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A judge dismissed a federal lawsuit filed by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday.
The lawsuit filed against DeSantis alleged that, “he retaliated against the company for publicly criticizing a controversial parental rights education law,” according to CNBC.
The reported lawsuit was brought forward in April after DeSantis signed a bill that gave him jurisdiction over a “47-square-mile district that contains Walt Disney World Resort.”
The ruling has been reported as a win for DeSantis and his appointed board that oversees Disney’s Florida property in an, “escalating legal battle with the entertainment giant.”
U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor, a Trump appointee, said that the Disney corporation didn’t have standing on a claim that DeSantis violated their First Amendment rights as the board members were appointed under a constitutional statute.
Disney’s claims further “failed on the merits,” Winsor said, against members of the board that supervise the Disney property in Florida.
Forbes reported that, “free-speech challenges can’t be brought ‘by claiming that the lawmakers who passed it acted with a constitutionally impermissible purpose,’” the judge stated.
A DeSantis spokesman said in response to the judge’s ruling, “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.”
A Disney spokesperson told CNN in a statement that, “this is an important case with serious implications for the rule of law, and it will not end here.”
NPR reported that Disney’s statement in response to the judge’s ruling detailed that the company plans to “press forward with its case,” and further elaborated, “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.”
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Jetstar has boosted capacity on its transtasman network by introducing new neo aircraft for flights from Auckland to Brisbane.
The new Airbus A321neo LRs, which began running between Auckland and Brisbane today, have 46 more seats than the existing A320 aircraft.
This will increase the route capacity by 80,000 seats this year; something the airline needed due to the increased demand, said Jetstar’s head of New Zealand, Shelley Musk.
“The added capacity follows strong demand for flights between Auckland and Brisbane, with our schedule set to increase from one return service per day to up to eleven return services per week from April.”
Musk said the neo aircraft would provide, not just extra seats but “low-fare seats”.
Compared to the previous A320s, the new aircraft is also more fuel efficient, using 20 per cent less fuel, which reduces emissions. An additional fuel tank also increases the possible flight distance by about 6482km.
Jetstar operates a daily return service between Auckland and Brisbane but will increase capacity to up to 11 return services per week from April in response to “strong demand” from travellers.
This will put Jetstar on par with Air New Zealand in terms of frequency. Currently, Air New Zealand operates “more than 10 flights per week from Auckland to Brisbane” on an A321neo, according to the airline’s website.
Read More: Is the ‘golden era’ of cheap flights returning this year?
However, when it comes to price, it appears Jetstar has the edge. Currently, Jetstar is advertising flights from Auckland to Brisbane from as low as $182 one way.
As of reporting, prices online appear to fluctuate between $190 and $335 but are almost always the cheapest offering, only beaten occasionally by China Airlines.
The airline claims it will add 150,000 seats to its transtasman network this year, and expects it to not just meet pre-pandemic operations but exceed it by almost 40 per cent.
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Laws on abortion are out of step with public opinion. One Republican legislator in Tennessee is working to establish exceptions to his state's strict abortion laws, but he faces a tough battle.
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Laws on abortion are out of step with public opinion. One Republican legislator in Tennessee is working to establish exceptions to his state's strict abortion laws, but he faces a tough battle.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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A look from Maui six months after devastating wildfires By Debbie Elliott Published January 31, 2024 at 3:39 PM MST 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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Aaron Ekblad: From the 2014 NHL Draft to Florida Panthers Lifer
When Aaron Ekblad showed up for the 2014 NHL Draft in Philadelphia, he had a good idea he would be the first overall pick. He was unsure whether it would be the Florida Panthers who selected him.
In the days leading up to the draft, general manager Dale Tallon made it known he would consider trading the top pick “for the right price.’’
After all, Tallon and the Panthers had already taken Jonathan Huberdeau third overall in 2011 and Sasha Barkov second in 2013.
When the Panthers ran out the clock, it was apparent no deal was in place even though Philadelphia, Toronto, and Vancouver had made substantial offers.
Tallon strode to the podium at Wells Fargo Center, made his introductory comments, and announced the Panthers were “proud to select from the Ontario Hockey League” before pausing for effect.
The cameras panned to Ekblad.
“It was breathtaking,’’ Ekblad said, “to say the least.’’
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Home RSS Board hears handicapped parking request, opens bids for street materials Board hears handicapped parking request, opens bids for street materials January 31, 2024 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Thank you for reading! Help support local journalism: SUBSCRIBE HERE for award-winning local news and unlimited digital access. For a low monthly rate, or try one day for 99¢. Subscribers, please LOGIN to continue. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR News Police Notebook: 01-31-2024 RSS Bomb threat closes Bluffton streets, building RSS Singing Knights
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Touchstone Climate Transition ETF (OTCMKTS:HEAT – Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $23.23 and traded as high as $24.27. Touchstone Climate Transition ETF shares last traded at $24.27, with a volume of 7 shares.
Touchstone Climate Transition ETF Stock Performance
The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $24.26 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $23.21.
Institutional Trading of Touchstone Climate Transition ETF
An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Touchstone Climate Transition ETF stock. Citadel Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Touchstone Climate Transition ETF (OTCMKTS:HEAT – Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 30,518 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $817,000. Citadel Advisors LLC owned 0.35% of Touchstone Climate Transition ETF at the end of the most recent quarter.
Touchstone Climate Transition ETF Company Profile
SmartHeat Inc does not have significant operations. It intends to seek potential assets, property, or businesses to acquire, in a business combination, by reorganization, merger, or acquisition. Previously, it was engaged in the manufacture and sale of heat pumps for commercial and residential applications.
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Podcaster Bobbi Althoff Clears the Air on Any Beef With Drake
Bobbi Althoff has cleared the air about her rumored beef with Drake in a new interview.
Podcaster Bobbi Althoff Clears the Air on Any Beef With Drake
On Wednesday (Jan. 31), Bobbi Althoff sat down for an interview with Keke Palmer on her Baby, This Is Keke Palmer podcast. When asked about issues with Drake, Althoff said she wasn't sure why Drizzy unfollowed her on social media shortly after posting their interview together on Althoff's The Really Good Podcast last July.
"I guess we'll never know," Althoff said in the video below. The podcaster then said that she spoke to Drizzy "maybe a month ago."
"He's a very nice person and he's definitely, clearly, changed the trajectory...changed my whole career," Althoff said. "It was either him or Funny Marco, but both of them definitely changed my whole entire life, so it's crazy."
She continued, "Because of who Drake is, like I remember him in his Degrassi days. You know that interviewing him is going to change your career. It was something I knew would happen. Then sitting on the interview for a while was like the craziest thing. Like I have this interview I am going to post and I'm like, Oh my god, just any day now I'm gonna post this interview and it's gonna like change my life, and it did."
Althoff then said she wasn't sure why Drake ultimately removed her interview, which happened back in July of 2023.
Read More: Drake Calls Out Young Thug Judge Over Leaked Jail Phone Call
Drake and Bobbi Althoff Rumors Persist After Interview Gets Taken Down
The update comes after rumors were flying last year as to why Bobbi and Drizzy ultimately unfollowed each other on social media. At one point, Althoff was forced to deny speculation that she had hooked up with Drake and divorced her husband.
"My girlfriend says you hooked up with Drake and got divorced. I am saying that is not true," Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy asked in a message. Althoff replied: “I am not commenting publicly but off the record, you’re right that is not true.”
Drake has never publicly commented on the speculation.
Read More: Yasiin Bey Wants to Talk With Drake, Says No Slander Was Intended
Watch Bobbi Althoff clear the air about her beef with Drake below.
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Head to Tsim Sha Tsui to find Aga Restaurant and Bar, a laidback industrial style resto-bar. Aside from their spacious indoor dining area, Aga also has an outdoor terrace that allows customers to enjoy al fresco dining, drinks, and shisha. Signature dishes here include salt and peppered poplar mushrooms, garlic bread sticks, pistachio-crusted lamb rack, and strawberry croffles topped with strawberry and cream cheese sauce. Don’t forget to pair your meal with Aga’s creative beverages like honey latte topped with honeycomb, espresso smoothie, as well as osmanthus-oolong tea infused with pineapple and topped with a salted cheese cap.
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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 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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Drugmaker Biogen is pulling the plug on its controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm, following disappointing sales. It had been expected to be a blockbuster product.
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Drugmaker Biogen is pulling the plug on its controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm, following disappointing sales. It had been expected to be a blockbuster product.
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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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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.startribune.com/a-court-rejected-elon-musks-558b-pay-package-what-is-he-worth-to-tesla/600340059/
| 2024-01-31T23:36:38Z
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Lagos Begins Removal of Illegal Buildings, Extensions in Two Weeks
In two weeks time, the Lagos State Government will commence the removal of illegal building attachments and conversion across the state.
According to a statement issued, this was disclosed by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide in Alausa on Wednesday.
The statement said the commissioner frowned at the unwholesome practice of illegally converting residential to commercial premises and unduly erecting attachments to buildings, saying that it was high time for sanity and orderliness to reign across the state.
He maintained that the State would not tolerate the spate of lawlessness witnessed in commercial centres such as Lagos Island, Ikeja, and Iyana-Ipaja, where shops are illegally extended with sheds and steel external stairways in a bid to attract customers.
He gave two weeks ultimatum for owners of illegal extensions to remove them, failing which the State Government would commence statewide demolition of such structures, precisely on 15th February, starting from Lagos Island.
In the same vein, the Commissioner asked those who erected structures within the Right of Way of powerlines, canals, and pipelines to prepare for a massive enforcement by the ministry in two weeks’ time.
He stressed that the government would stop at nothing to ensure a livable and sustainable built environment.
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https://concise.ng/lagos-begins-removal-of-illegal-buildings-extensions-in-two-weeks/
| 2024-01-31T23:36:38Z
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Liverpool's win v. Chelsea was 'men against boys'
January 31, 2024 05:24 PM
Paul Burmeister, Tim Howard, and Robbie Mustoe react to Liverpool's dominant 4-1 victory over Chelsea and praise Conor Bradley for his man of the match performance for the Reds.
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https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/soccer/premier-league/extended-hls-man-city-v-burnley-matchweek-22
| 2024-01-31T23:36:40Z
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Margot Robbie responded to widespread disappointment from fans that Greta Gerwig did not receive an Oscar nomination for best director.
“Obviously I think Greta should be nominated as a director because what she did is a once-in-a-career, once-in-a-lifetime thing, what she pulled off, it really is,” Robbie said of Gerwig during a panel at a special SAG screening on Tuesday night, reports Deadline.
“But it’s been an incredible year for all the films,” she added
Though Robbie and Gerwig were both omitted from their respective categories, Robbie touched on the ways “Barbie” has triumphed — including its eight Oscar nominations. She noted that she is “beyond ecstatic that we’ve got eight Academy Award nominations, it’s so wild.”
“We set out to do something that would shift culture, affect culture, just make some sort of impact,” Robbie said. “And it’s already done that, and some, way more than we ever dreamed it would. And that is truly the biggest reward that could come out of all of this.”
Robbie, who has starred in dozens of movies, claimed being a part of “Barbie” “feels different” than other projects she has worked on. “I’ve never been a part of something like this,” she said. “And I can’t think of a time when a movie’s had this effect on culture. And it’s amazing to be in the eye of the storm.”
“People’s reactions to the movie have been the biggest reward of this entire experience, whether it’s having a moment like that, or whether it’s listening in the bathrooms, or whether it’s seeing what people are writing online, or even just seeing how much pink I can see in this room right now.”
Ryan Gosling ‘disappointed’ by Gerwig’s Oscar snub
For his role as Ken in “Barbie,” Ryan Gosling received a nomination for best supporting actor. He expressed gratitude for his nomination while claiming to be “disappointed” Gerwig and Robbie did not receive nominations in their respective categories.
“I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films. And I never thought l’d being saying this, but I’m also incredibly honored and proud that it’s for portraying a plastic doll named Ken,” Gosling wrote in a statement shared by CNN.
“But there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film,” he continues.
“No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius. To say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement.”
What Oscar nominations did ‘Barbie’ receive?
“Barbie” received nominations for: best picture, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, adapted screenplay, original song (x2), costume design and production design.
Below are the Oscar categories “Barbie” received nominations in and the movie’s competitors:
Best picture
- “American Fiction.”
- “Anatomy of a Fall.”
- “Barbie.”
- “The Holdovers.”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
- “Maestro.”
- “Oppenheimer.”
- “Past Lives.”
- “Poor Things.”
- “The Zone of Interest.”
Best supporting actor
- Sterling K. Brown, “American Fiction.”
- Robert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
- Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer.”
- Ryan Gosling, “Barbie.”
- Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things.”
Best supporting actress
- Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer.”
- Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple.”
- America Ferrera, “Barbie.”
- Jodie Foster, “Nyad.”
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers.”
Adapted screenplay
- “American Fiction.”
- “Barbie.”
- “Oppenheimer.”
- “Poor Things.”
- “The Zone of Interest.”
Original song
- “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony.”
- “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie.”
- “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie.”
- “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot.”
- “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Costume design
- “Barbie.”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
- “Napoleon.”
- “Oppenheimer.”
- “Poor Things.”
Production design
- “Barbie.”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
- “Napoleon.”
- “Oppenheimer.”
- “Poor Things.”
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https://www.deseret.com/2024/1/31/24057454/margot-robbie-responds-barbie-oscar
| 2024-01-31T23:36:41Z
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Nicola Sturgeon broke down in tears as she finally admitted to deleting her pandemic-era WhatsApp messages.
In a bruising day of evidence, the former first minister told the Covid Inquiry she had started destroying her WhatsApp messages, despite promising Scots they would all be handed over.
Sturgeon said she “didn’t retain” any of the messages before she was directly challenged on whether she had actively deleted them, being forced to admit she had done so.
She repeatedly broke down during questioning from Jamie Dawson KC, counsel to the inquiry, and has been accused of “crocodile tears” by bereaved families.
In the first of several occasions when she became emotional, she admitted a “large part of her” wished she had not been in power when the pandemic struck.
The revelations came as the former first minister defended her stance on independence, insisting her “burning desire” for Scotland to break free of Westminster played no role in her decision-making regarding lockdowns.
Sturgeon also admitted she wished she had locked the country down sooner.
Here are the key moments from her evidence to the Covid Inquiry.
Emotional Sturgeon wipes away tears
Sturgeon became emotional as she admitted a “large part of her” wished she had not been in power when the pandemic hit.
Her voice broke and she appeared to wipe away tears as she said it was for others to judge how well she had performed.
“I was the first minister when the pandemic struck,” she said. “There’s a large part of me that wishes that I hadn’t been. But I was.
“And I wanted to be the best first minister I could be during that period. It’s for others to judge the extent to which I succeeded.”
Sturgeon appeared on the brink of breaking down shortly after being asked about Boris Johnson.
She acknowledged she did not think he was the right person to be prime minister during the crisis, but denied this meant she believed she was “precisely the right first minister for the job”, given her experience.
