was the 21st time that the Defense Department has pulled weapons and other equipment off the shelves to deliver to Ukraine.
The package will include more of the same types of ammunition and equipment that have helped Ukrainian forces beat back the Russian forces in portions of the east and south.
“With admirable grit and determination, the people of Ukraine are defending their homeland and fighting for their future,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
“The capabilities we are delivering are carefully calibrated to make the most difference on the battlefield and strengthen Ukraine’s hand at the negotiating table when the time is right,” he said in a statement.
The decision to move on new aid quickly — on the heels of a nearly $2.9 billion infusion of aid and financing support announced last week and more than $3 billion announced in late August — underscore the U.S. intent to ensure that Ukraine can sustain its stunning counterattack that was launched early this month.
That most recent funding included $2.2 billion in long-term military financing announced that Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced during a visit to Ukraine last week, and a $675 million weapons package announced by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Europe that same day.
The $2.2 billion that Blinken announced in Kyiv is for Ukraine and 18 of its neighbors, including NATO members and regional security partners, that are potentially at risk of future Russian aggression, the U.S. said.
Moscow’s recent rout in northeast Ukraine was its largest military defeat since the withdrawal of Russian troops from areas near Kyiv more than five months ago.
The latest package of weapons systems brings the total amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine to nearly $15.9 billion since President Joe Biden took office.
U.S. officials watching the counteroffensive have been careful not to declare a premature victory, noting that Russia still has substantial troops and resources. And they are wary of what Russian President Vladimir Putin may do to turn the tide.
But U.S. leaders also have made clear that the precision weapons and rocket systems provided by the U.S. and allies — including the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile, or HARM — have been key to the dramatic shift in momentum.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A grocery store in Buffalo. A nightclub in Orlando. A Walmart in El Paso: All sites of hate-fueled violence against Black, Hispanic or LGBTQ Americans over the past five years. And all somber symbols of a “through line” of hate that must be rooted out, President Joe Biden said Thursday.
The administration gathered educators, faith leaders and others who have experienced violence firsthand for a discussion on how stop the violence, and promised action.
In 2020, hate crimes in the U.S. were the highest in more than a decade, and the Justice Department has pledged to increase efforts to counter it. Now, political violence fueled by lies about the 2020 election is overlapping with hate crimes: A growing number of ardent Donald Trump supporters seem ready to strike back against the FBI or others whom they believe are going too far in investigating the former president.
Biden spoke of a hate “through-line” that, along with racism, bigotry and violence, has long plagued the nation. Hate never goes away, he said, it only hides. And it is up to everyday Americans to stop giving it any air and to stamp it out.
“All forms of hate fueled by violence have no place in America,” he said.
The president’s somber, reflective tone on America’s long history of hate crime was in stark contrast to his sharp-tongued speech a few weeks ago, when he rebuked Trump-supporting Republicans for proliferating falsehoods about the 2020 election that have taken root and fueled violence.
On Thursday, Biden briefly mentioned the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as a moment that didn’t reflect “who we are” as a nation. And he said that hate had been given too much oxygen in politics, media and on the internet lately.
“The violence and the haters are in a minority. … Unless we speak out, it’s going to continue,” he said.
Biden pointed to new federal efforts to help schools, local law enforcement agencies and cultural institutions prevent and respond to such violence. He also called on Congress to impose stronger transparency requirements on social media companies, whose platforms allow anonymous hate to proliferate hate.
Among the attendees Thursday was Susan Bro, whose daughter Heather Heyer was killed at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. In remarks introducing Biden, Bro spoke about how losing her daughter was part of a bigger story.
“Her murder resonated around the world. But the hate did not begin nor end there,” Bro said. “While my daughter’s death received so much national and international attention, all too often these hateful attacks are committed against people of color with unacceptably little public attention.”
Other attendees included Sarah Collins Rudolph, who lost an eye and still has pieces of glass inside her body from a Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed her sister and three other Black girls at a Birmingham, Alabama, church 59 years ago. And the family of Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh man from Arizona who was killed in a hate crime four days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
Law enforcement officials across the country are warning and being warned about an increase in threats and the potential for violent attacks on federal agents or buildings in the wake of the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
“We must stand together and we must clearly say that a harm against any one of us is a harm against all of us,” Vice President Kamala Harris said in her opening remarks Thursday. “We are at an inflection point in our history, and indeed, our democracy. Years from now, our children and our grandchildren, they’re going to ask us, ‘What did you do in that moment?’”
Brandon Wolf, an LGBTQ activist, recounted from the lectern at the “United We Stand Summit” his experience being inside Pulse nightclub in 2016 in Florida when a shooter opened fire. He was in the bathroom at the time the shooting started.
“I remember panic, a sprint for the emergency exit,” he said. “I remember willing myself to put one foot in front of other, eyes locked on a sliver of light from a door left ajar.”
Wolf survived, but the shooter killed 49 people who were mostly LGBTQ and people of color. He told the crowd he knows firsthand how important it is to counter hate.
Civil rights groups in attendance said the summit was not just lip service, and they were planning for action.
“There was simply not talk and reflection today, but a commitment to action, by the government,” said Marc Morial of the National Urban League. | https://www.wspa.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-white-house-holds-summit-on-ending-hate-fueled-violence/ | 2022-09-16T01:18:16Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-white-house-holds-summit-on-ending-hate-fueled-violence/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just rocket fuel propelling America’s first moonshot after a half-century lull. Strategic rivalry with China’s ambitious space program is helping drive NASA’s effort to get back into space in a bigger way, as both nations push to put people back on the moon and establish the first lunar bases.
American intelligence, military and political leaders make clear they see a host of strategic challenges to the U.S. in China’s space program, in an echo of the U.S.-Soviet rivalry that prompted the 1960s’ race to the moon. That’s as China is quickly matching U.S. civil and military space accomplishments and notching new ones of its own.
On the military side, the U.S. and China trade accusations of weaponizing space. Senior U.S. defense officials warn that China and Russia are building capabilities to take out the satellite systems that underpin U.S. intelligence, military communications and early warning networks.
There’s also a civilian side to the space race. The U.S. is wary of China taking the lead in space exploration and commercial exploitation, and pioneering the technological and scientific advances that would put China ahead in power in space and in prestige down on Earth.
“In a decade, the United States has gone from the unquestioned leader in space to merely one of two peers in a competition,” Sen. Jim Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, declared this week at a Senate Armed Services hearing. “Everything our military does relies on space.”
At another hearing last year, NASA administrator Bill Nelson brandished an image transmitted by a Chinese rover that had just plunked down on Mars. “The Chinese government … they’re going to be landing humans on the moon” soon, he said. “That should tell us something about our need to get off our duff.”
NASA, the U.S. civilian space agency, is awaiting a new launch date this month or in October for its Artemis 1 uncrewed test moonshot. Technical problems scrubbed the first two launch attempts in recent weeks.
China likewise aims to send astronauts to the moon this decade, as well as establish a robotic research station there. Both the U.S. and China intend to establish bases for intermittent crews on the moon’s south pole after that.
Russia has aligned with China’s moon program, while 21 nations have joined a U.S.-initiated effort meant to bring guidelines and order to the civil exploration and development of space.
The parallel efforts come 50 years after U.S. astronauts last pulled shut the doors on an Apollo module and blasted away from the moon, in December 1972.
Some space policy experts bat down talk of a new space race, seeing big differences from John F. Kennedy’s Cold War drive to outdo the Soviet Union’s Sputnik and be the first to get people on the moon. This time, both the U.S. and China see moon programs as a stepping stone in phased programs toward exploring, settling and potentially exploiting the resources and other untapped economic and strategic opportunities offered by the moon, Mars and space at large.
Beyond the gains in technology, science and jobs that accompany space programs, Artemis promoters point to the potential of mining minerals and frozen water on the moon, or using the moon as a base to go prospecting on asteroids — the Trump administration in particular emphasized the mining prospects. There’s potential in tourism and other commercial efforts.
And for space more broadly, Americans alone have tens of thousands of satellites overhead in what the Space Force says is a half-trillion dollar global space economy. Satellites guide GPS, process credit card purchases, help keep TV, radio and cell phone feeds going, and predict weather. They ensure the military and intelligence community’s ability to keep track of perceived threats.
And in a world where China and Russia are collaborating to try to surpass the U.S. in space, and where some point to private space efforts led by U.S. billionaires as rendering costly NASA rocket launches unnecessary, the U.S. would regret leaving the glory and strategic advantages from developing the moon and space solely to the likes of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Tesla magnate Elon Musk, Artemis proponents say.
The moon programs signal that “space is going to be an arena of competition on the prestige front, demonstrating advanced technical expertise and know-how, and then also on the military front as well,” said Aaron Bateman, a professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University and a member of the Space Policy Institute.
“People who are supportive of Artemis and people who see it as a tool of competition, they want the United States to be at the table in shaping the future of exploration on other celestial bodies,” Bateman said.
There’s no shortage of such warnings as the Artemis program moves toward lift-off. “Beijing is working to match or exceed U.S. capabilities in space to gain the military, economic, and prestige benefits that Washington has accrued from space leadership,” the U.S. intelligence community warned this year in its annual threat assessment.
A Pentagon-commissioned study group contended last month that “China appears to be on track to surpass the U.S. as the dominant space power by 2045.” It called that part of a Chinese plan to promote authoritarianism and communism down here on Earth.
It’s sparked occasional heated words between Chinese and U.S. officials.
China’s space program was guided by peaceable principles, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in July. “Some U.S. officials are constantly smearing China’s normal and reasonable outer space undertakings,” Zhao said.
Flying on the mightiest rocket ever built by NASA, Artemis 1 aims for a five-week demo flight that would put test dummies into lunar orbit.
If all goes well with that, U.S. astronauts could fly around the moon in 2024 and land on it in 2025, culminating a program that will have cost $93 billion over more than a decade of work.
NASA intends that a woman and a person of color will be on the first U.S. crew touching foot on the moon again.
Lessons learned in getting back to the moon will aid in the next step in crewed flights, to Mars, the space agency says.
China’s ambitious space program, meanwhile, is a generation behind that of the United States. But its secretive, military-linked program is developing fast and creating distinctive missions that could put Beijing on the leading edge of space flight.
Already, China has that rover on Mars, joining U.S. ones already there. China carved out a first with its landing on the far side of the moon.
Chinese astronauts are overhead now, putting the finishing touches on a permanent orbiting space station.
A 1967 U.N. space treaty meant to start shaping the guardrails for space exploration bans anyone from claiming sovereignty over a celestial body, putting a military base on it, or putting weapons of mass destruction into space.
“I don’t think it’s at all by coincidence or happenstance that it is now in this period of what people are claiming is renewed great-power competition that the United States is actually investing the resources to go back,” said Bateman, the scholar on space and national security. “Time will tell if this turns into a sustained program.”
Competition isn’t necessarily a bad thing, said Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Does rivalry with the Chinese “ensure greater sustained interest in our space program? Sure,” Coons said. “But I don’t think that’s necessarily a competition that leads to conflict.
“I think it can be a competition — like the Olympics — that simply means that each team and each side is going to push higher and faster. And as a result, humanity is likely to benefit,” he said. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-a-new-space-race-china-adds-urgency-to-us-return-to-moon/ | 2022-09-16T01:18:30Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-a-new-space-race-china-adds-urgency-to-us-return-to-moon/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 40 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just rocket fuel propelling America’s first moonshot after a half-century lull. Strategic rivalry with China’s ambitious space program is helping drive NASA’s effort to get back into space in a bigger way, as both nations push to put people back on the moon and establish the first lunar bases.
American intelligence, military and political leaders make clear they see a host of strategic challenges to the U.S. in China’s space program, in an echo of the U.S.-Soviet rivalry that prompted the 1960s’ race to the moon. That’s as China is quickly matching U.S. civil and military space accomplishments and notching new ones of its own.
On the military side, the U.S. and China trade accusations of weaponizing space. Senior U.S. defense officials warn that China and Russia are building capabilities to take out the satellite systems that underpin U.S. intelligence, military communications and early warning networks.
There’s also a civilian side to the space race. The U.S. is wary of China taking the lead in space exploration and commercial exploitation, and pioneering the technological and scientific advances that would put China ahead in power in space and in prestige down on Earth.
“In a decade, the United States has gone from the unquestioned leader in space to merely one of two peers in a competition,” Sen. Jim Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, declared this week at a Senate Armed Services hearing. “Everything our military does relies on space.”
At another hearing last year, NASA administrator Bill Nelson brandished an image transmitted by a Chinese rover that had just plunked down on Mars. “The Chinese government … they’re going to be landing humans on the moon” soon, he said. “That should tell us something about our need to get off our duff.”
NASA, the U.S. civilian space agency, is awaiting a new launch date this month or in October for its Artemis 1 uncrewed test moonshot. Technical problems scrubbed the first two launch attempts in recent weeks.
China likewise aims to send astronauts to the moon this decade, as well as establish a robotic research station there. Both the U.S. and China intend to establish bases for intermittent crews on the moon’s south pole after that.
