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Student loan repayments: White House to extend pandemic pause through Aug. 31
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an administration official familiar with the White House's decision-making.
Student loan payments were scheduled to resume on May 1 after being halted since early in the pandemic. But following calls from Democrats in Congress, the White House plans to give borrowers additional time to prepare for payments.
The action applies to more than 43 million Americans who owe a combined $1.6 trillion in student debt held by the federal government, according to the latest data from the Education Department. That includes more than 7 million borrowers who have defaulted on student loans, meaning they are at least 270 days late on payments.
Borrowers will not be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates are expected to remain at 0% during that period.
The extension was first reported Tuesday by Bloomberg.
Democrats on education panels in the House and Senate recently urged President Joe Biden to extend the moratorium through the end of the year, citing continued economic upheaval.
Sen. Patty Murray said more time is needed to help Americans prepare for repayment and to rethink the government’s existing system for repaying student debt.
"It is ruining lives and holding people back," she said in a statement last month. "Borrowers are struggling with rising costs, struggling to get their feet back under them after public health and economic crises, and struggling with a broken student loan system — and all this is felt especially hard by borrowers of color."
Murray called on the Biden administration to lift all borrowers out of default to provide a "fresh start" following the pandemic.
The decision is being made amid rising concern that large numbers of Americans would quickly fall behind if payments restarted in May.
In March, the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank warned that resuming loan payments could place a heavy burden on borrowers who faced financial hardship during the pandemic. It said the impact would be hardest on Black families, who are more likely to rely on student loans to pay for college.
"Serious delinquency rates for student debt could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs in which 10% or more of the debt was past due," the bank said.
The Trump administration initially gave Americans the option to suspend loan payments in March 2020, and Congress made it automatic soon after. The pause was extended twice by the Trump administration and twice more under Biden.
It remains in question whether Biden will pursue widespread debt forgiveness to reduce the nation’s student debt. Some Democrats in Congress have pressed Biden to use executive action to cancel $50,000 for all student loan borrowers, saying it would jumpstart the economy and help Black Americans who on average face higher levels of student debt.
Last year, Biden asked the Education and Justice departments to review the legality of widespread debt cancellation, but no decision has been announced. Biden previously said he supports canceling up to $10,000, but he argued it should be done through congressional action.
RELATED: Education Department erases $415M in student loan debt for 16,000 borrowers
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Tiger Woods plans to play in The Masters 'as of right now'
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Tiger Woods told reporters at Augusta National on Tuesday he plans to play in The Masters, potentially his first round of competitive golf since being badly injured in a car crash.
Groups will tee off for the first round in fewer than two days.
Woods spent time in the Augusta National practice area on Tuesday morning before making the announcement.
"As of right now, I feel like I am going to play," he said.
Not only does Woods expect to compete, he said he expects to win.
Woods hasn’t played a competitive round in 17 months — the 2020 Masters in November. He's been recovering from a car crash that threatened his career.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 03: Tiger Woods of the United States walks from the practice area prior to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 03, 2022 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Woods previously said it would be a "game-time" decision whether his right leg and ankle can hold up over 18 holes at Augusta National.
"There’s always buzz around this place," Billy Horschel said. "But there’s just another level of buzz to see him and see him play. I’ve thought about it in the past, and I may be on the first tee watching him tee off if my tee works out and everything, just because it’s a special moment."
TIGER WOODS DRIVING MORE THAN DOUBLE SPEED LIMIT WHEN HE CRASHED, SHERIFF SAYS
Non-Tiger storylines at The Masters
It’s not as though this Masters was devoid of drama.
Rory McIlroy gets another crack at the career Grand Slam. He spent Monday in an Irish fourball alongside Shane Lowry, Padraig Harrington and Seamus Power. They have eight majors among them; Power is making his Masters debut.
Bryson DeChambeau is back, even though he says his doctors don’t recommend it.
DeChambeau said he first hurt his left hip two years ago while speed training — swinging as fast as his body allowed — and slipping on concrete.
Then, he didn’t work on finger strength, and that led to a popping sound in his wrist before his TV match against Brooks Koepka in Las Vegas last November. That led to a hairline fracture of his hamate bone in his left hand. And then he slipped on marble while playing table tennis is Saudi Arabia in early February, went horizontal and landed on his hand and his hip.
He declared himself 80%, though he liked the way he felt coming into the Masters. DeChambeau hasn’t make a 36-hole cut since The Northern Trust in late August — then again, he has played only eight times since then, six of those tournaments without a cut.
"The past few weeks have been very, very difficult on me, not playing well and not hitting it anywhere near where I know I should be hitting it," he said. "Yelling ‘Fore!’ off the tee every time is just not fun. It’s very difficult on your mental psyche as well."
Playing the Masters was a "huge risk" a few weeks ago and a decision he said his doctors did not recommend. He was day to day until he felt comfortable giving it a go.
"Different situation than Tiger, obviously, but it was definitely a day-by-day process of figuring out if I could do this," he said.
So much goes back to Woods, who had broken bones in his right leg and ankle from the car crash outside Los Angeles in February 2021 that left him immobilized for three months and not swinging a club until last November.
Brooks Koepka knows a thing or two about playing with injury, even if not as many were people were paying attention.
Koepka had surgery on his right knee three weeks before the Masters last year and still was determined to play. It was so bad he couldn’t crouch to read putts. Koepka is finally back at full strength, though he still hasn’t won since the Phoenix Open more than a year ago.
He is more concerned with his own game that what Woods has going on, though Koepka can appreciate the walk Woods is facing better than most players.
"Look, I’m happy he’s becoming healthier and able to play golf," Koepka said. "We need him, the game needs him, everybody needs him, the fans need him, all that stuff. But at the end of the day everybody is just out here competing. I’m worried about myself and I’m sure everybody else is worried about themselves."
Koepka said he required cortisone shots just to play. Throw in the hours to prepare before the round and to recover after the round, and that has led to some long days.
"I understand what he’s up against. It’ll be difficult. But if anybody can do it, it’s him," Koepka said. "I don’t know everything he’s going through. His was a lot worse than mine, so I’m not trying to compare it. I just know it’s difficult walking this place when you don’t have the same body parts you’re used to."
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More weather whiplash for Chicago
Chicago - After a wintry end to the week we will enjoy a significant warm-up next week.
First, we have to suffer through possibly three days in a row with highs falling into the 40s from Thursday through Saturday. That will be followed by four straight days with highs in the 60s or warmer.
We'll go from snow showers on Friday to possible 70s just a few short days later.
Next week's warm-up seems overdue. Nine of the past eleven days have been below average. Five of the past 11 days have seen a trace of snow or more at O'Hare. We could easily get another trace on Friday.
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Friday's highs will be the coldest we see perhaps until next fall. The GFS model has our highs Friday failing to get out of the upper 30s for most of the area. There will be occasional snow showers that could even produce, at least briefly, some slushy accumulation on grassy surfaces.
Average highs for this time of the year are in the middle 50s. Notice the big blob of darker blue on the temperature anomaly forecast for Friday afternoon. Chicago's highs could be as cold as 15 degrees below average or more.
Temperature Anomaly Friday Afternoon (Climatereanalyer.org)
We flip the switch back to spring this weekend and then really warm things up next week. The GFS model has highs here reaching well into the 70s for most of us by Wednesday next week.
Blue is replaced by red next week on the temperature anomaly forecast map. Highs on Wednesday next week will be nearly 20 degrees above average. That's a jump of nearly 40 degrees compared to Friday afternoon's forecast.
Temperature Anomaly Wednesday (4/13) Afternoon (Climatereanalyer.org
The 6-10 day outlook suggests next week will be warmer than average overall. This forecast covers Sunday through the following Thursday. The forecast calls for us to be "likely above" normal for the period.
The National Blend Of Models shows the rollercoaster spring temperature ride that is coming. We fall from the upper 50s Wednesday to the 40s for Thursday through Saturday and then soar back into the 60s starting Sunday and flirt with 70s as early as Monday.
Strap in for a bumpy spring ride. This is weather whiplash in Chicago at its finest.
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SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) – The Advertising Club of Western Massachusetts Scholarship Committee will be awarding a candidate with a $1,000 communications scholarship.
The Advertising Club of Western Massachusetts is focusing on future generations to become creative professionals. The scholarship is awarded to one or more deserving western Massachusetts high school graduates going to college to study communication arts.
High school students who plan to study advertising, communications, marketing, or graphic arts and will be attending in September 2022 are encouraged to apply. This is an opportunity for students who plan to attend an accredited college or technical school.
Academic performance, extracurricular activities, community service and/or work experience, a demonstrated interest in advertising, communications, marketing or graphic design, personal recommendations, and a letter of introduction outlining plans all attribute to who the scholarship will be awarded.
The scholarship application and all materials must be submitted to the Ad Club, postmarked by April 15, 2022. The scholarship will be awarded in May and the recipient will be recognized at the Ad Club’s Creative Awards show in September.
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BOSTON, (State House) – The 33 amendments senators have filed to the marijuana legislation on tap for Thursday’s formal session are as wide-ranging as the bill itself, running the gamut from technical contract tweaks to potency limits and advertising restrictions.
The bill (S 2801) the Senate plans to debate Thursday is designed to tackle issues that activists, regulators, businesses and municipalities have said are holding Massachusetts back from realizing the full potential of the 2016 legalization law, especially its first-in-the-nation social equity mandates. The bill has good odds of being in the mix as lawmakers send bills to the governor’s desk in the coming months; House Speaker Ron Mariano’s office has said addressing many of the same issues is a priority for him.
The primary aims of the legislation are to put tighter restrictions and enhanced oversight on the host community agreements marijuana businesses are required to enter into with their host communities, to make grants and loans available through a new Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund to participants in the Cannabis Control Commission’s social equity (SE) program or economic empowerment (EE) priority applicants, and to create a method for cities and towns to authorize the on-site cannabis consumption establishments that are already authorized under the CCC’s regulations.
The CCC, as a policy, does not support or oppose specific pieces of legislation, but past and present commissioners have asked for the authority to regulate, review, and enforce host community agreements, advocated for the creation of a social equity fund, called for a technical fix to allow for social consumption sites, and advocated for updates to impaired driving statutes.
The CCC will meet Thursday as the Senate debates its bill.
Host community agreements (HCAs) emerged as an early stress point for the legal cannabis industry and proved to be a popular topic for Senate amendments.
Sen. Michael Moore filed two amendments (7 and 8) to clarify that HCAs are required unless waived and to give the CCC a 120-day window to review an HCA as part of its licensing process. Sen. John Velis proposed an amendment (15) that would change the bill from directing that the CCC “shall review and approve each” HCA to allowing that the CCC “may review and may reject any” HCA. The Velis amendment would also require written notice of an HCA rejection be sent to the municipality and calls for a process by which a city or town could appeal the CCC’s rejection.
An amendment filed by Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (31) would change how the local impact fee works. Right now, state law allows a host community to collect a fee of up to 3 percent of gross sales from all of its marijuana businesses, but entrepreneurs and advocates say municipalities have taken advantage of the allowance and sought excessive payments. Tarr’s amendment would allow a host community to impose a fee of up to 3 percent of specifically marijuana sales revenue on retailers. The retailers would pay the fee at the same time and in the same manner as they remit the state’s sales tax, and the state would then distribute the money to cities and towns.
Tarr also has an amendment (21) that would create a Host Community Technical Assistance Fund that would help cities and towns develop HCAs and regulate marijuana businesses. The fund would get a piece of the revenues collected from the state’s marijuana excise tax.
To make sure that all money spent from the new Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund goes to “entrepreneurs from communities that have been disproportionately harmed by the marijuana prohibition and enforcement,” Sen. Adam Gomez filed an amendment (2) to require the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (which would administer the fund) to file an annual report detailing how funds were spent.
The newest senator, Sen. Lydia Edwards, proposed an amendment (16) that would add to the state’s medical marijuana law an allowance for separate license classes including one for medical marijuana product manufacturers, and would give the CCC “the power to encourage full participation in the medical marijuana industry by people from communities disproportionately harmed by cannabis prohibition and enforcement.”
Road safety is another popular topic for amendments in the Senate, likely as a response to the provisions of the underlying bill that address a quirk (the Cannabis Policy Committee used the phrase “technical errors”) that has kept so-called marijuana cafes — establishments where an adult could both purchase and use marijuana — from becoming a reality in Massachusetts.
Sen. John Kennan suggests (amendment 28) that no city or town be allowed to hold the vote necessary to approve social consumption sites until field sobriety tests or a chemical test that can determine whether a driver is impaired by marijuana is developed and deemed “scientifically reliable and admissible” in court.
Similar to proposals included in Gov. Charlie Baker’s recurrent drugged driving bill — which the Legislature has spiked in each of the last two sessions by sending it to a study — Tarr filed amendments to prohibit drivers from having loose or unsealed packages of marijuana in their cars in the same way open containers of alcohol are prohibited (10) and to extend the state’s implied consent law (18) to include consent to a test of “blood, or oral fluid, or to all non-testimonial aspects of a drug recognition expert examination for the purpose of determining the presence of other drugs, intoxicating substances or combination of substances.” The list of Senate amendments also includes a handful filed by Sen. Patrick O’Connor seeking to restrict aspects of the existing cannabis industry. The Weymouth Republican, who voted to give the underlying bill a favorable report out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, proposed to limit the potency (13) of some marijuana products, including capping flower at 10 percent THC (retailers offer flower with potencies ranging from single-digits to about 30 percent THC), to add new labeling requirements (14) that “include the increased risk of psychosis, schizophrenia, and suicide with use of THC-containing marijuana products, especially when initiated young or used frequently,” and to prohibit marijuana companies (29) from advertising on billboards.
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HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — A man who brought a gun onto the subway was taken into police custody early Tuesday morning after a group of MTA workers spotted the firearm and called the police, according to the NYPD.
The man was taken into custody at the 125th Street station in Harlem after police were called around 4:15 a.m. The MTA employees were on a northbound No. 4 train when they saw a passenger in the train car with a gun in his waistband, police said.
The workers notified the NYPD and the train was held at the 125th Street station until the police arrived. The suspect was taken into custody, but charges had not been released, as of 6:30 a.m.
The MTA tweeted No. 4 trains were delayed. It wasn’t immediately clear if normal service had resumed.
“Northbound 4 trains are running with delays after NYPD responded to a person being disruptive on a train at 125 St,” NYC Transit tweeted.
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DOVER, Del.- Authorities say a wanted Dover man taken into custody on Monday afternoon was found to be in possession of a loaded handgun.
Dover police said 20-year-old Jumir Brown was wanted by the department for domestic-related charges as well as being wanted by several courts in Delaware. He was observed leaving the area of Village Drive in Dover and officers observed him until he stopped in the parking lot of the Royal Farms on Saulsbury Road. Officers contacted Brown and arrested him without incident.
Police said Brown was found to be in possession of 18.5 grams of marijuana and officers located a loaded 9mm polymer handgun in plain view, tucked between the driver’s seat and center console of the vehicle.
Brown was committed to SCI on a $23,200 cash bond on new charges from this incident to include:
-Possession of Untraceable Firearm
-Possession of Firearm by Person Prohibited (2x)
-Possession of Marijuana
-Drug Paraphernalia
-Local Fugitive (8x)
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Rolled 4 Ever Ice Cream shop rollin' into Smyrna
Two La Vergne High School alumni are rolling back home to open Smyrna's first Thai-style ice cream shop.
Maliyah Bass and Bariangela Segovia will open Rolled 4 Ever Ice Cream at 321 Sam Ridley Parkway sometime this spring, four years after starting a food truck here.
The Smyrna shop will serve the same menu as the food truck and is a second store front for the business. Nearly 18 months ago, the best friends opened a brick and mortar in Nashville.
"When we started our food truck, the majority of our events were in Rutherford County," said Bass, an Middle Tennessee State University graduate. "We realized we still have a lot of customers who live in Rutherford County and we thought it was perfect to move to Sam Ridley. Smyrna is growing so rapidly."
Bass said they also love that the location is a street over from their high school alma mater. Life has come full circle.
But owning an ice cream business is far from what the women planned when graduating college.
Bass, 26, holds a degree in biology from MTSU and Segovia, 27, graduated from Belmont University with a degree in international business.
The lifelong friends got the idea for a food truck after sampling rolled ice cream on a spring break trip to New York City. But both were in college at the time, so they waited until graduation to launch.
Two years after getting the food truck rolling, the dynamic duo opened a shop just a couple of blocks away from the Bicentennial Mall. There could be room for franchising in the future, Bass admitted.
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"Business has really grown and we want to see how far we can take it," Bass said. "Our mindset right now is that opportunities are limitless."
In addition to serving up a popular sweet treat, the friends have made a point to promote other women business owners through an empowerment platform.
On T-shirts, totes and ice cream shop walls, you'll find the slogan, "Rollin' with Women Owned Businesses."
"I think our platform shows women can be in a space of entrepreneurship and we show women can survive and succeed in entrepreneurship," Segovia said. "This is a great platform for young girls and ... we hope to motivate and inspire others."
Bass said one young girl was so inspired by their business model and slogan, she wrote about them in her history class.
"She said she wanted to open up an ice cream business because of us," Bass said. "That's our whole thing. We want to empower girls to dream and do whatever they want. Because they can do anything they put their minds to."
Follow Rolled 4 Ever on Facebook and Instagram, and visit the website at rolled4ever.com.
Reach reporter Nancy DeGennaro at degennaro@dnj.com. Keep up with restaurant news by joining Good Eats in the 'Boro (and beyond) on Facebook and follow Murfreesboro Eats on TikTok.
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We have barely embarked on a rate hiking cycle but may have already priced in too much tightening.
I’m reminded of a quote from former St. Louis Fed President Bill Poole that was on my bulletin board for years:
Poole believes people in the press and financial markets are usually asking the wrong question. ‘What is important is not the policy action at the next FOMC meeting,’ he said, ‘which is typically what people want to know, but the policy regularity that will extend across many FOMC meetings, which is what people should want to know.’
Right now market participants are focused on the May 4 FOMC decision and whether it will be a 25 basis point hike or 50 basis points. Implied pricing currently points to a 81% chance of 50 bps.
What's more important is where rates are terminally headed. Right now the market is pricing in 3.25% for the Fed and Chicago Fed President Charles Evans on Friday outlined a path to get there with steady hikes for a full year. Whether that's front-loaded or back-loaded is much less important than the terminal rate.
What's also notable is that the SOFR curve prices in rate cuts starting around the end of 2023.
Economists at CIBC argue that a more likely path is that the Fed loses its appetite to hike around 2% and rates move sideways from there with the Bank of Canada following a similar path.
They note that inflation is a lagging indicator and that in the past 25 years of rate-hike cycles, the Fed always pauses ahead of the peak in inflation because they foresaw a slowdown in economic activity.
They write:
We suggest that the aggressive tightening trajectory currently priced in by the market is ignoring these past lessons, and incorrectly assumes that both the Fed and the Bank of Canada will chase inflation until the bitter end. While central banks are now committed to higher rates, we see a much earlier pause to the hiking cycle as Powell and Macklem start to pay closer attention to a slowing economy, as opposed to continuing to chase a lagging indicator. Just to be clear, the Fed and the Bank don’t need to see a full recession coming in order to pause a rate hiking cycle. A slowdown in growth would suffice, and that can happen at rates below where the market is currently pricing. So while the market is hyper-concerned about rising yields, with 2-year notes already at 2.5%, we may already be at (or near) the peak. It will take some cooler 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 numbers for the market to come around to that idea but there is plenty of reason to believe inflation will flatten out late this year. If the market shifts to pricing in a terminal rate at 2% instead, it will be a tailwind for risk assets and headwind for the US dollar
US Dollar
The US dollar, (symbol $, code USD) is the fiat currency of the United States of America (USD) and the most widely traded currency globally. It was introduced into the US in the late 18th Century, with paper notes not being distributed until the following century. The US dollar, also informally known as the greenback, is the world’s most foremost reserve currency, due in large part to the importance of the US economy on the world stage. Once backed by gold (in the 1900’s), the USD is now a purely fiat currency, i.e. not backed by a physical commodity. The former gold standard aligned to the US dollar, made both gold and silver the legal-tender coinage of the USA, with the guarantee that 1 USD could be converted to one and a half grams of pure 24 carat gold. However, the gold link was eventually abolished by President Richard Nixon in 1971. Since the gold standard was cut, the US dollar has become the world’s number one reserve currency.This means foreign nations possess large amounts of their cash reserves in USD, accounting for approximately 65% of the world’s foreign exchange reserves.How to Trade the US Dollar?The US Dollar is traded in a variety of ways, most notably on the foreign exchange (forex) market versus other currencies; traded as pairs. Any retail broker offers exposure to the USD in many exchange pairs, given its popularity and liquidity. The USD is involved in the majority of the most traded forex pairs, such as the EUR/USD, the USD/JPY, the GBP/USD and the USD/CHF, known as the “four majors”, and the “commodity pairs”, i.e. AUD/USD, USD/CAD and the NZD/USD.
The US dollar, (symbol $, code USD) is the fiat currency of the United States of America (USD) and the most widely traded currency globally. It was introduced into the US in the late 18th Century, with paper notes not being distributed until the following century. The US dollar, also informally known as the greenback, is the world’s most foremost reserve currency, due in large part to the importance of the US economy on the world stage. Once backed by gold (in the 1900’s), the USD is now a purely fiat currency, i.e. not backed by a physical commodity. The former gold standard aligned to the US dollar, made both gold and silver the legal-tender coinage of the USA, with the guarantee that 1 USD could be converted to one and a half grams of pure 24 carat gold. However, the gold link was eventually abolished by President Richard Nixon in 1971. Since the gold standard was cut, the US dollar has become the world’s number one reserve currency.This means foreign nations possess large amounts of their cash reserves in USD, accounting for approximately 65% of the world’s foreign exchange reserves.How to Trade the US Dollar?The US Dollar is traded in a variety of ways, most notably on the foreign exchange (forex) market versus other currencies; traded as pairs. Any retail broker offers exposure to the USD in many exchange pairs, given its popularity and liquidity. The USD is involved in the majority of the most traded forex pairs, such as the EUR/USD, the USD/JPY, the GBP/USD and the USD/CHF, known as the “four majors”, and the “commodity pairs”, i.e. AUD/USD, USD/CAD and the NZD/USD.
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- I'm not expecting that we will fall into recession
- Growth will slow but I expect that to be a short-lived event
- Fed is committed to doing our work to bring down inflation
There's nothing new here. The dollar and Treasury yields have stabilized after the big pop following Brainard.
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After a 20% year-to-date decline, Cassava Sciences (SAVA) could see another downside in the coming months as circumstances may not be ideal for the company to develop its treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
As I see no potential for a price recovery here, I am bearish on this stock.
Cassava Sciences is a clinical-stage biotech company committed to developing innovative therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
Its lead treatment candidate, called Simufilam, is currently in Phase 3 clinical trials after receiving a special protocol review from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
For those unfamiliar with industry-specific terms, the product sponsor may request meetings with the FDA as part of a special protocol review to assess whether the treatment can receive marketing approval and the clinical trials meet scientific and regulatory requirements.
In an open-label study, researchers are also testing the safety and long-term tolerability of Simufilam in patients receiving 100 mg of the product twice daily for a year or more.
In addition, Simufilam is currently being evaluated in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study that will detect changes in cognition and measure biomarkers in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative pathology of the nervous system characterized by a picture of presenile or senile dementia.
The main symptoms are progressive memory loss (amnesia) and cognitive deficits in language functions (aphasia). Also, a deficit in purposeful movement (apraxia) and in recognizing objects and people (agnosia).
FY 2021 Results
Because Cassava Sciences’ operations are still in the clinical stage, the company isn’t selling any products, meaning it’s not generating any revenue yet.
It continues to bear operating expenses, particularly expenses related to research and development activities, as they have to.
As a result, 2021 ended with another net loss of $32.4 million, which is more than 400% deeper in the red than the net loss of $6.3 million in 2020.
Cassava Sciences said during the year it had to buy an office in Austin, Texas, where the company plans to set up its headquarters, spending about $22.2 million to do so.
The company paid $24.8 million to cover research and development (R&D) expenses (about eight times higher than 2020), primarily related to funding Simufilam’s studies and paying wages to employees.
Financial Condition
As of December 30, 2021, Cassava Sciences’ balance sheet reported $233.4 million in cash and cash equivalents with no scheduled repayments to a lender.
Based on total spending in 2021, available cash should be sufficient to fund R&D activities and administrative expenses for a couple of vigorous years.
Outlook
Cassava recently warned shareholders that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could suspend its clinical trials of Simufilam.
In its 10-K annual report, filed March 1, the company said, “A clinical hold may require us to spend significant resources over many months to address the root causes of FDA’s concerns. We may not find and successfully address such root causes, which could adversely affect our business.”
Then the company added, “If we are on clinical hold for 1 year or longer, the FDA may consider our IND for simufilam to fall into Inactive Status, which may result in termination of the clinical program for simufilam. To the extent we are not successful in lifting an FDA clinical hold, our results of operations and business will be materially adversely affected.”
Apparently, the wording in the 10K annual report, filed on February 28, was not initially disclosed.
Now, the information in the financial report follows the Food and Drug Administration’s January decision to hold Cortexyme and Denali Therapeutics, two of Cassava’s competitors, for their Alzheimer’s disease treatments.
Given what has happened, the perception is that Cassava Sciences’ treatment is now less likely to become a successful commercial product, which could potentially continue to translate into a lower share price.
Assuming that Cassava’s Alzheimer’s treatment will face the same headwinds as its peers, consuming significant resources to overturn an FDA clinical ban, the company must turn to capital markets to raise funds.
However, due to the Federal Reserve’s plans to tighten monetary policy, the company will face rising borrowing costs, which could significantly hamper the company’s growth plan to become a commercial-stage company.
Additionally, the risk that the FDA could halt the company’s clinical trials suggests that interim results from ongoing trials likely won’t be large enough to withstand the headwinds of higher inflation and economic slowdown from tightening Fed policy.
Wall Street’s Take
For the past three months, five Wall Street analysts have issued a 12-month price target for SAVA. The company has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on four Buys, zero Holds, and one Sell rating.
The average Cassava Sciences price target is $98.80, implying a 186.7% upside potential.
Stock Statistics
Shares are changing hands at $34.47 as of the writing of this article for a market cap of $1.4 billion, a P/E ratio of -46.5, and a 52-week range of $31.44 to $146.16.
Conclusion
The company is clearly in the red so far this year. I would give the company a slim chance to market its lead candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The share price is unlikely to recover.
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ChargePoint (CHPT) operates electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. I am bullish on the stock.
The vehicle electrification movement is charged up – no doubt about that. Many traders choose CHPT stock as their go-to investment vehicle for exposure to the EV charging market.
However, as the ChargePoint share price has rallied to over $20, some traders might wonder whether the stock is starting to run out of power.