Previous hearings have shown she privately referred to Johnson as a “f***ing clown”.
She also appeared upset as she denied looking to use the pandemic for political gain.
“My memories of the early part of 2020, in terms of how I was feeling and thinking and the emotions that I was experiencing, was first fear at what might be about to unfold and confront the country,
“At times, and I think, you know, you’ve seen snippets perhaps, you know, the sort of human side of being a leader... Perhaps more than anything, I felt an overwhelming responsibility to do the best I could.
“So the idea that in those horrendous days, weeks, I was thinking of a political opportunity, I find - well, it just wasn’t true”.
Wiped WhatsApp messages admitted
Nicola Sturgeon eventually admitted to deleting all her WhatsApp messages from the pandemic and apologised if the public felt misled by her public pledge to hand over all her messages to the inquiry.
After months of obfuscation, the former first minister told the UK inquiry that she “didn’t retain” any of the messages but was then challenged directly on whether she had actively deleted them. “Yes”, she eventually told Dawson.
Sturgeon conceded she had already started destroying them when she made an unequivocal pledge to make them available to the UK and Scottish public inquiries during a televised press conference in August 2021.
In a tense exchange, she insisted that what she meant to promise on TV was that the substance of anything relevant in her messages would be transferred to the Scottish government’s official record.
She apologised if this was not “clear” when she made the pledge and insisted she had not seen a legal notice handed to the Scottish government in August 2021, which warned against the destruction of material relevant to the inquiry.
While Sturgeon attempted to downplay her use of WhatsApp, the inquiry heard she used the informal messaging site to contact figures including Humza Yousaf, chief of staff Liz Lloyd, John Swinney, the then-deputy first minister, and Jeane Freeman, the former health secretary.
In addition, he said she had contacted Mark Drakeford, the Welsh first minister, and Michelle O’Neill, the then-deputy first minister of Northern Ireland. Sturgeon accepted she had done so, but insisted “those messages would have been extremely limited”.
However, despite her claims decisions were not made on WhatsApp, messages were shown of Sturgeon engaging in detailed discussions with Lloyd about restrictions for the hospitality industry.
Writing on October 27, 2020, Sturgeon complained that she was having a “crisis of confidence” and had not slept. After eventually deciding that she should “probably” stick with a 6pm closing time, she said: “It’s all so random.”
The inquiry was previously shown an exchange from August 2020 between Ken Thomson, a senior civil servant who was then manager of the Covid directorate, and other senior colleagues.
Thomson told the others: “Just to remind you (seriously), this is discoverable under FOI. Know where the ‘clear chat’ button is …” He later added: “Plausible deniability is my middle name. Now clear it again!”
He also said “this information you requested is not held centrally”, a stock phrase the Scottish government uses when refusing FOI requests.
Sturgeon said she interpreted the exchange as “light-hearted”, noting it did not appear to make any decisions on the Covid response.
Asked whether Thomson’s remark about information not being held centrally was “an excuse officials trotted out in response to FOI requests”, she agreed that was “an interpretation that can be out on it”.
She added: “All the public servants are people of the utmost integrity, and at this point and throughout the pandemic, they were public servants working in a dedicated fashion … above and beyond the call of duty.”
‘Burning desire’ for independence
Sturgeon admitted that she had a “burning desire” for Scotland to become an independent nation.
While she repeatedly insisted that it had played no role in her decision-making, she was confronted with evidence that called this into question.
Among the most damning exchanges was an email sent from her deputy John Swinney’s office discussing travel corridors in July of 2020.
The message raised serious concerns that should Spain not be added to an exemptions list, it could scupper an independent Scotland’s application to join the EU.
Sturgeon insisted that regardless of what the minute says, her government did not begin campaigning for independence at that stage.
She said she had learned “for a fact” that she had been able to separate her constitutional views from Covid decision-making.
“I don’t think in my entire life have I ever thought less about politics generally and independence in particular than I did during those early stages of the pandemic,” she said.
“People will judge for better or worse the decisions my government took. None of those decisions were influenced in any way by political considerations or trying to gain an advantage for the cause of independence.”
Sturgeon’s lockdown regret
Not locking down up to two weeks earlier was one of Sturgeon’s main regrets, she told the inquiry.
While the former first minister repeatedly said she made general mistakes, not locking down sooner was one of the few specific examples she gave of an action she regretted.
She said: “Of the many regrets I have, probably chief of those is that we didn’t lock down a week, two weeks earlier than we did.”
The Scottish government became aware Covid-19 was something to “be very worried about” in late January 2020, the inquiry heard, with the cabinet discussing the virus for the first time on February 4 that year.
Sturgeon also told the inquiry it was “not unreasonable” to keep information about an early outbreak at a Nike conference in Edinburgh from the public, on the advice of Catherine Calderwood, the then-chief medical officer, although she later said she would have “gone the other way”.
It is often claimed that Spain could block Scotland’s accession to the EU because of a fear that doing so would provide a boost to its own separatist movements.
The email read: “It won’t matter how much ministers might justify it on health grounds, the Spanish government would conclude it is entirely political; they won’t forget; there is a real possibility they will never approve EU membership for an independent Scotland as a result.”
However, Sturgeon denied that a possible route to EU membership for an independent Scotland had any bearing on her thinking. She argued that if this had been the case, Spain would never have been added to the list in the first place.
She was also interrogated about a cabinet paper from June 2020 which showed SNP ministers agreed to consider “restarting work on independence and a referendum”, with the case updated with the “experience of the coronavirus crisis”.
She denied the suggestion from Dawson that the Scottish government was “asleep at the wheel”, after evidence showed Covid was listed under the “any other business” section in a cabinet meeting as late as February 2020.
Defending Kate Forbes with attack on Yousaf
Sturgeon explained a cabinet row with Humza Yousaf, who would succeed her as first minister, by claiming she was standing up for his rival Kate Forbes.
Yousaf provoked anger from Sturgeon at a cabinet meeting in December 2021 when he said he had found £100 million from his health budget which could help pay to compensate businesses for additional restrictions.
Yousaf described taking “a hell of a bullet” at the meeting, while Jason Leitch, the national clinical director, privately described Sturgeon’s behaviour as “absolutely ridiculous”.
However, Sturgeon said she had been angered by Yousaf springing the offer of an extra £100m on colleagues, after Forbes, her finance secretary, “diligently” attempted to find more cash but came up with nothing.
“I was not particularly happy about it,” she admitted. “A couple of weeks before that, Yousaf had said he may be able to find some money, and my response was ‘speak to Kate’. It appeared he hadn’t done so.
“It was more on behalf of Forbes, as I felt it did a disservice to her and the very professional job she had done.”
Sturgeon denied that the exchange was indicative of a culture in which she did not “take kindly” to ministers making unsolicited suggestions or challenging her at cabinet meetings.
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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.
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Drugmaker Biogen is pulling the plug on its controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm, following disappointing sales. It had been expected to be a blockbuster product.
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Drugmaker Biogen is pulling the plug on its controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm, following disappointing sales. It had been expected to be a blockbuster product.
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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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Candace Owens Insists Ice Spice’s New Song ‘Fart’ Has Set America Back
Candace Owens says Ice Spice's new single "Think U The S**t (Fart)" has set America back.
Candace Owens Says Ice Spice's New Song "Fart" Has Set America Back
On Wednesday (Jan. 31), conservative political pundit Candace Owens shared her thoughts on Ice Spice's newest song, "Think U The S**t (Fart)," on the latest episode of her Candace Owens podcast.
"If you're wondering whether or not it's a good song, what do you think? It's called 'Think U The S**t (Fart)'," Owens said before playing a clip from the song. "Now I think we can all admit that we've fallen as a society. I mean, I wouldn't say that was Mozart or Beethoven, but I'm not all of these mainstream media publications that routinely run to defend this kind of music similar to what they did with 'WAP' the most disgusting and filthiest lyrics I've ever read. They will then sit down and write an article trying to convince you that what you just heard was magical and they did this with this Ice Spice song."
Owens went on to say that the hype around the new track wasn't warranted, and said she just wants to live in a world without songs like "Think U The S**t (Fart)."
"I just wanna live in a society where we can all acknowledge that a song that's entitled 'Think U The S**t (Fart)' is in fact itself a s**t fart," Owens continued. "That's where I wanna live. Can we get back to that? I don't know. Let's move on."
Ice Spice dropped off "Think U The S**t (Fart)" on Jan. 26. She is currently up for a total of four Grammy Awards this Sunday including Best New Artist and Best Rap Song for "Barbie World" with Nicki Minaj.
Read More: Will Ice Spice Win Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammy Awards?
Ice Spice Reveals Album Title
Candace Owen's scathing review of the track comes after Ice Spice announced the title of her debut album during an interview on Today With Hoda & Jenna.
"Yes, there is going to be an album this year," the "In Ha Mood" rapper revealed. "This year, I'm so excited. It's called Y2K. It's almost finished. So, I'm really excited."
Ice then said the album title was because she was born on Jan. 1, 2000. She also revealed she has a "crazy collaboration," but wouldn't reveal who it was just yet.
Read More: Ice Spice Moments That Prove People Are Obsessed With Her
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National & World News 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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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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SANTA FE, N.M. — 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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Makinde Signs Executive Order on Safe Handling of Harmful Substances
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State announced the signing of Executive Order No. 001 of 2024 concerning the Safe Handling and Storage of Harmful Substances within the state.
Under the order, individuals in possession of harmful substances within Oyo State must notify the relevant authorities within 72 hours of the order’s effective date, which is today. Additionally, they must inform authorities within 24 hours of acquiring such substances. Non-compliance with these directives constitutes an offense punishable under Chapter 38 of the Criminal Code Law and other relevant statutes.
The decision to enact the executive order follows an explosion in Ibadan, the state capital, resulting in loss of lives and property. Makinde attributed the incident to illegal miners who stored explosives in a residential area.
The executive order aims to enhance safety measures and mitigate risks associated with the handling and storage of hazardous materials across Oyo State. It underscores the government’s commitment to safeguarding lives and properties while ensuring strict adherence to regulatory standards
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Tricon Residential Inc. (TSE:TCN – Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of C$11.23 and traded as high as C$14.86. Tricon Residential shares last traded at C$14.78, with a volume of 924,671 shares changing hands.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research firms recently weighed in on TCN. Raymond James reduced their price objective on shares of Tricon Residential from C$11.25 to C$9.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 25th. Scotiabank reduced their price objective on shares of Tricon Residential from C$11.00 to C$10.25 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 18th. National Bank Financial reissued a “sector perform under weight” rating on shares of Tricon Residential in a research report on Wednesday, October 25th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered shares of Tricon Residential from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from C$12.50 to C$15.15 in a research report on Monday, January 22nd.
Check Out Our Latest Stock Report on TCN
Tricon Residential Trading Up 0.1 %
Tricon Residential (TSE:TCN – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November 7th. The company reported C$0.24 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.19 by C$0.05. Tricon Residential had a net margin of 24.24% and a return on equity of 5.57%. The business had revenue of C$167.67 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$183.06 million. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Tricon Residential Inc. will post 1.015775 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Tricon Residential Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 15th were paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 28th. This is an increase from Tricon Residential’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.16%. Tricon Residential’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 38.75%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Tricon Residential
In related news, Director Gary Berman acquired 42,814 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 15th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of C$11.89 per share, for a total transaction of C$509,058.46. 3.11% of the stock is owned by insiders.
About Tricon Residential
Tricon Residential Inc (NYSE: TCN, TSX: TCN) is an owner and operator of a growing portfolio of approximately 37,000 single-family rental homes in the U.S. Sun Belt and multi-family apartments in Canada. Our commitment to enriching the lives of our employees, residents and local communities underpins Tricon's culture and business philosophy.
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An Oregon lawmaker reignited an old debate about faith and politics in mid-January when he described what type of leaders Americans look for during tough times.
E. Werner Reschke, a Republican member of the Oregon state legislature, implied that it’s natural to seek out Christian leaders and natural to be uninterested in non-Christian ones.
“You don’t want a materialist. You don’t want an atheist. You don’t want a Muslim. … You want somebody who understands what truth is, and understands the nature of man, the nature of government and the nature of God,” Reschke said during a Jan. 17 appearance on a talk show streamed on Facebook, according to The Associated Press.
Reschke faces backlash
Reschke’s comments sparked a backlash, including from some of his fellow state lawmakers.
For example, Oregon state Sen. Kayse Jama, who is Muslim, criticized the idea that lawmakers need to be Christian in a statement to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
“I am disheartened to see one of my legislative colleagues express views contrary to American values, the U.S. Constitution, and our collective aspiration of building a more perfect union,” he said.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which regularly speaks out against what it sees as inappropriate comments and actions related to religion and politics, sent Reschke a letter about his statements, calling on him to either apologize or resign.
“As a state representative, your duty is to support the state and federal Constitutions and to protect the rights of conscience of your constituents, not to promote your personal religious views, much less a Christian theocracy,” the letter said.
The foundation urged Reschke to remember that the Constitution prohibits government officials from imposing a religious test for office.
“No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States,” Article VI of the Constitution says.
Could an atheist or Muslim be president?
Although the Constitution prohibits official religious tests, unofficial ones have been part of American politics for centuries.
That helps explain why John F. Kennedy had to work so hard to explain his Catholicism to voters when he was running for president in the 1960s and why Vivek Ramaswamy, who recently dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, hired religious advisers to help him discuss his Hindu faith with evangelical voters in Iowa.
Today, most Americans say they’d vote for a “generally well-qualified” Catholic, Jewish, atheist or Muslim candidate for president if he or she earned the support of their political party, according to a Gallup poll released last week.
But the hypothetical atheist and Muslim candidates fared worse in the survey than Catholic and Jewish ones.
“The percentages of Americans willing to vote for a ... Muslim or an atheist have (grown) over time but remain below 80%,” Gallup reported.
Oregon Constitution:
— E. Werner Reschke 🇺🇸 (@EWReschke) January 31, 2024
Section 3. Freedom of religious opinion. No law shall in any case whatever control the free exercise, and enjoyment of religious opinions, or interfere with the rights of conscience. —
Reschke responds to controversy
On his X account on Wednesday, Reschke highlighted two sections of the Oregon Constitution dealing with religious freedom, but did not comment on them.
He previously told Oregon Public Broadcasting in an email that his comments on non-Christian leaders have been “grossly taken out of context.”
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt about the effort from House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt about the effort from House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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Innovative Thai restaurant Mue Mue is the newest addition to Tsim Sha Tsui’s Mira Place.
Here, customers can enjoy classic Thai dishes reinterpreted with Chinese culinary influences, including tom yum with roasted crispy chicken, Thai curry lobster with rice cakes, red curry Wagyu beef cheeks, and beetroot-infused deep fried tofu. Mue Mue’s panache for creativity also extends to their bar, Mue Bar. The bar’s mixologists have created an array of cocktails with Southeast Asian flavours, such as Spiced Lemongrass Fizz – gin fizz combined with Thai chilies and lemongrass oil – or the Basil Paloma made with basil-infused agave, lime, and Chinese pomelo.
