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MIAMI — A federal judge has dismissed the Walt Disney Company's lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney sued after DeSantis and state lawmakers removed its self-governing status in 2023.
Backed by Republican lawmakers, DeSantis dissolved a special district near Orlando that for more than fifty years had governed Walt Disney World. He acted after Disney's CEO opposed a law limiting how sex orientation and gender identity can be discussed in the schools. The Parental Rights in Education Act was labeled "Don't Say Gay" by opponents.
At DeSantis' request, Florida's GOP-controlled legislature created a new special district, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, controlled by the Republican Governor's appointees. Disney sued in federal court, saying DeSantis was retaliating against the company, punishing it for exercising its First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Disney also canceled plans for a $1 billion campus in Florida.
In a 17-page order, U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor dismissed the case, saying Disney lacks standing to sue the governor. The judge also said while Disney could sue the new DeSantis-appointed board, it hadn't shown evidence that actions by the new board had harmed the company. In addition, Winsor said the law prohibits plaintiffs from bringing a free speech challenge to constitutionally enacted laws.
A DeSantis spokesman hailed the decision saying, "the Corporate Kingdom is over. The days of Disney controlling its own government and being placed above the law are long gone. Disney is still just one of many corporations in the state and they do not have a right to their own special government."
Disney says it will "press forward with its case." In a statement after the ruling, a company spokesperson said, "If left unchallenged, this would set a dangerous precedent and give license to states to weaponize their official powers to punish the expression of political viewpoints they disagree with."
Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board are also embroiled in lawsuits in state court.
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
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HUMBOLDT — In a major move towards sustainable energy practices, Monarch Cement Company and Evergy Energy Solutions have announced a groundbreaking partnership for a solar project in Humboldt. The project aims to change the cement industry’s approach to renewable energy and set a model for others to follow.
According to a joint press release, the solar project, boasting a capacity of 20 megawatts of electricity, is expected to significantly offset Monarch’s energy consumption while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The 105-acre project will be erected on Monarch’s property at 1311 Florida Rd. due east of Humboldt and will pair state-of-the-art solar panels with cutting-edge energy management technology.
“The board of directors and management of Monarch Cement Company are extremely excited about this win-win venture where we are making a giant movement toward achieving our 2050 carbon neutrality goals, being socially responsible, and providing a more than significant return on investment to our shareholders,” said Kent Webber, Monarch president.
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Hailey Whitters is working on something new for Valentine’s Day. The “I’m In Love” singer shared a clip on X, formerly known as Twitter, of her at a photoshoot while eating heart-shaped chocolates, wearing red-colored shades and more. “valentine’s day mode loading… y’all get ready,” Hailey teased.
Dylan Scott is holding a Valentine’s Day sale in his merch store. Select CDs and vinyl records are available at a discounted price of $5 and $15, respectively, until February 9. You can grab yours now at dylanscottcountry.com.
William Michael Morgan has shared that he’s releasing a new song, “Not Letting Go,” on February 2. You can presave now to hear it as soon as it drops.
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Music lovers will be getting two party bands for the price of one at the Vernon Winter Carnival SnowGlobe Concert this weekend.
Hailed as the “biggest live music event to hit Vernon this February,” the Dirt Road Kings, COD Gone Wild and DJ Lunchboxx will be performing at the Vernon Recreation Complex Saturday starting at 7 p.m.
Tickets for the 19+ event are $35 and there will be a beer garden and concession on site.
Based out of the Okanagan, COD Gone Wild is a Celtic-inspired band focused on giving traditional music a modern edge.
Blending the varied talents of musicians whose classical, folk, rock and jazz backgrounds fuse together to create a dynamic and unique sound that instantly connects and resonates with audiences.
The Dirt Road Kings are a homegrown Okanagan country music band delivering high-energy country rock.
DJ Lunchboxx has put on a show at numerous Okanagan venues including the Funtastic Slo-Pitch Tournament and Music Festival.
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The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
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The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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https://www.wdiy.org/2024-01-31/nevadas-gop-nominating-process-is-confusing-and-already-yielded-a-likely-winner
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Theme park fans, get ready for a whole new universe to explore.
Universal has announced the 2025 opening of a fourth park, called Universal Epic Universe. It’s the latest addition to the company’s existing parks in Orlando, Florida — Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure and Volcano Bay.
Universal Epic Universe will be divided into five lands, many of which are based on movies and video games. According to the company’s press release, the theme park will feature “more than 50 awe-inspiring attraction, entertainment, dining and shopping experiences that come together to create an unforgettable adventure that is nothing short of epic.”
The five immersive worlds are: Celestial Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic, Super Nintendo World, How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk and Dark Universe.
Here’s the general layout of how it will look:
No doubt fans will be thrilled to see a new area dedicated to the “Harry Potter” franchise, which has been a wildly popular component in two of Universal’s other parks. (Potter fans can visit Diagon Alley at Universal Studios and Hogwarts Castle at Islands of Adventure.)
Now they’ll be able to visit the Ministry of Magic and the streets of 1920s-era Paris from the “Fantastic Beasts” films.
In the area based on the “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise, which is called Isle of Berk, fans can soar with dragons and go on Viking adventures.
Guests can go through another portal and enter Super Nintendo‘s iconic green pipe. On its other side, they will become immediately immersed in a video game world populated by famous characters like Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong and Princess Peach.
Celestial Park is described by Universal as a lush, green otherworldly destination and a “world between worlds full of sensory delights.” In contrast, monsters reside in the “shadowy” Dark Universe inspired by the experiments of Dr. Victoria Frankenstein.
Wondering where all the guests will stay during their visit to this new park? Universal is also building three new hotels linked to Epic Universe. Two of the hotels will each boast 750 rooms, and one is located inside Universal Epic Universe and features its own dedicated entrance, so guests can walk directly into the theme park.
Watch the video below to get an enchanting glimpse at what will certainly be an epic universe park-goers will soon be able to explore.
It appears to be nothing short of magical!
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Parmalee didn’t set out to revisit their horrifying shooting incident when writing “Gonna Love You.” But as the creative process unfolded, the band felt it was the right time to share their story.
“[We thought] ‘Gonna Love You’ is just all about love and unconditional love. That person, [your] ride or die, that one,” Parmalee’s Matt Thomas tells ABC Audio. “We’re doing the song and we’re starting to talk about the video and we’re just going through ideas and all of a sudden it clicked. It’s like, ‘OK, we have it. This is how to tell our story about what we went through in 2010.'”
Perhaps unbeknownst to new fans, Parmalee was involved in an attempted armed robbery years back that left their drummer, Scott Thomas, wounded from three gunshots and with a 5% chance of living.
“It wasn’t intentional at all to write the song about that. It had nothing to do with it. It was just a global love song,” Matt explains. “But when we thought about the story and then we did the video, it’s a whole different thing.”
“We’re excited for everybody to see that. It really took a lot out of us,” he adds of the autobiographical video treatment. “I mean, it’s pretty emotional, but we got a lot off our chest.”
“Gonna Love You” is currently in the top 40 of the country charts. It’s the latest single off For You 2, which is the deluxe version of 2021’s For You.
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Aldi: Best Sale Items for February 2024
February is a great time to purchase items for your home, office, or an upcoming Valentine’s Day party. Aldi, known for its high-quality products at affordable prices, has an exciting lineup of sale items for February 2024. Here are some picks you don’t want to miss.
Ambiano Cordless Steam Iron or Handheld Steamer
Price: $19.99
The Ambiano cordless steam iron or handheld steamer is a versatile tool for any household. Whether you need to press a shirt for a meeting or steam curtains, this device offers convenience and efficiency. Its cordless design adds to its ease of use, making it a must-have item for those who want to keep their clothes and fabrics looking their best.
Huntington Home 3-Piece Memory Foam Bath Mat Set
Price: $12.99
Transform your bathroom into a spa-like oasis with the Huntington Home 3-piece memory foam bath mat set. This set includes a luxurious memory foam mat that cradles your feet, providing comfort and support. The non-slip backing ensures safety and the stylish design complements any bathroom decor.
Crofton 6-piece Meal Prep Set
Price: $9.99
The Crofton meal prep set is an excellent choice for those who are health-conscious or always on the go. This set includes durable containers perfect for dividing up meals for the week. The airtight lids keep food fresh, and the containers are microwave and dishwasher-safe, making meal prep and cleanup a breeze.
Ambiano Rotating Belgian Waffle Maker
Price: $19.99
Weekend breakfast will never be the same with the Ambiano rotating Belgian waffle maker. This appliance makes it easy to create thick, fluffy Belgian waffles like a pro. The rotating design ensures even cooking, and the non-stick plates make cleanup simple. It’s a great addition to any kitchen, especially for those who love a sweet and savory start to their day.
Huntington Home Chef Mat
Price: $12.99
The Huntington Home chef mat is designed for comfort and style. Standing for extended periods while cooking can be tiring, but this chef mat provides cushioning that eases the strain on your feet and back. The anti-fatigue design is not only functional but also adds an elegant touch to your kitchen floor.
Crofton Stainless Steel French Press
Price: $14.99
For coffee enthusiasts, the Crofton stainless steel French press is a great find. It’s perfect for brewing a rich and flavorful cup of coffee. The stainless-steel design is not only sleek and modern but also durable, ensuring that your morning coffee ritual is always a special experience. With an 11-ounce capacity, it’s ideal for personal use or for serving a small group.
Huntington Home Bag Saver or Organizer
Price: $6.99
The Huntington Home bag saver or organizer is a practical and affordable solution for keeping your kitchen or pantry organized. At only $6.99, this organizer helps you store and dispense plastic shopping bags, saving space and keeping your area tidy. It’s a simple yet effective tool for anyone looking to enhance their home organization without breaking the bank.
Bottom Line
These items from Aldi offer great value and quality, making them top picks for February. Whether you’re looking for kitchen gadgets, home comforts, or tools to make your daily routine easier, Aldi has you covered with these fantastic deals.
Editor's note: This article was produced via automated technology and then fine-tuned and verified for accuracy by a member of GOBankingRates' editorial team.
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Lawmakers grilled the CEOs of top social media companies in a hearing today By Dara Kerr Published January 31, 2024 at 3:21 PM MST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:45 During a contentious hearing, lawmakers demanded that social media companies do better to protect children online. Copyright 2024 NPR
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A reward is being offered for information on whoever broke into a local shoe store.
On Jan. 27 at about 6 a.m., someone smashed two widows at Vernon's Cobbler's Rack on 30th Avenue.
Several items, including high-end leather handbags, were stolen.
Cobbler's Rack is offering a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and prosecution of whoever broke into the downtown business.
The windows are currently covered with sheets of plywood with a notice offering money for the information.
“In an effort to expedite the investigation and encourage community involvement, we are offering a reward of $1,000 for any information that leads to the apprehension and prosecution of those responsible,” the bright-yellow notice says.
Cobbler's is asking for anyone with information on the crime to contact the RCMP.
“We believe that with the support of our vigilant community, we can bring those responsible to justice,” the notice reads.
The notice assures that “confidentiality is of the utmost importance.”
“This incident has left us deeply saddened and concerned, not only for the well-being of our business but for the impact on our community as well,” said a post on the Cobbler's Rack Facebook page the morning of the break in.
“As a locally-owned establishment, we take pride in being part of this wonderful community, and this unfortunate event has shaken us.”
This is the second time in two years Cobbler's Rack has been the target of thieves.
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Iola High School’s Sheridan Byrd, from foreground, takes part in a drumming performance Tuesday during the IHS basketball games against Santa Fe Trail. Also taking part are Iola Middle School students Hadlee Stranghoner, Drake Genoble and Kahdrien Boeken. The drummers played at halftime of both the varsity girls and boys games.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Vivian McCall, reporter for The Stranger, about recent raids in Seattle's gay bars. Members of the city's LGBTQ-plus community are looking for answers.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Vivian McCall, reporter for The Stranger, about recent raids in Seattle's gay bars. Members of the city's LGBTQ-plus community are looking for answers.
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8 Things You Should Avoid Buying at Sam’s Club in February 2024
Shopping at Sam’s Club can be a fantastic way to save money on bulk items, but not everything is a great deal, especially during certain times of the year. February 2024 is no exception.
While you might be tempted to fill your cart with various products, there are specific items you should think twice about before purchasing. Here are eight items you should avoid buying at Sam’s Club in February 2024.
1. Seasonal Decorations
February is the month when retailers are trying to clear out their inventory of seasonal decorations, particularly those related to winter or Valentine’s Day. While it might seem like a good idea to stock up for next year, it’s important to remember that these items can often be found at even lower prices as the season draws to a close. Also, storing these items for a whole year can be impractical and consume valuable space.
2. Overstocked Winter Clothing
With the end of winter approaching, Sam’s Club, like many other retailers, will be eager to get rid of excess winter clothing stock. However, buying these items in February might not be the best choice. The styles available are likely to be from the beginning of the season and may be out of fashion by next winter. Moreover, the sizes and colors left in stock are often limited, reducing your chances of finding something that suits you perfectly.
3. Valentine’s Day Chocolates and Sweets
After Valentine’s Day, you’ll find chocolates and sweets at tempting discounts. While it might seem like a good deal, it’s important to check the expiration dates. These products are often close to their sell-by date and might not last until you’re ready to enjoy them. Also, buying in bulk can lead to unnecessary overconsumption of these treats.
4. Large Quantities of Fresh Produce
Buying fresh produce in bulk can seem cost-effective, but it’s essential to consider the shelf life of these items. Fresh fruits and vegetables can spoil quickly, and unless you’re hosting a big event or have a large family, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to consume everything before it goes bad. This can lead to waste and ultimately, a waste of money.
5. Electronics
February is not the best month to buy electronics at Sam’s Club. New models are typically released in the spring, so the products available in February are likely to be older models. Also, bigger sales on electronics usually occur during Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Waiting for these sales can lead to better deals on the latest models.
6. Fitness Equipment
With New Year’s resolutions starting to wane, you might find fitness equipment on sale. However, these items can often be found at deeper discounts later in the year. Fitness equipment also takes up a lot of space, and if you’re not fully committed to using it regularly, it can become an expensive clothes hanger.
7. Grilling and BBQ Supplies
As winter comes to an end, you might start thinking about outdoor activities like grilling. However, February is not the best time to purchase grilling and BBQ supplies at Sam’s Club. These items are often priced higher in anticipation of the upcoming season. It’s better to wait until the end of summer or early fall when these items go on clearance.
8. Gardening Tools and Supplies
Gardening tools and supplies might start appearing on the shelves in February, but this is typically not the time to get the best deals. Retailers know that customers are starting to plan their gardens and may price these items higher. It’s advisable to wait until the gardening season is in full swing for better discounts.
Bottom Line
Shopping at Sam’s Club can be a great way to save money, but it’s important to be strategic about what you buy and when. By avoiding these items in February, you can ensure that you’re getting the most value for your money. Just because something is on sale doesn’t mean it’s the best deal out there. Always consider your needs and the practicality of your purchases before making a decision.
Editor's note: This article was produced via automated technology and then fine-tuned and verified for accuracy by a member of GOBankingRates' editorial team.
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The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
Copyright 2024 NPR
The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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https://www.kunc.org/2024-01-31/nevadas-gop-nominating-process-is-confusing-and-already-yielded-a-likely-winner
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Three years from now, passengers may zip around the continent on airplanes propelled by renewable jet fuel from Kansas.
The key to producing this up-and-coming fuel? Soybeans.
A Canadian company aims to build the state’s first refinery that churns out sustainable aviation fuel. And it hopes to pipe the emissions from the southeast Kansas factory to a carbon sequestration site for storage deep underground.
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Updated January 31, 2024 at 5:33 PM ET
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but signaled that rates could fall in the coming months if inflation continues to cool.
Policy makers have kept their benchmark interest rate between 5.25% and 5.5% — the highest in over two decades — since July.
Fed chairman Jerome Powell told reporters Wednesday that interest rates are unlikely to go any higher, and that he and his colleagues are beginning to contemplate cutting rates.
"If the economy evolves broadly as expected, it will likely be appropriate to begin dialing back policy restraint at some point this year," Powell said.
He cautioned, however, that the economy remains unpredictable and said the central bank would proceed cautiously.
"The economic outlook is uncertain and we remain highly attentive to inflation risks," Powell said.
The Fed has been pleasantly surprised by the rapid drop in inflation in recent months. Core prices in December — which exclude food and energy prices — were up just 2.9% from a year ago, according to the Fed's preferred inflation yardstick. That's a smaller increase than the 3.2% core inflation rate that Fed officials had projected in December.
If that positive trend continues, the Fed may be able to start cutting interest rates as early as this spring. First, though, Powell said he and his colleagues will need to see additional evidence that inflation is easing.
And he sounded doubtful about a rate cut at the Fed's next meeting in March as many investors in Wall Street had hoped for.
"Based on the meeting today, I would tell you that I don't think it's likely the committee will reach a level of confidence by the time of the March meeting," Powell said. "But that's to be seen."
The comments disappointed investors, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling 317 points.
Investors are still hopeful about a rate cut by the following Fed meeting in May, with markets putting the likelihood of that at better than 90%.
Good omens in the economy
Both the economy and the job market have performed better than expected over the last year, despite the highest interest rates since 2001. The nation's gross domestic product grew 3.1% in 2023, while employers added 2.7 million jobs
Unemployment has been under 4%for nearly two years. And average wages in December were up 4.1% from a year ago.
While that strong economy is welcome news for businesses and workers, it also raises the risk of reigniting inflation. As a result, Fed policymakers say they'll be cautious not to cut interest rates prematurely.
"We have history on this," Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic told the Rotary Club of Atlanta this month. "In the '70s, the Fed started removing accommodation too soon. Inflation spiked back up. Then we had to tighten. Inflation came down. Then we removed it again. Inflation went back up. And by the time we were done with that, all Americans could think about was inflation."
The Fed is determined not to repeat that '70s show. At the same time, waiting too long to cut interest rates risks slowing the economy more than necessary to bring inflation under control.
A report from the Labor Department Wednesday showed employers' cost for labor rose more slowly than expected in the final months of last year. Labor costs increased just 0.9% in the fourth quarter. That's a smaller increase than the previous quarter, suggesting labor costs are putting less upward pressure on prices.
Fed officials promised to keep an eye on upcoming economic data and adjust accordingly.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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Jorge Rubiano arrived alone in Chicago, but his pain and trauma came with him.
For months, he tried to find steady work. For months, he's been sleeping in a crowded temporary shelter, worrying about his wife and mother back in Colombia. Are they safe? Did I make the right decision?
He recalls a frightening phone call with his wife in Colombia, cut short when the bus she was riding on was being robbed.
Rubiano, 43, is also haunted by memories of his harrowing journey to Chicago, during which he says he was kidnapped for a month, before escaping.
He left his country, he says, over a land dispute in which the government threatened his life.
"I'm still in between two dangers," Rubiano says in Spanish. "If I return it's very possible they kill me, and if I stay I don't know what can happen here."
More than 30,000 migrants and asylum seekers have arrived in Chicago since August of 2022 — most of them from South and Central America. They are fleeing the collapse of their economies, a lack of food and jobs, and violence back home.
Many came here on a bus from Texas, sent by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who said Chicago — and other so-called sanctuary cities that embrace immigrants — would provide much-needed relief "to our small, overrun border towns."
The buses haven't stopped since.
Migrants fleeing hardship, danger, fear and loss
Interviews with more than 30 people reveal the emotional toll migrants face, and the efforts of individuals and organizations that are trying to fill the gaps of a frayed mental health system.
Some of those efforts are catching the attention of leaders in other big U.S. cities also coping with large influxes of newly-arrived migrants.
For many, their journeys here were terrifying. A young girl who fell into a river, her pregnant mother struggling to hold her small hand, so the current wouldn't whisk her away. Women who were forced to have sex with gang members to get from country to country. People who walked over the dead in the jungle, or are wracked with guilt over the sick and injured left behind.
Their stories have unfolded across Chicago: in the quiet space of a therapist's office, at an informal healing circle in the back of a store, with a nurse at a folding table propped up outside a police station.
But for many migrants, taking care of their mental health might not be a priority.
"They're in survival mode," says Sharon Davila, a school-based social worker who has screened migrant families. "They need their basic needs met. The number one thing is they're looking for jobs."
Just getting in front of a therapist or a social worker can be extremely difficult for even the most savvy and persistent. With a shortage of mental health workers, wait lists for an appointment can be months long.
