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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from a 430-foot (130-meter) drop-tower ride in central Florida’s tourist district appeared to slip out of his seat at the halfway mark of its plunge to the ground, according to a law enforcement report released Tuesday.
The father of a friend of Tyre Sampson who witnessed the March 24 accident told deputies that the teen appeared to fall out of his seat when plunging passengers on the Free Fall ride passed a yellow reflective tape halfway down the tower. The ride reaches speeds of 75 mph (120 kilometers), according to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office incident report released through a public records request.
When the teen hit the ground, he appeared to be breathing but was unresponsive, Leon Howard told deputies.
Howard’s son, also named Leon Howard, was friends with Sampson from a travel football team and was also on the ride at the time of the accident. Sampson, who was 6 feet, 2 inches tall (1.9 meters) and weighed more than 300 pounds (136 kilograms), had traveled to Orlando with his friend’s family for vacation.
The younger Leon Howard told deputies that at the top of the ride, which is taller than the Statue of Liberty, he became nervous and closed his eyes until the ride stopped.
The incident report said nobody touched Sampson on the ground until deputies arrived. According to 911 calls released Tuesday, dispatchers asked witnesses who had called in the accident if they could perform CPR on Sampson.
One man told the dispatcher that Sampson was face down, “and he’s about 300 pounds.” The dispatcher started asking him to have someone help him move Sampson onto his back, but then deputies arrived at the scene.
A section of the incident report was redacted. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office didn’t immediately return an emailed inquiry about where their investigation stood. Homicide investigators participated in the probe, according to the report.
An initial report by outside engineers hired by the Florida Department of Agriculture said sensors on the ride had been adjusted manually to double the size of the opening for restraints on two seats, resulting in Sampson not being properly secured before he slipped out and fell to his death.
The Department of Agriculture report said there were many other “potential contributions” to the accident and that a full review of the ride’s design and operations was needed.
Last week, Sampson’s parents sued the ride’s owner, manufacturer and landlord, saying they were negligent and failed to provide a safe amusement ride. The lawsuit said the defendants failed to warn Sampson about the risks of someone of his size going on the ride and that they did not provide an appropriate restraint system.
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TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) _ U.S. Auto Parts Network Inc. (PRTS) on Tuesday reported earnings of $2.1 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Torrance, California-based company said it had profit of 4 cents.
The online auto parts retailer posted revenue of $166.1 million in the period.
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FHN Daily
FHN Today: Florida Panthers kick off Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight
SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers get things going tonight when they open their first-round series against the Washington Capitals at FLA Live Arena.
The Panthers, as we know, have not won a Stanley Cup playoff round since 1996 but are favored to do so this time out.
Florida had a spirited practice at the IceDen on Monday morning with all the lines going back to the norm.
Check back later this morning for updates on whether Aaron Ekblad is “medically cleared” for tonight’s game.
UPDATE: Ekblad is back in the lineup.
Lines will be updated in the morning skate post coming up around 10:30 a.m.
With the Panthers anticipating the start of the playoffs for months now, does today sort of feel like Christmas morning?
”Exactly,’’ Andrew Brunette said.
“Excitement has been building up and we have been waiting. Now we’re here. I think we’re ready to go. This will be an unbelievable challenge against a really good hockey team.’’
PANTHERLAND
The Panthers were a depressed bunch when they packed up after losing to the Islanders back on Aug. 7, 2020 and took a quiet flight from Toronto to Fort Lauderdale.
Out of the ashes of that disastrous playoff qualifier in the 2020 Playoff Bubble rose the Panthers that y’all know and love.
Who would have thought that team would end up where they are now?
Well, they really aren’t that team.
— Sam Reinhart has waited for this day to come for a long, long time.
And now it is here.
— The Panthers signed 2018 seventh-round pick Santtu Kinnunen to an entry-level contract on Monday.
— Even though the playoffs started last night, there is still time to get in to the FHN playoff Bracket Challenge pool with the chance to win a free FHN+ subscription for a year as well as a new Florida Panthers baseball cap.
Per the rules, you can sign up until the first Game 2 starts on Wednesday night. Pitter patter!
— I was on 7 SportsXtra Sunday night talking about the Panthers and Capitals.
Watch it HERE if you want to.
— Catch Monday’s post-practice reaction from Reinhart, MacKenzie Weegar and Andrew Brunette on the FloridaHockeyNow YouTube page.
If you like what you see on the YouTube page, please subscribe to it; we hit 1,000 subscribers last night!
Now we can start doing live shows and the like — as we did this morning from Sunrise.
For the FHN Morning Skate, we were joined by the one-and-only Bill Lindsay.
Great stuff, you’ll like.
We will have more today following morning skate in Sunrise as well as postgame tonight.
CAP CENTER
Before flying to Fort Lauderdale, the Washington Capitals had more good news when it comes to captain Alex Ovechkin playing in Game 1.
Ovechkin has been day-to-day with an upper-body injury sustained against the Leafs on April 24.
He awkwardly into the boards and appeared to injure his arm; he then missed the final three games of the regular season.
Coach Peter Laviolette said that Ovechkin is making strides just in time for Tuesday.
So there you go.
— Radko Gudas says the Panthers are going to play Ovi the same as everyone else on the Caps. OK.
— For all of your Capitals coverage, head on over to WashingtonHockeyNow.Com … Sammi Silber has you covered.
AROUND THE NHL
Big news for the National Hockey Now network as Hall of Fame writer Dave Molinari joins the Pittsburgh crew.
Always wanted to call Dave a teammate and now I can. Doubt he will reciprocate the thought, though.
— Speaking of the Pittsburgh Penguins, they need a little more out of Evgeni Malkin if they want to beat the Rangers.
— Here is how some NHN scribes pick the playoffs. I have Florida winning in 5 as said on Sports Xtra the other night.
— Offseason plans for those Vegas Golden Knights.
— the Philadelphia Flyers ask their fans to “bear with us.”
— Jusse Saros is going to miss the start of the Nashville series with Colorado. Not good for the Preds.
— The Jets sign GM Kevin Cheveldayoff to a three-year extension.
— How do the Kings shut down the Edmonton big guns? Pray?
— Nazem Kadri misses another Colorado Avalanche practice.
NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
ROUND 1
FLORIDA PANTHERS V. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (Best of 7)
- Game 1: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
- Where: FLA Live Arena, Sunrise
- TV/Streaming: Bally Sports Florida, ESPN2/ESPN+
- Radio: WQAM 560 (flagship); WMEN 640 (Palm Beach); WCTH 100.3 (Florida Keys); SiriusXM 219 (Streaming 932).
- Tickets: CLICK HERE
- Draft Kings odds — Florida favored: Money Line (-230); Puck line (-1.5, +110); Over/Under 6.5 (-110/-110); Series (-340)
PANTHERS V. CAPITALS
- Season series — Florida won 2-1: @Florida 5, Washington 4 OT (Nov. 4); @Washington 4, Panthers 3 (Nov. 26); @Florida 5, Washington 4 (Nov. 30)
- All-time regular season series: Capitals lead 67-44-11, 9 ties
- Playoff history: None
- First-round schedule — Game 1: Washington at Florida, Tuesday, 7:30 (ESPN2/BSF); Game 2: Washington at Florida, Thursday, 7:30 (TBS/BSF); Game 3: Florida at Washington, Saturday, 1 (ESPN/BSF); Game 4: Florida at Washington, May 9, 7 (TBS/BSF); Game 5*: Washington at Florida, May 11; Game 6*: Florida at Washington, May 13; Game 7: Washington at Florida, May 15. *If necessary | https://floridahockeynow.com/florida-panthers-open-stanley-cup-playoffs-washington-capitals/ | 2022-05-03T20:28:32Z | https://floridahockeynow.com/florida-panthers-open-stanley-cup-playoffs-washington-capitals/ | true |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
2-4-5
(two, four, five)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
2-4-5
(two, four, five) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Midday-game-17145265.php | 2022-05-03T20:31:49Z | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Midday-game-17145265.php | true |
DUBLIN, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that the Company will participate in the BofA Securities 2022 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 12:40 p.m. PT / 3:40 p.m. ET / 8:40 p.m. IST in Las Vegas.
An audio webcast of the presentation will be available via the Investors section of the Jazz Pharmaceuticals website at www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com. A replay of the webcast will be archived on the website for 30 days.
About Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) is a global biopharmaceutical company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases – often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines and novel product candidates, from early- to late-stage development, in neuroscience and oncology. Within these therapeutic areas, we are identifying new options for patients by actively exploring small molecules and biologics, and through innovative delivery technologies and cannabinoid science. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has employees around the globe, serving patients in nearly 75 countries. For more information, please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com and follow @JazzPharma on Twitter.
Contacts:
Investors:
Andrea N. Flynn, Ph.D.
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc
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Ireland +353 1 634 3211
U.S. +1 650 496 2717
Media:
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Head of Global Corporate Communications
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc
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Ireland +353 1 637 2141
U.S. +1 215 867 4948
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- KAR expects to close the transaction selling its ADESA U.S. physical auction business to Carvana, with the proceeds expected to reduce debt
- KAR reported consistent revenue from continuing operations
- For the first quarter, gross profit per vehicle sold increased year-over-year to $255
- Continued growth in digital dealer-to-dealer volumes were driven by industry-leading platforms, BacklotCars and TradeRev
CARMEL, Ind., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE: KAR) today reported its first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2022.
"We expect to close the transaction selling our U.S. physical auction business to Carvana within the next week," said Peter Kelly, CEO of KAR Global. "Going forward KAR will be the premier digital marketplace for wholesale used vehicles, with a meaningful finance company enabling our customer base. Our business will become asset-light with an enhanced financial profile—including significantly less debt. We expect the new simplified KAR to generate $265 million of Adjusted EBITDA in 2022. And as I look beyond 2022, I see exciting opportunities for growth across all of our businesses."
First Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
The company has classified the ADESA U.S. physical auction business as held-for-sale (discontinued operations) based on management's intention to sell the business. As such, the results discussed herein refer to the continuing operations of KAR and do not include the results of the ADESA U.S. physical auction business.
- Total revenue for the first quarter of 2022 was $369.4 million, a decrease of less than 1% compared with $369.8 million for the first quarter of 2021.
- Net loss from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2022 of $8.4 million, or $(0.16) per diluted share, compared with net income from continuing operations of $26.2 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 was $49.1 million, compared with $77.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
- Operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations per diluted share was $(0.02) for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, compared with $0.26 for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
- Results for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 included $17.0 million in realized gains related to previous investments in early-stage automotive companies.
- Year-over-year increase in ADESA's digital dealer-to-dealer marketplaces of 31%, or 6% when including CARWAVE volumes in both years.
- ADESA gross profit per vehicle sold increased 3% to $255 for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, compared with $248 for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
- AFC's strong first quarter performance was driven by increased revenue per loan transaction of 28%.
Share Repurchase Authorization
The board of directors authorized an increase in the size of the company's $300 million share repurchase program by an additional $200 million and an extension of the share repurchase program through December 31, 2023. With the increase, and giving effect to the company's previous repurchases, approximately $309 million remains available for repurchases under the share repurchase program.
Earnings Conference Call Information
KAR will be hosting an earnings conference call and webcast on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. EDT. The call will be hosted by KAR's Chief Executive Officer, Peter Kelly and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Eric Loughmiller. The conference call may be accessed by calling 1-844-778-4145 and entering participant passcode 5886902, while the live web cast will be available at the investors section of www.karglobal.com. Supplemental financial information for KAR's first quarter 2022 results is available at the investors section of www.karglobal.com.
The archive of the webcast will also be available following the call and will be available at the investors section of www.karglobal.com for a limited time.
About KAR
KAR Auction Services, Inc. d/b/a KAR Global (NYSE: KAR), provides sellers and buyers across the global wholesale used vehicle industry with innovative, technology-driven remarketing solutions. KAR Global's unique end-to-end platform supports whole car, financing, logistics and other ancillary and related services, including the sale of nearly 2.6 million units valued at over $40 billion through our auctions in 2021. Our integrated physical, online and mobile marketplaces reduce risk, improve transparency and streamline transactions for customers in about 75 countries. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, KAR Global has employees across the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Uruguay and the Philippines. For more information and the latest KAR Global news, go to www.karglobal.com and follow us on Twitter @KARSpeaks.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this release include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and which are subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties. In particular, statements made that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Words such as "should," "may," "will," "can," "of the opinion," "confident," "is set," "is on track," "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "continues," "outlook," "initiatives," "goals," "opportunities," and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current expectations, are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results projected, expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those risks and uncertainties regarding (i) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and the economy generally; (ii) the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine; (iii) the company's proposed sale of the ADESA U.S. physical auction business to Carvana, including the company may be unable to complete the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, the ability of the company to execute on its strategy and achieve its goals and other expectations after the completion of the proposed transaction, the effect of the transaction or the pendency of the proposed transaction on the company's relationships with its customers and business, and the outcome of any legal proceedings to the extent initiated against the company or others related to the proposed transaction; and (iv) those other matters disclosed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
KAR Auction Services, Inc.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations and operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations per share as presented herein are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"). They are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as substitutes for net income (loss) or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that these measures provide investors additional meaningful methods to evaluate certain aspects of the company's results period over period and for the other reasons set forth below.
EBITDA is defined as net income (loss), plus interest expense net of interest income, income tax provision (benefit), depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA adjusted for the items of income and expense and expected incremental revenue and cost savings as described in our senior secured credit agreement covenant calculations. Management believes that the inclusion of supplementary adjustments to EBITDA applied in presenting Adjusted EBITDA is appropriate to provide additional information to investors about one of the principal measures of performance used by our creditors. In addition, management uses EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate our performance.
Depreciation expense for property and equipment and amortization expense of capitalized internally developed software costs relate to ongoing capital expenditures; however, amortization expense associated with acquired intangible assets, such as customer relationships, software, tradenames and noncompete agreements are not representative of ongoing capital expenditures, but have a continuing effect on our reported results. Non-GAAP financial measures of operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations and operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations per share, in the opinion of the company, provide comparability of the company's performance to other companies that may not have incurred these types of non-cash expenses or that report a similar measure. In addition, operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations and operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations per share may include adjustments for certain other charges.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations and operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations per share have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the results as reported under GAAP. These measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
The 2022 expectation for Adjusted EBITDA is a forward-looking non-GAAP financial measure. We have not reconciled this non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP measure of net income (loss) due to the inherent difficulty and impracticability of predicting certain amounts required by GAAP with a reasonable degree of accuracy. Accordingly, a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort.
The following table reconciles EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss) from continuing operations for the periods presented:
The following table reconciles operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations and operating adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations per diluted share to net income (loss) for the periods presented:
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A Monroe County man is wanted on an arrest warrant for a reported robbery in Bethlehem Township, and police consider him armed and dangerous.
Police filed felony and related charges on Monday against Sean R. Williams Jr., 26, of the 400 block of Indian Way in East Stroudsburg, court records show.
The robbery was reported at 5:42 p.m. April 1 outside Walmart at 3926 Nazareth Pike in the township.
The victim told police he had come to the store to load $700 in cash into a prepaid card, but that staff there were “unable to conduct the transaction due to an error,” police wrote in court records.
Williams was standing near the victim in line and volunteered to take the cash and send the same amount electronically to the victim, court records say.
The two got into Williams’ car, where the victim put the money in the glove box, according to the victim’s allegations reported by police. The victim soon realized Williams “had no intention of transferring him any money, so he opened the glove box to take back the cash,” police wrote. Williams then took the money and pointed a handgun at the victim, who got out of the car before the suspect drove off, according to court records.
Police identified Williams through surveillance footage at Walmart, court records say.
Williams faces charges of felony robbery and misdemeanor theft, receiving stolen property and terroristic threats.
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NEWPORT, R.I., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. ("Pangaea" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: PANL), a global provider of comprehensive maritime logistics solutions, today announced that it will release its first quarter 2022 financial results after market hours on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, along with an accompanying presentation that will be available with our Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The company will host a teleconference to discuss the Company's first quarter 2022 financial results, including a question-and-answer session with management, at 8:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
To access the teleconference, please dial 866-518-6930 (domestic) or 203-518-9797 (international) approximately ten minutes before the teleconference's scheduled start time and reference Conference ID: PANLQ122.
A recording of the call will also be available for one week following the teleconference and will be accessible by calling 800-938-1584 (domestic) or 402-220-1542 (international).
About Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. provides logistics services to a broad base of industrial customers who require the transportation of a wide variety of dry bulk cargoes, including grains, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The Company addresses the transportation needs of its customers with a comprehensive set of services and activities, including cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, and voyage planning. Learn more at www.pangaeals.com.