There’s no need to worry, though. A collaboration with an unexpected partner could electrify CHPT stock, as well as the EV charging market as a whole, in 2022.
An Unlikely Partnership
Did you ever imagine that a banking giant like Goldman Sachs (GS) would dive head-first into the EV charging market? Believe it or not, this is actually happening right now.
No, Goldman Sachs isn’t going to start making EV charging stations. What the company is doing, however, is teaming up with ChargePoint to introduce new, tailored financing solutions.
It’s a win-win scenario, as the collaboration could reduce the up-front costs associated with EV charging technology for eligible customers. In other words, these expenditures don’t need to be a deterrent anymore for businesses seeking to deploy EV chargers.
Moreover, ChargePoint and Goldman Sachs Renewable Power will be offering financed and turnkey options to clients. These options include end-to-end construction, installation, and maintenance.
Reducing the Barrier
So now, reluctant businesses can more easily and affordably get involved in the EV revolution.
As ChargePoint President and CEO Pasquale Romano explained, “This partnership with Goldman Sachs Renewable Power reduces the barrier to entry for businesses who have been interested in adopting clean energy but have held back due to lack of tailored financing.”
With ChargePoint and Goldman Sachs Renewable Power eliminating the up-front costs associated with EV charging, these potential clients have no excuses left. Fleet owners, in particular, can take advantage of this opportunity to cut costs.
Jon Yoder, head of the Renewable Power Group of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, emphasized that the partnership will provide “an easier, better way for fleet operators to prepare for conversion of their fleets to electric and for businesses to serve their customers and employees, who increasingly will arrive in EVs.”
All of this leads to a bigger question: Will more big banks jump into the EV charging station market? They probably will, but they’ll surely want to partner with other businesses. Of course, large financial institutions aren’t likely to start producing the charging ports on their own.
There’s no need for big banks to reinvent the wheel, so to speak, by developing their own manufacturing processes to make EV charging stations. Instead, they can just partner up with a premier charging port manufacturer.
If any company fits that bill, it would definitely be ChargePoint. The company already has an extensive network of EV chargers throughout the U.S. Plus, ChargePoint has the name recognition that a small start-up company in the sector might not have.
Hence, ChargePoint is the most obvious choice if more financial giants want to enter the fray. Investors should keep an eye out for more deals and partnerships between ChargePoint and powerful banks with deep capital reserves at their disposal.
Big-Time Financing
As CHPT stock lingers near $20, some skeptics will still wonder whether ChargePoint is sufficiently capitalized to pursue the company’s ambitious vision of growing its charging station network throughout the nation and the world.
That’s a fair point to raise, but ChargePoint’s investors can breathe a sigh of relief if they’re worried about the company being under-capitalized. As it turns out, ChargePoint will receive a capital infusion to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.
To be more specific, ChargePoint revealed that Antara Capital LP has agreed to make a $300 million investment in the company. This will reportedly take place through the purchase of convertible senior notes and will have the objective of supporting ChargePoint’s growth initiatives.
It won’t be long now, as this mega-dollar transaction is anticipated to close on April 12, 2022. In exchange for $300 million, Antara Capital LP will receive Convertible Senior Notes due 2027, with rates of 3.5% / 5%.
In other words, ChargePoint will have to pay interest on this debt of 3.5% and/or 5% per year. Still, just consider what ChargePoint can do with $300 million. “Supporting ChargePoint’s growth initiative” can mean many different things, from research and development to marketing and selling and much more.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, ChargePoint has a Moderate Buy consensus rating, based on eight Buys and four Holds assigned in the past three months. The average Chargepoint price target is $24.50, implying 23% upside potential.
The Takeaway
ChargePoint is working with one of the world’s most famous financial institutions to help reduce barriers to EV adoption.
It’s a powerful partnership, and CHPT stock traders should take notice. Betting against ChargePoint now would be unwise, as the share price could maintain its upside momentum.
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International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) equips businesses all over the globe with integrated solutions and services.
The company is currently capitalizing on the hybrid cloud and AI opportunity with a platform-centric strategy that is concentrated on delivering two main sources of client value – technology and business expertise.
Specifically, the company supplies integrated solutions and products that securely leverage data and deep expertise in industries and business processes.
For instance, IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and AI technology aid clients’ digital transformation needs while assisting them with engaging their customers and employees in fresh ways.
With IBM struggling between transforming its own legacy businesses and improving its over-indebted balance sheet, the stock has struggled to deliver meaningful shareholder returns over the past decade. That said, positive advancements have been taking place.
For a start, Red Hat, one of IBM’s most recent and largest acquisitions, has been a key driver for the company that has rather revived its growth. In fact, Red Hat grew revenues by 30.6% last year. Additionally, the company has continued to deleverage, reducing its long-term debt from $58.4 billion in Q2 of 2019 to $44.9 billion, as of its latest report.
In my opinion, IBM could be a decent value play with its 5% dividend yield potentially serving income-oriented investors rather adequately.
That said, the tech sector likely holds better opportunities, especially after the latest correction. Further, IBM shares have little to offer apart from the dividend. Thus, I am neutral on IBM stock.
Latest Developments
IBM’s Q4 2021 results came in rather sound, with company-wide revenues rising 6.5% year-over-year to $16.7 billion. Diluted adjusted earnings per share also grew by 70.1% to $2.57 during this period.
Specifically, the company’s Software segment, which includes Hybrid Platform & Solutions and Transaction Processing, saw its revenues grow 10.1% to $7.3 billion. Growth was driven by Red Hat and automation services, which grew revenues by 21% and 15%, respectively.
IBM’s Consulting division also performed well, with its top line growing 15.7% to $4.7 billion. The increase was mainly driven by higher Business Transformation consulting fees, which increased by 20% compared to last year.
The spike in IBM’s EPS was due to the lack of extraordinary expenses that had occurred last year. That said, gross margins did slightly decline in Fiscal 2021, dropping from 55.9% to 54.9% year-over-year.
The company continued to allocate its operating cash flows towards deleveraging and returning cash to shareholders.
Deleveraging, Dividends, Buybacks
IBM shareholders currently face three value-creation catalysts: deleveraging, dividend growth, and share repurchases.
The company generated $12.8 billion in operating cash flows during Fiscal 2021. Of those, $5.97 billion were allocated towards reducing long-term debt, as mentioned earlier in the article.
Still, despite IBM ending the year with $7.6 billion in cash, the company remains heavily indebted. It is now featuring a net debt position of $47.9 billion.
In fiscal 2021 IBM continued to commit to its dividend per share growth. The latest DPS hike last summer was by a meager, but welcoming, 0.6% to a quarterly rate of $1.64. IBM now counts 26 years of consecutive annual dividend hikes, which positions the company within the S&P500’s Dividend Aristocrats Index.
However, note that IBM’s dividend growth prospects remain rather soft. The five-year DPS CAGR stands at 3.8%, with the company likely to continue strengthening the balance sheet before potentially re-accelerating dividend growth.
Hence, it’s more than likely that IBM’s dividend growth could underperform inflation in the next few years, which income-oriented investors should note.
Finally, IBM allocated around $319 million in stock repurchases. While stock repurchases have eased over the past few years relative to IBM’s heavy buyback volumes between 2005 and 2014, a declining share count should help boost the company’s per-share metrics. For context, since 1995, IBM has reduced its share count by nearly two-thirds.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, International Business Machines Corporation has a Hold consensus rating based on four Buys, six Holds, and two Sells assigned in the past three months. At $144.08, IBM’s stock forecast suggests 11.3% upside potential.
Valuation & Conclusion
Analysts expect IBM to post EPS close to $10 for Fiscal 2022, implying a forward P/E of 12.9. While this may sound like an attractive multiple, revenue growth is unlikely to exceed the single digits over the medium term. Combined with the fact that IBM is heavily indebted, I would argue that the possibility for a meaningful valuation expansion is quite slim.
In my view, investors should continue pricing the stock based on its dividend yield, as IBM’s payouts are likely to constitute the majority of investor returns moving forward.
IBM’s dividend yield has hovered between 4% and 6.5% over the past three years. With dividend growth likely to remain underwhelming, there is a high possibility that IBM’s stock could trade sideways for a long time.
Consequently, unless one really appreciates IBM’s rather robust dividend track record, the stock’s investment case is unlikely to produce extraordinary total returns ahead.
Even then, IBM’s dividend growth is quite unlikely to match inflation levels even if we were to assume that the latter was to normalize in the coming years.
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Streaming audio provider Spotify (SPOT) hasn’t been having a great run lately. However, it’s eager to turn things around, and its latest move to bring audio fiction to its platform may give it a hand.
Given the circumstances, I’m not sure that’s enough to really help. I’m bearish on Spotify because there’s not much going on therein that makes it stand out from the rest of the field.
The last year for Spotify shares has been one mainly of ups and downs. The last five months, though, have been mostly down. In fact, Spotify lost a little better than half its value in the space between November 2021 and March 2022.
The latest news might perk up at least some investors. Spotify is ramping up its fiction offerings by bringing out a new item featuring no less than Batman’s alter-ego Bruce Wayne. Dubbed “Batman Unburied,” it’s the first podcast in a deal set to go on for the next several years between Spotify and DC Comics, an AT&T (T) property.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, Spotify has a Moderate Buy consensus rating. That’s based on 15 Buys, seven Holds, and one Sell assigned in the past three months. The average Spotify price target of $238.82 implies 60.4% upside potential.
Analyst price targets range from a low of $140 per share to a high of $300 per share.
Hedge Funds Slowly Looking for the Exits
One major problem Spotify faces going forward focuses on hedge funds. Hedge funds sold off just over 655,000 shares last quarter, according to the TipRanks 13-F Tracker. That declining interest won’t ring any bells for investors interested in buying in or staying in.
Moreover, this is the second quarter in a row that hedge funds have sold off. This two-quarter sell-off follows five consecutive quarters of gain in position with hedge funds, suggesting larger problems below the surface.
Worse, Spotify’s dividend history is nonexistent. Spotify, based on current records, has yet to actually issue a dividend to shareholders.
Spotify’s Competition May Get the Better of It
Spotify offers a reasonably robust lineup of content that should keep its users comparatively happy. Yet, that’s the biggest problem for Spotify in a nutshell. In a bid to find out just what conditions over there were like, I signed up and started looking around. It took some time to get used to the interface. That’s a problem in and of itself.
Music went smoothly enough. A search for “90s music” on Spotify turned up plenty of possibilities, enough to dwarf the likes of SiriusXM (SIRI).
Looking for audio fiction on Spotify, meanwhile, was almost worse. Just starting with the selection “creepypasta”—a term for horror fiction of various lengths—a handful of results greeted me on Spotify, including two of the biggest names from YouTube, CreepsMcPasta and Mrcreepypasta.
Going to YouTube presented me with a seemingly unending scroll bar that offered individual titles, links to channels, and several items I never knew existed. YouTube’s “90s music” offering proved similarly robust.
So, therefore, I can’t help but ask: why Spotify? What can Spotify offer that users can’t get for free with some mild ad support on YouTube? The answer doesn’t seem to be all that much, and that has me concerned for Spotify’s future going forward. Sure, Spotify has some novel entries and exclusive content, but is this enough to get users to sign up?
Even the new Batman content smacks of desperation; DC has trotted out the Batman as one of its last big money-making prospects, which has resulted in several dubious entries. Batman’s recent connection with the e-sports giants of FaZe Clan seems particularly dubious. Bringing out Bruce Wayne as a solo character seems like an even bigger stretch.
Concluding Views
With hedge funds bailing out, the lone bright spot of Spotify—its massive upside potential—seems less like a target to shoot for and more like a pipe dream. Spotify is pushing its lowest target right now, and it almost seems like a reasonable ground to hold.
If Spotify wants to keep interested customers, it badly needs reasons for them to stay. With the Podcast Union preparing to walk over contract terms, that’s going to hit Spotify even harder in the original content department. Without compelling reasons to stick around, Spotify’s ability to monetize its users with advertising and premium subscriptions plummets.
Without some truly compelling new features, Spotify is likely to be overrun by its various competitors. That leaves me bearish on this company’s stock and watching to see if the company can pull any rabbits out of its hat before it’s too late.
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Jumia Technologies (JMIA) operates a pan-African e-commerce platform. I am bullish on the stock.
There’s no denying it: JMIA stock has disappointed many investors over the past year. The share price has sunk from more than $36 to $11 and change.
It’s frustrating for shareholders who believe in the growth of Africa’s economy and in global e-commerce. Is there hope for a turnaround?
Indeed, there is. JMIA recently perked up on the heels of a major, potentially game-changing announcement. Just maybe, there’s a reason for optimism with Jumia in 2022.
A Delivery of Good News
You might think of United Parcel Service (UPS) as a delivery service that’s based entirely in the U.S. However, it may surprise you to discover that the company actually has a multi-national presence.
While UPS is indeed based in Atlanta, the company is seeking a wider market footprint in multiple countries/continents. Among them is Africa, and that’s where a partnership with Jumia comes into the picture.
Reportedly, UPS will use Jumia’s distribution network to expand in Africa. This news is so momentous that it caused the JMIA stock to finish ~25% higher yesterday.
According to Renzo Bravo, Jumia’s head of strategy for the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and Africa, the arrangement will enable UPS to build a greater presence in a number of African markets and tap into an anticipated boom in online retail.
A Win-Win Scenario
How big is the market that UPS wants to tap into? “We believe that Africa has the potential to reach around $180 billion in online trade by 2025,” Bravo explained.
Thus, we can see how UPS will benefit from this deal. As for Jumia, Apoorva Kumar, the company’s senior vice president of logistics, provided a simple explanation.
As Kumar pointed out, the collaboration with UPS will enable Jumia to make use of UPS’s network, which spans 220 countries and territories, in order to help users deliver their packages.
Furthermore, the collaboration with UPS will commence in Nigeria, Morocco, and Kenya, with the aim of adding more countries, Kumar stated.
Meaningful Acceleration
Of course, a partnership with UPS, by itself, shouldn’t persuade anyone to buy shares of JMIA stock. There are many other factors to consider.
In particular, any prospective investors should look into Jumia’s financials. Sure, you may expect Africa’s e-commerce market to expand during the coming years. This will depend on the continent’s Internet penetration, as well as the rising middle class that can afford to buy more products online.
Those are important considerations, no doubt. However, prospective shareholders must ask themselves whether Jumia is the right business to invest in to capitalize on long-term emerging market e-commerce trends.
So, now is a great time to look under the hood and see how Jumia is going financially. The most recent data for this comes from the company’s results from Q4 2021.
Jumia’s co-CEOs, Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poignonnec, proudly declared that Jumia’s Q4 2021 results “marked meaningful acceleration and growth momentum with new records reached across all usage metrics.”
Breaking Down the Numbers
What does “meaningful acceleration” look like? First, Jumia’s quarterly active consumers increased 29% year-over-year to 3.8 million. That’s a quarterly record for the company.
Next, Jumia celebrated another quarterly record, with 11.3 million orders. That figure represents a whopping 40% year-over-year improvement and is definitely a bragging point for Jumia.
Still not convinced? No problem – consider this: during 2021’s fourth quarter, Jumia posted yet another company record. In particular, the company posted $330 million respectively in gross merchandise value, also known as GMV.
GMV is one of the retail segment’s most important metrics for investors to monitor. Without robust GMV growth, it’s difficult to truly believe in any e-commerce business.
Fortunately, Jumia grew the company’s GMV in Q4 of 2021 by 20% on a year-over-year basis. It’s a sign that Africa is bustling with online shopping activity, no doubt.
Most importantly, though, the company’s GMV growth shows that Jumia is able to move products in very large numbers. Jumia is an undeniable force in African e-commerce, and the financial data cements the company’s position as a force to be reckoned with.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, JMIA stock comes in as a Hold, based on one Hold rating assigned in the past three months. The average Jumia price target is $11, implying 2.9% downside potential.
The Takeaway
The announcement of the partnership with UPS came right on time. JMIA stock was in need of a catalyst, and this is a big one.
In light of this development, investors should consider adding Jumia shares. The stock price is still quite low and has plenty of room to run from here.
On top of that, Jumia’s financial data is highly encouraging and should provide investors with optimism. Even if you’re already invested, you might want to consider adding some JMIA shares, as the company is clearly in growth mode.
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Sometimes you just have to throw caution to the wind, as cruise line Royal Caribbean (RCL) did recently. Despite two years of disaster punctuated by brief bursts of hope, Royal Caribbean offered up some fairly exciting news for cruise fans.
I’m actually somewhat bullish on Royal Caribbean. If the “recovery narrative” is going to hit anywhere, it’s likely going to start with cruise line stocks. The rest of the market suggests there’s hope for this product line as well.
The last year in share prices for Royal Caribbean demonstrates how volatile the cruise line market is, and has been for some time. June and November 2021 saw significant peaks, which failed to last long.
So too did February 2022, but that also proved unsustainable. Now, we’re making our way back up to where we were in February, but will this latest peak have a similar end result?
The latest news provides some hope, but also a potential point of failure. Royal Caribbean recently celebrated the laying of the keel for Icon of the Seas, its upcoming new vessel..
This vessel represents something particularly unique for Royal Caribbean, as it will be powered entirely by liquefied natural gas. Further, it will boast shore power connections as well as waste heat recovery systems designed to make the ship more economical to operate.
Wall Street’s Take
Turning to Wall Street, Royal Caribbean has a Hold consensus rating. That’s based on four Buys, four Holds, and two Sells assigned in the past three months. The average Royal Caribbean price target of $94.13 implies 12.3% upside potential.
Analyst price targets range from a low of $70 per share to a high of $136 per share.
Bearish Environment
Royal Caribbean has a lot of negative sentiment to overcome. While the analyst picture is mixed, the hedge fund front is in decline. The TipRanks 13-F Tracker reveals that hedge funds reduced their shares held by 363,900 last quarter.
That’s a comparatively small dip given that the hedge fund market owns a combined 6,575,647 shares, but it’s a dip nonetheless. Hedge funds were returning to Royal Caribbean, albeit hesitantly, from January 2021 to July 2021, but reversed course slightly in the months that followed.
Insiders, meanwhile, have been selling off briskly. Insiders sold shares valued at $2.6 million over the last three months.
Worse yet, Royal Caribbean’s dividend history has been at a dead stop since March 2020. Before then, it was a perfect standard of dividend stock, with its dividend increasing on a regular basis.
Hope Sails Eternal
The good news for Royal Caribbean is that cruising in general seems to be making a comeback. Rival Carnival (CCL) recently reported that the seven days between March 28 and April 3 actually represented a new record for cruise bookings.
It gets better from there. Empower Clinics (EPWCF) recently announced a new line of COVID-19 testing solutions for cruise passengers in Vancouver. This news comes with excellent timing.
A recent report from the Caribbean Princess revealed that the 100% vaccinated ship was sufficiently packed full of COVID-19 cases to require at least a portion of the 12th floor of the ship be used as an isolation ward.
This actually sounds much worse than it was; all the cases involved were either “mildly symptomatic” or completely asymptomatic.
Thus, all told, we have an improving environment for COVID-19 cases, which were crippling the cruise industry. We have improved bookings, as we saw with Carnival.
Also, we have Royal Caribbean building an entirely new and somewhat greener ship that should be less expensive to run in an environment where fuel costs have gone mad. That adds up to somewhat good news for investors here.
Concluding Views
Every time Royal Caribbean has seen a big run up in the last year, it’s lost that gain shortly thereafter.
Right now, it’s seeing a new run up once more. We likely won’t have long to wait to see if history holds true for a fourth time this year. Ultimately, no company lays out the kind of capital investment a new ship requires without expectation of return.
With the cruise market starting to come back online and new protective measures in place to keep regulators at bay, there may be hope yet that Royal Caribbean can actually maintain a gain for the first time in at least a year.
A return to 2019 levels over its current pricing would certainly be welcome. For the first time in a while, that seems like it might be possible once more.
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Hertz Global (HTZ) has agreed to purchase as many as 65,000 electric cars from Polestar over the next five years as it works towards expanding its electric vehicle (EV) fleet in Hertz Corporation, which is a subsidiary of HTZ and an American car rental company based in Estero, Florida. HTZ stock rose nearly 11% to close at $23.38 on April 4.
The Swedish automaker Polestar was founded by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding. It is gearing up to go public in the U.S. through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger expected to close in Q2 2022.
Hertz Corporation, a subsidiary of HTZ, is an American car rental company based in Estero, Florida.
Hertz to Finance Polestar Car Purchase with Asset-Backed Securities
Polestar makes premium electric cars, which are currently produced in China. Hertz says it will initially order the Polestar 2 sedan. It plans to start making the Polestar cars available to customers in Europe in the spring and bring them to North America and Australia later in the year.
The company plans to raise funds for the purchase of the Polestar cars through asset-based securities, according to a Wall Street Journal report. In March, the company announced it would issue asset-backed notes to private investors to raise more than $1.4 billion.
Hertz Switching to an Electric Fleet
The Polestar deal follows Hertz’s order of 100,000 electric cars for its fleet from Tesla (TSLA) last October. It ordered the Model 3 type and expected the cars to be fully delivered by the end of 2022. Hertz said the Tesla order would see electric vehicles account for 20% of its fleet. Hertz offers its rental car service around the world. The global rental car market is forecast to grow to $132.6 billion by 2028 from $87.4 billion in 2021.
Wall Street’s Take
The Street is cautiously optimistic about Hertz stock with a Moderate Buy consensus rating. That’s based on four Buys versus two Holds. The average Hertz price target of $29.17 implies 30.92% upside potential to current levels. Shares have declined 5.5% year-to-date.
Blogger Opinions
TipRanks data shows that financial blogger opinions are 80% Bullish on HTZ, compared to a sector average of 70%.
The Takeaway for Investors
Shifting to electric vehicles would allow Hertz to reduce its carbon footprint. That could make Hertz’s service more attractive to climate-conscious drivers and its stock more attractive to climate-conscious investors. Additionally, as electric vehicles have lower operating expenses than gas-powered cars, the shift could benefit the company’s profit margins.
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Shares of Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), a cryptocurrency-focused digital asset technology company, are down 7% at the time of writing despite the company disclosing that it produced 1,258.6 self-mined bitcoin in the first quarter of 2022.
The stock initially saw a small boost upon release of the news; however, the overall market seems to have dragged it down.
Production Details
The self-mined bitcoin production increased 556% year-over-year from 191.8 bitcoin in the last year’s quarter. Further, as of March 31, 2022, Marathon said it held nearly 9,373.6 of total bitcoin with a fair market value of $427.7 million.
Quarterly, the company produced 436.1 self-mined bitcoin during March 2022, up 21% sequentially. Also, during March, the company deployed 1,320 bitcoin miners.
Strategy Update
The company seeks to deploy miners in non-carbon emitting power stations with a view to make its mining operations 100% carbon neutral by 2022-end. Further, Marathon has been bagging approvals for establishing a grid connection at these locations. Finally, it expects to receive required approvals soon with initial energization in the near term.
The company expects to deploy all its miners by early 2023 and anticipates its mining operations to consist of about 199,000 bitcoin miners, producing nearly 23.3 EH/s.
Management Commentary
Marathon’s CEO Fred Thiel said, “Our primary focus at Marathon remains on deploying our miners. Given our record first quarter, our ability to work alongside our partners to overcome obstacles, and the positive news we recently received regarding deployments, we remain confident in our ability to continue to execute on our strategy of scaling Marathon into one of the largest, most agile, and most sustainably operated Bitcoin miners in North America.”
Wall Street’s Take
Last month, H.C. Wainwright analyst Kevin Dede maintained a Buy rating on Marathon with a price target of $50 (85.7% upside potential from its current price).
Analysts collectively see the stock as a Strong Buy based on five unanimous Buys. The average Marathon price forecast stands at $55.20 and implies an upside potential of 105% from its current price.
Insider Trading
Based on the recent corporate insider activity, corporate insider sentiment is Very Positive for the stock. This means that over the past quarter, there has been an increase in insiders buying shares of MARA.
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Founder and CEO of Roblox Corp (RBLX), David Baszucki, has received a massive jump in his pay package for 2021 to $232.8 million from $6.8 million in 2020. The online entertainment platform allows users to interact with each other to explore and develop immersive, user-generated, and 3D experiences.
The long-term performance award worth about $232.2 million contributes to most of this pay package, which will be awarded throughout the years until 2027.
The vesting of performance awards will depend on the achievement of certain stock price goals, measured based on an average of the stock price over a consecutive 90-day trading period during the performance period.
Roblox’s performance in 2021 was encouraging, as its revenue jumped 107.8% year-over-year to $1.92 billion. Also, it reported a narrower loss for the year of $0.97 compared with a loss of $1.39 in 2020. Daily active users (DAUs) grew 40% to 45.5 million in 2021.
Wall Street’s Take
MKM Partners analyst Eric Handler initiated coverage on Roblox with a Hold rating and a price target of $55 (10% upside potential from its current price).
“We view Roblox as a unique, interactive entertainment platform (or metaverse) with significant long-term growth potential, but is facing near- to medium-term headwinds, causing growth to slow.”
Turning to Wall Street, RBLX stock comes in as a Moderate Buy. Out of 13 analyst ratings, there are nine Buys, three Holds, and one Sell recommendation. The average Roblox price target is $69.38, implying an upside potential of 38.7%.
Website Traffic
TipRanks’ Website Traffic tool, which uses data from SEMrush Holdings (SEMR), the world’s biggest website usage monitoring service, offers insight into RBLX’s performance.
According to the tool, in February, Roblox’s website recorded a 9.3% monthly decrease in global visits compared to the previous year. Likewise, year-to-date website traffic growth has declined 7.7% against the same period last year.
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Q: We saw actor Will Smith get out of his seat, walk onto the stage, slap comedian Chris Rock, and then sit back down and make some choice remarks during the Academy Awards. If I got up in an auditorium and slapped a speaker over what that person said, wouldn’t I be arrested and charged?
K.L., Lennox
A: California Penal Code Section 242 defines battery as “any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another.” This can arise even if there is no injury found. California Penal Code Section 240 addresses simple assault, which applies when someone willfully does anything that will result in applying force to another individual, such that a reasonable person would conclude the conduct will have impact on that individual.
As to the Smith-Rock matter, various questions arise: Was there justification for what Smith did? Was he acting in self defense? Did he really hit Rock?
Reports are that Rock is not going to press charges. Some times, however, it is not essential for the victim to testify in order to convict a person of assault and/or battery. Domestic violence charges, for example, may be brought even if a spouse refuses to testify; instead, there is a witness, medical records and photos of bruises. With the situation at the recent Oscars, as noted, we did see it occur. In fact, Smith has since apologized and the incident is on tape.
Bottom line: It is not my call whether Smith should be prosecuted, but a real concern is that absent prosecution, it may create the potential for others to do the same without fear of a criminal case.
Q: I read where some of the higher-end gift bags given out to those attending the recent Oscars show could be taxable. Can you explain that one to me?