Russia has aligned with China’s moon program, while 21 nations have joined a U.S.-initiated effort meant to bring guidelines and order to the civil exploration and development of space.
The parallel efforts come 50 years after U.S. astronauts last pulled shut the doors on an Apollo module and blasted away from the moon, in December 1972.
Some space policy experts bat down talk of a new space race, seeing big differences from John F. Kennedy’s Cold War drive to outdo the Soviet Union’s Sputnik and be the first to get people on the moon. This time, both the U.S. and China see moon programs as a stepping stone in phased programs toward exploring, settling and potentially exploiting the resources and other untapped economic and strategic opportunities offered by the moon, Mars and space at large.
Beyond the gains in technology, science and jobs that accompany space programs, Artemis promoters point to the potential of mining minerals and frozen water on the moon, or using the moon as a base to go prospecting on asteroids — the Trump administration in particular emphasized the mining prospects. There’s potential in tourism and other commercial efforts.
And for space more broadly, Americans alone have tens of thousands of satellites overhead in what the Space Force says is a half-trillion dollar global space economy. Satellites guide GPS, process credit card purchases, help keep TV, radio and cell phone feeds going, and predict weather. They ensure the military and intelligence community’s ability to keep track of perceived threats.
And in a world where China and Russia are collaborating to try to surpass the U.S. in space, and where some point to private space efforts led by U.S. billionaires as rendering costly NASA rocket launches unnecessary, the U.S. would regret leaving the glory and strategic advantages from developing the moon and space solely to the likes of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Tesla magnate Elon Musk, Artemis proponents say.
The moon programs signal that “space is going to be an arena of competition on the prestige front, demonstrating advanced technical expertise and know-how, and then also on the military front as well,” said Aaron Bateman, a professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University and a member of the Space Policy Institute.
“People who are supportive of Artemis and people who see it as a tool of competition, they want the United States to be at the table in shaping the future of exploration on other celestial bodies,” Bateman said.
There’s no shortage of such warnings as the Artemis program moves toward lift-off. “Beijing is working to match or exceed U.S. capabilities in space to gain the military, economic, and prestige benefits that Washington has accrued from space leadership,” the U.S. intelligence community warned this year in its annual threat assessment.
A Pentagon-commissioned study group contended last month that “China appears to be on track to surpass the U.S. as the dominant space power by 2045.” It called that part of a Chinese plan to promote authoritarianism and communism down here on Earth.
It’s sparked occasional heated words between Chinese and U.S. officials.
China’s space program was guided by peaceable principles, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in July. “Some U.S. officials are constantly smearing China’s normal and reasonable outer space undertakings,” Zhao said.
Flying on the mightiest rocket ever built by NASA, Artemis 1 aims for a five-week demo flight that would put test dummies into lunar orbit.
If all goes well with that, U.S. astronauts could fly around the moon in 2024 and land on it in 2025, culminating a program that will have cost $93 billion over more than a decade of work.
NASA intends that a woman and a person of color will be on the first U.S. crew touching foot on the moon again.
Lessons learned in getting back to the moon will aid in the next step in crewed flights, to Mars, the space agency says.
China’s ambitious space program, meanwhile, is a generation behind that of the United States. But its secretive, military-linked program is developing fast and creating distinctive missions that could put Beijing on the leading edge of space flight.
Already, China has that rover on Mars, joining U.S. ones already there. China carved out a first with its landing on the far side of the moon.
Chinese astronauts are overhead now, putting the finishing touches on a permanent orbiting space station.
A 1967 U.N. space treaty meant to start shaping the guardrails for space exploration bans anyone from claiming sovereignty over a celestial body, putting a military base on it, or putting weapons of mass destruction into space.
“I don’t think it’s at all by coincidence or happenstance that it is now in this period of what people are claiming is renewed great-power competition that the United States is actually investing the resources to go back,” said Bateman, the scholar on space and national security. “Time will tell if this turns into a sustained program.”
Competition isn’t necessarily a bad thing, said Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Does rivalry with the Chinese “ensure greater sustained interest in our space program? Sure,” Coons said. “But I don’t think that’s necessarily a competition that leads to conflict.
“I think it can be a competition — like the Olympics — that simply means that each team and each side is going to push higher and faster. And as a result, humanity is likely to benefit,” he said. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-a-new-space-race-china-adds-urgency-to-us-return-to-moon/ | 2022-09-16T01:18:30Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-a-new-space-race-china-adds-urgency-to-us-return-to-moon/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 40 |
The Chargers and Kansas City are getting Week 2 started with a fantastic Thursday Night matchup. Los Angeles remains an analyst favorite while Kansas City still has Patrick Mahomes. Can head coach Brandon Staley and quarterback Justin Herbert finally break the Chargers out of their prolonged stretch of mediocrity?
Going into Kansas City is never an easy matchup for visiting teams. However, strange things can happen on a short week. The Chargers' offense should be able to keep up with Mahomes and I think Kansas City, playing without their kicker Harrison Butker, will be at a severe disadvantage in a close game. For that reason, I’m picking Los Angeles even though they are four-point underdogs.
Here are the rest of my predictions for Week 2:
Tallysight was an issue last week, but I went 7-8-1 in my Week 1 picks. Like the Niners, I’m off to a rough start. I feel like one of the Falcons, Bears, Seahawks, Jaguars, or Texans will pull out an upset this week, but I’m not out on the Rams, Packers, 49ers, Colts, or Broncos quite yet. I’m relying on Trevor Lawrence bouncing back in Week 2 to hand the Colts their first loss of the year and pull the biggest upset of my picks.
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — At least nine people died and some 20 were injured in a stampede in Guatemala early Thursday as the country celebrated its independence, according to firefighters.
The concert was sponsored by a beer maker and held on a field often used for such events. While the Guatemalan rock band Bohemia Suburbana closed the show, some concertgoers were crushed as some tried to leave as others were entering the same place.
Nancy Quemé, who was at the concert, said there had been thousands of people there. “Because of the rain there was a lot of mud,” she said. “I think because of this the people couldn’t move and they fell.”
The lineup of bands had started playing Wednesday afternoon. She said that even in the early hours of Thursday there were still families with children there.
“They closed off the whole area and only left two access (points),” Quemé said. “The entrances seemed really small to me. I stayed pretty far back and decided to leave minutes before the end of the concert.”
Video circulating on social media platforms shows dozens of people smashing into others. Shouts can be heard called for people to stop pushing and to move to one side so those who fell could be rescued.
Amilcar Rivas, Quetzaltenango city manager, said that event organizers did not have a grip on security and crowd control. He said the event did have a permit.
Quetzaltenango, which holds Guatemala’s second largest independence celebration, is about 125 miles (200 kms) west of Guatemala City.
Guatemala is celebrating Thursday 201 years of independence from Spain. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-at-least-9-dead-in-stampede-at-concert-in-guatemala/ | 2022-09-16T01:18:37Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-at-least-9-dead-in-stampede-at-concert-in-guatemala/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN (AP) — A Berlin museum opens fully to the public this week with a very modern take on the display of cultural items from around the world and the debate over demands for some of them to be returned to their homelands.
The east wing of the Humboldt Forum contains items from the city’s Ethnological Museum and the Museum for Asian Art. It will display some 20,000 objects, among them dozens of Benin Bronzes that were stolen in Africa during colonial times — as well as an exhibit explaining to visitors how most of them are soon to return to Nigeria.
The east wing opened Thursday with a preview for reporters and will be open to the public starting Saturday. The west wing of the museum — located in the heart of of the German capital, next to the neoclassical Museum Island complex — opened in 2021. It also contains items from the two collections.
The objects on display offer a survey of the world’s cultures and have been chosen to place a new emphasis on the importance of art from Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas.
During the development of the exhibition, German curators worked closely together with teams from countries and regions where many of the objects originated.
“It was important for us to develop the narratives of these objects in cooperation with colleagues from all over the world,” said Hermann Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, an authority that oversees many of Berlin’s museums including the Humboldt Forum.
“This house was created through dialogue and exchange,” Parzinger added. “Our commitment to openness and transparency, the recognition of colonial injustice with resulting restitutions … will continue to define our work in the future.”
Earlier this year, Germany and Nigeria signed an agreement about the return of 514 objects from the famous Benin Bronzes collection that were looted from the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now southern Nigeria, by a British colonial expedition in 1897.
The artifacts ended up spread far and wide. Hundreds were sold to collections such as the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, which has one of the world’s largest groups of historical objects from the Kingdom of Benin. Many of them date from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
While the first pieces will be returned to Nigeria later this year, about a third of the collection will remain on loan in Berlin for an initial period of 10 years.
In one of the galleries, 40 of the Benin Bronzes will be presented at the opening. They include iconic cast bronze memorial heads, carved ivory tusks and rectangular relief plaques.
A second gallery is dedicated to illustrating the restitution process. In video installations, German and Nigerian scholars, artists and representatives of museums and the royal family in Benin City explain from multiple perspectives the history and significance of the objects and give their view on the current restitution debate.
Other objects that will be on display include a sixth-century Buddhist cave temple from Kizil, located near Kucha on the Northern Silk Road in China, an exhibition of textiles and pottery from Central Asia, and traditional buildings and houses from different regions in Oceania such as a meeting house from Palau from 1907, as well as a replica of an Abelam cult house from Papua New Guinea.
Several galleries are dedicated to art from the Americas. Among the highlights are large stone reliefs from the Aztecs, and a 16-square-meter (172-square-foot) painted cloth with inscriptions by Mixtec, Nahuatl and Choco artists from what is now the Mexican state of Oaxaca, which records social events spanning a period of more than 500 years.
In addition to the permanent exhibitions, there will be changing temporary exhibits.
Among those shown during the opening of the museum, is a collection of around 60 objects that was compiled by Francis La Flesche, a native American ethnologist who was born on the Omaha Reservation in the United States’ Midwest in 1857. La Flesche collected the items, such as clothes, decoration and ornaments on behalf of the Ethnological Museum in the 19th century hoping to preserve parts of his culture this way.
All in all, the collections of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum for Asian Art comprise about 500,000 objects, which were previously shown in museums in the city’s Dahlem district. Less than 3 percent will be on display in the Humboldt Forum.
Since the opening last year of the west wing of the Humboldt Forum — which is a partial replica of a Prussian palace that was demolished by East Germany’s communist government after World War II — more than 1.5 million people have visited.
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TORONTO (AP) — The man behind a series of fatal shootings in the Greater Toronto Area this week was likely looking to target a police officer, Canadian police said Thursday, as they asked for the public’s help in learning more about the gunman who killed a traffic officer and one other person.
Toronto police Const. Andrew Hong was killed while at a coffee shop in Mississauga, Ontario, on Monday before the same suspect killed an auto shop owner in Milton, Ontario, later that day. Another man injured in the Milton shooting is not expected to survive, police said.
The gunman, identified Thursday as 40-year-old Sean Petrie, died shortly after the shootings in a confrontation with police in Hamilton.
Petrie was at the Tim Hortons where Hong was killed for a little over two hours before the shooting took place, police said.
Peel region Det. Michael Mavity said he believes Hong was targeted.
“I believe he was looking for a police officer,” Mavity said.
Peel Region Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah added that investigators believe Petrie “was just waiting for someone in uniform.”
Duraiappah said Petrie had an “extensive” criminal record – with convictions for weapons offences, armed robbery and assault among others – and in 2007 was placed on a national flagging system as someone with a high risk to reoffend.
Petrie’s last conviction was in 2015 for a criminal driving infraction, police said, adding that they did not know much about Petrie’s life in the time leading up to the shootings.
“We have spoken to three immediate family members and … all of them have communicated that they had estranged relationship with Sean, as little as not being in contact for one year all the way up to hasn’t talked to them in five years” Duraiappah said. “Hence this vacuum of understanding of who he was connected with.”
Duraiappah said police are now asking members of the public for help gathering information on Petrie, particularly on his activity and lifestyle leading up to the shootings.
Monday’s shootings began in Mississauga, where Petrie parked his car near the Tim Hortons where Hong was killed. Police said they believed Petrie was living out of that car, a red Toyota Corolla.
Petrie waited at the Tim Hortons for two hours and 15 minutes before shooting Hong at close range in what police have called an ambush attack. Petrie then moved on to Milton, where he fatally shot Shakeel Ashraf, 38, at an auto shop.
Police said Petrie had worked for a short time at the auto shop, but don’t know whether he was employed at the time of the shooting.
Petrie shot three people – Ashraf and two others – at the auto shop. Halton Region Police Chief Steve Tanner said Thursday that a 28-year-old international exchange student working part-time at the auto shop is on life support and is “not expected to survive.”
“We are not releasing his name at this time out of respect to his family, but we anticipate doing so at a future date and time,” Tanner said.
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CUTE: Curious otter goes ‘ape’ over new friend
(CNN) – An otter was caught on camera going ape over a gibbon at a Chicago-area zoo.
Is it the beginning of a beautiful interspecies relationship?
The otters were being introduced to their new habitat at the Brookfield Zoo. It’s a habitat that’s home to small apes called gibbons. The gibbons live above in the treetops, while the otters are below in the water.