Contacts
Investor Relations Contacts
Emily Blum
Prosek Partners
973-464-5240
eblum@prosek.com
Gianni Del Signore
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
401-846-7790
Investors@pangaeals.com
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SAN ANTONIO — The video above is a flavor that was previously released by Blue Bell in March.
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Blue Bell's new ice-cream flavor inspired by wedding cake!
The new Bridal's Cake flavor will be a "luscious almond ice cream with white cake pieces surrounded by a rich amaretto cream cheese icing swirl."
If you're ready to get your ice-cream on, Blue Bell says the flavor is now available in the half gallon and pint sizes. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/life/food/i-do-blue-bell-releases-new-bridal-cake-themed-ice-cream-flavor-food/273-e9f354da-f4f3-4ebf-8649-8ed776e19350 | 2022-05-03T20:39:21Z | https://www.wfaa.com/article/life/food/i-do-blue-bell-releases-new-bridal-cake-themed-ice-cream-flavor-food/273-e9f354da-f4f3-4ebf-8649-8ed776e19350 | false |
NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Macmillan Publishers, Don Weisberg, will step down at the end of the year. Jon Yaged, currently the company's president, will succeed him.
"I can, without hesitation, say that there could be no better time for me to step aside," Weisberg, 67, said in a statement Tuesday. “We are coming off two record-breaking years of unprecedented growth and profit; we have improved every facet of our operation at a time when the world has faced an existential crisis, and we have done it with grace, intelligence, and dedication.”
Weisberg has been in publishing for more than 40 years, starting at Bantam in 1980. He joined Macmillan as president in 2016 and has been CEO since early 2021, presiding the entire time during the pandemic. Macmillan authors range from the prize-winning novelists Hilary Mantel and Jonathan Franzen to Oprah Winfrey and “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff. Imprints at Macmillan, owned by the German media company Holtzbrinck, include Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Flatiron Books and St. Martin's Press.
Yaged, 52, joined Macmillan in 2011 as president of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and was promoted to president of the overall trade division a decade later.
“We will retain the individual identities among our publishers that unquestionably distinguish us from our competitors,” Yaged said in a statement. “We will continue to build upon our progress to make our staff, the books we publish, and the authors we work with more reflective of our society. We will explore new tactics and use new technology to increase discoverability of the books we publish.” | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Jon-Yaged-to-succeed-Don-Weisberg-as-Macmillan-CEO-17145148.php | 2022-05-03T20:44:09Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Jon-Yaged-to-succeed-Don-Weisberg-as-Macmillan-CEO-17145148.php | true |
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BREAKING UPDATE – May 3, 2:20pm:
After two hours of deliberations, a jury has found Kierra Russ guilty on all charges she faced.
Russ was convicted on two counts of second-degree murder and one count of conspiracy
DAY 5:
Final arguments started early on Tuesday morning, exactly one week after the jury selection process took place for Kierra Russ’ trial.
The courtroom was full of attorneys and some family and friends of Russ.
The prosecutor went first. State Attorney Sara Miller finished what she and the late assistant state attorney Anthony Kunasek started a week ago. Miller highlighted four main points in her closing arguments: the history between the ‘Bottom Boys’ and ‘1Way’ groups, the evidence that links the 1Way group to the shooting at Club Blu, what she believes was Russ’ awareness and assistance, and interviews with investigators before and after Russ’ arrest.
“Once detectives asked about one way her tone shifts during that interview,” says Miller. “Her lies were sophisticated, she only lies about the things that tie her to the crime.”
Defense attorney Douglas Molloy addressed those same points in his closing arguments.
“It’s the lies that made it look like some kind of conspiracy, not the evidence,” says Molloy.
Molloy mentioned that Russ had relationships and friendships with the 1Way group members, just like anyone else who took the stand and knew them directly.
“Don’t minimize the death of two people, this was a stupid ugly plan that Ms. Russ is not a part of because they didn’t want her to be,” says Molloy.
Miller fought back during the redirect, referring to the death of the two teens, and 14 others with injuries.
“Those are victims in this case, Kierra Russ is not a victim,” says Miller.
NBC2 will let you know when a verdict is reached, the jury started their deliberation at noon.
DAY 4:
Before starting the final day of testimonies, Judge Nick Thompson addressed the recent death of the assistant State Attorney in the case, Anthony Kunasek.
“I want to offer my sincere condolences to Tony Kunasek’s family and friends,” said Judge Thompson. “This is a devastating loss to our legal community, he was a valued friend and colleague, and he will be greatly missed.”
Defense attorney Douglas Molloy and State Attorney Sara Miller then asked the judge to move forward with the trial after addressing each juror individually.
Jurors then took their seats, and the trial picked up where Kunasek left off, with FBI Special Agent James Roncinske on the stand.
Prosecutors played the recording of Kierra Russ and investigators from after her arrest in December of 2020. During the recording, Russ told Special Agent Roncinske and Officer Wolfgang Daniel that she wasn’t truthful when she spoke to them the first time. According to the recording, Russ said she does know Demetrius O’Neal and she was the only person to have her phone during the night of the Club Blu shooting.
After the recording, and quick cross-examination, the jury left.
Miller used those texts against Russ to the judge.
“She lied about the very things that tie her to this crime, the things that make her a principal of second-degree murder,” said Miller.
Russ’ Attorney, Douglas Molloy fights back saying, “there are texts that are subject to interpretation, none of those interpretations go to the issue of knowledge.”
Russ decided not to take the stand during her trial.
The judge decided the state met its burden of proof, and the closing arguments will begin on Tuesday at 9 a.m.
DAY 3:
Day 3 of the Kierra Russ trial wrapped up abruptly after technical difficulties in the afternoon hours.
The jurors heard from six witnesses throughout the day, which consisted of the crime scene and evidence experts, and local law enforcement.
“There were a lot of casings that were located on the ground,” said Trina Hill, a Crime Scene Supervisor at Fort Myers Police Department who responded to Club Blu that morning.
A Lee County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Analyst also took the stand on Friday to talk about the cell phone tower hits they tracked from Demetrius O’Neal’s phone to Russ.
“In response to him asking how many of them do you see in there, what does Kierra Russ text back?,” asked Prosecutor Sara Miller. “At 12:16, she texted back ‘idk, I can’t really see but, it’s a whole group,” said Shannon Hedrick, LCSO homicide analyst.
Defense attorney Douglas Molloy points out to the jury that O’Neal was the initiator of the conversation, not Russ.
Then the tension in the courtroom thickened during a recording of Russ and investigators back in 2020. During that interrogation, with her mom present at the FBI center, Russ denied ever knowing members of the 1Way group, including O’Neal.
“It looks like you’re hiding something, ‘I’m not,’ said Russ during the recording to FBI Special Agent James Roncinske and Wolfgang Daniel from FMPD. “I was there to perform and that’s what I did, then I left, that’s it.”
Just as the prosecution was about to play the interview Russ had with Roncinske and Daniel after she was taken into custody, they had technical difficulties. The judge ended up recessing for the day.
DAY 2:
Day two of Kierra Russ’ trial saw fourteen witnesses, totaling 24 between both days.
While day one of the trial focused on the history of the two groups leading up to the night of Club Blu’s shooting, day two was about the events right before and after the deadly night.
One of the first witnesses to take the stand today was a woman named Majorie Resto. She lived in Fort Myers back in 2016 and knew Club Blu’s owner. She didn’t work there, but she was the person who decided to turn on the lights and tell everyone to go home.
“When I turned the light on a lot of people were yelling and arguing because of that,” said Resto. She said that her main reason to end the party was because it was late and the club was filled with teens.
The next witness set the scene for the others who would testify for the day. Crystal Barnes-Warner lived by the mall in 2016, she was the first person to call 911, following the shooting, after seeing suspicious people by her apartment.
“I could only hear bits and pieces,” said Barnes. The state attorney then asked exactly what she heard. “I believe he said, ‘come get me, come get me’.”
Following that call, police went on a high-speed chase that resulted in the arrest of Derrick Church, Demetrius O’Neal, and Tajze Battle.
Multiple Lee County Deputies and officers from the Fort Myers Police Department who were involved in those events shared their point of view from that day.
Following testimonies, Russ’ attorney, Douglas Molloy, asked witnesses if they knew of her from those events, and each one said no.
The state showed guns to the jury that were found at scenes from that night. Jessica Worthy from Fort Myers Police Department testified today. She was the person who posed the guns for pictures, so that FBI agents could connect them to the videos found on other suspects’ phones.
The day ended with Russ’ attorney asking Worthy one last question –
“Any evidence that any of these firearms were ever in the possession of Kierra Russ?” Worthy replied, “I do not.”
DAY 1:
On Wednesday, day one of Kierra Russ’ trial began. She is the first defendant to go to trial over the shooting at Club Blu back in 2016.
Before the day got started, the judge dismissed a male juror and replaced him with an alternate.
Opening statements by the state and defense were lengthy.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: First person arrested in Club Blu shooting to stand trial Tuesday
Russ’ attorney, Douglas Molloy, made the argument Russ was not a member of the neighborhood group that is accused of shooting outside of Club Blu that night. Molloy said Russ was at the party and walked into the parking lot to leave just like everyone else.
“She is one of the people that left and walked into that parking lot that became a shooting ground,” said Molloy.
The state attorney’s tried painting Russ differently.
“After all the evidence is submitted, the state is going to come back up here to ask that you find the defendant guilty as a principal to second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit second-degree murder for her role as a spy for Demetris O’Neal and others,” said one of the state attorneys.
The court was able to listen to the initial 911 call from Club Blu the night of the shooting, and hear from witnesses detailing the scary scene that unfolded.
FBI agents took the stand to testify linking guns used in the Club Blu shooting to videos captured on Demetrius O’Neal’s phone. They also pulled multiple text messages between O’Neal and Russ from the night of the shooting, including one that showed Russ saying, “I will see what I can peep out.”
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Five arrested in connection to deadly Club Blu mass shooting
Russ’ friend who went to Club Blu that night with her, also took the stand today. She told jurors Russ was just as scared as she was after bullets flew, and as they were leaving, they saw Steph’an Strawder fall over right in front of their car.
The 11th and final witness to take the stand today was Detective Wolfgang Daniel from Fort Myers Police Department. He was assigned to the investigation back in 2018. His testimony mostly revolved around the text messages pulled from O’Neal’s phone, between him and Russ, and also between him and other members of the 1Way group.
Detective Daniels read through text that showed Russ texted O’Neal that she was leaving Club Blu just minutes before a shots fired call came in.
The state’s attorney, Sara Miller, said she plans to bring Detective Daniel back for questioning later in the week.
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GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) _ Inspire Medical Systems Inc. (INSP) on Tuesday reported a loss of $16.7 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Golden Valley, Minnesota-based company said it had a loss of 61 cents.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 78 cents per share.
The maker of devices for treating obstructive sleep apnea posted revenue of $69.4 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $64.9 million.
Inspire expects full-year revenue in the range of $336 million to $344 million.
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A lawsuit against the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority alleges that it does not have the legal authority to construct toll roads in Norman after the legislature declined to approve two bills to authorize them in 1999.
The OTA announced its Advancing and Connecting Communities and Economics Safely Statewide (ACCESS) plan in February. The $5 billion, 15-year plan will expand the state's turnpike system including two new toll roads in Norman — one in east Norman west of Lake Thunderbird in the watershed that will connect the Kickapoo Turnpike south to Purcell, and a second along Indian Hills Road that will connect Moore, Norman and Oklahoma City.
Pike Off OTA filed a lawsuit late Monday in Cleveland County District Court to ask a judge to decide if the OTA’s plans are valid.
The legal challenge comes one day before the Council of Bond Oversight will decide if it will approve the OTA's request to obtain a $200 million line of credit to begin environmental and engineering studies for the ACCESS plan.
As reported by The Transcript, the OTA has cited its authority to construct those toll roads as stated in a bill the legislature adopted in 1987 that included several turnpike projects. That bill referred to a toll road “in the vicinity of Moore and Norman,” but the lawsuit alleges it does not match the path described in the OTA's current plans as the Southern Extension, which runs south to Purcell at I-35.
Toll roads are authorized by state statute with the approval of the legislature for specific projects, and without the stated projects in the 1987 bill, the OTA is not authorized to build the roads in Norman, the lawsuit states.
Despite a 1999 study that proposed a route from Purcell through east Norman and north to Interstate 40, “no legislation had ever authorized OTA to extend an Oklahoma City outer loop or other metropolitan area turnpike as far south as the vicinity of Purcell,” the lawsuit says.
“To the contrary, legislation has never allowed the OTA to build an Oklahoma City metropolitan area turnpike any further south than the vicinity of Norman,” it reads.
The lawsuit pointed to the insufficiency of the 1987 bill, noting that two proposed bills that describe the currently proposed Southern Extension failed to pass in 1999.
“Two bills (HB 1459 and SB 371) were introduced in the Oklahoma legislature in early 1999 to allow the extension of the south end of the Oklahoma City outer loop turnpike down to Purcell, instead of down only to the area of Moore and Norman,” the lawsuit reads. “These bills would have authorized the OTA to build what it now calls the South Extension. These bills were both rejected in the legislative process, and never became law.”
The lawsuit alleges that federal environmental protection agencies that will be impacted by a toll road built in the Lake Thunderbird watershed were not notified, and that studies on the impact to natural resources and citizens were not performed.
As reported by The Transcript, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation told the OTA in a letter last month that it learned of the turnpikes through news reports and concerned citizens.
The lawsuit challenges claims the OTA has asserted about the need for proposed turnpikes.
“The OTA has indicated it will not consider any alternative routes, and that there is no level of homes and properties destroyed or damaged that would be too high for the OTA to decide not to build the turnpikes,” the lawsuit reads. “The OTA claims that there is no other way to relieve traffic congestion on I-35 other than to build the new ACCESS Oklahoma turnpikes where and as planned.”
The lawsuit accuses the OTA of causing financial harm to the city and county through the loss of property and sales taxes.
It also alleges the turnpike projects in Norman will threaten clean drinking water. The east Norman turnpike, the lawsuit states, will cause harm to Lake Thunderbird and the Garber Wellington Aquifer, “which underlies about 3,000 square miles of central Oklahoma and underlies all or part of Cleveland, Logan, Lincoln, Payne, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie counties.”
Pike Off OTA spokesman Michael Nash said defeating the OTA in Norman is up to its residents.
“This lawsuit is simply a routine intervention to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s unauthorized actions that would wrongly displace over a thousand Oklahomans,” he said. “But this lack of professional ethics and disregard for the people is the standard for this entity that has the absolute power of eminent domain without oversight. Not even the legislation has been successful at reigning them in. The governor won’t stand up to them.
“It’s up to the people, and here we are. Pike Off OTA has said from the beginning that we are going to stop these turnpikes, and we are going to stop the OTA for good. Now we will proceed to the initiative petition to either specifically or effectively revoke the OTA’s authority to build any more turnpikes and repeat to anyone else what happened in Harrah and what almost happened here.”
A request for comment was not immediately returned from the OTA and Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has the authority to revoke the OTA's plans.
The lawsuit was filed in Cleveland County District Court, and names several plaintiffs in addition to Pike Off OTA, including Amy Cerato, Mike Leary, Vince Dougherty, Terrie and Mike Club, Twyla Smith, Cali Coward, Karen and Mike Powell, Cedric and Darla LeBlanc, Claudette Wispe, Mark Dooling, Nate and Kara Piel, Nikki and John Whitson, Robert and Chelsea Wallace, Robin Stead, Anna Olson, Tassie Hirschfeld and Ice Blast LLC. | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/pike-off-ota-files-lawsuit-plans-to-stop-unauthorized-turnpike-expansion/article_6e5d437e-cb13-11ec-b511-e369e97ca2c5.html | 2022-05-03T20:58:16Z | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/pike-off-ota-files-lawsuit-plans-to-stop-unauthorized-turnpike-expansion/article_6e5d437e-cb13-11ec-b511-e369e97ca2c5.html | true |
The draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade sparked a fierce reaction in the political world, with potentially major ramifications for the midterm elections.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Macmillan Publishers, Don Weisberg, will step down at the end of the year. Jon Yaged, currently the company's president, will succeed him.
"I can, without hesitation, say that there could be no better time for me to step aside," Weisberg, 67, said in a statement Tuesday. “We are coming off two record-breaking years of unprecedented growth and profit; we have improved every facet of our operation at a time when the world has faced an existential crisis, and we have done it with grace, intelligence, and dedication.”