Mue Mue
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- Address:
- Shop 302, 3/F, Mira Place 1, Tsim Sha Tsui
- Hong Kong
- Contact:
- View Website
- 9833 0788
- Opening hours:
- Mon-Sun 12pm-3pm, 6pm-10.30pm
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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 3:39 PM MST 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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Ice Cube Asks for Evidence to Support Claim He Knows About a Secret Meeting That Changed Rap
Ice Cube demands to see evidence to support an allegation he knew about a secret meeting that changed rap music in the 1990s.
Ice Cube Asks for Evidence to Support Claim He Attended a Secret Rap Meeting
On Wednesday (Jan. 31), Ice Cube responded to user @The_777_lioness, also known as Atarah Israel, on X, formerly known as Twitter. Israel had reshared a 2020 clip from Krayzie Bone's podcast Truth Talks. In the clip, Krayzie reads a letter he claims had been written by a music executive regarding a "secret meeting that changed rap music and destroyed a generation."
This meeting allegedly happened in the early 1990s, and Atarah Israel claimed without evidence that Cube had direct knowledge of this meeting.
"Opinions are like a*sholes. Everybody has one and they all stink," Cube replied on X, which can be seen below. "What evidence do you have to make a statement like that?"
The X user wrote back and said they meant it more as a question, but Cube didn't respond.
Read More: Ice Cube Clarifies Things Katt Williams Said About Friday Films
Ice Cube Takes Issue With People Calling Him The G.O.A.T.
Cube is no stranger to expressing his views on X. Back in September of 2023, Cube hopped on the platform to tell people not to call him a G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time).
"For those who thinks it flatters me, please don’t call me a f**king goat. Carry-on," he tweeted.
The West Coast rap icon later clarified: "Don't get me wrong. I appreciate the respect, but don't call me that."
Cube did not elaborate on why he felt the phrase didn't suit him.
Read More: Older Rapper's Complaints About Hip-Hop and Where It's Headed
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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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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.
Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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Liverpool's win v. Chelsea was 'men against boys'
January 31, 2024 05:24 PM
Paul Burmeister, Tim Howard, and Robbie Mustoe react to Liverpool's dominant 4-1 victory over Chelsea and praise Conor Bradley for his man of the match performance for the Reds.
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(LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò issued a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday, celebrating the efforts of European farmers who for months have been protesting against globalist policies that threaten both their livelihoods and the agricultural industry as a whole. Read the full statement below.
The globalist criminal plan wants to destroy traditional agriculture, animal husbandry, and fishing in order to force people to eat artificial food produced by multinational corporations. And it is the big investment funds and the Word Economic Forum that are lobbying parliaments to impose a devastating and inhuman “transition.”
I express my complete solidarity with and encouragement to the farmers, ranchers, fishermen, truck drivers, and all those who support them.
This is not just any protest: this is perhaps the last chance the peoples have to restore their rights and free themselves from the tyranny of a minority of criminal billionaires whom no one has elected and who claim to decide what we should think, buy, eat, and learn; what drugs we should be treated with; how and whether we can travel. And all this on the basis of lies and blackmail: there is no climate, health, or energy emergency.
The only real emergency is our betrayal by our rulers – and by the Catholic Church leadership itself – to the detriment of the entire human race. The servility of the entire political class, the media censorship, the silence of the judiciary, and the complicity of the law enforcement and armed forces in the face of this coup are scandalous.
The time has come for the peoples to courageously and firmly claim their natural and inalienable rights, which have been endangered by the WEF’s global coup d’état. The resignation of those who rule us on behalf of a subversive elite and against the people must be obtained.
Let us accompany with prayer those who are fighting against the New World Order. May the Rosary be the spiritual chain that unites us. May the Lord accompany, protect, and bless those who are waking up before it is too late.
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https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/archbishop-vigano-i-express-my-complete-solidarity-with-farmers-fighting-the-new-world-order/
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Obi, Abure to Flag off LP Campaign for Lagos By-election
The Labour Party will on Thursday flag off its campaign for the by-elections of Surulere Federal Constituency 1, Lagos State, holding on Saturday.
Gracing the ceremony will be the leaders of the Labour Party including the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and National Chairman, Julius Abure.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh.
The statement read in part, “The former presidential candidate of LP will also formally inaugurate the 30 member Campaign Council led by the Abia state governor, Alex Otti.
“Engr Adeola Adebanjo aka Skele who is the Labour Party’s candidate for the Bye elections is expected to lead thousands of party members and Obidient family in the state to win the seat recently vacated by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and the current Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila
“The campaign committee which will be inaugurated by Peter Obi also has as members Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim , LP’s National Secretary, Arch Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, former LP governorship candidate in the state, members of the national assembly and other top party leaders. Veteran Olawale Okunniyi will serve as the Secretary of the campaign committee.”
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will visit the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment almost one year ago, accepting an invitation from the East Palestine mayor to see firsthand how the cleanup of spilled toxic chemicals and the recovery are coming along.
Mayor Trent Conaway, a conservative who does not support Biden, said Wednesday he extended the invitation to the Democratic president because he thinks the visit will be good for his community.
''I'm as red as they come. I'm as conservative as they come. Sometimes I have to do what's best for the people so, yes, that's why I invited him,'' Conaway said in an interview with The Associated Press.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said earlier Wednesday that Biden would visit sometime in February. She said the White House and local officials were still hashing out timing for Biden's long-awaited trip.
The Feb. 3, 2023, derailment forced thousands of people from their homes near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Area residents still have lingering fears about potential health effects from the toxic chemicals that spilled in the crash and from the vinyl chloride that was released a few days after the crash to keep five tank cars from exploding.
The absence of a visit by Biden, who is campaigning for reelection in November, had become a subject of persistent questioning at the White House, as well as among residents in East Palestine. Some residents have said they felt forgotten as time marched by and as they watched Biden fly to the scenes of other disasters, such as the wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui and hurricanes in Florida.
East Palestine resident Joe Bethuy, a 36-year-old steelworker and a Republican, said he was disappointed in the Biden administration's handling of the derailment and the president's delay in visiting, adding that all he had to do ''was show up just for an hour or something.''
Bethuy and friend Jeremy Smith, who moved to East Palestine after the derailment, spoke to an Associated Press reporter inside Sprinklz on Top, a downtown diner.
''I don't know what the point is really," Smith said of Biden's visit. ''It's kind of a year late.''
Several weeks after the derailment, former President Donald Trump visited East Palestine and criticized the federal response under Biden as a ''betrayal.'' He also donated cleaning supplies and Trump-branded bottled water. Trump currently is the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.
In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump criticized Biden for planning to visit ''a year late, and only to develop some political credibility because EVERYTHING else he has done has been such a DISASTER. I know those great people, I was there when it counted, and his reception won't be a warm one."
The Biden administration defended its response right after the toxic freight train derailment, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done. The White House said then that it had ''mobilized a robust, multi-agency effort to support the people of East Palestine, Ohio," and it noted that officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies were at the rural site within hours even though Biden didn't immediately visit.
Asked at the end of last week about a potential Biden visit to Ohio, Jean-Pierre said he would visit ''when it is appropriate or helps ... the community for him to be there.''
''It doesn't matter if it's in a rural area, urban area, suburban area, red state, blue state, the president has always been there to ... assist and be there for the community,'' Jean-Pierre added. ''So, when it is helpful, he certainly will do that.''
Though the administration has defended its response, Biden has not declared a federal disaster in East Palestine, which remains a sticking point for residents. Such a declaration would unlock additional federal funding and assistance that people could apply for to help rebuild their lives.
But state and federal officials say a federal disaster declaration has not been issued because they are designed to help cover unmet needs no one is paying for after a disaster. In this case, there are not as many unmet needs in the government's eyes because Norfolk Southern is paying the bills and compensating residents for the damage to their homes and businesses.
Biden ordered federal agencies to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the derailment and appointed an official from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to oversee East Palestine's recovery.
Norfolk Southern has estimated that it will cost the company more than $1.1 billion to remove all the hazardous chemicals, help the community and deal with lawsuits and related penalties. Insurance will likely cover much of that, but the total is expected to grow.
Reforms have been proposed in Congress but the bill calling for federal standards for trackside detectors that help spot mechanical problems, additional inspections by qualified workers and at least two people on every freight train crew has stalled. The railroads have lobbied against several of the provisions they believe aren't related to this crash, and many Republicans pushed to wait until after the final National Transportation Safety Board report on the derailment later this year.
''In the past, there have been times when Congress stood up against the railroad lobby and stepped up on railroad safety. They should do that now,'' Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a call with reporters Wednesday.
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Associated Press writers Josh Funk in Omaha, Neb., Patrick Orsagos in East Palestine, Ohio, and Matthew Daly in Washitngton contributed to this report.
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Since Utah was ranked No. 1 for having the best economy in the U.S. and as the best state overall in how it benefits its citizens for the year 2023 according to U.S. News and World Report, the state’s Gov. Spencer Cox said he has had many conversations as to why that’s the case.
“I’ve been talking with some other governors and some other entrepreneurs across the country over the past couple years,” Cox said in a room of nearly a thousand business leaders and entrepreneurs at the 2024 MountainWest Capital Network Entrepreneur of the Year event.
The governor recalled one specific conversation where they said to him, “When we see the data, we see all of the accolades, we do not understand why Utah is consistently at the top of all of these rankings, specifically around business and entrepreneurship.”
This conversation in particular, Cox said, was about relatively new data from the Economic Innovation Group showing Utah to have a state dynamism index of 56, ranking the Beehive State first in the nation.
Economic dynamism refers to the vigor and effectiveness with which an economy operates and evolves. The data showed that since the early 1990s, economic dynamism has dropped nearly 24% on average, but the West and parts of the South have held leading positions in economic stability.
“So we talked about data, about government and government regulations and our tax structure. ... The research says we’re doing some good things,” Cox said “But that’s not the answer.”
“We lead the nation in volunteering, in service and in charitable giving,” Cox said. “I actually think it has everything to do with the dynamism that we feel here.”
Utah is going on its fourth year as being the most charitable state in the nation, according to a WalletHub analysis.
Utah is leading the nation with a volunteer rate of 40.7% and the highest volunteer hours per capita at 39.42 hours, with more than half of the state’s population giving their time to service.
“We have a community culture and this ability to give back, and everyone benefits from that,” Cox said to the audience. “We’re here because of the commitment always to give back and make Utah a better place.”
The Entrepreneur of the Year award was presented to David S. Layton, President & CEO of Layton Construction.
Cox said the success of the company, founded in Utah in 1953 and licensed in all 50 states, and of David Layton specifically, represent the best of Utah.
“Not because they’ve made a lot of money, but because they’ve taken every gift they’ve been given and they’ve turned it into something beautiful to help all of us be better people,” Cox said. “That’s what Dave has done. That’s what Dave will continue to do.”
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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 5:21 PM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn 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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Savour authentic Italian flavours at The Cipollini Pizzeria in Kai Tak’s Airside. This restaurant’s colourful and welcoming environment makes it the perfect location for customers to tear into rustic Italian dishes. Begin by indulging in antipasti such as beef carpaccio ($138), meatballs ($88), or prawn popcorn (from $62), before moving onto handmade pastas in sauces like vongole with garlic and herbs ($128) or pesto prawn and cherry tomatoes ($128). Whether you intend to stick with classic pizzas like four cheese ($158) and pepperoni ($168), or want to try artisan pizzas topped with wagyu sirloin ($248), The Cipollini Pizzeria offers plenty of options. Additionally, this Italian spot provides al taglio (sold by the slice) pizzas, which allows customers to savour multiple styles of pizza in one go.
The Cipollini Pizzeria
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- Shop G012, G/F, Airside, 2 Concorde Road, Kai Tak
- Hong Kong
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- 2666 0238
- Opening hours:
- Mon-Sun 11.30am-9.30pm
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Black History Month honors the history and heritage of Black Americans and celebrates their contributions to U.S. culture. Throughout February, communities across Northern Colorado offer activities for all ages in recognition of local Black communities and their influence statewide. Learn the craft of rapping, check out a new art exhibit, or take the kids to a themed storytime–there are so many options to choose from!
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Events
CAAAS Day Black History Month Celebration
February 1 is the first day of Black History Month, and it’s also the official University of Colorado Boulder Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) Day in Colorado. Join the center to celebrate with food, dance, poetry and music.
Where: University Memorial Center Glenn Miller Ballroom, 1669 Euclid Avenue, Boulder
When: Thursday, Feb. 1, 4-6 p.m.
Cost: free
Black Destiny Month: Redesigning Our Future
Colorado State University is offering a range of activities in honor of Black History Month, including musical performances, movie screenings, and even a hair and fashion show. Check out the link for details on all of the offerings during the month of February.
Where: Various locations at Colorado State University, Fort Collins
When: Feb. 1-29
Cost: N/A
Black Futures in Art: Ever Evolving
Check out a new art exhibit in honor of Black History Month during February’s First Friday in Boulder.
Where: The Gallery At The Bus Stop Apartments, 4895 North Broadway, Boulder
When: Feb. 2-25
Cost: free
Community Art Workshop with Louise Cutler
Create art with others at this family-friendly drop-in workshop. Supplies and snacks provided.
Where: Foothills Mall, 215 E Foothills Pkwy, Fort Collins
When: Saturday, Feb. 3, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost: free
Rap Writer's Workshop
Learn how to write like a rapper during this event for all ages. There will be opportunities to both practice writing a rap as well as perform for the group.
Where: Foothills Mall, 215 East Foothills Parkway, Fort Collins
When: Saturday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost: free
Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History Guided Tour with Annett James
Learn about the history of Black Coloradans from the 1840s to present in a tour led by Boulder County’s NAACP president.
Where: The Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder
When: Saturday, Feb. 17, 12-1 p.m.
Cost: $20
Grown n' Sexy: A Night Out
Get ready for an adults-only night on the town, and feel free to come dressed for the occasion. The drop-in event will offer live music, food and drink, so come whenever you can make it.
Where: Smok Barbecue, 327 East Foothills Parkway Suite 110, Fort Collins
When: Friday, Feb. 23, 6-10 p.m.
Cost: free
Black History Month: Tuskegee Airmen - Legacy of Courage
Catch a 2021 documentary about the history and legacy of the first Black U.S. military pilots and join in a discussion afterward.
Where: Golden Library, 1019 10th St., Golden
When: Thursday, Feb. 29, 5-6:30 p.m.
Cost: free
Children & Teens
Craft Storytime: Black History Month
Listen to stories from Black authors, participate in sing-alongs and do a special flower pot craft oriented toward a preschool audience.
Where: Longmont Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont
When: Thursday, Feb. 1, 10-11 a.m.