D.M., Long Beach
A: Research indicates 25 of the nominees were to receive a gift bag worth just more than $137,000. Research further indicates the bag contains a collection of items from gold-infused oil to an all-expenses-paid trip to Turin Castle in Scotland to $10,000 worth of reconstructive surgery.
The high-end gift bags, however, could be taxable because the items are not deemed to be gifts that are given “solely out of affection, respect or similar impulses for the recipients.” Instead, the likely objective of providing the items is to persuade the celebrity to use the products or take that vacation and/or wear that brand.
Research further reveals that in 2006, the Academy stopped giving out gift bags to presenters and performers because of IRS scrutiny. There is now a separate entity that handles the gift bags. The bags come, from what I gather, with a form explaining that business gifts are taxable and thus the recipients should consult their tax professionals about them. Also, to be clear: The goods of highest value need to be redeemed and thus are not immediately taxable (and if not redeemed, are not then part of the value that may be taxed).
Ron Sokol has been a practicing attorney for over 35 years, and has also served many times as a judge pro tem, mediator, and arbitrator. It is important to keep in mind that this column presents a summary of the law, and is not to be treated or considered legal advice, let alone a substitute for actual consultation with a qualified professional.
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National Harbor, Md. (April 4, 2022) Women leaders from the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps speak during the women's leadership panel at the Navy League's 2022 Sea-Air-Space Exposition. The Sea-Air-Space Exposition is an annual event that brings together key military decision makers, the U.S. defense industrial base and private-sector U.S. companies for an innovative and educational maritime based event.
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Current price is trading between both those ranges at $45,951 moreover there is a lot of alternate up and down trading days. Over the nine trading days four days have been down and five days higher. Over the last four days two days have been lower in two days have been higher.
Technically, what sticks out on the daily chart is at the high price going back to March 28 at 48,234 stalled just below the 200 day moving average of $48,274 (it got within $40 of the key moving average). The price of bitcoin has not traded above its 200 day moving average since January 1, 2022 - the very first day of the calendar year.
If the prices to go higher, getting and staying above the 200 day moving average would certainly be a positive/bullish development. Absent that, and the sellers still remain in control.
Having said that, the price has traded above its 100 day moving average (blue line) for 14 consecutive days. It also extended above the 38.2% retracement of the move down from the November all-time high at $46,721.54.
However the last six trading days has not been able to close above that 38.2% retracement (bearish).
So traders seem to be baffled as to which way the price should go at least over the last nine trading days but more recently, there is indications the sellers are putting a lid on the price rise..
So what next?
When traders are baffled and the price remains in an up and down range, traders need to pay attention to the nuances of the market price action and technicals.
If the price is currently below the 38.2% retracement, stay below that and sellers are more control. The price can then get below the nine day low price of $44,244, that would open up the door for a potential moved down toward the 100 day moving average of $41,860.92.
Conversely, if the price bar starts to trade back above the 38.2% retracement, and then close above it, the 200 day moving average at $48,294.27 would be targeted.
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(NEXSTAR) — Yellowstone National Park is marking its 150th anniversary year, and to celebrate, it is accepting $1,500 donations in exchange for an annual entry pass to be used by the donor’s descendants in 150 years.
Calling it “a new way to invest in the future,” Yellowstone Forever, the park’s fundraising arm, will use the money raised through the sale of “Inheritance Passes” to support park projects such as trail improvements, education, native fish conservation and scientific studies.
According to Yellowstone Forever’s president and CEO, it’s the organization’s way of celebrating the park’s 150 years and helping to preserve it for another 150 years.
“This is a time for us to reflect on the natural and cultural significance of Yellowstone National Park, and to also look ahead to the next 150 years and how we can—together—work to strengthen its future,” President and CEO Lisa Diekmann said in a statement. “The Inheritance Pass is an opportunity to donate to the park now to help safeguard it for the future, and to ensure generations of stewards to come can experience and learn from the world’s first national park.”
The commemorative pass, available for a donation of $1,500, will include the donor family’s name and allows future generations entry into the park in 2172 — 150 years from now.
Until then, the pass is meant to be passed down from generation to generation “to support our collective love of Yellowstone’s vast wilderness,” the park said.
“Yellowstone National Park has provided inspiration and wonder to people for thousands of years,” said Diekmann. “Today, the park remains protected for the benefit and enjoyment of all people. As we look to the future, it will take support from all of us to help protect it today and ensure Yellowstone is protected for the next 150 years and beyond.”
Donors will also receive a Yellowstone National Park entry pass valid this year.
Yellowstone National Park, the world’s first national park, turned 150 on March 1. It is located largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extends into Montana and Idaho.
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Ashleigh Barty's friend and mentor Evonne Goolagong Cawley recalls watching Barty play as a junior. After one point, when the 13-year-old unleashed her all-court repertoire, she turned to her husband, Roger, and said "she's going to be our next champion." Two years later, Barty walked into the gates at the All England Club and won the girls' title. This was a blessing.
Read: World No.1 and three-time major champion Barty announces retirement
It was also a curse. In the sports-mad nation of Australia, the hopes of a nation soon fell on Barty's shoulders. The long road trips wore on her, and by the time she was 18, Barty walked away from tennis. While she was successful in doubles with partner Casey Dellacqua - the two made three major finals together - Barty had yet to break into the Top 100 in singles.
As time went on, the feeling of unfinished business began to weigh on Barty. A hitting session with Dellacqua rekindled ideas of a return to the tour. So at 20 years old, Barty came back, this time on her own terms. When she stepped on court for the first WTA event of her comeback, at 2016 Nottingham, Barty did not have a ranking. Still, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier, falling to Karolina Pliskova in two tiebreaks.
"I didn't have any goals of knowing how long I would play for," Barty recently said on the WTA Insider Podcast. "I wanted to win Wimbledon. That was always the dream. Sometimes your dreams don't come true, but sometimes they do. All I wanted to do in this second phase of my career was feel like I gave it absolutely everything and know that I left no stone unturned."
Flash forward five years to 2021, and it would be Pliskova standing across the net when Barty won the one title she openly coveted: Wimbledon.
Behind the Numbers: The statistics behind Barty's outstanding career
Barty's emotional win came in the midst of her most remarkable season, one that would cement her position at the top of the game. But while the tennis world was celebrating her victory and looking ahead to what it might mean to the game for years to come, Barty had other ideas.
"When you work for 20 years towards something and you finally achieve that, I was thinking, 'What else is there?'" Barty said. What more could this sport offer me? What more could I gain from playing the sport?"
Barty went through the motions as best she could to finish last season. She would win her fifth and final title of the season at the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati. But the struggle was real.
"Once we got to the Olympics it hit home for me that there wasn't much left in her," Barty's coach Craig Tyzzer said. "The motivation wasn't there except when she played doubles with Storm [Sanders] and mixed with John Peers. Her singles really went by the wayside. I really felt like she climbed to where she needed to get to and it was going to be a hard slog to keep her involved. So I sort of felt it was coming."
"Even after her first Grand Slam at the French, I had actually prepared this speech about how profound this was going to be and what it meant for her. And her first words to me were 'Can I retire now?'"
WTA Insider Podcast: The Best of Barty
- 2018 Zhuhai: Barty wins Zhuhai in style
- 2019 Miami: Barty wins her 1st WTA 1000 title in stunning fashion
- 2019 Roland Garros: Barty comes full-circle to win her first major title
- Porsche No.1 Podcast: Barty finishes the 2019 season as the year-end No.1
- 2019 WTA Finals: Barty wins the biggest prize money check in tennis history
- 2021 Stuttgart: Barty battles from the brink to win Stuttgart
- 2021 Wimbledon: Barty and Goolagong Cawley linked forever (Champions Corner)
- 2022 Australian Open: Barty brings it home
In fact, Wimbledon wasn't the only notable title run in Barty's career. Her first trip overseas for tennis was to Paris in 2009. Ten years later, she would hoist the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen in 2019. It was a win that surprised Barty herself. Just months earlier she had said every week of clay season was a week closer to the grass season.
"Playing the Australian summer was a really special opportunity for me to give it one last crack of playing at home and doing something no Aussie had done in over 40 years," Barty said. "It was a really exciting opportunity for me. I just wanted to go out there, one last crack, no regrets, just enjoy the moment and see what happens."
Social Buzz: 'What a legend' - Tennis community reacts to Barty's retirement
Though the idea of retirement was percolating, she wasn't sure whether the the Australian Open would be her final tournament.
"In Adelaide I wasn't so sure," Barty said. "First tournament of the season, it's always a bit of a challenge. Emotionally you're not sure how you're feeling, you're not sure where your level is at.
"I think probably after the second round at the Australian Open, I sat down with my team and there was a moment for me where I was like, 'You know what, this is the last one. This is the last Australian Open.'
"Just really enjoy it, embrace it, take it for what it is, and stay super present in every moment because I'm never going to get that moment back again."
In her march toward the title, Barty did not lose a set and ended Australia's 44-year drought for a home champion. Her roaring celebration on match point was cathartic, an exorcism of all the pressure that had weighed on her since being anointed Australia's Next Great Hope a decade earlier.
Photo Gallery: Ashleigh Barty's storied career comes to an end
"What it felt like for me was a bit of a full-circle redemption moment," Barty said. "I felt like I had been really close at the Australian Open before, but I was never able to come off the court and think I had no regrets. There was something eating at me from the Australian Open point of view. I was really fortunate to be able to experience that this year."
In every way, the Australian Open was a celebration of Ash Barty, of the player and sports personality she had become. This after nearly two years of stringent lockdowns because of the pandemic.
Almost immediately, the attention turned to the exact question Barty had asked herself six months earlier: What's next? There were questions about her chances of completing the career Grand Slam, at the US Open. Maybe she could become the first woman since Serena Williams to win Slams on all three surfaces in a single season.
Read: 'I was crying for a long time' - New No.1 Swiatek reeling over Barty's retirement
But even as she accepted the trophy from Goolagong Cawley on Rod Laver Arena, or while sharing beers with Dellacqua and Alicia Molik on television or during her whirlwind media rounds over the next two days, Barty's mind was settled. All those questions everyone else had would go unanswered. Her Melbourne victory lap would ultimately become Barty's final lap.
"Straight after, more than anything it was solidified," Barty said. "Nothing will ever get better than this on a tennis court.
"Not just that we had won a Grand Slam, it was all the work we had done to get to that point and the memories and experiences we had along the way and how much fun we had in those two weeks at the Australian Open. We were acting like absolute pork chops, having fun with it, playing games. That's what I'll miss with my team, that camaraderie.
"I knew that feeling for me was a full-circle moment. It just felt right."
That Barty was able to celebrate her final triumph with her loved ones in the stands and courtside was poignant. She completed her career with 15 singles titles and 12 doubles titles and finished as the year-end No.1 for the past three seasons.
Yet before her 15th and final title, most of Barty's milestone moments were celebrated by only her inner circle. At Roland Garros, her parents weren't able to get to Paris in time, landing in London just as the final began. Wimbledon came during the pandemic. Finally in Melbourne, her group of friends and family who shaped and shepherded Barty throughout her tennis career could sit courtside.
"I just know in my heart I've been so fortunate to be so successful because I've given everything to this sport and the people around me have helped me do that," Barty said. "I'm so grateful to them that they've invested so much time and energy in my career and our journey.
"Even looking at the photos and thinking of the memories of the last five-six years, not one of them is a photo of me on court. Not one of them is a photo of just me. It's the silly little nuances, it's the stupid things we did off the court, it's the fun times that I remember the most. Those are the things that allow me to walk away knowing that I'm so fulfilled and so happy."
Barty has walked away before, but this time she does so without regret. She has a pack of dogs she misses dearly. A family she's been away from for too long. Nieces and nephews who are begging to be taught that famous "chisel."
Beneath her bright smile and easy-going personality has always lurked a rebellious spirit. Her tennis journey proved it. Her uniquely singular game proved it. And her punk-rock decision of walking away at the peak of her powers merely underlined it.
"Is it forever? The door to my career is closed at the moment, and firmly. ... But I do hold the key to the padlock and who knows what the future holds," Barty wrote for CodeSports last week.
"But before anyone goes rushing to buy tickets to the 2023 Australian Open in the hope I might be back to defend my title, hold your horses. I am certain my future lies elsewhere."
As Barty laid down the No.1 torch that she had held for 114 consecutive weeks, a familiar foe and frequent practice partner stepped up the challenge. Iga Swiatek had been open about her admiration of Barty throughout their last season, marveling at the Aussie's high-level consistency and professionalism, using her as a benchmark for the development of her own game. The 20-year-old Pole spent even spent dedicated blocks of her pre-season to solving the Barty riddle. The news that the woman she had set up to chase was exiting the game hit Swiatek hard.
But during Swiatek's run to the Miami Open title, where she sealed the No.1 ranking, left no doubt the Polish she was the perfect heir to the throne.
"I know that if it is Iga, there is no better person," Barty said. "She's an incredible person, a great tennis player. The way that she's brought this fresh, fearless energy onto the court has been incredible.
"I loved testing myself against her. I loved playing her. I loved practicing with her and spending time with her team. She's a brilliant person, and was one of the first to message me, which is really nice.
It's still a little bit surreal to me… @ashbarty thank you for what you've done for our sport, for every time we practiced together and played against each other - it was always a challenge in the best way possible. I hope you'll enjoy every second in this new chapter Champ. 💛 pic.twitter.com/iZ6ZGlaEuz
— Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) March 24, 2022
Barty is assured she leaves the tour in good hands. No one understands the deep talent pool more than the woman who spent every last ounce of energy holding her opponents off to achieve her dreams.
"It's a new start for the tour, which is going to be really exciting for them," Barty told reporters. "They've got exceptional players, great depth. It's going to be really exciting for them."
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She won Indian Wells and sailed through Miami. We’ve seen and heard all the numbers. But to put Iga Swiatek’s sweep of two of the most difficult events of the season into context is not easy.
But that did not stop us from trying.
Here are our final thoughts on Swiatek’s run and a memorable month of action.
Best of Swiatek's rise
- Champions Corner: The mindset that paved the way to Swiatek's sweep
- Inside the numbers: Swiatek streaks to the Sunshine Double
- A rivalry rife with respect: Here's hoping for more Swiatek, Osaka showdowns
- Get the Gear: Here's what Swiatek and Osaka sported in Miami
- In Photos: Iga Swiatek's Road to World No.1
- Insider Wrap: From Swiatek to Fruhvirtova, the biggest stories from the Miami Open
Swiatek accomplished so much during her sweep of Indian Wells and Miami. What stat stands out to you the most?
Alex Macpherson: In Swiatek's past six finals - one Grand Slam, one WTA 500 and four WTA 1000s - she has dropped 20 games combined. It's a truly absurd stat. Even more ridiculous: She has lost only four games across the second sets of those finals. Swiatek is able to first bring a relentless level of dominance to her most important matches and then somehow get better and better as the finishing line approaches. And all of those opponents were in the Top 5 at one point.
Nguyen: Not all streaks are the same. Swiatek's run of 17 straight wins all happened at the WTA 1000 level, and the draws weren't breaking open for her. Her average rank of opponent during her streak is 29. It actually dropped after the Miami final because Naomi Osaka, then No.77, was the lowest-ranked opponent she faced.
Swiatek’s wins from the R16 onwards:
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) April 2, 2022
Doha:
d. Kasatkina 63 60
d. Sabalenka 62 63
d. Sakkari 64 63
d. Kontaveit 62 60
Indian Wells
d. Kerber 46 62 63
d. Keys 61 60
d. Halep 76 64
d. Sakkari 64 61
Miami
d. Gauff 63 61
d. Kvitova 63 63
d. Pegula 62 75
d. Osaka 64 60 pic.twitter.com/L7KGJgHi7o
This is a remarkable stat. The last player to win 17 straight matches was Simona Halep in 2020. Her average rank of opponent was 54. Victoria Azarenka's run of 17 matches in 2016, which included winning the Sunshine Double, was 68. The last woman to win 17 or more consecutive matches on hard courts was Osaka from 2020 to 2021. The average rank of her opponents was 61.
All of this highlights the degree of difficulty of what Swiatek accomplished, all while juggling Ashleigh Barty's retirement and the pressure of her own ascension to No.1 at the age of 20.
What player, outside of Swiatek, impressed you the most during the Sunshine Double?
Macpherson: Daria Saville played only four tournaments across 2020 and 2021 because Achilles surgery. While she was an unknown quantity this year, the Australian ran, scrapped and dug in as much as she did when in her Top 20 prime to reach the Indian Wells last 16 and Miami quarterfinals. Saville overcame Ons Jabeur in the Indian Wells Round of 64 (her first win versus a Top 10 opponent since 2018), rocketed from No.610 to No.129 and has won three of the 20 longest matches this season. It's terrific to have her back, but we can only hope she and Tofu, her beloved sausage dog, are coping with their enforced separation.
Nguyen: As Alex rightfully notes, Saville was the surprise of the spring. So I'll tip my hat to Paula Badosa. It's easy to forget she had a disappointing pair of tournaments in the Middle East. She went into her Indian Wells title defense with a swirl of doubt and pressure. She responded by making the Indian Wells semifinals and Miami quarterfinals to rise to a career-high No.3.
Like Swiatek, Badosa was considered more of clay-court threat than a reliable hard-court player. And like Swiatek, she's quieted those whispers. And if two parallels weren't enough, here's a third: Badosa now heads to clay, where her powerful, physical game flourishes.
What was your favorite match of the Sunshine Double swing?
Macpherson: Curiously, the two matches since Emma Raducanu's US Open title that have convinced me she is for real were both losses. She fell to Wang Xinyu in Linz last year and to Petra Martic in the Indian Wells third round last month. For 2 hours and 46 minutes, the veteran Martic and Raducanu went toe-to-toe in a feast of shot-making. There were dips and opportunities not taken. But the highs were deliriously high, not least the sensational string of points Raducanu reeled off to win the first-set tiebreak.
Raducanu, 19, has lost a few heartbreakers this year, but should draw strength from the quality she showed in that match. And as for the winner - it was a welcome sight to see Martic, a player who owns one of the widest repertoires on tour, playing a high level of tennis again.
Nguyen: Naomi Osaka vs. Belinda Bencic in the Miami semifinals. Bencic has been a known matchup problem for Osaka.
That Osaka kept her cool and problem-solved to engineer a three-set comeback bodes well for her. For me, this was the most important match of the Sunshine Swing.
Interesting breakdown from Naomi Osaka on what makes Belinda Bencic a challenging opponent for her. pic.twitter.com/9arEtVaEO1
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) April 1, 2022
Just like that we’re on to the clay season. What is the top storyline you will be paying attention to early on?
Macpherson: "I'm gonna try to take this clay-court season really seriously," Naomi Osaka said after the Miami final. The former World No.1's run was satisfying in terms of quietening those who had written her off. Seeing her relaxed and enjoying herself throughout the fortnight might have been the greater victory in light of her struggles over the past year. I've long been in the camp that argues Osaka needs only a touch more experience and commitment to elevate her clay and grass results to the heights of her hard-court successes.
Her early results showed promise on all surfaces, and there's plenty of history of champions who initially seem like a fish out of water on unfamiliar turf eventually mastering it (Venus Williams on grass, Maria Sharapova on clay). At times, Osaka has seemingly not been in that camp herself, but it's encouraging to see her joining us at last.
Nguyen: What will the Top 5 look like after Roland Garros? With Swiatek defending points in Rome, Krejcikova in Paris and Sabalenka in Madrid, there's a lot of movement for a shakeup. You can add Badosa's mass of points from Madrid (semifinals), Belgrade (win), and Roland Garros (quarterfinals) as well.
That could open the door for a surge from players like Ons Jabeur, Anett Kontaveit, Garbiñe Muguruza and Maria Sakkari, though the Greek will be defending Roland Garros semifinal points as well.
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Jessica Pegula endured a rollercoaster start to the season, but closed the spring hard-court swing with momentum. The 28-year-old American rose to a new career-high ranking of No.13 after making her third WTA 1000 semifinal last week at the Miami Open. Combined with a second Australian Open quarterfinal in January and two doubles titles, Pegula continues to build off a strong 2021 campaign.
Pegula joined the WTA Insider Podcast from this week's Credit One Charleston Open, where she is set to kick off her clay season. She reflects on her start to the season and weighs in on new World No.1 Iga Swiatek. Pegula also discusses her new role on the WTA Player Council.
Read highlights from Pegula's interview below and listen to the full interview on the WTA Insider Podcast.
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WTA Insider: You had two great results with the quarterfinal at the Australian Open and semifinals in Miami. What were the lows?
Pegula: I had COVID after I got married for a couple of weeks. Looking back at it, I definitely felt a little unprepared physically coming into the year. I was practicing a lot, but I honestly felt like I was playing catchup even when I was in Australia. I was able to take care of a good draw that kind of opened up for me there, which was great mentally. But physically and mentally, which I think they go hand in hand, I was just struggling a little bit.
Now that I look back, I don't know if it was because I had COVID and I didn't do anything for two weeks and it took me a little while to get back. I lost two or three weeks of training that maybe affected me a little bit mentally. But I was able to do well in Australia and do OK in the Middle East. I lost to some good players there.
Champions Corner: Gauff, Pegula take home the WTA 1000 title in Doha
Indian Wells, I was not feeling great at all. I felt horrible. I just felt like I wasn't playing my game. Kudos to Marie Bouzkova, who can be really, really tough and has had really great results. I think she's a much better player than her ranking shows. She played a great match there and I knew she was going to be tough.
But in Miami, I was able to reset a little bit. I got to go home, get some good practice the week before and some training weeks. I felt so much better going into Miami and was able to show that. I definitely played, at least personally for me, a million times better than I've been playing all year.
Making it look easyyy 🤩@JLPegula | #MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/bm6CFE0YNF
— wta (@WTA) March 27, 2022
WTA Insider: So you were struggling to find your game in practice too?
Pegula: It's tough because sometimes you feel great in practice, but you play bad in matches. Sometimes you are practicing horrible, but you're able to play great in matches. I felt like I wasn't playing well on either front, which is just very frustrating.
After Indian Wells, I was able to go back to the drawing board mentally and start doing some things that I had to focus on more. Getting my footwork better, using my legs better. I got back to journaling a little bit more. I was doing it a little bit in the beginning of the year, but not as much. Even meditating, I always try to do that and maybe wasn't doing it as frequently as I had been in the past.
Flashback: After battling injuries, Pegula makes her Top 100 debut after 2019 Charleston
WTA Insider: As you look to clay, how do you set yourself up for this segment of the season?
Pegula: It's a new challenge right away. I had one day back home and then drove straight here. It's already presenting a bunch of new challenges mentally and physically that I'm going to have to deal with starting when I play doubles. It's crazy how it can be such a quick turnaround.
But I think again, trying to stay present, keep an open mind about what I need to do a little bit differently on clay and what I need to keep the same. And I think, too, just not letting it frustrate me. Maybe the bounces aren't as good, points can be longer, not getting frustrated with the different conditions because it's a long season. So just keeping an open mind and staying positive about everything here will help set me up for the next few months.
Some people can get really frustrated on the clay. I actually grew up in this area. I don't hate clay by any means. I think I have become more of a hard-court player, but sometimes I think I have to remind myself that I grew up playing on clay, especially the green clay. It's not the end of the world that it's clay-court season like some people make it out to be. You can still play good tennis.
WTA Insider: I sent a tweet about Iga Swiatek now turning to the clay season and you tweeted back "help us all."
Pegula: I'm sure everyone else is thinking, "Oh crap." It's like when Rafa started learning how to play on grass and you were like, "Oh, shoot, we're all in trouble."
She won junior Wimbledon, so obviously she can play on grass. So that's also another scary thought, that we even have to think about that.
WTA Insider: You were the only player to get seven games off Iga in Miami.
Pegula: I know. That was a like a win that week [laughs]. It's like I won the whole tournament.
What an interesting few weeks. Thanks @MiamiOpen for the great event and the chance to play so close to home. Congrats to @iga_swiatek on the title, #1, and much more. You’re making history right now. Enjoy it 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/cj1GNUFwQp
— Jessie Pegula (@JLPegula) April 3, 2022
WTA Insider: You do have a win over her. You played her during your title run at the 2019 Citi Open. What makes her so tough to solve right now?
Pegula: So it's kind of funny because a long time ago I remember watching her. She went on a run where she won four 60Ks in a row. I remember seeing that and thinking this girl must be really good. That is not easy to do. It was on clay, so clearly she likes clay. So when I played her in D.C., I was not taking that lightly by any means. I was like, "This girl is going to be good."
I beat her, but she was a little inexperienced and on hard courts she definitely wasn't as good. She got beat by Giorgi [at 2019 Australian Open]. She wasn't used to the pace coming in on the hard courts, I don't think. She was still adapting, but she was really good on clay.
When she won the French Open, I was not surprised at all. I was keeping my eye on her. But I didn't know how fast she would adapt to hard courts. Even last year, she wasn't quite playing as well on it. She won Adelaide, but I think Adelaide was kind of a slow hard court. So I thought OK, Indian Wells, where the balls are slow, the balls fluff up, she'll definitely like playing on there. But I definitely was not expecting her to win three 1000s and go on a crazy run.
WTA Insider: You're on the Player Council this year. You're also an entrepreneur with your skincare line, Ready 24. How are you juggling these leadership positions while still playing the best tennis of your career?
Pegula: I think another challenge this year is figuring out how to balance it all and I'm still learning how to do it the best I can. Now I have a lot more commitments when I come to these tournaments where I have to do media days and I have to do all these visits and sponsor visits and all this stuff that I'm totally not used to doing. It's still fun for me because it's still pretty fresh, they're new experiences.
I don't mind taking on more leadership responsibilities because maybe even after my career when I'm done that's the road I would go down. I love the sport. I want to help as much as I can because it's given me so much. So to me, it's just a healthy way to give back to the sport. As long as I'm not spending too much time, too much energy on it, I think it's a great way to just learn about how things work, learn how these tournaments work, how the tour works, what players want.
It's something really important because there's so much more after tennis. That can get lost sometimes. And it keeps the pressure off me as well when I have something to talk about, or work on or look forward to when I'm off the court, helping in different ways. When I'm thinking about a match so much, it can just add too much pressure and I just don't respond well in that way.
Entrepreneur Spotlight: Pegula on growing Ready 24
So to me, it's just a fun way to keep learning. And also learning what maybe I might be interested in after I'm done, which direction I want to go. Maybe it's nothing with tennis. Maybe I'm like, "Player Council was terrible, I don't want anything to do with any of this, I'm going to go just do my skin care line." Or maybe I can really see myself in this space. Learning that is just an important life skill and I think it's really important in all ways.
WTA Insider: What are the main goals right now for the Player Council?