Layer on being new to this country, speaking a different language, and having no health insurance. Getting help can seem impossible.
Therapist Susie Moya worries about a mental health crisis brewing for many migrants.
"Right now it's on the back burner," says Moya, who has worked with migrants on Chicago's Lower West Side. "But I'm thinking a year from now when these families are settled in. Who is going to be providing that support?"
Informal support, with a side of soup
It's a Monday night in the back room of an insurance agency on the Southwest Side. About 20 migrants have arranged their chairs in a circle. Each person takes a turn describing how they feel on a scale of one to 10, as social worker Veronica Sanchez gently encourages them to share why.
Warm homemade chicken soup and arepas await them for dinner.
A woman says her husband got deported, and she's heartbroken that she left her children behind. A man says he worked several days that week, but never got paid. Another says he is grateful to God for bringing him to America, but he misses his mom, dad and brothers.
Finding work and reuniting with family is important, Sanchez tells them. But right now she's concerned about their mental health.
"Maybe we have answers. Maybe we don't. But when you open up a safe space where you can share your sorrows... you don't feel so alone," Sanchez says in Spanish.
Sanchez understands the migrants' desperation. She comes from a long line of pottery makers in Mexico. Sanchez was just four years old when her father left to work in Cicero, a suburb outside Chicago. She didn't see her father for almost seven years, until they were reunited as a family in Cicero.
Those memories fuel her work with the healing circle. "When I was talking to them, it really came from the heart," Sanchez says. "I was seeing the migrants' faces, that they were so scared."
Informal support groups like this one have popped up around Chicago in shelters, storefronts, churches and schools, led by volunteers or mental health professionals.
Many of these support groups don't last long. Volunteers get burned out. Migrants prioritize other needs. Or the city moves them from place to place.
The costs of ignoring loss and trauma
Some volunteers and mental health providers emphasize that not every migrant might be experiencing severe trauma.
But for many, trauma can have lasting impact. Trauma can change the wiring in a person's brain and make someone more vulnerable to depression and anxiety.
Daily or ongoing stressors can add up to what Chicago psychologist Laura Pappa calls "little t trauma" — like not feeling welcomed right away.
"A lot of people come here seeking the American dream and they realize that that's not there," says Pappa, who came to the U.S. from Argentina as a teen. "A lot of people were not expecting that, how hard it is on this side. I've had a lot of parents who've come alone and ask themselves, was it worth it?"
It can be hard to persuade migrants to seek help, however. There's a stigma about the need for mental health care in many immigrant communities, particularly among Latino men, Pappa says.
But, she adds, the stigma is easing as talking about emotions becomes more common.
Training the front-line workers in shelters
One effort to provide faster help involves training hundreds of peoplewho don't have a medical background, but work in city-run shelters. These front-line workers, such as case managers and shelter supervisors, are learning to lead support groups called Café y Comunidad charlas — coffee and community talks.
The initiative is led by the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health, the University of Chicago's Crown Family School, and Lurie Children's Center for Childhood Resilience.
The idea is to help migrants feel less isolated and try to prevent the most extreme outcomes, such as suicide.
"We have to help people the minute they arrive," explainsAimee Hilado, an assistant professor at UC's Crown School and chair of the coalition. "That's actually going to promote healing down the line."
Case manager Albert Ayala has led a charla in the ballroom of a downtown shelter. He recalls moments of joy, such as when a woman said she was searching for love — and hands shot up hoping to catch her attention.
Ayala says he's watched migrants who arrive scared and shy blossom after attending a charla.
"We try to tell them we're no different from you," says Ayala, who is Mexican American. "Your dream is possible."
Leaders in Philadelphia and San Jose have reached out asking how to replicate the effort, Hilado says.
Outside his shelter, Rubiano, the migrant from Colombia, says he hasn't attended one of these support groups. He says he tries to keep busy working on his English skills. And he recently found a full-time job in a supermarket.
He longs for his family, and for the chance to bring them here — once there is a stable life he can offer them.
WBEZ is part of the Mental Health Parity Collaborative, a group of newsrooms covering stories on mental health care access and inequities in the U.S. The Collaborative's partners include The Carter Center, the Center for Public Integrity and newsrooms in select states across the country.
WBEZ's Manuel Martinez contributed to this report.
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Vivian McCall, reporter for The Stranger, about recent raids in Seattle's gay bars. Members of the city's LGBTQ-plus community are looking for answers.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Vivian McCall, reporter for The Stranger, about recent raids in Seattle's gay bars. Members of the city's LGBTQ-plus community are looking for answers.
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Next week, area veterans can learn more about a new health clinic coming to Iola. They’ll also have a chance to apply for VA health care or claims at the event.
The Veterans Administration is offering community meetings to answer questions about the opening of a VA clinic at 1408 East St. The clinic will open later this spring.
In Iola, the meeting is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Dr. John Silas Bass North Community Center, 505 N. Buckeye St.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
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Could RFK Jr. Win the Libertarian Party Nomination or Is All This Just Gaslighting?
‘He doesn’t excite anybody who’s not just an anti-vaxxer,’ a former chairman of the Libertarian National Committee, Nicholas Sarwark, tells the Sun.
Facing an uphill battle to get ballot access in all 50 states for an independent run, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is “looking at” running on the Libertarian line. Does he have a shot at winning the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination or is this a media play by both the Kennedy campaign and Libertarian Party leadership to stay relevant?
This could be a big year for third parties. Mr. Kennedy is polling on average at 19 percent in a three-way race with President Trump and President Biden. A majority of Americans don’t want another Biden-Trump matchup. Democrats and Republicans are worried about Mr. Kennedy, a potential No Labels ticket, and even Cornel West or Green Party candidate, Jill Stein, siphoning enough votes from their candidate to “spoil” the race.
Mr. Kennedy told News Nation that the Trump campaign reached out to him about serving as vice president — a sign of real concern about his third-party bid — but he declined. “I don’t think that my marriage would survive it,” Mr. Kennedy quipped at a red carpet event this week. Mr. Trump calls this “fake news.”
“Bill Clinton was elected because Ross Perot took enough away from George Bush,” a Democratic strategist, Hank Sheinkopf, tells the Sun. “Kennedy will probably have an impact on both Trump and Biden. The question is who will he hurt more?”
If Mr. Kennedy is truly in this race to win it, as he says he is, having his name on the ballot is a basic requirement. Yet since leaving the Democratic Party in October and declaring an independent run, Mr. Kennedy has only secured ballot access in one state, Utah. Ballot access laws vary by state but usually require a certain number of signatures and a filing fee. Some state requirements are more onerous than others. Utah is one of the easiest.
“That’s something that we’re looking at,” Mr. Kennedy told CNN’s Michael Smerconish over the weekend about a Libertarian Party run. “We have a very good relationship with the Libertarian Party.”
The Libertarian Party had ballot access in all 50 states in 2016 and 2020, though it’s uncertain whether they will achieve that this year. The Libertarian National Committee’s chairwoman, Angela McArdle, tells the Sun the “worst case scenario would be 48 states.”
Mr. Kennedy is slated to speak at the Libertarian Party of California’s state convention in February. He is also in talks with the New York affiliate. The Libertarian Party chooses its presidential candidate by a vote of about 1,000 delegates at its national convention in Washington DC in May. There is no clear frontrunner so far among the handful of candidates running for the nomination. Mr. Kennedy very well could throw himself into the race.
Many Libertarian Party delegates, though, say there is no way Mr. Kennedy could win the nomination at the party’s convention. While Ms. McArdle tells the Sun she appreciates how Mr. Kennedy “took a strong stance against vaccine mandates and the way he stood for medical freedom,” others in the party are critical of his stances on Israel, energy policy, gun rights, and the economy. Despite the party being known for its infighting — a paleo faction of the party, the Mises Caucus, took over in 2022 — many insiders of different factions say they can agree that Mr. Kennedy is not libertarian enough.
“At convention, there’s going to be too many red flags, and he doesn’t excite anybody who’s not just an anti-vaxxer,” a former chairman of the Libertarian National Committee, Nicholas Sarwark, tells the Sun.
“[Kennedy’s] delusional. He’s bad on foreign policy. He’s bad on the federal reserve. He’s bad on minimum wage. He’s bad on the environment,” a Libertarian Party of New Hampshire delegate, Jeremy Kauffman, tells the Sun. “There’s just no support for him within the actual Libertarian Party nomination process.”
Yet Ms. McArdle says there are “tradeoffs” to be measured, and that if Mr. Kennedy were on the Libertarian ticket, he could get a large enough percent of the vote to guarantee the party ballot access the next election cycle. His candidacy would also help the party with fundraising.
The chairman of the Libertarian Party of California, Adrian Malagon, posted to X Tuesday a list of news outlets who’d contacted him about Mr. Kennedy speaking at his state convention. “All curious about the LP, our process, our candidates, etc. It’s almost like I know what I’m doing,” he wrote.
Critics of current Libertarian Party leadership say courting Mr. Kennedy is a sign of the party’s disarray. “The Libertarian Party has been in decline over the past year and a half. The membership is way down. Donors are way down,” the chairman of the Libertarian Party’s Classical Liberal Caucus, Jonathan Casey, tells the Sun. “I think that leadership is pushing this as kind of a way to be relevant at any cost.”
Democrats and Republicans may be worried about a Kennedy run on the Libertarian line — just as they are trying to discourage a No Labels ticket — but the possibility of him winning the Libertarian nomination is slim at best. “I would put it that maybe he’s got like a 20 percent shot at best, a very outside shot,” Mr. Sarwark says.
Mr. Sheinkopf says Mr. Kennedy’s flirtation with the Libertarian Party is probably no more than that. “It is likely to be more of a media play to create attention around RFK,” Mr. Sheinkopf says. “[Libertarians] are ideologues. They always lose but they’re prepared to lose in the battle for ideology, therefore they’re not likely to give that line away just because.”
“No comment,” a Kennedy campaign spokesman replied to the Sun.
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ALEX BRUMMER: The Shadow Chancellor is adopting the City script
Jeremy Hunt is doing his best to reinvigorate the City and revive pension fund investment in London-listed shares and growth assets.
There should be some progress in the months ahead with several flotations in the pipeline, including a retail and institutional offer for the 38.6 per cent stake in NatWest held by the Government.
Ground-breaking reforms, such as the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) proposal for an intermittent trading venue, where privately held and growth companies can raise new capital, remain in abeyance.
City regulators move at a snail’s pace, to the frustration of the LSEG and the fintechs or neo-banks in the waiting room.
There is real concern that while UK enforcers take their time, New York exchanges – out in full force in Davos last month – will beat them to the finish line.
Down to business: Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) described the Square Mile as one of Britain's 'greatest assets'
Labour is seeking to outpace the Tories in the same territory. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ declaration that a Labour government would not reintroduce the cap on bankers’ pay may pop a few champagne corks on Lombard Street but will be less palatable on the doorsteps.
Britain passionately believes in free markets but there is little tolerance for fat cat pay.
Reeves is adopting the City script. It is hard for Labour to be critical of a sector which accounts for 12 per cent of GDP and in 2023 delivered a trade surplus of £92billion.
Her description of the Square Mile as one of Britain’s ‘greatest assets’ will have one predecessor, John McDonnell, choking on his cornflakes. Reeves and her team have reached for the copy and paste button.
The embrace of ‘sustainable finance’ is straight out of the lobby group City UK’s ‘Key Facts’, which points out that £160.4billion of these bonds were issued in 2022.
If she becomes Chancellor, Reeves’ first task should be to make sure the ‘Edinburgh Reforms’, designed to unleash London equity and capital markets, are extracted from a regulatory quagmire.
Shot in the arm
Shareholders have waited a long time to see all metrics at GSK pointing in the right direction.
The divorce from the Haleon consumer healthcare side gives the pharma group plenty of visibility, with the shares up 2 per cent.
Over the full year 2023 sales, profits and earnings per share are all comfortably up.
As pleasing to long-term investors (including this writer) is that chief executive Emma Walmsley is promising an even brighter future, with the outlook for 2024 and the next decade upgraded.
What is good for GSK is good for Britain. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt recognises that life sciences are critical to rebooting growth prospects. The immediate progress at GSK is being driven by vaccines.
Shingles sufferers and vulnerable groups will be forever grateful for shingrix, a blockbuster three times over in 2023, with sales of £3.4billion and 17 per cent growth.
As exciting is the emergence of Arexvy, a respiratory vaccine for the over-60s. It has joined the elite, with £1.2billion of sales in a couple of quarters.
As approvals from regulators move down the age scale, there is much more to come. Satisfyingly, it is outperforming US competitor Pfizer on the same playing field.
Walmsley is upbeat about the pipeline for blockbusters, projecting 12 further launches from 2025, with HIV and oncology among areas earmarked for progress.
Future prospects will be augmented with bolt-on acquisitions using what remains of the Haleon treasure chest and buoyant cash flows.
The cloud on the horizon is in the Delaware courts, where claimants are seeking compensation for alleged ill-effects from the use of an ulcer compound zantac.
These matters are often settled, and lesser zantac suits in California have not proved hugely painful.
Wrong number
Vodafone boss Margherita Della Valle is finding that reshaping Britain’s mobile pioneer is tricky.
Efforts to merge Italian operations with French rival Iliad have fallen on stony ground. In Britain, a proposed merger with Hutchison’s Three is in the hands of the Competition and Markets Authority.
Similarly, Abu Dhabi’s goal of becoming a cornerstone investor has fallen under the spell of the under-used National Security and Investment Act.
Spain has been sold to UK start-up Zegona Communications.
That has not been enough to halt a 27 per cent plunge in the share price over the last year.
Yikes!
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Senate Republicans demanded that President Biden's national security funding package for Ukraine be tied to policy changes to address the crisis at the southwest border. But now that negotiators say they are ready to release details of a bipartisan plan to reduce the surge of migrants at the border, Republican divisions could scuttle the plan.
Months of negotiations between the Republicans, Democrats and the Biden administration officials are now threatened by politics. Former President Trump, the GOP's likely 2024 presidential nominee, has been publicly slamming the deal and urging lawmakers to oppose it.
Negotiators started the week promising to release a bill in the coming days. But by Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to signal he's ready to move on, and focus on getting money to two key U.S. allies at war.
"It's time for us to move something, hopefully including the border agreement, but we need to get help to Israel and Ukraine, quickly," McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters.
McConnell has consistently argued that divided government is the moment to extract demands on border policy from Democrats.
Pressed about what voters would think of GOP lawmakers who sink a bill because Trump directed them to, McConnell sidestepped the question. "I still favor trying to make law when you can" and said what the bipartisan group is working on is better than current immigration law, adding, "you're asking me, a question I can't answer right now, which is the fate of it."
Senators already know key details
The top Democratic negotiator working on a border plan, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., has signaled for days that the deal is basically done, but getting sign off from the GOP to move ahead is the hold up.
"We have a bipartisan agreement to help address the crisis at the border. Republicans have been desperate for that. Why would they walk away from it?"
Senate Republicans huddled at their weekly lunch on Wednesday to discuss next steps, but the consensus coming out of the meeting was that lawmakers want to see the details.
But after weeks of negotiations, the key provisions have already been explained to lawmakers from both parties.
The bill includes several tools to address the border, including: giving the president the ability to shutdown the border if the numbers of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. climbs above a certain threshold, adjusting the rules for who qualifies for asylum and allowing migrants authorization to work while awaiting adjudication of their asylum claim.
Extended negotiations opened space for critics
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said the effort is "an uphill climb" because as the talks have continued, some members have impressions about what the proposal will do and "there are certain people who will never change their mind."
Tillis has said a border plan needs to get the majority of Senate Republicans in order to move ahead. But Trump injecting himself into the process has caused many lawmakers to refrain from backing the framework, making it tougher to meet that test.
Oklahoma GOP Sen. Jim Lankford is crafting the plan along with Murphy and Independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Lankford spent time on Sunday talk shows swatting down leaks about the plan that conservative media outlets are painting as a green light for 5,000 additional migrants a day.
Texas Republican Sen, John Cornyn, who was an early advocate of linking money for Ukraine to changes to the Biden administration's policies, said people need time to see an official piece of legislation.
"People are talking about what they think is in it, and what they've heard is in it, what's not in it,' Cornyn told reporters. "I think the first thing we need to do is see where the conference is based on the text rather than just based on rumors and hearsay."
Tillis called Wednesday's meeting "a good discussion." But added, "I would ask those same members who are calling for time to read it, but not judge something they haven't read."
Others who came out against the bill already are already dismissing the proposals.
"I think this is a bad bill," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx., told reporters. "And the simplest reason is it doesn't solve the problem."
Cruz blamed Senate Democrats for crafting a bill that "allows Joe Biden to continue the open borders," despite the months of bipartisan negotiations that have taken place. President Biden endorsed the proposal and said last week if Congress passes it he would immediately shutdown the border.
Some optimisim remains
Murphy remained optimistic on Wednesday that the deal would survive and come to the floor for a vote, possibly as soon as this week.
He said a "sizable, important group of Republican senators" are making a good faith effort to get something done on the border, and suggested that others are making disingenuous arguments about needing to see the full text.
"This is not a detailed study of the issue. This is a question as to whether they are going to put Trump before solving the problem," Murphy said.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
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The NFL Pro Bowl Games for 2024 begin tomorrow, with the second half of the event coming on Sunday. The two-day, all-star event features several skills competitions, highlighted by the precision passing competition and the dodgeball tournament. Sunday will include more skills competitions as well as a flag football game. Everything will take place in Orlando, Florida, with the Thursday events at UCF’s Nicholson Fieldhouse and Sunday’s portion at Camping World Stadium.
The Thursday portion of the Pro Bowl Games is not open to the public, but Sunday’s events at Camping World Stadium will be.
For the Miami Dolphins, the team has six players scheduled to participate in the event. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, running back Raheem Mostert, fullback Alec Ingold, and wide receiver Tyreek Hill were all named starters for the event, while tackle Terron Armstead and cornerback Jalen Ramsey were selected as reserves. The Dolphins did not have any replacement players added to the roster, though outside linebacker Bradley Chubb was the first alternate for his position, but a late-season injury removed him from eligibility.