Cost: free
Youth Paint n' Sip [Mocktails]
Youth of color are invited to participate in a painting class while sipping fun, non-alcoholic drinks. Registration is required.
Where: 140 West Oak Street suite 150, Fort Collins
When: Thursday, Feb. 8, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Cost: free
Celebrating Black History Month: Discovering the Art of Clementine Hunter
Children in grades 3 to 6 are invited to learn about artist Clementine Hunter and then create their own folk art paintings.
Where: Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce Street, Louisville
When: Wednesday, Feb. 14, 4-4:45 p.m.
Cost: free
Workshop with Dream Create Inspire Tour
Youth are invited to participate in an art-based workshop focused on collective healing and community building. Registration is required.
Where: Cultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins, 1825 East Mulberry Street, Fort Collins
When: Saturday, Feb. 17, 4-7 p.m.
Cost: free
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Lil Pump Reveals New Donald Trump Mugshot Tattoo on His Leg
Lil Pump has revealed a new Donald Trump tattoo he got in the former president's honor.
Lil Pump Reveals New Donald Trump Mugshot Tattoo on His Leg
On Wednesday (Jan. 31), Lil Pump hopped on Instagram to reveal some new ink he got on his right thigh. The tattoo shows the controversial former president scowling and appears to be based on Trump's mugshot taken after his 2023 arrest on racketeering charges in Georgia.
"MAGA," Pump captioned a photo of the new tat, which can be seen below.
Pump had previously posted Trump's mugshot on Instagram in solidarity with Trump in August of 2023. Pump wrote "FREE TRUMP" in the caption in all caps. Pump had also previously called Trump the "Greatest president of all time" on Instagram in December of 2023.
Read More: 9 Rappers Who Are Still Supporting Donald Trump
Lil Pump Gets Shout-Out From Trump During Campaign Rally
The new ink should come as no surprise considering Pump has long been a die-hard Trump supporter. Most recently the former POTUS shouted out the "Gucci Gang" rapper while hosting a campaign rally at Ted Hendricks Stadium at Henry Milander Park in Hialeah, Fla. last November.
"One of the few, rapper Lil Pump," Trump announced.
Pump is seen on video standing up to accept his applause. He is wearing a MAGA hat and varsity jacket as he waves at the crowd.
Pump had previously spoken at a Trump campaign event back in 2020, despite the then-president referring to him as "Lil Pimp." Despite his prominent support of Trump, Pump later revealed he did not vote in the 2020 election.
Read More: Lil Pump Randomly Starts Dissing Joe Budden For No Reason
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Top tech CEOs were being grilled in Washington by lawmakers, who said the companies have failed to protect children from being subjected to sexual abuse and exploitation on their websites.
The executives include Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, X's Linda Yaccarino and TikTok's Shou Zi Chew, among others.
The social media apps have "given predators powerful new tools to exploit children," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., at the kickoff of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. He noted that the powerful apps "have changed the way we live, work and play."
The hearing is one of several over the past year as pressure builds for federal regulators to do more to hold tech companies accountable for children's safety online. Lawmakers have spoken out, have written letters to the CEOs and are pushing five separate bills that cover social media and child safety.
States have also targeted the social media companies. Last year, 13 states passed laws to protect kids on social media, and more states are expected to do the same.
"You have blood on your hands," Sen. Lindsey Graham tells Zuckerberg
Of the companies testifying on Wednesday, Meta has especially come under fire for allegedly creating a toxic environment for children. In October, a group of more than 40 states sued the company for allegedly designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive.
Separately, New Mexico's attorney general filed another suit against Meta, alleging it fails to remove child sexual abuse material from its platforms and also makes it easy for adults to solicit minors.
That lawsuit came after a Facebook whistleblower, Arturo Bejar, testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee in November. Based on data he collected while working at Facebook, he said he found that 24% of teens had received unwanted sexual advances. And when harmful posts are reported, he said, only 2% are taken down.
During Wednesday's hearing, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., laid into Zuckerberg.
"Mr. Zuckerberg," Graham began, "you have blood on your hands. You have a product that's killing people."
The packed audience, which included parents, survivors and child advocates, erupted in applause.
Zuckerberg has testified several times before members of the Senate, and he voluntarily agreed to speak again on Wednesday. In his opening statement, he said, "Keeping young people safe online has been a challenge since the internet began."
"No matter how much we invest or how effective our tools are, there's always more to learn and more improvements to make," Zuckerberg added.
Internal emails show Zuckerberg declined to hire staff to protect children online
In the lead-up to Wednesday's hearing, Meta rolled out new tools geared toward protecting kids online. Those include barring children under age 18 from seeing posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. The company says it has around 40,000 people working on safety and security issues.
But just hours before the hearing began, lawmakers released 90 pages of internal emails that showed Meta has refused to fully commit to improving child safety on its platforms. At one point in 2021, the emails show, Zuckerberg declined a proposal to hire 45 new staff members dedicated to children's well-being.
The emails show top executives at Meta discussing budget and head count, as well as the fact that if they didn't address the issue they'd face increased regulatory risk and external criticism.
"This work & narrative has of course become a more critical focal point for policymakers, regulators et al in recent weeks — this is not likely to diminish going forward," Nick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs wrote in a 2021 email to Zuckerberg.
The internal emails were produced in response to a letter that Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., sent to Meta in November.
Five federal bills introduced
Of the other executives to testify, TikTok's Chew has also appeared before Congresslast year, but this is the first time lawmakers have grilled X's Yaccarino and the two other CEOs: Snap's Evan Spiegel and Discord's Jason Citron. Chew volunteered to speak on Wednesday, but Yaccarino, Spiegel and Citron agreed only after being subpoenaed.
Snap has come out as the sole social media company to throw its support behind the Kids Online Safety Act, which is one of the bills that lawmakers are hoping to bring to the Senate floor this year. If passed, it would hold tech companies accountable for feeding teens toxic content.
"Many of the largest and most successful internet companies today were born here in the United States of America, and we must lead not only in technical innovation but also in smart regulation," Snap's Spiegel said in his opening remarks on Wednesday.
Throughout the hearing, several of the senators tried to get the tech CEOs to agree to back legislation. All of the executives said more had to be done and they agree with regulation, but besides Spiegel, none said they'd fully back one of the bills.
At one point Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., tried to get the CEOs to support legislation he and several other senators introduced, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act.
"Is there any one of you willing to say now that you support this bill?" Coons asked the CEOs.
After the question didn't elicit a response, he followed up with: "Mr. Chairman, let the record reflect a yawning silence from the leaders of the social media platforms."
Child safety groups and parents joined lawmakers for several press conferences on Wednesday. They echoed the senators' demands that more has to be done to protect kids online.
"Parents used to worry about where their kids were at 10 p.m.," said Imran Ahmed, CEO and founder of the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate. "These days, they may be physically present, but we don't know who they're spending time with online and what they're being exposed to every day."
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Laws on abortion are out of step with public opinion. One Republican legislator in Tennessee is working to establish exceptions to his state's strict abortion laws, but he faces a tough battle.
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Laws on abortion are out of step with public opinion. One Republican legislator in Tennessee is working to establish exceptions to his state's strict abortion laws, but he faces a tough battle.
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United Asset Strategies Inc. lessened its position in shares of United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS – Free Report) by 10.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 17,967 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 2,196 shares during the period. United Asset Strategies Inc.’s holdings in United Parcel Service were worth $2,801,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of United Parcel Service by 1.3% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 28,354,781 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $5,082,594,000 after buying an additional 357,974 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of United Parcel Service by 2.1% during the second quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 15,260,626 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $2,716,829,000 after buying an additional 317,010 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of United Parcel Service by 2.9% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 13,590,985 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $2,430,504,000 after buying an additional 388,258 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of United Parcel Service by 0.6% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 9,273,417 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,988,777,000 after purchasing an additional 54,401 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its position in shares of United Parcel Service by 23.2% during the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 7,740,369 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,387,461,000 after purchasing an additional 1,457,070 shares in the last quarter. 58.45% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
UPS has been the subject of a number of research reports. Susquehanna cut their price objective on shares of United Parcel Service from $155.00 to $150.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of United Parcel Service in a report on Thursday, October 5th. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. Barclays cut their price objective on shares of United Parcel Service from $150.00 to $145.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Daiwa Capital Markets downgraded shares of United Parcel Service from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $155.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Tuesday, December 26th. Finally, Argus downgraded shares of United Parcel Service from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $180.13.
United Parcel Service Stock Performance
NYSE UPS traded down $2.80 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $142.26. The stock had a trading volume of 7,715,481 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,240,071. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $156.68 and a 200 day moving average of $159.83. The stock has a market cap of $121.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.05. United Parcel Service, Inc. has a 52-week low of $133.68 and a 52-week high of $197.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.22.
United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 30th. The transportation company reported $2.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.46 by $0.01. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 9.19% and a return on equity of 43.46%. The firm had revenue of $24.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $25.40 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.62 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts predict that United Parcel Service, Inc. will post 8.77 earnings per share for the current year.
United Parcel Service Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 8th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 20th will be issued a $1.63 dividend. This is a positive change from United Parcel Service’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.62. This represents a $6.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.58%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 16th. United Parcel Service’s payout ratio is 65.59%.
United Parcel Service Profile
United Parcel Service, Inc, a package delivery company, provides transportation and delivery, distribution, contract logistics, ocean freight, airfreight, customs brokerage, and insurance services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States.
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Otedola Named Chairman of FBN Holdings Board
Renowned Nigerian billionaire and activist investor, Femi Otedola, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FBN Holdings.
Otedola’s election to the position follows a recent board meeting held on January 31, where he succeeded Alhaji Ahmad Abdullahi, who had been appointed as board chair on December 17, 2021.
Remarkably, Otedola assumes the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors just five months after assuming the position of Non-Executive Director on August 14, 2023.
This appointment marks a significant development in Otedola’s involvement with FBN Holdings, underlining his growing influence and strategic direction within the company’s governance structure.
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Utah lawmakers have wholeheartedly thrown their support behind efforts to bring a Major League Baseball team to Salt Lake City.
The House passed a resolution 68-2 on Wednesday recognizing Utah as an “amazing” state for sports and an “ideal” geographic destination for baseball expansion. SCR3, which passed in the Senate 26-3 last week, has now cleared both legislative chambers.
“The state of Utah is also poised to host a major league baseball team because Utah has a strong base of sports fans with the Utah Jazz and the Real Salt Lake, which could indicate people will be highly receptive to the arrival of a new professional sports team,” said Rep. Sandra Hollins, D-Salt Lake City, the resolution’s House sponsor.
“Utah is also the crossroads to the West, the best spot for an expansion team.”
The Larry H. Miller Company is heading an effort to land an expansion franchise for the city. Big League Utah, a group of prominent business leaders, politicians and former professional athletes, is backing the endeavor. It has identified a site for a stadium in the Power District on the west side of the city, an area Hollins represents.
Miller Company board vice chair Greg Miller, CEO Steve Starks, retired Atlanta Braves star Dale Murphy and other company executives were on the House floor for the vote.
“My district is a jewel spot,” Hollins said, noting its proximity to public transit, highways, the airport and downtown Salt Lake City. “The community is poised for redevelopment and economic opportunities.”
The proposed 100-acre stadium site on North Temple is near the Fairpark neighborhood, which has struggled economically but has started to undergo somewhat of a transformation. Lawmakers and community members say a ballpark could be a catalyst for further revitalization.
Construction of a big league stadium, which would be part of a larger mixed-use sports and entertainment development, could cost upwards of $1 billion. Gov. Spencer Cox and legislative leaders don’t favor the use of tax dollars to finance a stadium.
Lawmakers have said they hope the resolution, which doesn’t allocate any money, conveys that there is bipartisan support to bring a big league franchise to Utah. They have talked about a public-private partnership to fund the stadium, though not exactly how that might be structured.
“We’re looking at different models around the country for how stadiums are financed,” Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, the Senate sponsor of the resolution, said last week. “We found some very good models that protect taxpayers to make sure that we’re not putting taxpayer money at risk.”
One common method of funding construction projects is to use tax increment financing, where a public entity loans money that is paid off by the extra property tax revenue the project generates after completion. It generally does not require a tax increase. Some have talked about setting up a ballpark authority, with its own board, to govern how tax money is used.
The resolution, with references to the iconic baseball movies “Field of Dreams” and “The Sandlot,” recognizes that Utah is one of the fastest-growing states and has the “strongest economy” in the country. It highlights the state’s many tourist attractions, ability to host worldwide events such as the 2002 Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games and the success of the Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake. It also touts Utah’s long tradition of minor league baseball dating back to the early 1900s, with teams using several names, including Elders, Bees, Giants, Angels, Occidentals, Gulls, Trappers, Buzz and Stingers.
In the resolution, lawmakers say the big league club would be an economic and cultural boon to Salt Lake City and the entire state. Seeing the plan through would increase revenue and state funds for public education and other programs.
In voting for the resolution, Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, noting he has been a St. Louis Cardinals fan since serving a Latter-day Saint mission in Missouri, said, “I am looking to displace that allegiance with a team from Utah.”
Salt Lake City is competing against several other cities, including Nashville, Portland and Montreal, for what would likely be two expansion teams. MLB has not given a timeline for considering adding clubs to the 30-team league.
In the meantime, the Miller Company made a pitch for the Oakland A’s to make Utah their interim home when their lease expires at the Oakland Coliseum after the 2024 season. The team plans to move to Las Vegas but a yet-to-built stadium isn’t scheduled to open there until 2028.
Big League Utah recently paid for seven billboards in the Salt Lake area saying, “Utah Wants the A’s.”
ESPN recently reported that Salt Lake City and Sacramento, home of the San Francisco Giants Triple A affiliate, top the list of potential temporary sites for the A’s, citing unidentified sources. The Miller Company is building a new Triple A stadium in South Jordan for the Salt Lake Bees, which will leave Smith’s Ballpark in Salt Lake City after the 2024 season.
The Larry H. Miller Company is excited at the opportunity to potentially host the A's while their Las Vegas stadium is built. We are MLB ready! pic.twitter.com/bWCOxTTZJt
— The Larry H. Miller Company (@theLHMcompany) January 27, 2024
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California residents don't have to pay for and pass a background check every time they buy bullets, a federal judge has ruled.
The Tuesday ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez took effect immediately. California Attorney General Rob Bonta asked Benitez on Wednesday to delay the ruling to give him time to appeal the decision. It's unclear if Benitez will grant that request.
Many states, including California, make people pass a background check before they can buy a gun. California goes a step further by making people pass a background check, which cost either $1 or $19 depending on eligibility, every time they buy bullets. A few other states also require background checks for buying ammunition, but most let people buy a license that is good for a few years.
Benitez said California's law violates the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because if people can't buy bullets for their guns, they can't use their guns for self-defense. He criticized the state's automated background check system, which he said rejected about 11% of applicants, or 58,087 requests, in the first half of 2023.