Weisberg has been in publishing for more than 40 years, starting at Bantam in 1980. He joined Macmillan as president in 2016 and has been CEO since early 2021, presiding the entire time during the pandemic. Macmillan authors range from the prize-winning novelists Hilary Mantel and Jonathan Franzen to Oprah Winfrey and “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff. Imprints at Macmillan, owned by the German media company Holtzbrinck, include Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Flatiron Books and St. Martin's Press.
Yaged, 52, joined Macmillan in 2011 as president of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and was promoted to president of the overall trade division a decade later.
“We will retain the individual identities among our publishers that unquestionably distinguish us from our competitors,” Yaged said in a statement. “We will continue to build upon our progress to make our staff, the books we publish, and the authors we work with more reflective of our society. We will explore new tactics and use new technology to increase discoverability of the books we publish.” | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Jon-Yaged-to-succeed-Don-Weisberg-as-Macmillan-CEO-17145148.php | 2022-05-03T21:02:38Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Jon-Yaged-to-succeed-Don-Weisberg-as-Macmillan-CEO-17145148.php | false |
READING, Pa. - A man accused of shooting a killing a man in Reading last year was sentenced to 20-40 years behind bars.
Joshua Figueroa was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to the 3rd degree murder of Felipe Morales at South 11th and Cotton streets.
Morales, 20, died on his way to the hospital after being shot.
Figueroa was apprehended in June of 2020 in Vineland, New Jersey, a Cumberland County city located about 100 miles southeast of Reading.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man who spent 12 years in prison for a homicide he didn’t commit has filed a $12 million federal lawsuit against the city of Milwaukee and four police officers.
The Journal Sentinel reported that Ladarious Marshall filed his lawsuit on Monday. Marshall was 16 when he was charged in 2008 in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Lavare Gould. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
A federal judge ruled in 2020 that detectives violated his rights by continuing to question him after he repeatedly invoked his right to remain silent and prosecutors dropped the case. The lawsuit alleges Marshall suffered from a learning disability during the questioning and police violated his constitutional rights to a lawyer, due process and against self-incrimination.
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DFW's leading garden center and nursery expands to serve growing community
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Calloway's Nursery, the North Richland Hills-based Garden center and nursery, will celebrate the grand opening of its 22nd DFW location at 201 Richland Blvd. in Prosper on May 5.
The new, 87,000-square-foot nursery, located in the Gates of Prosper shopping center, will offer a captivating selection of flora, including begonias, vinca, boxwoods, hydrangeas and abelias, to name a few, just in time for spring planting. In addition to other everyday gardening and landscaping essentials, Calloway's carries a wide variety of pottery, private label soils and plant foods specifically formulated for Texas gardening conditions.
The Prosper location will also offer access to expert advice from Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Certified Nursery Professionals on all plant and landscaping needs.
"The growing Prosper community is the perfect location for Calloway's Nursery. Many new homeowners move to the area and are looking for resources to beautify their landscaping and outdoor spaces," said Calloway's Nursery CEO Marce Ward. "Our team strives to make gardening fun, easy and successful for customers by offering the best plants and gardening products available, as well as expert advice from our knowledgeable staff."
At the grand opening celebration on May 5, customers who sign up for Calloway's Blooming Rewards will have a chance to win door prizes, including Calloway's gift cards, hanging baskets, wind chimes and indoor and outdoor plants.
For more information on Calloway's Nursery and the new Prosper location, visit https://www.calloways.com/.
About Calloway's Nursery
Founded in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1986, Calloway's Nursery is a leading destination for Dallas-Fort Worth homeowners seeking top-quality plants and unparalleled customer service. Calloway's operates 27 locations and employs more Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Certified Nursery Professionals than any other garden center in the state. In addition to offering a wide variety of plants, flowers, shrubs, trees, vines and gardening supplies, Calloway's Garden Services division offers planting services through Pick & Plant and Landscape Design and Installation to help customers beautify any exterior space. For more information and inspiration, follow Calloway's on Facebook and Instagram @callowaysnursery.
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MAUMEE, Ohio (AP) _ The Andersons Inc. (ANDE) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $5.5 million.
On a per-share basis, the Maumee, Ohio-based company said it had net income of 16 cents. Earnings, adjusted to account for discontinued operations, came to 18 cents per share.
The agriculture company posted revenue of $3.98 billion in the period.
Andersons shares have climbed 35% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $52.21, an increase of 73% in the last 12 months.
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Howard County
Arrests
Friday, 4:51 a.m., officers arrested Jorin Chapel, 18, 2600 block of Greentree Lane, in the 600 block of East Tate Street, on charges of possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance, both misdemeanors.
Friday, 11:02 p.m., officers arrested Jazmin Betancort, 23, 2600 block of North Washington Street, in the area of Wabash and Jackson streets, on a warrant for criminal trespass.
Saturday, 12:10 a.m., officers arrested Gregory Holmes, 33, Lafayette, in the area of Courtland Avenue and Havens Street, on charges of possession of cocaine, a Level 6 felony, and possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor.
Saturday, 12:10 a.m., officers arrested Jasmine Wilkins, 38, 500 block of North Apperson Way, in the area of Courtland Avenue and Havens Street, on charges of possession of a controlled substance, a Level 6 felony; driving while suspended with a prior suspension, a misdemeanor; and possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor.
Saturday, 1:26 a.m., officers arrested Joshua Adkins, 33, Galveston, in the area of Judson and Dixon roads, on a warrant for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
Saturday, 5:41 a.m., officers arrested Patrick Walker, 36, 1200 block of Columbus Boulevard, in the 2000 block of South Washington Street, on charges of residential entry, a Level 6 felony; auto theft, a Level 6 felony; public intoxication by alcohol, a misdemeanor; leaving the scene of a crash, a misdemeanor; and driving while suspended with a prior suspension, a misdemeanor.
Saturday, 10 p.m., officers arrested Richard Poremba, 28, 700 block of Elk Drive, in the 400 block of South Western Avenue, on charges of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony; operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction, a Level 6 felony; driving while suspended with a prior suspension, a misdemeanor; and operating while intoxicated-endangerment, a misdemeanor.
Sunday, 12:35 a.m., officers arrested Hannah Parkins, 26, 1900 block of North Indiana Avenue, in the area of Morgan and Main streets, on charges of domestic battery, criminal mischief and residential entry, all misdemeanors.
Sunday, 3:45 a.m., officers arrested Yves Pierre, 32, 1000 block of South Courtland Avenue, in the area of Markland Avenue and Purdum Street, on charges of operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction, a Level 6 felony, and driving while suspended while suspended, a misdemeanor.
Sunday, 3:48 a.m., officers arrested James Benedict, 45, 2100 block of North Webster Street, in the area of Judson Road and Philips Street, on a charge of operating while intoxicated with an alcohol concentration equivalent of .15 or more, a misdemeanor.
Sunday, 4:43 a.m., officers arrested Isaiah Hood, 25, 2300 block of South Park Road, in the area of LaFountain and Fischer streets, on charges of possession of marijuana and public intoxication by alcohol, both misdemeanors.
Sunday, 7:45 p.m., officers arrested Felicity Cox, 26, Marion, in the 100 block of South Union Street, on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony.
Sunday, 8:20 p.m., officers arrested Christian Jones, 22, Indianapolis, in the area of Markland Avenue and Apperson Way, on charges of battery, resisting law enforcement and criminal mischief, all misdemeanors.
Sunday, 9:10 p.m., officers arrested Georgia Marner, 48, 1400 block of North Wabash Avenue, at the same location, on a warrant for theft.
Sunday, 11:21 p.m., officers arrested Justin Howell, 39, 1500 block of West Markland Avenue, in the area of Cooper Street and Markland Avenue, on a Cass County warrant.
Sunday, 11:48 p.m., officers arrested Tyson Alexander, 44, 800 block of East Hoffer Street, in the area of Jefferson and Washington streets, on charges of operating while intoxicated with a prior conviction, a Level 6 felony, and operating while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
Monday, 12:30 a.m., officers arrested Ashley Goodman, 30, 2100 block of Eastbrook Drive, in the 2600 block of North Washington Street, on a charge of domestic battery, a misdemeanor.
Monday, 12:46 a.m., officers arrested Victoria Hall, 27, 2600 block of North Washington Street, at the same location, on a charge of domestic battery, a misdemeanor.
Monday, 4:07 p.m., officers arrested Aaron Martin, 29, 1500 block of North Jay Street, in the area of Locke and Havens streets, on a warrant for body attachment.
Monday, 4:29 p.m., officers arrested Shanika Beheler, 32, 400 block of Palm Lane, at an unknown location, on a warrant for theft.
Monday, 7:31 p.m., officers arrested Travis Wainscott, 45, 3100 block of South Reed Road, in the 5000 block of South Webster Street, on charges of domestic battery with a prior conviction and strangulation, both Level 6 felonies.
Monday, 10:55 p.m., officers arrested Katherine Hunt, 33, Louisville, Kentucky, in the area of Clinton and Albany drives, on a warrant for petition to revoke and charges of refusal to identify self while stopped for infraction, battery against a public safety official engaged in official duty and public intoxication by alcohol, all misdemeanors.
Monday, 11:59 p.m., officers arrested Michael Wilhelm, 47, 900 block of Emery Street, in the area of East Markland Avenue, on a Cass County warrant.
Tuesday, 2:26 a.m., officers arrested Shayne Cataldo, 33, 1900 block of South Goyer Road, in the area of Washington Street and Markland Avenue, on a Cass County warrant.
Tuesday, 2:47 a.m., officers arrested Genesis Blake, 24, 600 block of East King Street, in the 600 block of East Vaile Avenue, on charges of resisting law enforcement, a Level 6 felony, leaving the scene of a crash, a misdemeanor, operating while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
Miami County
Arrests
Sunday, 9:53 p.m., officers arrested Richard Egan, 27, Indianapolis, on charges of dealing marijuana, possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance.
Sunday, 9:53 p.m., officers arrested Dylan Whitlow, 23, Greenwood, on charges of dealing marijuana and possession of marijuana.
Monday, 12:29 a.m., officers arrested Matthew Caine, 43, 700 block of Woodburn Green, Peru, on a charge of being a habitual traffic violator.
Tipton County
Arrests
Friday, 12:13 p.m., deputies arrested Kain A. Burthay, 30, Kokomo, on a warrant for violation of in-home detention.
Sunday, 11:17 p.m., officers arrested Gerald L. Melvin, 52, Tipton, on a charge of criminal trespass.
Monday, 2:23 a.m., deputies arrested Cavelle P. Benjamin, 61, Indianapolis, on a warrant for failure to appear. | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/police-reports-may-4-2022/article_5fb79c20-cae1-11ec-a7f7-73f0dd7ebbbc.html | 2022-05-03T21:05:10Z | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/police-reports-may-4-2022/article_5fb79c20-cae1-11ec-a7f7-73f0dd7ebbbc.html | true |
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) _ Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (LSCC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $36.1 million.
On a per-share basis, the Hillsboro, Oregon-based company said it had net income of 26 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 37 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 33 cents per share.
The chipmaker posted revenue of $150.5 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $146.1 million.
For the current quarter ending in July, Lattice said it expects revenue in the range of $153 million to $163 million.
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KENANSVILLE, Fla., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's the most wonderful time of the year again at Wild Florida. May 23 – 28, Wild Florida will host Gator Week and offer free Gator Park admission to guests who donate any amount toward our Wild Florida Scholarship Fund for Osceola County students. Additionally, as the founders of National Alligator Day on May 29th, Wild Florida will also celebrate this special day at the end of Gator Week.
Years ago Wild Florida noticed how alligators are often characterized as monstrous swamp killers and fear of these animals has driven many myths and nightmares about their behavior. Gator Week at Wild Florida is dedicated to educating guests about alligators, debunking common myths and developing a more positive reputation for these reptiles.
Sam Haught, co-owner of Wild Florida, announced, "Gator Week is back at full strength this year. We're excited to feature family-friendly activities but with a few new twists. Our goal is to shine a different light on these incredible animals and hope our guests walk away with a greater appreciation for them."
Wild Florida's reptile handling team, deemed "the Croc Squad®", has been dreaming up educational ideas and myth-busting activities all year in preparation for this week. Gator jump-a-thons, eating contests and of course, who has the best Crocs (shoes), are among the activities planned. Be sure to follow Wild Florida on social media for updates, fun polls, educational tidbits and myth-busting stories. Also, check out www.GatorWeek.com for the full schedule of events.
While the focus of Gator Week is to educate guests on Florida's beloved reptile, the team is focused on raising funds for a good cause, the Wild Florida Scholarship Fund. Gator Park admission is free to everyone who brings a cash donation to the scholarship fund May 23 - 28. Learn more about Wild Florida's other adventures at WildFL.com.
Wild Florida Airboats, Drive-thru Safari & Gator Park, which opened on Lake Cypress in Kenansville in 2010, focuses on educating individuals about Central Florida's natural resources. The Wild Florida team is dedicated to protecting, conserving and enhancing Florida's diverse ecosystem to ensure that future generations can enjoy the wonders of wild, native Florida.
Contact: Sam Haught, Co-owner at Wild Florida
407-957-3135
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Daniel Radcliffe is Weird Al in a bad wig
The first trailer for the biopic about the parody singer has arrived.
Weird Al Yankovic is getting the biopic treatment via Daniel Radcliffe in a bad wig. In the first teaser trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Radcliffe stars as Yankovic in the film that will chronicle, and ostensibly parody, the rise of the Weird Al as the most successful comedy musician of all time.
In this early glimpse, Radcliffe, as a young version of Weird Al who gains fame with his beloved spoof songs like “White and Nerdy,” is seen donning a mustache and a head of curly hair, and asking for an accordion, the artist’s trademark instrument.
“The biopic holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle,” reads the jokey official synopsis from Roku, the streaming platform where the film will land. “‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.”
Yankovic himself is involved with the film, having co-written the script with director Eric Appel. “When my last movie UHF came out in 1989, I made a solemn vow to my fans that I would release a major motion picture every 33 years, like clockwork. I’m very happy to say we’re on schedule,” Yankovic said in a statement in January, while referencing the comedy film he starred in decades ago. “And I am absolutely thrilled that Daniel Radcliffe will be portraying me in the film. I have no doubt whatsoever that this is the role future generations will remember him for.”
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LOS ANGELES, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercury General Corporation (NYSE: MCY) reported today for the first quarter of 2022:
The Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.6350 per share. The dividend will be paid on June 30, 2022 to shareholders of record on June 16, 2022.
Mercury General Corporation and its subsidiaries are a multiple line insurance organization offering predominantly personal automobile and homeowners insurance through a network of independent producers in many states. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.mercuryinsurance.com.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for certain forward-looking statements. Certain statements contained in this report are forward-looking statements based on the Company's current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those anticipated by the Company. Actual results may differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond the control of the Company) and are subject to change based upon various factors, including but not limited to the following risks and uncertainties: changes in the demand for the Company's insurance products, inflation and general economic conditions, including general market risks associated with the Company's investment portfolio; the accuracy and adequacy of the Company's pricing methodologies; catastrophes in the markets served by the Company; uncertainties related to estimates, assumptions and projections generally; the possibility that actual loss experience may vary adversely from the actuarial estimates made to determine the Company's loss reserves in general; the Company's ability to obtain and the timing of the approval of premium rate changes for insurance policies issued in the states where it operates; legislation adverse to the automobile insurance industry or business generally that may be enacted in the states where the Company operates; the Company's success in managing its business in non-California states; the presence of competitors with greater financial resources and the impact of competitive pricing and marketing efforts; the Company's ability to successfully manage its claims organization outside of California; the Company's ability to successfully allocate the resources used in the states with reduced or exited operations to its operations in other states; changes in driving patterns and loss trends; acts of war and terrorist activities; pandemics, epidemics, widespread health emergencies, or outbreaks of infectious diseases; court decisions and trends in litigation and health care and auto repair costs; and legal, cybersecurity, regulatory and litigation risks. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as the result of new information, future events or otherwise. For a more detailed discussion of some of the foregoing risks and uncertainties, see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2022.
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The Company has presented information within this document containing operating measures which in management's opinion provide investors with useful, industry specific information to help them evaluate, and perform meaningful comparisons of, the Company's performance, but that may not be presented in accordance with GAAP. These measures are not intended to replace, and should be read in conjunction with, the GAAP financial results.