Pegula: Well, I'm still really new to all this, and I'm only serving out the six-month term right now. I'm the rookie that's still learning. It's been an interesting experience. But I think a lot of it is just getting back to normalcy, getting new protocols. Getting back to fans, to normal things, has been a focus. There's a lot of different things going on. But I think getting back to normalcy with these tournaments and trying to keep the tour healthy as far as fans and sponsors and stuff like that seems to be the main thing.
And just being there for each other as well with the new challenge of Ukraine and Russia. Coming together more as players and as the WTA family, supporting each other, whether it's the players or staff or the tournaments. That's obviously been another very big main issue, trying to come together during that situation.
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MOON KNIGHT
Premise: An everyday guy and the life force of a mercenary inhabit the same body as they investigate mysteries of the Egyptian pantheon.
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Gaspard Ulliel, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy.
Service: Disney+.
Why it's impossible to stop watching: Not all Marvel shows on Disney+ have been hits, but a solid cast and clever writing crew keep "Moon Knight" near the top of the heap. The series finds buried value in one of Marvel's lesser-known characters, tying them in with flair to the big-picture Marvel Cinematic Universe.
THE DROPOUT
Premise: The expose delves into the life and crimes of Elizabeth Holmes, the sparkplug CEO-turned defendant who fell from grace as a Silicon Valley darling whose blood-testing company was found to be a fraud.
Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Naveen Andrews, Kate McKinnon, William H. Macy.
Service: Hulu.
Why it's impossible to stop watching: Seyfried's Emmy-worth performance fuels the potboiler drama, which remains fascinating even if you've seen and read a ton of content delving into Holmes' story.
HALO
Premise: An adaptation of the beloved Xbox video game franchise about fighting alien soldiers.
Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Jen Taylor, Natasha McElhone, Danny Sapani.
Service: Paramount+.
Why it's impossible to stop watching: Nailing the look and feel of the games while also admirably injecting compelling characters and storylines that the source material is lacking, this is just about as good as a "Halo" adaptation could be.
BEL-AIR
Premise: A twist on the 1990s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" is a dramatic take on the concept of a teen from South Philly moving in with wealthy SoCal relatives.
Stars: Jabari Banks, Coco Jones, Olly Sholotan, Jimmy Akingbola.
Service: Peacock.
Why it's impossible to stop watching: A strong cast of actors and incisive writing carry this series, filled with fresh takes on well-established characters that will both please and surprise fans of the old comedy series.
THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE
Premise: The drama delves into the 2014 case in which a teen boy committed suicide, and his girlfriend was jailed for encouraging him via text to do so.
Stars: Elle Fanning, Colton Ryan, Chloe Sevigny, Cara Buono.
Service: Hulu.
Why it's impossible to stop watching: Fanning turns in the defining performance of her burgeoning career as the troubled teen in the title role. Sevigny is also striking as the victim's devastated mother. Avoiding cliches and "After School Special"-style tropes, the series digs into befuddling speculation and questions surrounding the case.
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In towns like Bucha, cut off from the world for nearly six weeks, the shocking images of civilian deaths are now out in the open.
In the small suburb of Kyiv, Russian troops terrorized residents. Photographs and video document the scope of Russia’s campaign of killing: a manicured hand and a bright sandal are pieces of Ukrainian life in the mud.
Bodies are wrapped in plastic bags in ditches, people in plain clothes lay on the streets, with their hands and feet bound. From above, satellite images show mass graves.
"We get the impression that the Russian occupiers have got the green light from Putin and Shoigu, the Russian Defense Minister, to have a safari in Ukraine," said Anatoliy Fedoruk, Mayor of Bucha. "They weren't able to take Kyiv, so they vented their frustration on Bucha and the surrounding areas."
Ukrainian officials say Bucha has hundreds of victims — the elderly, women, and children among the civilians killed because of Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions.
“You may remember I got criticized for calling Putin a war criminal," President Joe Biden said. "Well, the truth of the matter is you saw what happened in Bucha. This warrants him — he is a war criminal.”
Pres. Biden says he’s seeking more sanctions that will soon be announced. The U.S. has been gathering evidence of war crimes, and the International Criminal Court launched an investigation last month.
“These areas, about which we talk, have been under the occupation, under the control of the aggressor of the Russian troops or they've been bombed by the aggressor, the Russian troops," said Peter Stano, foreign affairs spokesperson of the European Commission. "So of course, there is no one else who could have committed these atrocities."
Russian officials deny committing atrocities in Bucha, calling it a fake attack, but witnesses tell grim stories.
"I saw women killed," said Oleksiy Goncharenko, Ukrainian Parliamentarian. "I saw a body burnt in the vehicle, boy or girl, child, I don't know, maybe 6, 7 years old. It's so awful. It's hard to explain."
"There's one woman from Bucha who spoke with Human Rights Watch, told us about a day in early March where she was gathered with other civilians by the Russian soldiers, and five Ukrainian men in plainclothes were brought into the same roadside," said Aisling Reidy, senior legal adviser at Human Rights Watch. "They were made to kneel down with their hands behind their back, and then the soldiers lifted the T-shirt of one of the men and shot him in the head. They did not proceed to kill the other four who were kneeling, but the women, when they came back to the same area the next day, they saw the body of the man who'd been executed still lying there."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visiting Bucha Monday, said the crimes will be recognized by the world as genocide. Current and former U.S. ambassadors to the UN are calling for Russia to be suspended from the UN Human Rights Council.
Meanwhile, on the streets of Bucha, Ukrainians were using cables to move the dead out of fear the Russian forces had hidden explosives under bodies.
With Russian troops retreating in the North and repositioning in the East, there are fears the world will see more devastating scenes of human suffering.
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BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian appeals court has sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal to death for raping at least 13 students over five years and impregnating some of them.
Herry Wirawan was convicted in February and sentenced to life in prison.
According to the Associated Press, Wirawan was accused of raping girls between 11 and 14 years old from 2016 to 2021 in places that included the school, hotels, or rented apartments.
The news outlet reported that at least nine babies were reportedly born from the rapes.
His case drew a public outcry as there were several victims over several years.
Police said the victims were too fearful to tell anyone.
The Bandung High Court ruled Monday that Wirawan had caused trauma and suffering to the victims and their parents and tarnished the reputation of Islamic boarding schools.
Wirawan's lawyer was advising him to appeal the sentence to the Supreme Court.
President Joko Widodo has called on parliament to speed up deliberations on a bill on sexual violence.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police said on Tuesday that they have identified the man who raped and killed at least three motel clerks in Indiana and Kentucky in the late 1980s.
Police Sgt. Glen Fifield said they were able to identify the murderer as Harry Edward Greenwell, who died of cancer in January 2013, through a crime lab analysis from evidence collected at the crime scenes, the Associated Press reported.
The first victim, Vicki Lucille Heath, was raped and killed at the Super 8 Motel in Elizabethtown, Kentucky on Feb. 21, 1987.
According to the department, on March 3, 1989, Jeanne Gilbert and Margret Gill were killed while they worked at separate Days Inn along Interstate 65 in Indiana.
Police said Gilbert went missing while working as a night clerk at a Days Inn in Remington. Her body was later found near Brookston, Indiana.
Gill was slain while working at a Days Inn in Merrillville.
Both victims died from gunshot wounds, police said.
Another woman working in Columbus was sexually assaulted and robbed on Jan. 2, 1990, Sgt. Fifield said.
She was the only known victim who survived.
The FBI released the following timeline of events and information.
Investigators are working with law enforcement agencies across the country to determine if Greenwell was a suspect in any other cases.
On Tuesday, personnel from Indiana State Police, the FBI and Elizabethtown Police Department are scheduled to provide an update on the cold cases. Several other law enforcement agencies also attended.
Andrew Smith and Nikki DeMentri at WRTV first reported this story.
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DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say an outdoor concert in Dallas where one person was killed and 15 others were injured by gunfire over the weekend did not have a permit.
Police on Monday updated the number injured, saying 15 people were injured by gunfire and one woman was injured but not by gunfire.
Police didn't say how she was injured.
Police said those injured ranged in age from 13 to 29.
The Associated Press reported that near the stage police found 26-year-old Kealon Dejuane Gilmore with a gunshot wound to the head. He died at the scene.
Police Chief Eddie Garcia said during a Monday news conference that all of those injured were in stable condition.
Garcia said that with "a permit and proper promoter oversight, we can better be prepared for events and crowds."
The shooting occurred after midnight Sunday.
No arrests have been made.
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A U.S. official says the White House plans to extend the pandemic pause on student loan repayments through Aug. 31, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
According to The Hill, an official announcement could come as early as Wednesday.
The pause in student loan payments was first put into place in March 2020. The Hill reports it's been extended five times.
Democrats in Congress have called on the president to do more to help people facing student loan debt amid inflation concerns.
Progressive Democrats have said Biden should cancel student loan debt altogether. However, Biden claims his powers to cancel student loan debt are limited.
As a candidate, Biden said he would support canceling up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt per borrower.
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A car is on fire on Prince Charles Avenue, in Walderslade, Chatham and police are believed to have closed the road. Allegedly the car hit a wall and burst into flames.
Eye witnesses at the scene have reported that the fire and ambulance services are at the scene and say the police have closed the road.
Emergency services have not confirmed any injuries or casualties but reports on social media suggest one person was injured.
Kent Police and Kent Fire and and Rescue have been contacted for comment.
We will bring more as we get it in the live feed below...
Eyewitness at the scene
Trevor Carnell, who lives in Walderslade, said: "I just noticed people standing outside in the street had to see what was up. I heard the fuel tank go, it sounded like gunfire to some people. I heard through the Facebook chat that a young lad in his 20s was pulled out the car by someone and he had a broken leg, but thankfully no one was killed."
Everything we know so far
- A car is on fire on Prince Charles Avenue
- Eye witnesses at the scene have reported that the fire and ambulance services are at the scene and say the police have closed the road.
- Emergency services have not confirmed any injuries or casualties but reports on social media suggest one person was injured.
Welcome to the Live blog!
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Traffic on the M20 eastbound is being held due to an accident. A multi-vehicle collision has caused the road to be closed whilst emergency services tend to the scene.
The incident took place on the M20 between J11 A20 (Hythe/Westhanger) to J11A (Channel Tunnel). Lane one of four was originally closed before all lanes were held to allow emergency services to deal with the incident.
Queues are reportedly building in the area whilst the road remains closed. The severity of the crash is currently unknown.
READ MORE: Live M20 Operation Brock traffic updates as coastbound carriageway closed to non-freight traffic
Traffic site Inrix have said: "All traffic being temporarily held and slow traffic due to multi-vehicle accident on M20 Eastbound from J11 A20 (Hythe / Westenhanger) to J11A (Channel Tunnel).
"Cameras show lanes one and four (of four) were closed however traffic is being held while emergency services deal."
Emergency services have been contacted for a statement on the crash. Any updates will be provided once we have received them.
Follow live updates of this incident in our live blog below.
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M20 eastbound cleared
The M20 eastbound has now cleared after an earlier multi-vehicle collision.
Traffic site Inrix have said: "Traffic returned to normal and exit slip road clear, accident cleared on M20 Eastbound at J11A (Channel Tunnel). Traffic was held for around 10 minutes while the vehicles were moved. "
Inrix update
Traffic site Inrix have offered an update on the crash. They have said: "Slow traffic and exit slip road partially blocked due to earlier accident, multiple vehicles involved on M20 Eastbound at J11A (Channel Tunnel).
"Traffic was held for around 10 minutes while the vehicles were moved."
Where did the crash take place?
The incident took place on the M20 between J11 and J11A with multiple vehicles believed to be involved.
Some congestion appears to have built up on the stretch of road.
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Public road inquiry
A resident living on the 1000 block of Springen Avenue contacted Fergus Falls police on Apr. 4, at approximately 9:19 p.m. with questions about using public roads and going to see her landlord in person. Police say the woman was upset with the wife of her father and wanted to make sure that she could drive on public roads. An officer advised her that she could.
Hit and run suspect sought
Fergus Falls police are investigating a possible hit and run that was reported on Apr. 1 at approximately 8:36 a.m. The vehicle was traveling west on Cavour Avenue towards College Way and had struck another vehicle. Police say the suspect vehicle is possibly an early 2000’s model maroon Chevy pickup.
Package theft
A resident on the 300 block of East Vernon Avenue reported a theft of a package to Fergus Falls police on Apr. 1, at approximately 8:39 a.m. The package contained three pairs of chino pants from Proper Cloth that were valued at $375. The resident reported that the theft took sometime between Mar. 30 at 1 p.m. and Mar. 31 at 10:30 a.m. Police say the package was in an unlocked entry way.
Child calls 911 for help with phone
Fergus Falls Police Department dispatch took a report from a child on Apr. 1 at approximately 12:35 p.m. that had called into 911 looking for assistance in unlocking his iPhone. The call originated from an address on the 600 block of Mt. Faith Avenue. An officer later spoke with the child’s brother, who was at home watching his brother, but had fallen asleep. Police determined no emergency services were needed, and the mother of the child arrived on scene. The child was advised about the proper use of 911.
Vehicle sideswiped at gas station
A person whose vehicle was sideswiped at a gas station on the city’s west side contacted the Fergus Falls police on Apr. 1, at approximately 2:05 p.m. describing the suspect as an elderly male that was driving a black truck. An investigating officer learned that while the person was parked at a pump another vehicle driven by the suspect caught the rear driver’s side corner. Police say the suspect vehicle is a four door Chevy Silverado pickup with unknown license plates.
Crash pushes vehicle into yard
Fergus Falls police responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash on Mar. 31, at approximately 2:51 p.m. on the 1100 block of Sunset Drive in the Jensen Addition neighborhood behind the YMCA. The motorist who reported the crash to police stated that she was backing out of her driveway onto Somerset Road in a white Toyota van when she was rear ended by another motorist who had been traveling westbound on Somerset in a Nissan Maxima. The collision pushed the woman’s vehicle into her yard. No injuries were reported.
Border patrol accusations scam
Fergus Falls police dispatch received a call from a resident on Mar. 31, at approximately 9:08 a.m. that the resident had received a call from someone claiming to be from “border patrol,” stating that the resident was dealing drugs. Police say the resident did admit to giving out minimal personal information, but was told by an officer that the call was a scam.
Tire fire
Fergus Falls police and fire departments responded to a report of a tire on fire near Exit 54 in I-94 on Mar. 30, at approximately 12:09 a.m. The fire was extinguished on the semi. The Minnesota State Patrol provided assistance on scene.
Multiple car crash near school
Fergus Falls police responded to a call from a school staff member on Mar. 30, at approximately 8:22 a.m. reporting a crash at the intersection of Friberg and Randolph avenues near the Kennedy Secondary School. The vehicles made it to the Fergus Falls Armory to exchange information. A responding officer stated that multiple cars were having difficulties navigating the roadway in inclement weather. City crews applied extra sand in the area to help with conditions.
Increased speeding
A resident on the 500 block of Spruce Street reported to Fergus Falls police dispatch on Mar. 30, at approximately 5:33 p.m. that an increased number of cars were speeding down the street and not stopping for the stop sign at a railroad crossing. The resident also stated that it seemed to be worse from 3-6 p.m.
Citation issued in school bus stop arm violation
Fergus Falls police took a report on Mar. 29, at approximately 7:57 a.m. from office staff at Underwood Public School that a motorist had driven through a stop arm near the intersection Vernon and Cascade avenues. The suspect vehicle was located, and reportedly admitted to driving through the stop arm as he was distracted while eating a fast food meal. The man will be mailed a citation for failure to stop for a school bus stop arm.
Warning issued to armored truck driver
A verbal warning was issued to an armored truck driver by Fergus Falls police after a passerby near County Highway 116 and State Highway 210 observed the driver driving at speeds in excess of 80 mph. An officer spoke with the driver, and he admitted to passing vehicles that were driving 50-55 mph on 210, and estimated his speed as 75 mph.
Automatic transfer fraud
A resident living north of Eagle Bend came into the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Operation Center on Mar. 4, at approximately 5:26 p.m. to report that a random account set up an automatic transfer through her car insurance company and debited money from her bank account totaling $4,000. The resident did not know who had set it up. The woman was advised to speak to her bank, and inform all other places she had accounts with and inform them as well. A deputy gave the woman the FBI website to file a report, and she was advised to call in if she had seen any other suspicious activity on her accounts, as well as advising her to speak with her insurance company.
Bullet holes and slugs located
A caller to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office dispatch on Mar. 4, at approximately 6:32 p.m. reporting several bullet holes in their garage. When a deputy responded, they located multiple .22 caliber slugs in the man’s yard, and possibly five holes that were located in garage siding from a .22 as well. The deputy located a neighbor to the property and he admitted to shooting squirrels off of a bird feeder and causing the damage. The sheriff’s office said the person and the suspect spoke with each other and came to a civil agreement for the damages and the person requested no charges. The neighbor was advised by the deputy that he would be charged with reckless discharge of a firearm if the behavior continued.
Handgun theft
The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office took a report from an Underwood resident on Apr. 1, at approximately 12:29 p.m. of a handgun that was missing. The woman told a deputy that the last time she had seen the firearm was in Dec. of 2020. The woman estimated the gun to have been stolen sometime around May of 2021. The woman did not originally provide a make, model or serial number at the time of the report. The sheriff’s office stated there are no suspects at this time.
Welder stolen
A resident on Buds Barn Road south of Parkers Prairie contacted the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office on Apr. 1, at approximately 1:42 p.m. reporting the theft of a Vulcan brand welder with an estimated value of $900. The resident stated it was taken from his garage sometime between Mar. 27 and Apr. 1, there were also other items that were stolen, which the man was going to provide later.
April fools joke
The owner of storage units located on County Highway 1 contacted the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s office on Apr. 1, at approximately 4:19 p.m. to report that one of his renters said that multiple storage units had been broken into. A investigating deputy later learned that the information to the owner was false and was an April Fools Day joke.
Electric cables cut
The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office took a report about electrical cables being cut on conveyor equipment at a location on State Highway 210. The person told a deputy that four conveyors had the electrical cord cut and removed. An estimate of damages was not immediately available. The incident was estimated to have occurred Mar. 25 and Mar. 27. There are no suspects in the case.
Grandson scam
The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office took a report from someone who came to the operations center in Ottertail on Mar. 29, at approximately 12:13 p.m. The man stated that he had received a phone call from a bail bondsman saying his grandson in California was in jail for a stop sign violation. The man then reported that he withdrew $10,500 from his bank account and then came to the operations center to look for assistance with the bail bondsman. The man was informed by a deputy that the situation was a scam and not to make any transactions. The man’s wife made contact with their grandson who stated he was home. The man was given general advice on these types of scams and was advised to call the sheriff’s office if it occurred again.
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Public libraries are vital to the communities they serve and they have done an excellent job evolving with the times. Those who step into the Fergus Falls Public Library will find rows of frequently used computers, meeting rooms, high speed internet, printers, artwork for borrowing, books and magazines (both physical and digital, excellent programming options … The list could go on and on.
During the pandemic, libraries across the state offered hotspots, technology, contactless service and more. Libraries stepped up to the plate — as they are known to do — in order to serve their communities.
Not only that, but the age of the internet hasn’t made libraries obsolete, but has actually had the opposite effect. The use of libraries and their various services is steadily increasing.
Currently, the Minnesota Legislature is working on a bipartisan bill that would change the way regional library systems are funded, with the goal of providing more funding and more consistent funding to all library systems in Minnesota. The bill, HF 1710/SF 1131, if passed, would increase the Regional Library Basic System Support (RLBSS) support by $2 million and change the formula for funding RLBSS.
“RLBSS is state aid provided to Minnesota's 12 regional public library systems,” explained Erin Smith, director of the Viking Library System (VLS), the system in which Otter Tail County participates.
All 12 regional public library systems in Minnesota unanimously support the funding change and formula change. The bill also has the support of the League of Minnesota Cities and the Association of Minnesota Counties.
“Funding for RLBSS last increased in 2007 and the formula has remained unchanged since 1993,” added Smith. “The proposed formula change will decrease volatility in the funding structure and the proposed $2 million funding increase will be spread across all 12 systems.”
Smith explained that RLBSS funding ensures the existence of the foundational library services, “the behind-the-scenes magic, that help libraries operate optimally.
“At VLS, RLBSS funds administration services — human resources, financial services, facilities, strategic planning, etc. for the system,” said Smith. “And RLBSS funds VLS outreach services to child care and group home facilities in the six-county region.” She added that the funding would also support the continuation of online catalogs between libraries, the delivery of materials between libraries and would fund statewide partnerships such as the interlibrary loan system (mnlink.org) and eLibrary Minnesota (elibrarymn.org). “The funding increase and formula change will help all Minnesota's regional public library systems continue to provide basic library services,” she shared.
Gail Hedstrom, library director at the Fergus Falls Public Library explained the importance of funding the regional system and how it affects local libraries. "In order for public libraries to effectively and efficiently serve the public, a strong regional library system has to be in place. VLS is the backbone of regional library services. VLS provides the integrated library system, which is in essence the library's catalog and circulation system," she said. "There are many services that local libraries can provide because VLS is orchestrating them ... Individually, these services would be cost-prohibitive for a local library to provide, but collectively, with VLS, these essential services are possible. Adequate funding for a regional system is as important as adequate funding for your local library."
One of the bill’s co-authors, Rep. Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls) also voiced his support for the bill.
"Updating the library aid distribution formula would improve funding balance for libraries across the state, including in our area," Rasmusson explained. "Libraries are invaluable community resources that offer educational opportunities to people of all ages. I am pleased to support our libraries as a co-author of this bill so we can provide them with tools to do even more to serve our local community in this age of information."
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NORFOLK, Va.-- Cmdr. William Stewart, assigned to Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT), speaks about his experience in becoming a Navy Chaplain after initially enlisting as a Nuclear Electricians Technician during the Conversations with an MC podcast. Conversations with an MC is a podcast created by AIRLANT Mass Communication Specialists (MCs) to engage with guests and their stories. (U.S. Navy podcast by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bonnie Lindsay)
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In a surprise development, Fergus Falls Public Schools have backed out of a proposed plan that would have seen the main tower of the Kirkbride, or Building 1, being retrofitted to house elementary school grades for the district.
Bruce Paulson, senior project manager/architect at Stantec Consulting Services Inc. gave a formal presentation regarding a proposal that was submitted and dated Mar. 11, to do exterior restoration on Building 1 of the former Regional Treatment Center (RTC), which would include constructing a new set of stairs on the south side of the building to try to match as closely as possible to the original stairs that were at that location. It would also remove the wall in the arched windows where the front entrance was formerly located on the main tower. At some point in the past, windows on the first level were replaced with aluminum, and the anodizing has since failed. The rest of the windows are wood and the majority of them are single pane. So the intent with the proposed project would be to replace all the windows to restore them back to historic profiles on the window frames and sashes for the entire building.
Paulson detailed how part of the project would include a mold survey to determine if there are any organic materials that are promoting mold. The purpose would be to ensure that there would be good indoor air quality before the proposed project would move forward with installing a new mechanical system for ventilating the entire building.
Sealing four door openings that go from Building 1 into the connecting links on the north side would also be part of the project. All four of those openings would be sealed so the indoor air quality could be maintained once it is cleaned and ready for a new ventilation system.
Also proposed was the removal of the wood stair on the door on the east side of the building that was installed during Phase 1 demolition, when the administration building was taken down. The brick that was installed at that time was temporary and would all be taken out, and a new custom brick would match the existing brick on the building to fully restore the stair to its original appearance.
City finance director, Bill Sonmor, expressed concerns — that they would have to make sure that the work would qualify under the legislation that granted the funds, and that custom brick work may not qualify under building envelope and stabilization requirements.
City administrator, Andrew Bremseth, announced that there had been a change in what the school district had been proposing.
“Late in the day last Tuesday, I received correspondence from the superintendent of schools, that they determined using the tower related to the entrance of a potential future school is not feasible. So at the the Committee of the Whole last Wednesday, the tone of the discussion was essentially ... (do) we want to focus on Building 1 as conversation has focused on this evening, or if we want to go back to that previous proposal that Bruce had prepared to cover more of the buildings and get that sealed up. Both of those options are on the table, and we’re just looking for direction from the council,” stated Bremseth.
Filling in for Mayor Ben Schierer, council member Justin Arneson determined that tabling the resolution and bringing it back to the next Committee of the Whole meeting was the best option. A motion was passed to table it.
In other council actions, a resolution authorizing the city to enter a contract with WSB's Minneapolis office and their sub-consultant Moore Engineering for strategic planning services was approved to begin the strategic planning process.
Otter Tail County Commissioner Lee Rogness made a short presentation regarding the county’s proposed aggregate tax. Rogness said the tax was set up by the state and that the county would make an application to be part of it, or decline it, as he stated that they had in past years. He share that the public hearing portion had begun and that it had come forward because certain townships were interested in a tax on aggregate sands and gravels that were removed from the pits and required a fund that would help rejuvenate former gravel pits.
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After pulling into the gas station, I made my way down the treat aisle. I noticed three teens. “Teenies” danced this way and that as the one with the keys jingled them handily while making an offer to her friends.
“Go ahead and grab anything. We’ll just put it on the tab so it’ll look like we bought gas!”
Grandma here just had to speak up. “Woah! Ethics!” I managed to make eye contact with the young lady and she flippantly expounded on her rationale. “Oh, my dad won’t mind. It’s his business card!”
I was speechless. They gathered the goods and off they went.
The cashier at the counter looked to be about the same age and I couldn’t help but ask. “So, what do you think about what just happened?”
“I have to pay for all my own stuff. That’s why I’m working. I’ve had other commitments at school and so haven’t had time to work. It costs me a ton to fill up my pick-up and I haven’t been able to go anywhere because I can’t afford it. This summer I’m going to work construction in order to pay for college next year.” He went about what field he plans to study and where he is going to study it. His excitement was contagious.
There are no shortcuts in life and what I heard made me wonder. I wondered when the “business card” turns into a company card where purchases are audited. I wondered when the small charges turns into a major cover-up where there will be charges. I wondered when something that appears to be no big deal really is a big deal and there are consequences to follow. I wondered what will happen when mom or dad are no longer there to bail them out or make them look good in front of friends.
Suggesting we are perfect or that we need be is not the goal here … nor is it to say we all can’t improve in certain areas. Rather, the goal might be to remind us all of the subtle messages we send to those whom we love most. Is it helping them? Or is what we enable hurting them?
Worthy of note is Exodus 20:2-17. It offers reflective protection.
After having witnessed this, I took a look within. Transformation is not a once and done deal, but a process where temptation raises its head now and again within us all. It’s ongoing this side of the veil and taking the log out of my own eye is where I need to start. This will lead to compassion when trying to help my brother or sister remove the spec in their own. I love what Luke tells us in chapter 2:19. He says that once Mary heard the words from the angel, she “pondered them in her heart.” Perhaps we need to ponder within His commandments and when we do we will begin to recognize His still small voice. It will sound like Isaiah 30:21.