''How many of the 58,087 needed ammunition to defend themselves against an impending criminal threat and how many were simply preparing for a sporting event, we will never know,'' Benitez wrote. ''What is known is that in almost all cases, the 322 individuals that are rejected each day are being denied permission to freely exercise their Second Amendment right — a right which our Founders instructed shall not be infringed.''
Bonta said Benitez's ruling puts public safety at risk because it would immediately let people who are not legally allowed to have ammunition to buy it — including convicted felons, people with mental illnesses and those with some domestic violence convictions.
''We will not stop in our efforts to protect the safety of communities and Californians' rights to go about their business without fear of becoming victims of gun violence, while at the same time respecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners,'' Bonta said.
Chuck Michel, president and general counsel of the California Rifle & Pistol Association, said California's requirement for a background check on all ammunition purchases ''has not made anyone safer.''
''But it has made it much more difficult and expensive for law-abiding gun owners to exercise their Second Amendment right to defend themselves and their family,'' he said.
California has some of the nation's toughest gun laws. Many of them are being challenged in court in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that set a new standard for interpreting gun laws, stating they must be consistent with the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation.
Benitez has already struck down two other California gun laws — one that banned detachable magazines that have more than 10 bullets and another that banned the sale of assault-style weapons. Those decisions have been appealed. Other gun laws being challenged include rules requiring gun stores to have digital surveillance systems and restricting the sale of new handguns.
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Liverpool's win v. Chelsea was 'men against boys'
January 31, 2024 05:24 PM
Paul Burmeister, Tim Howard, and Robbie Mustoe react to Liverpool's dominant 4-1 victory over Chelsea and praise Conor Bradley for his man of the match performance for the Reds.
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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.
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Airside’s Edomae sushi specialist Uogashi Nihonichi has crossed the harbour and opened a second location in Central Market. Unlike its first standing sushi bar location, the Central Market branch has a vibrant and playful vibe, which can be seen in decor like colourful wall hangings and ceiling lamps modelled after fish-shaped soy sauce bottles. What’s more, the new location provides tall stools by the sushi bar, so guests can have the option to sit or stand as they enjoy their meal. On Uogashi’s menu, guests can find sushi omakase courses (from $398), sashimi sets ($228), and various donburi with indulgent toppings like Wagyu beef with uni ($268) or king crab ($228).
Uogashi Nihonichi (Central Market)
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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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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt about the effort from House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt about the effort from House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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Pochettino Optimistic About Jackson’s Return for Liverpool Clash
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has expressed optimism about the potential return of striker Nicolas Jackson for their upcoming Premier League encounter against Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday night.
Acknowledging the importance of Jackson’s possible availability, Pochettino also conveyed sympathy for Senegal following their elimination from the AFCON round of 16, defeated by host nation Ivory Coast.
Addressing reporters during his pre-match press conference ahead of Chelsea’s pivotal fixture against Liverpool, Pochettino openly admitted the team’s acknowledgment of the absence of the Senegalese international.
“We are waiting. All I can say is that maybe he will be there [against Liverpool]. The other day, Ghana lost and were out, and Inaki Williams arrived a few hours before and played in the second half to beat Barcelona in the Copa del Rey. Why can’t Jackson arrive and score the winning goal?
“Without Nico [Nicolas] we miss the possibility that he provides. He runs a lot, which is massive and helps the team to press high, and also scores goals because he has a good record at the moment.
“I think we miss him a lot and so we are happy because we can recover him, but on the other side sad because they lost. But being selfish we are happy because maybe he can be with us at Liverpool,” Pochettino said.
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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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Groundswell is Hong Kong’s first in-mall surfing destination that is both an indoor surfing facility, and a restaurant that specialises in Southeast Asian cuisine. Led by chef Heri Raharjo – former head chef of Indonesian venue Potato Head Hong Kong – this restaurant churns out flavourful dishes like fresh razor clams ($310), Singapore style soft shell chilli crab ($168), beef rendang ($188), pad thai noodles ($128), and more. The Southeast Asian flavours also extend to Groundswell’s dessert offerings, which include mango sticky rice ($78), iced pandan jelly parfait ($88), and coconut pandan crepe roll ($88).
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United Asset Strategies Inc. lessened its position in shares of Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN – Free Report) by 1.0% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 54,969 shares of the medical research company’s stock after selling 544 shares during the quarter. Amgen comprises about 1.9% of United Asset Strategies Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest position. United Asset Strategies Inc.’s holdings in Amgen were worth $14,773,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of AMGN. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Amgen by 83,875.6% during the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,541,011 shares of the medical research company’s stock worth $1,980,571,000 after purchasing an additional 7,532,031 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Amgen during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,351,778,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in shares of Amgen by 158.0% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,950,013 shares of the medical research company’s stock worth $774,791,000 after purchasing an additional 1,806,456 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley raised its position in shares of Amgen by 12.9% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 13,301,365 shares of the medical research company’s stock worth $3,493,471,000 after purchasing an additional 1,523,665 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. raised its position in shares of Amgen by 50.7% during the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 3,290,926 shares of the medical research company’s stock worth $730,651,000 after purchasing an additional 1,106,980 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 74.44% of the company’s stock.
Insider Transactions at Amgen
In related news, EVP Jonathan P. Graham sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $272.81, for a total transaction of $2,728,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 28,078 shares in the company, valued at $7,659,959.18. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. In related news, EVP Jonathan P. Graham sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $272.81, for a total transaction of $2,728,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 28,078 shares in the company, valued at $7,659,959.18. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Nancy A. Grygiel sold 2,096 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $273.03, for a total value of $572,270.88. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 10,874 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,968,928.22. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Amgen Stock Down 0.2 %
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 31st. The medical research company reported $4.96 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.65 by $0.31. The business had revenue of $6.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.92 billion. Amgen had a return on equity of 165.37% and a net margin of 28.20%. Amgen’s revenue was up 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $4.70 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Amgen Inc. will post 18.64 earnings per share for the current year.
Amgen Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 16th will be given a $2.25 dividend. This represents a $9.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 15th. This is a boost from Amgen’s previous quarterly dividend of $2.13. Amgen’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 60.55%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on AMGN. StockNews.com upgraded Amgen from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. BMO Capital Markets upgraded Amgen from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $286.00 to $326.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 19th. Oppenheimer raised their target price on Amgen from $290.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 20th. SVB Leerink upgraded Amgen from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the company from $267.00 to $318.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 11th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada upgraded Amgen from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the company from $256.00 to $300.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 12th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Amgen currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.90.
Read Our Latest Research Report on AMGN
Amgen Company Profile
Amgen Inc discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers human therapeutics worldwide. It focuses on inflammation, oncology/hematology, bone health, cardiovascular disease, nephrology, and neuroscience areas. The company's products include Enbrel to treat plaque psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis; Neulasta that reduces the chance of infection due a low white blood cell count in patients cancer; Prolia to treat postmenopausal women with osteoporosis; Xgeva for skeletal-related events prevention; Otezla for the treatment of adult patients with plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and oral ulcers associated with Behçet's disease; Aranesp to treat a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells and anemia; KYPROLIS to treat patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma; and Repatha, which reduces the risks of myocardial infarction, stroke, and coronary revascularization.
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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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CHICAGO — Chicago's City Council narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday calling for a permanent cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas, with Mayor Brandon Johnson casting the tiebreaking vote.
The symbolic declaration in the nation's third-largest city follows weeks of rowdy public meetings with disruptions from demonstrators, including on Wednesday when things became so boisterous the first-term mayor had to temporarily clear the council chambers. The resolution, approved 24-23, includes a call for humanitarian aid and the the release of all hostages. Supporters in the chambers included the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Chicago is latest U.S. city to approve such a non-binding resolution, following Atlanta, Detroit and San Francisco in recent months.
''Do I believe that the words that we speak today, how we vote today influences directly international policy? I don't. I don't have those illusions," said Alderman Daniel La Spata, one of the resolution's sponsors. "But we vote with hope. We vote with solidarity. We vote to help people feel heard in a world of silence.''
The ordinance remained largely unchanged over the past few months despite urging from the council's sole Jewish member, Alderwoman Debra Silverstein, who sought more support of Israel and criticism of Hamas.
''We all want an end to the bloodshed and an end to the war. But it is vital to understand what caused the conflict, and we should pass a resolution that addresses the issue responsibly,'' she said during the meeting. ''We should not pass a resolution unless it makes clear that Hamas cannot and should not attack again.''
The war began with Hamas attacking Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 26,000 Palestinians and displaced nearly 2 million others from their homes.
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| 2024-01-31T23:37:05Z
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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.
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Liverpool's win v. Chelsea was 'men against boys'
January 31, 2024 05:24 PM
Paul Burmeister, Tim Howard, and Robbie Mustoe react to Liverpool's dominant 4-1 victory over Chelsea and praise Conor Bradley for his man of the match performance for the Reds.
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Senate Summons CBN Governor Over Naira’s Forex Decline
The Senate’s Committee on Banking, Insurance, and other Financial Institutions has issued a summons for the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, to appear before it next Tuesday to address concerns regarding the economy and the alarming depreciation of the naira in the forex market.
Chaired by Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (APC Lagos East), the Committee convened on Wednesday amidst the backdrop of the naira plunging to N1,520 against the US dollar, prompting urgent deliberations on the matter.
Following a closed-door session, Senator Abiru addressed journalists, highlighting the legislature’s deep apprehensions about the state of the economy, particularly concerning inflationary pressures.
He emphasized, “We have held a meeting this afternoon essentially to focus on the direction of the Nigerian economy.”
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| 2024-01-31T23:37:11Z
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Democrats in the state Senate approved a measure to allow the state to work directly with manufacturers to make generic — and much cheaper — versions of key prescription drugs.
The bill would make New York only the second state in the nation, after California, to seek contracts with drug companies to make the medications, including insulin, a drug that has sharply risen in price in recent years.
Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said the aim is to lower costs and protect against potential drug shortages.
“Accessible and affordable prescription medication is not a luxury,” Stewart-Cousins said. “It is a necessity.”
The legislation would direct the state health department to identify other generic drugs that are costly or are vulnerable to shortages that could also be eligible for a manufacturing partnership.
A second bill would eliminate insurance co-payments for insulin, which is used by 1.6 million New Yorkers to control their diabetes. Gov. Kathy Hochul also included that provision in her state budget proposal this year.
Senate sponsor and Health Committee Chair Gustavo Rivera said once the original investment is made, the changes would save the state’s multibillion-dollar Medicaid program money.
The Medicaid prescription drug program is projected to cost $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2024. Senate Democrats could not estimate exact savings but said it’s not unreasonable to expect to cut costs by a minimum of 10%.
They said in California, where the state has already entered into an agreement to manufacture insulin, a 10-millimeter vial that now costs $300 would cost just $30 to make.
They said it could also save patients hundreds of dollars on each dose, and thousands of dollars annually.
The Democrats’ proposal comes at a time when the governor is asking lawmakers to slash $1.5 billion in public health care spending. Rivera is against the cuts, saying it’s not the time to reduce spending on a health care system already destabilized by the pandemic.
“I certainly scratch my head, because I think that there are other options on the table,” Rivera said. “There's proposed cuts (that) are between a billion and a billion and a half (dollars). I think that this is not the moment to do that.”
Rivera, along with the health care workers union SEIU 1199 and home care advocates, have an alternative proposal for cost savings in the state’s Medicaid program.
They want to decouple home health care from the Medicaid Managed Care program. They say that arrangement, begun in 2011, has resulted in billions of dollars going to insurance companies who manage the programs for administrative costs and profits, instead of paying for home care workers. Rivera said it was a “failed experiment.”
“It has not worked,” Rivera said. “What has happened is that we have a system in which people are more needy, in which people who take care of those folks who are needy, (and) don't get paid the money that they deserve.”
He said the change could save the Medicaid program $2.5 billion a year, more than the amount that Hochul is seeking in savings.
The health insurance industry opposes the idea. In a statement, the New York Health Plan Association, which represents nonprofit insurance plans, said the previous fee-for-service plans was a “dismal failure” and that there are concerns among home health care providers and their clients who are “worried about the impact the bill will have on elderly and disabled New Yorkers.”
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| 2024-01-31T23:37:13Z
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Hong Kong escape room, Lost, has joined hands with Lego to present Hong Kong's first-ever Lego themed escape room. Inspired by the Lego City sets, Lost brings the vibrant landscape of the Lego City Police Prison Island to life. With two distinct storylines, players (aged six and above) can either become inmates and find ways to escape prison, or take on the role of prison guards to investigate and prevent the jailbreak. Both rooms incorporate the use of Lego bricks to activate various mechanisms.
Book your tickets from Feb 1 to Jun 30 at Lost's Causeway Bay branch or the Lost Junior New Town Plaza location in Sha Tin. Each ticket also includes a $50 redemption coupon to redeem a special Lego souvenir!
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| 2024-01-31T23:37:13Z
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Top tech CEOs were being grilled in Washington by lawmakers, who said the companies have failed to protect children from being subjected to sexual abuse and exploitation on their websites.
The executives include Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, X's Linda Yaccarino and TikTok's Shou Zi Chew, among others.
The social media apps have "given predators powerful new tools to exploit children," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., at the kickoff of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. He noted that the powerful apps "have changed the way we live, work and play."
The hearing is one of several over the past year as pressure builds for federal regulators to do more to hold tech companies accountable for children's safety online. Lawmakers have spoken out, have written letters to the CEOs and are pushing five separate bills that cover social media and child safety.
States have also targeted the social media companies. Last year, 13 states passed laws to protect kids on social media, and more states are expected to do the same.
"You have blood on your hands," Sen. Lindsey Graham tells Zuckerberg
Of the companies testifying on Wednesday, Meta has especially come under fire for allegedly creating a toxic environment for children. In October, a group of more than 40 states sued the company for allegedly designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive.
Separately, New Mexico's attorney general filed another suit against Meta, alleging it fails to remove child sexual abuse material from its platforms and also makes it easy for adults to solicit minors.
That lawsuit came after a Facebook whistleblower, Arturo Bejar, testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee in November. Based on data he collected while working at Facebook, he said he found that 24% of teens had received unwanted sexual advances. And when harmful posts are reported, he said, only 2% are taken down.
During Wednesday's hearing, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., laid into Zuckerberg.
"Mr. Zuckerberg," Graham began, "you have blood on your hands. You have a product that's killing people."
The packed audience, which included parents, survivors and child advocates, erupted in applause.
Zuckerberg has testified several times before members of the Senate, and he voluntarily agreed to speak again on Wednesday. In his opening statement, he said, "Keeping young people safe online has been a challenge since the internet began."
"No matter how much we invest or how effective our tools are, there's always more to learn and more improvements to make," Zuckerberg added.
Internal emails show Zuckerberg declined to hire staff to protect children online
In the lead-up to Wednesday's hearing, Meta rolled out new tools geared toward protecting kids online. Those include barring children under age 18 from seeing posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. The company says it has around 40,000 people working on safety and security issues.