The full rosters and schedule for the events are below:
AFC Pro Bowl Games 2024 Roster
Quarterbacks
- Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins*
- Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens (elected not to play)
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (Super Bowl participant)
- C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans (alternate)
- Garner Minshew, Indianapolis Colts (alternate)
Running Backs
- Raheem Mostert, Miami Dolphins*
- James Cook, Buffalo Bills
- Derrick Henry, Tennessee Titans
Fullback
- Alec Ingold, Miami Dolphins*
Wide Receivers
- Tyreek Hill, Miami Dolphins*
- Amari Cooper, Cleveland Browns* (injury)
- Kennan Ellen, Los Angeles Chargers
- Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals
- Stefon Diggs, Buffalo Bills (alternate)
Tight Ends
- Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs* (Super Bowl participant)
- David Njoku, Cleveland Browns
- Evan Engram, Jacksonville Jaguars (alternate)
Tackles
- Laremy Tunsil, Houston Texans*
- Dion Dawkins, Buffalo Bills*
- Terron Armstead, Miami Dolphins
Guards
- Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis Colts*
- Joel Bitonio, Cleveland Browns* (injury)
- Joe Thuney, Kansas City Chiefs (Super Bowl participant)
- Wyatt Teller, Cleveland Browns (alternate)
- Kevin Zeitler, Baltimore Ravens (alternate)
Centers
- Creed Humphrey, Kansas City Chiefs* (Super Bowl participant)
- Tyler Linderbaum, Baltimore Ravens
- Ryan Kelly, Indianapolis Colts (alternate)
Defensive Ends
- Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns*
- Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas Raiders* (injury)
- Trey Hendrickson, Cincinnati Bengals
- Will Anderson, Houston Texans (alternate)
Defensive Tackles
- Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs* (Super Bowl participant)
- Quinnen Williams, New York Jets*
- Justin Madubuike, Baltimore Ravens
- DeForest Buckner, Indianapolis Colts (alternate)
Outside Linebackers
- T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh Steelers* (injury)
- Khalil Mack, Los Angeles Chargers* (injury)
- Josh Allen, Jacksonville Jaguars
- Jermaine Johnson, New York Jets (alternate)
- Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Cleveland Browns (alternate)
Inside Linebackers
- Roquan Smith, Baltimore Ravens*
- Patrick Queen, Baltimore Ravens
Cornerbacks
- Pat Surtain II, Denver Broncos*
- Sauce Gardner, New York Jets*
- Jalen Ramsey, Miami Dolphins
- Denzel Ward, Cleveland Browns
Safeties
- Justin Simmons, Denver Broncos*
- Kyle Hamilton, Baltimore Ravens*
- Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Steelers
Long Snapper
- Ross Matiscik, Jacksonville Jaguars*
Punter
- AJ Cole, Las Vegas Raiders*
Kicker
- Justin Tucker, Baltimore Ravens*
Kick Returner
- Marvin Mims Jr., Denver Broncos*
Special Teamer
- Miles Killebrew, Pittsburgh Steelers*
NFC Pro Bowl Games 2024 Roster
Quarterbacks
- Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers* (Super Bowl participant)
- Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys (elected not to play)
- Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams (elected not to play)
- Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles (alternate)
- Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (alternate)
- Geno Smith, Seattle Seahawks (alternate)
Running Backs
- Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers* (Super Bowl participant)
- D’Andre Swift, Philadelphia Eagles
- Kyren Williams, Los Angeles Rams
- Jahmyr Gibbs, Detroit Lions (alternate)
Fullback
- Kyle Juszczyk, San Francisco 49ers* (Super Bowl participant)
- C.J. Ham, Minnesota Vikings (alternate)
Wide Receivers
- CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys*
- A.J. Brown, Philadelphia Eagles* (injury)
- Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (elected not to play)
- Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams
- Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit Lions (alternate)
- DK Metcalf, Seattle Seahawks (alternate)
Tight Ends
- George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers* (Super Bowl participant)
- Sam LaPorta, Detroit Lions
- Jake Ferguson, Dallas Cowboys (alternate)
Tackles
- Trent Williams, San Francisco 49ers* (Super Bowl participant)
- Lane Johnson, Philadelphia Eagles*
- Penei Sewell, Detroit Lions
- Tristan Wirfs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (alternate)
Guards
- Zack Martin, Dallas Cowboys* (injury)
- Chris Lindstrom, Atlanta Falcons*
- Landon Dickerson, Philadelphia Eagles
- Tyler Smith, Dallas Cowboys (alternate)
Centers
- Jason Kelce, Philadelphia Eagles*
- Frank Ragnow, Detroit Lions
Defensive Ends
- Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers* (Super Bowl participant)
- Montez Sweat, Chicago Bears*
- Aidan Hutchinson, Detroit Lions
- Demarcus Lawrence, Dallas Cowboys (alternate)
Defensive Tackles
- Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams* (injury)
- Dexter Lawrence, New York Giants*
- Javon Hargrave, San Francisco 49ers (Super Bowl participant)
- Derrick Brown, Carolina Panthers (alternate)
- Kenny Clark, Green Bay Packers (alternate)
Outside Linebackers
- Micah Parsons, Dallas Cowboys*
- Danielle Hunter, Minnesota Vikings*
- Haason Reddick, Philadelphia Eagles
Inside Linebackers
- Fred Warner, San Francisco 49ers* (Super Bowl participant)
- Bobby Wagner, Seattle Seahawks
- Demario Davis, New Orleans Saints (alternate)
Cornerbacks
- DaRon Bland, Dallas Cowboys*
- Charvarius Ward, San Francisco 49ers* (Super Bowl participant)
- Jaylon Johnson, Chicago Bears
- Devon Witherspoon, Seattle Seahawks
- Darius Slay, Philadelphia Eagles (alternate)
Safeties
- Jessie Bates, Atlanta Falcons*
- Budda Baker, Arizona Cardinals*
- Julian Love, Seattle Seahawks
Long Snapper
- Andrew DePaola, Minnesota Vikings*
Punter
- Bryan Anger, Dallas Cowboys*
Kicker
- Brandon Aubrey, Dallas Cowboys*
Kick Returner
- Rashid Shaheed, New Orleans Saints*
Special Teamer
- Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Detroit Lions* (elected not to play)
- Nick Bellore, Seattle Seahawks (alternate)
Thursday, February 1 - Skills Showdown
Start Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV Coverage: ESPN
Online Stream: ESPN+, NFL+
Events:
- Precision Passing - three quarterbacks from each conference attempt to hit as many targets and accumulate points in one minute each.
- Best Catch (pre-taped) - one player from each conference makes their most creative catch; fan-vote for the winner
- Closest to the Pin (pre-taped) - six players from each conference drive a golf ball as close to the hole as possible
- High Stakes - players attempt to catch JUGS machine punts while holding previously caught footballs
- Dodgeball - multi-round tournament featuring four teams of five players each. Opening round features AFC offense vs. NFC defense and NFC offense vs. AFC defense.
- Kick Tac Toe - kicker from each conference competes in giant tic-tac-toe competition
- Snap Shots (new) - long snappers and centers from each conference attempt to hit targets with snaps
Friday, February 4 - Pro Bowl Championship
(Skills Competition and Flag Football)
Start Time: 3 p.m. ET
TV Coverage: ESP, ABC, Disney XD
Online Stream: ESPN+, NFL+
Tickets: probowl.com/tickets
Events:
- Madden NFL 24 Head-to-Head (pre-taped) - two players from each conference play Madden NFL 24 against each other using the Pro Bowl Games rosters
- Gridiron Gauntlet - six players from each conference in a full-field relay race through an obstacle course
- Tug-of-War (new) - five-on-five
- Move The Chains - offensive and defensive linemen from each conference compete in a teamwork competition to remove 3,000 pounds of weights off a wall and pull the 2,000 pound wall across the finish line
- Flag Football Game - AFC vs. NFC
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran threatened Wednesday to “decisively respond” to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic following President Joe Biden’s linking of Tehran to the killing of three U.S. soldiers at a military base in Jordan.
The U.S. has signaled it is preparing for retaliatory strikes in the Mideast in the wake of the Sunday drone attack that also wounded at least 40 troops at Tower 22, a secretive base in northeastern Jordan that’s been crucial to the American presence in neighboring Syria.
Any additional American strikes could further inflame a region already roiled by Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The war began with Hamas attacking Israel on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostage. Since then, Israel has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians and displaced nearly 2 million others from their homes, arousing anger throughout the Muslim world.
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MIAMI — A federal judge has dismissed the Walt Disney Company's lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney sued after DeSantis and state lawmakers removed its self-governing status in 2023.
Backed by Republican lawmakers, DeSantis dissolved a special district near Orlando that for more than fifty years had governed Walt Disney World. He acted after Disney's CEO opposed a law limiting how sex orientation and gender identity can be discussed in the schools. The Parental Rights in Education Act was labeled "Don't Say Gay" by opponents.
At DeSantis' request, Florida's GOP-controlled legislature created a new special district, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, controlled by the Republican Governor's appointees. Disney sued in federal court, saying DeSantis was retaliating against the company, punishing it for exercising its First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Disney also canceled plans for a $1 billion campus in Florida.
In a 17-page order, U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor dismissed the case, saying Disney lacks standing to sue the governor. The judge also said while Disney could sue the new DeSantis-appointed board, it hadn't shown evidence that actions by the new board had harmed the company. In addition, Winsor said the law prohibits plaintiffs from bringing a free speech challenge to constitutionally enacted laws.
A DeSantis spokesman hailed the decision saying, "the Corporate Kingdom is over. The days of Disney controlling its own government and being placed above the law are long gone. Disney is still just one of many corporations in the state and they do not have a right to their own special government."
Disney says it will "press forward with its case." In a statement after the ruling, a company spokesperson said, "If left unchallenged, this would set a dangerous precedent and give license to states to weaponize their official powers to punish the expression of political viewpoints they disagree with."
Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board are also embroiled in lawsuits in state court.
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
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Chelsea were overpowered and outclassed as they sustained a brutal 4-1 defeat against Premier League leaders Liverpool on Wednesday. The Blues were second best from beginning to end as Jurgen Klopp's team ran rampant at Anfield against a group of players who looked like deer caught in headlights at times. The scoreline would have been worse, too, had Darwin Nunez not hit the woodwork an incredible four times in the game.
The Blues went into the game sat 10th in the top-flight, but they put up less of a fight against Liverpool than Championship team Norwich City did in their FA Cup clash at the weekend. The defensive line up of Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva, Benoit Badiashile and, the worst culprit, Ben Chilwell were floundering right from the start and left poor goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic completely exposed throughout the first half.
Chilwell gave away the ball while Silva and Badiashile did little to stop Diogo Jota from powering through and scoring the first Liverpool goal. Then Chilwell left Raheem Sterling on his own down the left by wrapping himself up with Jota to allowt Conor Bradley double the lead. Badiashile then gave away a penalty, but Nunez's wastefulness from the spot was the only thing that kept Liverpool from being out of sight by half-time.
Chelsea went 48 minutes without hiavinga shot and by the time Enzo Fernandez's tame long-range effort went into Alisson's hands in first-half stoppage time, Liverpool had created 15 attempts. So miserable were they that coach Mauricio Pochettino had to make three changes at half-time.
The changes did have an influence, though, as after going 3-0 down following a Dominik Szoboszlai header, Carney Chukwuemeka drove forward and found Christopher Nkunku to lash in a consolation with 20 minutes left to play. Shortly afterwards, they should have had a penalty for a foul on the France forward, but their protests were waved away by the referee for the second time in the game.
There was no such turnaround, though, as Liverpool went on to hit the bar once again before Luis Diaz slid in his team's fourth after Badiashile lost track of the Colombian at the back post.
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On Thursday, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa announced that he is honoring United States Marine Corps veteran Staff Sergeant John ‘Jonesy’ Jones and his brother with a trip to Super Bowl 58 between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers.
Tagovailoa worked with USAA and the Marine Corps Association to make the trip happen, which includes the opportunity to chat with him and other players.
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“Whenever I face setbacks, challenges, or adversity in my football career, I always find inspiration from the men and women in the military who bravely serve our country,” Tagovailoa said in a release. “No one is more inspiring in the face of adversity than Staff Sergeant John “Jonesy” Jones.
“I’m humbled by the opportunity to join with USAA and the Marine Corps Association to award him with a trip to the Super Bowl, and I can’t wait to learn from him and show my thanks when we meet in Las Vegas.”
SSgt Jones served from 1995 until 2007, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant upon medical retirement. He worked in various roles, including machine gunner, cadre instructor trainer, non‐lethal weapons instructor trainer, and close-quarters battle instructor trainer.
While deployed, SSgt Jones was severely injured when his vehicle ran over an anti‐tank mine in 2005. As a result of his injuries, he lost both legs below the knees and gradually began the process of walking again with prosthesis.
His decorated military career includes being awarded a Purple Heart, Navy Commendation Medal with Valor, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Gold Star, Combat Action Ribbon, and three Good Conduct Medals.
Following his time in the military, SSgt Jones was the first graduate of the Wall Street Warfighters, which trains and helps injured service members achieve meaningful jobs on Wall Street.
As a lifelong 49ers fan, SSgt plans to bring his brother, Michael, to the Super Bowl.
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
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We're here to stay, declares GSK boss Walmsley: Pharma giant bucks London exodus trend
The boss of GSK said the pharma giant has no intention of leaving the London stock market despite recent defections from the exchange.
In a welcome vote of confidence in the City, Emma Walmsley said the group was ‘very happy where we are’.
That was a much-needed boost for the Square Mile amid growing concerns that major corporations are ditching London in favour of New York.
Gambling giant Flutter this week said it was hoping to switch its main listing to New York, which would follow the launch of a secondary listing on Wall Street, and would see the Paddy Power owner leave the FTSE 100.
And the Square Mile was snubbed last year when Cambridge chip designer Arm floated in New York, resisting calls from UK politicians to list in London.
London calling: In a welcome vote of confidence in the City, GSK boss Emma Walmsley (pictured) said the group was 'very happy where we are'
Despite the setbacks, there have been glimmers of hope this year.
Several fresh stock exchange listings are in the pipeline following a quiet 2023.
Computer firm Raspberry Pi is preparing for a London listing having hired bankers from Peel Hunt and Jefferies.
Kazakh carrier Air Astana, which is 49 per cent-owned by BAE Systems, will float in London this month, aiming to raise £120million.
And new tourist attraction London Tunnels announced its intention to list its shares last month. Walmsley said GSK, which has a secondary listing in the US, is ‘very committed’ to the UK.
The pharma boss said she is a ‘great optimist’ about the country and GSK’s outlook was ‘getting stronger all the time.’
It upgraded its growth forecasts following a strong 2023 in which new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy raked in over £1billion in sales.
So far, GSK has massively outstripped the performance of competitor Pfizer’s rival vaccine, administering two-thirds of all RSV jabs in the US.
Arexvy’s success helped to boost sales by 5 per cent to £30.3billion in 2023, while operating profit hit £8.8billion – a 12 per cent jump compared to the previous year.
Richard Hunter, head of markets at Interactive Investor, said: ‘GSK has delivered a reminder that it remains a serious player on the global stage.’
GSK’s update was the first full-year results since it spun off its consumer healthcare arm Haleon to focus on vaccine and drug developments.
It expects turnover growth of between 5 per cent to 7 per cent this year and operating profit to increase by 7 per cent to 10 per cent, and increased guidance for 2031 by £5billion from £33billion to £38 billion.
Growth will come from new products, with at least 12 major products from 2025 onwards.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
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What appeared to be a simple boy-meets-girl scenario has devolved into a twisted plot worthy of John Grisham.
According to the still-developing story, mega-pop star Taylor Swift has a side gig working for the Pentagon to spread misinformation about shadowy government doings.
Swift’s budding relationship with Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs is no coincidence, the conspiratorialists allege, but carefully planned to promote President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.
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Jorge Rubiano arrived alone in Chicago, but his pain and trauma came with him.
For months, he tried to find steady work. For months, he's been sleeping in a crowded temporary shelter, worrying about his wife and mother back in Colombia. Are they safe? Did I make the right decision?
He recalls a frightening phone call with his wife in Colombia, cut short when the bus she was riding on was being robbed.
Rubiano, 43, is also haunted by memories of his harrowing journey to Chicago, during which he says he was kidnapped for a month, before escaping.
He left his country, he says, over a land dispute in which the government threatened his life.
"I'm still in between two dangers," Rubiano says in Spanish. "If I return it's very possible they kill me, and if I stay I don't know what can happen here."
More than 30,000 migrants and asylum seekers have arrived in Chicago since August of 2022 — most of them from South and Central America. They are fleeing the collapse of their economies, a lack of food and jobs, and violence back home.
Many came here on a bus from Texas, sent by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who said Chicago — and other so-called sanctuary cities that embrace immigrants — would provide much-needed relief "to our small, overrun border towns."
The buses haven't stopped since.
Migrants fleeing hardship, danger, fear and loss
Interviews with more than 30 people reveal the emotional toll migrants face, and the efforts of individuals and organizations that are trying to fill the gaps of a frayed mental health system.
Some of those efforts are catching the attention of leaders in other big U.S. cities also coping with large influxes of newly-arrived migrants.
For many, their journeys here were terrifying. A young girl who fell into a river, her pregnant mother struggling to hold her small hand, so the current wouldn't whisk her away. Women who were forced to have sex with gang members to get from country to country. People who walked over the dead in the jungle, or are wracked with guilt over the sick and injured left behind.
Their stories have unfolded across Chicago: in the quiet space of a therapist's office, at an informal healing circle in the back of a store, with a nurse at a folding table propped up outside a police station.
But for many migrants, taking care of their mental health might not be a priority.
"They're in survival mode," says Sharon Davila, a school-based social worker who has screened migrant families. "They need their basic needs met. The number one thing is they're looking for jobs."
Just getting in front of a therapist or a social worker can be extremely difficult for even the most savvy and persistent. With a shortage of mental health workers, wait lists for an appointment can be months long.
Layer on being new to this country, speaking a different language, and having no health insurance. Getting help can seem impossible.
Therapist Susie Moya worries about a mental health crisis brewing for many migrants.
"Right now it's on the back burner," says Moya, who has worked with migrants on Chicago's Lower West Side. "But I'm thinking a year from now when these families are settled in. Who is going to be providing that support?"
Informal support, with a side of soup
It's a Monday night in the back room of an insurance agency on the Southwest Side. About 20 migrants have arranged their chairs in a circle. Each person takes a turn describing how they feel on a scale of one to 10, as social worker Veronica Sanchez gently encourages them to share why.
Warm homemade chicken soup and arepas await them for dinner.
A woman says her husband got deported, and she's heartbroken that she left her children behind. A man says he worked several days that week, but never got paid. Another says he is grateful to God for bringing him to America, but he misses his mom, dad and brothers.
Finding work and reuniting with family is important, Sanchez tells them. But right now she's concerned about their mental health.
"Maybe we have answers. Maybe we don't. But when you open up a safe space where you can share your sorrows... you don't feel so alone," Sanchez says in Spanish.
Sanchez understands the migrants' desperation. She comes from a long line of pottery makers in Mexico. Sanchez was just four years old when her father left to work in Cicero, a suburb outside Chicago. She didn't see her father for almost seven years, until they were reunited as a family in Cicero.
Those memories fuel her work with the healing circle. "When I was talking to them, it really came from the heart," Sanchez says. "I was seeing the migrants' faces, that they were so scared."
Informal support groups like this one have popped up around Chicago in shelters, storefronts, churches and schools, led by volunteers or mental health professionals.
Many of these support groups don't last long. Volunteers get burned out. Migrants prioritize other needs. Or the city moves them from place to place.
The costs of ignoring loss and trauma
Some volunteers and mental health providers emphasize that not every migrant might be experiencing severe trauma.
But for many, trauma can have lasting impact. Trauma can change the wiring in a person's brain and make someone more vulnerable to depression and anxiety.
Daily or ongoing stressors can add up to what Chicago psychologist Laura Pappa calls "little t trauma" — like not feeling welcomed right away.
"A lot of people come here seeking the American dream and they realize that that's not there," says Pappa, who came to the U.S. from Argentina as a teen. "A lot of people were not expecting that, how hard it is on this side. I've had a lot of parents who've come alone and ask themselves, was it worth it?"
It can be hard to persuade migrants to seek help, however. There's a stigma about the need for mental health care in many immigrant communities, particularly among Latino men, Pappa says.
But, she adds, the stigma is easing as talking about emotions becomes more common.
Training the front-line workers in shelters
One effort to provide faster help involves training hundreds of peoplewho don't have a medical background, but work in city-run shelters. These front-line workers, such as case managers and shelter supervisors, are learning to lead support groups called Café y Comunidad charlas — coffee and community talks.
The initiative is led by the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health, the University of Chicago's Crown Family School, and Lurie Children's Center for Childhood Resilience.
The idea is to help migrants feel less isolated and try to prevent the most extreme outcomes, such as suicide.
"We have to help people the minute they arrive," explainsAimee Hilado, an assistant professor at UC's Crown School and chair of the coalition. "That's actually going to promote healing down the line."
Case manager Albert Ayala has led a charla in the ballroom of a downtown shelter. He recalls moments of joy, such as when a woman said she was searching for love — and hands shot up hoping to catch her attention.
Ayala says he's watched migrants who arrive scared and shy blossom after attending a charla.
"We try to tell them we're no different from you," says Ayala, who is Mexican American. "Your dream is possible."
Leaders in Philadelphia and San Jose have reached out asking how to replicate the effort, Hilado says.
Outside his shelter, Rubiano, the migrant from Colombia, says he hasn't attended one of these support groups. He says he tries to keep busy working on his English skills. And he recently found a full-time job in a supermarket.
He longs for his family, and for the chance to bring them here — once there is a stable life he can offer them.
WBEZ is part of the Mental Health Parity Collaborative, a group of newsrooms covering stories on mental health care access and inequities in the U.S. The Collaborative's partners include The Carter Center, the Center for Public Integrity and newsrooms in select states across the country.
WBEZ's Manuel Martinez contributed to this report.
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Darwin Nunez, how's your luck?! Misfiring Liverpool striker sets incredible Premier League record as he rattles the woodwork FOUR TIMES against ChelseaRitabrata BanerjeeGettyDarwin NunezLiverpoolLiverpool vs ChelseaPremier LeagueLiverpool forward Darwin Nunez set an unwanted Premier League record against Chelsea on Wednesday.Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowNunez sets Premier League recordHit the woodwork four times against ChelseaMissed a penalty in the first half
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MIAMI — A federal judge has dismissed the Walt Disney Company's lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney sued after DeSantis and state lawmakers removed its self-governing status in 2023.