“This is the way, walk in it.” As we walk beside others who are in various developmental stages of hearing and heeding His voice, may we be astute to living it ourselves one step at a time...one day at time. Amen.
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Welcome to Fergus Falls, land of three seasons — summer, autumn and winter!
Naturally, this isn't specific to Fergus Falls; it is commonplace for the midwest to skip a season ... or two ... each calendar year.
Welcome to spring? For us, spring consists of melting snow, vast fluctuations in temperature from day to day, scattered snow showers (or storms) and the characteristics of just about every other season, all rolled into one ball and, sometimes, all occurring within a single day.
This week, my son started middle school track and field — a spring sport. He packed practice garb for all weather — shorts and t-shirt, long underwear, extra layers ... You just never know what type of weather you will run into from morning to the time practice rolls around, so it's best to be prepared!
Our April (snow) showers are turning into rain, which hopefully will bring about those first signs of May flowers sooner, rather than later. Despite the unbelievably short to nonexistent spring season, I still get excited when the first signs of daffodils and tulips present themselves.
At our old house, our next door neighbor and a house down the street had a plethora of tulips on display — I loved it! Tulips are one of my favorite flowers. Honestly, I have no idea what springtime in my new neighborhood has to offer in the arena of bright, cheery bursts of color, but I am hoping that I will get a daily dose of tulips on my route to work each morning.
One thing I do know — this fall I will prepare for my very first ever tulip garden. I have always wanted tulips of my own and lots of them! (In Minnesota, it is best to plant tulips in the fall months for the following spring.)
Once upon a time, I lived in a house that had amazing perennials — but tulips showed up few and far between and never in very visible locations. So, by the time I noticed that there were tulips in bloom, they were about to lose their petals.
One thing I never realized was just how many varieties of tulips are out there — wow! One variety I haven't seen in person, but am highly intrigued by, are fringed tulips. They look like they have flocking on the edges and are so pretty! Double tulips also resemble the large heads of peonies, which have caught my attention, as well!
I do know that I need to be certain to do my research because, as I mentioned, this is the land of three seasons and I certainly don't want to prepare my tulip garden for utter failure! (I might need to make a call to master gardener, Bev Johnson for some tips!)
As we step into the last(ish) snowy days of Minnesota's wintery springtime, what are you most looking forward to as we transition from winter to summer weather?
Heather Kantrud is the managing editor at Daily Journal Media in Fergus Falls.
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Well, March Madness is over. There were 68 teams in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament and this past Monday night Kansas took home the trophy. One team won and 67 teams lost. As I watched the games, I started thinking about basketball at Moen School, my one-room country school two miles from our 80-acre farm in northern Minnesota. Happily, the building was moved and is now preserved as a museum in Fosston. I found an old photograph of my buddies and me posing as our basketball team at the school. I’m the tallest kid in the back row, an eighth-grader with a passion for sports.
You will notice there were only 6 members on our team, sans uniforms and we never played against other country schools. We just split up (three players on each side) and went at it with gusto. If our side lost, it was no big deal. Losing meant trying harder in the next game.
I also played basketball on our farm. My older brother Leonard bought a hoop and nailed it to the outside barn wall. There was one problem. Cows hung out on the “basketball court” and cows bring manure. I remember driving up to the top of a frozen manure pile and firing off a jump-shot. I would actually call the play like the excited announcers I heard on the radio. Perhaps I was exercising my imagination, as I pretended to be Jim Pollard of the Minneapolis Lakers or George Mikan with his sweeping hook-shot.
I must admit that when I went to Fosston High School, I wasn’t a very good basketball player. I made the team, but I spent most of my time as a “bench-warmer.” However, I never thought of myself as a loser, just because I sat on the bench. There was still value in being a part of the team. During practice, we second-stringers played against the starting-five. We were representing the opposing team and the better we played, our starters had to improve their game. Granted, I was not thrilling the home-town crowd, making winning shots in a close game, but I drew a lot of satisfaction from helping my teammates.
We often overlook an important value in school athletics: Sportsmanship. A good coach will teach his/her players that sports is not entirely about winning. It is about shared responsibilities as part of a team effort. It is teaching fairness and honesty. There are rules in sports that must be followed. And isn’t that the essence of democracy?
I’m always pleased to watch the opposing basketball teams line up after the game to meet and shake hands. Sure it’s tough to lose, but it is worse if the loser refuses to accept the loss, be it a basketball game, a chess match, or a presidential election.
Speaking of losing, on December 25, 1991, the Communist monolith, USSR, was split up, forming multiple independent nations. Therefore, Russia lost Ukraine. For years, Russia’s authoritarian president has refused to accept that loss. Now, he claims Russia’s ownership of Ukraine by invading this democratic country.
On TV news we witness the bombing of apartment buildings, an art school, a maternity ward and even a children’s hospital. We watch the unimaginable suffering of fleeing families, older folks climbing over strewn rubble, mothers sheltering babies in their arms trying to board a train to safety. These are images of war crimes incited by a tyrannical madman, who can not simply admit, “Russia lost Ukraine.”
Ozzie Tollefson is the author of “Mr. Teacher” and lives near Phelps Mill.
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STARTING STRONG: Otters Jaden Miller and Conrad Lobb (behind) jockey for position during the early laps of the boys 1600-meter run, on Apr. 2, at the Central Lakes Conference indoor meet.
The 2022 Central Lake Conference (CLC) held their boys indoor track and field championships on Apr. 2, at Saint John’s University. It was a third place finish for the Fergus Falls Otters boys team, as they scored 69.33 points. Brainerd claimed top honors, scoring 126 points and Alexandria was runner-ups with 110.33.
"This is the best placing the boys team has had in recent years in the CLC,” said Otters coach Derek Meyer. “This group of athletes continues to show great talent and leadership."
Jordan Lee captured the pole vault title. He cleared 11 feet six inches and teammate Landon Thacker finished in fifth place, clearing 10 even.
Fergus Falls got a pair of second place finishes. Luke Newman, in his first competition of the season, finished in a three-way tie in high jump. His final mark was at 5-6. Alex Jenson tossed the shot put 51-9, finishing just two inches off the champion.
In the 1600-meter run, Jaden Miller ran a time of four minutes 50.28 seconds, good for third place. He was 12 seconds off the winning pace. Conrad Lobb also scored points in the event, finishing with a time of 4:52.28 and placing sixth.
One relay team claimed points, as the Otters 4 x 800-meter relay team finished in third place. The team consisted of Tommy Erickson, Logan Bredenberg, David Ronnevik and Miller. Their final time was 9:31.27.
“Lee’s work in the offseason has paid significant dividends to what we are seeing early in the season,” stated Meyer. “Jensen changed his throwing technique, to optimize his power and speed. He improved over two feet from the prior meet.”
Fergus Falls is scheduled to host the Harrington Early Bird Classic, on Apr. 8, weather pending.
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Russian troops are now withdrawing from the suburbs around Ukraine’s capital. But they’ve left a horrific scene behind.
In Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, hundreds of bodies have been found on the streets and in mass graves. Many are wearing civilian clothing, and some have their hands bound.
The mayor of Bucha says more than 300 people have been killed in the suburb.
On Sunday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russians of “genocide.” President Biden has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to stand trial for war crimes.
Peace talks are still underway — but how will this gruesome discovery change negotiations? And what’s next for the war in Ukraine?
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The formal end of the workday may soon be a thing of the past. More and more people are working in three shifts-before lunch, after lunch and in the late evening.
These new work habits form a “triple peak” workday, according to research from Microsoft.
Derek Thompson, staff writer at the Atlantic, joins us.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Vuong's new collection of poetry was inspired by his mother's death from breast cancer. His 2019 novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, followed a boy who, like Vuong, is an immigrant from Vietnam.
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In American Sign Language, the expression “true biz” translates to real talk. It’s also the title of Sara Nović’s new novel.In the book, it’s a policy that Headmistress February Waters upholds for her students at River Valley School for the Deaf.
The school immerses students in Deaf culture. Everything is taught and communicated in ASL. And Charlie is the newest student there. As the only deaf student at her previous public school, she didn’t have access to ASL or deaf peers. But River Valley is at risk of closing — a very real problem for the schools it’s based on.
Nović lost her hearing later in life, but says she most identifies with Charlie’s journey and wished she could have attended a school like River Valley. Nović writes in her author’s note about the importance of these schools’ existence, describing them as “community hubs – the safekeepers of our language, our history, and our dreams in the future.”
We talk to her about her journey learning ASL and her inspirations for the book. Cami Miner joined and interpreted the questions for Sara. A transcript of the conversation has been made available below.
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It's been a little over a little over a month since EARTHGANG's album GHETTO GODS dropped and already they're back, with "Everybody Ain't Sh**" off Dreamville's latest project, D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape. Hype instrumentals, with deeply perceptive lyrics that often straddle confidence and arrogance, have become synonymous with EARTHGANG. No different here. In a world filled with fakers and pretenders, "Everybody Ain't S***" holds a mirror up to all the false pretenses and issues a warning: "Believe half what you see and none of that s*** you hear."
Olu and WowGr8 rap over a percussive beat laced with distorted mechanical whirring, with distinctive Atlantan bravado – discerning and brash: "Okay, he ain't s***, they ain't s*** / She ain't s***, guess we ain't s***/ Honesty ain't s***, the industry ain't s***." The track brazenly points out an uncomfortable truth we often avoid – everyone's pretending in some way to prove to each other that we're the s*** (whatever that may look like) when in fact, nobody is. So, as Olu says, "Live your life, f*** living it for likes."
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More than two decades after they were first reported missing, an anonymous person has returned two of Charles Darwin's historic notebooks to the Cambridge University Library.
The iconic notebooks, which include Darwin's 1837 Tree of Life sketch, were returned to the library last month, tucked in a bright gift pink bag and stacked together in plastic wrap, the library said. The notebooks were accompanied by three lines:
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"My sense of relief at the notebooks' safe return is profound and almost impossible to adequately express," said librarian Dr. Jessica Gardner.
A police investigation is ongoing, according to the library.
Cambridge University Library announced a public appeal to find the notebooks in November 2020. While they had been missing long before the appeal, librarians had assumed they had just been misplaced.
The library plans to put the notebooks on display in July as part of an upcoming exhibit called "Darwin in Conversation." The Tree of Life sketch is said to reveal elements of Darwin's thinking before he fleshed out On the Origin of Species more than two decades later.
"Objects such as these are crucial for our understanding of not only the history of science but the history of humankind," said Stephen Toope, vice chancellor at Cambridge.
The library said the notebooks were first removed in 2000 from the Special Collections Strong Rooms, home to the "rarest and most valuable items." A routine check in January 2001 revealed that the small box containing the notebooks was not returned to its rightful place.
After a number of searches throughout the library over the years, the notebooks were not recovered. Gardner arranged a more intensive search in 2020, led by experts who conducted fingertip examinations. The team searched the entire Darwin Archive, which includes more than 180 boxes.
After these efforts failed, they concluded that the notebooks had been stolen.
Local police are pleased that the notebooks have finally been located.
"We share the university's delight that these priceless notebooks are now back where they belong," a Cambridgeshire police spokesman said. "Our investigation remains open and we are following up some lines of inquiry."
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Updated April 5, 2022 at 2:52 PM ET
Former President Obama visited the White House Tuesday afternoon, marking the first time he's returned since leaving office five years ago.
Obama's return was pegged to an event marking the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, a signature legislative achievement under the Obama administration. At the event, Biden unveiled expansions to that law.
The visit comes as President Biden faces the lowest approval rating of his presidency and months of low popularity and disapproval linked to his handling of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
"It is good to be back in the White House," Obama said at the event with Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. "Nothing made me prouder than providing better health care and more protections to millions of people across this country. So when President Biden said he was not going to just celebrate the ACA but announce actions that would make it even better, I had to show up."
The White House announced a proposed removal of the "family glitch," which prevents millions of families from qualifying for subsidies on health insurance marketplaces even if one family member can access an affordable individual plan through their job.
The White House estimates that fix — which if finalized would go into effect next January — could increase insurance affordability for around one million people and give 200,000 uninsured individuals access to coverage.
"This proposed rule would amount to the most significant administrative action to improve implementation of the ACA since its enactment," the White House said in a statement Tuesday.
Expanding the ACA was a core pledge of Biden's 2020 presidential campaign – a move that strayed from many progressive calls for a Medicare for All plan instead.
"Not only did [the ACA] ensure that millions of people had access to affordable healthcare, but it has been an opportunity to build on that and make changes and make improvements over the course of time," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday.
Biden allotted $34 billion for the ACA as part of the American Rescue plan, his $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. The plan included increasing access to ACA subsidies, though that provision is set to expire at the end of 2022.
In addition to Obama's attendance at the event, Biden had lunch with the former president. Their meeting comes just over three weeks after Obama announced testing positive for COVID-19.
"They are real friends, not just Washington friends," Psaki said, "I'm sure they will talk about events in the world as well as their families and personal lives."
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Colorado just enacted a law that enshrines the right to have an abortion in the state, the latest left-leaning state that's taken action to protect reproductive rights as the practice faces renewed efforts by conservatives to restrict its access.
The so-called Reproductive Health Equity Act affirms that pregnant people in Colorado have the right to continue a pregnancy and give birth or have an abortion, and it blocks public entities from denying or restricting that right.
"In the State of Colorado, the serious decision to start or end a pregnancy with medical assistance will remain between a person, their doctor, and their faith," Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement after signing the bill into law on Monday.
"This bill simply maintains the status quo regardless of what happens at the federal level and preserves all existing constitutional rights and obligations," he added.
Colorado joins 15 other states and Washington, D.C., in codifying the right to have an abortion either prior to a fetus's viability or throughout a pregnancy in state law.
Blue states have been racing to enact such laws as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could upend the constitutional right to an abortion outlined in the Roe v. Wade decision. The current court is more conservative than past courts that have taken up similar challenges.
At the same time, conservative legislatures from Florida to Oklahoma to Kentucky have passed bills that further restrict abortion.
Officials in Colorado are bracing for the possibility that the state's new protections for abortion will mean that residents in nearby states facing tough restrictions on the practice will come to Colorado for care.
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Craft beer industry sees rebound but 2022 is a "make-or-break year"
American craft brewers rebounded from the pandemic with 8% annual growth and 24.8 million barrels of beer in 2021, new data shows.
State of beer: The increase easily exceeded the overall beer market, which grew 1% in 2021, as taprooms and brewpubs returned to life as public health restrictions eased.
- Craft beer — made by small, independent breweries — is now 13% of the overall beer market, up from 12%, according to a report released Tuesday by the Brewers Association, the Colorado-based trade group.
- 9,069 breweries were operating at the end of the year, and openings exceeded closings nearly four-fold.
Yes, but: Craft beer rebounded higher because it tumbled more than the overall beer market during the pandemic as small brewers struggled to shift to packaging and distributing their beer to compete with mega-brewers like Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors.
- In 2020, overall beer production fell 3% where craft dropped 10%.
- Moreover, smaller brewers are expected to face even greater supply chain and inflation pressures looking forward.
What they're saying: Bart Watson, the association's chief economist, expects craft beer production to exceed pre-pandemic levels this year, but not all will make it.
- "Even with a bounce-back year, many breweries are still struggling," he told reporters. "2022 is going to be a make-or-break year for many breweries."
The intrigue: Athletic Brewing, a nonalcoholic beer maker, made the jump to No. 27 on the list of the top 50 largest craft beer companies as health-conscious consumers look for alternative beverages.
The bottom line: The craft beer industry is maturing after remarkable growth since 2010 and facing more competition than ever.
- "It's not the cool kid anymore," Watson said, adding that a mature industry needs to constantly look to reinvent itself.
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Banks and government edge closer to active role in crypto
Banks and government have a role to play in developing the digital infrastructure and regulatory framework for cryptocurrency or other digital money solutions, financial leaders said Tuesday at the Axios What’s Next Summit in Washington, D.C.
Why it matters: Washington and Wall Street are grappling with whether and how to enable or restrict fintech products that exist in a nebulous space outside the traditional financial system.
- “There’s a need for plumbing for this to succeed,” Ian Mair, head of U.S. public policy for Blockchain.com, said in a breakout session moderated by Axios reporters Kia Kokalitcheva and Lucinda Shen.
- “Who buys a house without plumbing? We want regulation. This industry is not going to succeed without regulation.”
The big picture: Traditional banks haven't embraced crypto with open arms.
- “Technology is great, but it doesn’t always lend itself to solutions that are needed in specific communities,” said John Lewis, president of The Harbor Bank of Maryland.
- “We recognize that there is a future for it,” Bank of America commercial market executive Liz Shore said, but it’s “a large concern” that crypto is currently lacking significant regulation.
Yes, but: Banks say they expect to play a role — albeit once they're comfortable they won't run afoul of the law.
- "The bank’s probably going to become your tech company," said Brian Sharp, a senior vice president at Merrill Lynch.
The other side: Crypto advocates say it enables people who have been poorly served by traditional banks to tap into financial growth and empowerment.
- “I’m part of the whole bankless movement,” said Mike Anderson, CEO of MPAC Crypto. “Unless there’s a huge seismic shift and diversification in how capital is deployed … the bankless economy will be the primary means” by which the economy operates.
Our thought bubble: Crypto moves fast — much faster than regulators.
- “It’s a feature not a bug that it is a very slow, deliberative process,” Mair said, advocating for a federal solution, rather than a patchwork of different state policies.
Go deeper: Sign up for the Axios Crypto newsletter
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Latin America's EV challenges
The enthusiasm for electric vehicles is high in parts of Latin America, but sales are lagging due to expensive options and a lack of charging stations.
Driving the news: Brazil leads the world in residents interested in purchasing EVs, according to a recent survey by Morning Consult on consumer trends in the automotive and shared mobility sectors.
- The survey of more than 16,000 adults across the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region also found Brazil leads the globe in excitement over EVs' future.
- About 47,000 EVs and hybrid electric vehicles were sold in Mexico last year, up about 61% year-over-year, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) found.
- And sales of EVs and hybrids skyrocketed 200% in Colombia, while similar vehicle sales jumped 231% in Chile.
Yes, but: Automakers say that, despite the demand, they don't see EVs becoming the dominant vehicle in Latin America anytime soon.
- Toyota Motor Corp. CEO Masahiro Inoue said a lack of government guidelines around decarbonizing transportation is part of the reason for the slow EV adoption in Latin America, per Bloomberg.
- For that reason and others, electric vehicles will only make up about 5% of the region’s total market by 2030, Inoue said.
The price of an electric vehicle also remains out of range for many people in Latin America, says Marcelo Mena, CEO of the Global Methane Hub and a former minister for the environment in Chile.
- "We need the market to deliver vehicles that aren't high-end," Mena tells Axios.
- The average monthly salary is $340 a month in Bogotá, Colombia, and about $428 a month in Argentina.
What to watch: Governments in Latin America should buy EV buses and urge the use of EV taxis, Mena says, which would set an example and also force government leaders to come up with a strategy for building charging station infrastructure.
- This is already being done in some places, including Chile, which is home to "the largest fleet of electric buses outside of China," Mena adds.
The big picture: According to January 2021 data from the U.S. Geological Survey, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile possess 58% of the world’s identified lithium resources. Lithium is a key material for building EVs.
- The region’s abundance is connected to the vast salt flats where metal is extracted from brine pools through an evaporation process facilitated by the arid, sunny climate, the Americas Society / Council of the Americas said.
- Yet technology, investment, and government assistance are needed to harness lithium for economic potential, experts say.
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First look: Senate GOP campaign arm raises $43 million in Q1
The Senate Republicans' campaign arm raised $43 million during the first quarter of 2022, breaking its fundraising records as it gears up for an aggressive midterm cycle, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The influx comes as the group targets Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) in its efforts to take back the Senate majority come November.
- The quarterly total brings the National Republican Senatorial Committee's overall cash on hand to $44.1 million — the highest in its history.
- It's also the most the NRSC has raised during any previous March or first quarter, the committee told Axios.
Driving the news: Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the NRSC, presented the numbers to the Senate Republican conference on Tuesday during its weekly closed-door lunch.
- What they're saying: “Senate Republicans have the warchest and the enthusiasm to oust radical Senate Democrats in November. Our team breaks records every month and that’s because the American people are sick and tired of the failed policies pushed by Joe Biden and rubber-stamped by Democrats."
- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has not yet released its Q1 or March fundraising numbers.
By the numbers, according to the NRSC:
- Total raised during Q1 of 2022: $43 million
- Total raised during March: $13.28 million
- Cash on hand: $44.1 million
- Number of March donations: 96,933
- Number of March first-time donors: 16,041
- Number of March donations under $200: 203,064
- Debt: $0
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Georgia lawmakers passed a bill on their final day of session that would give new election policing powers to the state's bureau of investigation.
Georgia is the second state after Florida to pass an election police force bill this year as Republicans continue to falsely claim the 2020 election was rife with voter fraud.
Under SB 441, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation would be able to launch a probe without being called in by another law enforcement agency. The bill also gives the bureau the authority to subpoena election records with signoff from the state's attorney general. Currently, state election officials investigate fraud allegations.
The overall bill mostly deals with criminal data processing, an issue which had bipartisan support. Republican state Rep. James Burchett tacked on the GBI provision to the bill in the final hours of the session, prompting outcries from Democratic supporters of the original bill.
"The rest of this ... good bill. The original jurisdiction piece for GBI -- heartburn for Democrats and a lot of people in the room," said state Rep. Josh McLaurin, a Democrat.
Burchett argued that the GBI provision was an appropriate addition to the bill because it deals with criminal investigations.
"What we're looking for is GBI to investigate conspiracy to commit election fraud, if it is necessary and giving them the investigatory discretion to do so. I think these are germane in subject matter and that's why this bill was picked," said Burchett in explaining the last-minute addition to the bill in a key committee meeting on Monday.
The election police force is one of the few provisions of a much larger omnibus election bill that Republicans had hoped to pass this session.
House Republicans had first started with a 40-page bill that last week was gutted into a two-page bill after local election officials urged lawmakers to reconsider making changes to Georgia's elections procedures just months before November's midterm elections.
Early on Monday morning, House Republicans revived the bill again only to see it not make it to the state Senate floor after outgoing Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Republican, ruled the legislation out of order and the majority of senators backed his decision.
The original legislation included provisions for elaborate chain-of-custody procedures, public inspection of original paper ballots and limits on third-party donations for election administration, among other changes.
This marks the second year in a row that Republicans who control the Georgia legislature have proposed sweeping changes to the state's election code following President Joe Biden's narrow 2020 victory.
The bill now goes to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's desk for his approval. He has 40 days to sign the legislation or veto it.
Voting rights advocates are calling on Kemp -- who is facing a primary challenge from former US Sen. David Perdue, who is backed by former President Donald Trump -- to veto the legislation, which they say will intimidate voters.
"Any Georgia leader who claims to care about protecting our democracy -- and ensuring that all Georgia voters can cast their votes free from intimidation -- must stand with election workers and voting rights advocates by calling on Kemp to veto this legislation," said Cianti Stewart-Reid of Fair Fight Action, a group established by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.
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For smart cities, start with the right definitions
Most people don't know exactly what a "smart city" is, but proper definitions will be key to making sure they can become a reality and work for everyone.
Why it matters: There's a lot of hype about smart cities and the future of where we live and work, but smart cities won't become a reality, making life easier and more sustainable, without the right policy.
Driving the news: During a discussion on smart cities at the Axios What's Next summit Tuesday in Washington, D.C., participants said equity and adapting to people's work lifestyles after the COVID-19 pandemic is important.
Participants zoned in on the following themes:
- Technology for good: Smart city tech should make people's lives better with the goal of stronger, more inclusive cities, said Steven Benjamin, former mayor of Columbia, South Carolina. Cities should focus on examples of where tech helped improve residents' lives: "It's amazing how one bad experience can poison the well," he said.
- The right branding: Often, people are turned off at the idea of living in smart city due to old or misinformed ideas. "We need to rebrand the concept of smart cities," said Alina Gorokhovsky, chief executive officer of SGC Local, who said some communities may think of smart cities of being associated with a loss of jobs and privacy.
- Re-thinking the central business district: The traditional central business district isn't necessary anymore with so many people working from home and wanting all their essential places like doctors and shopping to be nearby, said Corrine Murray, chief strategist at Purposeful Intent.
- Smart transit equity: Not everyone can work remotely, which is important to remember when developing cities for the future, said Jenna Klym, executive director of the Greater Washington Partnership. Transit-oriented solutions should be included in any smart city visions, she said.
Be smart: Participants also said federal money is available now to do things like convert office space into residential and mixed-use units, and should be used as soon as possible for greatest impact.
The bottom line: Smart cities that work best will solve problems for all residents, not have the most advanced technology.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Rep. Matt Gaetz got into a heated argument during Tuesday's House Armed Services hearing after the Florida Republican accused the Pentagon of being too focused on "wokeism" and not defense.
Austin charged that Gaetz appeared to be "embarrassed for his country" by questioning the US military's capability, and the two men shouted over one another at several points.
"This is the most capable, most combat critical force in the world, it has been and it will be so going forward, and this budget helps us to do that," Austin said.
"Not if we continue down this path. Not if we continue to embrace socialism," Gaetz charged.
"The fact that you're embarrassed by your country, by your military. I'm sorry for that," Austin shot back.
"Oh no, I'm embarrassed for your leadership," Gaetz responded. "I am not embarrassed for my country."
Gaetz began his remarks by pointing to a lecture from National Defense University on socialism, before arguing that the US military had fallen behind China on hypersonic weapons.
"What do you mean? We're behind in hypersonics? How do you make that assessment?" Austin responded to Gaetz.
"Your own people brief us that we're behind and China is winning," Gaetz responded.
CNN reported Monday that the US successfully tested a hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet for two weeks to avoid escalating tensions with Russia as President Joe Biden was about to travel to Europe, according to a defense official familiar with the matter.
One month after the first successful test, the US suffered a setback when the test of a different hypersonic system failed. The failure came just as reports emerged that China had successfully tested a hypersonic glide vehicle over the summer and shortly after Russia claimed to have successfully tested its submarine-launched hypersonic missile, dubbed the Tsirkon.
Gaetz went on to say that the Pentagon "got it wrong" by predicting that Russia would overrun Ukraine within days and that the Taliban would not take control of Afghanistan last year.
"You totally blew those calls and maybe we would be better at them if the National Defense University actually worked a little more on strategy and a little less on wokeism," Gaetz said.
"Has it occurred to you that Russia has not overrun Ukraine because of what we've done and what our allies have done? Have you ever even thought about that?" Austin asked.
Gaetz has previously tangled with Pentagon leaders at congressional hearings over culture issues like critical race theory in the military.
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The city of North Miami Beach, Florida, ordered the evacuation of a five-story, 60-unit apartment building Monday following an evaluation by a South Florida engineering firm that found the building to be "structurally unsound."