A 10-month-old pup went right up to Neubo, an 8-year-old male gibbon, and began sniffing his underarm area. He seemed especially intrigued by Neubo’s feet.
The curators of primates said this intermingling of species probably wouldn’t happen in the wild where other species represent a threat.
Otters are known as curious, intelligent and gregarious animals.
Tim Sullivan, the curator of primates at the Brookfield Zoo, witnessed the meeting.
“He was just kind of watching cautiously but was very comfortable with the otter kind of investigating him, smelling the hair on his chest,” Sullivan said.
Otters are tactile creatures. A different video showing them holding hands at the Vancouver Aquarium became a hit on the internet.
A couple of aquariums even put holes in their plexiglass so that otters and humans can do some interspecies handholding of their own.
For the otter and gibbon, it was a series of pecks, resembling kisses, that finally caused the gibbon to swing away. Apparently, he’s not that kind of swinger.
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Which outdoor dining chairs are best?
Outdoor dining chairs are a great addition to any outside space, from the front porch to the back deck. Whether you want to entertain guests or enjoy lounging outside, outside seating can let you expand your living space and liven up the area.
The best wooden dining chairs for outdoor use are the Christopher Knight Teague Outdoor Acacia Wood Dining Chairs. They’re durable, aesthetically pleasing and versatile enough for any space.
What to know before you buy outdoor dining chairs
Location and terrain
Before setting up an outside living space, consider the environment and terrain. This can affect the style, aesthetic, setup and type of furniture you get.
You can set up outdoor dining chairs and other furniture in many places, such as:
- On the porch.
- Beneath a large tree.
- On the patio or deck.
- Near a swimming pool.
- In a lounge area.
- Near a garden or greenhouse.
- By a firepit or outdoor portable campfire.
Wherever you put it, check the terrain. If the ground is uneven, it could make placing furniture tricky. Chairs, in particular, can more easily tip over or wobble when placed on rocky ground. The same goes for wet or slippery areas, such as by the pool or in a dip in the land.
It’s possible to place chairs and other dining furniture outside on uneven terrain, but this could require leveling out the area or adding support to the furniture’s feet or base.
Available space
Outdoor furniture takes up space, even smaller pieces such as dining chairs, so it’s a good idea to know how much room you have before filling it up. Measure the area to determine a few things, such as:
- How many chairs and other pieces of furniture you can easily fit.
- The ideal placement of the outdoor furniture.
- Any potential obstacles, such as a post or potted plants, which could limit the space.
- How many people you can realistically accommodate in the given space.
- How far back the chairs can go when pushed back or otherwise moved.
Once you have a rough idea of the available space, you can set up the furniture. Make adjustments as you go.
Weather and care
Outdoor dining chairs are usually made to handle general environmental conditions, such as rain or direct sunlight. That doesn’t mean they’re immune to damage, though. Common issues with outside furniture include:
- Sun damage from when ultraviolet rays hit the furniture. This could cause discoloration and fading. If the furniture is cheaply made, the sun and high heat could also melt or otherwise damage it. An outdoor umbrella could help prevent sun damage.
- Rust or rot when certain materials, such as wood, are exposed to frequent moisture. If you live in a rainy area or a place that hails or snows a lot, consider keeping the furniture covered.
- Mildew, a type of mold, is commonly found on outdoor furniture and can slowly ruin it.
- High temperatures can, among other things, cause furniture to expand, shrink or warp.
It’s often a good idea to store patio furniture in a covered space, such as a shed or in the garage, when not in use for long periods. This can extend its longevity and keep it in good condition for when you want to bring it back out. Additionally, clean the furniture regularly to prevent such issues as mildew or moisture damage.
What to look for in quality outdoor dining chairs
Style
Outdoor dining chairs come in different styles. Some have arms, and a few swivel. Many come with a cushioned seat and back for additional comfort. This cushion is often removable, making it easy to clean and replace if needed.
The designs and themes are limitless and include:
- Rattan garden furniture with woven patterns.
- Single or solid material and color.
- Minimalistic print or pattern (for example: geometric, floral and stripes).
- Rustic or vintage design or color.
- Contrasting frame and cushion colors or patterns.
- Different shapes for the cushion or seat.
Material
The material used in constructing the chairs is important because it affects everything from their durability to how comfortable they are. Common materials for the frame include:
- Wood: Teak, cypress and cedar are popular, and they are sometimes mixed with resin for a more natural appearance. Resin is used, especially in wicker furniture, because it is lightweight and resists environmental damage.
- Rattan: Popular in wicker weaves, rattan is durable but not water-resistant.
- Metal: Strong and long-lasting, common metals are stainless steel and aluminum. Metal can corrode or rust over time when it gets and stays wet. It can also heat up easily, making it uncomfortable to touch.
- Plastic: Although less durable in harsh weather, plastic chairs are often inexpensive. Some consist of high-density polyethylene, which is stronger.
The cushions often consist of synthetic materials somewhat resistant to weather damage. They include:
- Polyester.
- Acrylic.
- Polypropylene.
- Olefin.
Comfort
How comfortable the chairs are is especially important if you plan to sit in them for long periods. While some have cushions for extra support, not all do. Some use mesh that tailors itself to the way you sit. Others, such as metal or plastic chairs that don’t have cushions or mesh, can be uncomfortable to sit on. There are also ergonomic chairs, which can handle different postures and support the spine, arms, hips and legs.
Sets
It’s possible to buy individual outdoor dining chairs, but most come in sets of two to four.
Additional pieces
If you’re interested in sprucing up your outdoor space even more, here are some other pieces to add to your setup:
- Dining table.
- Footrests or ottomans.
- Benches.
- Standing umbrellas.
- Patio beds.
- Sofas.
- Side tables.
Many of these pieces serve two or more functions. Ottomans, for example, offer extra storage space. Umbrellas, meanwhile, can shield you and the furniture from the sun.
How much you can expect to spend on outdoor dining chairs
This depends on how many chairs are in the set, the materials and the build quality. A small set of outdoor dining chairs usually costs $100-$200. An individual chair could cost closer to $40-$60. Larger or more intricate sets go up to around $400.
Outdoor dining chairs FAQ
Can indoor dining chairs go outside?
A. Most indoor furniture is not designed for outdoor use. Their fabrics and other materials generally don’t resist things such as mold or sun damage. Placing inside chairs and other furniture outside could also lead to discoloration or deterioration.
Can I leave outdoor dining chairs outside all year?
A. Typically, yes. Be sure to cover the furniture during heavy rainfall, snow and hail. Winterizing outdoor furniture can also help preserve it much longer.
What are the best outdoor dining chairs to buy?
Top outdoor dining chairs
Christopher Knight Outdoor Acacia Wood Dining Chairs
What you need to know: These beautifully designed chairs are minimalistic and versatile enough for any outdoor space.
What you’ll love: This set’s two acacia chairs have a rich texture and are easy to assemble. They are also sturdy and can be positioned on uneven terrain.
What you should consider: The finish doesn’t resist heavy rainfall, snow or hail.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top outdoor dining chair for the money
Flash Furniture Black Rattan Indoor-Outdoor Stack Chairs
What you need to know: These rattan chairs are large enough for adults and go well with any outdoor dining table or furniture set.
What you’ll love: Available in four colors, including black and beige, these reliable chairs are lightweight and easy to position. They have a powder-coated metal frame that resists environmental damage. They come in sets of one, two and four.
What you should consider: The legs aren’t sturdy enough for rocky ground.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Kurz Stacking Patio Dining Armchair
What you need to know: This set of five stackable armchairs is perfect for entertaining guests outside.
What you’ll love: Constructed with powder-coated steel, these chairs are durable and can support up to 300 pounds. They have comfortable armrests and a breathable fabric back that keeps you from overheating during hot days.
What you should consider: They could start to rust if left outside in the rain for long.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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What we learned at Nintendo Direct
Nintendo Direct happened on Tuesday, Sept.13. Similar to an Apple Event, this is where the company informs the public what new and remastered products will be released in the near future. This Nintendo Direct was all about Nintendo Switch games. Dozens of releases were covered in the 45-minute event. Most of the news was about products that will be released in 2023. However, some are currently available for preorder and others are already available for purchase. Here’s the breakdown.
Nintendo games currently available for preorder
While these games are not out yet, you can preorder them now.
Tunic (Sept. 27)
This game features a fox that washes up on the shore of a ruined island. The only help the fox has is a manual that’s missing pages. Help the fox find the pages by traveling to interconnected realms and surviving dangerous monsters and traps.
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Oct. 20)
Freely roam worlds with Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Luigi and more to find coins, unlock secret paths, help the locals and earn rewards to grow stronger. Your goal is to defeat a malevolent entity to save your Spark friends.
Bayonetta 3 (Oct. 28)
In this new game, Bayonetta and her team are fighting to protect the world from invading manmade bio-weapons called Homunculi. It features old and new allies, as well as familiar abilities and new powers that will help you survive this demon-summoning adventure game.
Resident Evil Village Cloud (Oct. 28)
This is the eighth installment in the hugely popular survival horror franchise. It takes place a few years after Biohazard. Ethan and Mia Winters are living peacefully in a new location until tragedy befalls them once again. Resident Evil Biohazard, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 are also slated for release as cloud versions in the near future.
It Takes Two (Nov. 4)
Cody and May are not the kindest people, and through a bizarre turn of events, the quarrelsome couple has been turned into dolls. To return to their human forms, the two will need to work together to overcome many challenges in this creative two-player platform game.
Sifu (Nov. 8)
Sifu follows the journey of a young Kung Fu student who is hunting down the murderers of his family. He has a unique mastery of Kung Fu, but no allies. Each time he loses a battle, he grows older and weaker. Can he complete his quest before his time runs out?
Romancing SaGa – Minstrel Song – Remastered (Dec. 1)
Originally released nearly two decades ago, this remastered and upgraded version of the classic game features eight heroes on a journey to save the land of Mardias.
Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe (Feb. 24)
Nearly 30 years ago, Kirby’s Adventure was released. To help celebrate the milestone, you can preorder an upgraded version designed for up to four players. Besides Kirby’s familiar battle techniques, you can now use the new Mecha Copy Ability to blast foes from a distance. When you want to take a break from the adventure, there are new and returning sub-games to play.
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line (Feb. 26)
This rhythm action game has 385 carefully selected music tracks that have been chosen from the Final Fantasy series. Two players can compete locally or up to four players can play online. After the game launches, 90 more songs will be available.
New Nintendo games you can buy right now
There are two Nintendo Switch games that were announced at the most recent Nintendo Direct that are already available: Various Daylife and Radiant Silvergun.
Various Daylife
Various Daylife is the all-new RPG adventure that lets you increase character strength and magic through over 100 types of daily tasks. Players use these skills to battle monsters, bad weather and more as they trail blaze their way across the continent of Antoecia.
Radiant Silvergun
While this title mysteriously vanished from the North American store, it was announced on Tuesday as being available for purchase. We’re hoping this is just a temporary glitch, so we’re still including it in this article.
Radiant Silvergun (originally released in 1998) is the classic arcade shooting game where players navigate a ship to take down waves of attacking enemies. Defeat enemies to get bonus points and rack up a high score.
Upcoming Nintendo Switch game releases
Here are some of the games currently planned for release in late 2022 or 2023.
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
- Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star
- Oddballers
- Front Mission 1st: Remake
- Front Mission 2: Remake
- Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
- Octopath Traveler II
- Fae Farm
- Rune Factory 3 Special
- Factorio
- Ib
- Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End + the Secret Key
- Pilotwings 64
- Mario Party
- Mario Party 2
- Mario Party 3
- Pokemon Stadium
- Pokemon Stadium 2
- 1080º Snowboarding
- Excitebike 64
- Golden Eye
- Just Dance 2023 Edition
- Harvestella
- Life Is Strange: Arcadia Bay Collection
- Lego Bricktales
- Disney Speedstorm
- Fall Guys Season 2
- Cris Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
- Endless Dungeon
- Master Detectives Archives: Rain Code
- Tales of Symphonia Remastered
- Pikmin 4
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Nintendo Switch consoles
This is the standard Nintendo Switch. It offers up to nine hours of battery life (depending on software usage conditions) and has a 6.2-inch screen. You can connect up to eight consoles for local multiplayer gaming. Sold by Amazon
If all you’re interested in is handheld gaming, the Nintendo Switch Lite is the way to go. It’s compatible with any Nintendo Switch game that can be played in handheld mode.
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The OLED model of the Nintendo Switch gives you highly desirable features, such as a 7-inch OLED screen, a wired LAN port, 64GB of internal storage and enhanced speakers. It also has a built-in stand so you can adjust the console to your comfort in tabletop mode. Sold by Amazon
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday it would be “perfectly acceptable” for King Charles III to continue to advocate for climate change action in his new apolitical role as monarch.
Albanese was speaking ahead of his departure for Queen Elizabeth II ’s funeral.
Albanese said the new king would decide whether he continues to advocate for reduced greenhouse gas emissions, as he has done for years as a prince.
“It’s important that the monarchy distance from party political issues. But there are issues like climate change where I think if he chooses to continue to make statements in that area, I think that is perfectly acceptable,” Albanese said. “It should be something that’s above politics, the need to act on climate change.”