Backed by Republican lawmakers, DeSantis dissolved a special district near Orlando that for more than fifty years had governed Walt Disney World. He acted after Disney's CEO opposed a law limiting how sex orientation and gender identity can be discussed in the schools. The Parental Rights in Education Act was labeled "Don't Say Gay" by opponents.
At DeSantis' request, Florida's GOP-controlled legislature created a new special district, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, controlled by the Republican Governor's appointees. Disney sued in federal court, saying DeSantis was retaliating against the company, punishing it for exercising its First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Disney also canceled plans for a $1 billion campus in Florida.
In a 17-page order, U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor dismissed the case, saying Disney lacks standing to sue the governor. The judge also said while Disney could sue the new DeSantis-appointed board, it hadn't shown evidence that actions by the new board had harmed the company. In addition, Winsor said the law prohibits plaintiffs from bringing a free speech challenge to constitutionally enacted laws.
A DeSantis spokesman hailed the decision saying, "the Corporate Kingdom is over. The days of Disney controlling its own government and being placed above the law are long gone. Disney is still just one of many corporations in the state and they do not have a right to their own special government."
Disney says it will "press forward with its case." In a statement after the ruling, a company spokesperson said, "If left unchallenged, this would set a dangerous precedent and give license to states to weaponize their official powers to punish the expression of political viewpoints they disagree with."
Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board are also embroiled in lawsuits in state court.
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We'll win back shoppers from Aldi and Lidl, vows new Morrisons boss
The new boss of Morrisons has vowed to win back shoppers from Aldi after the floundering grocer’s private equity takeover.
Morrisons has lost customers to the discounter, and conceded its status as Britain’s fourth-biggest grocer to Aldi two years ago.
But Rami Baitieh said yesterday he would ‘start a new chapter’. In his first financial update since taking the reins in November, he said he was confident of a ‘bright future’.
Grocery sales rose 2.7 per cent to £14.9billion over the year to October 29.
On tempting customers away from Aldi and back to Morrisons, he said: ‘I am sure they will come back’, but admitted there was ‘work to do’.
Upbeat: Two years after Morrisons conceded its status as Britain’s fourth-biggest grocer to Aldi, new Morrisons boss Rami Baitieh (pictured) said he was confident of a ‘bright future’
Baitieh added: ‘Since the pandemic, Morrisons has not been on peak form.
'Our market share has slipped, slowly but consistently, our like-for- likes – although on an improving and encouraging trend now – have been below the pack for a while, and the switching data has not been encouraging.
‘So although we have many structural, operational and cultural strengths, we must not be satisfied with our recent performance.’
Industry data this week showed that Morrisons’ market share was sliding further.
It held 8.8 per cent of the market over the three months to January 21, down from 9.1 per cent a year earlier, according to Kantar market researchers.
Meanwhile, Aldi took 9.3 per cent compared to 9.2 per cent the year before, while Lidl took 7.5 per cent, up from 7.1 per cent.
Tesco and Sainsbury’s also emerged as Christmas winners.
Although Morrisons did not disclose how it fared over the festive season, Baitieh said: ‘We have been doing better and better every quarter.’
He said changes he would implement include ‘becoming more organised and more forensic’ over feedback and complaints, and major meetings would be attended by a customer panel.
Morrisons this week said it was selling its 337 petrol forecourts to private equity stablemate Motor Fuel Group for £2.5billion to fund investment in its grocery and food-making business, and strengthen finances.
Chairman Sir Terry Leahy said about £2billion would be invested in the super- market group, which has a £5.5billion debt pile.
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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The theft of the Jackie Robinson statue from the League 42 baseball fields brought to my mind one of the most embarrassing mistakes I ever made as a journalist.
I was the 24-year-old editor of a small weekly called the San Fernando Sun, in San Fernando, California.
And one dark and stormy night (with apologies to Snoopy), someone stole the American flag that flew over the San Fernando Pioneer Cemetery, the final resting place of the city’s founders, fallen soldiers and veterans from the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World War I.
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Senate Republicans demanded that President Biden's national security funding package for Ukraine be tied to policy changes to address the crisis at the southwest border. But now that negotiators say they are ready to release details of a bipartisan plan to reduce the surge of migrants at the border, Republican divisions could scuttle the plan.
Months of negotiations between the Republicans, Democrats and the Biden administration officials are now threatened by politics. Former President Trump, the GOP's likely 2024 presidential nominee, has been publicly slamming the deal and urging lawmakers to oppose it.
Negotiators started the week promising to release a bill in the coming days. But by Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to signal he's ready to move on, and focus on getting money to two key U.S. allies at war.
"It's time for us to move something, hopefully including the border agreement, but we need to get help to Israel and Ukraine, quickly," McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters.
McConnell has consistently argued that divided government is the moment to extract demands on border policy from Democrats.
Pressed about what voters would think of GOP lawmakers who sink a bill because Trump directed them to, McConnell sidestepped the question. "I still favor trying to make law when you can" and said what the bipartisan group is working on is better than current immigration law, adding, "you're asking me, a question I can't answer right now, which is the fate of it."
Senators already know key details
The top Democratic negotiator working on a border plan, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., has signaled for days that the deal is basically done, but getting sign off from the GOP to move ahead is the hold up.
"We have a bipartisan agreement to help address the crisis at the border. Republicans have been desperate for that. Why would they walk away from it?"
Senate Republicans huddled at their weekly lunch on Wednesday to discuss next steps, but the consensus coming out of the meeting was that lawmakers want to see the details.
But after weeks of negotiations, the key provisions have already been explained to lawmakers from both parties.
The bill includes several tools to address the border, including: giving the president the ability to shutdown the border if the numbers of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. climbs above a certain threshold, adjusting the rules for who qualifies for asylum and allowing migrants authorization to work while awaiting adjudication of their asylum claim.
Extended negotiations opened space for critics
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said the effort is "an uphill climb" because as the talks have continued, some members have impressions about what the proposal will do and "there are certain people who will never change their mind."
Tillis has said a border plan needs to get the majority of Senate Republicans in order to move ahead. But Trump injecting himself into the process has caused many lawmakers to refrain from backing the framework, making it tougher to meet that test.
Oklahoma GOP Sen. Jim Lankford is crafting the plan along with Murphy and Independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Lankford spent time on Sunday talk shows swatting down leaks about the plan that conservative media outlets are painting as a green light for 5,000 additional migrants a day.
Texas Republican Sen, John Cornyn, who was an early advocate of linking money for Ukraine to changes to the Biden administration's policies, said people need time to see an official piece of legislation.
"People are talking about what they think is in it, and what they've heard is in it, what's not in it,' Cornyn told reporters. "I think the first thing we need to do is see where the conference is based on the text rather than just based on rumors and hearsay."
Tillis called Wednesday's meeting "a good discussion." But added, "I would ask those same members who are calling for time to read it, but not judge something they haven't read."
Others who came out against the bill already are already dismissing the proposals.
"I think this is a bad bill," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx., told reporters. "And the simplest reason is it doesn't solve the problem."
Cruz blamed Senate Democrats for crafting a bill that "allows Joe Biden to continue the open borders," despite the months of bipartisan negotiations that have taken place. President Biden endorsed the proposal and said last week if Congress passes it he would immediately shutdown the border.
Some optimisim remains
Murphy remained optimistic on Wednesday that the deal would survive and come to the floor for a vote, possibly as soon as this week.
He said a "sizable, important group of Republican senators" are making a good faith effort to get something done on the border, and suggested that others are making disingenuous arguments about needing to see the full text.
"This is not a detailed study of the issue. This is a question as to whether they are going to put Trump before solving the problem," Murphy said.
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Reyna is a Red! USMNT star Gio ends Borussia Dortmund nightmare as he completes Nottingham Forest loan moveRitabrata BanerjeeGetty ImagesGiovanni ReynaNottingham ForestTransfersBorussia DortmundPremier LeagueBundesligaUSAUSMNT star Gio Reyna has completed his loan move to Nottingham Forest from Borussia Dortmund.Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowReyna completes Forest loan moveContract valid until the end of the seasonSaw his game time reduced at Dortmund
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Jorge Rubiano arrived alone in Chicago, but his pain and trauma came with him.
For months, he tried to find steady work. For months, he's been sleeping in a crowded temporary shelter, worrying about his wife and mother back in Colombia. Are they safe? Did I make the right decision?
He recalls a frightening phone call with his wife in Colombia, cut short when the bus she was riding on was being robbed.
Rubiano, 43, is also haunted by memories of his harrowing journey to Chicago, during which he says he was kidnapped for a month, before escaping.
He left his country, he says, over a land dispute in which the government threatened his life.
"I'm still in between two dangers," Rubiano says in Spanish. "If I return it's very possible they kill me, and if I stay I don't know what can happen here."
More than 30,000 migrants and asylum seekers have arrived in Chicago since August of 2022 — most of them from South and Central America. They are fleeing the collapse of their economies, a lack of food and jobs, and violence back home.
Many came here on a bus from Texas, sent by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who said Chicago — and other so-called sanctuary cities that embrace immigrants — would provide much-needed relief "to our small, overrun border towns."
The buses haven't stopped since.
Migrants fleeing hardship, danger, fear and loss
Interviews with more than 30 people reveal the emotional toll migrants face, and the efforts of individuals and organizations that are trying to fill the gaps of a frayed mental health system.
Some of those efforts are catching the attention of leaders in other big U.S. cities also coping with large influxes of newly-arrived migrants.
For many, their journeys here were terrifying. A young girl who fell into a river, her pregnant mother struggling to hold her small hand, so the current wouldn't whisk her away. Women who were forced to have sex with gang members to get from country to country. People who walked over the dead in the jungle, or are wracked with guilt over the sick and injured left behind.
Their stories have unfolded across Chicago: in the quiet space of a therapist's office, at an informal healing circle in the back of a store, with a nurse at a folding table propped up outside a police station.
But for many migrants, taking care of their mental health might not be a priority.
"They're in survival mode," says Sharon Davila, a school-based social worker who has screened migrant families. "They need their basic needs met. The number one thing is they're looking for jobs."
Just getting in front of a therapist or a social worker can be extremely difficult for even the most savvy and persistent. With a shortage of mental health workers, wait lists for an appointment can be months long.
Layer on being new to this country, speaking a different language, and having no health insurance. Getting help can seem impossible.
Therapist Susie Moya worries about a mental health crisis brewing for many migrants.
"Right now it's on the back burner," says Moya, who has worked with migrants on Chicago's Lower West Side. "But I'm thinking a year from now when these families are settled in. Who is going to be providing that support?"
Informal support, with a side of soup
It's a Monday night in the back room of an insurance agency on the Southwest Side. About 20 migrants have arranged their chairs in a circle. Each person takes a turn describing how they feel on a scale of one to 10, as social worker Veronica Sanchez gently encourages them to share why.
Warm homemade chicken soup and arepas await them for dinner.
A woman says her husband got deported, and she's heartbroken that she left her children behind. A man says he worked several days that week, but never got paid. Another says he is grateful to God for bringing him to America, but he misses his mom, dad and brothers.
Finding work and reuniting with family is important, Sanchez tells them. But right now she's concerned about their mental health.
"Maybe we have answers. Maybe we don't. But when you open up a safe space where you can share your sorrows... you don't feel so alone," Sanchez says in Spanish.
Sanchez understands the migrants' desperation. She comes from a long line of pottery makers in Mexico. Sanchez was just four years old when her father left to work in Cicero, a suburb outside Chicago. She didn't see her father for almost seven years, until they were reunited as a family in Cicero.
Those memories fuel her work with the healing circle. "When I was talking to them, it really came from the heart," Sanchez says. "I was seeing the migrants' faces, that they were so scared."
Informal support groups like this one have popped up around Chicago in shelters, storefronts, churches and schools, led by volunteers or mental health professionals.
Many of these support groups don't last long. Volunteers get burned out. Migrants prioritize other needs. Or the city moves them from place to place.
The costs of ignoring loss and trauma
Some volunteers and mental health providers emphasize that not every migrant might be experiencing severe trauma.
But for many, trauma can have lasting impact. Trauma can change the wiring in a person's brain and make someone more vulnerable to depression and anxiety.
Daily or ongoing stressors can add up to what Chicago psychologist Laura Pappa calls "little t trauma" — like not feeling welcomed right away.
"A lot of people come here seeking the American dream and they realize that that's not there," says Pappa, who came to the U.S. from Argentina as a teen. "A lot of people were not expecting that, how hard it is on this side. I've had a lot of parents who've come alone and ask themselves, was it worth it?"
It can be hard to persuade migrants to seek help, however. There's a stigma about the need for mental health care in many immigrant communities, particularly among Latino men, Pappa says.
But, she adds, the stigma is easing as talking about emotions becomes more common.
Training the front-line workers in shelters
One effort to provide faster help involves training hundreds of peoplewho don't have a medical background, but work in city-run shelters. These front-line workers, such as case managers and shelter supervisors, are learning to lead support groups called Café y Comunidad charlas — coffee and community talks.
The initiative is led by the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health, the University of Chicago's Crown Family School, and Lurie Children's Center for Childhood Resilience.
The idea is to help migrants feel less isolated and try to prevent the most extreme outcomes, such as suicide.
"We have to help people the minute they arrive," explainsAimee Hilado, an assistant professor at UC's Crown School and chair of the coalition. "That's actually going to promote healing down the line."
Case manager Albert Ayala has led a charla in the ballroom of a downtown shelter. He recalls moments of joy, such as when a woman said she was searching for love — and hands shot up hoping to catch her attention.
Ayala says he's watched migrants who arrive scared and shy blossom after attending a charla.
"We try to tell them we're no different from you," says Ayala, who is Mexican American. "Your dream is possible."
Leaders in Philadelphia and San Jose have reached out asking how to replicate the effort, Hilado says.
Outside his shelter, Rubiano, the migrant from Colombia, says he hasn't attended one of these support groups. He says he tries to keep busy working on his English skills. And he recently found a full-time job in a supermarket.
He longs for his family, and for the chance to bring them here — once there is a stable life he can offer them.
WBEZ is part of the Mental Health Parity Collaborative, a group of newsrooms covering stories on mental health care access and inequities in the U.S. The Collaborative's partners include The Carter Center, the Center for Public Integrity and newsrooms in select states across the country.
WBEZ's Manuel Martinez contributed to this report.
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Former Chancellor George Osborne to advise Coinbase as crypto exchange eyes expansion
Crypto move: Former Chancellor George Osborne is to advise US crypto-currency exchange Coinbase
George Osborne has joined the US crypto-currency exchange Coinbase as an adviser.
Osborne, 52, was Chancellor between 2010 and 2016 and has held several top jobs since leaving government.
He is a partner at City boutique investment bank Robey Warshaw, and was editor of London’s Evening Standard newspaper for three years.
At Coinbase, which allows its users to trade digital currencies such as bitcoin, he will be on its global advisory council, which consults on expansion plans.
Coinbase has recently secured licences in France, Spain, Singapore and Bermuda. But it comes amid mounting regulatory scrutiny over crypto.
Last summer, the US regulator filed a lawsuit against Coinbase, accusing it of violating trading laws. Coinbase’s chief policy officer Faryar Shirzad said: ‘George brings a wealth of experience in business, journalism and government.
‘We look forward to relying on his insights and experiences as we grow Coinbase.’
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Senate Republicans demanded that President Biden's national security funding package for Ukraine be tied to policy changes to address the crisis at the southwest border. But now that negotiators say they are ready to release details of a bipartisan plan to reduce the surge of migrants at the border, Republican divisions could scuttle the plan.
Months of negotiations between the Republicans, Democrats and the Biden administration officials are now threatened by politics. Former President Trump, the GOP's likely 2024 presidential nominee, has been publicly slamming the deal and urging lawmakers to oppose it.
Negotiators started the week promising to release a bill in the coming days. But by Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to signal he's ready to move on, and focus on getting money to two key U.S. allies at war.
"It's time for us to move something, hopefully including the border agreement, but we need to get help to Israel and Ukraine, quickly," McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters.
McConnell has consistently argued that divided government is the moment to extract demands on border policy from Democrats.
Pressed about what voters would think of GOP lawmakers who sink a bill because Trump directed them to, McConnell sidestepped the question. "I still favor trying to make law when you can" and said what the bipartisan group is working on is better than current immigration law, adding, "you're asking me, a question I can't answer right now, which is the fate of it."
Senators already know key details
The top Democratic negotiator working on a border plan, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., has signaled for days that the deal is basically done, but getting sign off from the GOP to move ahead is the hold up.
"We have a bipartisan agreement to help address the crisis at the border. Republicans have been desperate for that. Why would they walk away from it?"
Senate Republicans huddled at their weekly lunch on Wednesday to discuss next steps, but the consensus coming out of the meeting was that lawmakers want to see the details.
But after weeks of negotiations, the key provisions have already been explained to lawmakers from both parties.
The bill includes several tools to address the border, including: giving the president the ability to shutdown the border if the numbers of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. climbs above a certain threshold, adjusting the rules for who qualifies for asylum and allowing migrants authorization to work while awaiting adjudication of their asylum claim.
Extended negotiations opened space for critics
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said the effort is "an uphill climb" because as the talks have continued, some members have impressions about what the proposal will do and "there are certain people who will never change their mind."
Tillis has said a border plan needs to get the majority of Senate Republicans in order to move ahead. But Trump injecting himself into the process has caused many lawmakers to refrain from backing the framework, making it tougher to meet that test.
Oklahoma GOP Sen. Jim Lankford is crafting the plan along with Murphy and Independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Lankford spent time on Sunday talk shows swatting down leaks about the plan that conservative media outlets are painting as a green light for 5,000 additional migrants a day.
Texas Republican Sen, John Cornyn, who was an early advocate of linking money for Ukraine to changes to the Biden administration's policies, said people need time to see an official piece of legislation.
"People are talking about what they think is in it, and what they've heard is in it, what's not in it,' Cornyn told reporters. "I think the first thing we need to do is see where the conference is based on the text rather than just based on rumors and hearsay."
Tillis called Wednesday's meeting "a good discussion." But added, "I would ask those same members who are calling for time to read it, but not judge something they haven't read."
Others who came out against the bill already are already dismissing the proposals.
"I think this is a bad bill," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx., told reporters. "And the simplest reason is it doesn't solve the problem."
Cruz blamed Senate Democrats for crafting a bill that "allows Joe Biden to continue the open borders," despite the months of bipartisan negotiations that have taken place. President Biden endorsed the proposal and said last week if Congress passes it he would immediately shutdown the border.
Some optimisim remains
Murphy remained optimistic on Wednesday that the deal would survive and come to the floor for a vote, possibly as soon as this week.
He said a "sizable, important group of Republican senators" are making a good faith effort to get something done on the border, and suggested that others are making disingenuous arguments about needing to see the full text.
"This is not a detailed study of the issue. This is a question as to whether they are going to put Trump before solving the problem," Murphy said.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Porter Moser had seen enough of Kansas State’s three leading scorers on film that he knew taking away any combination of them would probably mean good things for the Sooners on Tuesday night.
They couldn’t stop Tylor Perry. But they completely shut down Cam Carter and Arthur Kaluma.
That defensive performance, combined with 23 points from Jalon Moore and 21 from Javian McCollum, helped No. 23 Oklahoma pull away from the Wildcats down the stretch for a 73-53 victory.
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New York advocates want more money for the state’s Clean Water Infrastructure Act, after the governor suggests slashing funds in half. Connecticut republicans provide an alternative to an EV mandate in the state. And there’s bipartisan interest in banning legacy preferences at Connecticut colleges and universities.
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Debates over Trent Alexander-Arnold's best position in this Liverpool team will rumble on, but right now, it's difficult to make a case for the England international not to be moved into midfield given the form Conor Bradley has shown while covering at right-back.
The 20-year-old has impressed plenty in recent weeks, but against Chelsea on Wednesday, he was superb, as he netted his first Reds goal and assisted two more in the Premier League leaders' 4-1 win over the Blues on Merseyside.
After Darwin Nunez went close on a couple of occasions, Liverpool broke the deadlock through Diogo Jota, who ran onto Bradley's pass and bustled his way through two Chelsea defenders to poke home. Bradley then doubled the lead with a superb angled drive after being freed down the right.
Nunez missed the chance to make it 3-0 before half-time when he hit the post with a penalty, but the Reds soon put that behind them after the break as Dominik Szoboszlai headed in a sumptuous Bradley cross.
Chelsea threatened a comeback when Christopher Nkunku netted with 20 minutes to play, but after Nunez again hit the woodwork with a header, Luis Diaz settled things with a close-range finish to ensure the Reds' first Premier League game since Jurgen Klopp announced his intention to leave the club ended in victory.