Net income is the GAAP measure that is most directly comparable to operating income. Operating income is net income excluding realized investment gains and losses, net of tax. Operating income is used by management along with the other components of net income to assess the Company's performance. Management uses operating income as an important measure to evaluate the results of the Company's insurance business. Management believes that operating income provides investors with a valuable measure of the Company's ongoing performance as it reveals trends in the Company's insurance business that may be obscured by the effect of net realized investment gains and losses. Realized investment gains and losses may vary significantly between periods and are generally driven by external economic developments such as capital market conditions. Accordingly, operating income highlights the results from ongoing operations and the underlying profitability of the Company's core insurance business. Operating income, which is provided as supplemental information and should not be considered as a substitute for net income, does not reflect the overall profitability of the Company's business. It should be read in conjunction with the GAAP financial results. See "Supplemental Schedules" above for a reconciliation of net income to operating income.
Net premiums earned, the most directly comparable GAAP measure to net premiums written, represents the portion of premiums written that is recognized as revenue in the financial statements for the periods presented and earned on a pro-rata basis over the term of the policies. Net premiums written is a statutory financial measure which represents the premiums charged on policies issued during a fiscal period less any applicable reinsurance. Net premiums written is designed to determine production levels and is meant as supplemental information and not intended to replace net premiums earned. Such information should be read in conjunction with the GAAP financial results. See "Supplemental Schedules" above for a reconciliation of net premiums earned to net premiums written.
Incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to paid losses and loss adjustment expenses. Paid losses and loss adjustment expenses excludes the effects of changes in the loss reserve accounts. Paid losses and loss adjustment expenses is provided as supplemental information and is not intended to replace incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses. It should be read in conjunction with the GAAP financial results. See "Supplemental Schedules" above for a reconciliation of incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses to paid losses and loss adjustment expenses.
Combined ratio is the most directly comparable measure to combined ratio-accident period basis. Combined ratio-accident period basis is computed as the difference between two GAAP operating ratios: the combined ratio and prior accident periods' loss development ratio. Management believes that combined ratio-accident period basis is useful to investors and it is used to reveal the trends in the Company's results of operations that may be obscured by development on prior accident periods' loss reserves. Combined ratio-accident period basis is meant as supplemental information and is not intended to replace the GAAP combined ratio. It should be read in conjunction with the GAAP financial results. See "Supplemental Schedules" above for a reconciliation of GAAP combined ratio to combined ratio-accident period basis.
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Active police response in Idaho Falls
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The Idaho Falls Police Department reports there is an active police response in the area of the 1400 block on Benton Street.
Officials ask members of the public to avoid the area.
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ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) — An Abbeville woman was arrested Monday and an infant is in critical condition today after the Louisiana Office of Child Services responded to accusations of child abuse.
Kassidy McGee, 26, of Abbeville, faces charges of second-degree cruelty to a juvenile and illegal use of drugs in the presence of a juvenile, according to Police Chief Bill Spearman. She also had two unrelated outstanding contempt of court warrants. She was booked into the Vermilion Parish Correctional Center on a $44,000 bond.
Investigators say McGee’s infant had extensive injuries, including broken bones and head injuries. The child is currently listed in critical condition. | https://www.cenlanow.com/crime/abbeville-woman-accused-of-breaking-bones-head-injury-on-her-infant/ | 2022-05-03T21:18:39Z | https://www.cenlanow.com/crime/abbeville-woman-accused-of-breaking-bones-head-injury-on-her-infant/ | true |
US judge refuses to toss Johnny Depp defamation suit
Actor Johnny Depp has filed a defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard
The US judge hearing the defamation suit filed by "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard rejected a defense request Tuesday to toss the case.
Lawyers for the 36-year-old "Aquaman" actress asked Judge Penney Azcarate to dismiss the suit after Depp's attorneys rested their case following three weeks of testimony in Fairfax County Circuit Court.
They claimed Depp had failed to prove he was defamed by a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post in which Heard described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse."
"The court should grant the motion to strike because the undisputed evidence is that he did, in fact, abuse Amber," said Heard's lawyer Ben Rottenborn.
Depp's lawyer, Benjamin Chew, asked the judge to deny the motion, claiming it was Heard who is "the abuser in this courtroom."
Actress Amber Heard listens to testimony in the defamation case filed against her by her ex-husband Johnny Depp
Such a motion to dismiss is common in legal proceedings but is rarely granted.
The judge said enough evidence had been presented so far to allow the case to proceed, and she would leave it up to the seven-person jury to decide.
"If there is a scintilla of evidence that a reasonable juror could weigh, then the matter survives a motion to strike," she said.
Heard never named the 58-year-old Depp in the Post op-ed, but he sued her for implying he was a domestic abuser and is seeking $50 million in damages.
The Texas-born Heard countersued, asking for $100 million and claiming she suffered "rampant physical violence and abuse" at his hands.
Depp has denied ever being physically abusive towards Heard and claimed at the blockbuster trial that she was the one who was frequently violent.
Judge Penney Azcarate denied a defense motion to toss out Johnny Depp's defamation suit against his former wife, Amber Heard
Heard's lawyers began calling their own witnesses after Depp's side rested their case.
Heard is expected to take the witness stand herself this week.
Depp filed the defamation complaint in the United States after losing a separate libel case in London in November 2020 that he brought against The Sun for calling him a "wife-beater."
Depp, a three-time Oscar nominee, and Heard met in 2009 on the set of the film "The Rum Diary" and were married in February 2015. Their divorce was finalized two years later. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-10779661/US-judge-refuses-toss-Johnny-Depp-defamation-suit.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-03T21:19:53Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-10779661/US-judge-refuses-toss-Johnny-Depp-defamation-suit.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
CARY, N.C. (AP) _ Cornerstone Building Brands, In (CNR) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $101.5 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
The Cary, North Carolina-based company said it had profit of 79 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 66 cents per share.
The maker of products used in commercial buildings posted revenue of $1.57 billion in the period.
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MONETT, Mo. (AP) _ Jack Henry & Associates Inc. (JKHY) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $84.7 million.
The Monett, Missouri-based company said it had profit of $1.16 per share.
The payment processsing company posted revenue of $478.3 million in the period.
Jack Henry expects full-year earnings to be $4.80 to $4.85 per share, with revenue expected to be $1.94 billion.
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WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) _ PerkinElmer Inc. (PKI) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $177 million.
The Waltham, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of $1.40 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.41 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.08 per share.
The maker of scientific instruments posted revenue of $1.26 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.18 billion.
For the current quarter ending in July, PerkinElmer expects its per-share earnings to range from $2 to $2.05. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had forecast adjusted earnings per share of $1.67.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $1.2 billion to $1.22 billion for the fiscal second quarter. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $1.08 billion.
PerkinElmer expects full-year earnings in the range of $7.15 to $7.45 per share, with revenue ranging from $4.56 billion to $4.63 billion.
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Made in the 956: Valley McDonald's franchise owner wins major award within company
On this week's Made in the 956, Channel 5 News Morning Anchor Trey Serna introduces you to Fred Del Barrio, or Mr. McDonalds.
Del Barrio got the nickname because he owns and operates 11 McDonald’s locations all across the Valley, with a 12th location coming soon.
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And now, he's the recipient of one of the highest awards within the company.
Fred Del Barrio: Made in the 956.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ Regency Centers Corp. (REG) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations.
The real estate investment trust, based in Jacksonville, Florida, said it had funds from operations of $178.2 million, or $1.03 per share, in the period.
The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 93 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $195.2 million, or $1.14 per share.
The shopping center real estate investment trust, based in Jacksonville, Florida, posted revenue of $303.4 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $297.4 million.
Regency Centers expects full-year funds from operations in the range of $3.84 to $3.90 per share.
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WASHINGTON — If the Supreme Court rules the way the leaked draft document published by Politico indicates, could Congress or President Biden do anything to still protect abortion access nationwide? In short, the answer is yes.
Democrats in Congress could try and pass a law to codify the right to abortion into federal law. That would start an entirely new legal fight.
However, it's doubtful Democrats have the necessary votes to do that right now. The Senate is split 50-50.
Conversations have also started to try and change Senate rules so that abortion rights could pass in the Senate with fewer than 60 votes.
For the moment though, that appears to lack the necessary votes too.
Meanwhile, President Biden has already indicated he might try to do something on his own when the actual opinion comes down.
The president has directed his Gender Policy Council and the White House Counsel's Office "to prepare options for an Administration response."
Biden released a statement on Monday saying: "We will be ready when any ruling is issued."
WHEN MIGHT AN OPINION COME?
As supporters on both sides of the issue continue to rally on the steps of the Supreme Court, there is no indication of when the Supreme Court will actually announce its official opinion.
While Chief Justice John Roberts has confirmed the leaked document is real, he also said it does not represent a final ruling.
Of course, it has long been speculated that justices on the supreme court are prepared to overturn Roe, which simply gives the authority to regulate abortion back to state governments.
Conservative-learning states will likely pass more restrictions while liberal-leaning states are expected to expand abortion rights.
WHAT IS NEXT?
"The pro-life movement is not going to stop," Carol Tobias, the president of the National Right to Life, told our Joe St. George recently.
National Right to Life is of the largest anti-abortion groups in the country. Recently Tobias said that even if Roe gets struck down her work won't be over. New legal fights will emerge and those will likely involve the White House.
For instance, there is a growing push by women's rights groups to promote abortion pills. Those pills could be delivered, discreetly, in the mail.
Stopping that, Tobias admits, will be tough.
"It will be hard to catch," Tobias said.
As for the time being, expect abortion to be a major focus of this year's midterm elections. Abortion rights supporters predicted Tuesday outside the Supreme Court this will mobilize some voters.
"We really hope this draft decision leak really mobilizes people to take action," Shannon Russell, with Catholics for Choice, said. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national-politics/could-congress-or-president-biden-act-if-the-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade | 2022-05-03T21:33:48Z | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national-politics/could-congress-or-president-biden-act-if-the-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade | false |
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A state appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a Virginia mother who was found guilty of assault and battery for striking her 12-year-old twins with a belt to discipline them.
WTOP-FM reports that a three-judge Court of Appeals panel said the trial judge overstepped her authority when she suggested in her ruling that the mother should have found a different way to punish her children.
“Virginia, like every other state, permits parents to discipline their children with corporal punishment,” the panel wrote in its ruling.
To fall within the “parental privilege” justification, “discipline must be reasonable and not excessive,” the ruling said.
The mother was convicted last year in Hanover County after using a belt to discipline her children for using a cellphone outside the hours established by their parents. Each child had a minor bruise or mark afterward, but neither was seriously injured.
Later that day, the son told a school resource officer he didn’t feel safe going home. Her daughter expressed similar fear.
Judge Jan Brodie found the mother guilty, saying the testimony of the son and daughter was “very credible.”
The Appeals Court said parents have the privilege to discipline their children "within the bounds of moderation and reason.’” | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Court-overturns-mother-s-conviction-for-belt-17145315.php | 2022-05-03T21:34:07Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Court-overturns-mother-s-conviction-for-belt-17145315.php | true |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has learned a great deal about Russian military shortfalls and capabilities in the first two months of the war in Ukraine, top Pentagon leaders told Congress Tuesday. But they warned that Moscow is learning from its mistakes as the war shifts to a new phase, and that will shape the artillery and other weapons systems the U.S. will provide.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that if Congress approves funding, the most critical things that Ukraine needs are anti-tank, anti-aircraft and shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles. Milley added that with the fighting now concentrated in the eastern Donbas region, Ukrainian forces also need more tanks and other mechanized vehicles, which the U.S. and other nations are providing.
The coming weeks, they said, will be crucial.
Prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February, the U.S. had provided about $1 billion in weapons and gear to the Ukrainian military, and had been training troops for years. Since the invasion, the U.S. has committed another $3.7 billion in weapons and other aid, and is seeking a $33 billion supplemental appropriation from Congress that includes a wide range of military and other support.
Senators, including Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., pressed Austin and Milley on whether weapons are actually getting out to the troops on the front lines, or if they are being diverted or hoarded. Austin said it's difficult to know since there are no U.S. personnel on the ground in Ukraine to monitor the weapons flow. But he said they talk to their counterparts in Ukraine regularly, and stress the need for accountability in weapons distribution.
Austin pointed to early failures by Russia, including almost immediate struggles with logistics, and difficulties getting food, water and supplies to troops.
“As we saw things unfold on the ground, we saw them not able to support themselves logistically, we saw them make some bad assumptions at the beginning of this, we saw them fail to integrate aerial fires with their ground maneuver, and just a number of missteps,” Austin said. “ I attribute a lot of that to lack of leadership at the lower level.”
The leadership problems, he said, forced Russia to send higher ranking generals to the battlefront, where “many” have been killed.
Austin said the U.S. expects to see some of the same mistakes as the fighting in the Donbas and across southern Ukraine escalates, as Russia tries to wrest control of a solid stretch of land from the east, through Mariupol, along the Sea of Azov to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula seized by Russian and annexed in March 2014.
But, he said, “they will learn from what they did in the early stages of this fight. And we’ll see them improve their logistical efforts. And we’ll see them improve their massing of fires and that sort of business. But some things they won’t be able to correct.”
Austin and Milley said that Russia's failure to train young commanders to make decisions, has led to a very top-heavy organization that hasn't been as nimble and effective as the Ukrainian forces. Milley said the U.S. and other Western nations taught Ukrainian forces about mission command and decentralized control and tactics, which are more successful on a dynamic battlefield.
He also said the U.S. “opened up the pipes" and sent a "significant amount of intelligence” to Ukraine both before the invasion, and as the fight has gone on.
In a related matter, President Joe Biden has nominated Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli to be the next top general for Europe, and to serve as the Supreme Allied Commander for NATO. Cavoli is currently serving as commander of U.S. Army Europe-Africa. His nomination now goes to the U.S. Senate for confirmation. He would replace Air Force Gen. Tod D. Wolters. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Defense-leaders-say-Russia-learning-from-mistakes-17145180.php | 2022-05-03T21:34:13Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Defense-leaders-say-Russia-learning-from-mistakes-17145180.php | true |
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday lauded Nigerian authorities’ ongoing reintegration of defectors from the jihadi Boko Haram group, which has waged a decade-long insurgency, as “the best thing we can do for peace.”
Speaking to reporters in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state where the insurgency is centered, Guterres also called for more global funding to help rebuild lives in northeast Nigeria where the rebels are operating.
“The best thing we can do for peace is to reintegrate those who in the moment of despair became terrorists but now want to ... contribute to the well-being of their brothers and sisters,” the U.N. chief said after meeting with former militants at a rehabilitation camp in Maiduguri.
The Nigerian military said in March that 1,629 of the former fighters have so far graduated from the reintegration program.
In the final leg of his three-nation tour of West Africa, the UN chief is for the first time visiting Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, where he called for donors worldwide to support humanitarian assistance in the northeast.
Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremist rebels, launched an insurgency in 2009, to fight against western education and to establish Islamic Shariah law in Nigeria.
Their rebellion spread over the years to the neighboring West African countries of Cameroon, Niger and Chad. Boko Haram drew international condemnation in 2014 when they abducted 276 schoolgirls in Chibok village, more than 100 of whom are still missing.
Before his trip to Nigeria, Guterres was in Niger on Monday where he voiced strong concern over jihadi violence in the Sahel, the vast semi-arid area south of the Sahara Desert. “The international community must realize that this is no longer just a regional or African issue, but a global threat,” he said.
In Nigeria, Guterres visited a camp for people displaced by the violence.
“The people I met today want to go back home,” he said. But before they return, he said, authorities must put in place the necessary conditions — “security conditions, development conditions.”
The jihadi violence has directly resulted in approximately 35,000 deaths and the displacement of at least 2.1 million people, data from U.N. agencies in Nigeria show.
“I will be your advocate asking the international community to support and to invest in the Borno of hope,” Guterres told Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, who has been leading efforts to relocate the displaced persons back to their communities.
Amid the effort to return displaced people to the homes they fled years earlier, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday that the war against the militants is “approaching its conclusion.”
But according to the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank, the jihadist group — especially its most dominant faction the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) — is “consolidating its grip on new rural areas in Nigeria’s central and southern Borno state.” | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/In-Nigeria-UN-chief-welcomes-reintegration-of-17145293.php | 2022-05-03T21:35:09Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/In-Nigeria-UN-chief-welcomes-reintegration-of-17145293.php | true |
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FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2022
DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren
HUSBAND KEEPS EXPLICIT MEDIA FROM PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS
DEAR ABBY: A year ago, when I discovered my husband's porn videos and naked pictures of his ex-girlfriends, he assured me he would delete them. It has been a year, and he still hasn't done it. When I mention it, he claims he doesn't look at them and doesn't have time to delete them. I ask him to be honest with me about if he intends to keep them, but he insists he "will" delete them. It makes me believe he has an emotional attachment to these women. How should I continue to deal with this issue? -- HE'S GOT A WIFE NOW
DEAR WIFE: Your husband may be less emotionally attached to the ex-girlfriends than titillated by their pictures. From what you have written, your husband isn't being completely honest with you. And THAT is the issue you should be dealing with, with the help of a licensed counselor, because solid marriages are based on trust, and there can't be trust without honesty.