The British monarch is also Australia’s head of state.
In his first speech as king last week, Charles suggested he would be more circumspect as monarch and step back from his advocacy on a range of issues.
The lifelong environmentalist said he was confident that work on “the issues for which I care so deeply” would “go on in the trusted hands of others.”
Albanese’s new center-left Labor Party government has enshrined in law a target to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 42% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade.
Under the previous conservative government, Australia had been branded a laggard on climate action over its target to reduce emissions by only 26% to 28% by 2030.
Australia said it was helping officials from Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Samoa and a fifth unnamed British Commonwealth nation in the Oceania region to travel to London for the funeral on Monday.
But those officials are not flying on the same Royal Australian Air Force plane as Albanese, his partner Jodie Haydon, Governor-General David Hurley and his wife Linda Hurley. They are accompanied by nine so-called “everyday Australians,” including wheelchair tennis star Dylan Alcott, who have been invited by Buckingham Palace.
There were supposed to be 10 everyday citizens, but racehorse trainer Chris Waller decided against going to the funeral because a close contact had caught COVID-19.
Horse trainer Gai Waterhouse and her bookmaker husband, Robbie Waterhouse, who are also guests of the palace, are flying with the prime minister because they informed Albanese’s office on Wednesday that they couldn’t book a commercial flight because of heavy demand.
The Australian government has not released details of how it is assisting leaders of Pacific island neighbors to travel to London.
Some likely traveled on a second air force Boeing 737 jet that left Sydney on Thursday.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape and Governor-General Bob Dadae, who represents the monarch, arrived in London on Wednesday, the Papua New Guinea government said.
The Solomon Islands will be represented by its governor-general, David Vunagi, who left the country on Wednesday, that government said.
Tuvalu will be represented by Prime Minister Kausea Natanopo and Governor-General Tofiga Vaevalu Falani. Samoan Head of State Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II will also attend, government officials said.
Albanese’s government wants an Australian president to replace the British monarch as Australia’s head of state.
But Albanese said holding a referendum on creating an Australian republic is “not feasible” during his government’s first three-year term in office. His said his priority is a referendum that would acknowledge in the constitution that Indigenous people were living in Australia before British settlers arrived in 1788.
“Regardless of people’s views about other issues — the constitution and our system of government — I think it’s impossible to not respect the extraordinary job and dedication to service that her majesty showed,” Albanese said.
Albanese has meetings arranged with the king, British Prime Minister Liz Truss and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the weekend before the funeral.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said Thursday that a prehistoric human skeleton found recently in a flooded cave system along the country’s Caribbean coast was actually registered by the institute in 2019 and would not be threatened by a nearby tourist train project.
Earlier this week, archaeologist Octavio del Rio said he and fellow diver Peter Broger saw the shattered skull and skeleton partly covered by sediment in a cave. They reported it to the institute, which had not publicly spoken of the find until its statement Thursday.
“The referenced skeleton corresponds to a 2019 discovery and is fully registered and identified as part of the Holocene Archaeology program,” the institute said. It added that scientific analysis had still not been carried out on the remains, but that it was 400 yards (meters) from the path of the government’s Maya Train project and was not threatened.
Del Rio, who has worked with the institute in the past but who is not currently affiliated, said Thursday the fact that the discovery was made in 2019, but still had not been analyzed, illustrated how long it takes to explore and investigate the extensive cave systems in the train’s path.
“This proves the area’s archaeological potential for investigation of the first settlers of America, and what there still is to discover,” Del Rio said.
He had said the skeleton was about 8 meters (26 feet) underwater, about a half-kilometer (a third of a mile) into the cave system.
Given the distance from the cave entrance, the skeleton couldn’t have gotten there without modern diving equipment, so it must be over 8,000 years old, Del Rio had earlier said, referring to the era when rising sea levels flooded the caves.
Some of the oldest human remains in North America have been discovered in the sinkhole caves known as “cenotes” on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, and experts say some of those caves are threatened by the Mexican government’s Maya Train tourism project.
Del Rio feared that even if the train did not pass directly over the site, its construction could damage or contaminate the cave system.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is racing to finish his Maya Train project in the remaining two years of his term over the objections of environmentalists, cave divers and archaeologists. They say his haste will allow little time to study the ancient remains.
Activists say the heavy, high-speed rail project will fragment the coastal jungle and will run often above the fragile limestone caves, which — because they are flooded, twisty and often incredibly narrow — can take decades to explore.
Caves along part of the coast already have been damaged by construction above them, with cement pilings used to support the weight above.
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Roger Federer never let ’em see him sweat.
He played tennis with a style that only rarely betrayed the effort behind the masterful serving, the rare-in-its-day attacking and the flawless footwork. He was not one to grunt loudly on shots or celebrate wildly after them.
The way he wielded a racket helped him to win, yes, and win a lot, to the tune of 20 Grand Slam championships — a half-dozen more than any man before him — across a 15-year stretch, and 103 tournament titles in all, plus a Davis Cup trophy and Olympic medals for Switzerland, and spend week after week at No. 1 in the rankings. It also helped him manage to avoid serious injuries for so long and achieve the consistent excellence over decades he prized.
“Every time people write me off, or try to write me off, I’m able to bounce back,” Federer once said in an interview with The Associated Press. On Thursday, at a little more than a month past his 41st birthday and after a series of knee operations, he announced that there would be no more comebacks.
It is a loss for tennis, to be sure, and a loss for the sports world. The news arrives less than two weeks after Serena Williams, who owns 23 Grand Slam singles titles, played what she indicated would be the last match of her own illustrious career shortly before she turns 41.
“Some depart, others come and the world keeps going,” one of Federer’s great rivals, Rafael Nadal, said recently. “It’s a natural cycle.”
OK, the world will keep going. But tennis will not be the same.
Not without Williams, who was feted at the just-concluded U.S. Open. And not without Federer, whose last tournament came last year at Wimbledon, and whose final appearance on court will be next week in London at the Laver Cup, a team event his management group founded.
Tennis will miss Federer, the player. And Federer, the statesman and ambassador who spoke several languages. And Federer, the instantly recognizable global pitchman who brought his sport to places all over the world that didn’t even have tournaments through exhibitions to raise money for his charitable foundation.
Once a tantrum-throwing kid — on the court and off, where he would overturn a chess table when losing to his father — who grew up admiring basketball stars such as Michael Jordan and soccer players more than tennis players, Federer became a symbol of his sport and someone known as much for the way he carried himself as the hardware he accumulated.
“He was the epitome of a champion; class, grace, humility, beloved by everyone,” Hall of Famer Chris Evert wrote on Twitter.
He became friends with Vogue editor Anna Wintour and showed up at the Met Gala. He had a special jacket with a gold “15” on it to don right there on Centre Court after winning Wimbledon in 2009 to break Pete Sampras’ men’s mark of 14 career major trophies. He kept playing, and winning, well past an age that is customary for that sort of thing in tennis, to the point that his two sets of twins — now ages 13 and 8 — eventually were able to be present in courtside guest boxes. He returned after left knee surgery in 2016, the first significant absence of his career, and used a larger racket head and a rebuilt backhand to collect his last three Slams.
“There won’t be anybody like him,” said Tony Godsick, Federer’s agent since 2005. “There will be people who will win more tournaments or will have more Grand Slams. There will always be a new No. 1. There will always be someone holding a trophy up. But no one has had such a big impact and will continue to have such a big impact.”
When it came to defining success, Federer cared about longevity as much as anything. He was proud of facing — and defeating — stars from an earlier generation (Sampras and Andre Agassi), from his own generation (Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Marat Safin), from the next generation (Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka) and from the current crop (Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas).
He chased the first group, dominated the second, dueled with the third — Nadal, with 22, and Djokovic with 21, eventually surpassed Federer’s Grand Slam total — and set an example for the fourth.
Aside from those major trophies won from 2003 to 2018, Federer put together unprecedented stretches of elite play, appearing in 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals (and 18 of 19), along with 23 semifinals and 36 quarterfinals in a row.
His contests against Nadal, now 36, and Djokovic, 35, were happenings, tantalizing matchups against a backdrop of differing ways of play and contrasting personalities.
“I was lucky enough to play so many epic matches that I will never forget,” Federer wrote in the section of his goodbye post addressed to his competitors. “We battled fairly, with passion and intensity, and I always tried my best to respect the history of the game. I feel extremely grateful. We pushed each other, and together we took tennis to new levels.”
Predicted to be a star from the time he won the Wimbledon junior title as a teenager — a sentiment that only built when he stunned Sampras in the fourth round there in 2001 — it took Federer a little time to get pointed in the right direction: He did not win a quarterfinal match in his first 16 Grand Slam appearances.
There were six first-round exits in that span, including at the 2003 French Open. So then came this concern: Might Federer not quite be as good as he, and others, thought?
It all came together at Wimbledon that year, where Federer claimed his first Grand Slam title at the tournament that always meant the most to him. And off he went.
“There was pressure from all sides; also from myself. I wanted to do better in Slams,” Federer said that day. “I’ve always believed, but then in the end, when it happens, you don’t think that it is possible. It’s an absolute dream for me. I was always joking around when I was a boy: ’I’m going to win this.’”
He would end up with those men’s-record eight at Wimbledon, plus six at the Australian Open, five at the U.S. Open and one at the French Open. He is one of eight men with a career Grand Slam, holds the records for most consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the ATP computerized rankings and for oldest to get there, and set a mark for most total weeks that Djokovic eclipsed.
If anyone worried that Federer is gone for good, one of those athletes who wants to disappear after the playing days are done, he concluded his farewell note with these words: “To the game of tennis: I love you and will never leave you.”
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SUGAR GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau insisted he has no regrets about his decision to jump from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series.
“I couldn’t be happier to be over here,” he said. “I have no buyer’s remorse.”
The 2020 U.S. Open champion called it the biggest decision he has made besides choosing his agent and added he has the “ultimate respect” for the PGA Tour and the opportunities it provided him.
DeChambeau spoke Thursday at Rich Harvest Farms in suburban Chicago, best known for hosting the Solheim Cup in 2009. It’s where the fifth LIV Golf event and fourth on U.S. soil is being held this weekend.
He is part of a field of 48 that includes Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia. Players on 12 teams of four will compete for points and prize money in a 54-hole stroke-play format with no cut and shotgun starts. The purse is $25 million, with $4 million going to the individual winner and $3 million to the winning team.
“What LIV Golf has provided is something new and unique, different, and with that to be said, there’s going to be some disruption and people aren’t going to like it, and I respect every single person that doesn’t think it’s good for the game of golf,” DeChambeau said. “I understand it, but I hope they are open-minded enough to go, you know what, let me just give it a chance, and if you give it a chance, you might see something pretty cool.”
The breakaway series remains a source of controversy.
DeChambeau and Mickelson along with several other players and LIV Golf are involved in an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, claiming it has used monopoly power to try to squash competition and has unfairly suspended players. Players who did not resign their PGA Tour memberships were suspended for competing in LIV events, and most of those suspensions are through March 2024.
There’s also the issue of where the funding is coming from, given Saudi Arabia’s human rights record. Critics say the players are essentially taking blood money.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat, is one of them. The Majority Whip and Senate Judiciary Committee chairman tweeted Thursday he was not happy to have the event in his state.
“This weekend, a golf glove will try and cover a blood-stained hand as the LIV golf tournament comes to Chicago in the Saudi government’s continued, desperate attempt to clean up its image,” Durbin wrote.
The players tried to avoid politics and keep the focus on golf.
“Everybody is obviously entitled to their opinion,” Anirban Lahiri said. “I have mine. But I don’t think it’s relevant. My golf is relevant. What we do with our actions for the community here are relevant. Those are all visible, and I think that’s what people need to see. That’s what people need to focus on because there’s a lot of good happening, but no one is talking about it.”
Joaquin Niemann, playing his second LIV event, sees the series helping “grow the game in a good way doing this team format.”
“It’s getting so exciting,” he added. “I’ve been loving it.”
DeChambeau hopes the PGA Tour and LIV Golf come together someday and allow players to compete on both tours. He insisted his goal is not to overtake the PGA Tour.
DeChambeau would love nothing more than to compete in the Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, next weekend. But because he made the jump, that won’t happen.
“I personally think that the team events are only hurting themselves by not allowing us to play, not allowing us to qualify through some capacity, in some facet,” he said.
Instead, he’ll watch the Presidents Cup from afar.
“I’m a golf fan, first and foremost,” DeChambeau said. “I’m going to watch golf wherever it’s played with some of the best players in the world, whoever it is. I think down the road that’ll change. I think that this will become something special, even more special than what it is now, and moving forward in the future, I’ll still watch other tournaments that I’ve won and done well at before.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, the White House announced Thursday.
“He wanted to let them know that they remain front of mind and that his team is working on this every day, on making sure that Brittney and Paul return home safely,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at Thursday’s press briefing at the White House.
The separate meetings are to be the first in-person encounter between Biden and the families and are taking place amid sustained but so far unsuccessful efforts by the administration to secure the Americans’ release. The administration said in July that it had made a “substantial proposal” to get them home, but despite plans for the White House meetings, there is no sign a breakthrough is imminent.