GOAL rates Liverpool's players from Anfield...
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Senate Republicans demanded that President Biden's national security funding package for Ukraine be tied to policy changes to address the crisis at the southwest border. But now that negotiators say they are ready to release details of a bipartisan plan to reduce the surge of migrants at the border, Republican divisions could scuttle the plan.
Months of negotiations between the Republicans, Democrats and the Biden administration officials are now threatened by politics. Former President Trump, the GOP's likely 2024 presidential nominee, has been publicly slamming the deal and urging lawmakers to oppose it.
Negotiators started the week promising to release a bill in the coming days. But by Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to signal he's ready to move on, and focus on getting money to two key U.S. allies at war.
"It's time for us to move something, hopefully including the border agreement, but we need to get help to Israel and Ukraine, quickly," McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters.
McConnell has consistently argued that divided government is the moment to extract demands on border policy from Democrats.
Pressed about what voters would think of GOP lawmakers who sink a bill because Trump directed them to, McConnell sidestepped the question. "I still favor trying to make law when you can" and said what the bipartisan group is working on is better than current immigration law, adding, "you're asking me, a question I can't answer right now, which is the fate of it."
Senators already know key details
The top Democratic negotiator working on a border plan, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., has signaled for days that the deal is basically done, but getting sign off from the GOP to move ahead is the hold up.
"We have a bipartisan agreement to help address the crisis at the border. Republicans have been desperate for that. Why would they walk away from it?"
Senate Republicans huddled at their weekly lunch on Wednesday to discuss next steps, but the consensus coming out of the meeting was that lawmakers want to see the details.
But after weeks of negotiations, the key provisions have already been explained to lawmakers from both parties.
The bill includes several tools to address the border, including: giving the president the ability to shutdown the border if the numbers of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. climbs above a certain threshold, adjusting the rules for who qualifies for asylum and allowing migrants authorization to work while awaiting adjudication of their asylum claim.
Extended negotiations opened space for critics
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said the effort is "an uphill climb" because as the talks have continued, some members have impressions about what the proposal will do and "there are certain people who will never change their mind."
Tillis has said a border plan needs to get the majority of Senate Republicans in order to move ahead. But Trump injecting himself into the process has caused many lawmakers to refrain from backing the framework, making it tougher to meet that test.
Oklahoma GOP Sen. Jim Lankford is crafting the plan along with Murphy and Independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Lankford spent time on Sunday talk shows swatting down leaks about the plan that conservative media outlets are painting as a green light for 5,000 additional migrants a day.
Texas Republican Sen, John Cornyn, who was an early advocate of linking money for Ukraine to changes to the Biden administration's policies, said people need time to see an official piece of legislation.
"People are talking about what they think is in it, and what they've heard is in it, what's not in it,' Cornyn told reporters. "I think the first thing we need to do is see where the conference is based on the text rather than just based on rumors and hearsay."
Tillis called Wednesday's meeting "a good discussion." But added, "I would ask those same members who are calling for time to read it, but not judge something they haven't read."
Others who came out against the bill already are already dismissing the proposals.
"I think this is a bad bill," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx., told reporters. "And the simplest reason is it doesn't solve the problem."
Cruz blamed Senate Democrats for crafting a bill that "allows Joe Biden to continue the open borders," despite the months of bipartisan negotiations that have taken place. President Biden endorsed the proposal and said last week if Congress passes it he would immediately shutdown the border.
Some optimisim remains
Murphy remained optimistic on Wednesday that the deal would survive and come to the floor for a vote, possibly as soon as this week.
He said a "sizable, important group of Republican senators" are making a good faith effort to get something done on the border, and suggested that others are making disingenuous arguments about needing to see the full text.
"This is not a detailed study of the issue. This is a question as to whether they are going to put Trump before solving the problem," Murphy said.
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Tata Steel bosses under fire over the loss of 2,800 jobs at the Port Talbot plant
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock accused Tata of ‘bluffing’ the Government
Tata Steel bosses have been lambasted over their handling of the loss of 2,800 jobs at the Port Talbot steel plant.
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, whose constituency includes the steelworks, accused it of ‘bluffing’ the Government with the closure of its site in South Wales to secure a better deal.
The Indian-owned firm is preparing to close blast furnaces and replace them with greener electric arc furnaces, with £500million of taxpayer support.
The decision risks the loss of 2,800 jobs. Tata claims the other option was shutting the site with the loss 8,000 jobs.
Global chief executive TV Narendran and UK boss Rajesh Nair yesterday faced Welsh affairs committee MPs where Kinnock said: ‘I put it to you that when you threatened the British government – it sounds like you did – that you would close completely, I don’t believe that was the case.’
Narendran said: ‘Shareholders were asking us: “How much longer will you keep supporting a business which is not viable, just because you are invested in the community and people?”
'We have said: “Give us some more time.” It can’t go on forever because we’re an-swerable to 3 m shareholders.’
Kinnock said it would have cost Tata £1billion to close the site.
Narendran said that if Tata had declared bankruptcy, taxpayers would have paid the decommissioning bill.
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The International Olympic Committee is still not impressed with Italy's determination to spend about $90 million rebuilding a historic bobsled track for the 2026 Winter Games.
The IOC's latest statement Wednesday on the public rift came one day after local organizers of the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics moved ahead with a plan to revive a century-old sliding track in the Dolomites ski resort.
Aiming to avoid construction costs and potential white elephant venues, the IOC wants the Winter Games, opening in just two years' time, to use an existing track — with two nearby options in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Igls, Austria.
The issue has become one of Italian national pride to avoid paying another country to stage 12 of the 116 medal events.
"The IOC firmly believes that the existing number of sliding centers, globally, is sufficient for the current number of athletes and competitions in the sports of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton," the Olympic body said in a statement.
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The IOC's opposition to an Italian renewal project on such a tight schedule — either at Cortina or Cesana, the now-closed sliding track at the 2006 Turin Olympics that was previously considered — has been publicly clear since its annual meeting in October held in Mumbai, India.
"(Only) existing and already operating tracks should be considered due to the very tight timeline remaining," the IOC said in a statement, stating it had been "unequivocal that no permanent venue should be built without a clear and viable legacy plan."
Italy's deputy prime minister detailed his country’s position Tuesday.
"It is not acceptable for the bobsled races to take place outside Italy," Antonio Tajani said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. "We will do everything to achieve the goal."
Still, the Italian organizing committee aims to have a back-up plan if renovating the Cortina track used at the 1956 Winter Games is not ready by March next year.
The committee said after a board meeting Tuesday its plans rest on signing a contract with a Parma-based construction company that has offered to rebuild the Cortina track for $89 million.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com
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Senate Republicans demanded that President Biden's national security funding package for Ukraine be tied to policy changes to address the crisis at the southwest border. But now that negotiators say they are ready to release details of a bipartisan plan to reduce the surge of migrants at the border, Republican divisions could scuttle the plan.
Months of negotiations between the Republicans, Democrats and the Biden administration officials are now threatened by politics. Former President Trump, the GOP's likely 2024 presidential nominee, has been publicly slamming the deal and urging lawmakers to oppose it.
Negotiators started the week promising to release a bill in the coming days. But by Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to signal he's ready to move on, and focus on getting money to two key U.S. allies at war.
"It's time for us to move something, hopefully including the border agreement, but we need to get help to Israel and Ukraine, quickly," McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters.
McConnell has consistently argued that divided government is the moment to extract demands on border policy from Democrats.
Pressed about what voters would think of GOP lawmakers who sink a bill because Trump directed them to, McConnell sidestepped the question. "I still favor trying to make law when you can" and said what the bipartisan group is working on is better than current immigration law, adding, "you're asking me, a question I can't answer right now, which is the fate of it."
Senators already know key details
The top Democratic negotiator working on a border plan, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., has signaled for days that the deal is basically done, but getting sign off from the GOP to move ahead is the hold up.
"We have a bipartisan agreement to help address the crisis at the border. Republicans have been desperate for that. Why would they walk away from it?"
Senate Republicans huddled at their weekly lunch on Wednesday to discuss next steps, but the consensus coming out of the meeting was that lawmakers want to see the details.
But after weeks of negotiations, the key provisions have already been explained to lawmakers from both parties.
The bill includes several tools to address the border, including: giving the president the ability to shutdown the border if the numbers of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. climbs above a certain threshold, adjusting the rules for who qualifies for asylum and allowing migrants authorization to work while awaiting adjudication of their asylum claim.
Extended negotiations opened space for critics
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said the effort is "an uphill climb" because as the talks have continued, some members have impressions about what the proposal will do and "there are certain people who will never change their mind."
Tillis has said a border plan needs to get the majority of Senate Republicans in order to move ahead. But Trump injecting himself into the process has caused many lawmakers to refrain from backing the framework, making it tougher to meet that test.
Oklahoma GOP Sen. Jim Lankford is crafting the plan along with Murphy and Independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Lankford spent time on Sunday talk shows swatting down leaks about the plan that conservative media outlets are painting as a green light for 5,000 additional migrants a day.
Texas Republican Sen, John Cornyn, who was an early advocate of linking money for Ukraine to changes to the Biden administration's policies, said people need time to see an official piece of legislation.
"People are talking about what they think is in it, and what they've heard is in it, what's not in it,' Cornyn told reporters. "I think the first thing we need to do is see where the conference is based on the text rather than just based on rumors and hearsay."
Tillis called Wednesday's meeting "a good discussion." But added, "I would ask those same members who are calling for time to read it, but not judge something they haven't read."
Others who came out against the bill already are already dismissing the proposals.
"I think this is a bad bill," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx., told reporters. "And the simplest reason is it doesn't solve the problem."
Cruz blamed Senate Democrats for crafting a bill that "allows Joe Biden to continue the open borders," despite the months of bipartisan negotiations that have taken place. President Biden endorsed the proposal and said last week if Congress passes it he would immediately shutdown the border.
Some optimisim remains
Murphy remained optimistic on Wednesday that the deal would survive and come to the floor for a vote, possibly as soon as this week.
He said a "sizable, important group of Republican senators" are making a good faith effort to get something done on the border, and suggested that others are making disingenuous arguments about needing to see the full text.
"This is not a detailed study of the issue. This is a question as to whether they are going to put Trump before solving the problem," Murphy said.
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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Will King Charles miss out on a meeting with President Biden so he can attend Royal Ascot?
The King awaits a reply to his invitation to President Biden last April for a state visit to London in 2024.
With time running out before November's presidential election, my source whispers it's hoped the visit could form part of Biden's trip to Europe in June to attend the G7 summit in Italy.
But there is a snag. The Palace wants the visit to take place pre-G7 and not afterwards. Why?
Because it clashes with Royal Ascot, where the King seems determined to match his late mother's high attendance record.
Don't tell Sleepy Joe!
King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend day one of Royal Ascot on June 20
President Biden could be visiting London for a state visit this year
Might Rishi Sunak's weekly 36-hour fast interest the King?
His Majesty rarely eats lunch, preferring a daily mini-fast lasting from after breakfast until his four o'clock boiled egg and soldiers.
And a source says that with Lent just a fortnight away, he will be preparing to be even more abstemious.
Apparently he forgoes the afternoon egg for 40 days, which is said to be a big test of his willpower.
Sunak fasts for 36 hours every week, consuming only water, tea or black coffee from 5pm on a Sunday to 5am on Tuesday
His Majesty rarely eats lunch, preferring a daily mini-fast lasting from after breakfast until his four o'clock boiled egg and soldiers
Has Lord Sugar's pal Claude Littner been given the elbow from The Apprentice?
A stalwart of the BBC show, which resumes tonight, Claude featured in only one episode last year due to illness.
Now, hale and hearty Claude tweets: 'Sadly I won't be back. It's not my call.'
Claude Littner (right), 74, previously appeared on the show with Baroness Karren Brady (left), Lord Sugar (centre)
Sienna Miller, 42, admits to brooding over the 14-year age gap between her and boyfriend Oli Green.
'I don't think you can legislate on matters of the heart. I certainly have never been able to,' she tells Vogue.
Shouldn't Sienna, pictured, invoke Joan Collins's mantra?
When Joan, 90, was asked about the 32-year gap between her and hubby Percy, 58, she replied: 'If he dies, he dies.'
Oli Green, 27, and Sienna Miller, 42, recently welcomed the birth of a baby girl together
Percy Gibson and Joan Collins attend the 2024 Netflix Primetime Emmys after party on January 15, 2024, in Los Angeles
Radio 3 Essential Classics presenter Georgia Mann had to wade barefoot from Eel Pie Island to her parked car after a Thames flash flood blocked the path.
Requests for a turntable spin of Handel's Water Music will be given short shrift.
Reflecting on the passage of time, Stephen Fry, 66, once described as an idiot's notion of a cleverclogs, announces: 'Personally, I'm not interested in longevity for myself... I'm not someone who wants to live longer than the rest of my friends.'
Has Fry mentioned this to husband Elliott Spencer – 30 years his junior?
Stephen Fry and Elliot Spencer at a Vanity Fair Oscar party in 2017
Priscilla director Sofia Coppola once showed her then boyfriend Quentin Tarantino a storybook picture from her 2006 movie Marie Antoinette, featuring doughnuts with a pink glaze.
Tarantino recalled how she liked 'the shade of pink and I want Marie Antoinette's sofa to have that quality'.
'And when I saw the film, sure enough, I wanted to eat the goddam furniture,' he said.
Director Quentin Tarantino poses with director Sofia Coppola in 2003
Biographer Roger Lewis has been dining out on his tale of Welsh actor Richard Burton's retort when a fan asked if he was Celtic – pronouncing it 'seltic'.
He replied: 'It's pronounced keltic, you sunt.'
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CHERRYVALE — Humboldt High’s wrestlers picked up a busload of Tri-Valley League hardware Tuesday.
The Cub grapplers claimed five individual Tri-Valley League championships.
Cole Mathes, the second-ranked 170-pound wrestler in the state in Class 3-2-1A, claimed his title by pinning Aydin Haworth of Bluestem twice.
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BBC Strictly Tess Daly's daughter is her double at glitzy BAFTA party with dad Vernon Kay
Vernon Kay and wife Tess Daly's 19-year-old daughter Phoebe has been stepping out on the red carpet lately.
WEMAs: Vernon Kay makes fake proposal to Tess Daly
Vernon Kay was every bit the proud father as he hit the 'grey carpet' with daughter Phoebe Kay, who is the spitting image of her mum Tess Daly. The father-daughter duo cut stylish figures at the swanky BAFTA bash.
The Vanity Fair EE Rising Star Party at Pavyllon London, Four Seasons Hotel Park Lane, was celebrating the only category at the BAFTA Film Awards voted for by the public.
Phoebe, 19, looked the part as she rubbed shoulders with the star-studded guests in a fitted, sparkly silver dress and matching heels. With her blonde shoulder-length hair and pink-toned makeup hues, she was every inch her Strictly host mother's mini-me.
Vernon, meanwhile, was all smiles as he posed alongside the teen for photographers in a sharp black tuxedo suit without the tie.
Last March, Phoebe also enjoyed a daddy-daughter evening out at the John Wick: Chapter 4 UK Gala Screening at Cineworld Leicester Square.
She looked stylish then in her black PVC trousers with strappy heels and a fitted sleeveless cream top.
Tess also recently shared rare pictures of her lookalike daughter in a birthday tribute on social media.
The 54-year-old took to Instagram to post snaps of her Phoebe on her 19th birthday in October.
The presenter shared a photo of the pair living it up at an outdoor event as they twin in matching black sunglasses and wave their arms in the air.
Vernon previously said he doesn't want his children to live off his and Tess's fame, insisting that they should pursue "their own careers".
He told MailOnline he's looking at drama schools for Phoebe whose passions are acting and business. He added: "Sometimes I think that the old silver spoon and life on a plate in front of them… I think that's quite contradictory to how you want them to be.
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"Tess and I grew up in hearty, wholesome Northern families and that's a huge trait that helped us in our personal development and I think that's really important."
"I don't disagree with anyone that does that by helping their kids, which is great, but I just think sometimes for us, personally, it's whatever they're into, they can go and discover themselves," he explained.
Vernon and Tess tied the knot in 2003 at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Bolton and also share daughter Amber, 14.
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Southern Gaza has seen the heaviest fighting over the past few weeks. But bombing has restarted in the north and the humanitarian situation has worsened there.
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Southern Gaza has seen the heaviest fighting over the past few weeks. But bombing has restarted in the north and the humanitarian situation has worsened there.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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Vivien’s Model Management is looking for a full-time Social Media Manager and Talent Agent to be located on-site in its Sydney office. This is your opportunity to join a long-established and esteemed national model agency responsible for managing and guiding the careers of Vivien’s model and influencer talent. In this role you will manage the day-to-day of Vivien’s social media channels. You will assess the talent of prospective influencers and models and manage the development of New Faces talent including organising test shoots, workshops and Open Days and you’ll develop a broad network of contacts and building strong relationships with clients, PRs and journalists within the fashion, beauty and lifestyle industry. The successful candidate should have significant talent management experience and a thorough grounding in the negotiation of influencer and/or model contract terms, rates and usage and you must have a strong understanding and interest across all social media platforms and an enthusiasm for managing a wide range of talent. If you think this might be the role for you, apply now!
Body Science Nutrition is shaping the future of sports nutrition. They are currently looking for a full time Content Creator to join their head office in the Gold Coast. In this role you will create, curate, and activate BSc’s events, athletes, opinion leaders, campaigns and product communications across owned and social media through compelling moving and still image content. You’ll sit in the marketing team and be responsible for maximising impact, engagement and relevance of BSc’s products and activities across their network of owned and social managed channels. You will work with the wider marketing team to come up with cutting edge innovative ideas, which go beyond standard social media executions, to solidify BSc as a market leader in the sports supplement space. You will be one of the key sources of creativity in the business, always coming up with new ideas and thinking outside of the box on how they engage their community through their social channels. You’ll be part of information sharing sessions – champion social media trends and insights in the business, always looking for opportunities to grow BSc’s brand across new and existing social platforms and communities. If you have 2-3 years creating end-to-end social-first short form video and photo content and have experience of working in social media and managing a network of channels this could be the next opportunity for you! Apply now!
Thinking Loud’s PR & Experiential work gives young Australians access to ground-breaking artists, culturally intelligent content and curated brand experiences. They are on the hunt for a full-time, Sydney based Account Manager who is responsible for providing elite project management for key PR projects along with leading their team of PR Account Coordinators to deliver outstanding results for their clients. Your key responsibilities will include: overseeing the requests of PR agency clients, covering independent artists, record label, events / entertainment and consumer brand accounts while working with cross-functional, in-house teams and contract staff to plan and implement innovative, creative PR campaigns in line with set KPIs. To nail this role you will have 3+ years PR, label or agency experience and proven experience managing client relationships and developing quality communication strategies. If this sounds like the gig for you, apply now!
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Salt shaker BCI Minerals chases final $315m in capital raising to complete Mardie project near Karratha
BCI Minerals will look to shore up $315 million in equity with the backing of its cornerstone investors to bankroll development of the Mardie salt project near Karratha.
The company emerged from a brief trading halt on Thursday morning to launch a $225m non-renounceable entitlement offer and $60m placement as it aims to lock in the final piece of the $1.3 billion it needs to complete Australia’s first salt project in more than 20 years.
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Fulton County Schools opened its first school-based health center at Banneker High in College Park on Wednesday, a facility that will provide an array of services, including for mental health.
The center will serve Banneker’s 1,600 students, their siblings and students from Banneker’s feeder schools. The facility will augment the school’s existing medical clinic and Student and Families Engagement (SAFE) center, which provides clothes, food and other support services.
“This (health center) ... is a game changer because it will complement those services,” said Lynne Meadows, director of health services for Fulton County Schools.
The facility sits in the school’s main hallway and was created in partnership with the Family Health Centers of Georgia Inc., which will provide funding for medical services.
Georgia is below recommended standards for the ratio of mental health providers to students on the K-12 and college level. Fulton, like many school systems, is spending more money for mental health and counseling services.
“Mental health has become ... very important since COVID,” said Fredericka Roper, the organization’s director of school-based health center programs. “We do offer ... behavioral health, whether it be on-site, whether it be through referral, or whether it be through telehealth.”
Roper said the center has partnered with ride-sharing company Uber to provide students rides to off-campus sites if they need additional mental health care services.