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DEAR ABBY: Our 24-year-old daughter is dating a 28-year-old divorced man who has two kids. Her father is very upset about it and refuses to meet him. The reason is the children. We both think they will be a burden to our daughter and she will eventually have problems with his ex-wife. How can we tell her we don't accept him without pushing her away or making her break up with him? She doesn't live with us. -- SAD IN FLORIDA
DEAR SAD: At 24, your daughter is an adult. At this point, she should have achieved enough independence to decide -- without coercion -- with whom she wants to be romantically involved.
I do not advise refusing to meet the man she cares about because it may be counterproductive. Children from prior relationships do not necessarily cause problems, and not all ex-spouses fly around on brooms causing trouble. You and your husband should make an effort to get to know him and, if you see red flags afterward, point them out then.
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DEAR ABBY: I'm a front desk clerk at a hotel where a regular guest has stayed for years. We have become acquainted as we're both retired teachers and each have written books. When she told me she could no longer afford to stay at the hotel, I offered her my spare bedroom to use on occasion, and she calls at least once a month to stay here.
My husband is over it. The whole evening revolves around this woman. Since I have gotten to know her better, I have realized she's very self-centered. She barely thanks us for her stay, although we include her in our dinner plans and she eats breakfast here as well. I'm a softy and I have used various excuses to stop this. Any suggestions for me, a coward, to call a halt to her inviting herself to my house for the night? -- SOFTY IN THE SOUTH
DEAR SOFTY: Yes. Quit making excuses and tell her almost all of the truth, which is that your husband is "over it" and therefore she will have to make other plans. Period.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ron Galella, the photographer known for his visceral celebrity shots and his dogged pursuit of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who sued him and won a restraining order, has died at age 91.
Galella died Saturday at his home in Montville, N.J., said Geoffrey Croft, a spokesperson and the editor of Galella's most recent book “100 Iconic Photographs — A Retrospective.” The cause was congestive heart failure, Croft said.
Galella amassed millions of images in a career that began in the 1960s, earning sobriquets like the “paparazzo extraordinaire” for his up-close, candid shots of the rich and famous. His subjects included Hollywood icons like Ava Gardner and Greta Garbo, singers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga and sports personalities including Muhammad Ali. His work appeared in magazines like Time, People and the National Enquirer and in 22 books that he put out.
Many of Galella’s subjects did not want to be photographed. Marlon Brando punched Galella in the face outside a New York City restaurant in 1973, breaking his jaw and knocking out five teeth. Elvis Presley's bodyguards slashed Galella's tires, and Sean Penn spat at him.
Onassis battled Galella in court for years, testifying that he had made her life “intolerable, almost unlivable, with his constant surveillance.” In 1972, a judge ordered Galella to keep 25 feet away from Onassis and 30 feet away from her children.
Galella confessed to an obsession with Onassis in the 2010 documentary “Smash His Camera,” directed by by Leon Gast. “I had no girlfriend,” he said. “She was my girlfriend, in a way.”
Despite his notoriety, Galella’s photos received accolades and have been collected by institutions including New York's Museum of Modern Art. One of the MoMA works, a striking image of Onassis walking on Madison Avenue in 1971 that Galella titled “Windblown Jackie,” is among the best-known photos of the former first lady.
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Randy Coffman resigns as Lakeway Christian girls basketball coach after four seasons
Lakeway Christian announced Tuesday that Randy Coffman has resigned as girls basketball coach.
Coffman was the first coach of the program after Lakeway Christian was established in 2018 and has led the Lions to four consecutive winning seasons. The team has not lost more than six games since its inaugural season in 2018-19.
In 2021-22, the Lions finished 30-6 and reached the Division II-A state quarterfinals, where they were eliminated by eventual state champion Webb-Bell Buckle.
"Coach Coffman...has built the women's basektball program from the ground up, producing some of the strongest teams in the state," Lakeway Christian said in a release. "He leave a great trajectory for future success."
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The release said Coffman is moving to a head coaching position at another high school outside of the area, but his new landing spot has not been announced.
Before coming to Lakeway Christian, Coffman built one of the most dominant girls basketball programs in the state at Riverdale from 2015-2018. He led the Warriors to three consecutive TSSAA Class AAA state titles and left with a 102-5 record. He previously coached girls basketball for 17 years at Dyersburg.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Even a nine-year NHL veteran like Antti Raanta couldn’t help but feel anxious before his first playoff start.
“Obviously a little butterflies here and there,” Raanta said.
The good news for the Carolina Hurricanes was no one could tell, not with how the 32-year-old netminder patrolled the crease from post to post and stopped nearly everything.
Raanta had 35 saves while Seth Jarvis and Nino Niederreiter scored a pair of quick second-period goals, helping the Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Monday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
It was a promising start, both for Raanta and for a Hurricanes team that has been unable to get past the Bruins in two of the past three playoffs. In fact, Carolina never led in either of those first two series in 2019 and 2020.
This time, they’re starting with a series lead.
“I think the longer the game went on, the better we got going,” Niederreiter said.
Teuvo Teravainen and Vincent Trocheck added third-period goals, which helped Carolina maintain control in this best-of-seven series opener. Andrei Svechnikov punctuated the win with an empty-net goal at 17:59.
Yet it started with Raanta, whose playoff experience consisted of five relief appearances before Monday. But he earned the nod with No. 1 goaltender Frederik Andersen still out with an injury suffered in the final weeks of the regular season, with coach Rod Brind’Amour saying simply: “That’s why we brought him in.”
Raanta rewarded that belief, particularly as the Bruins buzzed around the net and carried the action with 12 shots in the opening 10 minutes.
“For me, I was just trying to focus on the things, how I’ve been able to be successful and what I’ve been doing to get to this point,” Raanta said. “It was working nicely, but it’s only one game, one win.”
He also got help from Carolina’s defensemen, too. In the first period, there was Brendan Smith reaching in with his stick to stop a loose rebound from crossing the goal line behind Raanta. And in the third, Ian Cole jumped in to stop a puck from squeaking between a diving Raanta and the left post.
That type of effort, along with a 3-for-3 showing by the league’s No. 1 penalty kill, helped Carolina negate Boston’s 36-25 shot advantage.
Taylor Hall scored for Boston early in the third to cut the deficit to 2-1, beating Raanta between the circles after a feed from Erik Haula from a battle behind the net. He almost tied it minutes later when he pinged the left post. But those turned out to be the only real mistakes for Raanta.
Linus Ullmark had 20 saves for Boston in his first playoff appearance. Both of the second-period goals came with heavy traffic at the crease, while Teravainen’s goal came on a perfectly executed 2-on-1 rush with Trocheck.
Trocheck’s goal came on a charge up the left side that ended with him bouncing the puck off the left side of Ullmark’s helmet to make it 4-1.
“We’re not going to put anything on Ullmark,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Whatever goalie’s in there for us, you’ve got to fight to find pucks in this series. I thought it was the same at the other end early on.
“Raanta was fighting to find them, there were some rebounds there, we just didn’t capitalize.”
JARVIS’ DEBUT
Jarvis, a 20-year-old rookie, ended the regular season on a seven-game point streak and now has his first playoff goal.
It came when Jaccob Slavin one-timed the puck into traffic. Jarvis extended his stick to tip the puck, sending it bouncing to the ice and slipping past Ullmark at 16:28.
“I just don’t know how much (experience) matters at this time of year sometimes,” Brind’Amour said. “The young guy looked fine, certainly didn’t look out of place. And Raants looked great. So check the box there, for sure.”
ONE-SIDED SWINGS
History favors the Bruins after they swept the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2019 followed by a five-game win in the first round of the Toronto bubble a year later.
This year, the Metropolitan Division champion Hurricanes have won all four meetings by a combined score of 21-2.
CHECKING IN
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was in attendance, laughing and offering a wave while hearing hearty boos while being shown on the videoboard during a second-period stoppage.
SIREN SOUNDERS
Retired Hurricanes captain Justin Williams cranked the pregame storm-warning siren for the team to take the ice, followed by Kim and Penn Holderness – a Raleigh family who recently won CBS’ “The Amazing Race” reality competition show – for the second period.
North Carolina men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis was the siren sounder for the third. The first-year coach led the Tar Heels to the NCAA championship game and heard plenty of cheers in the arena the Hurricanes share with UNC rival North Carolina State.
UP NEXT
Game 2 is Wednesday in Raleigh.
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) _ Comstock Resources Inc. (CRK) on Tuesday reported a loss of $111.4 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Frisco, Texas-based company said it had a loss of 50 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 51 cents per share.
The results matched Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 51 cents per share.
The oil and gas company posted revenue of $524.8 million in the period, beating Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $430.2 million.
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25 flamingos, 1 duck killed by wild fox at Smithsonian National Zoo
WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Smithsonian National Zoo is mourning the loss of 25 American flamingos and one northern pintail duck that were killed by a wild fox that broke into their outdoor habitat.
The zoo says staff discovered the massacre early Monday morning and saw the fox before it escaped the habitat.
The zoo says staff inspects the integrity of the enclosure multiple times a day and saw no areas of concern in the habitat Sunday afternoon.
It said there was a metal mesh breach where the fox entered, and staff have reinforced the metal mesh around the exhibit.
Live traps have been now been set around the area to catch predators.
The flock, which originally had 74 flamingos, has now been moved to an indoor barn and the ducks are in a covered, secure outdoor space.
Three more flamingos were injured in the attack but survived and are being treated by veterinarians.
The zoo is calling it a “heartbreaking loss.”
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The owner of an Alabama clinic was flying home from a conference for abortion providers Monday night when a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion began ricocheting around the world.
As Dalton Johnson read it, he was struck by the bluntness of the language that would end the constitutional right to an abortion, shuttering clinics in about half of American states, including his.
“I’m still in shock,” Johnson said Tuesday.
People on both sides of the abortion divide have been expecting the Supreme Court this summer to reverse the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. But many said the draft opinion was nevertheless stunning, forcing them to reckon with the reality the nation is likely to enter soon.
“I can’t stop crying,” said an elated Mississippi state Rep. Becky Currie, who sponsored the 2018 law that is the basis for the Supreme Court case. “I am not quite sure I have the words to express how I feel right now, but God has had his hands on that bill since the beginning.”
The leaked draft, published late Monday by Politico, is a 98-page opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which challenged the constitutionality of the Mississippi bill that banned abortion after 15 weeks. If the decision stands as written, it would also overturn Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 decision that protected abortion services even though it allowed states to add some limitations.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” the draft opinion states. It was signed by Justice Samuel Alito, a member of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority. According to Politico, four other justices — Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — have agreed with the opinion.
The draft opinion was written in February and the language could change before the court issues its final ruling. As written, it would give states the power to decide the legality of abortion. Roughly half, largely in the South and Midwest, are likely to quickly ban abortion.
Abortion clinics in those states opened Tuesday morning, still seeing patients but uncertain about the future.
The daily rituals unfolded as they always do: protesters screamed at people walking inside, clinic escorts tried to shield them and hustle them in the doors.
“Please overturn Roe v. Wade,” said Barbara Beavers, who stood outside the clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, on Tuesday, trying to persuade people against going inside. “Have mercy on our unborn children. We’re destroying our future, killing our babies.”
Jean Folsom stopped by the clinic on her way to work, to thank the volunteers who help pregnant people pass protesters like Beavers.
“I really appreciate their efforts, and obviously based on the news last night, I’m worried that this is one of the last times I’ll see them,” said Folsom. She and her family eat breakfast every Saturday at a coffee shop near the clinic, and always felt grateful for the volunteers willing to help people in a state where opposition to abortion is strong.
Folsom said she felt devastated when she read the news Monday night.
“I kind of can’t believe that I live in a country where things seem to be moving backwards,” she said.
Inside clinics, the news prompted frantic phone calls. People were confused about whether abortion remains legal, and for how long.
“I immediately felt sick to my stomach,” said Tammi Kromenaker, who owns a clinic in Fargo, North Dakota. “And 20 million thoughts started going through my head about what can we do? What does my staff need to hear? What do our patients need to hear?”
She posted a notice on the website of the clinics: “If you have an appointment at Red River Women’s Clinic, your appointment is safe.”
Katie Quinonez rushed off a plane Tuesday morning and drove straight to the clinic she runs in Charleston, West Virginia. She’d also been attending the National Abortion Federation Conference when the news broke Monday night and she barely slept, she said. She was having nightmares about the Supreme Court.
She was terrified that her patients would misunderstand the news and think that abortion was immediately outlawed. “Abortion is still legal,” the clinic posted on social media, “but that could change as soon as next month.”
She had been bracing for this news.
“But there was still this visceral reaction, this very devastating feeling,” Quinonez said.
At Johnson’s clinic in Huntsville, the phone was ringing more than usual. Women called to ask whether they can still get an abortion. Johnson said his first call of the morning was from a woman who had an abortion scheduled for Friday and wanted to come in Tuesday.
The staff held a meeting, and Johnson says he asked them to focus on the women who are still coming for abortions who need their help. The opinion was just a draft, he told them, and cautioned that it wasn’t the final decision.
Some anti-abortion activists were skeptical that the draft would become reality, fixating instead on the fact that it was leaked the press and whether that implied political posturing.
“I’m hopeful,” said Dennis Westover, a 72-year-old retired electrical engineer, a regular protester outside the clinic in Charleston, West Virginia. But he was suspicious that someone leaked it as ammunition in the country’s intractable culture wars.
“When our Supreme Court stuff starts to be leaked, it’s egregious,” he said. “One side or the other did it for a political motive to stir up some kind of stink.”
In Louisville, Kentucky, protester Angela Minter said she prayed the draft opinion will be the final one.
“I’m excited today,” Minter said. “I believe it’s an indication of what’s to come.”
Minter thinks that’s God answering her prayers: she’s been coming to the clinic most mornings since 2004. Patients tried to dodge her and the other protesters screaming outside. “Don’t murder your baby,” one man shouted at a young woman. Clinic escorts in orange vests helped her into the building.
The Louisville clinic was closed for a week last month after the legislature banned abortion, until a court intervened. But if Roe falls, it will likely be shuttered again.
“I do anticipate a day with no abortion clinics in Kentucky,” said Meg Stern, who runs the Kentucky Health Justice Network and escorts at the clinic. Abortion access will now be an issue of privilege: people with the means to travel will be able to end their pregnancies.
“It’s the family that only has one vehicle and is already struggling to make ends meet. Maybe they’re in the city, maybe they’re in the rural parts of the state. But if they don’t have access to travel, lodging, gas money, food money, babysitters while they’re gone, time off work,” she said. “Do you have the car that will make it?”
For months now, the nation has had a glimpse of what that looks like. Texas banned abortion after six weeks in September. Planned Parenthood clinics in the surrounding states saw a 2,500% increase in patients, said Dr. Iman Alsaden, medical director for Planned Parenthood Great Plains.
Some groups are working to try to circumvent the law the best they can: mobile abortion units, fundraising for travel assistance, mail-order medications. One online women’s health provider reported a significant spike in requests for emergency contraception Tuesday. Democrat-leaning states like New York, California and Illinois are rushing to pass laws to protect abortion access, both for their residents and people coming from out of state.
If abortion is outlawed in North Dakota, Kromenaker is planning to open a clinic just across the river in Minnesota. She hopes the leaked draft shakes people enough to take action, right away.
She texted her husband Tuesday: “We’ve got to move forward very quickly now,” she wrote. “The urgency is there.”
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Santana reported from New Orleans, Wagster Pettus from Jackson and Galofaro from Louisville. Leah Willingham contributed from Charleston, West Virginia, and Dylan Lovan from Louisville.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A man who climbed the Salesforce Tower in an anti-abortion protest has been taken into custody by the San Francisco Police Department, according to the city’s fire department.
Earlier, the San Francisco Fire Department had tweeted that someone was climbing the 60-floor Salesforce Tower in the city’s south of Market neighborhood.
“San Francisco Fire is on scene with other Public Safety Agencies at 415 Mission, Sales Force Tower for a reported climber climbing the 60 floor tower,” a tweet sent at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday stated. “This person is placing firefighters lives and the publics safety at risk. AVOID THE AREA and join us in condemning this action.”
Who is the Salesforce Tower climber?