“While I would love to say that the purpose of this meeting is to inform the families that the Russians have accepted our offer and we are bringing their loved ones home — that is not what we’re seeing in these negotiations at this time,” Jean-Pierre said.
She added: “The Russians should accept our offer. The Russians should accept our offer today.”
Griner has been held in Russia since February on drug-related charges. She was sentenced last month to nine years in prison after pleading guilty and has appealed the punishment. Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence on espionage-related charges that he and his family say are false. The U.S. government regards both as wrongfully detained, placing their cases with the office of its top hostage negotiator.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the unusual step of announcing two months ago that the administration had made a substantial proposal to Russia. Since then, U.S officials have continued to press that offer in hopes of getting serious negotiations underway, and have been following up through the same channel that produced an April prisoner swap that brought Marine veteran Trevor Reed home from Russia, said a senior administration official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in advance of Thursday’s formal announcement.
The negotiations, already strained because of tense relations between Washington and Moscow over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have also been complicated by Russia’s apparent resistance to the proposal the Americans put on the table.
The Russians, who have indicated that they are open to negotiations but have chided the Americans to conduct them in private, have come back with suggestions that are not within the administration’s ability to deliver, said the administration official, declining to elaborate.
The administration has not provided specifics about its proposal, but a person familiar with the matter previously confirmed it had offered to release Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer who is imprisoned in the U.S. and who has long been sought by Moscow. It is also possible that, in the interests of symmetry, Russia might insist on having two of its citizens released from prison.
Biden spoke by phone in July with Griner’s wife, Cherelle, and with Whelan’s sister, Elizabeth, but both families have also requested in-person meetings. On Friday, Biden plans to speak at the White House with Cherelle Griner and with the player’s agent in one meeting and with Elizabeth Whelan in the other, according to the official.
The meetings are being done separately so as to ensure that each family has private time with the president. But the fact that they are happening on the same day shows the extent to which the two cases have become intertwined since the only deal that is presumably palatable to the U.S. is one that gets both Americans — a famous WNBA player and a Michigan man who until recently was little known to the public — home together at the same time,
In the past several months, representatives of both families have expressed frustration over what they perceived as a lack of aggressive action and coordination from the administration.
Cherelle Griner, for instance, told The Associated Press in an interview in June that she was dismayed after the failure of a phone call from her wife that was supposed to have been patched through by the American Embassy in Moscow left the couple unable to connect on their fourth anniversary.
Whelan’s relatives have sought to keep attention on his case, anxious that it has been overshadowed in the public eye by the focus on the far more prominent Griner — a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time WNBA all-star. They also conveyed disappointment when Whelan, despite having been held in Russia since December 2018, was not included in a prisoner swap last April that brought home Reed.
Friday’s meetings were scheduled before news broke this week of an unconnected trip to Russia by Bill Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who has been a veteran emissary in hostage and detainee cases. Administration officials reacted coolly to that trip, with State Department spokesman Ned Price saying Wednesday that dialogue with Russia outside the “established channel” risks hindering efforts to get Griner and Whelan home.
Administration officials say work on hostage and detainee cases persists regardless of whether a family receives a meeting with the president, though there is also no question such an encounter can help establish a meaningful connection.
Biden met in the Oval Office in March with Reed’s parents after the Texas couple stood with a large sign outside the White House calling for their son’s release. The following month, he returned home.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, the White House announced Thursday.
“He wanted to let them know that they remain front of mind and that his team is working on this every day, on making sure that Brittney and Paul return home safely,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at Thursday’s press briefing at the White House.
The separate meetings are to be the first in-person encounter between Biden and the families and are taking place amid sustained but so far unsuccessful efforts by the administration to secure the Americans’ release. The administration said in July that it had made a “substantial proposal” to get them home, but despite plans for the White House meetings, there is no sign a breakthrough is imminent.
“While I would love to say that the purpose of this meeting is to inform the families that the Russians have accepted our offer and we are bringing their loved ones home — that is not what we’re seeing in these negotiations at this time,” Jean-Pierre said.
She added: “The Russians should accept our offer. The Russians should accept our offer today.”
Griner has been held in Russia since February on drug-related charges. She was sentenced last month to nine years in prison after pleading guilty and has appealed the punishment. Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence on espionage-related charges that he and his family say are false. The U.S. government regards both as wrongfully detained, placing their cases with the office of its top hostage negotiator.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the unusual step of announcing two months ago that the administration had made a substantial proposal to Russia. Since then, U.S officials have continued to press that offer in hopes of getting serious negotiations underway, and have been following up through the same channel that produced an April prisoner swap that brought Marine veteran Trevor Reed home from Russia, said a senior administration official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in advance of Thursday’s formal announcement.
The negotiations, already strained because of tense relations between Washington and Moscow over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have also been complicated by Russia’s apparent resistance to the proposal the Americans put on the table.
The Russians, who have indicated that they are open to negotiations but have chided the Americans to conduct them in private, have come back with suggestions that are not within the administration’s ability to deliver, said the administration official, declining to elaborate.
The administration has not provided specifics about its proposal, but a person familiar with the matter previously confirmed it had offered to release Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer who is imprisoned in the U.S. and who has long been sought by Moscow. It is also possible that, in the interests of symmetry, Russia might insist on having two of its citizens released from prison.
Biden spoke by phone in July with Griner’s wife, Cherelle, and with Whelan’s sister, Elizabeth, but both families have also requested in-person meetings. On Friday, Biden plans to speak at the White House with Cherelle Griner and with the player’s agent in one meeting and with Elizabeth Whelan in the other, according to the official.
The meetings are being done separately so as to ensure that each family has private time with the president. But the fact that they are happening on the same day shows the extent to which the two cases have become intertwined since the only deal that is presumably palatable to the U.S. is one that gets both Americans — a famous WNBA player and a Michigan man who until recently was little known to the public — home together at the same time,
In the past several months, representatives of both families have expressed frustration over what they perceived as a lack of aggressive action and coordination from the administration.
Cherelle Griner, for instance, told The Associated Press in an interview in June that she was dismayed after the failure of a phone call from her wife that was supposed to have been patched through by the American Embassy in Moscow left the couple unable to connect on their fourth anniversary.
Whelan’s relatives have sought to keep attention on his case, anxious that it has been overshadowed in the public eye by the focus on the far more prominent Griner — a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time WNBA all-star. They also conveyed disappointment when Whelan, despite having been held in Russia since December 2018, was not included in a prisoner swap last April that brought home Reed.
Friday’s meetings were scheduled before news broke this week of an unconnected trip to Russia by Bill Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who has been a veteran emissary in hostage and detainee cases. Administration officials reacted coolly to that trip, with State Department spokesman Ned Price saying Wednesday that dialogue with Russia outside the “established channel” risks hindering efforts to get Griner and Whelan home.
Administration officials say work on hostage and detainee cases persists regardless of whether a family receives a meeting with the president, though there is also no question such an encounter can help establish a meaningful connection.
Biden met in the Oval Office in March with Reed’s parents after the Texas couple stood with a large sign outside the White House calling for their son’s release. The following month, he returned home.
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GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Rory McIlroy’s first competitive round on next year’s Ryder Cup course was a success.
The four-time major champion holed out an approach shot for an eagle en route to a 4-under 67 for a share of the clubhouse lead in the opening round of the Italian Open on Thursday at the Marco Simone club outside Rome.
After producing only one birdie on his opening nine holes — having starting his round on the back nine — McIlroy shot up the leaderboard when he landed his second shot from 115 yards on the par-4 third a few feet from the hole. The ball then rolled in and McIlroy lifted his arms in delight as he watched from afar back up the fairway.
“That eagle obviously ignited something and sort of kick started my round a little bit,” McIlroy said. “I played some really good golf on the way in. I played the more difficult nine well and the easier nine not so well, so probably evened out. Just need to tidy up a few things going into the next few days.”
McIlroy was tied for the lead with five other players: Gavin Green of Malaysia, Adri Arnaus of Spain, Scott Jamieson of Scotland, Eddie Pepperell of England and Antoine Rozner of France.
U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick was one stroke ahead at 5 under through 15 holes when play was suspended because of darkness.
Defending champion Nicolai Højgaard, who played in a group with McIlroy and two-time Italian Open champion Francesco Molinari, finished one stroke behind the leaders.
McIlroy went 5 under over his final seven holes.
The start of play was delayed for an hour because of lightning and conditions remained blustery throughout the day.
On the par-5 626-yard 18th, McIlroy drove his tee shot into high grass and had to chip out into the fairway before eventually sinking a 20-foot putt to save par.
“If you get it going off line here off the tee it’s very, very difficult,” McIlroy said. “The rough is incredibly thick and there’s sort of jungle outside of that if you get a play way off line.”
McIlroy has finished first and second, respectively in his previous two tournaments, the Tour Championship in Atlanta and the BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth, England, last week.
“If I can get the ball in the fairway the next three days, I should have a chance,” he said.
While Molinari struggled to a 2-over 73, Filippo Celli impressed for host Italy in his professional debut by placing two strokes behind the leaders. The 22-year-old Roman won the silver medal for best amateur at this year’s British Open, claimed the European amateur title and recently helped Italy win the Eisenhower Trophy — the world amateur team championship.
From Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, 2023, Marco Simone will become the third venue in continental Europe to host the Ryder Cup after Valderrama in Spain (1997) and Le Golf National in France (2018).
Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald and vice captains Thomas Bjørn and Edoardo Molinari are expecting feedback from McIlroy and others on how to set up the course to Europe’s advantage.
“I think stats-wise, you look at the American Team, they are very good sort of from 150 (yards) in, so try to set the golf course up so it’s a challenge to get your tee shots within that range,” McIlroy said. “Even this year compared to last year, some of the tee shots have been brought in and the rough has been brought in on either sides. You’ve got bunkers that you can carry at 300 or 310 but the angle it’s created is very, very tight and you’re hitting into smaller windows.
“By forcing people to play more conservative off the tee, I think that helps the Europeans a little bit.”
Donald, Bjørn, the Molinari brothers, McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Fitzpatrick and Tyrrell Hatton ate dinner together Wednesday.
“It was good,” McIlroy said, “to catch up and talk about the golf course.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nike released the United States’ World Cup jerseys Thursday, including a mostly white design for home matches that was criticized in advance by a pair of American players and some fans.
The home jerseys have red and blue stripes on each sleeve, somewhat similar to the stripes down each side of the Americans’ 2002 World Cup uniforms.
“We just as angry as y’all !!!” forward Tim Weah wrote last month after a version of the home jersey was posted online.
“Tried to tell them,” midfielder Weston McKennie wrote.
The bright blue away jersey has an ice-dying technique somewhat akin to a tie-dye pattern.
More than 100 people signed a change.org online petition calling for different designs.
“I rate it in the middle,” American midfielder Yunus Musah said during an Aug. 25 conference call. putting his right thumb sideways. “It’s not there,” he said with a thumbs up, then flipping to a thumbs down, “or there. It’s the middle.”
Donald Wine, a national board member of the American Outlaws supporters group, said he likely will purchase one of the new jerseys but hoped Nike and the U.S. Soccer Federation would take criticism into account in future designs. Wine said fans prefer a more distinctive look the team could become known for, such as Croatia’s adoption of a checkerboard pattern.
As an example, Wine cited the red and white horizontal stripes of the 2012-13 U.S. jersey that became known as Waldo, after the character’s attire in a children’s book.
“The outcry is not necessarily over the design of the jersey, or at least lack of design on the home, but it’s about the fact that I think a lot of people are looking for a jersey identity to call their own,” Wine said. “I am one of those people who have been long in the team Waldo camp for it being a permanent national team jersey. I think in the end people just want a jersey identity and these don’t do that. ”
Aaron Barnett, senior product director of Nike global football apparel, said Rolando Cruz, the apparel product line manager, coordinated with the USSF on the design.
“We know that our products always will elicit response,” Barnett said. “We’ve been doing products for multiple sports, not just soccer. And so we’re going to have some athletes that are super-excited about it and some they’re not excited about. And that’s just the balance that you always have in the process.”
The U.S. is back in the World Cup for this year’s tournament in Qatar after failing to qualify for 2018. The Americans open Nov. 21 against Wales
Barnett said most of the jersey manufacturing takes place in Asia. He said he did not know whether the workers who manufactured the kits were unionized.
Nike took over as the USSF equipment supplier in 1995 from Adidas, which had provided uniforms since 1973. The USSF announced a longterm extension with Nike last November without specifying a length.
Nike released the jerseys of 12 of its 13 World Cup teams Thursday: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, France, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. The company delayed announcing England’s designs until Sept. 21 following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Adidas supplies seven — Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Spain and Wales — and Puma six — Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, Serbia, Switzerland and Uruguay.
New Balance has Costa Rica and Panama, while four brands have one each Errea (Iceland), Hummel (Denmark), Marathon (Ecuador) and Majid (Iran).