But just hours before the hearing began, lawmakers released 90 pages of internal emails that showed Meta has refused to fully commit to improving child safety on its platforms. At one point in 2021, the emails show, Zuckerberg declined a proposal to hire 45 new staff members dedicated to children's well-being.
The emails show top executives at Meta discussing budget and head count, as well as the fact that if they didn't address the issue they'd face increased regulatory risk and external criticism.
"This work & narrative has of course become a more critical focal point for policymakers, regulators et al in recent weeks — this is not likely to diminish going forward," Nick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs wrote in a 2021 email to Zuckerberg.
The internal emails were produced in response to a letter that Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., sent to Meta in November.
Five federal bills introduced
Of the other executives to testify, TikTok's Chew has also appeared before Congresslast year, but this is the first time lawmakers have grilled X's Yaccarino and the two other CEOs: Snap's Evan Spiegel and Discord's Jason Citron. Chew volunteered to speak on Wednesday, but Yaccarino, Spiegel and Citron agreed only after being subpoenaed.
Snap has come out as the sole social media company to throw its support behind the Kids Online Safety Act, which is one of the bills that lawmakers are hoping to bring to the Senate floor this year. If passed, it would hold tech companies accountable for feeding teens toxic content.
"Many of the largest and most successful internet companies today were born here in the United States of America, and we must lead not only in technical innovation but also in smart regulation," Snap's Spiegel said in his opening remarks on Wednesday.
Throughout the hearing, several of the senators tried to get the tech CEOs to agree to back legislation. All of the executives said more had to be done and they agree with regulation, but besides Spiegel, none said they'd fully back one of the bills.
At one point Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., tried to get the CEOs to support legislation he and several other senators introduced, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act.
"Is there any one of you willing to say now that you support this bill?" Coons asked the CEOs.
After the question didn't elicit a response, he followed up with: "Mr. Chairman, let the record reflect a yawning silence from the leaders of the social media platforms."
Child safety groups and parents joined lawmakers for several press conferences on Wednesday. They echoed the senators' demands that more has to be done to protect kids online.
"Parents used to worry about where their kids were at 10 p.m.," said Imran Ahmed, CEO and founder of the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate. "These days, they may be physically present, but we don't know who they're spending time with online and what they're being exposed to every day."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — After a deadly school bus crash last summer, a task force convened by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recommended Wednesday more training, driver benefits and safety features — but not a seat belt mandate.
How and when safety upgrades are made would be up to individual school districts, DeWine said at an event releasing the Ohio School Bus Safety Working Group's final report. He said his office has begun discussions with the Legislature about establishing a grant fund to help school districts pay for vehicle upgrades or new safety-enhanced buses.
DeWine created the working group in August, after a school bus crash in Clark County's Lawrenceville, about 55 miles (88.51 kilometers) southwest of Columbus, left one child dead and 23 others injured.
''We know that buses are the safest way to transport children to school; that remains true,'' he said Wednesday. ''But when we have a tragedy like this, I think it's important for us to reexamine what we can do to make the trips that our kids are taking, and grandkids are taking, as safe as we can.''
The working group issued 17 recommendations. Sixteen related to bus driver recruitment and retention, training and education, school bus safety features, road and traffic safety, and emergency response.
Ohio Public Safety Director Andy Wilson said the group stopped short of recommending that the state mandate that all school buses have seat belts, instead leaving the decision to individual school districts.
''As a group — after hearing form the experts, hearing from our bus drivers, looking at the data or the lack of data from states that have mandated seat belts, and listening to the school districts who have tried pilot programs on their buses — we became convinced that the statewide mandate of seat belts on buses is not the most effective use of government resources to keep our kids safe,'' he said.
Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen Dackin said adding seat belts to a bus costs about $19,000. By contrast, the other twelve safety features the group recommended — including collision avoidance systems, electronic stability control, lighted crossover mirrors and fully illuminated stop arms at the front and rear — would cost about $13,000 per bus.
The final recommendation, involving commercial bus services, addressed a second Ohio bus crash that took place even as the task force was working. In that November accident, a charter bus of high school students was rear-ended by a semi truck on an Ohio highway, killing six and injuring 18.
To address private buses, the working group recommended that school districts adopt policies requiring ''thorough evaluation of contracted commercial bus services.''
For public school bus drivers, the group recommended that the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce develop a uniform training curriculum, as well as a regional advanced training program, and that Ohio require six hours of training for drivers each year. The grant program DeWine has in mind would allow the state to offer the training to school districts at no cost, he said.
Other recommendations include improved access to professional development, wellness support and regular performance reviews for bus drivers, expanded engagement with parents and the public, school zone and bus route safety audits, and enhanced penalties for drivers of other vehicles who violate traffic laws in school zones or around school buses.
According to state data, between 2018 and 2023, the other driver was at fault in 68% of school bus crashes involving minor injuries, in 80% of crashes involving serious injuries; and in 75% of crashes involving fatalities.
DeWine said about 13,000 school buses are operating in Ohio at this time, but school districts typically don't replace them all at once, but perhaps at a pace of one or two a year. New buses run about $120,000, Dackin said.
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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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World Acceptance Co. (NASDAQ:WRLD – Get Free Report)’s share price crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $127.90 and traded as high as $143.67. World Acceptance shares last traded at $142.95, with a volume of 36,760 shares changing hands.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of brokerages recently weighed in on WRLD. StockNews.com started coverage on shares of World Acceptance in a research report on Thursday, October 5th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on shares of World Acceptance from $58.00 to $56.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 23rd.
Read Our Latest Report on World Acceptance
World Acceptance Stock Performance
World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, January 19th. The credit services provider reported $2.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by $1.22. World Acceptance had a net margin of 11.82% and a return on equity of 13.56%. The business had revenue of $137.75 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $134.95 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.78 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts forecast that World Acceptance Co. will post 11.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity
In other news, insider John L. Calmes, Jr. sold 6,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $113.68, for a total transaction of $738,920.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 28,665 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,258,637.20. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On World Acceptance
Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System purchased a new stake in shares of World Acceptance during the 4th quarter worth $222,000. New York State Teachers Retirement System boosted its position in shares of World Acceptance by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System now owns 7,223 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $943,000 after buying an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in World Acceptance by 80.9% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 3,988 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $521,000 after purchasing an additional 1,783 shares in the last quarter. Range Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in World Acceptance by 7.3% in the 4th quarter. Range Financial Group LLC now owns 4,171 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $544,000 after purchasing an additional 283 shares in the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. lifted its holdings in World Acceptance by 31.4% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,955 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $503,000 after purchasing an additional 944 shares in the last quarter. 84.50% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About World Acceptance
World Acceptance Corporation engages in consumer finance business in the United States. The company offers short-term small installment loans, medium-term larger installment loans, related credit insurance, and ancillary products and services to individuals. It also provides income tax return preparation and filing services; and automobile club memberships.
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Tinubu Decries Stereotyping Of Nigerians Over Cyber Crimes
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has deplored what he termed mislabelling and blanket stereotyping of Nigeria as a country with the highest prevalence of cybercrime and other forms of corrupt practices among its population, saying it undermines majority of the citizens maintaining the principles of integrity and diligence.
He regretted that over the years, the entire Nigerian populace had been linked with internet crimes without statistical proof, a development he said is out of tune with the way of life of the typical Nigerian citizen.
The President made the observation on Wednesday during a Public Engagement on Youth, Religion, and the Fight Against Corruption, as well as the Launch of Inter-Faith Manual and Fraud Risk Assessment Project for MDAs at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.
The event organized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a multi-dimensional stakeholders’ involvement in the fight against economic and financial crimes.
The President who was represented at the event by his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima, noted that on the contrary, Nigerians are meticulous, authentic citizens who have been making significant contributions to innumerable fields of endeavours around the world.
“Over the decades, Nigerians have been victims of mislabelling. Such gross misrepresentation fails to reflect the true essence of our diverse and resilient nation. The association of internet crimes with the entire Nigerian populace lacks statistical evidence and does not align with the sociology of everyday Nigerians.
“Our nation comprises hardworking, honest citizens who contribute significantly to various fields globally, from Artificial Intelligence to medicine.
“While we reject blanket stereotyping that undermines the majority upholding principles of integrity and diligence, we must face the fact that we function in an interconnected world where cybercrimes have evolved into a global phenomenon. This poses a threat not only to our nation but to the entire world,” Tinubu stated.
Delivering his speech titled, “Youth, Religion, and Our Battle Against Corruption: A Call to Action,” the President applauded the EFCC “for remaining a moral compass, persistently rousing the nation’s conscience,” just as he said through its operations, the commission has remained vocal in “telling the world that Nigeria is neither complicit nor complacent in confronting the menace of corruption”.
Underscoring the urgency of combating internet crimes and neutralizing the threat caused by other forms of corruption head on, President Tinubu assured the anti-graft agency of “the government’s support in its quest to combat these digital offenses.
“We must recognize that the Commission’s lawful efforts to bring fraudsters to book are imperative for the overall well-being of our society. The government is aware that our ambitious goal of eradicating internet offenses and corruption demands an atmosphere steeped in trust and integrity. We must foster open communication channels and ensure that law enforcement actions align with justice and accountability,” he added.
The President also stressed the need to remind Nigerian youths that there are abundant opportunities for lawful enterprises, both within and outside the shores of the country.
This, he said, is the reason why the federal government has taken steps to establish a Students Loan Board to address the financial needs of students.
He continued: “This initiative aims not only to alleviate financial burdens but also to disincentivize criminality by offering a tangible alternative. Our message to the youth is clear: the horizon is wide, and opportunities abound across various sectors.
“Seize these prospects, embark on lawful enterprises, and let your talents shine. The government encourages you to leverage these opportunities, exhibit your capabilities across all sectors, and contribute to the prosperity of our great nation”.
President Tinubu lauded efforts by the EFCC to tackle corruption through the Inter-Faith and Fraud Risk Assessment Projects, saying the “initiative recognizes the potential of religion as a tool for ethical reformation and underscores the importance of engaging diverse faith communities in our fight against corruption.
“Simultaneously, this initiative addresses vulnerabilities within government agencies and acknowledges the critical need to fortify these institutions against corrupt practices.
“Our nation is deeply rooted in religious values, and it is crucial to acknowledge that both Christianity and Islam vehemently condemn corruption. With these profound teachings in mind, I urge our revered religious leaders to demonstrate a pillar of guidance,” he added.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, said the launch of the interfaith manuals and the Fraud Risk Assessment Project for MDAs are all geared towards engaging relevant and critical stakeholders in the reinvigorated anti-corruption fight in the country.
He said the prevalence of cybercrime and related activities involving youths is worrisome and necessitates the adoption of proactive measures by the commission under his watch.
The EFCC boss also spoke about the involvement of religious organisations in illicit activities, including money laundering and urged leaders across different groups to partner the commission by propagating messages that glorify the virtues of integrity, honesty and hard work.
In his goodwill message, the Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), emphasized the significance of paying more attention to preventive measures in the renewed fight against corruption.
He urged religious leaders, traditional rulers, heads of tertiary institutions in the country and youth groups to take ownership of the reinvigorated anti-corruption crusade under the Tinubu administration.
In separate remarks, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh; Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, were unanimous in their commendation of President Tinubu and the EFCC management for the administration’s avowed commitment to the fight against corruption in Nigeria.
They declared the total support of their various communities and groups to the renewed fight against corruption that prioritizes prevention, urging political leaders at all levels to intensify efforts by leading by example and ensuring the reviewing of existing laws to prevent corrupt activities in public and private establishments.
Also present at the event were the Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, Sen. Emmanuel Udende who represented the Senate President; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Bagudu; Chairperson of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Lilian Salami; Chairman of Channels TV, Mr John Momoh; Former Minister of Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola; JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, and some heads of government agencies and parastatals, among others.
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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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Liverpool's win v. Chelsea was 'men against boys'
January 31, 2024 05:24 PM
Paul Burmeister, Tim Howard, and Robbie Mustoe react to Liverpool's dominant 4-1 victory over Chelsea and praise Conor Bradley for his man of the match performance for the Reds.
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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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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.
Major League Baseball pledged support. And the total raised just through one online fundraiser surpassed $145,000, 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 (11.27 kilometers) 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 Wednesday in a message on X, formerly Twitter, that the MLB commissioner's office and 30 clubs had committed funding toward the cost of replacing the statue and providing other support.
''Amazing, huh?'' he said.
Lutz had said earlier that 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,'' he 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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‘Elsbeth’ Adds Gloria Reuben as Wendell Pierce’s Wife
Elsbeth has cast Captain C.W. Wagner’s (Wendell Pierce) wife, and we cannot wait to see these two onscreen together.
TV Insider has learned that Gloria Reuben (CBS viewers will recognize her from her recurring role on The Equalizer last year) will be playing Claudia Payne. She’s a mainstay of New York society and known for her charitable work. She and Captain Wagner are a loving, Manhattan power couple. It’s a recurring role. Plus, we got Pierce’s first exclusive quote about the casting and what he’s looking forward to exploring with this look into his character’s personal life.
“I want to personally show Wagner as a very loving and kind man. I want to show the totality of the man and show a private side that is not a part of his public persona. And Gloria Reuben is coming on as my wife and there’s a sweetness to her, as I thought about it, in the way that she portrays roles and the work that she does that would kind of bring a sweetness out in me, in my character,” Pierce says. “So while we haven’t started to work together on that yet, I want to bring out that sweeter side of him when he’s with her, and that’ll show you the impact that she has on him and the love that they have. It’s always a wonderful thing to depict a loving couple.”
He adds, “I look forward to it. I’ve never worked with her, and I love her work.”
The new drama, which premieres on Thursday, February 29, is based on Carrie Preston‘s character Elsbeth Tascioni, featured in The Good Wife and The Good Fight. The astute but unconventional attorney utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD. After leaving her successful legal career in Chicago to tackle a new investigative role in New York City, Elsbeth finds herself jockeying with the toast of the NYPD, Captain C.W. Wagner, a charismatic and revered leader. Working alongside Elsbeth is Officer Kaya Blanke (Carra Patterson), a stoic and ethical officer who quickly develops an appreciation for Elsbeth’s insightful and offbeat ways.
Elsbeth, Series Premiere, Thursday, February 29, 10/9c, CBS
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Welcome back to the latest episode of The Terrible Take. Think of it as a super-mini version of The Terrible Podcast. A short, 1-3 minute episode seven days a week, every weekday at 5 PM/EST, with Alex Kozora, Dave Bryan, Josh Carney, Ross McCorkle, Melanie Friedlander, and Joe Clark telling you what’s on our minds. You can check out episodes here or wherever you listen to The Terrible Podcast.
For Episode 1,063 on this Wednesday afternoon, I outline the key to success for Arthur Smith, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ new offensive coordinator.