A man describing himself as a “pro-life Spiderman” published Instagram video appearing to show himself climbing the tower. In the video, the climber stated he just wishes he has water.
“Everything’s going good,” he said in a video. In another, he called attention to anti-abortion groups.
By 10:50 a.m. he’d made it to the top of the tower. KRON4’s Sara Stinson reported that police are in contact with the man.
The man, Maison Des Champs, identified himself on the website www.prolifespiderman.com. He stated he has a love for the outdoors and started rock climbing at the age of 16. He claims that in August 2021, he climbed the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas, where he lives, to protest COVID-19 mandates. He also stated he is a finance major at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
How tall is Salesforce Tower?
- The Salesforce Tower, completed in 2018, is the second-tallest tallest building west of the Mississippi River, after the Wilshire Grand Center in Los Angeles.
- It’s 1,070 feet — just 13 feet shorter than the Eiffel Tower.
- The tower has already been seen in movies and TV shows, such as HBO’s “Silicon Valley.”
- The tower sits on landfill and is adjacent to the Transbay Transit Center.
- Salesforce is a cloud-based software company.
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By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday let Johnny Depp move forward with his libel suit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, after the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star rested his case.
Heard’s lawyers had asked the judge to dismiss the case, arguing that Depp had failed to make his case as a matter of law and that no reasonable jury could find in his favor.
But the judge, Penney Azcarate, said the standard for dismissing a case at this point in the trial is exceedingly high, and that the case should be allowed to move forward if Depp has provided even a “scintilla” of evidence backing up his claims.
The trial will move forward Tuesday afternoon with Heard’s team beginning to present its witnesses after more than three weeks of testimony from Depp’s witnesses, including four days on the stand from Depp himself.
Depp and his lead lawyer, Benjamin Chew, patted each other on the back after the judge ruled the case can proceed.
Chew argued that the jury has a wealth of evidence to conclude that Heard falsely accused Depp of abuse. In fact, he said, the evidence shows that “Ms. Heard physically abused him. She’s the abuser.”
Heard’s lawyer, J. Benjamin Rottenborn, said the evidence is clear over the last three weeks of testimony that Heard’s allegations of abuse are truthful.
“We haven’t gotten to put on our case yet,” he said. “This is all evidence that has come in while plaintiff controls the playing field.”
Depp is suing Heard for $50 million in Fairfax County Circuit Court after Heard wrote a December 2018 op-ed piece in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The article never mentions Depp by name, but Depp’s lawyers say he was defamed nevertheless because it’s a clear reference to abuse allegations Heard levied in 2016, in the midst of the couple’s divorce proceedings.
The judge on Tuesday did say she’s reserving judgment on whether the article’s headline in online editions should be part of the libel lawsuit because she said the evidence is unclear at this point whether Heard wrote the headline or is responsible for it. The online headline reads, “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change.”
Among the final witnesses for Depp on Tuesday morning was Erin Falati, a private nurse for Heard. She testified on a recorded deposition that she received photos of Heard with red marks on her face the night of May 21, 2016. That’s the night of a final fight between Depp and Heard that precipitated Heard’s divorce filing a few days later and her May 27 appearance at a Los Angeles courthouse, with red marks on her face, seeking a restraining order.
Depp has said Heard faked the bruises, and presented testimony from police officers who didn’t see marks on Heard’s face when authorities were called the night of the fight. But the photos texted to Falati, which were seen by the jury, could contradict the officers’ perception.
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REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state’s far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century.
Two captive-bred birds were released from a pen in Redwood National Park, about an hour’s drive south of the Oregon border, under a project aimed at restoring the giant vultures to their historic habitat in the Pacific Northwest.
The two male condors were moved into staging area at late morning and a remotely controlled gate was opened. After a few minutes of warily eyeing the opening, the birds stepped one by one through the opening, spread their giant wings and took off.
“They just jumped up and took flight off into the distance,” Tiana Williams-Claussen, wildlife director for the region’s Yurok tribe, said in a webcast.
Condors were last spotted in the park area around 1892, authorities said. The California condor is the largest native North American bird, with a wingspan of nearly 10 feet (3 meters). The scavenger was once widespread but had virtually disappeared by the 1970s because of poaching, lead poisoning from eating animals shot by hunters and destruction of its habitat.
The birds can live for 60 years and fly vast distances in search of carrion, so their range could extend into several states.
Federal and local fish and wildlife agencies are involved in the restoration project headed by the Yurok tribe, which traditionally has considered the California condor a sacred animal and has been working for years to return the species to the tribe’s ancestral territory.
“For countless generations, the Yurok people have upheld a sacred responsibility to maintain balance in the natural world. Condor reintroduction is a real-life manifestation of our cultural commitment to restore and protect the planet for future generations,” tribal Chairman Joseph L. James said in a statement.
Two more condors were set to be released later — after biologists determine that the two birds who took to the skies Tuesday have displayed appropriate behavior, authorities said.
The condors, including one female and three males, are between 2 and 4 years old. Two were hatched at the Oregon Zoo and two at the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey in Idaho.
In the early 1980s, all 22 condors remaining in the wild were trapped and brought into a captive-breeding program that began releasing the giant vultures into Southern California’s Los Padres National Forest in 1992.
That flock has been expanding its range while other condors now occupy parts of California’s Central Coast, Arizona, Utah and Baja California, Mexico. The total population now numbers more than 500 birds in captivity and in the wild.
Two years ago, California condors were spotted in Sequoia National Park, in California’s Sierra Nevada, for the first time in nearly 50 years.
However, that same year, a dozen adults and two chicks died when a wildfire set by an arsonist ravaged their territory on the Big Sur coast.
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Which wine aerator is best?
Wine has two natural enemies: light and air. Although the best way to preserve your favorite vintage is to keep it in a dark, cool place, when you’re ready to drink it, letting it breathe for at least 30 minutes unleashes the wine’s delicious bouquet and complex flavors.
If you have neglected to decant the wine ahead of time and you’re ready to have a taste, a wine aerator can save the day. These simple tools swirl air through the wine to help develop its fullest flavor in just seconds. For effortless aeration at the touch of a button, the Aervana Original Electric Wine Aerator is a good choice.
What to know before you buy a wine aerator
Method of aeration
A wine aerator may seem like an odd expense. After all, doesn’t wine become aerated on its own with time? Yes, but sometimes you need a faster way to unlock the wine’s complex tasting profile.
The key is to choose the aeration method that works best for you. Budget aerators may not perform much better than simply letting a wine sit for a while. These have a small hole that introduces air into the wine but no method for swirling the air into the wine.
More expensive aerators push and blend air into the wine. You know it’s working when your wine gurgles. This method of multi-stage aerator also removes sediments that can influence the wine’s taste.
Full bottle aeration vs. one glass at a time
If you are a party of one, there’s no sense in introducing air into an entire bottle of wine. Look for an aerator that delivers one delicious glass at a time.
On the other hand, if you’re having a dinner party, it seems unnecessary to use a single-service aerator. A full bottle aerator is the best choice for you.
Materials
You have choices when it comes to wine aerator materials. They are commonly made from:
- Acrylic
- Stainless steel
- Plastic
- Rubber
Most high-end aerators are made from stainless steel, which is easier to clean and more durable, but these come with a sometimes-hefty price tag.
What to look for in a quality wine aerator
Solid construction
Wine aeration is not a full-contact sport, but the aerator you choose should still be sturdy and well-made. Look for seamless pouring spouts and sturdy attachment points built from high-quality metals and plastics.
Food-safe materials
Anything made from plastic and designed for food or drink service must be labeled as food-safe. If your wine aerator is plastic, it should be BPA-free.
Multiple uses
It’s a terrible waste of a beautiful vintage when an open bottle is spoiled by too much air. Look for a wine aerator that also doubles as a stopper or cork. This keeps wine fresh.
Universal fit
Although most wine bottles follow industry standards in terms of openings for easier corkage, some are slightly larger or smaller than others. Wine aerators with a flexible silicone piece that enters the mouth of the bottle are more useful than a rigid plastic insert that does not conform to variations in size.
How much you can expect to spend on a wine aerator
The price of an aerator will vary depending on a few factors (e.g., if it’s electric or if it aerates a full bottle or single glass of wine). Expect to spend $10-$50.
Wine aerator FAQ
Do wines that are decanted still need aeration?
A. Yes. Heavy-bodied wines should be aerated as they are decanted and then allowed to sit for a few minutes more.
If a wine is not fully in flavor after it’s decanted, aeration can help.
Do you have to use a wine aerator?
A. No. Nathan Myhrvold, author of the seminal molecular gastronomical book “Modernist Cuisine” suggests a simpler method that uses an immersion blender.
- Pour wine into a bowl (or wide-mouthed decanter).
- Use an immersion blender to aerate the wine for 30 seconds.
This is not the most sophisticated presentation of wine, but it does the trick in the pinch.
Alternatively, many people allow their wine to sit for longer. Air naturally enters the wine over time.
What’s the best wine aerator to buy?
Top wine aerator
Aervana Original Electric Wine Aerator
What you need to know: It is expensive, but wine connoisseurs swear by it.
What you’ll love: It’s electronic and aerates wine instantly with six times the aeration of non-electric gravity aerators. Plastic parts are food safe, and it comes with an easy operating manual. The design minimizes splashing and drips.
What you should consider: The tube is too short for large bottles.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top wine aerator for the money
Haley’s Corker 5-In-1 Wine Aerator
What you need to know: It’s one tool to handle every aspect of wine service.
What you’ll love: It aerates and filters wine at the same time. You’ll have no more messy bits of cork floating in your final glass. The airtight stopper is spill-proof and keeps wine fresh. It’s also available in a screw-top version.
What you should consider: Even though this is billed as being leak-proof, you need to store wine bottles upright after opening, as some users report leaks.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Rabbit Wine Aerator And Pourer
What you need to know: The Rabbit is a well-known tool recommended by wine pros and amateur oenophiles alike.
What you’ll love: It is silicone and stainless steel, which makes it both easy to clean and sturdy for years of use. An oversized bowl increases aeration for deeper, more complex flavors.
What you should consider: This fits most bottles but not all. Use caution if the opening is especially large.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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In March, the co-founder and head of consumer engineering at DoorDash, Mr Andy Fang, could be found dropping off an order from a sushi restaurant to a customer's apartment in San Francisco.
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PEREMOHA, Ukraine — Bodies lying on the streets. Men and women found shot in basements, with their hands tied behind their backs. Mass graves.
These and images of tangled bodies found among the ransacked Ukrainian villages liberated from Russian forces have led to multiple investigations into war crimes.
Ukraine's prosecutor general's office has opened more than 9,300 investigations into alleged war crimes and identified hundreds of suspects from Russia.
The prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, says the true number of cases will be much higher, considering they have yet to access the east, where some of the most violent fighting has occurred.
"No one knows," Venediktova tells NPR. "Doubled or in three times or in five times. Nobody can say about it. It's a full-scale invasion to our country. Very aggressive. Very brutal."
The path to holding Russian President Vladimir Putin criminally responsible for alleged war crimes is long and complex. Ukrainian and international experts believe it will take years, if not decades, to collect evidence, build cases and prosecute people.
But Venediktova and her team are determined to hold Putin accountable.
Venediktova has 8,000 prosecutors working for her. They're visiting areas where displaced people are staying and taking testimonials. They are leaning on civil society groups to help lead them to the most relevant cases.
Sasha Romantsova, the executive director of one of those groups, the Kyiv-based Center for Civil Liberties, one of Ukraine's largest human rights groups, recently traveled to Peremoha.
In this small village outside Kyiv, she and her team investigated reports of civilians being held hostage and used by Russian forces as human shields.
One of her first stops was an Orthodox church with two large holes from tank shelling big enough to walk through.
Father Oleksandr Yarmolchyk took her into the demolished nave. Broken crosses and shattered holy images littered the floor. The large crushed chandelier lay amid the rubble by the pulpit.
Yarmolchyk told Romantsova that the Russians held him in his basement. He said they wouldn't let him leave.
"So if someone died in the village, they didn't allow you to leave and bury them?" Romantsova asked.
Yarmolchyk answered no and told her they also threatened his family.
"He said, 'I needed to watch after my kids.' I will remember how he said that, forever," Yarmolchyk says.
Romantsova heard similar stories about the Russians setting up inside a retirement community, preventing seniors from leaving.
Oftentimes, she says, her days are filled by talking to as many people as possible, following up on leads and trying to parse out facts from rumors — or exaggerations.
She went to the Peremoha school, where the Russians built bunkers. She and her team took pictures of the flattened post office to show destroyed critical infrastructure.
She records it all, has her experts analyze the material and passes off the most valuable information to Ukrainian prosecutors for further investigation.
Wayne Jordash, a British lawyer who is advising Ukraine's chief prosecutor, says effective war crimes investigations involve coordination between the state prosecutor, international experts and civil society.
He says it will take a lot of work and effort to pull together enough evidence that would tie Putin and other top Russian leaders individually to actions committed by their soldiers on the ground.
"Modern political and military leaders do not write down orders to kill, kill and rape innocent people," he says. "But it doesn't mean to say that they're not responsible for it."
Venediktova says she's determined to hold Putin and his top military leaders responsible.
She spends hours every day going over the images of alleged war crimes, trying to decipher what was targeted. What was indiscriminate. And she acknowledges it has had an impact.
"I do everything as a prosecutor," she says. "And even now, you see that I try to be not emotional, but from other side, of course, I am a Ukrainian citizen. I see every day, from morning until night, that's my country is being bloodied."
She asks her assistant to share a picture of a teenage boy, lying on a hospital table, a greenish-gold shell in his bloodied chest.
"Now you imagine what I see," she says. "This is the chest of the boy and the piece of projectile inside this boy."
The boy's name was Rostlav. He was just 14.
"What am I supposed to feel?" she asks. "Is it possible to forgive someone for this?"
Not for her, she says, and puts the picture away.
Olena Lysenko contributed to this report in Peremoha and Kyiv.
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BINGHAMTON, NY – The Ross Park Zoo has teamed up with Northern Rivers Family of Services throughout National Foster Care Month.
The team at Northern Rivers will be set up at the Ross Park Zoo every weekend in May. They will be sharing information and education on foster care.
As of last year, there was two-hundred and ninety-nine youth in foster care throughout Broome County. Nearly one third of those youth were supported by Northern Rivers.
The need throughout Broome County exceeds the number of homes that are available.
Senior Director of Foster Care, Colleen Vogel says, “We’re always in need of foster parents. There’s kids of unique talents, and interests, and kids in the community who are going through difficult times and they need family so, we’re hoping to bring that awareness, as people come in, and just ask and inquire.”
This coming weekend is Mother’s Day Appreciation. All mothers, including foster mothers, will receive free admission.
For those seeking more information on foster care, you can contact Chris Murray at 643-6044 or chris.murray@northernrivers.org.
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Google said on Monday it had recently fired a senior engineering manager after colleagues, whose landmark research on artificial intelligence software he had been trying to discredit, accused him of harassing behavior.
The dispute, which stems from efforts to automate chip design, threatens to undermine the reputation of Google's research in the academic community. It also could disrupt the flow of millions of dollars in government grants for research into AI and chips.
Google's research unit has faced scrutiny since late 2020 after workers lodged open critiques about its handling of personnel complaints and publication practices.
The new episode emerged after the scientific journal Nature in June published "A graph placement methodology for fast chip design", led by Google scientists Azalia Mirhoseini and Anna Goldie.
They discovered that AI could complete a key step in the design process for chips, known as floorplanning, faster and better than an unspecified human expert, a subjective reference point.
But other Google colleagues, in a paper that was anonymously posted online in March - "Stronger Baselines for Evaluating Deep Reinforcement Learning in Chip Placement" - found that two alternative approaches based on basic software outperform the AI. One beat it on a well-known test, and the other on a proprietary Google rubric.
Google declined to comment on the leaked draft, but two workers confirmed its authenticity.
The company said it refused to publish "Stronger Baselines" because it did not meet its standards, and soon after fired Satrajit Chatterjee, a leading driver of the work.
The company declined to say why it fired him.
"It’s unfortunate that Google has taken this turn," said Laurie Burgess, an attorney for Chatterjee.
"It was always his goal to have transparency about the science, and he urged over the course of two years for Google to address this."
Google researcher Goldie told the New York Times, which on Monday first reported the firing, that Chatterjee had harassed her and Mirhoseini for years by spreading misinformation about them.
Burgess denied the allegations, and added that Chatterjee did not leak "Stronger Baselines".
Patrick Madden, an associate professor focused on chip design at Binghamton University who has read both papers, said he had never seen a paper before the one in Nature that lacked a good comparison point.