Defending champion France has jerseys inspired by Toile de Jouy fabric that includes subtle prints of famous landmarks, such as the Arc de Triomphe, the Old Mill of Vernon, a Romanesque tower
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers placed star outside linebacker T.J. Watt on injured reserve Thursday, meaning he will miss a minimum of four games while recovering from a left pectoral injury.
The Steelers already had ruled Watt out for Sunday’s visit by New England. The NFL’s reigning defensive player of the year sustained the injury in the fourth quarter of last week’s overtime victory against Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said earlier in the week that Watt’s injury wasn’t as bad as initially feared. Watt received multiple opinions during the week and does not need surgery, which opened the door for him to return at some point this season.
The Steelers filled Watt’s spot on the 53-man roster by signing David Anenih off Tennessee’s practice squad. Anenih spent training camp with the Titans after being signed as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Houston. Tennessee waived Anenih before signing him to the practice squad.
Anenih collected 20 1/2 sacks in four seasons with the Cougars.
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Ophelia Williams was taking her granddaughter to school Thursday morning when her cell phone rang. It was a female FBI agent she knew.
“She just said, ‘Ophelia,’” William recalled. “I was like, ‘Why are you calling me so early in the morning? She said, ‘I have good news to tell you.’”
The agent told her something Williams had been waiting for since the late 1990s.
“She said, ‘I just arrested Roger Golubski.’ So I screamed,” Williams said. “I couldn’t believe it. I was like, ‘Quit playin.'' She said, ‘For real, I put handcuffs on him.’ I started crying.”
Williams is identified as “O.W.” in the federal indictment filed Thursday after Golubski was arrested by the FBI at his Edwardsville home about 6:30 a.m. KCUR is using Williams’ name with her permission.
Golubski faces six counts of depriving Williams and another woman, identified as “S.K.,” of their civil rights through rape, sexual assault and kidnapping.
Williams had been working with the agent for some time, as the FBI investigation goes back until at least 2019.
“I was like, ‘Thank you, thank you,’ and she was like, ‘No, thank you. You did this,’” Williams said. “I was just devastated, so happy.”
Williams, 60, joined social justice advocates and the families of other victims Thursday evening at a bar in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, despite her fear of Wyandotte County. (She now lives in Kansas City, Missouri.) She had a margarita and, along with about a dozen others, toasted to the arrest of a man accused of preying on Black women for decades.
Leading the toasts was Rev. Rick Behrens, pastor at Grandview Park Presbyterian Church and board member of the social justice organization MORE2.
"So we give thanks to God and everybody who’s worked and everybody who’s put in the effort to put this super-predator away, for as long as possible, forever," Behrens said.
Williams has said Golubski started his sexual attacks on her in August 1999, after KCKPD arrested her twin 14-year-old sons for a double homicide. Golubski told her he could help her with her sons’ cases, but he raped her in her home. The indictment says Golubski returned to assault Williams repeatedly from September 1999 through December 2002.
Over the years, Williams said, she was bolstered by her faith in God, who she says gave her patience.
“It’s still not over because he got arrested. He’s gotta get convicted,” Williams said of Golubski. “And my boys need to come home. And Roger Golubski should pay his debt that he owe.”
Williams also said no one listened to her and many other Black women who say Golubski assault them for one reason.
“Why? Because I’m Black,” she said. “Because I’m Black. He kept doin’ it and doin’ it.”
Other women who say they were victimized by Golubski on Thursday expressed relief but said the news was bittersweet because he hasn’t been held accountable for other cases.
Saundra Newsom is the mother of Doniel Quinn, who was killed in an April 1994 double homicide in Kansas City, Kansas. Lamonte McIntyre, then a 17-year-old high school student, was charged with the crime and wrongfully convicted; he spent 23 years in prison before his exoneration and release in 2017. Williams filed an affidavit in his case, one of more than 70 women McIntyre’s lawyers say were victimized by Golubski.
On Thursday, Newsom said she was happy for Williams and the other woman named in the indictment. But she also said she hopes all the people in the Kansas City, Kansas, criminal justice system who knew what Golubski was doing will be brought to justice and made to pay — financially — for what they ignored.
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As part of Montclair State University's Democracy Day nationwide collaborative, Up To Date looked at the state of democracy in Kansas and Missouri.
Our focus was on three areas: candidates' refusal to engage with each other in public forums; redistricting; and voter laws.
Panelists highlighted signs of eroding institutional trust, disenfranchisement and concentration of power in both states.
- Eli Yokley, senior reporter covering politics and campaigns, Morning Consult
- Bob Beatty, professor and chair, political science department, Washburn University
- Stephanie Clayton (D-District 19), Kansas State Representative
- Peverill Squire, Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions, University of Missouri
- Greg Vonnahme, chair of the department of political science, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Janet Milkovich, president, Johnson County League of Women Voters | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-09-15/how-democracy-is-under-threat-in-kansas-and-missouri | 2022-09-16T01:26:22Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-09-15/how-democracy-is-under-threat-in-kansas-and-missouri | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cheryl Notman, left, a member from Epsilon Chapter Alpha Delta Kappa, awards Rock Springs resident Saydee Willson a $500 scholarship check to help continue her studies in education.
Photo Courtesy of Epsilon Chapter Alpha Delta Kappa
ROCK SPRINGS -- Members of Epsilon Chapter Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary teachers’ organization, met Sept. 10, at the home of Joy Christain. Christain, Edna Larsen and Susan Magnuson served as hostesses for the regularly scheduled business meeting. The meeting marked the beginning of a new biennium with various members assuming new duties as officers and committee chairmen.
President Marguerite Russold conducted several items of business following the summer hiatus in meetings, including presenting Misty Walker with her badge after her recent initiation into the organization.
Members learned that Epsilon Chapter received the Seven Pearl status for the past year. Seven Pearl chapters must complete seven steps including timely completion of all forms, attendance at various state and regional functions, and initiating new members.
Mendi Maes explained the World Understanding project entitled Project C.H.E.A.R. The acronym stands for (Making a) Children’s Home with Education and Agriculture a Reality. Located in Babati, Tanzania, the international project will raise money to build dormitories, classrooms, a library and media center, a kitchen, and offices. There will be an area for gardening and fruit trees where children will learn skills to be self-sufficient.
Over the summer, the chapter scholarship was awarded to Saydee Willson. The scholarship, in the amount of five hundred dollars, will help Willson continue her education in the pursuit of an elementary education degree.
State President and Epsilon member Joy Christain discussed her theme of “Sharing the Joy of Alpha Delta Kappa.” Christain also explained her state altruistic project, which is raising money to help support the Giving Pack Program organized by students at Rock Springs High School. The program provides weekend meals and snacks to students whose families are in need. Christain also invited members to the fall training which will be held September 17th.
Christain and Magnuson also spoke about their trip to Hawaii this past summer to attend the Northwest/Southwest Regional Conference.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Mendi Maes won the raffle basket. The funds raised each month for the raffle are used to finance the chapter scholarship.
The next meeting will be held Oct. 1, at the home of Dena Lyon. Members will celebrate Founders’ Day at that time. Additional members present included Kari Lowinske, Mariah Castro, Paula Mahaffey, Janelle Parton, Alissa Ekdahl, Cheryl Notman, Amanda Buel, Candace Foster. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/epsilon-starts-a-new-year/article_29e7e38a-354d-11ed-9079-5f23d591834e.html | 2022-09-16T01:31:06Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/epsilon-starts-a-new-year/article_29e7e38a-354d-11ed-9079-5f23d591834e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dolores M Gunn 1932-Dolores Marcene Gunn (“Teed” or “Dee”) passed away peacefully on September 9th, 2022 in Surprise, Arizona just shy of what would have been her 90th birthday. Dolores was born in Burr Oak, Kansas on October 1, 1932 to Orville Scott and Marguerite Rouse Peters. Dolores graduated from Edgar, Nebraska in 1951, where she excelled as a Cheerleader. Shortly after High School she moved to Denver, Colorado. In Denver, Dolores reconnected with the love of her life, Billy Gunn, who was also from Edgar, Nebraska and the two were married on April 6th, 1952. Dolores eventually became a skilled bookkeeper, while Billy began his career with the Union Pacific Railroad. The railroad allowed them numerous travels and finally settling in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Dolores was an avid golfer, enjoyed playing cards, antiques, making quilts and laughing at funny stories while visiting with her grandchildren. Dolores seemed to be most comfortable on the golf course, whether it be in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Oakley, Kansas or Snow Birding in Arizona. She golfed in nine different states with her sister. Dolores was extremely proud of her grandchildren and great grandchildren, never hesitating to brag on them. She is survived by her daughters, Kelly Belden (Brad) and Kimberly Siler (Jimmy Dean); her sister Sharon Hauschild, five grandchildren: Scott, Jill, Austin, Casey and Caitlin; also four great-grandchildren: Clay, Logan, Emery, Ellie and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Billy; her son, Scotty; two brothers, Lamar and Lyndall; two step-brothers, Billy and Pete; and a step-sister Mary. Dolores will be laid to rest in Edgar, Nebraska next to her husband Billy and son Scotty. A grave side service will be scheduled in October or November. 2022
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SPOKANE, Wash. — It's not just fun and games at the Spokane County Interstate Fair, as some local companies are taking full advantage of the big crowd.
This is the first time that the fair has had numerous booths trying to hire people. The fair director said there are more than 10 different companies hiring, including the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT).
WSDOT told KREM 2 they're short on staff for the winter and hope to fill their team through the fair.
"That's the hope," WSDOT Public Information Officer Joe McHale said. "I wouldn't be surprised if people who stopped by our booth during the fair, end up being employed by WSDOT. We're hoping that we're fully staffed completely in maintenance so that they can go out there and plow the roads and highways."
From assisted and residential services to the United States Postal Service (USPS), there are a variety of companies. Many of the companies are offering extra incentives, such as signing bonuses and flexible work options. Through the fair, companies want to let people know there are jobs out there that are in need of people.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Members of the Safe Streets Task Force have arrested two more suspects for their involvement in a series of drive-by shootings in May, according to the Spokane Police Department (SPD).
One suspect, 23-year-old Zachary D. Seeton, was arrested on Sept. 7 and charged with two counts of drive-by shooting and one count of first-degree assault. The other suspect, an unidentified juvenile, was arrested two days later and faces the same charges.
The first suspect arrested in this case, 20-year-old Gregory Lynch, is charged with four counts of a drive-by shooting, first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. He pleaded not guilty. A judge kept his bond at $1 million.
At this time, additional charges are pending in the May 2 shootings and detectives have developed information suggesting Seeton and the juvenile may be involved in other shootings as well. Seeton remains in Spokane County Jail on $750,000 bond.
Earlier in May, Spokane police responded to a series of drive-by shootings in the north Spokane area. According to court documents, the first shooting happened late Monday night at 10:36 p.m. near East Dalton Avenue and North Helena Street. Video surveillance from a home in the area showed a dark-colored SUV appearing to shoot at another SUV, according to court documents. Police recovered three shell casings at this location.
Less than an hour later, at 11:12 p.m., shots were fired on the 1900 block of West Knox Avenue. Video surveillance again captured a dark SUV firing shots. According to court documents, 18 shell casings were found in the street. One vehicle was hit by multiple bullets.
At 11:45 p.m. police responded to a third shooting on East Dalton Avenue, where a woman had been shot multiple times while in her home.
The woman was shot multiple times and is reportedly paralyzed from the waist down. A GoFundMe campaign was established to support the woman.
According to the GoFundMe campaign post, the money will go toward helping the woman's family pay for her expenses while she is at the hospital and the care of her baby girl.
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge has appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter and review records seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month.
The selection of Raymond Dearie, a former federal prosecutor who for years served as the chief judge of the federal court based in Brooklyn, came after both the Justice Department and Trump's lawyers made clear that they would be satisfied with his appointment as a so-called special master.
In that role, Dearie will be responsible for reviewing the documents taken during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and segregating out any that may be covered by claims of privilege. It is not clear how long the work will take but the special master process has already delayed the investigation, with a judge in Florida directing the Justice Department to temporarily pause core aspects of its probe.
The Justice Department is investigating the hoarding of top-secret materials and other classified documents at the Florida property after Trump left office. The FBI says it recovered more than 11,000 documents from the home during its Aug. 8 search, including over 100 with classification markings.
Trump’s lawyers had asked last month for a judge to name a special master to do an independent review of the records and segregate any that may be covered by claims of executive privilege or attorney-client privilege. The Justice Department argued the appointment was unnecessary, saying it had already done its own review and Trump had no right to raise executive privilege claims that ordinarily permit the president to withhold certain information from the public and Congress.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, disagreed and directed both sides to name potential candidates for the role. She also ordered the Justice Department to halt its review of the documents for investigative purposes until “further Court order” or until the special master completes their review.
The Trump team recommended either Dearie or a Florida lawyer for the job. The Justice Department said that, in addition to the two retired judges whose names it submitted, it would also be satisfied with a Dearie appointment.
Dearie served as the top federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of New York from 1982 to 1986, at which point he was appointed to the federal bench by then-President Ronald Reagan. He has also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which authorizes Justice Department wiretap applications in investigations involving suspected agents of a foreign power.