Direct download link: Listen: The Terrible Take (Episode 1063)
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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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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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Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc. lifted its holdings in McDonald’s Co. (NYSE:MCD – Free Report) by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 35,575 shares of the fast-food giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,071 shares during the quarter. Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc.’s holdings in McDonald’s were worth $9,372,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Costello Asset Management INC increased its holdings in McDonald’s by 8.2% in the second quarter. Costello Asset Management INC now owns 460 shares of the fast-food giant’s stock valued at $137,000 after buying an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Ramsay Stattman Vela & Price Inc. raised its position in shares of McDonald’s by 0.5% in the 2nd quarter. Ramsay Stattman Vela & Price Inc. now owns 7,685 shares of the fast-food giant’s stock worth $2,293,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the period. Widmann Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in McDonald’s by 0.4% in the second quarter. Widmann Financial Services Inc. now owns 9,525 shares of the fast-food giant’s stock valued at $2,842,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC grew its position in McDonald’s by 0.3% during the second quarter. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC now owns 10,346 shares of the fast-food giant’s stock valued at $3,086,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the period. Finally, Carmel Capital Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of McDonald’s by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. Carmel Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,310 shares of the fast-food giant’s stock worth $391,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the period. 67.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
McDonald’s Price Performance
McDonald’s stock traded down $2.10 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $292.55. The company had a trading volume of 1,686,368 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,948,847. McDonald’s Co. has a fifty-two week low of $245.73 and a fifty-two week high of $302.39. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $290.96 and its 200-day moving average is $280.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $212.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.71.
Insider Buying and Selling at McDonald’s
In other McDonald’s news, insider Joseph M. Erlinger sold 4,583 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $290.70, for a total value of $1,332,278.10. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 8,187 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,379,960.90. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. In other McDonald’s news, insider Joseph M. Erlinger sold 4,583 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $290.70, for a total value of $1,332,278.10. Following the sale, the insider now owns 8,187 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,379,960.90. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Joseph M. Erlinger sold 4,487 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $281.25, for a total transaction of $1,261,968.75. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 8,908 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,505,375. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.18% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several research analysts recently commented on MCD shares. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $315.00 price target on shares of McDonald’s in a report on Thursday, December 7th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on McDonald’s from $300.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 7th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on McDonald’s from $280.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, November 30th. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on shares of McDonald’s from $330.00 to $310.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 17th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of McDonald’s from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 24th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $317.77.
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McDonald’s Company Profile
McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises McDonald's restaurants in the United States and internationally. The company's restaurants offer hamburgers and cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches and nuggets, fries, salads, shakes, frozen desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, bakery items, soft drinks, coffee, and beverages and other beverages, as well as breakfast menu, including muffins, Sausages, biscuit and bagel sandwiches, oatmeal, hash browns, breakfast burritos and hotcakes.
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HONOLULU — A surge of earthquakes at Kilauea's summit prompted scientists to raise the alert level for the Hawaiian volcano on Wednesday. But any eruption is unlikely to threaten homes.
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said it detected 25 to 30 small earthquakes per hour since 3 a.m. at the southern part of the volcano's caldera. This is inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and far from homes.
Magnitudes ranged from less than 1 to 3.4. Several quakes were large enough to be felt by observatory staff in the field.
The observatory raised its alert level to ''watch,'' signifying that Kilauea was showing heightened or escalating unrest. This level indicates there is an increased chance the volcano will erupt, though it is unclear when.
Previously, the designator for Kilauea was ''advisory,'' meaning the volcano was showing signs of elevated unrest above a known background level.
Kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanoes. It last erupted in September, spewing lava inside the summit caldera for nearly a week. It also erupted in June.
In 2018, lava burst out of cracks on Kilauea's eastern flank in its lower East Rift Zone and destroyed more than 700 homes.
The observatory said there has been no unusual activity in the middle and lower sections of the East Rift Zone.
Kilauea's much larger neighbor, Mauna Loa, erupted in 2022 for the first time in four decades.
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Pittsburgh wasted little time going from interviewing Arthur Smith to hiring him as the Steelers’ next offensive coordinator. According to SI’s Albert Breer, that was intentional. Smith agreed to a three-year contract to become the team’s next OC and, in doing so, canceled his plans to visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And several other pending trips.
In his latest column, Breer says Smith was vacationing in the Maldives when he set up his interview with the Steelers. Flying into Pittsburgh, he planned on leaving to interview with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tomlin prevented him from needing to board that flight.
“He met with Tomlin on Monday and into Tuesday, with plans to travel to Tampa on Tuesday night and interview for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers OC job,” Breer wrote. “But with Smith’s run-game ingenuity, overall offensive creativity, and work with quarterbacks, the Steelers and Tomlin saw the fit, and then worked to make sure he wouldn’t get on the plane to Florida.”
Breer added up to six teams were interested in speaking with Smith to either be their offensive coordinator or assistant. Smith told Tomlin Pittsburgh would be his first stop. As it turned out, it would be his only stop. It’s worth noting the Steelers announced the Smith interview on Sunday, not Monday, but the details of the timeline don’t matter much anymore.
Tampa Bay had a coordinator vacancy after losing Dave Canales, now the Carolina Panthers’ new head coach. Geographically, that would’ve fit Smith better, who was born in Tennessee, coached the Titans for years, and had just finished a three-year stint in Atlanta.
Instead, he’ll replace Matt Canada as the team’s permanent offensive coordinator. RBs Coach Eddie Faulkner served in the interim role while QBs Coach Mike Sullivan called the plays. Unless Sullivan gets a coordinator job in Las Vegas or New Orleans, he’s expected to remain on staff. Beyond the hire of Smith and perhaps one or two other minor moves, the Steelers’ offensive staff could look the same in 2024.
Smith is only the team’s second outside hire of any offensive or defensive coordinator since 2001. Todd Haley was the other, hired as the Steelers’ OC in 2012 and spending five seasons with the team. While Smith isn’t viewed as the most popular choice, he isn’t the exciting up-and-comer other names would’ve offered, the NFL thought highly of him and he was bound to coordinate someone’s offense this season. Now, it’ll be Pittsburgh’s.
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Liverpool's win v. Chelsea was 'men against boys'
January 31, 2024 05:24 PM
Paul Burmeister, Tim Howard, and Robbie Mustoe react to Liverpool's dominant 4-1 victory over Chelsea and praise Conor Bradley for his man of the match performance for the Reds.
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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 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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Oregon Jackson Powers-Johnson, one of the top centers in the 2024 NFL Draft, will spend plenty of time with the Pittsburgh Steelers during this week’s 2024 Senior Bowl. Speaking to our Jonathan Heitritter, Powers-Johnson confirmed he’s met with the team already and has another meeting with the Steelers on Wednesday night.
“Talked to Coach Tomlin yesterday a little bit,” he told Heitritter. “Just introduced myself, said hello. I had an interview with them, I think, two days ago. I think I have an interview with them tonight as well.”
It appears tonight’s meeting will be his formal one, perhaps talking with Tomlin longer than he did in saying hello on Tuesday. Yesterday, Tomlin buzzed around the o-line drills, a yearly tradition, and is always the closest coach around the action.
Powers-Johnson is competing to be the first center selected in this year’s draft. Based on all reports, including from Heitritter, he’s had a solid first two days of practice. In this one-on-one drill, he buried the defensive tackle into the ground, easily winning this rep.
He looks the part at 6032, 334 pounds, though he lacks ideal length with 32 1/8-inch arms. Coming to Mobile can be a daunting task, picking up a new system on the fly, but after playing for three different offensive coordinators in Oregon, Powers-Johnson isn’t intimidated.
“We ran duo, inside zone, outside zone, and it translates a lot here. Learning this playbook here in such a short amount of time, it was easy to kind of pick it up. Because I ran those. It’s just different names and it’s different calls. All you gotta know is kind of those different things. But running an array of things at Oregon helped a lot.”
Following the 2024 NFL Combine, Oregon will have one of the cycle’s earliest Pro Days, held in Eugene on March 12. A potential first-round pick, history suggests if the Steeler’s interest is serious. Mike Tomlin and/or Omar Khan will be at the Ducks’ Pro Day. Every first-round selection since Maurkice Pouncey in 2010 has had Tomlin and/or the team’s GM (be it Kevin Colbert or Khan) at his workout.
It’s rare for Tomlin to travel West for Pro Days, but they did so for David DeCastro in 2012, who fell into their laps with the 24th overall pick. Perhaps it’ll happen again.
Check out our full scouting report on Powers-Johnson below.
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LOS ANGELES — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers slowly pushed into California on Wednesday, triggering statewide storm preparations and calls for people to get ready for potential flooding, heavy snow and damaging winds.
Known as a ''Pineapple Express'' because its long plume of moisture stretched back across the Pacific to near Hawaii, the storm rolled into the far north first and was expected to move down the coast through Thursday. Forecasters expect an even more powerful storm to follow it Sunday.
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services activated its operations center and positioned personnel and equipment in areas most at risk from the weather.
Brian Ferguson, Cal OES deputy director of crisis communications, characterized the situation as "a significant threat to the safety of Californians'' with concerns for impact over 10 to 14 days from the Oregon line to San Diego and from the coast up into the mountains.
''This really is a broad sweep of California that's going to see threats over the coming week,'' Ferguson said.
Much of the first storm's heaviest rain and mountain snow was expected to arrive late Wednesday and overnight into Thursday.
''The main impact is going to be runoff from heavy rainfall that is probably going to result in flooding of some waterways,'' said Robert Hart, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's western region.
Last winter, California was battered by numerous drought-busting atmospheric rivers that unleashed extensive flooding, big waves that hammered shoreline communities and extraordinary snowfall that crushed buildings. More than 20 people died.
The memory was in mind in Capitola, along Monterey Bay, as Joshua Whitby brought in sandbags and considered boarding up the restaurant Zelda's on the Beach, where he is kitchen manager.
''There's absolutely always a little bit of PTSD going on with this just because of how much damage we did take last year," Whitby said.
The second storm in the series has the potential to be much stronger, said Daniel Swain a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Models suggest it could intensify as it approaches the coast of California, a process called bombogenesis in which a spinning low-pressure system rapidly deepens, Swain said in an online briefing Tuesday. The process is popularly called a ''cyclone bomb.''
That scenario would create the potential for a major windstorm for the San Francisco Bay Area and other parts of Northern California as well as heavy but brief rain, Swain said.
Southern California, meanwhile, would get less wind but potentially two to three times as much rain as the north because of a deep tap of Pacific moisture extending to the tropics, Swain said.
''This is well south of Hawaii, so not just a Pineapple Express,'" he said.
The new storms come halfway through a winter very different than a year ago.
Despite storms like a Jan. 22 deluge that spawned damaging flash floods in San Diego, the overall trend has been drier. The Sierra Nevada snowpack that normally supplies about 30% of California's water is only about half of its average to date, state officials said Tuesday.
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Nic Coury contributed to this report from Capitola, California.
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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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ARAW (ARAW) traded 0.5% higher against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 17:00 PM ET on January 31st. In the last week, ARAW has traded 0.8% higher against the dollar. One ARAW coin can currently be bought for about $1.02 or 0.00002345 BTC on exchanges. ARAW has a total market cap of $2.04 billion and approximately $280,385.29 worth of ARAW was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
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Top tech CEOs were being grilled in Washington by lawmakers, who said the companies have failed to protect children from being subjected to sexual abuse and exploitation on their websites.
The executives include Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, X's Linda Yaccarino and TikTok's Shou Zi Chew, among others.
The social media apps have "given predators powerful new tools to exploit children," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., at the kickoff of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. He noted that the powerful apps "have changed the way we live, work and play."
The hearing is one of several over the past year as pressure builds for federal regulators to do more to hold tech companies accountable for children's safety online. Lawmakers have spoken out, have written letters to the CEOs and are pushing five separate bills that cover social media and child safety.
States have also targeted the social media companies. Last year, 13 states passed laws to protect kids on social media, and more states are expected to do the same.
"You have blood on your hands," Sen. Lindsey Graham tells Zuckerberg
Of the companies testifying on Wednesday, Meta has especially come under fire for allegedly creating a toxic environment for children. In October, a group of more than 40 states sued the company for allegedly designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive.
Separately, New Mexico's attorney general filed another suit against Meta, alleging it fails to remove child sexual abuse material from its platforms and also makes it easy for adults to solicit minors.
That lawsuit came after a Facebook whistleblower, Arturo Bejar, testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee in November. Based on data he collected while working at Facebook, he said he found that 24% of teens had received unwanted sexual advances. And when harmful posts are reported, he said, only 2% are taken down.
During Wednesday's hearing, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., laid into Zuckerberg.
"Mr. Zuckerberg," Graham began, "you have blood on your hands. You have a product that's killing people."
The packed audience, which included parents, survivors and child advocates, erupted in applause.
Zuckerberg has testified several times before members of the Senate, and he voluntarily agreed to speak again on Wednesday. In his opening statement, he said, "Keeping young people safe online has been a challenge since the internet began."
"No matter how much we invest or how effective our tools are, there's always more to learn and more improvements to make," Zuckerberg added.
Internal emails show Zuckerberg declined to hire staff to protect children online
In the lead-up to Wednesday's hearing, Meta rolled out new tools geared toward protecting kids online. Those include barring children under age 18 from seeing posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. The company says it has around 40,000 people working on safety and security issues.
But just hours before the hearing began, lawmakers released 90 pages of internal emails that showed Meta has refused to fully commit to improving child safety on its platforms. At one point in 2021, the emails show, Zuckerberg declined a proposal to hire 45 new staff members dedicated to children's well-being.
The emails show top executives at Meta discussing budget and head count, as well as the fact that if they didn't address the issue they'd face increased regulatory risk and external criticism.
"This work & narrative has of course become a more critical focal point for policymakers, regulators et al in recent weeks — this is not likely to diminish going forward," Nick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs wrote in a 2021 email to Zuckerberg.
The internal emails were produced in response to a letter that Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., sent to Meta in November.
Five federal bills introduced
Of the other executives to testify, TikTok's Chew has also appeared before Congresslast year, but this is the first time lawmakers have grilled X's Yaccarino and the two other CEOs: Snap's Evan Spiegel and Discord's Jason Citron. Chew volunteered to speak on Wednesday, but Yaccarino, Spiegel and Citron agreed only after being subpoenaed.
Snap has come out as the sole social media company to throw its support behind the Kids Online Safety Act, which is one of the bills that lawmakers are hoping to bring to the Senate floor this year. If passed, it would hold tech companies accountable for feeding teens toxic content.
"Many of the largest and most successful internet companies today were born here in the United States of America, and we must lead not only in technical innovation but also in smart regulation," Snap's Spiegel said in his opening remarks on Wednesday.
Throughout the hearing, several of the senators tried to get the tech CEOs to agree to back legislation. All of the executives said more had to be done and they agree with regulation, but besides Spiegel, none said they'd fully back one of the bills.
At one point Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., tried to get the CEOs to support legislation he and several other senators introduced, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act.
"Is there any one of you willing to say now that you support this bill?" Coons asked the CEOs.