"It's like a reference problem: Everyone gets the same jigsaw puzzle pieces and you can compare how close you come to getting everything right," he said. "If they were to produce results on some standard benchmark and they were stellar, I would sing their praises."
Google said the comparison to a human was more relevant and that software licensing issues had prevented it from mentioning tests.
Studies by big institutions such as Google in well-known journals can have an outsized influence on whether similar projects are funded in the industry.
One Google researcher said the leaked paper had unfairly opened the door to questions about the credibility of any work published by the company.
After "Stronger Baselines" emerged online, Zoubin Ghahramani, a vice president at Google Research, wrote on Twitter last month that "Google stands by this work published in Nature on ML for Chip Design, which has been independently replicated, open-sourced, and used in production at Google."
Madden said he hoped Nature would revisit the publication, noting that peer reviewer notes show at least one asked for results on benchmarks.
"Somehow, that never happened," he said.
Nature said in a statement that it takes all concerns about published papers seriously.
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(NEXSTAR) – It appears President Joe Biden is moving forward with student loan debt forgiveness after a week full of moves on the matter to round out April.
Biden started the week by giving members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus “strong indications” that his administration is preparing to take executive action on forgiving student loans in the coming months. He then clarified mid-week that he was not considering one of the larger forgiveness plans fellow Democrats had been calling for.
By Friday, multiple sources confirmed Biden is considering expunging at least $10,000 per borrower, according to The Hill.
Here are four things we know about the possible student loan forgiveness we could see this year.
Don’t expect $50,000 in forgiveness
Forgiving $50,000 in student loan debt is one of the larger proposals (besides complete forgiveness of federal student loans, of course) that has been suggested by lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
On Thursday, President Biden, when asked about using executive authority to cancel student loan debt, told reporters he is not considering $50,000 in debt reduction.
It’s not necessarily a surprise that Biden isn’t considering $50,000 per borrower — while on the campaign trail, Biden supported a much smaller plan of up to $10,000 in forgiveness per borrower.
A recent analysis by the Federal Reserve found forgiving at most $50,000 per borrower would cost over $900 billion, but would erase the full balance for nearly 80% of borrowers.
It’s likely to be $10,000 per borrower
People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg the president is weighing forgiving at least $10,000 per borrower, but that the conversation continues about whether to cancel more.
The Federal Reserve’s analysis found forgiving $10,000 per borrower would result in roughly 11.8 million borrowers – slightly more than 31% – having their entire balance eliminated. If the Biden administration were to move forward under this plan, an estimated $321 billion in federal student loans would be forgiven.
Forgiving $10,000 per borrower could cost anywhere between $245 billion and $321 billion, according to multiple reports, but setting an income cap of $75,000, for example, could cut the cost to $182 billion.
There may be an income cap
How much student loan forgiveness you receive could be dependent on how much you make. Sources tell The Washington Post that relief could be limited to those who make less than $125,000 or $150,000 per individual tax filers or $250,000 or $300,000 for couples who file together. ‘
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday that while Biden has mentioned having an income cap on student debt relief, those details haven’t yet been finalized.
Forgiveness could also be restricted to loans used for undergraduate education, excluding programs in medicine and law, for example, that require additional schooling. When asked about Biden’s concerns of providing relief to borrowers that attended schools like Harvard and Yale, Psaki explained the president wants to ensure the relief is “targeted to those graduates who have the greatest needs.”
Opponents to student loan forgiveness have argued any relief would benefit Americans with higher incomes who are more capable of paying the loans back, The Hill reports.
It’s unclear if Biden has the power to forgive student loan debt
There has been confusion regarding Biden’s power to cancel student loans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said he lacks legal authority, instead remarking that it “would be an act of Congress.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, on the other hand, has argued Biden could do it under the same legal provision Trump used to delay payments and interest accrual at the start of the pandemic, The Hill reports.
According to The Hill, Biden requested a memo from the Department of Education on his authority to forgive student debt through an executive order a year ago. Psaki said Monday that she had no update on the status of that memo.
Republicans have introduced legislation to not only limit Biden’s authority to extend a payment moratorium but “prohibit the president from canceling outstanding federal student loan obligations due to a national emergency.”
“The majority of Americans do not have college degrees,” Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) said in a press release regarding the legislation, called the Stop Reckless Student Loan Actions Act. “Why should they be forced to pick up the tab for college degrees in the name of pandemic relief? This transfer of wealth is not a move to ‘advance equity,’ but rather a taxpayer handout to appease far-left activists.”
Under the Biden administration, roughly $17 billion in federal student loan debt has been canceled for some 725,000 borrowers. Last week, the Department of Education announced another $238 million in student loan relief for roughly 28,000 borrowers defrauded by Marinello Schools of Beauty.
While that may seem like a lot, that $17 billion in total relief actually equates to about 1% of the $1.6 trillion in federal student debt Americans have. Pressure continues to grow for more debt forgiveness as the end of the payment moratorium — set to expire on August 31 — and midterm elections near. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/student-loan-forgiveness-4-things-we-know-about-bidens-possible-move/ | 2022-05-03T22:01:44Z | https://www.cbs42.com/news/student-loan-forgiveness-4-things-we-know-about-bidens-possible-move/ | false |
OKOTOKS, AB, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX: MTL) The Board of Directors of Mullen Group Ltd. ("Mullen Group", "We", "Our" and/or the "Corporation") announced today that it has approved an increase to the Corporation's monthly dividend from $0.05 to $0.06 per Common Share. This represents a twenty percent increase from the prior dividend declared on April 19, 2022 and equates to an annualized dividend of $0.72 per Common Share. This increase will be effective as of the next regular dividend payment, which is expected to be payable on June 15, 2022, to shareholders of record on May 31, 2022.
"Today we announce a substantial increase in the monthly dividend, extending the tradition of rewarding long term shareholders with a portion of the free cash our business generates. In fact, since 2000 we have returned over $1.4 billion to investors, a good indication that the strategic initiatives we have implemented produce positive results. The Board's decision to increase the dividend was based upon the current outlook for the economy and our business, along with the view that redirecting a portion of the annual free cash from the approved NCIB program towards an increase in the dividend, would be in the best interests of shareholders at this time," commented Mr. Murray K. Mullen, Chair and CEO.
Mullen Group is one of North America's largest logistics providers. Our network of independently operated businesses provide a wide range of service offerings including less-than-truckload, truckload, warehousing, logistics, transload, oversized, third-party logistics and specialized hauling transportation. In addition, we provide a diverse set of specialized services related to the energy, mining, forestry and construction industries in western Canada, including water management, fluid hauling and environmental reclamation. The corporate office provides the capital and financial expertise, legal support, technology and systems support, shared services and strategic planning to its independent businesses.
Mullen Group is a publicly traded corporation listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "MTL". Additional information is available on our website at www.mullen-group.com or on the Corporation's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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MAYVILLE, Wis. (AP) _ Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. (MEC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $3.8 million.
The Mayville, Wisconsin-based company said it had profit of 19 cents per share.
The company posted revenue of $136.3 million in the period.
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‘Wow, that’s a big diamond!’: Visitor finds 2.38-carat brown diamond at state park
PIKE COUNTY, Ark. (Gray News) - A visitor found a 2.38-carat brown diamond on April 10 at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Park officials report the diamond was the largest found this year.
“It was right in the middle when I flipped my screen over,” Adam Hardin said. “When I saw it, I said, ‘Wow, that’s a big diamond!’”
After more than a decade of searching and hundreds of diamond finds at the park, Hardin found his first diamond weighing more than two carats.
Officials said Hardin was wet-sifting soil from the East Drain of the park’s 37.5-acre search area when he found the gem.
Park Interpreter Waymon Cox said visitors wet sift using a screen set to wash away soil and separate the gravel by size. Smaller gravel is then sorted by weight, sending heavier material to the bottom of the screen.
“When it’s flipped upside down, the heavier gravel, and sometimes a diamond, can be found on top of the pile,” Cox said.
Hardin carried his gem in a pill bottle to the park’s Diamond Discovery Center, where staff said they registered it as a 2.38-carat brown diamond.
“Mr. Hardin’s diamond is about the size of a pinto bean, with a coffee brown color and a rounded shape,” Cox said. “It has a metallic shine typical of all diamonds found at the park, with a few inclusions and crevices running all along the surface.”
Hardin, who first learned of Crater of Diamonds State Park more than a decade ago, said competition builds camaraderie among regular visitors.
“One of the other guys and I have been going back and forth, seeing who can find the biggest diamond,” Hardin said. “I found a big one, then he got a 1.79-carat, and we were joking about who would find the next big diamond and be ‘king of the mountain.’”
Officials said Hardin’s diamond was the largest found at the park since last September when a visitor from California discovered a 4.38-carat yellow gem on the surface of the diamond search area.
Hardin told park officials that he typically sells his diamonds locally and that he also plans to sell this one.
Currently, 260 diamonds have been registered at Crater of Diamonds State Park in 2022, weighing more than 44 carats. Officials said those numbers come out to be an average of one to two diamonds found by park visitors daily.
Officials report over 75,000 diamonds have been unearthed at the park since the first diamonds were discovered in 1906 by John Huddleston.
Diamonds come in all colors of the rainbow. According to park officials, the three most common colors found at Crater of Diamonds State Park are white, brown, and yellow.
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FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) _ Community Healthcare Trust Inc. (CHCT) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results beat Wall Street expectations.
The real estate investment trust, based in Franklin, Tennessee, said it had funds from operations of $14.8 million, or 61 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 59 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $5.5 million, or 21 cents per share.
The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $23.5 million in the period, which missed Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $24 million.
The company's shares have fallen 23% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $36.47, a decrease of 27% in the last 12 months.
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'Melrose Place' actress Amy Locane loses bid to reduce crash sentence
Locane received credit for time served when she was resentenced in 2020
An actor who appeared in the 1990s prime-time soap opera "Melrose Place" has lost a bid to have her sentence in a 2010 fatal auto crash reduced.
An appeals court in New Jersey rejected Amy Locane’s arguments in a ruling published Tuesday.
Locane was convicted on vehicular manslaughter and other counts for the crash that killed 60-year-old Helene Seeman and severely injured Seeman’s husband, Fred. While she wasn't charged with drunk driving, a state expert testified Locane's blood alcohol level was likely about three times the legal limit and that she was driving roughly 53 miles per hour (85 kilometers per hour) in a 35-mph (56-kph) zone at the time of the crash in Montgomery Township, near Princeton.
Locane has been sentenced four separate times after appeals courts ruled the first two sentences were too lenient and a third didn't properly follow guidelines it had set in an earlier ruling.
'MELROSE PLACE' STAR AMY LOCANE HEADED BACK TO PRISON FOR FATAL 2010 DWI CRASH
She had already spent more than two years in prison and was released by 2020, when state Superior Court Judge Angela Borkowski resentenced her to eight years.
In Tuesday's ruling, the appeals court held that Borkowski correctly gave more weight to aggravating factors — such as the severity of the offense and Locane's decision to drive while clearly intoxicated — than to mitigating factors such as Locane's lack of a prior criminal record and efforts at rehabilitation.
The court also rejected Locane's argument that Borkowski should have recused herself because the law firm representing Locane had once represented Borkowski's niece in a municipal traffic matter.
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Locane received credit for time served when she was sentenced in 2020 and is eligible for parole in December 2024, according to the state Department of Corrections website.
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A new era: New coaches step up for Cathedral baseball
Published 4:44 pm Tuesday, May 3, 2022
NATCHEZ — Cathedral’s loss to Brookhaven Academy may have been the end of the Green Wave’s baseball season but it was also the start of a new chapter.
Head Coach Craig Beesley is retiring from his head coaching duties but will continue to work as an athletic director, softball head coach and assistant baseball coach.
The plan for the program is to hand it off to his son, Andrew Beesley. Andrew, who turns 25 this year, is a Cathedral alumni who played college baseball at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. He is also a teacher at the school.
Craig said he won’t fully understand the change until next spring when his son is the head coach.
Andrew’s grandfather Ken Beesley Sr. made his mark on Green Wave athletics for 36 years before handing the reins over to Craig in 2004. Now, it is Andrew’s turn at the helm.
“I feel excited. I grew up watching my dad and grandfather coaching,” Andrew said. “I learned how to do things the right way, like taking kids and making them into ball players. I look forward to being able to do it myself. We had talked about it for a while, but it became official right before the season started. The staff was in good hands, and he felt like I was ready for it.”
Andrew’s right hand man and cousin Wright Graning, 25, will stay on as a coach as will Ethan Loyd, Luke Bradley and Mark McCann. It will be a young coaching staff, but one full of guys who understand the game and love Cathedral.
Graning played on the nationally-ranked 5A baseball team at Charles Henderson High School that won back-to-back state championships. He is not a teacher at Cathedral but has a full time job outside of school.
Loyd, who has been an assistant coach for six years with Cathedral, said the cousins are more like brothers and share a passion for Cathedral athletics.
“It is hard to replace 19 years of experience, but with the staff we have it is pretty close,” Loyd said. “With Andrew and his intensity and mindset coming from Craig and Ken, and Wright’s passion and enthusiasm, I’m excited.”
Before this season, Wright and Andrew had only played together for one inning of a high school summer league game, and Andrew broke his ankle sliding into second base in that game. Graning moved to Natchez in 2020 and he has helped coach both baseball and football for Cathedral, following in the footsteps of his father, Tom, who was an assistant football coach for many years.
Things have come full circle, Wright said.
“Having the opportunity to coach and be involved as much as I can is great,” Wright said. “We will have a lot of fire. There will be a lot of emotions, which I think will end up being a good thing. I think the kids are going to be fired up.”
From the third base coaching box, Andrew sounds like his father when he yells across the diamond. He said he learned a few things from his dad this season, including lessons about managing the game, how to talk to umpires and other coaching duties.
On Monday they were discussing how to transform the batting cages at Cathedral. Craig told his dad just because the season is over the head coach doesn’t stop working.
It is a lot more difficult to be a head coach, Craig said. His experiences in 2004 taught him some lessons but it also showed him what can happen with a coaching change.
“The first year I was tough on the kids. They responded well and I think these kids will respond well too,” Craig said. “I think the biggest thing I learned was you are coaching kids and developing them into men. Some of them want to be a part of a team so they can be a part of something. When you are a head coach a lot goes into your decisions.”
There will be some pressure on the new coaching staff. Craig won a state championship in his first year as a head coach in 2004 and they will look to repeat the challenge. The coaching staff’s goal is to bring Cathedral back to its glory days.
In 2016, Cathedral was awarded the Fab-Five Baseball program by Max Preps. Andrew said this year was a positive year for the program but they want to continue building.
One of the ways they want to reach a goal of playing for state is by developing younger players. Craig will spend his coaching time working with the Middle School kids. All of the knowledge on staff will be a boost for the program.
“If you have a kid in Miss-Lou and you want them to be disciplined and developed baseball players send them to Cathedral,” Craig said. “It will be exciting for the school and the kids. If we can get these kids at a younger age and develop them it will do nothing but benefit the high school program and there will be more excitement next year.” | https://m.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/05/03/a-new-era-new-coaches-step-up-for-cathedral-baseball/ | 2022-05-03T22:20:12Z | https://m.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/05/03/a-new-era-new-coaches-step-up-for-cathedral-baseball/ | false |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Livent Corp. (LTHM) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $53.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Philadelphia-based company said it had profit of 28 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 21 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 14 cents per share.
The supplier of performance lithium compounds posted revenue of $143.5 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $139.4 million.
Livent expects full-year revenue in the range of $755 million to $835 million.
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) _ Viant Technology Inc. (DSP) on Tuesday reported a loss of $3.2 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Irvine, California-based company said it had a loss of 23 cents.
The advertising software company posted revenue of $42.6 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $27.5 million.
For the current quarter ending in July, Viant said it expects revenue in the range of $52.5 million to $55 million.
The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $260 million to $270 million.
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The First "One-Stop Shop" for Certified Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) in the Commercial Real Estate Industry
NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JRT Realty Group, the largest woman-owned commercial real estate firm in the country, is pleased to announce that seasoned corporate real estate executive Pay Wu will serve as President of the newly formed MWBE Unite, Inc. This standalone Commercial Real Estate (CRE) platform supplier will pave the way for 100 percent Minority and Women participation, offering services that include strategic program management, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advisory, social impact construction, development and management and property technologies. Jodi Pulice, Founder & CEO at JRT, will serve as CEO.