Students will also be able to get vaccines, physicals and other services. According to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asthma is one of the leading causes for absenteeism in schools. Meadows said it’s the top cause for kids missing school in Fulton County. She hopes the new facility will help change that.
“The good news is (kids with asthma) can have a medical home,” she said. “So (they can get) things like inhalers that parents might (not) know that they need or health care plans that parents might (not) know they need. They no longer have to wait for appointments.”
Banneker High Principal Vincent Golden said the school’s attendance rate is around 80%. He believes a lot of it is health-related. According to state data, 43.7% of the school’s students are from economically disadvantaged homes.
School-based health centers are usually located in disadvantaged communities or rural areas, where families may lack adequate access to care or transportation to travel to a physician’s office. Research shows they can help reduce health disparities that exist in low-income communities and improve school attendance. That’s a priority for Golden.
“The biggest impact that we believe this will have for our students is improving our attendance,” Golden told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We have a lot of students (who) because of the lack of pediatricians in this area and medical attention for them, they stay home.”
Officials cut the ribbon on the center Wednesday, but its first day of operation will be Monday.
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Black History Month 2024 begins tomorrow, Feb. 1, and the town of Oakville is both holding and endorsing dozens of events over the coming weeks to commemorate - including a kickoff event tomorrow night at the Oakville Centre.
Today, town council, with Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton, raised the #BlackHistoryMonth flag at Oakville Town Hall, which will remain flying for all of February this year.
The flag raising ceremony was attended by Mayor Rob Burton and most town councillors.
For 2024, this year’s theme is "Celebrating Culture and History." The theme is noted in tomorrow's program at the Oakville Centre, and with many of the events planned over the coming weeks.
"Join the Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton (CCAH) for the celebration launch of Black History Month at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, February 1 at 6 p.m.," says the program's official notes.
The Oakville Centre evening will include a keynote speech about Oakville’s Black history by Anthony Sherwood, and multiple performances from artists such as Juno award winner Jully Black and Whitney Houston tribute artist Geri Defoe.
The show will also feature youth performances by the Arthouse Children’s Choir, a "Girl Power’d dance performance" and a student poem. Music at the reception will be from the CCAH Steel Band.
Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased by visiting the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts website.
A full list of all Black History Month 2024 events run by the town can be read on their website here.
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A recent UW News article highlighted a rarely discussed topic: how residents are affected by pollution from e-commerce hubs.
University of Washington researchers sought to determine how e-commerce delivery affects Seattle-metro area pollution levels, and found that neighborhoods within 1.9 miles of an Amazon last-mile delivery station or sortation center are exposed to twice the amount of delivery van and truck traffic than neighborhoods farther away.
With the growth of e-commerce, it’s not surprising that pollution levels increased.
While pharmaceutical and medical device shipping account for only a small portion of all goods shipped globally—and the study was focused on Amazon, specifically—it’s a good reminder that locations where life science products ship to and from can impact local public and environmental health, particularly as home healthcare increases.
Lately, more focus is being placed on transportation emissions, even for patients. At Pharmapack Europe, Dr. JC Diehl, professor in design for inclusive sustainable healthcare at Delft University of Technology, discussed that patient transport to and from the hospital may ultimately account for more environmental impact than that of the operating theater/packaging for simpler procedures, noting that it may make sense for a patient to undergo cataract surgery in both eyes at once to halve the typical transportation footprint.
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Do Man City even need Erling Haaland?! Norwegian hitman returns from injury with Pep Guardiola's side cruising against BurnleyJames HunsleyGetty ImagesErling HaalandManchester CityManchester City vs BurnleyPremier LeagueErling Haaland made a welcome return from injury on Wednesday, with Pep Guardiola bringing him on during Manchester City's win over Burnley.Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowHaaland had been sidelined with injuryBrought on against BurnleyCity already cruising in PL clash
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Ikea doubles UK profits to £111m as cash-strapped shoppers snap up cheap furniture
Sales up: Ikea said profits soared to £111m over the 12 months to the end of August, from £49.6m the year before
Ikea more than doubled its profits in the UK last year as cash-strapped shoppers looked to buy cheap furniture.
The Swedish giant said profits soared to £111 m over the 12 months to the end of August, from £49.6million the year before.
Sales increased 12 per cent to £2.46billion, with its online orders picking up by 24 per cent.
Visits to its stores were up by 2.2 per cent and its UK boss said the company hoped to open new stores in Britain in the years ahead.
The business is gearing up to open a flagship store at the former Topshop site on London’s Oxford Street in the autumn.
Peter Jelkeby, the chief executive of Ikea UK and Ireland, said: ‘Despite a difficult economic climate, our focus remains on new locations, new store formats, and in new services.
‘Having overcome challenges posed by Brexit and Covid, we have since focused on creating a more efficient organisation and improving our profitability, which gives us the financial strength to continue investing for generations to come.’
It operates 22 stores in the UK.
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NHL players Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils and Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames have been charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged assault by several members of Canada's 2018 world junior team.
Attorneys representing Hart, McLeod, Foote and Dube said Tuesday that each player has been charged with sexual assault by police in London, Ontario. They denied any wrongdoing on behalf of their clients.
Hart's lawyers, Megan Savard and Riaz Sayani, said their client is facing one count of sexual assault, adding, "He is innocent and will provide a full response to this false accusation in the proper forum, a court of law."
Legal teams representing McLeod and Dube said the players would be pleading not guilty.
"(We) will vigorously defend the case," McLeod's attorneys, David Humphrey and Seth Weinstein, said in a statement. "We ask that the public respect Mr. McLeod's privacy, and his family's privacy. Because the matter is now before the court, we will not comment further at this time."
Dube's lawyers, Louis Strezos and Kayleigh Davidson, said their client "maintains his innocence (and) will defend the allegations in court."
Foote's lawyer, Julianna Greenspan, said her client was "innocent of the charge and will defend himself against this allegation to clear his name."
"What is most critical at this time is the presumption of innocence, and the right to a fair trial that everyone in Canada is entitled to," Greenspan said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press. "As the matter is before the court, I ask that Cal's and his family's privacy be respected."
A Devils spokesperson said the organization is aware of the reports and have been told to refer all inquiries to the league. A Flyers spokesman echoed a similar sentiment, saying the team "will respond appropriately to this very serious matter when the outcomes of the investigations are made public."
"We have now become aware of the charge of sexual assault that has been laid against Dillon Dube," the Flames said in a statement. "We take this matter very seriously. Because the matter is now pending legal proceedings, we will have no further comment at this time."
The NHL was not expected to address the situation Tuesday. Commissioner Gary Bettman is set to speak at the league's upcoming All-Star Weekend.
The latest developments in the case come two days after former NHL player Alex Formenton surrendered to police to face charges. Attorney Daniel Brown said Formenton is innocent "and asks that people not rush to judgment without hearing all of the evidence."
All five players have taken leave from their current clubs over the past 10 days. Their agents have not spoken publicly since.
London police have scheduled a news conference for Monday to address the situation. A spokesperson for police told the AP by email no updates on the investigation will be provided before the news conference.
Investigation followed a settlement in a lawsuit
London police launched their investigation in 2022 after it was disclosed that Hockey Canada had settled a lawsuit with a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by eight members of that gold medal-winning team after a Hockey Canada Foundation fundraising gala. London is approximately halfway between Toronto and Detroit.
According to court documents, the woman, then 20, alleged that a man, identified only as "John Doe #1," took her from a bar to a hotel room and invited seven other people into the room to perform undisclosed sexual acts, intimidating her and preventing her from leaving. The woman said in the lawsuit the men directed her to take a shower and asked her to say on video that she was sober.
The woman sought $3.55 million in damages and dropped the lawsuit after reaching a settlement with Hockey Canada.
The NHL has also been investigating
The NHL opened its own investigation in 2022 and has pledged to make those findings public. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly last week said the league would issue a statement if and when it is appropriate.
The Flyers said Hart requested and was granted a leave of absence for personal reasons. General manager Daniel Briere declined to provide details when asked follow-up questions related to the 25-year-old No. 1 goaltender's departure.
The Devils did not give a reason when announcing McLeod and Foote were granted indefinite leaves of absence. McLeod, who turns 26 on Saturday, is in the middle of his fourth full season with the team, while Foote — son of former NHL player Adam Foote — has spent much of this season in the American Hockey League and appeared in four games for New Jersey.
The Flames said Dube was on indefinite leave to tend to his mental health. As part of their statement Tuesday, they said they "had no knowledge of pending charges at the time Dillon's request for a leave of absence was granted."
The 25-year-old Dube has played for Calgary since 2018.
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ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper ranked two Texas Longhorns wide receivers among his Top 10 prior to this year’s Reese’s Senior Bowl—(No. 6) Xavier Worthy and (No. 7) Adonai Mitchell.
Coming soon: Sat down with @TheRyanWatts at the @ShrineBowl and asked him who was tougher to cover, Xavier Worthy or AD Mitchell? #HookEm pic.twitter.com/AzsrspNpbR
— Ishmael Johnson (@IshmaelRJohnson) January 31, 2024
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS
Austin American-Statesman: Texas football product Ryan Watts prepping for NFL Draft at Shrine Bowl
Austin American-Statesman: Texas loses a potential starter at first base as Luke Storm walks away
247Sports: 2024 NFL Draft: Texas trending toward setting a high bar for producing NFL talent under Steve Sarkisian
247Sports: Texas legacy Landon Rink shares first impressions of new DL coach Kenny Baker
Inside Texas: What goes into making a detailed scouting report?
Inside Texas: Texas is going for it in 2024, but it’ll have to contend with others doing the same
Inside Texas: Texas’ fifth- and sixth-year seniors provide great foundation, experience
ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION
Texas hosting C Ulrich Chomche on official visit
Texas Longhorns in the NFL: Ravens K Justin Tucker’s playoff run falls short of Super Bowl
RECRUITING ROUNDUP
247Sports: Texas commit Brandon Brown says UT hired a great DL coach
247Sports: Longhorns RB target Rickey Stewart backs off SMU commitment
247Sports: Shadow Creek four-star WR Jacorey Watson talks getting recruited by Texas and close friend Deuce Williams
Inside Texas: Texas Longhorns Recruiting Intel: Details on new UT targets in 2025
Inside Texas: Texas and Texas A&M continue to make a run at top-50 Oregon WR commit Adrian Wilson
Inside Texas: Potential class numbers highlight biggest needs for Texas in the 2025 cycle
Inside Texas: Under-rated Landon Rink discusses state of recruitment, meeting new Texas DT coach
Inside Texas: Five 2025 recruiting targets trending Texas early in the cycle
BIG 12 BREAKDOWN
247Sports: With No. 13 Baylor and No. 2 K-State up next, Texas coach Vic Schaefer says ‘the sharks are circling’
Frogs O’ War: 2023 TCU Football Position Review: Defensive Line
Frogs O’ War: Men’s Basketball: TCU takes down No. 15 Texas Tech
Wide Right & Natty Lite: Iowa State’s 2024 football schedule has been released
Bring On The Cats: Disaster: K-State falls 73-53 to Oklahoma
Rock Chalk Talk: Kansas mauls Oklahoma State
WHAT WE’RE READING
SB Nation: Joel Embiid paid the price for the NBA’s new MVP rules
SB Nation: Ben Johnson saved the Lions and made the right move by returning to Detroit
SB Nation: LeBron James has activated passive-aggressive mode
NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND
- Slow news day. So here’s this.
Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian and QB coach AJ Milwee visited @kjlacey7 at Saraland High this afternoon pic.twitter.com/o4SOdQ9mqw
— Gerry Hamilton (@GHamilton_On3) January 31, 2024
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MIAMI — A federal judge has dismissed the Walt Disney Company's lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney sued after DeSantis and state lawmakers removed its self-governing status in 2023.
Backed by Republican lawmakers, DeSantis dissolved a special district near Orlando that for more than fifty years had governed Walt Disney World. He acted after Disney's CEO opposed a law limiting how sex orientation and gender identity can be discussed in the schools. The Parental Rights in Education Act was labeled "Don't Say Gay" by opponents.
At DeSantis' request, Florida's GOP-controlled legislature created a new special district, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, controlled by the Republican Governor's appointees. Disney sued in federal court, saying DeSantis was retaliating against the company, punishing it for exercising its First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Disney also canceled plans for a $1 billion campus in Florida.
In a 17-page order, U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor dismissed the case, saying Disney lacks standing to sue the governor. The judge also said while Disney could sue the new DeSantis-appointed board, it hadn't shown evidence that actions by the new board had harmed the company. In addition, Winsor said the law prohibits plaintiffs from bringing a free speech challenge to constitutionally enacted laws.
A DeSantis spokesman hailed the decision saying, "the Corporate Kingdom is over. The days of Disney controlling its own government and being placed above the law are long gone. Disney is still just one of many corporations in the state and they do not have a right to their own special government."
Disney says it will "press forward with its case." In a statement after the ruling, a company spokesperson said, "If left unchallenged, this would set a dangerous precedent and give license to states to weaponize their official powers to punish the expression of political viewpoints they disagree with."
Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board are also embroiled in lawsuits in state court.
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A wedding date is officially in place for one “Dancing with the Stars” professional dancer. Koko Iwasaki got engaged to Kiki Nyemchek in November 2022. After a little more than a year of planning, the DWTS star has shared the date that is officially in place for her nuptials.
Here’s what you need to know:
Koko Iwasaki Will Marry Kiki Nyemcheck in July
On January 27, Iwasaki shared a teaser about her wedding date in an Instagram post. “6 months till,” the “Dancing with the Stars” pro wrote in the caption. The caption seemed to suggest the couple’s wedding date was exactly six months from the date of the post, and that is indeed the case.
The photos she included showed her posing with her fiance in what may have been an engagement shoot. She was in a white dress and Nyemchek was in a suit.
The engaged couple was photographed in a wooded outdoor area and Iwasaki’s geotag indicated they were in Los Angeles, California.
Several of Iwasaki’s “Dancing with the Stars” colleagues gushed over the post. Peta Murgatroyd wrote, “Yup yup” and added several heart-eye emoji. Other show pals like Jenna Johnson, Julianne Hough, and Lindsay Arnold commented with emoji signaling their love for the post.
The couple’s wedding webpage indicates they will get married in Pistol River, Oregon, on July 27. They appear to be planning a three-day event for those who attend.
One page on the website lists “Our People,” which would seem to be the couple’s wedding party. Fellow “Dancing with the Stars” dancers Val Chmerkovskiy, Maks Chmerkovskiy, and Murgatroyd are included on the page.
Fellow DWTS Pro Peta Murgatroyd Is a Bridesmaid
In an Instagram Story posted on January 30, Murgatroyd revealed she was off to spend the day with Iwasaki in Los Angeles doing wedding-related things. “She is going to be the chicest, most stunning bride ever,” Murgatroyd gushed.
“I’m so happy I’m in the wedding party, but I’ve missed a few things already… I’m just thrilled that this worked out today that I can finally be a part of some stuff,” Murgatroyd added.
Us Weekly noted that Iwasaki and Nyemchek first met while competing in “So You Think You Can Dance” in season 14, which took place during the summer of 2017. They went public with their romance in February 2018 and have been together ever since.
The pair toured with the Chmerkovskiy brothers and Murgatroyd in March 2018 on their “MVP: Confidential Tour.” In addition, Iwasaki and Nyemchek were in attendance at Val and Jenna Johnson’s April 2019 wedding.
In February 2023, Talent Recap shared that Iwasaki asked Murgatroyd to be one of her bridesmaids. Iwasaki brought her pal a box with candles, a handmade glass, and an invitation to be a bridesmaid.
“Don’t make me cry right now. Oh my god, you’re gonna make me cry! Oh my god, I love you so much,” Murgatroyd said in response to the gift and bridesmaid invitation.
Given Murgatroyd’s recent Instagram Story about joining her friend for wedding-related activities, it sounds as if the planning has kicked into high gear for Iwasaki ahead of her July 27 wedding with Nyemcheck.
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On today’s DolphinsTalk.com Podcast, Mike is joined by Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback and Miami Dolphins Legend Larry Csonka. They discuss how next week at Super Bowl 58, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Dolphin’s 1973 Super Bowl team and Larry being the SB MVP in that game, he will deliver the Lombardi Trophy to the stage during the post-game festivities on the field. Larry tells us his memories of the 1973 season, being named Super Bowl MVP, as well as his thoughts on the current modern-day Miami Dolphins product and what he thinks Miami needs to do to get back to the Super Bowl. All this and more is on this episode of the DolphinsTalk.com Podcast.
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- Six dead octopi wash up on the beach in a week
- Texas Parks and Wildlife does not know why
- Padre Island residents are posting their reactions on social media
Six dead octopi have been spotted washed up on the beaches of Padre Island over the past week.
Douglas Harms has been living on Padre Island for about six years now. He's never seen anything like what he saw last week on the beach.
"So my friend Sonya and I were driving down the beach and and we saw this weird white thing and it turned out to be an octopus and I was just amazed. I’ve never seen that before here," Harms said.
Harms shared a photo of the octopus he saw in the North Padre Islanders Facebook group. This led to a chain reaction of comments and pictures.
Two other Padre Island residents named Kellie Garza and Tess Clark saw multiple octopi washed up last week. They commented on Doug's post about how shocked they were to see these on Padre Island.
"I’ve been here for a while. And I’ve lived in Corpus my whole life and I’ve never seen that before," Harms said.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Fish Kills and Spills Team does not know why the octopi are washing up from the Gulf now. Alex Nunez, Fish Kills and Spills expert said that there has not been enough octopi washed up on shore for them to detect any kind of pattern.
One potential theory about why they are washing up is related to the recent Arctic blast and cold water temperatures in the Gulf.
“I thought maybe because of the cold front. That might of had something to do with it," Harms said.
Most of the comments on Harms Facebook post of the octopus were shocked and surprised reactions.
“I didn’t know what I was looking at at first because I was so amazed," Harms said.
The experts advise not to touch an octopus if you see one washed up on the beach. Even if they are dead, they can still spray ink and release a foul odor.
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| 2024-01-31T23:24:47Z
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Some of Love Is Blind's most-memorable stars have mocked their own reality show as part of a new campaign for Jimmy John's.
The popular Netflix series, which tests participants ability to fall in love without ever seeing their fiancés, thrust contestants into the limelight as it followed the ups and downs of their romances.
And now cast members Izzy Zapata, Bartise Bowden, Natalie Lee, Zanab Jaffrey and Micah Lussier have popped up once again in a light-hearted ad for the restaurant chain in a skit titled Before First Bite: Red Velvet Edition.
The men in the sketch comedically compete to woo the ladies against Jimmy John's cookie Red, described as being 'back in the game,' and brownie Velvet, that is 'ready to satisfy.'
Some of Love Is Blind's most-memorable stars have mocked their own reality show as part of a new campaign for Jimmy John's
The clip began by assigning the participants with unusual slogans that were fitting for the occasion - Natalie as a 'sweet tooth sweetheart' and Izzy as 'eager to indulge'
Zanab, who was described as 'knowing her worth,' gushed over Jimmy John's cookie Red which was described as being 'back in the game'
The clip began by assigning the participants with unusual slogans that were fitting for the occasion - Bartise as the 'hungry heartthrob,' Micah as 'looking for a snack,' Natalie as a 'sweet tooth sweetheart,' Izzy as 'eager to indulge' and Zanab as 'knowing her worth.'
The men in the group then attempted to win over their potential matches in a series of dates with a mix of flattery and boasts.
But it is Red and Velvet that seemed to have come out on top as Zanab gushed: 'Red is hot and sweet.'
Natalie added: 'I think Izzy would be devastated if he knew that I was secretly craving Velvet.
'Velvet, I'm gonna be honest, you just smell so damn good.'
Bartise and Izzy continued seemingly unaware that they are coming up short when compared to Red and Velvet - but would soon find out.
Zanab said: 'I think Izzy is sweet but I think Red is going to taste better. I really don't like hearing that Micah and Red are hitting it off. I don't like sharing.'
Micah too added: 'Red is such a great listener. I feel like I can just talk for hours and they just listen and don't say anything.'
The men in the group then attempted to win over their potential matches in a series of dates with a mix of flattery and boasts - but it is Red and Velvet that seem to have wooed the ladies best
The ad then cut to a familiar scene to regular viewers as the contestants divulged their thoughts on potential partners - much to the distress of other participants
The ad then cut to a familiar scene to regular viewers as the contestants divulged their thoughts on potential partners - much to the distress of other participants.