The city received a letter from an engineering firm on Monday notifying the property owner and city officials of the firm's findings after a months-long investigation, according to a news release. The apartment building, Bayview 60 Homes, was built in 1972, according to the release. Fifty-five of the building's 60 units were occupied as of Monday, city officials said.
The building is about three miles north of the Champlain Towers South, the Surfside condo tower that partially collapsed last summer, killing nearly 100 people. The disaster unnerved some residents of coastal properties in Florida and beyond and prompted North Miami Beach to launch a review of all high-rise condo buildings above five stories.
Since last July, several units in the Bayview 60 Homes building have been under repair ahead of the property's 50 Year Recertification inspections.
Susset Cabrera, Chief Communications Officer for North Miami Beach, told CNN on Monday that the owner of the building "verbally requested that the city order an immediate evacuation of residents" based on the engineering report.
In the April 1 report, Bronislaus P. Taurinski Structural Engineers, the engineering firm hired by the property owner of Bayview 60 Homes, found that the building needed to be evacuated due to a "deflection" in the elevation of the building's floor slabs. Deflection is an engineering term for how much something changes shape when a load is applied to it.
"The deflection in the slabs is exceeding the (American Concrete Institute) guidelines for two-way slabs," according to the letter.
Cabrera says residents were told by the property owner to evacuate by 2 p.m. on Monday. It is unclear if residents were given any other warning ahead of time.
"They have 24 hours to take their personal belongings. The city will schedule a time for residents to come back later this week to pick up heavier furniture and large items," Cabrera said in an email to CNN.
In July, North Miami Beach ordered the evacuation of a 10-story building, Crestview Towers, after a report determined the building's structure to be unsafe. The residents have not yet returned, Cabrera said.
"The residents at Crestview have not been allowed back to the property because the structural repairs just started two weeks ago," Cabrera told CNN. "The electrical repairs have not started yet. Therefore, the building is still unsafe until the property completes the repairs needed for re-occupancy."
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National health care provider VillageMD buys Associates in Family Medicine
Associates in Family Medicine, one of the largest primary care health practices in Northern Colorado, has been sold to national provider VillageMD.
The sale was announced Tuesday. VillageMD also purchased Rocky Mountain Family Practice in Longmont, adding more than 80 primary care clinicians and 10 primary care offices to its 250 locations in 14 states. VillageMD's website says it serves 1.6 million patients.
A spokesperson for the company said it does not disclose patient totals for individual practices like Associates in Family Medicine or Rocky Mountain Family Practice.
Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
There are no plans to close any offices or Associates in Family Medicine's Fort Collins-based call center, the spokesperson said. All Associates in Family Medicine employees will become employees of Village Medical.
"Patients will receive care from the same experienced providers they built a relationship with — however Village Medical also brings enhancements," the company said in an email to the Coloradoan. "This includes additional tools and technology that help the providers in the market to be able to spend more time with their patients."
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Associates in Family Medicine's patients will "still be treated by experienced, trusted providers," said Dr. James Kesler of Associates in Family Medicine. "Now they'll be part of a broader network of care with additional access to information and coordination services."
Associates in Family Medicine was founded in 1962 and has grown to include 80 health care providers in a dozen locations in Fort Collins and Windsor.
In addition to same-day and virtual appointments, VillageMD will provide in-home primary care visits later this year. The company also has its own docOS operating platform, which helps providers "close gaps in care and helps patients be better informed about their health and care," according to the release.
Existing patients will be notified later this year when and how to switch to VillageMD's patient portal.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming new and existing patients from Fort Collins, Longmont, North Boulder County, and beyond to experience primary care as it should be — available, personalized and conveniently coordinated around their needs," said Tim Barry, chair and CEO of VillageMD in a statement.
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Interstate 25, Northern Colorado roads to see closures for North I-25 Express Lanes project
The northbound lanes of Interstate 25 between Colorado Highway 392 and Harmony Road will be closed so crews can install large overhead sign structures along that section of the interstate.
The full closure will take place 9 p.m. Wednesday until 5 a.m. Thursday and, if needed, 9 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
During the closure, northbound I-25 traffic will exit at Colorado 392 (Exit 262), turn right and continue to Weld County Road 17/Colorado Highway 257. Drivers will then be directed to turn left and go north on Colorado 257 to Harmony Road then left on Harmony Road to the northbound I-25 on-ramp.
Southbound lanes will not be impacted.
Crews in that stretch of the North I-25 Express Lanes project are currently tearing up the old northbound lanes and bridges of I-25 in preparation of building the new southbound lanes and bridge.
North I-25 Express Lanes project: Why does it seem to be taking so long?
Other North I-25 Express Lanes project road closures
Beginning this week and continuing for about two weeks, there will be multiple traffic impacts and temporary closures in the Johnstown to Berthoud section of the project because of rescheduling due to weather.
Here is a look at those dates:
April 6-7: Starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday, the southbound I-25 on-ramp from Colorado Highway 56 will be closed and traffic will be detoured onto the northbound lanes overnight. At 5 a.m. Thursday, the new on-ramp at the roundabout from Colorado 56 to southbound I-25 will reopen.
April 11: From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Weld County Road 46 will be closed under I-25 to allow crews to pour concrete for new bridge abutments and wing walls.
April 13: Traffic on northbound I-25 between Larimer County Road 16 and Colorado Highway 402 will be transitioned to a new lane alignment for increased safety. Detour signs will direct drivers.
April 14-15: From 9 p.m. April 14 to 5 a.m. April 15, there will be a full closure of Larimer County Road 14 under I-25 to allow crews to pour concrete for a new bridge deck. Detour signs will direct drivers.
April 18-19: From 9 p.m. April 18 to 5 a.m. April 19, Weld County Road 46 will be closed under I-25 to allow crews to erect new bridge girders. Detour signs will direct drivers.
April 18-22: There will be a full closure of Larimer County Road 16 below I-25 to allow crews to demolish the old bridge. Detour signs will direct drivers.
The $750 million North I-25 Express Lanes project started in September 2018 and is expected be finished by the end of 2023.
When complete, the nearly 19-mile project from Fort Collins to Berthoud will add express lanes and inside and outside shoulders in both directions. It also will have replaced 17 aging bridges, reconfigured several interchanges and added public transportation, cycling and walking options.
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Next season starts now: CSU basketball a hot pick in 'too early' 2022-23 top 25 rankings
Time to start leaning into the hype.
After all, it's only 11 months until the next NCAA Tournament!
That's right, the college basketball season ended Monday night, and eyes are already turning to the 2022-23 season.
In the transfer portal era, it's near impossible to project right now what rosters will look like in the fall, but it's still a fun game to predict who the top teams will be.
After a 25-6 season and a return to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed, the Colorado State men's basketball team is one of those trendy picks.
The Rams were in-and-out of the top 25 rankings all season long and most national outlets have them back in heading into next season.
There is one 6-foot-6 sized caveat. Every one of the national outlets ranking CSU does so under the assumption that reigning Mountain West Player of the Year David Roddy will return to the Rams.
He has entered his name in the NBA draft and is going through pre-draft workouts before the combine. He has until June to decide to stay in the draft or return to CSU.
The cupboard isn't bare if he leaves, but CSU's roster would change significantly. Even if he returns, some changes will be coming with the Rams likely to bring in multiple transfers.
Here's a look at how national college basketball writers view the Rams.
More:Colorado State men's basketball offseason recruiting, transfer tracker
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College basketball insider Jeff Goodman places the Rams at No. 19 and his only ranked Mountain West team.
"As long as Roddy returns to Fort Collins, the Rams are the Mountain West favorites next season."
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Gary Parrish moved CSU up three spots from his last rankings to No. 20, where he calls the Rams the Mountain West's preseason favorite.
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Kevin Sweeney puts the Rams at No. 20 in his top 25.
"Roddy and point guard Isaiah Stevens combine for one of the best duos in the sport, and Niko Medved runs tremendous offense. After earning a No. 6 seed in 2022, this group may have even higher potential next season if it can bolster its frontcourt."
College Hoops Today
Jon Rothstein puts the Rams at No. 22, again, given the prediction of Roddy returning to CSU.
Heat Check
Eli Boettger lands the Rams at No. 23 in his rankings, two spots above Mountain West foe San Diego State.
"Assuming (Roddy) does (return), the Rams have another team that should flirt with Top 25 publicity. Isaiah Stevens will be regarded as one of the best point guards in America next season and he has capable sidekicks in Kendle Moore and John Tonje. Some depth will be needed, but this is another mid-major power."
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Trip Highlight
Sunset Cocktails at Perch
Just before dusk, settle into a table on the terrace of this restaurant set in Gulf State Park. Drink in the unspoiled view with finely crafted cocktails and small plates inspired by the Gulf and the land and using quality ingredients from local fishermen
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Gulf State Park
The park’s ecosystems offer an abundance of nature to explore and an abundance of ways to do it. Walk or bike paved trails (there are even complimentary bikes), swim or kayak in the freshwater lake, and fish along the largest pier in the Gulf of Mexico.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has certified the Iraqi government’s extradition request for a Phoenix driving school owner on charges that he participated in the killings of two police officers 15 years ago in the Iraqi city of Fallujah as the leader of an al-Qaida group, sending the extradition decision to Washington to decide.
In the decision issued Friday in Arizona, U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Morrissey concluded there was probable cause that Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, who came to the United States as a refugee in 2009 and became a U.S. citizen in 2015, participated in the killings carried out by masked men in June 2006 and October 2006.
The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed it has no record of having ever before extradited anyone to Iraq under a decades-old U.S.-Iraq treaty.
Despite inconsistencies in statements by people interviewed about both attacks, Morrissey ordered the extradition request be sent to Washington. He said an inconsistency from a person cooperating with authorities wasn’t enough to undermine probable cause in one case and that other statements made by a cooperator in the other killing are consistent in many significant details, even though there was an inconsistency in that person’s account.
The magistrate judge rejected Ahmed’s claim that his extradition isn’t allowed under a U.S.-Iraq treaty provision that bars extraditions for offenses that are political in nature. He concluded al-Qaida wasn’t part of an internal uprising or violent political disturbance under one court standard and instead that the killings were acts of international terrorism.
David Eisenberg, an attorney who represented Ahmed, said extradition carries the potential risk of execution for his client and that he intends on filing a petition with the court seeking a review of Morrissey’s order.
Morrissey didn’t make conclusions about whether Ahmed is innocent or guilty of the charges or whether his extradition is warranted. Instead, he determined there was evidence of probable cause to support each charge and certified the request.
The decision on whether to extradite Ahmed to Iraq is ultimately up to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s office, though the Justice Department typically plays a driving role in the extradition process. The Justice Department declined to comment on the decision.
Morrissey said the decision over whether humanitarian justifications should be used to refuse extradition is left up to the secretary of state, not the courts.
Prosecutors say Ahmed was seen by witnesses at the killings and later fled Iraq to avoid prosecution.
They questioned Ahmed’s credibility, saying he gave conflicting explanations on how he suffered gunshot wounds while in Iraq and that they could not determine why he spent time in a Syrian prison before moving to the United States.
Ahmed denied involvement in the killings and being a member of a terror group. His lawyers argued Ahmed wouldn’t get a fair trial amid the corruption in the Iraqi justice system and would likely face execution if he were forced back to his native country.
One of Ahmed’s earlier attorneys had questioned why it took more than a decade for Iraqi authorities to formally accuse her client and criticized accounts of the killings from informants who had “everything to gain by delivering the Trump administration a supposed ‘terrorist refugee’ in an election year.”
President Donald Trump’s administration had sharply criticized the Obama-era settlement program, questioning whether enough was done to weed out those with terrorist ties.
Nearly a year ago, a judge in Northern California refused to allow the extradition of Omar Abdulsattar Ameen, who was accused of committing a killing for the Islamic State, to Iraq. The judge said cellphone evidence showed Ameen, who was granted refugee status in the United States in 2014 on the grounds he was a victim of terrorism, was in Turkey at the time of the slaying.
In the first shooting in which Ahmed is charged, authorities say an attacker held a gun to a witness’ head, while another attacker who started to fire on a police officer experienced a malfunction with his gun.
Another attacker then killed police Lt. Issam Ahmed Hussein. The witness later identified Ahmed, who wasn’t wearing a mask, as the group’s leader, according to court records.
Four months later, Iraqi authorities say Ahmed and other men fatally shot Officer Khalid Ibrahim Mohammad as the officer was outside a store.
A person who witnessed the shooting recognized Ahmed, whose mask had fallen off, as one of the assailants, according to court records.
Ahmed’s attorneys had said the violence and turmoil in Iraq prompted their client to flee to Syria, where he lived in a refugee camp for three years before moving to the United States. Authorities said Ahmed spent time in a Syrian prison, though they couldn’t determine what landed him behind bars.
Defense attorneys say Ahmed volunteered in Phoenix’s refugee community and worked as a cultural adviser to the U.S. military, traveling to bases in other states to help military personnel as they prepared to deploy to the Middle East.
Ahmed bought a home on the northwestern edge of metro Phoenix and operated a driving school serving largely Middle Eastern immigrants. He has been detained since his arrest in January 2020.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the first name of Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Associated Press writer Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a rare emergency move, the U.S government temporarily declared a northern Nevada toad endangered Monday, saying a geothermal power plant in the works could result in its extinction.
The Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is formally proposing a rule to list the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species subject to 60 days of public comment under the Endangered Species Act’s normal rulemaking process.
But it said the emergency listing goes into effect immediately and will continue for eight months while more permanent protections are considered for the toad at the only place it is known to exist in the world.
It marks only the second time in 20 years the service has listed a species as endangered on an emergency basis.
“Protecting small population species like this ensures the continued biodiversity necessary to maintain climate resilient landscapes in one of the driest states in the country,” the agency said.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the toad’s listing might affect construction of the power plant about 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of Reno. Conservationists and tribal members are trying to block the project in a lawsuit currently before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The dispute is among a growing number of conflicts over wildlife protection and tribal rights on federal lands that the Biden administration faces as it pursues its agenda to combat climate change by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy.
Officials for Reno-based Ormat Technologies Inc., which broke ground on the power plant last month, said earlier they didn’t believe a listing would impact the project because the company spent six years developing a mitigation plan to offset any potential environmental impacts. They didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
Geothermal power is generated from hot water deep beneath the earth.
The Dixie Valley toad lives in wetlands around hot springs next to the construction site. In addition to geothermal development, other primary threats to one of the smallest toads in the western U.S. include disease, predation by non-native frog species, groundwater pumping for human and agricultural uses and climate change, the service said.
The agency agreed last month to expedite consideration of a federal listing of the toad as part of a settlement with conservationists and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, who are suing to block the power plant. The Nevada tribe says the site is sacred to its people who have lived there for thousands of years.
The Center for Biological Diversity first petitioned for the toad’s listing in 2017.
Monday’s decision “comes just in the nick of time for the Dixie Valley toads, which are staring down the barrel of extinction,” said Patrick Donnelly, the center’s Great Basin director.
“We’ve been saying for five years that the Dixie Meadows geothermal project could wipe out these tiny toads, and I’m thankful those concerns have been heard,” he said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press.
The center for Biological Diversity and the tribe won a federal court order in Reno in January temporarily blocking construction of Ormat’s project on U.S. Bureau of Land Management land east of Fallon.
But the 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals stayed that order Feb. 4 pending full consideration of Ormat’s appeal. The San Francisco-based appellate court is considering hearing arguments on the appeal in June.
The last time a species was declared endangered on an emergency basis was in 2011, when the the Obama administration took action on the Miami blue butterfly in southern Florida. Before that, an emergency listing was granted for the California tiger salamander under the Bush administration in 2002.
Other species listed as endangered on an emergency basis over the years include the California bighorn sheep in the Sierra Nevada in 1999, steller sea lions in 1990, and the Sacramento River winter migration run of chinook salmon and Mojave desert tortoise, both in 1989.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. gun owners say they own firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones, surveys show. But a study published Monday suggests people who live with handgun owners are shot to death at a higher rate than those who don’t have such weapons at home.
“We found zero evidence of any kind of protective effects” from living in a home with a handgun, said David Studdert, a Stanford University researcher who was the lead author of the Annals of Internal Medicine study.
The study has several shortcomings. For example, the researchers said they could not determine which victims were killed by the handgun owners or with the in-home weapons. They couldn’t account for illegal guns and looked only at handguns, not rifles or other firearms.
The dataset also was limited to registered voters in California who were 21 and older. It’s not clear that the findings are generalizable to the whole state, let alone to the rest of the country, the authors acknowledged.
But some outside experts said the work was well done, important and the largest research of its kind.
“I would call this a landmark study,” said Cassandra Crifasi, a gun violence policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University. “This contributes to our understanding of the potential causal relationship between guns in the home and homicides,” she said.
California is unusual in that it offers gun ownership data and other information not obtainable in almost any other state. That allowed the researchers to follow millions of people over many years to try to better establish what happens when a person begins living in a home with handgun, they said.
The study focused on nearly 600,000 Californians who did not own handguns but began living in homes with handguns between October 2004 and December 2016 — either because they started living with someone who owned one or because someone in their household bought one.
The researchers calculated that for every 100,000 people in that situation, 12 will be shot to death by someone else over five years. In comparison, eight out of 100,000 who live in gun-free homes will be killed that way over the same time span.
“The rates are low” and the absolute risk is small, but it’s important to consider the increase in a person’s risk of being killed, Studdert said.
Those numbers suggest the risk rises 50%, but Studdert said it’s actually higher: In a separate calculation designed to better account for where people live and other factors, the researchers estimated the risk was actually more than twice as high.
Separately, the researchers found that those who lived with handgun owners had a much higher rate of being fatally shot by a spouse or intimate partner. The vast majority of such victims — 84% — were women, they said.
The study was confined to California, but the risk is likely even greater in states with less stringent gun laws and where gun ownership is more common, Crifasi said.
Previous research estimated that nearly 3% of U.S. adults became new gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021, which translates to about 7.5 million Americans. Of those, about 5.4 million previously lived in a home with no guns.
For decades, studies have shown guns in the home raise the risk of a violent death. Much of that work, including an earlier study by Studdert and his colleagues, focused on suicide.
The new study goes further in addressing the perception that handguns are still worthwhile because of the safety they provide against being murdered, some experts said.
“The reason people have guns in their home is for protection from strangers,” said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard University’s Injury Control Research Center. “But what this is showing that having a gun in the home is bad for people in the home.”
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Which body bronzer is best?
When it comes to making your skin appear darker than it usually does, tanning in the sun or via artificial beds isn’t the healthiest option for your skin. Body bronzers, on the other hand, can safely provide a golden glow with little effort. Be careful though — not all bronzers are formulated for maximum efficiency when used on the body, and some tanning lotions market themselves as bronzers when they aren’t.
If you’re ready to give body bronzers a try, the best is the Firstfly Liquid Illuminator for Face and Body. It’s moisturizing, illuminating and comes in three shades.
What to know before you buy a body bronzer
Formula
Body bronzers come in three formulas: powder, liquid and cream.
- Powders are best for oily skin types. They typically come in compact disks and are usually applied by brush.
- Liquids are the most varied formula. Some can be as thin as water, others are thick enough to practically be creams. Depending on the thickness of the formula, they can come with pump, doe-foot or squeeze tube applicators. They can be used with oily skin but are best for drier skins.
- Creams are the thickest formula. They often have the most moisturizing properties and the highest degrees of sun protection. They usually come in pots, though some may use squeeze tubes. They can be suitable for most skin types, depending on the specific formula.
Body vs. face
A majority of bronzers are designed for use on both the face and body or only the face. There are a handful of bronzers meant for use only on the body. They often have higher levels of moisturization than face-only or mixed-intention bronzers and can lead to breakouts and clogged pores if used on the face. Conversely, it’s perfectly fine to use a face-only bronzer on the body — it just won’t be as effective.
Self-tanning
Some body bronzers include elements of tanning lotion. These provide an immediate benefit of artificial skin darkening while promoting natural tanning that can leave your skin darker for as long as a week. Use caution when shopping for bronzers with self-tanner — some tanning lotions market themselves as bronzers but don’t provide the immediate darkening effect, only a boost in natural tanning.
What to look for in a quality body bronzer
Shade and finish
Each body bronzers has a shade and finish.
- Shade: Body bronzers don’t have the same range of shades that most other makeups do. Many only come in one shade or offer deeper tones of the same shade. Bronzers with multiple shades usually offer one bronze-like shade and alternate colors such as gold.
- Finish: Most bronzers have radiant or glittery finishes. After all, bronze is a metal and metals typically have some amount of shine to them. Some powder bronzers do offer matte looks if you prefer.
Sun protection
Some bronzers, especially liquids with elements of self-tanning, include a small degree of sun protection. This is usually no stronger than 15 SPF, though some high-priced bronzers offer higher SPF.
How much you can expect to spend on a body bronzer
Body bronzer costs range between $5-$50. For less than $15, you’ll find effective products that don’t offer many special features. Spend up to $30 and you’ll find many special features. The very best cost $30 and up.
Body bronzer FAQ
What’s the best way to apply bronzer to the body?
A. That depends on the formula. Liquid and cream bronzers can be most easily applied to the body in one of two ways: by hand or by using a makeup sponge. Creams and thicker liquids are usually easier to apply by hand while thinner liquids are easier by sponge. Either method is doable for both creams and liquids should you find a particular method to be more comfortable for you. Powdered bronzer needs to be applied by makeup brush. Technically you can also apply liquid and cream bronzers with a makeup brush, but this will take much longer.
How long does a body bronzer last?
A. That depends on the formula. Most liquid and cream bronzers won’t last longer than a year, though a few might be stretchable to a year and a half. Powdered bronzers last longer, usually for 2-3 years.
What’s the best body bronzer to buy?
Top body bronzer
Firstfly Liquid Illuminator For Face And Body
What you need to know: This bronzer is highly effective and a little goes a long way.
What you’ll love: Several consumers noted a pleasant smell. It offers plenty of moisturization. It’s made from a majority of natural ingredients, including green tea extract and olive oil. It comes in bronze as well as two shades of gold. It increases the luminosity of your skin.
What you should consider: Some consumers reported it feels too greasy on the skin.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top body bronzer for the money
Miescher Body Face Luminizer Liquid Bronzer
What you need to know: It’s hard to find a cheaper but still effective bronzer than this.
What you’ll love: It’s available in bronze, two shades of gold and white. It’s moisturizing and can be applied to both the face and body. It’s easy to wash off and dries quickly. It has a shimmery finish for increased skin luminosity.
What you should consider: It rubs off on clothes a little too easily and may not last long in humid environments.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
L’Oreal Paris True Match Lumi Bronze It Bronzer for Face and Body
What you need to know: This powder is perfect for oily skin types and has a lightly glittered finish.
What you’ll love: It comes in three bronze shades to match light, medium and dark skin tones. The powder is silky, not gritty. It can accentuate the face in addition for use on the body.
What you should consider: Some consumers wished it had a darker application. Powder can fall from the application brush, staining clothing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Ulta Beauty
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Jordan C. Woika writes for BestReviews. BestReviews has helped millions of consumers simplify their purchasing decisions, saving them time and money.
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Cybersecurity is one of the top concerns for the government and American businesses.
But there are not enough trained experts for all of the open jobs.
63% of IT employees say there are open cybersecurity positions at their workplace, according to recent data.
Almost two-thirds say it takes at least three months to fill those jobs.
Experts say because of the job market conditions, it’s best for companies to focus on the talent they already have.
“You have to have an organizational training program. And if you can't do it in-house, you've got to find a service that's going to do it for you, to kind of help you grow your own talent. This problem that we have, it's not going to go away. If anything, I think it's going to get worse,” warned Jonathan Brandt, Director of Professional Practices and Innovation at ISACA.
Hiring managers face a second problem -- new employees don't always have the knowledge they need.
The largest skills gap in a recent survey is in soft skills, including writing, critical thinking, honesty and empathy.
“The thing that was disturbing to me, the thing that stood out most, was how low they rated honesty and empathy,” Brandt said.
“You have to have empathy with the business leaders and what it is they're trying to accomplish because you're a partner to them to help them achieve objectives.”
Experts say there is an opportunity for companies who are willing to train people on some of the other skills they need, like coding, Cloud computing and security controls.
There is also a push to get rid of the four-year degree requirement for some cybersecurity jobs.
This year, 52% of organizations required a degree for entry-level cybersecurity work.
Last year, it was 58%.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police said on Tuesday that they have identified the man who raped and killed at least three motel clerks in Indiana and Kentucky in the late 1980s.
Police Sgt. Glen Fifield said they were able to identify the murderer as Harry Edward Greenwell, who died of cancer in January 2013, through a crime lab analysis from evidence collected at the crime scenes, the Associated Press reported.
The first victim, Vicki Lucille Heath, was raped and killed at the Super 8 Motel in Elizabethtown, Kentucky on Feb. 21, 1987.
According to the department, on March 3, 1989, Jeanne Gilbert and Margret Gill were killed while they worked at separate Days Inn along Interstate 65 in Indiana.
Police said Gilbert went missing while working as a night clerk at a Days Inn in Remington. Her body was later found near Brookston, Indiana.
Gill was slain while working at a Days Inn in Merrillville.
Both victims died from gunshot wounds, police said.
Another woman working in Columbus was sexually assaulted and robbed on Jan. 2, 1990, Sgt. Fifield said.
She was the only known victim who survived.
The FBI released the following timeline of events and information.
Investigators are working with law enforcement agencies across the country to determine if Greenwell was a suspect in any other cases.
On Tuesday, personnel from Indiana State Police, the FBI and Elizabethtown Police Department are scheduled to provide an update on the cold cases. Several other law enforcement agencies also attended.
Andrew Smith and Nikki DeMentri at WRTV first reported this story.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A New York mobster who escaped federal custody in Florida has been rearrested.
The U.S. Marshals Service says 64-year-old Dominic Taddeo was apprehended “without incident” in Hialeah on Monday.
Taddeo was in the final year of a 54-year sentence when he escaped from a federal halfway house in Orlando on March 28.
The federal Bureau of Prisons said he failed to return from an authorized appointment and “was placed on escape status.”
Taddeo pleaded guilty in 1992 to racketeering charges that included the killings of three other mobsters.
A federal judge denied Taddeo’s request for compassionate release last year. It's unclear what type of additional punishment Taddeo will face for escaping.
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AUSTIN, Tex. — The Lieutenant Governor of Texas said he plans to prioritize legislation modeled after Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his plans via a campaign email, the Texas Tribune reported.
Florida’s law prohibits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, a policy that has drawn intense national scrutiny from critics who argue it marginalizes LGBTQ people.
Texas’ legislative session doesn’t begin until January of 2023. However, Patrick said the issue will be addressed in Education Committee hearings, scheduled to happen before then.
Similar to Texas’ restrictive abortion law, where people can report others for getting or performing an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, with Florida’s law, parents can sue a school district if they believe it has broken the law.
Patrick’s announcement comes as Texas Republicans fight to keep critical race theory out of schools and as Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said that parents should have more rights surrounding their children’s education.