After the question didn't elicit a response, he followed up with: "Mr. Chairman, let the record reflect a yawning silence from the leaders of the social media platforms."
Child safety groups and parents joined lawmakers for several press conferences on Wednesday. They echoed the senators' demands that more has to be done to protect kids online.
"Parents used to worry about where their kids were at 10 p.m.," said Imran Ahmed, CEO and founder of the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate. "These days, they may be physically present, but we don't know who they're spending time with online and what they're being exposed to every day."
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Liverpool's win v. Chelsea was 'men against boys'
January 31, 2024 05:24 PM
Paul Burmeister, Tim Howard, and Robbie Mustoe react to Liverpool's dominant 4-1 victory over Chelsea and praise Conor Bradley for his man of the match performance for the Reds.
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Broadway legend Hinton Battle, who originally played Scarecrow in 'The Wiz', has died By Megan Lim, Tinbete Ermyas Published January 31, 2024 at 5:39 PM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen • 1:59 Broadway star Hinton Battle, who played the original Scarecrow at the 1978 "The Wiz", has died at 67. He was a three-time Tony Award winner. Copyright 2024 NPR
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ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed a law defining antisemitism in state law, proclaiming support for Jewish residents despite concerns the measure would hamper people opposing the actions of Israel.
The Republican governor said by enacting the law, he was ''reaffirming our commitment to a Georgia where all people can live, learn and prosper safely, because there's no place for hate in this great state.''
Kemp likened it to when he signed a measure in 2020 that allows additional penalties to be imposed for crimes motivated by a victim's race, religion, sexual orientation or other factors. That hate crimes law was spurred by the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man pursued and fatally shot while running near Brunswick, Georgia.
The antisemitism definition measure had stalled in 2023, but was pushed with fresh urgency this year amid the Israel-Hamas war and a reported surge in antisemitic incidents in Georgia. Sponsors say adopting the 2016 definition put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance will help prosecutors and other officials identify hate crimes and illegal discrimination targeting Jewish people. That could lead to higher penalties under the 2020 hate crimes law.
The definition, which is only referred to in the bill, describes antisemitism as "a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.''
Kenneth Stern, the author of IHRA's definition, told The Associated Press that using such language in law is problematic, because an increasing number of Jews have adopted an antizionist position in opposition to Israeli actions.
Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen additional U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism.
Opponents of the Georgia law warned it would be used to censor free speech rights with criticism of Israel equated to hatred of Jewish people. A coalition of organizations, including Jewish Voice for Peace and CAIR, issued a joint statement saying that the Georgia bill ''falsely equates critiques of Israel and Zionism with discrimination against Jewish people.''
But supporters say the definition will only come into play after someone has committed a crime. State Rep. John Carson, a Marietta Republican who was one of the bill's sponsors, said he believed the measure would be challenged in court the first time it is used, but predicted it would be upheld.
''I'm very confident this will stand up, like it has in other states,'' Carson said.
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Figuring Out How To Use Your Vibrator? Here's What You Need To Know, From Experts
Vibrators can make an excellent addition to both solo and couples' play. Whether you're trying your first vibrator or curious about experimenting with a new one, here's how to figure out which vibrator is right for you and how to use it, according to experts.
Why use a vibrator?
Depending on what kind of vibrator you're using, the technique—and the benefits—will be a little different, according to licensed psychologist and AASECT-certifed sex therapist Megan Fleming, Ph.D.
Some vibrators, like bullets and wands, are primarily for clitoral stimulation. In this case, you'll hold it against the clit and make any motions that feel good to you, which could include running it along the length of the clitoral hood, tapping it against the glans (head) of the clitoris, making circular motions around it, or simply holding it in place pressed against clitoris or the vulva area.
In the case of a toy like a dildo or a G-spot vibrator, you'll insert the vibrator into your vaginal opening and thrust it in and out at the desired speed and pressure. You can angle it directly toward the back of your vagina to maximize the feelings of fullness, or you can angle it to press against the upper wall of the vagina, toward your stomach, which is the area often referred to as the G-spot.
As you get more comfortable with the toy you have (and we'll get into more specifics below), you can experiment with different positions, like standing or sitting up, as well as different motions and techniques. Getting to know a new toy also offers a chance to get to know your body better, which will help you learn more about yourself and what you like.
Tips & tricks for using your vibrator
Get to know your body
If you're trying a vibrator for the first time, Fleming suggests lying on your back with your legs open and starting by stimulating yourself with your hand first, to get an idea of what—and where—feels good. It can also be helpful to look at yourself in a mirror and identify things like the clitoris and the vaginal opening if you've never done so before, so you know where to focus your vibrator's touch.
Fleming also suggests taking the time to figure out whether you like direct or indirect clitoral stimulation (i.e. directly touching the clitoris itself or just touching around it), how much pressure you like (some like soft, fluttering touches, while others want more intense stimulation), and other specifics about the type of touch that feels good for you. Every person's body is different, so experiment and explore.
Understanding what feels good for you can help you decide whether you want a bullet vibe for external clitoral stimulation, for instance, or a G-spot vibrator, if you're looking for more internal sensation.
Read your toy's instructions
Before you do anything, Fleming says you'll want to read the instructions for your new toy when you open it up. They often come with special instructions and tips for how to use it, as well as the cleaning instructions you'll need to follow.
If there are buttons, you'll want to know which ones do what. It might help to get to know these settings before you start playing, so that you don't have to interrupt yourself in the middle of a steamy solo session or partner play to reread the manual.
Charge your toys ahead of time
Remember to charge up your toys before you need them, Fleming says. Because what's more of a buzzkill (literally) than a dead vibrator in the heat of the moment?
Set the mood
Whether you're masturbating or having sex with a partner, setting the mood before sex is so important, particularly for women, Fleming says. "Arousal is both mental and physical, so it's important for women to realize we can turn ourselves on—and turn ourselves off."
Sex educator Marla Renee Stewart, M.A., suggests actually scheduling time for playing with your vibrator. That way, you're creating quality time and ensuring you don't have anything else to worry about at that time.
Stewart also recommends paying attention to your physical environment: "Setting the mood means that you may want to invoke your romance skills by tidying up your place, set some mood lighting or candles, and making sure that you have all the necessary accoutrements for the sexual situation."
Get yourself aroused
Ease into the experience. Particularly if using a new vibrator but also just as a general rule of thumb, take your time. After all, what's the rush? "Taking your time with the toys is going to be key," Stewart says.
Particularly for people with vaginas, it can take some time to really get aroused. Fleming notes that when you're trying anything new sexually, including using a new toy, "You want to start when you're already aroused—you don't want to start from a neutral cold start."
When people aren't fully aroused, she adds, what they're responsive to and what feels good can be very different from what feels good once they are. "When people are aroused, they're more open and receptive."
Work up to the genitals
Stewart recommends running the vibrator along other parts of your body to help warm yourself up. "Don't rush to get it on the genitals right away. See how it feels up against different parts of your body, and play with it before you 'play' with it."
Start on a lower setting and work your way up
Most vibrators offer lots of different speeds and settings for you to explore. "As you're starting new, I think it's really important to start on a low speed," Fleming says, "because vibrators today are really powerful. Even on a low setting, it can be too intense for some women—so definitely start low and slow and work your way up."
If even the lowest setting is too intense, you can create a kind of barrier with underwear or a towel to lighten the intensity to your liking, she suggests.
Try different positions
When using a vibrator, different positions can offer different sensations. "How you're masturbating can be also a way for you to explore," Stewart says. "You can get a sense of all the different ways your body can receive pleasure."
Some positions to try:
- Lying on your back
- Lying on your stomach
- Sitting up
- Having one leg up while standing
- On your side
- Legs spread wide
- Legs closed
Try masturbating not only in your bed but on the couch, in the bathroom, or really anywhere, she adds.
Use lube
Fleming and Stewart both recommend adding lube to the mix. Fleming notes that the mind associates wetness with arousal, which is another good reason to incorporate lube, plus it can add to the sensation of the vibrator itself.
You'll want to apply the lube to both the toy and the areas you'll be stimulating, she notes. Otherwise, the toys can inadvertently tug on your skin uncomfortably.
"Trying different lubes is key," Stewart adds. This is where sample packets come in handy, to help you get an idea of what works—and what doesn't. If you are unfamiliar with lube, trying sample packets will help you get an idea of what works with your body and what doesn't.
As a rule of thumb, "use water-based lubes with silicone toys," Fleming notes, as silicone lube can degrade the material of a silicone toy.
Keep playing
It's called experimenting for a reason, so just try to relax, explore, and notice what you do and don't like. "It's all about discovering what feels good as far as pressure, friction, and speed," she says. And remember, what feels good one day may feel different tomorrow. "There's the whole role of context depending on how relaxed you are and where your mind is at. It's very much dependent on context," Fleming adds.
Using vibrators with your partner
While great for solo play, vibrators are also wonderful additions to sex with a partner. If you never have before, you might be nervous to suggest it to your partner, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with incorporating new things into the mix.
Let your partner know you're interested in trying some new things and suggest making a fun date out of going to a sex store or browsing for different things online. Fleming suggests starting small with something like a bullet because they're not visually overwhelming.
Using toys during partnered sex "also helps you to convey to your lover what you like," Stewart says. The same vibrator will feel different when a partner is using it on you versus when you're using it on yourself, she notes. "It's important to note that when they are touching you, you are giving them the feedback they need in order to get all the pleasure that you can out of the experience."
Here's our guide to the best sex toys for couples to help you find the best option(s) for you.
How to use each type of vibrator
There are different kinds of vibrators, and each one works a little differently.
Before buying a new sex toy, Fleming suggests opting for a cheaper option at first, to make sure you actually enjoy what you're investing in. "They can be expensive, and until you know you like a specific kind, finding a less expensive option is important," she explains. Once you know you like a specific type, brand, material, etc., you can think about investing in something a bit pricier, should you want to.
How to use a bullet vibrator
Bullet vibes are a great option for anyone starting to dip into the world of sex toys. They're small, discreet, and not intimidating, making them great to experiment with. "If it's your first, I would start with a bullet," Fleming says. They're primarily used for clitoral stimulation, but Stewart adds that you can use a bullet vibrator around other parts of your body, too, to start getting used to the sensation.
Stewart notes that sometimes clitoral size is an indicator of what kind of vibrator you may like: "If you have a smaller clitoris, you may enjoy more bullet-type vibes," she says, and if you have a larger clitoris, "you may want to try a suction/air pulse vibe." Of course, you can definitely try both, too, if you want! Again, because bullets are nice and small, you can incorporate them into everything from solo play to intercourse, experimenting with different settings and speeds.
Once you're already sufficiently turned on, apply some lube to both your clit and the bullet. Play with the different settings, preferably starting off slow, and apply pressure to the clit. From there, experiment with different motions that feel good, and definitely consider using it on other areas as well, such as around the vulva, to find any other unsuspecting sweet spots.
How to use a G-spot vibrator
G-spot vibrators are for folks looking to explore G-spot stimulation, as the name suggests. These vibrators are angled to reach the so-called G-spot, which is an area located on the internal upper vaginal wall that can sometimes feel good when pressed against. Some G-spot vibrators are made from stainless steel, and then you've got silicone, glass, wood—the list goes on. Similarly, some are chargeable while others require batteries, so take that into consideration when thinking about what you're looking for.
The G-spot becomes enlarged when you're aroused, so remember, take your time and get turned on first. It can help to use your fingers to locate it first so you have an idea of where you're going. Add some lube into the mix before you go in with your vibrator. Angle the vibrator so the curved side is pointed up and will stimulate the G-spot. From there, you can experiment with different positions to help you "hit the spot," such as doggy-style. The G-spot isn't very far from the vaginal opening, so work with steady pressure and short thrusts.
How to use a rabbit vibrator
Rabbit vibrators offer both G-spot and clitoral stimulation, with both a shaft and little prong-like "bunny ears." These vibrators are great for what's known as a blended orgasm, which comes from both the G-spot and clitoris. "If you really enjoy penetration and clitoral stimulation at the same time, you may want to go with a toy that can do both," Stewart says.
Rabbits are great because you can get just internal stimulation, just external stimulation, or both at the same time, making them super versatile. You'll want to insert the shaft into the vagina while also making contact between the rabbit head and the clitoris. Find an angle that allows for both comfortably, and play around with different positions.
How to use a wand vibrator
What was once made for massaging quickly turned into a pleasure tool for women everywhere when they discovered the power a wand vibrator can have. This is a great option for exploring your full body, as well as your erogenous zones—and your partner's, too—for a relaxing and stimulating experience. Fleming recommends the Mantric Rechargeable Wand Vibrator if you're interested in going this route.
Wands are another good option for external and/or clitoral stimulation, though some brands come with accessories so you can get internal stimulation as well. However, generally speaking, you can apply the wand to the clit, and you'll probably want to keep it moving. Wand vibrators offer super-powerful vibrations, so they can cause some numbness. If this happens, just take it easy for a moment and perhaps turn down the setting. It can help to incorporate a barrier such as a towel or underwear, if it's too intense.
Couples vibrators
There's no shortage of couples' sex toys on the market today, which is great for couples looking to broaden their sexual horizons. With everything from toys controlled by Bluetooth to vibrating penis rings, there's plenty of room for you and your partner to explore what you like.
Fleming says penis rings are great if a partner with a penis has problems keeping an erection, as it maintains the blood flow. (Here are the best male sex toys to try, by the way.) "And she gets the bonus of the vibrating," Fleming adds, noting a majority of women don't orgasm from penetration alone, so it's a win-win.
The usage instructions will vary based on the type of couples' toy you use, so make sure to read the instructions that come in the box carefully.
Cleaning & storage
Don't forget to clean your toy up and put it away somewhere it will stay clean, every single time you use it. Most toys come with a pouch or case for storage. Fleming notes that some brands make sex toy cleaners; you'll just want to double-check what kind to get depending on the material of your vibrator. Also, "Make sure it's completely dry before you put it away," she adds.
You can also definitely go the extra mile and give it a quick cleanup beforehand as well, to keep your precious parts germ-free. When in doubt, read the label for your specific toy, as cleaning instructions can widely vary based on material, and be sure to check out our complete guide on how to clean and care for every type of sex toy.
How to choose the right sex toy for you
Want more information on how to choose the right sex toy? Ultimately, it all depends on your preferences and what you're looking for, but we've created multiple roundups of the best sex toys of all kinds, so you can take a look at these guides and you're bound to find something that works for you:
The takeaway
Trying a new sex toy, especially if it's the first time you've ever used one, might seem intimidating—but it doesn't have to be! The whole point, of course, is to have a pleasurable and intimate experience, either with yourself or with a partner. So slow down, have fun with it, and enjoy this new addition to your sex life as you figure out how to make your vibrator work for you.
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https://thewest.com.au/news/crime/alec-baldwin-pleads-not-guilty-in-movie-set-shooting-c-13427204
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