Micah declared she thought she was 'falling for' Red which sent both Zanab and Natalie into a spin in their faux confessionals.
'One day you're dating Bartise, another day you're dating Red,' Zanab declared.
Natalie then added: 'I think Micah is playing both sides. Girl, I hope you know what you're doing.'
In the aftermath, Micah told Bartise that she is ending their budding relationship before the gym goer attempts to confront Red.
But Micah is already expressing her feelings, telling Red from behind the screen: 'Red, I've got to be honest, I don't just want you today, I want you every day.
'F*ck it, I'm going to do it. Red, will you marry me?'
The clip then cuts to Micah and Red standing at the altar - and despite protests by Bartise, Micah concluded: 'Red is a cookie, but you know what, it's my cookie.'
The clip then cuts to Micah and Red standing at the altar - and despite protests by Bartise, Micah concluded: 'Red is a cookie, but you know what, it's my cookie'
During Zanab's confessional from the wedding venue, she nearly broke down and confessed: 'I can't watch someone eat that cookie. I'm sorry I can't,' before storming off camera.
The video concluded with the brand's slogan: 'Sink your teeth into something sweet.'
Jimmy John's uploaded the clip to Instagram alongside a caption that read: 'Can connections be formed before you've ever had a taste? Absolutely.'
And fans of both Love Is Blind and Jimmy John's joined forces in the comments to express how much they enjoyed the sketch.
One person wrote: 'I didn't know I could love Jimmy John's more than I already did.'
Another person added: 'Omg Jimmy John's, this is amazing!'
'Who needs Kickin' Ranch when you have Red Velvet?! I'm here for this drama,' a third person wrote.
And fans of both Love Is Blind and Jimmy John's joined forces in the comments to express how much they enjoyed the sketch
One person complimented the brand: 'Excellent marketing!'
A fifth person commented: 'Haha this was clever and very entertaining!'
Another person wrote: 'The DRAMA... I'm here for it.'
'This was one of the greatest things I've ever watched, and I think the closure we were all waiting for. Amazing,' one commenter added.
Another commenter added: 'Lmao ya'll so extra.'
'I'm mad this was better than the actual show,' one person commented.
Other followers enjoyed Red Velvet's cameo the most as one person wrote: 'Not the little top hat on that cookie?!'
Another person added: 'THE TOP HAT ON THE COOKIE omg.'
A third person wrote: 'Velvet seems so cool and mysterious.'
One commenter comedically wrote: 'Tbh, I would have picked the red velvet too.'
Jimmy John's Red Velvet Cookie is 410 calories and its Red Velvet Brownie is 310 calories.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13025117/love-blind-stars-campaign-jimmy-johns.html
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Pennsylvania High School Football: Top Fullbacks in 2026
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Send an urgent message to Canadian legislators urging them to stop expanding assisted suicide
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) –– Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) says Canadians need “compassionate care, not killing,” urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government to permanently scrap, not just delay, its planned expansion of euthanasia to those suffering solely from mental illness.
“Thank God this radical expansion of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s MAiD-service euthanasia program has once again been put on hold,” said CLC National President Jeff Gunnarson told LifeSiteNews, reacting to Monday’s news that the planned expansion of Canada’s “Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)” euthanasia program was again being delayed.
“Canadians suffering from mental illness need compassionate care, not killing,” Gunnarson added.
Gunnarson also noted that despite the reprieve, Canada needs to “urgently” put another bill forward like Conservative MP Ed Fast’s defeated bill C-314 “that excludes all mental disorders from eligibility for a lethal injection.”
“Such a bill will ensure that we as a country continue to prioritize suicide prevention over suicide provision in our nation’s mental health strategy,” said Gunnarson.
Canada’s MAiD laws were set to expand on March 17, 2024, because of the 2021 passage of Bill C-7, which also allowed the chronically ill – not just the terminally ill – to qualify for so-called doctor-assisted death.
However, on Monday, the federal government’s Health Minister Mark Holland announced that the expansion of euthanasia for those suffering solely from mental illness will be delayed. This delay came after much pushback from citizens and medical professionals, mental health groups, as well as from pro-life groups and provincial governments.
The delay also comes after a joint parliamentary committee report recommended that the expansion of MAiD be postponed.
Holland said that Canada agreed with the committee’s report but did not specify a timeline as to how long the delay would be. As it stands now, there is a March 17, 2024, deadline set which must see legislation introduced to officially pause the planned MAiD expansion.
Many provincial governments have blasted the planned expansion of MAiD, with some saying it is not needed and others saying their healthcare systems are not ready to implement the new rules.
Yesterday, health ministers from most Canadian provinces and territories sent a joint letter to Holland and Justice Minister Arif Viran urging the Trudeau federal government to put an indefinite delay on the expansion of MAiD. It is not yet clear how Holland and Viran will respond to the letter.
The current delay is the second time the expansion has been put on hold.
Originally set to go into effect in March 2023, pressure from the same groups led the Liberals under Trudeau to delay until 2024 via Bill C-39.
The original delay in expanding MAiD until 2024 also came after numerous public scandals, including the surfacing of reports that Canadian veterans were being offered the fatal procedure by workers at Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC).
CLC urges Canada’s Conservative Party to bring forth a bill to protect the mentally ill from MAiD
The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) under its leader Pierre Poilievre has opposed the expansion of MAiD, but recent attempts by it to stop the expansion of the grim procedure entirely have failed.
In comments sent to LifeSiteNews, CLC’s director of political operations Jack Fonseca said the CPC needs to again re-introduce a bill to protect the mentally ill from “Trudeau’s MAiD regime.”
“We call on the Conservative Party of Canada to re-introduce a mental health protection act that will forever stop the legalization of euthanasia for those who are depressed and mentally ill,” said Fonseca.
“And we call upon Mr. Pierre Poilievre to ensure that if elected, a Conservative government will reverse Trudeau’s euthanasia regime completely.”
Fonseca added that Trudeau’s MAiD “regime” has been a “complete disaster for our country and must be abolished.”
Last year, MPs in the House of Commons voted down a private members’ bill introduced by CPC MP Ed Fast that would have repealed the expansion of euthanasia laws to those suffering from mental illness.
When it comes to MAiD, more Canadians are dying from the so-called procedure every year.
The number of Canadians killed by lethal injection since 2016 now stands at over 44,958, and many fear that because the official statistics are manipulated, that number may be even higher.
Indeed, a recent Statistics Canada update admitted to excluding euthanasia from deaths totals despite it being the sixth highest cause of mortality in the nation.
Send an urgent message to Canadian legislators urging them to stop expanding assisted suicide
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EUREKA — Humboldt High’s boys ended one of the longest stretches of road games in recent memory in grand fashion Tuesday.
The Cubs were virtually impenetrable on defense, shutting down host Eureka from the start in a 56-22 romp.
With the win, Humboldt (12-2) gets to return home Friday to host Caney Valley, the Cubs’ first games at the Humboldt Community Fieldhouse since Dec. 15, which covers an eight- game stretch.
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https://www.iolaregister.com/sports/defense-propels-humboldt-boys-to-win
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ITV Dancing On Ice star addresses claims she's joining Coronation Street in 'dream' role
Dancing On Ice star Amber Davies has spoken out about reports she will be joining the cast of Coronation Street "as a lead character".
Dancing On Ice star Amber Davies has spoken out about reports ITV bosses have signed her up to play a "lead character" on Coronation Street. Reports claimed on Wednesday that the Love Island 2017 winner had auditioned for the soap last year but didn't land the role, but that bosses had now created a new character just for her and that she would be joining the cast in the summer.
A source told MailOnline: "This is like a dream come true for her. Amber can't believe it, she is so excited."
However, the 27-year-old has now taken to Instagram to quash the rumours, telling her 1.3 million followers that they are "absolutely false".
She wrote on her Story: "Not family members messaging me asking am I going into Corrie. I have NO IDEA where this has come from but it’s absolutely false!
“After Dancing On Ice I will be back on tour with my wonderful Pretty Woman family.”
After winning Love Island with her ex-boyfriend Kem Cetinay, Amber embarked on a professional acting career.
She has appeared in a number of stage productions including 9 to 5: The Musical alongside Louise Redknapp, Bring It On, Back to the Future and most recently Pretty Woman playing Vivian - famously portrayed by Julia Roberts in the 1990 movie.
Amber has been wowing audiences of Dancing On Ice since the 2024 series kicked off earlier this month.
Last weekend, she topped the leaderboard with her professional partner Simon Proulx-Sénécal.
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As the show goes into its fourth week, the remaining contestants are: BBC Radio presenter Adele Roberts, Brookside actress Claire Sweeney, Eddie the Eagle, Olympian Greg Rutherford, comedian Lou Sanders, Made In Chelsea's Miles Nazaire, EastEnders' Ricky Norwood, Emmerdale's Roxy Shahidi and Coronation Street's Ryan Thomas.
Boxer Ricky Hatton and S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt were the first two contestants to be voted out of the ice skating competition.
At the time of writing, Ryan Thomas is the favourite to win with odds of 11/4. According to Gambling.com, he is followed by Eddie, Adele and Miles.
Dancing On Ice continues at 6.20pm on Sunday.
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US man 'decapitated father, showed head on YouTube'
A Pennsylvania man will be held without bail after being charged with killing his father and showing his decapitated head in a YouTube video.
Justin Mohn of Middletown Township was charged on Wednesday with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and possession of an instrument of crime in a Bucks County court, where a judge ordered to the 32-year-old to remain in custody, the district attorney's office said in a statement.
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https://thewest.com.au/news/crime/us-man-decapitated-father-showed-head-on-youtube-c-13427072
| 2024-01-31T23:24:51Z
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Even when compared with other CEOs, who routinely get paid roughly 200 times more than their typical employees, Elon Musk’s pay package was eye-opening.
A judge in Delaware on Tuesday struck down the package that Tesla established for Musk in 2018, ruling that the process was "flawed" and the price "unfair." Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick called the package "the largest potential compensation opportunity ever observed in public markets by multiple orders of magnitude."
So, if Musk isn’t worth the maximum $55.8 billion value of the package, how much is he worth? It’s a thorny question without an easy answer in the notoriously complex world of executive compensation.
McCormick's ruling bumped Musk out of the top spot on the Forbes list of wealthiest people. The magazine on Wednesday lopped $25 billion off his net worth, reducing it to $185.3 billion, putting him behind fashion and cosmetics magnate Bernard Arnault and family.
Critics have argued for years that CEO pay packages are exorbitant. The median compensation for a CEO of an S&P 500 company was valued at $14.8 million, according to the latest AP CEO pay survey for 2022 conducted with the executive compensation research firm Equilar. It would take the typical worker at one of those companies more than 185 years to earn what their chief executive reaped in just 12 months.
In 2018, Tesla estimated the value of Musk's compensation package at $2.28 billion, topping the previous highest package of $1.39 billion given to Blackstone's Steven Schwarzman 10 years earlier, according to Equilar. The value of Musk's package has grown as Tesla's stock price increased. By comparison, in 2022 the median worker at Tesla made $34,084.
Under Musk's pay plan, he received a chunk of stock options each time Tesla's market value rose by $50 billion. Ultimately, he would have the chance to buy nearly 304 million shares for $23.34 each. Tesla has met each of the performance hurdles since the package was awarded. Its stock is trading at roughly $191 compared with $21 at the start of 2018.
The judge determined that Tesla’s board lacked independence from Musk. His lawyers said the package needed to be rich to give Musk an incentive not to leave — a line of reasoning the judge shot down.
“Swept up by the rhetoric of ‘all upside,’ or perhaps starry eyed by Musk’s superstar appeal, the board never asked the $55.8 billion question: ‘Was the plan even necessary for Tesla to retain Musk and achieve its goals?’” McCormick wrote.
Musk's fans would argue that he shouldn't be paid like other CEOs because he isn't like other CEOs. He and Tesla are practically inseparable, so keeping him as CEO is key to the company's growth. He built the company from an idea to the most valuable automaker in the world, last year selling more electric vehicles than any other company. His star power gets free publicity, so the company spends little on advertising. And he has forced the rest of the auto industry to accelerate plans for electric vehicles to counter Tesla's phenomenal growth.
To figure out how much to pay their CEO, corporate boards often start by looking at how much their rivals are paying theirs: They need to pay enough to attract and keep the talent.
General Motors, for example, considers executive salaries at 3M, Boeing, Ford, IBM and other huge companies, and uses complex formulas to determine CEO compensation. For GM CEO Mary Barra, part of that depends on how GM’s stock return compares to its peers and how much progress the company makes on electric vehicles.
In 2022, Barra earned total compensation that GM valued at $29 million. That included $2.1 million in salary. Ford CEO Jim Farley's compensation was valued at $22 million that year.
Even though Tesla makes automobiles, investors often lump its stock in with Big Tech stocks. They’re the companies disrupting industries and people’s ways of life.
Plus, Musk is closely identified with Tesla the way Meta Platforms’ Mark Zuckerberg or Apple’s Tim Cook are with their companies. Pay packages at Big Tech companies are among the largest in the U.S.
Cook’s compensation was valued at $63.2 million for 2023, mainly due to stock awards valued at nearly $47 million. A year earlier, he earned total compensation valued at roughly $99 million.
In the nuanced world of executive compensation, these numbers don’t indicate how much a CEO actually takes home, they’re just an estimate of the compensation package's value. The final value may exceed or fall far below those figures because it is tied to stock.
Corporate law experts say any new compensation package for Musk will likely be challenged in court unless Tesla's board either resigns en masse or follows a meticulous process to protect shareholders by passing a substantially smaller package.
“This is just a mess for them,” said Charles Elson, a retired corporate law professor and founder of the corporate governance center at the University of Delaware. “They kowtowed to this apparent superstar with poor results.”
Elson, who has followed the court for more than three decades, said this is the first time he can remember a judge invalidating an executive compensation plan at a public company.
Lawyers for Musk and the directors had countered that the plan was fairly negotiated by a compensation committee whose members were independent, and that it was blessed by a shareholder vote.
Shareholders who approved Musk’s deal, Elson said, were unaware that Musk essentially was negotiating with himself. “If the shareholders were aware of that, they may well have not approved it.”
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https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/a-court-rejected-elon-musks-558b-pay-package-what-is-he-worth-to-tesla/PJ3PXGCWIFF2BJSPYGEDS6PIBY/
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From the occupied West Bank, an emergency hotline assists rescue efforts in Gaza By Aya Batrawy Published January 31, 2024 at 5:39 PM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:17 NPR visits an emergency hotline center in the West Bank assisting first responders in the Gaza Strip. Copyright 2024 NPR
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The packaging and med device communities are, of course, well-versed in the need for patient-centered design in boosting adherence. Nonadherence to drug treatment is estimated to be responsible for 125,000 deaths annually in the U.S. alone.
But with multi-faceted challenges, one-size-fits-all answers are hard to come by. Even among patient populations for a given therapy, there are differences in user abilities and it’s difficult to standardize a package or device for best use across all patients. At Pharmapack Europe, panelists were asked what challenges they still see in their respective areas.
Personalized dosing: Aline Noizet, founder of Digital Health Connector, noted that standardized dosing reduces efficacy. She explained of data from a recent Closed Loop Medicine presentation that many women are over-dosed, while patients over 80 kg are often underdosed. In tests, personalizing dosage for individuals showed efficacy in 80% of the cases. “So it shows that there's really an issue here with having the right dose for the right person,” she said. Obviously, packaging plays a key role in unit dosing and while variable dosing options exist, some convenient solutions come pre-dosed.
A second, related problem that still needs to be addressed is inclusion in clinical trials. “We know that most of the drugs that exist today have been developed for white males. A consequence is that those drugs, those treatments are not so efficient for women, or for people of color, or different ethnicities,” she added.
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Sustainability: Sustainability is something that touches most people’s hearts in our industry, said Oliver Haferbeck, head of innovation and advanced technologies at Gerresheimer. “If we don't find solutions concerning the environment, and being environmentally friendly, we're going to run into huge problems,” he noted. “You can take a look at this from every single perspective, whether it's in the healthcare industry, whether it's in mobility, tourism—you can take a look at every single sector. If we don't find sustainable solutions, we're going to be out of business. It just won’t work.”
This can lead to competing priorities, highlighted Tom Oakley, VP of design and development at Springboard, who said, “We often get asked, ‘Why don't you just make things easier for the patient? Why don't you just go ahead and make things much simpler?’”
When designing and developing devices and packaging, there are other considerations that often go into conflict with simplicity for the user. “Sustainability is an extremely important subject. Let's take the example of a device that you want to make reusable for sustainability reasons. If you make it reusable, you typically involve extra user steps with loading a drug or removing a needle or some form of cleaning, etc. Those steps all make things harder for the user,” Oakley said.
Anti-tampering and cost: Next, Oakley discussed anti-counterfeiting. In the effort to make it difficult to switch or tamper with drugs inside of packaging, the packaging typically requires some level of robustness, which may make it harder for the user to open. “Another one would be cost. People are somewhat resistant, particularly payers, to increases in cost if that's what's needed for extra patient-centricity,” he said.
James Fries, CEO at Rx-360 said that counterfeiting and safety are top of mind for him, but that there’s a cyclical nature to topics like these in the industry. “Some days the flavor of the day is counterfeiting and some days it's not. When it's not, that's when our guard is let down and those are the type of problems that when we address them retrospectively, we're already behind,” he explained.
He encouraged attendees to consider early in the design process that there are bad actors out there attempting to infiltrate while life science companies look to improve patients’ lives. “Sometimes patients aren't always aware of that. I think it's incumbent upon us, as industry professionals, to hold up that end of the [safety] bargain,” said Fries.
Data: On the topic of connected devices, Eric Chanie, director, core team leader, connected pens at Merck, discussed some benefits of the data collected, not only for adherence to a given schedule but even for guidance. By recording the orientation of the pen or the length of the injection, a provider can coach the patient on whether they need to adjust the injection angle or wait another few seconds before removing the device.
But the user-friendliness of the data should not be overlooked. He said it’s important to consider how you present data to the physician and caregiver: “We have to give them an additional layer of simplifying the information, and providing them only what’s relevant for that particular patient. That is probably the next challenge and quite a complex one.” He also explained that while connected devices offer benefits, sustainability should be considered. How are the materials—electronic or not—recovered, reused, or recycled?
Developing a best-fit design is not impossible. But it’s important to acknowledge these challenges and balance needs when developing effective packaging and devices for the user.
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You know you’ve made it when they put your name on a cereal box.
“Golden Bachelor” Gerry Turner showed off cereal boxes with his name and the name of his new wife Theresa Nist. Turner made the post on his Instagram page on January 30.
Turner revealed that Cheerios cereal sent him the boxes.
Turner and Nist married on January 4 on live television. Since then, they have frequently posted about their post-nuptial activities on their Instagram pages.
Here’s what you need to know:
The Cereal Boxes Were for ‘Honey Nut Cheerios’
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Turner shared a photo showing him holding the two cereal boxes.
“Just when I thought it was another dreary rainy day these arrived. Way cool. Thanks General Mills and thanks @cheerios,” he wrote on his Instagram page.
Comment writers offered positive thoughts in response to Turner’s Instagram post. “You met my grandma in Aldi today! She said you were a sweetheart!” wrote one.
“They should have sent you the heart shaped Cheerios!! 😍” another comment writer noted. “So cute! Should come with a golden rose inside the box. 😉” wrote another. Another comment writer wrote, “I hope you guys get a spin off show I want to see how your life is going. I miss you guys. I miss watching you guys.💞💍💕”
Another comment writer noted that Honey Nut Cheerios are kind of golden in color “That is sooooo cute!!! Love it” another wrote.
A Former ‘Golden Bachelor’ Contestant Liked the Cereal Boxes
April Kirkwood, a former “Golden Bachelor” contestant wrote on Turner’s comment thread, “Adorable!❤️❤️❤️❤️”
Since the “golden wedding,” Turner and Nist have taken turns posting romantic photos on Instagram.
Turner revealed that he drove to New Jersey with his dog to spend time with Nist. They then posted a plethora of photos showing them out and about, including at an Italian restaurant and eating at an old-fashioned diner in what was an obvious play on their famous first-date diner experience on “The Golden Bachelor.” Turner also posted photos showing he was spending time with Nist’s grandson.
Nist posted a photo showing herself with Turner’s dog and a photo of Turner walking his dog on the beach. Although the couple initially said they were considering moving to Charleston, South Carolina, at this time, Turner seems to be going back and forth between his home in Indiana and Nist’s home in New Jersey. He then revealed he had returned to Indiana, posting a photo in that state with his dad, Everett.