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WASHINGTON — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed over 6% this week for the first time since the housing crash of 2008, threatening to sideline even more homebuyers from a rapidly cooling housing market.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate rose to 6.02% from 5.89% last week. The long-term average rate has more than doubled since a year ago and is the highest it's been since November of 2008, just after the housing market collapse triggered the Great Recession. One year ago, the rate stood at 2.86%.
Rising interest rates — in part a result of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive push to tamp down inflation — have cooled off a housing market that has been hot for years. Many potential homebuyers are getting pushed out of the market as the higher rates have added hundreds of dollars to monthly mortgage payments. Sales of existing homes in the U.S. have fallen for six straight months, according to the National Association of Realtors.
“The increase will have an impact on the buying power of would-be homebuyers,” said Steve Reich, chief operations officer at Finance of America Mortgage, a home financing company. “We are hearing that some buyers are taking a wait-and-see approach until rates come down.”
The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages, popular among those looking to refinance their homes, rose to 5.21% from 5.16% last week. Last year at this time the rate was 2.19%.
Justin Casale, a high school guidance counselor in New York who's been looking to buy a home for about a year, says he and his wife are now ruling out properties that would have been affordable a year ago when rates were far lower — and the market was far more competitive.
Back then, they could afford a home going for up to $950,000, but to keep their monthly payment at no more than $4,000 with today's higher mortgage rates, their price ceiling is now $750,000, said Casale, 31.
"While we’re not completely stopping our search, I definitely feel that home prices need to come down for them to become affordable,” he said.
Many would-be buyers are pausing their home searches amid rising rates and high home prices, said Josh Horner, an agent with Re/Max Masters in Salt Lake City.
“We’ve seen a few layers of buyers peel off and kind of sit on the sideline, if you will,” he said. “Either they're discouraged or they are kind of forecasting a better time to maybe enter the market.”
Mortgage rates don’t necessarily mirror the Fed’s rate increases, but tend to track the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. That’s influenced by a variety of factors, including investors’ expectations for future inflation and global demand for U.S. Treasurys.
Recently, faster inflation and strong U.S. economic growth have sent the 10-year Treasury rate up sharply, to 3.45%.
The Fed has raised its benchmark short-term interest rate four times this year, and Chairman Jerome Powell has said that the central bank will likely need to keep interest rates high enough to slow the economy “for some time” in order to tame the worst inflation in 40 years.
More inflation data this week suggests that while gas prices have retreated significantly since early in the summer, prices for most other necessities have actually gone up, panicking investors who fear a possible recession if the Fed keeps boosting rates.
Most economists forecast that the Fed will jack up its primary lending rate another three-quarters of a point when the central bank's leaders meet next week. Some fear the Fed could raise the rate by a full point, following consecutive jumbo increases of three quarters of a point at its last two meetings.
The government reported that U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, a second straight quarter of economic contraction, which meets one informal sign of a recession. Most economists, though, have said they doubt that the economy is in or on the verge of a recession, given that the U.S. job market remains robust.
Applications for jobless aid fell again last week and remain at their lowest level since May, despite the Fed’s moves to tame inflation, which has a tendency to cool the job market as well. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/mortgage-rates-hit-6-percent-first-time-since-2008-housing-crash/507-a6470fd2-9668-4ccf-87c8-bb6069f891e4 | 2022-09-16T01:35:06Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/mortgage-rates-hit-6-percent-first-time-since-2008-housing-crash/507-a6470fd2-9668-4ccf-87c8-bb6069f891e4 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — “Ray! Salute For America,” a tribute to the late great Ray Charles, also honored those affected by the events of 9/11. Held in Los Angeles on Sept. 11 at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill, Jazz, Ray Charles Jr. who produced the biopic “Ray,” connected with key musicians for the event.
Ellis Hall, Louis Van Taylor, Rickey Woodard, The Ray Charles Orchestra and The Raylettes, who performed the music icon’s biggest hits for the first time in over 20 years, did the honors.
In hopes of creating other events to tell his father’s story, Ray Charles, Jr. talked to Zenger about this monumental occasion.
Zenger: Some legends aren’t celebrated until they are gone. Although, I felt your father received his proper respects, is the goal now to keep the legacy going?
Charles Jr.: When I came to work for my father, I left a successful financial advisor position. And I said, “Look, let me come here and help you brand.” I actually bought the rights from him to do “Ray” in 1989. Because I didn’t know anything about producing, it took me a while to get acclimated to Hollywood. I wanted to make sure that, not only would people be able to listen to his music, but to immortalize him by making a movie about his life. And, I’m telling my own life story as well. I was able to do that before he passed away. I was happy about that.
My job, along with the Ray Charles Foundation, is to keep his legacy alive and remind the younger generation of his story. The story itself is compelling.
His mother could not read, she was a single parent, they grew up extremely poor. He saw his brother drown at three, when he was four. He was blind at seven and orphaned to St. Augustine School for the Blind. At the moment, you think the story is over. Being in the Jim Crow South, going through racism, being poor, black and then going blind, I just don’t know what he drew from or who he was able to latch on to at St. Augustine School for the Blind to keep going.
Zenger: Did you imagine “Ray” would be such a hit?
Charles Jr.: It took 12 years for us to get that film made. If we tried to make it before then, we wouldn’t have had Jimmy White, who was the writer and African American. A lot of people don’t know this, but that was also his first screenplay. Over time, Taylor Hackford wanted to direct it. That was a plus, because he structured films around music. He did a great job with “La Bamba,” and “La Bamba” was just a guy who had one hit. What he was able to do with “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll” with Chuck Berry was extraordinary
Zenger: “RAY: Salute To America” tribute has an amazing lineup. How did it happen?.
Charles Jr.: This is something that we have been talking with the Ray Charles Band for a few years. It was a situation where we wanted to get the band members who are alive together just to celebrate Ray Charles’ music. It’s as important to them as it is to me. It was a no-brainer for them to come together and play his music. We’re using music that my father wrote. Ellis Hall — if no one has seen him, he was on my father’s label, he was one of my dad’s proteges. He’s blind, as well.
When you see this guy perform — he is simply awesome. After I wrote my autobiography, which won an Image Award in 2011, we worked together. He was doing the Boston Pops, and the second half of the show was a tribute to Ray Charles. He may not be a household name, but man, can Hall perform.
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Mardrequs Harris is doing the work to help break down commonly held misconceptions about HIV/AIDS. At a recent Gilead event, the Southern AIDS Coalition director of community investments talked with rolling out about the organization and its work to educate people about the disease.
Why is the Southern AIDS Coalition in Atlanta?
One of the reasons [is] this event is specifically around Southern HIV AIDS Awareness Day, which was founded in 2019 by the Southern AIDS Coalition. So I’ve been around since the founding of this day. We’re also partners with Gilead. We are one of the coordinating centers with the Gilead compass initiative. We do work around anti-stigma, changing the narrative around stigma, educating providers on cultural competence, cultural humility and anti-stigma work. We’re closely connected to this actual session, because we are part of the Gilead compass initiative as well.
What are some of the common misconceptions about HIV?
Now we are in a space where there’s so much education, that in many instances, there’s willful ignorance where we just choose not to address the thing or look at the thing because it does not directly impact us. But some of the misconceptions are still that it’s only a disease that impacts gay men. Some of the things are that it only can be transferred in ways other than exchanging bodily fluids. Some of the misconceptions and misnomers are still one of the big ones … it can’t happen to me.
So some of those things is that silo, – it only affects certain people – even if people are more expansive, but don’t think it’s just gay men. They think [it happens] to people who are homeless, less fortunate, drug users, sharing needles, etc. There are lots of misnomers that still exist. I would always say the biggest one is, “This cannot happen to me.”
When did you realize anyone could contract HIV?
I recognized this early on in college when I went to Tennessee State University. That’s where I began to learn a lot more about HIV, we have events on campus where the health department would come and do testing. And that was before I knew which populations and communities were most disproportionately impacted. But I knew that we were an HBCU, where a Black college and the health departments are testing us.
It impacts Black and Brown folks more disproportionately than other communities. As I grew up a little bit more, and I got out of college and came to work in Atlanta, I’ve been in this work since about 2011, at Emory University, to realize when we talked about clinical research, biomedical research, finding a vaccine, all of the folks we were talking about were Black gay men, Black trans women. But all of the people around the tables were White. What I realized while I was sitting at those tables, was the community that was the most disproportionately impacted there were Black folks, Black transwomen, and then [it] expands out to Brown communities. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/15/when-mardrequs-harris-learned-black-people-had-disproportionate-hiv-rates/ | 2022-09-16T01:49:34Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/15/when-mardrequs-harris-learned-black-people-had-disproportionate-hiv-rates/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden was quick to hail Thursday's strike-averting rail agreement as a win for America, it was also a big win for him politically, allowing Democrats to sidestep what could have been an economic debacle before November's midterm elections.
Pressured to choose between labor and business, the president pushed hard for them to work together.
Prodded by a strategic late-night phone call from Biden — and fortified with Italian takeout — corporate and union negotiators spent 20 hours in intense talks at the Labor Department. They reached wee-hours common ground following an appeal to act in the shared interests of the nation, avoiding a strike that would have shut down railroads across the country.
By keeping the trains running, Biden overcame a major economic threat that doubled as a political risk. His fellow Democrats already face a difficult fight to maintain their narrow hold on power in Congress amid soaring inflation. Biden's own approval rating, though improving, is still underwater.
The tentative deal, which still requires approval from a dozen unions, would raise members' pay 24% over five years and improve work schedules and health care in a way that Biden said recognizes "the dignity of their work." Railroad companies could continue vital operations and avoid a costly shutdown, while being in a better place to recruit and retain employees.
"This agreement allows us to continue to rebuild a better America with an economy that truly works for working people and their families," Biden said Thursday in celebratory remarks in the Rose Garden. "Today is a win, I mean it sincerely, a win for America."
Members of one union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 19, voted to reject the tentative agreement, but the IAM agreed to delay any strike by its members to allow more time for possible additional negotiations and for other unions to vote.
White House officials had worried that a rail shutdown, no matter how long, would have perilous economic consequences just as voters make up their minds ahead of the November elections. The settlement, instead, now provides Biden an opportunity to show his administration is delivering for voters, as dire news coverage yields to relief at the cost of only a few canceled Amtrak trains.
Through the talks, Biden managed to avoid the disruption without offending either labor or corporate constituencies. Biden, his advisers and Democrats across the country know the broadest possible coalition is needed to help candidates compete in midterms that have historically favored the party out of political power.
Biden intentionally chose not to dictate the terms of the agreement to either side, said Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.
"The president's focus was making sure that a contract was done that is satisfactory to everybody — and also prevented a major disruption to our economy," said Walsh, who moved the last six hours of negotiations into his office.
What initially appeared to be a worst-case scenario ultimately turned into a collective sigh of relief.
"This is the best outcome the Biden administration could have hoped for," said Jake Rosenfeld, a sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis who has researched the labor movement. He noted that the unions' requests for sick leave and reliable scheduling aligned with Biden's own values.
"Unlike in past labor disputes involving the railroads, the administration never had to put real pressure on the unions, but instead could act like an honest broker looking for a compromise between management and union positions," Rosenfeld said. "That keeps the administration in good graces with labor more broadly."
Business interests also praised the administration's efforts. John Drake, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce vice president of transportation policy, said Walsh came to the table with a level of expertise and the trust of stakeholders. That made it easier to finalize a deal.
"The ramifications of a rail strike were so catastrophic that we couldn't even begin to catalog it," Drake said. "This is 100% a win."
Not everyone celebrated. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell had proposed a measure on Wednesday that would have forced the unions to accept a contract. He criticized Senate Democrats for blocking his proposal, only to have aides stay silent on Thursday when asked whether the agreement was good for the economy.
Biden has gone out of his way to champion organized labor, often having members of local unions introduce him for speeches across the country.
UAW Local 598's Ryan Buchalski, introduced Biden on Wednesday at the Detroit auto show as "the most union- and labor-friendly president in American history" and someone who was "kickin' ass for the working class." Buchalski harked back to pivotal sitdown strikes by autoworkers in the 1930s.
In the speech that followed, Biden recognized that he wouldn't be in the White House without the support of unions such as the UAW and the IBEW electrical workers, saying that autoworkers "brung me to the dance."
About 16% of voters in the 2020 election came from union households, which backed Biden 56% to 42% in the narrowly decided race, according to AP VoteCast.
The president's approval took a major hit starting last year because of inflation worsened by supply chain disruptions for autos, furniture and other basic goods coming out of the pandemic recession. The problems intensified this year with a baby formula shortage and diminished supplies worldwide of food, oil and natural gas after Russia's February invasion of Ukraine. Consumer inflation hit a 40-year high in June, only to start drifting down in the two months since.
Biden's popularity has been regaining ground as gasoline costs have declined. A new poll by AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows his approval improving from a low of 36% in July to 45% in the most recent survey.
Estimates put the daily cost of a railroad shutdown at $2 billion. A stoppage would have left stranded raw materials for factories, fuel and even the chemicals needed to treat wastewater. That would have been a potentially debilitating blow just eight weeks before Election Day, which could determine control of the House, Senate and state governments.