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The White House announced a plan Wednesday to prevent, detect and treat long COVID.
The president claims the inter-agency effort, which will be coordinated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will advance progress in how to manage long COVID.
The White House says the federal government will assist in providing high-quality care for individuals experiencing Long COVID.
The administrations says it will do that by expanding long COVID clinics, promoting provider education, strengthening health care coverage for long COVID care and connecting people with resources they need.
According to the American Medical Association, up to 30% of people who caught COVID may be experiencing long COVID symptoms.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says symptoms can include difficult breathing, fatigue, brain fog and chest pain.
Vaccines are the most effective way to avoid getting COVID-19, according to the CDC.
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LONDON — Two of naturalist Charles Darwin’s notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University have been returned, two decades after they disappeared.
The university said Tuesday that the manuscripts were left in its library inside a pink gift bag, along with a note wishing the librarian a Happy Easter.
The notebooks were wrapped tightly in cling wrap.
The notebooks went missing in 2001, though at the time staff believed they might have been misplaced.
After searches failed to find them, they were reported stolen to police in October 2020. On March 9, the books reappeared, left in a public area of the building, outside the librarian’s office.
It’s not known who may have returned them, as there were no surveillance cameras in that area.
Police are now reviewing surveillance video from other areas of the building.
Library officials had to get permission from police to take the notebooks out of the wrapping to examine them.
The notebooks include the 19th-century scientist’s famous “Tree of Life” sketch and are valued at millions of dollars.
They will now be kept in a secure strongroom at the library and go on display this summer.
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FORT HOOD, TX – Members of the 1st Cavalry Division Cyber and Electronic Warfare team (CEMA) collaborated with a team of Columbia University engineering students to develop a prototype radio frequency shield designed to protect communications on the battlefield at Fort Hood, TX, March 30.
This visit follows a challenge members of the 1st Cavalry Division participated in last September where military members were asked to describe a problem and the Department of Defense outsources the problem to various universities.
“The Cav was lucky enough Columbia University chose our problem as one worthy of their efforts,” said Maj. Matthew Williamson, cyber electronic and warfare activities chief, 1st Cavalry Division.
Over the past eight months, Columbia University and the 1st Cavalry Division engaged in weekly collaboration to ensure both teams working on the project gained a shared understanding of the requirements needed by Soldiers supporting combat operations.
“What we asked the Columbia University students to do is devise a shield to limit the exposure of signals towards the enemy, therefore reducing the enemy’s ability to identify 1st Cav elements as we maneuver,” said Williamson.
After several weeks of research, the Columbia University engineering team constructed two prototype devices with the ability to provide operational security for friendly communications.
Once the prototypes were complete, students traveled to Fort Hood, TX to conduct trials on the equipment along with the 1st Cav CEMA team in a field environment.
The Cav really helped us understand this problem and have been supportive while we worked towards a solution, said Kate Majidzadeh, Columbia University engineering student.
“The Cav has been incredibly supportive,” said Dominic Insogna, Columbia University engineering student. “Any and every obstacle we have faced, the Cav has been quick to communicate and overcome any problems immediately.”
This work, 1st Cavalry Division Collaborates With Columbia University, by SGT Brayton Daniel, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
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Herndon-based Flagship Carwash continues adding Northern Virginia locations, announcing this week the company has acquired two new sites in the Woodbridge area.
Flagship recently purchased the Smart Car Wash at 13589 Minnieville Road outside Lake Ridge and the Tackett’s Mill Car Wash at 12831 Harbor Drive.
Open now, the Minnieville Road site will continue to operate as a full service car wash, featuring both exterior and interior services, Flagship said in a news release. The Tackett's Mill location, still under construction, will operate as a Flagship Express location with exterior washes, free vacuums, towels and compressed air. It is expected to open this year.
“Flagship Carwash is excited to continue to grow in the Northern Virginia, Maryland and D.C. regions,'' President Guy Paolozzi said in the news release. “We would not be able to operate without the constant support of our local communities.”
Flagship has been in business since 1986 and opened the nation's largest car wash in Ashburn in February. The company announced last month its purchase of the Top Shine Carwash in Gainesville. The company operates 15 car washes around D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia.
Memberships are currently valid at all Virginia locations, with plans to expand into Maryland this spring.
For more information about Flagship Car Wash visit www.flagshipcarwash.com.
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A federal judge has ruled in favor of a man who claimed Fauquier County Sheriff’s deputies violated his Fourth Amendment rights when they arrested and assaulted him.
On Nov. 3, 2020, Matthew Souter, a 56-year-old resident of The Plains, filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia alleging Fauquier deputies Creston Irby and Lucas Jacobs and Corp. Andrew McCauley illegally arrested and assaulted him on Nov. 10, 2018, after they responded to a dispute between Souter and his tenant, Melissa Johnson.
According to Souter’s original lawsuit, he and Johnson got into an argument because Johnson’s cat was in the kitchen, which violated the terms of her lease agreement. Consequently, Souter claims he gave Johnson 14 days to vacate the premises.
The same day, Johnson obtained an emergency protective order that stated Souter “shall not commit acts of violence, force, or threat, or criminal offenses resulting in injury to [Johnson] or [her] property.” Johnson then contacted the sheriff’s office and claimed that Souter violated the protective order “by terminating the electricity and water service to Johnson’s bedroom and bathroom.”
Souter said he did not shut off Johnson’s utilities, rather the water turned off due to a “disruption." He said Johnson had “tripped a breaker in her room” because she used a hot plate, which she was prohibited from doing in the terms of her lease.
According to the suit, Jacobs, after reviewing Johnson's complaint and the protective order, issued an arrest warrant charging Souter with violating an emergency protective order pertaining to cases of family abuse.
Jacobs had also written in his criminal complaint to the magistrate that Souter additionally violated a separate Virginia statute having to do with an emergency protective order against someone currently or previously incarcerated for committing family abuse. This separate protective order had not been issued against Souter.
Souter said both arrest warrants were “baseless.”
Since this was not a case of family abuse – and turning off Johnson’s electricity was also not considered “an act of violence ” – U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis wrote in his opinion the warrant was “inapplicable,” and therefore Jacobs and the other officers did not have probable cause to arrest Souter.
On March 23, Judge Ellis ruled the three deputies “violated [Souter’s] constitutional rights” and Virginia law when they: 1) “unlawfully arrested” Souter without probable cause or a valid arrest warrant, and 2) used force to carry out the arrest.
Ellis dismissed Souter’s claim that the three deputies had also engaged in “malicious prosecution.”
Ellis stated that Jacobs, Irby and McCauley were also not protected by qualified immunity (a legal precedent protecting government officials – including police officers – accused of violating constitutional rights) because the officers “should have known [Souter’s] arrest was unlawful” and any “reasonably competent government official should know the law governing his conduct.”
Since Ellis granted Souter a summary judgment – awarded if the facts overwhelmingly support one side – the case will not proceed to trial. Rather, both parties may either reach a settlement outside of court or, if negotiations fail, let a court decide the deputies’ financial liability. Any damages paid to Souter would come from a state insurance fund.
Souter’s attorney, Victor Glasberg, told FauquierNow.com that negotiations are still ongoing. But if and when a settlement is reached, he noted, the defense counsel will likely not want the amount to be publicly disclosed.
“Typically, [police] want to have these things kept confidential so the public doesn't know how much public money is being spent or is being wasted,” Glasberg said. “So there's usually a gag order on that.”
Defense counsel for officers Jacobs, McCauley and Irby did not respond when asked for comment for this story.
In 2019, Glasberg also represented a married couple from Vint Hill who claimed Irby and another officer used a stun gun on the husband and entered their home without consent or “reasonable cause.” Both parties settled out of court in June 2021 days before a jury trial. The amount of money paid to the couple from the state insurance fund was not made public.
Lieutenant Col. Chad Brubaker with the FCSO told FauquierNow.com that Irby has since left the sheriff’s office. Jacobs and McCauley are each still employed by the sheriff’s office, and both are now detectives, Brubaker said.
When asked if the sheriff’s office plans to make any adjustments to their police procedures, Brubaker said, “We're evaluating what the judge’s opinion was, and we'll just go from there."
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For Monica and James Lambert of Nokesville, 2020 wasn’t too bad. While many businesses shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some, like Lambert Bounce Parties, found a way to pivot. People still wanted to have fun with their families but were too nervous to do so outside of their homes, so Lambert Bounce Parties brought the fun to them.
Monica and James launched Lambert Bounce Parties in December 2016. Their daughters were small and loved bounce houses, (who doesn’t?) and they had a friend who recently opened his own rental company and thought it could be a great side gig for them. They decided to give it a try and it quickly became a booming business. They purchased a few bounce houses and as word spread, their business grew rapidly.
“The more we rented and saw how happy people were, the more excited we were to buy a new bounce house for the next year,” said Monica.
You might think that bounce house rentals are strictly for the younger set. But you’d be wrong.
Lambert Bounce Parties rents bounce houses for adults for any occasion, such as graduation parties, family get togethers, field day competitions (kids and adults alike) and even bridal showers. The combos are their best sellers, and can include a combination of a slide, bounce area and obstacle course, or other fun features depending on the age group it’s designed for.
“We rented the King Castle Combo for my son’s birthday, and it was awesome,” said Lea Moore of Warrenton. “Delivery and set-up were perfect before the party. The kids had a blast, and we couldn’t get them off it! Lambert’s crew didn’t come back to pick it up until the next day, so my kids even played in it again the next morning. We will definitely be renting from Lambert’s again for the next party.”
When the pandemic hit, Monica and James lost their ‘bread and butter’ regular rentals for church gatherings, schools and festivals. But as families started to get creative – and with the help of creative Facebook marketing – the Lamberts started to see an uptick in backyard parties. And because they don’t just rent bounce houses, they also have inflatable movie screens, popcorn and concessions and dunk tanks, families eager for fun have plenty of options.
As a family-owned business, they prioritize things that matter to their own family. Things like cleanliness, for instance.
Even before the pandemic, cleanliness and hygiene was always top of mind for the Lamberts. So much so that they didn’t need to change their cleaning protocol, which includes sanitizing every unit with commercial grade sanitizers that don’t use harsh chemicals, when the pandemic hit. They also power wash units as needed.
“Because we take such serious care of our bounce houses, they tend to last a lot longer than most,” said Monica. “But when one starts to show wear and tear, we replace it with a brand-new one.”
If you’re thinking a bounce house business sounds like fun, for the Lamberts it certainly is. Their older daughters work with them, and several of their friends return seasonally to work there too.
And if you’re curious what the Lambert’s favorite bounce house is, because let’s face it, they’ve tried virtually every inflatable available … that would be the 27-foot-tall water slide with a slip and slide at the end.
Lambert Bounce Parties is based in Nokesville and serves all of Northern Virginia. For more information on Lambert Bounce Parties, you can find them on Facebook at @lambertbounceparties or visit their website at lambertbounceparties.com.
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Median apartment-rental rates in Arlington ticked up over the last month, standing highest in the Washington region and up a bit from pre-pandemic times.
The median rental rate for units in Arlington stood at $1,999 for a one-bedroom and $2,420 for a two-bedroom, based on the monthly data report of Apartment List.
That’s up 0.7 percent from a month before, on par with the national increase of 0.8 percent. For the 12-month period ending in March, Arlington rents were up 16.8 percent compared to a statewide increase of 14.2 percent and a national jump of 17.1 percent. Among the 100 urban areas in the survey, Arlington ranked 43rd for total appreciation.
Much of the increase in Arlington rentals rates over the past year has been a game of catch-up, as many urban areas like Arlington saw major dropoffs in median apartment-rental prices during the first months of COVID. Now two years into the pandemic, Arlington rents are up 1.4 percent from where they stood in February 2020.
(The Apartment List report can be found at https://www.apartmentlist.com/research/national-rent-data. Figures include a representative sampling of apartments in each area, and tend to skew more toward luxury units.)
Arlington’s $2,420 median rate for a two-bedroom unit is the highest among communities surveyed in the Washington region. Rounding out the top five were Rockville ($2,280), Bethesda ($2,210), Alexandria ($2,180) and Centreville ($2,120)
After wild swings up and down in 2020 and 2021, the national rental market seems to be stabilizing but on an upward trajectory, noted the Apartment List analysis presented by Chris Salvati, Igor Popov, Rob Warnock and Lilla Szini.
“So far this year, rents are growing more slowly than they did in 2021, but faster than the growth we observed in the years immediately preceding the pandemic,” they noted. “Over the first three months of 2022, rents have increased by a total of 1.8 percent, but we’re just beginning to enter the busy season for the rental market, when the bulk of annual rent growth typically occurs.”
Rents increased in 93 of the nation’s 100 largest urban areas in the latest report , with Sun Belt markets in Florida and Arizona continuing to see some of the nation’s fastest growth.
Since the onset of the pandemic, six of the metropolitan areas in the survey have seen median apartment-rental rates up more than 30 percent, led by Tampa (37%) and followed by Riverside (Calif.), Phoenix, Miami, Las Vegas and Tucson.
On the other side of the coin, San Francisco and San Jose are the only two metropolitan areas among the 100 that are still below pre-pandemic levels, with median rents down 4 percent in the former and 3 percent in the latter.
Over the past six months, Miami has led all comers in appreciation, up 30 percent. Among metro areas where median prices have declined in the past six months: Virginia Beach, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Boston and Baltimore.
On the supply side, Apartment List’s national vacancy index is continuing to slowly inch up, indicating a gradual easing of the tight market conditions that have characterized the rental market over the past year.
The vacancy index hit 4.6 percent in March, continuing a seven-month streak of increases after bottoming out at 3.8 percent last August.
“Tightness in the rental market is finally beginning to ease,” analysts noted. “However, the vacancy situation still remains historically tight.”
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Two years ago, Marymount University professor Dr. Kathleen Garces-Foley was preparing to live in Hungary for a semester, with plans to study and teach at the University of Szeged on the second Fulbright Award of her academic career.
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted those plans and led to the cancellation of her award. But now, after waiting through yet another application process, she’s on her way to Hungary after all.
Dr. Garces-Foley was selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar once again, and has been granted a four-month award to Budapest, where she will be hosted by the Department of American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, a top-rated university in Hungary established in 1635.
There, the religious-studies professor will study the changing religious landscape in Hungary and teach two courses – one undergraduate and one graduate – on religion and American culture.
An expert in a variety of religious topics, Garces-Foley holds particular areas of research interest in the effects of immigration, ethnicity and racial diversity on religious life. In recent years, Garces-Foley has played a leading role in a nationwide study on “The Landscape Study of Chaplaincy and Campus Ministry in the United States.” Alongside a team of co-investigators, she has investigated how religion on college campuses has been transformed over the last decade.
Garces-Foley isn’t the first Marymount professor to travel to Hungary through a Fulbright Award. In late 2021, semester, Dr. Adam Kovach – a professor of philosophy at the university – was a visiting professor at Széchenyi István University in northwest Hungary.
After the COVID-19 pandemic delayed his travel, he began his long-awaited experience this past fall, and taught Introduction to Philosophy and Philosophy of Art courses to students there.
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Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
The undisputed king of Tahoe’s big mountain resorts has always been Squaw Valley, even more so since it merged with neighboring Alpine Meadows in 2012. The combined resorts have a whopping 6,000 acres of terrain, with the longest run topping out at 3.2 miles. Beginners should head to High Camp, with its large, open bowls and views of Lake Tahoe, while more experienced skiers and riders can test their mettle on challenging slopes like KT-22, Granite Chief, and Broken Arrow. If you’re not one for snow sports, visit the small ski museum, which celebrates Squaw’s history as the site of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, or visit in the summer, when the mountain offers everything from hiking and mountain biking to fly-fishing.More Recommendations
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With a fresh layer of powder Squaw is a great little escape. Weaving in and out of the groomers the tree runs provide a bit of solitude and silence. Best of all the mountains are only a 3.5 hour drive north of the city (San Fran), making for a great weekender all winter.
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CHICAGO RIDGE, Ill. (WGN) — The family of a Chicago Ridge teen battling a rare blood disease is in agony months after his ‘Make-A-Wish’ dream came true.
Last July, WGN News spoke with 18-year-old Jacob Watson, who wished to restore his grandfather’s pickup truck. The Make-A-Wish Foundation helped fulfill Jacob’s wish, much to his surprise.
“I definitely did not expect any of this to happen,” Watson said, adding his thanks to family and friends.
On Sunday, however, someone stole that dream.
Jacob and his family hope whoever is responsible understands that the pickup truck holds sentimental value.
“I just feel like he’s been through so much,” mother Jamie Watson said. “He needs a break, you know?”
Long before he was even old enough to drive, Jacob Watson and his grandfather loved trucks. After his grandfather passed away in 2015, he left his old Ford to his grandson.
Then Jacob started having headaches. Doctors diagnosed him with a rare blood disease. Brain surgery and grueling chemotherapy would soon follow.
“He was sick, he was scared, and this is what made him feel good – to get this wish,” Jamie Watson said.
To lift his spirits, the Make-A-Wish Foundation worked tirelessly to transform his grandfather’s old pickup truck exactly how Jacob wanted it, taking nearly two years to finish during the pandemic.
“I used my one wish that I had on it,” Jacob Watson said.
The truck, only covered with liability insurance, was stolen from the parking lot at Wintrust Sports Arena in Bedford Park during a volleyball game.
“To some people, vehicles are just pieces of metal and stuff but to me, it’s more than metal,” Jacob Watson said. “It’s a part of me. It’s part of my family.”
Surveillance video shows someone in a gray minivan with tinted windows pull up. Someone then exits, does something to the bottom of Watson’s truck, hops inside, and drives off.
“I don’t even care what happens to them, I just want my stuff back,” Jacob said. “Leave it on the side of the road somewhere, let someone find it, that’s all.”
Bedford Park police say they are investigating.
“I don’t even know how to help him?” Jacob’s mother said. “I want to help him and I hate that he’s crying and he hurts.”
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What is a wobbegong?
The wobbegong shark takes camouflage to new heights.
Swimming in the warm, shallow waters surrounding Australia, Indonesia and Japan, this master of disguise comes in 12 different species.
With their intricate markings and pebbly hues, these animals do a knockout impression of the sea floor, where they spend most of their time, stock-still, waiting to ambush any hapless morsel that swims too close. Unlike some other shark species, wobbegongs do not need to constantly move in order to breathe. Instead, they actively pump water over their gills with their cheek muscles.
The word ‘wobbegong’ is thought to come from an Australian Aboriginal word meaning ‘shaggy beard’ and refers to the wispy tassels that frame their enormous chops. By blurring the lines between the shark and its surroundings, they enhance the camouflage effect, and can be wiggled suggestively to lure curious prey, such as bottom-dwelling fish and octopuses.
Wobbegongs also have strong lower fins which enable them to ‘walk’; a nifty trick if the fish find themselves landlocked in a rockpool when the tide has gone out.
Read more:
- Weird animals: 17 of the most bizarre animals on Earth
- Top 10: Which animals have the strongest bite?
- What is a warty comb jelly?
- What is an aye-aye?
- This article first appeared in issue 374 of BBC Science Focus Magazine – find out how to subscribe here
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Selectively breeding for puppy-dog eyes may be the reason we can’t say no to our canine companions
Thousands of years' of breeding for specific traits may have given our canine companions the perfect the puppy-dog eyes expression, study suggests.
A study of facial muscles in dogs and wolves has revealed key anatomical differences that are likely a result of human selective breeding.
Scientists say that the 33,000-year relationship between humans and canines has relied on a reciprocal bond between the two species, which developed through mutual gazing and dogs' ability to 'communicate' with facial expressions similar to ones made by humans.
It's likely that humans selectively bred dogs based on their effectiveness in communicating this way, which may have led to our furry friends' facial muscles evolving to become faster and more responsive.
The new research compared dogs with wolves and focused on specific muscles called mimetic muscles. These are muscles found in mammals that connect to nerves in the face, and they help us communicate our many emotions – pulling our eyebrows into a frown, or our lips into a smile. The facial nerve is often affected by stroke, leading to paralysis of the mimetic muscles.
In humans, the mimetic muscles are made of fibres that enable us to form facial expressions almost instantaneously, said biological anthropologist Dr Anne Burrows, the study's senior author. But while these 'fast-twitch' muscle cells help us to flash a smile the moment someone holds up a camera, they also fatigue quickly, making school picture day a cheek-aching experience.
Mimetic muscle cells with slow-twitch fibres are not as quick to react, but they are better at controlling and maintaining a position.
As facial expressions help us regulate our social interaction and bonds with dogs, Burrows wanted to find out if the mimetic muscles in our canine companions had evolved to enable faster facial movement. Did we selectively breed the puppy-dog eyes?
Compared to samples taken from wolves, dogs' facial muscles had a higher percentage of fast-twitch fibres. This difference likely contributed to dogs' ability to communicate with us, and throughout the domestication process "dog muscles could have evolved to become ‘faster’, further benefiting communication between dogs and humans," said Burrows.
"The classic 'puppy-dog eyes' facial expression is one that dogs make in front of their humans. While we can't know exactly what dogs are thinking when they make this expression, it seems to trigger a care-giving response in humans," said Burrows.
Next, the team want to expand their research to cover a variety of dog breeds. "From the very small breeds to the very large – we want to understand any breed differences and whether some breeds use their facial muscles in different ways," said Burrows.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Two of rock's longstanding bands, Korn and Evanescence, are teaming up for a 2022 U.S. tour, which includes a stop at the Spokane Arena on Tuesday, Sept.13. The two bands will hit the road for a month-long outing starting this summer.
The band will be accompanied by special guests varying across select dates in an 18-city tour across the U.S. that will kick off on August 16 at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.
The tour will be making stops across the U.S. in Boston, Chicago, Houston and more before wrapping up in three cities in Washington, starting with Spokane on Sept. 13. The band will also visit Auburn on Sept. 15 and Ridgefield on Sept. 16.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 8, at 10 a.m. and will be available online at TicketWest.com. Prices for the Korn with Evanescence concert will be set at $29.50 to $125.
Evanescence announced the tour with its fellow band Korn on its Twitter account and issued the following statement:
"The chances we’ve had to play with Korn over the years are special, a part of our history," Evanescence said on the post. "We are honored [to] go out with our friends again, our first full tour together since ‘07. WE ARE READY."
Upcoming events and concerts at the Spokane Arena:
- March 25 and 27: NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship – Spokane Regional
- April 1: Shinedown with The Pretty Reckless and Diamante
- April 3 : Santana: Blessings and Miracles Tour
- April 7: Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias: Back on Tour
- April 10: MercyMe: Inhale (Exhale) Tour
- April 16: Eric Church in the Round: The Gather Again Tour
- April 28: Paul McCartney: Got Back Tour 2022
- May 13: For King & Country: What are we waiting for? – The Tour
- May 27: Stars on Ice Tour
- June 6: New Kids on the Block: The Mixtape Tour 2022
- July 25: Machine Gun Kelly: Mainstream Sellout Tour with special guests Avril Lavigne & WILLOW
- August 9: Jim Gaffigan: The Fun Tour
- August 21: Backstreet Boys DNA World Tour
- September 2: Greta Van Fleet: Dreams in Gold Tour
- September 30: Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast World Tour with Very Special Guests Trivium
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jon Rahm had some fun chiding Tiger Woods on Tuesday when asked if he’s sought any advice from Woods over the years like Woods once got from Spanish legend and former Masters winner Seve Ballesteros about Augusta National.
“I think there’s only one man in this field that hears advice from Tiger, because I’ve asked before and I get nothing,” Rahm said. “So, you might need to ask Justin Thomas. I’ve asked (Woods) before. I remember asking him at East Lake the year he won (the Tour Championship in 2019) on the putting green in the practice round: ‘Hey, man, any tips for Bermuda?’ He turned around and said, ‘It’s all about feel,’ and just kept going.
“I was like, ‘Cool, thank you.’ “
Rahm them remembered asking the legend for some advice at Woods’ Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
“I asked him at Albany once about chipping into the grain,” Rahm said.
“You just got to be shallow,” was all Woods offered.
“Okay,” Rahm said. “Meanwhile, I turn around and J.T.’s there with him, and he’s getting a whole dissertation on what to do.”
Thomas, who’s perhaps Woods’ closest friend on the PGA Tour, was asked Tuesday what advice from Woods on the Masters he values the most.
“To be perfectly honest, what I value the most I’m not going to tell you because I don’t really want any of the other competitors knowing it,” Thomas said.
When Thomas was told about Rahm’s comments, he said, “When I’m asking him stuff at home, it’s just like I would ask Jon Rahm a question or ask Jordan [Spieth] a question. Any person or buddy that I respect their game and I think that they are really good and they maybe are a little bit better at something that I am not as consistently good at, like I want to learn, so I’m going to ask a question.
“I feel like Tiger’s been a good person for me to do that. But, yeah, I guess I’m very fortunate in that regard.”
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SPOKANE, Wash. — The city of Spokane is kicking off the 2022 WheelShare Program on Wednesday morning. In honor of the launch event, the public is invited to try out the new electric scooters and bikes.
According to the city's website, WheelShare is Spokane's "permanent shared mobility program that allows electric-assist bikes and electric scooters to be checked out and used for a small fee throughout the city."
The WheelShare program started as a pilot program in Fall 2018. More than 148,000 rides were taken that year, with more than 108,000 of those trips being taken on electric scooters.
Following positive responses during the pilot program in 2018, the city allowed shared mobility to become a more permanent program the following year. Feedback from the pilot gave City Staff information about what worked great, and what improvements would allow shared mobility to function well.
The permanent program launched in 2019 from May to November, with more than 581,000 WheelShare trips during that time. More than 450,000 rides were taken in 2021, covering more than 400,000 miles across the city of Spokane.
“The scooters and bikes bring great energy to our community and provide an opportunity for people to use a different type of transportation,” Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward said in a statement.
The 2022 WheelShare Launch event will take place on Wednesday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. near East Desmet Avenue and North Dakota Street. The event will include demos of the new Gen4 scooter and bike, riding safety tips and helmet giveaways.
The city has rules posted on their website regarding the use of the bikeshare and scootershare program. They caution to watch the speed, know the route being traveled and to know when to ride on the sidewalk and when to ride in the bike lane.
To use a lime bike or scooter, riders can download the Lime app from the Apple App Store and Google Play.
For more information, visit the city's website.
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Multiple artists started their day falling victim to a hacking incident.
The YouTube channels of Justin Bieber, Drake, Eminem – who have a collective 145.9 million subscribers – as well as many other A-list celebrities, seem to have been hacked early Tuesday morning.
Other artists who appear to have been hacked include Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, Kanye West, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Lil Nas X and Michael Jackson.
The Post has reached out to YouTube for comment.
Multiple profiles had strange videos uploaded, which have since been removed.
One of the videos uploaded to these high-profile pages was titled “Justin bieber – Free Paco Sanz (ft. Will Smith, Chris Rock, Skinny flex & Los Pelaos),” according to the Daily Mail.