Meanwhile, Nist revealed on Instagram that the couple was enjoying planning their Italian honeymoon, which she said is now scheduled for May. Along with a picture of the Italian coast, she sketched out a basic itinerary for the couple’s honeymoon, which ABC announced it was gifting them. The itinerary includes Tuscany, Rome, and the Amalfi Coast. Nist also posted an Instagram photo showing her going clothing shopping with Turner.
“Having so much fun planning and dreaming about our honeymoon in May to Italy…flying into Rome, spending a few days in Tuscany and then heading down to Sorrento and the Amalfi coast. I’ve been to Italy twice, once when I was 18, and again to visit my daughter when she studied abroad there. I can’t wait to experience it with Gerry!” she wrote with the honeymoon post.
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A look from Maui six months after devastating wildfires By Debbie Elliott Published January 31, 2024 at 5:39 PM EST Facebook Flipboard LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:06 As we approach the six-month anniversary of the Maui fires, we look at the biggest issues that people on the island are still facing. Copyright 2024 NPR
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Investors pull £8bn out of woke ESG funds amid greenwashing backlash
Global investors pulled £8billion from woke ESG funds last year amid a backlash over greenwashing and the ‘vague’ promises they offer.
Figures from industry group Calastone show the three-year boom in the funds focused on environmental, social and governance issues was now over.
From 2020 to 2022, £40billion was ploughed into ESG in what proved to be a boon for active fund managers, Calastone said.
That was ‘astonishingly’ six times the investment committed to funds that did not have specific ESG commitments.
But last year billions were pulled out by investors, including £2.9billion in Europe where the reversal was seen first – and £940million in the UK. It has now spread, Calastone said.
U-turn: Blackrock boss Larry Fink was once at the forefront of the ESG movement but said last year that he had stopped using the term
The rise reflected demand to invest ethically by backing companies that cut carbon emissions or tackle discrimination in the workplace.
Typically, ESG investors might be expected to shun major oil firms or arms manufacturers.
But it has fallen victim to political divisions, particularly in the US. And the trend has also been subject to claims of ‘greenwashing’ – the idea that some firms flaunt environmental credentials, exaggerating their effect.
Larry Fink, boss of asset management giant Blackrock, was once at the forefront of the movement but said last year that he had stopped using the term. Calastone said the change last year had been ‘startling’.
The report added: ‘The great ESG backlash reflects accusations of greenwashing and an increasing concern that ESG is simply too vague to meet investor concerns.’
For example, a car maker that has improved governance standards might qualify to be part of an ESG fund even though a typical investor might not expect it to do so.
‘Whether it’s because people don’t really believe companies are walking the ESG walk, or are losing faith in the fund management industry’s ability to effectively differentiate between companies that meet the highest standards and those that do not, there has been a clear break in the trend,’ Calastone said.
‘2023 is the first year since at least 2019 that non-ESG equity funds have attracted more capital than ESG.’
Overall, investors pulled £5.6billion from equity funds last year and were ‘especially negative’ from May onwards, Calastone said.
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Boeing released its 2023 earnings Wednesday, but the company's CEO spent most of a call with investors talking about safety and quality.
Boeing is facing big questions about quality control after a door plug panel blew off one of its 737 Max 9 jets in midair earlier this month.
"We are not issuing financial outlook for 2024 today. Now is not the time for that," chief executive Dave Calhoun said during an earnings call.
Instead, Calhoun focused much of the call seeking to reassure analysts — and the flying public — that the plane maker is taking the incident seriously.
"We will simply focus on every next airplane, and ensuring we meet all the standards that we have, all the standards that our regulator has and that our customers demand," he said.
Calhoun did not offer any information about the cause of the incident on January 5th, which is still under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. No one was seriously injured, but the incident touched off another crisis for Boeing. The troubled plane maker was still working to rebuild public trust after 346 people died in two 737 Max 8 jets that crashed in 2018 and 2019.
Boeing said Wednesday it lost $30 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. That's a better performance than the final quarter of 2022, when the company lost more than $600 million. Overall, Boeing lost $2.2 billion last year — its best result in 5 years.
But any improvement in the company's financials has been overshadowed by the latest safety incident.
The Federal Aviation Administration is allowing Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to fly again after an inspection and maintenance. Calhoun said airlines have now returned 129 Max 9 planes to service, out of a total of 171 that were grounded by the FAA.
Earlier this week, Boeing formally withdrew its request for an exemption from federal safety rules in order to speed up certification of its new Boeing Max 7 jet to start flying. The company had been hoping to begin delivering those smaller planes to airlines this year, despite a design flaw with the Max's engine de-icing system that could be potentially catastrophic.
Boeing wanted to use the same workaround that's already in use on its Max 8 and Max 9 jets. Now the company says it will focus on a permanent engineering fix instead.
Calhoun told analysts on Wednesday that process is expected to take about nine months, likely pushing certification of the Max 7 back into 2025.
The FAA has also taken the unusual step of ordering production caps at Boeing's factories. Calhoun said the company will continue producing 737s at the rate of 38 per month until the FAA agrees to lift that limit. And Calhoun told analysts that slowing down production at the behest of regulators would help the company fix problems in its factory and supply chain.
"I'm sort of glad they called out a pause. That's an excuse to take our time, and do it right," Calhoun said. "This is what we do, and how we get better."
But some longtime observers are skeptical that Boeing management is ready to confront the true scale of the problem.
"I'm sure they're hoping for a quick fix," said Peter Lemme, a former Boeing engineer who's now an aviation consultant. "But this is like a cancer in the system. And how far has it infiltrated, and what are you gonna do to eradicate it? I think it's going to take years for Boeing to really get back to where they should be on quality and manufacturing."
The NTSB is expected to release preliminary findings from its investigations of the Alaska Airlines incident in the coming days.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — Back in December, the Nueces County Hospital District and CHRISTUS Spohn reached a 6-year agreement to keep their Emergency Medicine Residency Program after months of discussion and community input.
Although Spohn agreed to the 6-year deal, doctors and residents said the deal doesn’t address long-term concerns. They said it hasn’t given doctors and residents the comfort they need to recruit the past two years. That’s why Nueces County Judge Connie Scott’s committee is working on a longer-term solution.
KRIS 6 spoke with Nueces County Commissioners John Marez and Brent Chesney, both of whom are on Scott’s committee. They said the ideal solution is for Spohn to commit for at least 10 years.
The committee has met twice since the December decision to keep the program, whereas they are giving Spohn two years to commit long-term.
“Those first two years — if an agreement is not complete, then any resident that comes into our community may not be guaranteed to finish their residency here,” Nueces County Commissioner Precinct 3 John Marez said.
Commissioner Precinct 4 Brent Chesney said Spohn representatives have not attended any of the committee meetings.
President and Chief Executive Officer of CHRISTUS Health Ernie Sadau said in a letter, “In my tenure as CEO at CHRISTUS Health, we often make difficult decisions in many of our ministries, but we always do so with the kind of thoughtful discernment needed to allow us to continue to provide needed community healthcare services for at least the next 100 years. We appreciate the dialogue about this program that we have had over the last three months, internally and publicly. Now, it is time for our team to prioritize access care for the millions of lives we touch, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable in the Coastal Bend Community.”
This week, the committee discussed long-term solutions that do not include Spohn.
“We got a long-term contract with the Hospital District with Spohn, so there’s no reason we couldn’t mirror that long-term contract with Spohn. We’re tied with Spohn til 2036, so why we couldn’t do something of that nature? I don’t know why,” Chesney said.
They also established a small group to meet with other hospital systems that may be interested in taking on a similar program.
“We do want to ensure that if we don’t get Spohn’s agreement or they indicate that they are not going to go beyond that shorter term, that we agreed to then find another long-term agreement with another system,” Marez said.
But regardless of which hospital the program resides in, well-qualified indigent care will stay the same.
“There’s always pushback on something. I’ve gotten zero negative responses on keeping this program. This community overwhelmingly wants this program to stay and if it's with Spohn, great. And if it's not, that’s fine too. Wherever they are as long as they’re in this community, we’re going to be in great shape,” Chesney said.
The committee said they are aiming for a permanent solution within the next two years. They will continue meeting as well as talking with other hospital systems.
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Aussie drivers wowed by 'genius' new car park feature in Tasmania - but many have slammed the controversial change
- Some Australian shopping centres have double lined parking bays
- READ MORE: Entitled Aussies install 'No Parking' signs on their driveways
Australians have been wowed by a 'genius' car park feature that has abated the fears of frustrated drivers all around the country.
Glebe Hill shopping centre in Tasmania has implemented special parking spots with double lines - and they allow a car door to be fully open without hitting the adjacent vehicle.
Shane, an excited shopper, shared images of the inventive parking bays: 'All car parks should adopt this method for line markings. It uses double lines approximately 600m (two feet) apart.'
'It gives you a level of confidence when parking here that it is fairly unlikely that you will get a ding in your door whilst shopping.
'I realise that it doesn't absolutely guarantee that damage won't occur but it is most likely 95 per cent effective.'
Australians have been wowed by a 'genius' car park feature
The shopper claimed that he noticed 'parking fails' have plummeted since introducing the new feature, and the double lines encourage more accurate parking.
Drivers are able to relax with the knowledge that their car will be safe from accidental dents.
'Supermarket car parks are renowned for a high degree of car damage but not so here,' Shane said.
Standards Australia dictates that the national dimension requirements for parking spaces are 2.4m by 5.4m.
However, the spots are often too tight for those with larger vehicles and family cars - and many have hence praised the double lines.
A shopping centre in Tasmania implemented special parking spots with double lines
'Absolutely elite parking experience here there's no denying it,' one said.
'It's a well laid out car park and definitely wasn't designed by an accountant,' another joked.
'Makes it easier putting kids in the car too!' a mum wrote.
But not everyone was impressed with the feature, and many shunned it for making it 'even harder' to park.
'There are thousands of people who can't park in a 2.5m wide space, what chance do they have fitting in a 2m space?' one asked.
'Coles Kensington, in Bundaberg, has the lines done like this. Still doesn't help people who don't know how to park,' another shared.
'There is parking at Merrifield shopping centre in Victoria, but there's always some idiot that parks over the next car park line, taking up two spaces,' a third revealed.
Drivers are able to relax with the knowledge that their car will be safe from accidental dents
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Man City confirm big-money Laura Blindkilde Brown signing from Aston Villa as they look to keep chase with Emma Hayes' Chelsea in WSL title raceJames HunsleyManchester CityManchester City WomenLaura BlindkildeWomen's footballWSLManchester City have completed the signing of Laura Blindkilde Brown from Aston Villa, with the midfielder penning a three-and-a-half year deal.Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowCity confirm Blindkilde Brown signingMidfielder pens three-and-a-half year dealCity also complete Pritchard and O'Hanlon deals
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A storybook ending turned into heartbreak Tuesday.
Iola High’s Mustangs capped a ferocious comeback, erasing a 16-point deficit to Santa Fe Trail, with senior Mac Leonard delivering three free throws to knot the score at 61-61 with 7 seconds left on the clock.
But a lot can happen in 7 seconds.
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EastEnders' Jacqueline Jossa shows off her incredible weight loss in tight top and jeans
EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa has shown off the impressive results of her fitness and diet regime.
Jacqueline Jossa dances in bikini
Jacquline Jossa showed off the results of her dramatic weight loss as she posed in a tight top and jeans for a mirror selfie. The EastEnders star took to Instagram and shared snaps of her trim-down figure.
Her new look has been the result of exercising and a healthy diet as she modelled her new collection with InTheStyle.
Jacqueline, who has previously admitted that she has struggled with her weight ever since bingeing during lockdown, left fans impressed with the snaps.
One of her 3.6 million followers raved: "Wow you've lost loads of weight well done xx." Another told the mum-of-two: "You look amazing. Well done!"
While another fan asked: "How did you lose your weight? You looked great before but can tell you've lost a bit and would love some advice from one busy mom to another."
The star, 31, has been hitting the gym steadily over the past year. Last October, she posed in a matching blue gym wear set during a workout, writing: "Gym on holiday. Don't even know who I am at this point."
Jacqueline, who has been juggling her new fitness routine with being a mum to Ella, eight, and Mia, four, with husband Dan Osborne, previously said she wouldn't be sharing the exact details of her health and fitness journey because she wanted to get things just right.
"I need to know what I'm doing is correct and right for me before I share it with you guys, because I don't want to be messing with your lives."
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However, during lockdown Jacqueline revealed she had started a new diet plan and turned her garage into a home gym to maximise her weight loss from her stint in I'm A Celeb jungle.
She's also previously revealed she does 30-minute intervals on the treadmill, uses arm weights and does various core exercises.
Jacqueline has just returned to the BBC soap in an explosive storyline after a five-year absence.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico.
Court documents filed Wednesday show Baldwin entered the plea in state district court in Santa Fe, waiving an arraignment Thursday that was scheduled to take place remotely by video conference.
Baldwin, the lead actor and a co-producer on the Western movie “Rust,” was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal outside Santa Fe in October 2021 when the gun went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza.
Baldwin says that he pulled back the hammer, but not the trigger, and the gun fired.
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It is a wonderful problem to have for Matt Painter and the Purdue Boilermakers. Having so much quality, experience, and depth that you are forced to bring three starters off the bench in Mason Gillis, Ethan Morton, and Caleb Furst. Nowhere else in the B1G, and possibly the entire country, does a coach have the plethora of top level talent that Painter has at his disposal. Think about this for just a moment: there are three players coming off the bench who have started games for a #1 ranked team with Furst having started 33 total games in his career, Morton has started 29 games, and Mason Gillis who has started 63 total games in his Purdue career.
Gillis came to Purdue as a lightly recruited forward more known for his baseball accomplishments than his basketball ones, thanks in large part to a knee injury that sapped his entire senior season and his freshman year at Purdue. During that time, Gillis forged himself into a player that would serve the Boilermaker offense best as a catch and shoot power forward. With that development and his work over the last four years, Gillis has never shot below 35% from behind the arc in his four seasons. In fact, he is shooting his best this season at 51.9% going 28-54 on the season.
The issue for Gillis is the development in the off season of Trey Kaufman-Renn who was said to have made a big jump in his overall game. TKR has clearly made a jump on both sides of the floor and definitely plays in the shadow of Zach Edey as a low post scoring threat. There is clearly a benefit to having TKR in the game alongside Zach as he can be another low post threat to score and that does prevent some double teams. The issue is there just just not a lot of room to operate as Zach isn’t a credible threat to score from the high post and TKR hasn’t shown that ability on a consistent basis.
Matt Painter isn't a coach to make changes for the sake of making changes and I’m sure he sees the 19-2 record and figures that changes aren’t necessary until the losses become a problem. To be fair, he is doing a good job of finding the matchups that best suit TKR and Gillis to help leverage Purdue’s advantages as much as possible. It is reflected in his distribution of minutes for the entire season with Gillis getting 19.1 minutes per game and TKR getting 16.9. The thing is that if you look at the previous 5 games, roughly a quarter of the season, Gillis’ numbers are staggeringly better than TKR’s when you place him with the other four starters (Edey, Smith, Loyer, Jones).
How drastic could those previous games be though given Gillis is getting more minutes per game than TKR already and Purdue has won all five of those games? Well, when asked to run a comparison of the two players through the previous five games with the other starters, Cobra Stats had to go back and check because he felt that his formula and numbers were incorrect. Here are those numbers:
As you can see, the analytics paint a very clear picture of how good Mason has been playing versus the struggles that TKR has been having. Again, this comes when just paired with the other four starters that Purdue has had the entire season so far (outside of Edey missing a game). With Mason, that lineup holds an offensive rating of 115.87 while holding a defensive rating of 79.31. With TKR, that lineup holds an offensive rating of 105.26 and a defensive rating of 110.53. So what does that mean?
Offensively, that lineup has been 10.5 points better from an offensive efficiency standpoint and an astounding 31.2 point differential from a defensive efficiency standpoint with Mason instead of TKR. It also means, Gillis has a net rating of 36.56 while TKR is -5.26. The analytics tell us that Gillis is simply playing better alongside the four other starters than TKR and that typically would mean he should be getting the lion’s share of the minutes. Now, he is already getting 3 more minutes per game and the value that Trey does bring is apparent. So what needs to happen?
Well, from years past it seems that Coach Painter will not do much of anything as long as he feels the outcome of the game is in control. Remember, this was a coach that took Carsen Edwards out of the starting lineup as a true freshman because he had a tendency to shoot Purdue out of games early on. Purdue hasn’t really struggled early in games but has seemed to struggle to start second halves and closing out some games of late. I think many fans would realize there are benefits to not messing with something that is working.
What do you do when the eye test is telling you the same things that the analytics are telling you? In that case, in my opinion, it needs to be rewarded with more playing time for Gillis. Get him into the starting lineup to grab 4 to 5 more minutes per game. This is a tough decision because it likely doesn’t mean a simple limitation of minutes for TKR. In fact, TKR’s minutes shouldn’t dip at all as he should serve as the primary backup for both the power forward and center position where the three can carousel the rotation by simply adding TKR and sliding him to either the forward or center position depending on who stays in the game.
It is a tough decision to make and one that I don’t think many coaches around college basketball envy Matt Painter having to make. It’s one thing to have a deep team, which comes with a set of challenges that can be difficult to control, but when that deep team has nine or ten viable starters as a major conference team, those issues tend to get amplified. It’s a problem that Matt Painter would probably prefer to have versus some earlier versions of his Boilermakers but it is a problem nonetheless.
Making a change, especially late in the season, is never easy. When the team is 19-2 and ranked 2nd in the country, a change can seem like something silly to think about. The issue is when the analytics tell the story as strongly as this one does, it may be time to look at a small shift that can push Purdue into the second half of the season and into March and hopefully into April.
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A look from Maui six months after devastating wildfires By Debbie Elliott Published January 31, 2024 at 5:39 PM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:06 As we approach the six-month anniversary of the Maui fires, we look at the biggest issues that people on the island are still facing. Copyright 2024 NPR
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Donations poured in Wednesday to replace a destroyed statue of Jackie Robinson on what would have been the 105th birthday of the first player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier.
The total raised just through one online fundraiser surpassed $140,000, which is far in excess of the estimated $75,000 value of the bronze statue that was cut from its base last week at a park in Wichita, Kansas. Police are searching for those responsible.
Only the statue's feet were left at McAdams Park, where about 600 children play in a youth baseball league called League 42, which is named after Robinson' s uniform number with the Brooklyn Dodgers, with whom he broke the major leagues' color barrier in 1947.
Fire crews found burned remnants of the statue Tuesday while responding to a trash can fire at another park about 7 miles away. A truck believed to be used in the theft previously was found abandoned, and police said the theft was captured on surveillance video.
Bob Lutz, executive director of the Little League nonprofit that commissioned the sculpture, said the money raised also could enhance some of its programming and facilities. In April, the group opened the Leslie Rudd Learning Center, which includes an indoor baseball facility and a learning lab.
"We're not just baseball," Lutz said. "We have after-school education, enrichment and tutoring."
One of the largest donations is a $10,000 pledge from an anonymous former Major League Baseball player who won a World Series. Wichita police Chief Joe Sullivan, who announced the donation over the weekend, has urged anyone involved in the theft to surrender and vowed that arrests were imminent.
"The community, along with the business community and the nation as a whole, have demonstrated an incredible outpouring of support," Sullivan said in a statement Wednesday. "This effort highlights the kindness of the people and their determination to rebuild what was taken away from our community."
Lutz, whose friend, the artist John Parsons, made the statue before his death, said the mold is still viable and anticipated that a replacement can be erected within a matter of months.
"We value what it represents," Lutz said. "It's important that our 600 kids understand what it represents. And, we make every effort to educate our kids about the role that Jackie Robinson played in life and civil rights, his life beyond sports. He's the absolute best role model you could imagine."
League 42 drew attention to Robinson's birthday Wednesday in a Facebook post, noting that "his legacy will hold up forever" and asking for donations.
Robinson played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, paving the way for generations of Black American ballplayers. He's considered not only a sports legend but also a civil rights icon. Robinson died in 1972.
Lutz said that the league appeals to "all kids, but especially to kids of color" and that the connection to Robinson resonated.
"We can't imagine, being named League 42 without a Jackie Robinson statue in our park," he said. "It was a no-brainer when we went about trying to name our league. And the name League 42 came up. It was like lightning and struck. We knew we had our name."
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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