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said the deal will ultimately have an impact on the midterm elections because workers want officials who will stand up for them. The mix of the pandemic, high prices and economic inequality has left many workers at the breaking point and they want a different social contract, she said.
"That's what this election is all about — rewriting the rules of the economy," Shuler said.
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BOSTON (AP) — The sex lives of constipated scorpions, cute ducklings with an innate sense of physics, and a life-size rubber moose may not appear to have much in common, but they all inspired the winners of this year's Ig Nobels, the prize for comical scientific achievement.
Held less than a month before the actual Nobel Prizes are announced, Thursday's 32nd annual Ig Nobel prize ceremony was for the third year in a row a prerecorded affair webcast on the Annals of Improbable Research magazine's website.
The winners, honored in 10 categories, also included scientists who found that when people on a blind date are attracted to each other, their heart rates synchronize, and researchers who looked at why legal documents can be so utterly baffling, even to lawyers themselves.
Even though the ceremony was prerecorded, it retained much of the fun of the live event usually held at Harvard University.
As has been an Ig Nobel tradition, real Nobel laureates handed out the prizes, using a bit of video trickery: The Nobel laureates handed the prize off screen, while the winners reached out and brought a prize they had been sent and self-assembled into view.
Winners also received a virtually worthless Zimbabwean $10 trillion bill.
Curiosity Ig-nited? Learn more about some of the winners:
GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW
"Science is fun. My sort of a tagline is you're not doing science if you're not having fun," said Frank Fish, a biology professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania who shared the physics Ig Nobel for studying why ducklings follow their mothers in single-file formation.
It's about energy conservation: The ducklings are drafting, much like stock cars, cyclists and runners do in a race, he said.
"It all has to do with the flow that occurs behind that leading organism and the way that moving in formation can actually be an energetic benefit," said the appropriately named Fish, whose specialty is studying how animals swim.
He shared the prize with researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, who found that the ducklings actually surfed in their mother's wake.
THAT SYNCING FEELING
Eliska Prochazkova's personal experiences inspired her research on dating that earned her and colleagues the cardiology Ig Nobel.
She had no problems finding her apparent perfect match on dating apps, yet she often found there was no spark when they met face-to-face.
So she set people up on blind dates in real social settings, measured their physiological reactions and found that the heart rates of people attracted to each other synchronized.
So is her work evidence of "love at first sight"?
"It really depends, on how you define love," Prochazkova, a researcher at Leiden University in the Netherlands, said in an email. "What we found in our research was that people were able to decide whether they want to date their partner very quickly. Within the first two seconds of the date, the participants made a very complex idea about the human sitting in front of them."
A CRUEL STING
Solimary García-Hernández and Glauco Machado of the University of São Paulo in Brazil won the biology Ig Nobel for studying whether constipation ruins a scorpion's sex life.
Scorpions can detach a body part to escape a predator — a process called autotomy. But when they lose their tails, they also lose the last portion of the digestive tract, which leads to constipation — and, eventually, death, they wrote in the journal "Integrated Zoology."
"The long-term decrease in the locomotor performance of autotomized males may impair mate searching," they wrote.
THAT'S A MOOSE, DUMMY
Magnus Gers won the safety engineering Ig Nobel for making a moose "crash test dummy" for his master's thesis at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, which was published by the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute.
Frequent moose vs. vehicle collisions on Sweden's highways often result in injuries and death to both human and animal, Gers said in an email. Yet automobile makers rarely include animal crashes in their safety testing.
"I believe this is a fascinating and still very unexplored area that deserves all the attention it can get," he said. "This topic is mystical, life threatening and more relevant than ever."
CAN YOU SPEAK LEGALESE?
Anyone who has ever read a terms of service agreement knows that legal documents can be downright incomprehensible.
That frustrated Eric Martinez, a graduate student in the brain and cognitive science department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who also has a law degree from Harvard.
He, Francis Mollica and Edward Gibson shared the literature Ig Nobel for analyzing what makes legal documents unnecessarily difficult to understand, research that appeared in the journal "Cognition."
"Ultimately, there's kind of a hope that lawyers will think a little more with the reader in mind," he said. "Clarity doesn't just benefit the layperson, it also benefits lawyers." | https://www.katc.com/news/national/constipated-scorpions-love-at-first-sight-inspire-ig-nobels | 2022-09-16T01:52:10Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/constipated-scorpions-love-at-first-sight-inspire-ig-nobels | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LVMH, the parent company for luxury brand Louis Vuitton, says it plans to reduce its energy consumption in stores by turning out the lights.
The company wants customers to know it's not shutting down stores but just turning off the lights at night to save energy amid more focus on climate change and excessive energy use around the globe.
The French company says it will start to turn off its store lights earlier, starting in France in October, and then will implement the plan worldwide in the weeks and months that follow, the Guardian reported.
Louis Vuitton is the world's largest high-end goods conglomerate operating 522 stores and 110 production locations in France.
Company leaders said they would also implement a plan to educate employees on ways to reduce energy consumption at work and home.
The goal is to reduce overall energy use by 10% over the coming year. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/luxury-brand-louis-vuitton-plans-to-cut-energy-usage-by-turning-out-the-lights | 2022-09-16T01:52:17Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/luxury-brand-louis-vuitton-plans-to-cut-energy-usage-by-turning-out-the-lights | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An army general in Mexico has been detained in connection to the disappearance of 43 students in 2014, which has gained international attention.
The Mexican government said the general is one of three suspects. They commanded a battalion in southern Mexico, according to Deputy Security Minister Ricardo Mejia, AFP reported.
Last month the Mexican government announced it had issued more than 80 arrest warrants for suspects in the case. The arrested warrants were sent to suspects that included 20 members of the military.
The case is considered one of the worst human rights calamities in Mexican history.
The case has become a major national issue for the country and has garnered international condemnation.
In 2014, the students hired busses in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero in order to travel to a large protest in Mexico City before they went missing.
In 2015, then-Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, presented an official report claiming that it was cartel members who killed the students before incinerating their remains at a garbage dump. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/mexico-detains-army-general-over-disappearance-of-43-students | 2022-09-16T01:52:23Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/mexico-detains-army-general-over-disappearance-of-43-students | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Babysitter charged with murder after child in her care dies, authorities say
CORINTH, Miss. (WMC/Gray News) - Authorities in Mississippi say a babysitter has been arrested in the death of a 2-year-old boy.
According to the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office, 23-year-old Makallie Durham is facing charges that include capital murder and felony child abuse.
WMC reports deputies were called to a home on County Road 380 in Corinth on Tuesday evening where a 2-year-old boy was found unresponsive and an injured 11-month-old girl.
The sheriff’s office said both children were taken to the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. However, the boy died, and the girl remained hospitalized.
Investigators found that the two children were in the care of a babysitter, later identified as Durham.
Deputies said Durham also had a misdemeanor warrant out of Corinth.
The sheriff’s office didn’t immediately release the details of what led up to the child’s death that evening.
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Bibb schools receive donation from law firm
Forrest B. Johnson and Associates Law Firm presented a $10,000 donation to the Bibb Education Foundation Thursday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Forrest B. Johnson and Associates Law Firm presented a $10,000 donation to the Bibb Education Foundation Thursday.
$5,000 will go to Ballard Hudson Middle School and $5,000 will go to Southwest High School.
Bibb County Superintendent Dr. Dan Sims spoke about the message this sends to the community.
“Here is a community member, a business who’s doing his part to help the school system,” he said. “We want everyone to be encouraged to do the same.”
Forrest B. Johnson and Associates Law Firm also recognized Bibb County school resource officers with $100 gas cards. | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-schools-receive-donation-from-law-firm/ | 2022-09-16T01:57:35Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-schools-receive-donation-from-law-firm/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bibb schools receive donation from law firm
Forrest B. Johnson and Associates Law Firm presented a $10,000 donation to the Bibb Education Foundation Thursday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Forrest B. Johnson and Associates Law Firm presented a $10,000 donation to the Bibb Education Foundation Thursday.
$5,000 will go to Ballard Hudson Middle School and $5,000 will go to Southwest High School.
Bibb County Superintendent Dr. Dan Sims spoke about the message this sends to the community.
“Here is a community member, a business who’s doing his part to help the school system,” he said. “We want everyone to be encouraged to do the same.”
Forrest B. Johnson and Associates Law Firm also recognized Bibb County school resource officers with $100 gas cards. | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-schools-receive-donation-from-law-firm/ | 2022-09-16T01:57:35Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-schools-receive-donation-from-law-firm/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Local health providers recommend high-dose flu vaccine for those 65 and up
As we approach flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending those 65 and older get a high-dose flu vaccine.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — As we approach flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending those 65 and older get a high-dose flu vaccine.
Staff at Piedmont Urgent Care say it’s not too early to start talking about the flu. The flu season starts toward the end of September.
Nurse Practitioners like Melissa Diahl say it’s important for people 65 and older to get a high-dose flu shot.
“They’re at higher risk of the chances of more immuno-compromised patients in that age group,” she said. “They’re also at higher risk of comorbidities.”
Michael Hokanson, the Public Information Officer for the North Central Health District, explains the difference between a regular flu shot and a high-dose one.
“It’s just a more powerful version of the flu shot,” he said. “It provides an extra level of protection over the regular flu shot.”
Hokanson says the high-dose flu shot contains products intended for those 65 and older.
He says although the pandemic may have lessened the spread of the flu, it’s still very prevalent. The health department’s goal is to see an increase in flu vaccinations this year.
“We want people to have that level of protection that they don’t have if they don’t have their flu shot,” he said.
While Piedmont Urgent Care says getting the flu vaccine now will help build up your immune system.
“It’s not necessarily going to prevent you from spreading the flu, but it will help your body fight off the virus and infection,” Diahl said.
Piedmont Urgent Care says flu vaccines will be available later this month. You can stop by or make an appointment at the center, located at 2410 Ingleside Avenue in Macon.
The North Central Health District is already offering flu vaccines by appointment only. You can schedule an appointment here. | https://www.41nbc.com/local-health-providers-recommend-high-dose-flu-vaccine-for-those-65-and-up/ | 2022-09-16T01:57:41Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/local-health-providers-recommend-high-dose-flu-vaccine-for-those-65-and-up/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Local health providers recommend high-dose flu vaccine for those 65 and up
As we approach flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending those 65 and older get a high-dose flu vaccine.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — As we approach flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending those 65 and older get a high-dose flu vaccine.
Staff at Piedmont Urgent Care say it’s not too early to start talking about the flu. The flu season starts toward the end of September.
Nurse Practitioners like Melissa Diahl say it’s important for people 65 and older to get a high-dose flu shot.
“They’re at higher risk of the chances of more immuno-compromised patients in that age group,” she said. “They’re also at higher risk of comorbidities.”
Michael Hokanson, the Public Information Officer for the North Central Health District, explains the difference between a regular flu shot and a high-dose one.
“It’s just a more powerful version of the flu shot,” he said. “It provides an extra level of protection over the regular flu shot.”
Hokanson says the high-dose flu shot contains products intended for those 65 and older.
He says although the pandemic may have lessened the spread of the flu, it’s still very prevalent. The health department’s goal is to see an increase in flu vaccinations this year.
“We want people to have that level of protection that they don’t have if they don’t have their flu shot,” he said.
While Piedmont Urgent Care says getting the flu vaccine now will help build up your immune system.
“It’s not necessarily going to prevent you from spreading the flu, but it will help your body fight off the virus and infection,” Diahl said.
Piedmont Urgent Care says flu vaccines will be available later this month. You can stop by or make an appointment at the center, located at 2410 Ingleside Avenue in Macon.
The North Central Health District is already offering flu vaccines by appointment only. You can schedule an appointment here. | https://www.41nbc.com/local-health-providers-recommend-high-dose-flu-vaccine-for-those-65-and-up/ | 2022-09-16T01:57:41Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/local-health-providers-recommend-high-dose-flu-vaccine-for-those-65-and-up/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Macon Hispanic Fest happening this weekend
Several organizations are coming together to host Macon's Hispanic Fest during this Hispanic Heritage Month.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Several organizations are coming together to host Macon’s Hispanic Fest during this Hispanic Heritage Month.
The event is happening Saturday at Rosa Parks Square on Poplar Street. Notivision Georgia, Mercer University and Macon-Bibb’s Office of Small Business Affairs are hosting the event.
To kick off the month, organizers say they wanted to incorporate the Hispanic experience through music, dances and food.
The family-friendly event will include fun activities for kids like face painting and character appearances from the Disney movie “Encanto.”
A food giveaway and a diaper giveaway will also be happening.
Monica Pirela, the CEO of Notivision Georgia, explained the importance of the event.
“I think the most important is the message for the community to say we are here, and we are a big community. We are different people from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras.Wwe are 21 countries representing the Hispanic community, and this event is for everybody.”
Portions of Poplar Street will be closed for the event, which is happening from 1 to 7 p.m. | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-hispanic-fest-happening-this-weekend/ | 2022-09-16T01:57:47Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-hispanic-fest-happening-this-weekend/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
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