Paco Sanz is a Spanish criminal who defrauded thousands of people by pretending to have a terminal illness and is currently in prison.
The video posted showed Sanz holding a guitar backward and singing in Spanish.
Some Twitter users took the liberty of screen recording the video of Sanz.
Another video, which was posted on Harry Styles’ YouTube page, was called, “Daddy Yankee – SPEED IS THE BEST HACKED BY @LOSPELAOSBRO ON TWITTER.”
It showed a group of men wearing hoodies with the word “speed,” dancing to an adapted version of “Hit the Road Jack,” according to the Daily Mail.
Twitter account @lospelaosbro claimed he was responsible for the hacks and was asking for suggestions on who to hack next.
While the identity behind the Twitter account is unknown, the account was posting photos of what appears to be Paco Sanz. The account was only created in April 2022 and has already amassed over 9,700 followers.
Business Insider referred to the bizarre Twitter profile as a “s—tposting account,” meaning it shares ironic and sarcastic content with the goal of getting a reaction. The mention of Will Smith and Chris Rock in the video title might be a way to gain traction following the controversial Oscars slap.
Fans were quick to respond in disbelief.
“YouTube what’s going on all the top artists channel hacked??” one person tweeted.
“That’s crazy, how someone can destroy your several year’s hard work within a minute,” another user added.
“This is so creepy like it’s 2022 and this stuff is still happening😭,” a fan wrote on Reddit.
Other fans mocked the weird situation.
“How are you gonna hack taylor swift’s YouTube channel and not release a 1989 vault track? Wasted opportunity,” a fan wrote joking about Taylor Swift’s re-releases.
A Harry Styles fan even made a fake mock-up of a T-shirt reading “I was awake and survived Harry’s YouTube Channel being hacked.”
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WASHINGTON — Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump's daughter and among those closest to him during the insurrection at the Capitol, is set to testify Tuesday before the Jan. 6 committee, according to three people familiar with the situation.
Ivanka Trump is expected to testify virtually as the panel works to compile a record of the attack, the worst on the Capitol in more than 200 years, when the former president’s supporters interrupted the Electoral College count and tried to halt the certification of the 2020 election for Joe Biden.
Ivanka Trump was with her father much of that day, and the panel has focused much of its time on Trump’s actions in the White House as his supporters were breaking into the Capitol.
Ivanka's decision to cooperate is significant for the committee, which has been trying to secure an interview with her since late January. The panel has conducted some 800 interviews, but the one Tuesday with the former president's daughter, a trusted aid, is among the most high profile as the committee races to complete its work.
Her testimony, like others before the committee, will be private. Public hearings are expected to begin this summer. The people who spoke about her interview were granted anonymity to discuss it.
Lawmakers have said they want to discuss what Ivanka Trump knew about her father’s efforts, including a telephone call they say she witnessed, to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject those results, as well as concerns she may have heard from Pence’s staff, members of Congress and the White House counsel’s office about those efforts.
Her appearance comes less than a week after her husband, Jared Kushner, testified to the nine-member panel in a virtual meeting that lasted more than six hours. Members of the committee said his testimony was helpful and are hoping to further fill in the gaps with Ivanka Trump’s help.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an administration official familiar with the White House's decision-making.
Student loan payments were scheduled to resume May 1 after being halted since early in the pandemic. But following calls from Democrats in Congress, the White House plans to give borrowers additional time to prepare for payments.
The action applies to more than 43 million Americans who owe a combined $1.6 trillion in student debt held by the federal government, according to the latest data from the Education Department. That includes more than 7 million borrowers who have defaulted on student loans, meaning they are at least 270 days late on payments.
Borrowers will not be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates are expected to remain at 0% during that period.
The extension was first reported Tuesday by Bloomberg.
Democrats on education panels in the House and Senate recently urged President Joe Biden to extend the moratorium through the end of the year, citing continued economic upheaval.
Sen. Patty Murray said more time is needed to help Americans prepare for repayment and to rethink the government’s existing system for repaying student debt.
“It is ruining lives and holding people back,” she said in a statement last month. “Borrowers are struggling with rising costs, struggling to get their feet back under them after public health and economic crises, and struggling with a broken student loan system — and all this is felt especially hard by borrowers of color.”
Murray called on the Biden administration to lift all borrowers out of default to provide a “fresh start” following the pandemic.
The decision is being made amid rising concern that large numbers of Americans would quickly fall behind if payments restarted in May.
In March, the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank warned that resuming loan payments could place a heavy burden on borrowers who faced financial hardship during the pandemic. It said the impact would be hardest on Black families, who are more likely to rely on student loans to pay for college.
“Serious delinquency rates for student debt could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs in which 10% or more of the debt was past due,” the bank said.
The Trump administration initially gave Americans the option to suspend loan payments in March 2020, and Congress made it automatic soon after. The pause was extended twice by the Trump administration and twice more under Biden.
It remains in question whether Biden will pursue widespread debt forgiveness to reduce the nation’s student debt. Some Democrats in Congress have pressed Biden to use executive action to cancel $50,000 for all student loan borrowers, saying it would jumpstart the economy and help Black Americans who on average face higher levels of student debt.
Last year, Biden asked the Education and Justice departments to review the legality of widespread debt cancellation, but no decision has been announced. Biden previously said he supports canceling up to $10,000, but he argued it should be done through congressional action.
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Binkley reported from Boston.
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SEATTLE — Seattle-based Holland America Line will use one of its cruise ships to house Ukrainian refugees in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
The company announced the Volendam, a 781-foot-long cruise ship, will dock in Rotterdam for three months to provide temporary shelter for approximately 1,500 Ukrainians.
"I think the government knew that cruise ships are a little bit like floating cities,” said Holland America Line spokesperson Bill Zucker. “So, we can take care of a lot of needs on our ships."
While Holland America Line is based in Seattle, the company was founded in Rotterdam. Zucker said some of the company's first trips took people immigrating from Europe to the United States.
"That's something that is very much in our roots,” said Zucker. “So, when the government asked us about this, we said yes. That's something that we wanted to do and that we could do.”
The vessel docked in Rotterdam on Saturday. Ukrainians could move on to the ship in the next couple of days.
Holland America Line said in a press release it would “provide three hot meals per day, private stateroom accommodations, housekeeping services, use of public spaces, fitness facilities, internet access, and other necessities” to the Ukrainian refugees.
"We'll take good care of them,” said Zucker. “We'll take care of their rooms. We'll feed them, and we'll be docked the whole time in the city of Rotterdam. So, as they need to get social services and other things in the city, they'll be able to simply walk off the ship and do that.”
Holland America Line's commitment to housing the 1,500 Ukrainians is part of a larger commitment from the Netherlands to accommodate 50,000 refugees. Zucker said the company worked with the government to determine a charter rate that covers the cost of food and the 650-person crew.
Volendam was scheduled to return to service in May. Holland America Line canceled three voyages to accommodate the vessel's stay in Rotterdam. Guests on the canceled cruises were offered a similar itinerary. The ship will resume service on July 3, 2022.
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HAYDEN, Idaho — The future of Hayden city leadership took a back seat Monday when an emergency meeting was called.
The emergency executive session — closed to the public — of the Hayden City Council was held instead of the special meeting planned to discuss the process for appointing an interim mayor. Hayden has been without a mayor since Steve Griffitts resigned Feb. 24.
The emergency executive session took place at 3 p.m. The scheduled 4 p.m. meeting, in which council members were going to discuss the process for appointing an interim mayor, was postponed, as reported by our partners, The Coeur d'Alene Press.
City administrator Brett Boyer said the emergency meeting and schedule change was posted to the city's website around 9 a.m. Monday.
"We didn't discuss [mayoral] process. That's not what the [emergency] meeting was about," he said. "We will gather some information and then I anticipate at the next meeting we'll put it on to talk about the process."
Because it was an executive session, city attorney Fonda Jovick said the city is "not at liberty to discuss" what was said in the meeting. City staff also did not say why it was called.
Jovick reiterated that the emergency meeting was unrelated to the interim mayoral process.
"It came to our attention we weren't quite prepared to have this special meeting to finalize the process," she said. "That, at this point, has been moved to the next general meeting. The development of the process is going to be on the agenda for the next Council meeting."
According to Idaho Open Meeting law, special meetings "shall not be held without at least a twenty-four (24) hour meeting and agenda notice, unless an emergency exists." (Idaho Code § 74-204(2).
But the Open Meeting law also says this about executive sessions:
"A twenty-four (24) hour meeting and agenda notice shall be given if only an executive session will be held. Notice must state reason and specific provision of law authorizing the executive session." (Idaho Code § 74-204(3)
Press Managing Editor Mike Patrick said he'll seek assurance from the city that Monday's emergency meeting was legal.
Regular Hayden City Council meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, at 5 p.m. in Hayden City Hall. The next regular meeting will be April 12.
The Coeur d'Alene Press is a KREM 2 News partner. For more news from our partners, click here.
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Life on the MLB circuit has been “one hell of a ride” for Todd Frazier and wife Jackie.
On Tuesday, the same day the former Met and Yankee announced his retirement after 11 MLB seasons, Jackie posted a touching note to her Instagram Story, where she reflected on their journey together.
“…It’s been one hell of a ride! Each city we played for brought something so special into our lives, memories that will last forever … until we meet again MLB…,” Jackie wrote alongside Frazier’s formal retirement message on Instagram.
Frazier, a two-time All-Star, revealed this week that he’s calling it a career at the age of 36.
“It’s been my love my whole life,” Frazier told The Post’s Greg Joyce in a phone interview Monday. “It’s very hard to let go. Don’t get me wrong, it’s one of the toughest decisions I’ve ever made in my life. But where I’m at in my career and where I’m at in my life, I think it was the right decision. I think it’s time to be that family figure that I’ve always wanted to be.”
Frazier was the Reds’ first-round pick in 2007. He played for Cincinnati for five seasons before being traded to the Chicago White Sox in late 2015. He was traded to the Yankees in July 2017 and later signed with the Mets in early 2018. He went on to play for the Rangers and, most recently, the Pirates in 2021.
The New Jersey native is now looking forward to more family time with Jackie and their kids: sons Blake, 8, and Grant, 3, and 6-year-old daughter Kylie.
“To my wife and kids, I would definitely not be here without you. Having you as my backbone made my life so much easier. I am so lucky to have found you. I love you all so much,” Frazier wrote Tuesday in his Instagram message.
He married Jackie, a former gymnast, in 2012.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi says he was surprised by the international popularity of his Oscar-winning film “Drive My Car,” but attributes it to the universality of the short story by Haruki Murakami on which it is based.
The movie centers on an actor played by Hidetoshi Nishijima who is directing a multilingual production of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.” Still mourning the sudden loss of his wife, the actor, Kafuku, leads the cast in rehearsals in which they sit and read their lines flatly, ingesting the language for days before acting them out.
The 3-hour-long story of grief, connection and recovery won an Academy Award last month for best international feature film.
“Actually I was surprised by how widely this film has been accepted,” Hamaguchi said at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, his first major event since the Oscar.
While attributing its popularity to the universality of Murakami’s story, Hamaguchi said the actors “put it on the screen in a very convincing way, even though I’m sure it was an extremely challenging task for them to embody Haruki Murakami’s worldview.”
On his part, he tried to “show some sort of hope, as Mr. Haruki Murakami does in his novels, so we can feel this character is now OK — the process of loss and coming to terms with it to move on — if not quite a full recovery,” Hamaguchi said.
The “inner reality” of the characters in the story is both the charm and difficulty of turning Murakami’s story into visuals, Hamaguchi said.
“Describing inner reality … is something movies are not very good at,” Hamaguchi said. So he decided not to trace the written language of the original story. “The more attractive a story is, the harder it is for visuals to surpass the images already formed in the minds of readers,” he said.
Hamaguchi said he decided to visualize the core of the story — the relationship between Kafuku and his much younger driver Misaki — who has also suffered the loss of her mother in a mudslide — which gradually deepens through their conversations in his beloved red Saab, one of few colorful items in the movie.
The film combines the inner worlds of Murakami and Chekhov and reflects their similarities, Hamaguchi said.
Conversations between Kafuku and Misaki contrast with those of Vanya and Sonya in “Uncle Vanya,” and when Kafuku acts as Vanya during the performance, he comes to realize his own inner words toward recovery.
“So I found ‘Drive My Car’ and ‘Uncle Vanya’ wonderfully intertwined as if they translated each other,” Hamaguchi said.
Hamaguchi said he wanted to thank Murakami at the Oscar awards ceremony but missed the chance because his “thank you” after giving a long list of actors’ names was misunderstood as the end of his speech.
“I still wanted to thank Murakami-san and my staff,” he said.
Hamaguchi’s films, which include the anthology “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” released last year, are acclaimed, but he was not widely known in Hollywood before an award for best screenplay at last year’s Cannes Film Festival brought attention to “Drive My Car.”
Hamaguchi said international audiences now see Asia as a source of interesting films, and he hopes his fellow filmmakers can create movies that can “pierce through the hearts of audiences” and live up to their expectations.
His goals for his next film? “I just want to be able to say I made one that is a little better than my previous one,” Hamaguchi said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic elevation to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden’s nominee a burst of bipartisan support and all but assuring she’ll become the first Black female justice.
The senators from Alaska and Utah announced their decisions Monday night ahead of a procedural vote to advance the nomination and as Democrats pressed to confirm Jackson by the end of the week. GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced last week that she would back Jackson, noting her “stellar qualifications” as a federal judge, public defender and member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
All three Republicans said they did not expect to agree with all of Jackson’s decisions, but they found her extremely well qualified. Romney said Jackson “more than meets the standard of excellence and integrity.” Murkowski said she will “bring to the Supreme Court a range of experience from the courtroom that few can match given her background in litigation.”
With three Republicans supporting her in the 50-50 split Senate, Jackson is on a glide path to confirmation and on the brink of making history as the third Black justice and only the sixth woman in the court’s more than 200-year history. Beyond the historic element, Democrats have cited her deep experience in nine years on the federal bench and the chance for her to become the first former public defender on the court.
Both Collins and Murkowski said they believed that the Senate nomination process has become broken as it has become more partisan in the past several decades.
Murkowski, who is up for reelection this year, said her decision partly rests “on my rejection of the corrosive politicization of the review process for Supreme Court nominees, which, on both sides of the aisle, is growing worse and more detached from reality by the year.”
After the vote, Murkowski said she had “assumed a level of risk” but “there’s three of us that found ourselves in this place where I believe the strength, qualifications of the candidate are such that are appropriate for the court.”
Biden nominated Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, who will step down after the court’s session ends this summer. Biden has sought bipartisan backing for his pick, making repeated calls to senators and inviting Republicans to the White House. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that administration officials would work the phones until the last minute to maximize support.
“Judge Jackson will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience and intellect, and a rigorous judicial record to the Supreme Court,” Biden tweeted earlier Monday. “She deserves to be confirmed as the next justice.”
The Senate’s 53-47 vote Monday evening was to “discharge” Jackson’s nomination from the Senate Judiciary Committee after the panel deadlocked, 11-11, on whether to send the nomination to the Senate floor.
The committee vote, split along party lines, was the first deadlock on a Supreme Court nomination in three decades.
The Judiciary committee’s top Republican, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, said he opposed Jackson’s nomination because “she and I have fundamental, different views on the role of judges and the role that they should play in our system of government.”
The committee hadn’t deadlocked since 1991, when Biden was chairman and a motion to send the nomination of current Justice Clarence Thomas to the floor with a “favorable” recommendation failed on a 7-7 vote. The committee then voted to send the nomination to the floor without a recommendation, meaning it could still be brought up for a vote.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky set the tone for most of his party last week when he said he “cannot and will not” support Jackson, citing GOP concerns raised in hearings about her sentencing record and her backing from liberal advocacy groups.
Republicans on the Judiciary panel continued their push Monday to paint Jackson as soft on crime, defending their repeated questions about her sentencing on sex crimes.
“Questions are not attacks,” said Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, one of several GOP senators on the panel who hammered the point in the hearings two weeks ago.
Jackson pushed back on the GOP narrative, declaring that “nothing could be further from the truth” and explaining her reasoning in detail. Democrats said she was in line with other judges in her decisions. And on Monday they criticized their GOP counterparts’ questioning.
“You could try and create a straw man here, but it does not hold,” said New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
The questioning was filled with “absurdities of disrespect,” said Booker, who also is Black. He said he will “rejoice” when Jackson is confirmed.
Derrick Johnson, president and chief executive officer of the NAACP, expressed disappointment with the committee tie, even as he noted that Jackson had cleared an important hurdle. He said “history will be watching” during the full Senate vote later this week.
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Bohrer reported from Juneau, Alaska. Associated Press writers Zeke Miller, Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak in Washington contributed.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A second suspect arrested Tuesday in connection with the mass shooting that killed six people in Sacramento had posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun hours before gunfire erupted, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Smiley Martin, 27, who is the brother of the first suspect taken into custody, was arrested while hospitalized with serious injuries from the gunfire in California’s capital.
Authorities are trying to determine whether the weapon seen in the video was used in the shooting, said the official, who was briefed on the investigation but could not discuss details publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.
Investigators believe the brothers possessed stolen guns and are working to review financial documents, call records and social media messages to determine how and when they procured weapons, the official said. Authorities have searched several locations in connection with the shooting and the firearms investigation.
More than 100 shots were fired early Sunday near the state Capitol, creating a chaotic scene with hundreds of people trying desperately to get to safety. Martin was among the 12 people wounded.
Police on Monday announced the arrest of his brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, as a “related suspect” on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. His first court appearance was set for Tuesday.
Smiley Martin will be booked for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said. A stolen handgun found at the crime scene had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Smiley Martin was found at the crime scene and taken to a hospital, police said.
“Smiley Martin was quickly identified as a person of interest and has remained under the supervision of an officer at the hospital while his treatment continues,” the statement said.
Detectives and SWAT team members also found a handgun during searches of three area homes.
The shooting happened at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars were closing and patrons filled the streets. The three women and three men killed included a father of four, a young woman who wanted to be a social worker, a man described as the life of the party, and a woman who lived on the streets nearby and was looking for housing.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg read their names during a vigil Monday evening attended by grieving relatives, friends and community members.
“We gather here to remember the victims and to commit ourselves to doing all we can to ending the stain of violence, not only in our community but throughout the state, throughout the country, and throughout the world,” Steinberg said.
Turner, who had three daughters and a son, was a “protector” who worked as the night manager at an inventory company, his mother, Penelope Scott, told The Associated Press. He rarely went out, and she had no reason to believe he would be in harm’s way when he left her house after he visited Saturday night.
“My son was walking down the street and somebody started shooting, and he got shot. Why is that to happen?” Scott said. “I feel like I’ve got a hole in my heart.”
Police were investigating whether the shooting was connected with a street fight that broke out just before gunfire erupted. Several people could be seen in videos scrapping on a street lined with an upscale hotel, nightclubs and bars when gunshots sent people scattering.
Detectives also were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was connected to the shooting, Police Chief Kathy Lester said. Witnesses answered her plea for help by providing more than 100 videos and photos of evidence.
District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert noted that Dandrae Martin was not arrested on suspicion of homicide, but suggested investigators were making progress.
“The investigation is highly complex involving many witnesses, videos of numerous types and significant physical evidence,” Schubert said in a statement. “This is an ongoing investigation and we anticipate more arrests in this case.”
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 1 1/2 years for violating probation in separate cases involving a felony conviction for aggravated assault in 2016 and a conviction on a marijuana charge in 2018. Court records show he pleaded guilty to punching, kicking and choking a woman in a hotel room when she refused to work for him as a prostitute.
It was not immediately clear Tuesday whether the Martins had attorneys who could speak on their behalf.
Four of those wounded suffered critical injuries, the Sacramento Fire Department has said. At least seven of the victims had been released from hospitals by Monday and two patients were still hospitalized at UC Davis Medical Center on Tuesday, according to spokesperson Tricia Tomiyoshi. She did not disclose their conditions.
At the scene where the chaos erupted, memorials with candles and flowers grew on the same sidewalks where video showed people screaming and running for shelter as others lay on the ground writhing in pain.
A small bouquet of purple roses was dedicated to Melinda Davis, who lived on the streets for years, with a note saying “Melinda Rest In Peace.”
Politicians decried the shooting, and some Democrats, including President Joe Biden, called for tougher action against gun violence.
California has some of the nation’s toughest restrictions on firearms, requiring background checks to buy guns and ammunition, limiting magazines to 10 bullets, and banning firearms that fall into its definition of assault weapons.
But state lawmakers plan to go further. A bill getting its first hearing Tuesday would allow citizens to sue those who possess illegal weapons, a measure patterned after a controversial Texas bill aimed at abortions.
Other proposed California legislation this year would make it easier for people to sue gun companies and target unregistered “ghost guns,” firearms made from build-it-yourself kits.
The California Assembly held a moment of silence Monday in honor of the victims. Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, a Democrat who represents Sacramento, noted lawmakers could see the crime scene from the building’s balcony.
“Tragic is too small of a word to describe what occurred just two nights ago as a devastating loss for our city,” McCarty said.
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Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
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Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors a day after revealing that he’d become the social media platform’s largest shareholder with a 9% stake.
The billionaire has criticized Twitter publicly about its commitment to free speech. He’s also run into trouble on the platform as the CEO of Tesla after financial regulators found he had posted inaccurate information about the company.
Musk is barred from owning more than 14.9% of Twitter’s outstanding stock while he sits on the board, Twitter Inc. said in a Tuesday regulatory filing.
Musk has been speaking with the company in recent weeks and Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said in a tweetthat “it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board.”
“He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term,” Agrawal wrote.
Musk said he’s looking forward to working with Agrawal and the board “to make significant improvements to Twitterin coming months!”
Musk wasted no time in weighing in on one of the biggest gripes Twitter users have about the platform late Tuesday, asking in a tweet if he should add an edit button.
“Now its time to get out the popcorn and watch the developments over the coming months with Musk on the board,” wrote Daniel Ives, who follows Twitter for Wedbush Securities.
Twitter’s board will have 12 members with Musk. Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter last and his term on the board expires at an upcoming stockholders’ meeting on May 25. Three other board members have terms that are set to expire but have been nominated to retain their seats.
Dorsey tweetedTuesday that Musk and Agrawal “both lead with their hearts, and they will be an incredible team.”
“I’m really happy Elon is joining the Twitter board! He cares deeply about our world and Twitter’s role in it,” Dorsey said.
After amassing 73.5 million Twitter shares worth a total of about $3 billion, Musk has not spoken specifically about any Twitter rule changes he might push.
In March, Musk told his 80 million followers on Twitter that he was “ giving serious thought” to creating his own social media platform.
Musk is locked into a bitter dispute with the SEC over his ability to post on Twitter. His lawyer has contended in court motions that the SEC is infringing on the Tesla CEO’s First Amendment rights.
Shares of Twitter rose about 5% Tuesday.
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Matt O’Brien contributed from Providence, Rhode Island.
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Many people started pedaling on Peloton bikes over the course of the pandemic, but actor Eva Longoria revealed in a recent interview that she became a devotee of a different at-home exercise regimen — and the required equipment is far more affordable. As part of her hour-long (or more) workout regimen, she explained that she spends 30 to 45 minutes every day on a mini-trampoline, also called a rebounder.
“I really work out for my mental health,” Longoria told Women’s Health.
A friend convinced her to try an online class in 2020 when she was stuck at home during the pandemic. Longoria was hooked and quickly progressed from beginner to intermediate.
“It makes me present,” Longoria told Women’s Health. “You really have to focus on the routine and memorize the movements. They switch sides a lot, which can throw you off, so you have to be on top of it. I love that.”
The actor, director, entrepreneur and mom of one is faithful to a specific trampoline. She says the JumpSport Fitness Rebounder, which uses bungee cords instead of springs, provides a low-impact “sweaty workout without all the pounding on your knees.”
What Is A Rebounding Workout?
Basically, rebounding is a high-intensity, low-impact workout done on a small trampoline. You can do cardio on this piece of equipment, but strength training, barre exercises and yoga are also possible.
Although simply jumping around on a mini-trampoline can be fun and likely provides some aerobic exercise, a proper rebounding workout follows specific guidelines. Typically, you stay low and jump into the mat rather than bouncing high up off the trampoline.
“With each bounce, literally every muscle in your body contracts,” Randi Kant, a certified instructor for mini-trampoline brand Bellicon and personal trainer in Chicago, told Silver Sneakers. “It’s extremely effective for strengthening your core and lower body muscles.”
Of course, there is also an element of fun that some other types of exercise don’t offer.
“Consequently, you’re not dreading your workout,” Kant told Silver Sneakers. “You’re looking forward to it. And when you equate your workout with fun, you get a bigger bang for your buck. Plus, it just makes you feel happy. I feel an immediate sense of joy when I start to bounce.”
Where To Buy Eva Longoria’s Rebounder
You can get the same mini-trampoline that the celebrity swears by on Amazon. The JumpSport 39-inch Home Cardio Fitness Rebounder comes with a workout DVD that you can use to get started. You can also find classes on YouTube and other online sources. The user weight rating is 225 pounds, and the trampoline needs virtually no assembly to use.
The rebounder has an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars with more than 1,500 ratings.
“I only wish we discovered this model long ago. After destroying 3 spring trampolines and one ‘highly rated’ nylon band rebounder in the past few years, we made the decision to purchase a JumpSport,” wrote one reviewer.
“This trampoline is a sturdy fitness trampoline that is great for getting a quick indoors workout in that is low impact and also cost-effective,” wrote another reviewer. “Overall, I am super happy with my purchase, and my friends who have tried it also really enjoy it and thought it was a great idea for indoor fitness equipment in an apartment!”
You can get the JumpSport Rebounder for $239 on Amazon, but there are also other options. For example, one popular Darchen mini-trampoline for $137.84 on Amazon includes a handlebar and a maximum weight of 400 pounds.
The Health Benefits Of Rebounding
Along with low-impact cardio, Longoria says she also likes exercising on a trampoline because it is said to be good for lymphatic drainage. This can flush out toxins and help the body fight disease.
A regular rebounding workout provides many other benefits, including the following.
- Rebounding can build strength because you use the total momentum of your body when you jump, causing many different muscles to work simultaneously.
- It can improve bone density, decreasing your chance of osteoporosis.
- Rebounding relieves stress because it releases endorphins, which are natural feel-good chemicals.
- It can improve your balance and coordination, making you less likely to injure yourself in a fall.
Happy rebounding!
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories.
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The substance is found in products such brake linings and gaskets, chlorine bleach and sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda.
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The proposal marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled rules governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products from household cleaners to clothing and furniture.
The proposed rule would ban chrysotile asbestos, the only known form of asbestos that’s currently imported into the United States.
The substance is found in products such brake linings and gaskets, chlorine bleach and sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda.
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