MWBE Unite is a significant step forward in bridging CRE supplier and workforce diversity gaps and creating accessible opportunities within those spaces. This one-stop shop will bring together M/WBEs and talented CRE individuals with the ultimate goal of advancing inclusionary practices across all aspects of the built environment. Working with MWBE Unite will also present a unique opportunity for organizations to meet their diversity commitments while also taking advantage of high-level industry expertise. The latest in Jodi Pulice's lifelong work to create career-building pathways and generational growth, this new entity will extend these ideals and offer credentialed expertise across services that cover the greatest challenges currently faced by the real estate industry, particularly those that pertain to achieving ESG and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) goals.
"MWBE Unite's sole mission is to advance supplier and workforce diversity–a mission that is incredibly important to building for Next Gen diverse capabilities–and it fills me with great pride and confidence to have such an accomplished woman at the helm," Pulice said. "Pay Wu is incredibly qualified to lead this charge, and with JRT's support behind MWBE Unite, this new venture is poised to hit the ground running and bring the industry best-in-class service from qualified and diverse professionals."
Pay Wu, a proven leader in transformation at scale, most recently led Cushman & Wakefield's outsourcing corporate services business in the Americas East Region, spanning Consulting, Transactions Management, Project Development Services and Facilities Management. Prior to C&W, Wu was an SVP at TD Bank's North American Corporate Real Estate and VP, Head of Americas Region for American Express. Wu also comes from an extensive background in professional services consulting with Deloitte and Arthur Andersen.
"Diversity is a fact and inclusion is a choice that individuals and companies must consciously make," said Wu. "Building on that, equity is the outcome of choice. Organizing supplier and workforce diversity in CRE requires deliberate focus to action, and organizations such as MWBE Unite are important industry boosters. In collaboration with traditional providers, MWBE Unite will enable companies to meet their supplier diversity and ESG commitments and achieve Tier 1 and 2 status from their real estate lifecycle spend."
MWBE Unite, Inc. extends the services and offers credentialed expertise across the full range of programmatic services that cover the greatest needs/challenges currently faced by the real estate industry. The power of MWBE Unite enables organizations to meet its billion-dollar supplier diversity commitments and achieve Tier 1 and Tier 2 status from its real estate lifecycle spend. Real estate, as the third largest selling, general and administrative spend category is an untapped lever in achieving ESG and DEI goals, across all dimensions of services and assets. MWBE Unite is the solution to generational challenges with generational impact.
JRT is certified as a MWBE Enterprise by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), National Minority Business Council (NMBC) and numerous other state and local entities. Today, the company is recognized as an industry leader and the nation's largest certified M/WBE commercial real estate firm. The company's benchmark for superior service enables non-profits, federal, state and City governments, as well as Fortune 500 and institutional clients to achieve their diversity participation and spending goals through innovative business solutions. JRT provides a full range of customized client services, including strategic planning, corporate real estate portfolio management, tenant representation, leasing and property marketing, financing and investment sales.
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man faces a maximum sentence of 43 years in prison after pleading guilty in the death of a woman he had been dating in 2019.
Jermaine Pompey, 33, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to second-degree murder in the death of Quinchelle Carr, 30, WECT reported. Pompey had been charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Authorities said Carr’s body was found in her apartment on the morning of May 18, 2019. She had died from gunshot wounds, investigators said. Evidence gathered at the scene and witness statements led investigators to arrest Pompey, who police say had been dating Carr. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/North-Carolina-man-sentenced-in-death-of-woman-he-17145316.php | 2022-05-03T22:30:07Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/North-Carolina-man-sentenced-in-death-of-woman-he-17145316.php | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will meet with union organizers at the White House on Thursday, part of a broader effort by the administration to boost unionization campaigns at major employers.
A White House official insisted on anonymity to share the details of the gathering. Among the guests will be Chris Smalls, who heads the Amazon Labor Union and won a vote last month to unionize warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York. Other organizers attending include those working to unionize Starbucks, outdoors retailer REI and the animation studio Titmouse.
Just 10.3% of workers belong to unions, down from 20.1% in 1983, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But union organizing has gained momentum as younger workers have sought to unionize at tech companies such as Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The White House meeting will include discussions about how to inspire workers to choose to join unions.
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Company reports revenues of $176 million, operating income of $1.0 million, net income of $2.5 million, and EBITDA of $11.4 million; Completes U.S. bank facility amendment
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR) ("Newpark" or the "Company") today announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2022 were $176.4 million compared to $179.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and $141.2 million for the first quarter of 2021. Net income for the first quarter of 2022 was $2.5 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $3.7 million, or ($0.04) per share, for the fourth quarter of 2021, and a net loss of $5.4 million, or ($0.06) per share, for the first quarter of 2021. The first quarter 2022 results include the impact of the following:
- As a result of the restructuring of certain subsidiary legal entities within Europe, the provision for income taxes includes an income tax benefit of $3.1 million as the undistributed earnings for an international subsidiary are no longer subject to certain taxes upon future distribution; and
- An operating loss of $0.9 million and EBITDA loss of $0.6 million for the Industrial Blending business. As previously announced, the Company shut down the Industrial Blending operations in March 2022 and is divesting of the assets, which is reported within the Industrial Solutions segment.
Combined, the above items provided a $0.03 net benefit to earnings per diluted share for the first quarter of 2022.
Matthew Lanigan, Newpark's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are very encouraged by our performance in the first quarter, which reflects improving market fundamentals across both of our business segments, as well as the impact from our continued execution on our key strategic priorities. Consolidated revenues decreased 2% sequentially to $176 million in the first quarter, reflecting the anticipated seasonal pullback in Industrial Solutions product sales, largely offset by strong growth in the Fluids Systems segment. Despite the modest pullback in revenues, the first quarter consolidated operating income and EBITDA represent our strongest quarterly result since the third quarter of 2019.
"The Industrial Solutions segment revenues declined 31% sequentially to $35 million in the first quarter, reflecting an $18 million sequential decline from the anticipated seasonal pullback in product sales following the year-end strength in the utilities sector, which was further impacted by the shipment of some Q1 orders shifting into April. The decline from product sales was somewhat offset by an 8% sequential improvement in rental and service revenues, including 17% sequential growth from the targeted utilities and industrial end-markets, which benefitted from our previously announced fourth quarter acquisition in the Northeast and the start-up of large-scale projects in the South. The Industrial Solutions segment delivered $5.5 million of operating income and $11.2 million of EBITDA in the first quarter, which includes a $0.9 million operating loss and $0.6 million EBITDA loss associated with the Industrial Blending operation."
Lanigan continued, "The Fluids Systems segment revenues improved 10% sequentially, driven by broad-based growth across several key markets. In North America, revenues improved by 13% sequentially to $93 million, including 10% growth from U.S. land and 34% from Canada. These improvements were partially offset by a modest revenue decline in the Gulf of Mexico, driven by further project delays. International revenues improved 6% sequentially to $48 million in the first quarter, driven primarily by higher activity in Europe and Africa. Despite absorbing an increasing headwind from raw material cost inflation on certain long-term international contracts for which customer pricing is fixed, the Fluids Systems segment operating income improved to $3.4 million, delivering $7.4 million of EBITDA, reflecting the impact of the stronger revenues along with pricing and cost actions in North America. Corporate office expenses also declined by $1.5 million sequentially to $7.9 million in the first quarter, though the first quarter included $0.7 million of legal and professional expenses associated with shareholder, acquisition and divestiture matters.
"Regarding cash flows, operating activities provided cash of $3 million in the first quarter, including $5 million of cash used to fund an increase in net working capital. Although receivable DSO's improved sequentially, activity-driven increases in inventories used $15 million of cash, including international Fluids Systems purchases in preparation for projects scheduled to begin in the second quarter, as well as the delayed timing of Industrial Solutions product sales. Inventories were further impacted by cost inflation and elevated contingency stocks being carried in response to the ongoing supply chain uncertainty," added Lanigan. "Looking ahead, we expect positive net income generation in the second quarter, benefitting primarily from sequential growth in Industrial Solutions revenues and profitability, combined with lower corporate office expenses. We expect the improving market outlook across all facets of the energy sector, along with our ongoing portfolio actions to strengthen our Fluids Systems business, will provide a foundation for sustainable free cash flow generation going forward."
U.S. Asset-Based Loan Facility Amendment
The Company recently completed an amendment to its outstanding U.S. asset-based revolving credit agreement that was scheduled to mature in March 2024. The amended and restated $175 million asset-based loan facility (the "Amended ABL Facility") has a five-year term, expiring May 2027, and includes the following changes to the previous ABL facility:
- Expands facility borrowing capacity associated with the Industrial Solutions rental mat fleet;
- Replaces LIBOR-based pricing grid with a BSBY-based pricing grid set at BSBY, plus 150 to 200 basis points; and
- Incorporates a sustainability-linked framework, with targets to be established based on agreed-upon sustainability metrics.
The total availability under the Amended ABL Facility is currently $133.5 million. The bank group includes Bank of America, N.A. (Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Book Manager, and Syndication Agent), JPMorganChase Bank, N.A. (Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Book Manager, and Documentation Agent), and First Horizon Bank.
Segment Results
The Industrial Solutions segment generated revenues of $35.4 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to $51.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and $53.3 million for the first quarter of 2021. Segment operating income was $5.5 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to operating income of $8.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and $13.1 million for the first quarter of 2021. Industrial Solutions operating income for the first quarter of 2022 includes a loss of $0.9 million for the Industrial Blending business that we shut down in March 2022. Industrial Solutions operating income for the fourth quarter of 2021 included $0.9 million of incremental pre-tax expenses related to a multi-year sales tax audit and insurance reserves.
The Fluids Systems segment generated revenues of $141.0 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to $127.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and $87.8 million for the first quarter of 2021. Segment operating income was $3.4 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to operating income of $0.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and an operating loss of $6.8 million for the first quarter of 2021. Fluids Systems operating income for the fourth quarter of 2021 included $0.9 million of charges primarily related to facility exit and severance costs.
Conference Call
Newpark has scheduled a conference call to discuss first quarter of 2022 results and its near-term operational outlook, which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 9:00 a.m. Central Time. To participate in the call, dial 412-902-0030 and ask for the Newpark Resources call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time, or access it live over the Internet at www.newpark.com. For those who cannot listen to the live call, a replay will be available through May 18, 2022 and may be accessed by dialing 201-612-7415 and using pass code 13728615#. Also, an archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call at www.newpark.com for 90 days.
Newpark Resources, Inc. is a geographically diversified supplier providing environmentally-sensitive products, as well as rentals and services to a variety of industries, including oil and gas exploration, electrical transmission & distribution, pipeline, renewable energy, petrochemical, construction, and other industries. For more information, visit our website at www.newpark.com.
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Words such as "will," "may," "could," "would," "should," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "intends," and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying them. These statements are not guarantees that our expectations will prove to be correct and involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Many factors, including those discussed more fully elsewhere in this release and in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Newpark, particularly its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as others, could cause actual plans or results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. These risk factors include, but are not limited to, risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic; the worldwide oil and natural gas industry; our customer concentration and reliance on the U.S. exploration and production market; our international operations; operating hazards present in the oil and natural gas industry and substantial liability claims, including catastrophic well incidents; our contracts that can be terminated or downsized by our customers without penalty; our product offering expansion; our ability to attract, retain and develop qualified leaders, key employees and skilled personnel; the price and availability of raw materials; business acquisitions and capital investments; our market competition; technological developments and intellectual property in our industry; severe weather, natural disasters, and seasonality; our cost and continued availability of borrowed funds, including noncompliance with debt covenants; environmental laws and regulations; our legal compliance; the inherent limitations of insurance coverage; income taxes; cybersecurity breaches or business system disruptions; our restructuring activities; activist stockholders that may attempt to effect changes at our Company or acquire control over our Company; our ability to maintain compliance with the New York Stock Exchange's continued listing requirements; and our amended and restated bylaws, which could limit our stockholders' ability to obtain what such stockholders believe to be a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by securities laws. Newpark's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission can be obtained at no charge at www.sec.gov, as well as through our website at www.newpark.com.
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STAMFORD, Conn., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola Power" or the "Company") (www.renesolapower.com) (NYSE: SOL), a leading fully integrated solar project developer, today announced that its management team will participate in the Credit Suisse 2022 Renewables and Utilities Conference on Friday, May 13th, 2022.
Management will be available for one-on-one and group meetings with institutional investors at the conference. Portfolio managers and analysts who wish to request a meeting should contact their institutional sales representative at Credit Suisse.
About ReneSola Power
ReneSola Power (NYSE: SOL) is a leading global solar project developer and operator. The Company focuses on solar power project development, construction management and project financing services. With local professional teams in more than 10 countries around the world, the business is spread across number of regions where the solar power project markets are growing rapidly and can sustain that growth due to improved clarity around government policies. The Company's strategy is to pursue high-margin project development opportunities in these profitable and growing markets; specifically, in the U.S. and Europe, where the Company has a market-leading position in several geographies, including Poland, Hungary, Minnesota and New York. For more information, please visit www.renesolapower.com.
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Cara Kilbey gives birth! TOWIE star welcomes baby boy Jagger James with her partner Daniel Harris
Cara Kilbey has given birth to a baby boy named Jagger James, her third child with partner Daniel Harris.
The former TOWIE star, 34, took to Instagram to reveal the happy news on Tuesday as she shared a picture of her bundle of joy with her daughters Penelope, six, and Hunter, four.
In the caption of her post, she gushed: 'Meet Our Surprise Arrival…. Jagger James [blue heart emoji].'
Congratulations! Cara Kilbey has given birth to a baby boy named Jagger James, her third child with partner Daniel Harris
Her former co-star on the ITV2 reality show Amy Childs wrote: 'Congratulations darling xx.'
Jess Wright added: 'Congratulations,' with Love Island's Olivia Bowen adding: 'Congratulations gorgeous! So beautiful.'
Sam Faiers wrote: 'Aww congratulations xxx so beautiful xxxxx,' and Danielle Lloyd penned, 'Awww congratulations babe he is beautiful ❤️.'
Cara made the happy announcement in January that she is pregnant with her third child, eight months after undergoing surgery for a ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
Exciting: The former TOWIE star, 34, took to Instagram to reveal the happy news on Tuesday
The influencer took to Instagram to reveal she was six months along, with a snap of her in a white unbuttoned shirt and black underwear, showing off her blossoming baby bump.
Alongside it she wrote: '6 Months Baby. Baby Harris Due in May'.
Her comments section was flooded with comments from her ex co-stars, wishing her congratulations on her happy news.
Ferne McCann wrote: 'Oh wow darling congratulations you look amazing', while Jess Wright commented: 'Congratulations lovely' with a string of heart emojis.
Wow! In the caption of her post, she gushed: 'Meet Our Surprise Arrival…. Jagger James [blue heart emoji]'
Supportive: Her comments section was flooded with comments from her ex co-stars, wishing her congratulations on her happy news
It comes after in May 2021, Cara revealed that she had to have one of her fallopian tubes removed via keyhole surgery after suffering a ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
Updating her fans on why she'd been quiet on social media, the mother-of-two candidly detailed her recent health woes, starting: 'I've been quiet on Instagram recently…
'Last month I found out I had an ectopic pregnancy that had ruptured and caused an internal bleed, so was rushed into theatre for an emergency op.
'Now I'm back again, but this time with kidney stones... Think I'm overdue a holiday.'
Baby joy: Cara made the happy announcement in January that she is pregnant with her third child, eight months after undergoing surgery for a ruptured ectopic pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy happens when a fertilised egg implants itself outside of the womb, usually in one of the fallopian tubes.
A ruptured fallopian tube is very serious and surgery to repair it needs to be carried out as quickly as possible, according to the NHS.
Cara has left reality TV behind her.
She now runs a pre loved designer good business, often sharing branded items to Instagram at discounted prices.
And after leaving the show, Cara met her boyfriend Daniel Harris in 2014 and in 2015 she suffered a miscarriage when she was five months pregnant.
'I was rushed into theatre': Updating her fans on why she'd been quiet on social media, the mother-of-two candidly detailed her recent health woes, starting: 'I've been quiet on Instagram recently…'
The couple now have two children, daughter Penelope Blu and son Hunter, with their little boy being born after Daniel served time in prison.
Daniel was accused of masterminding a drugs empire, but was cleared of drugs charges and instead found guilty of stashing £116,000 in ill-gotten gains in 2017.
Cara had been patiently waiting while her partner languished in jail, shortly after the birth of Penelope, who she brought to visit him one to two times a week.
Daniel was accused of making 'vast profits' by sending drug couriers on mopeds disguised as trainee cab drivers around central London over three-and-a-half years.
They announced they were expecting Hunter in June 2017, just two months after Daniel was released.
The couple met while Harris was living out in Spain with his father and she was on holiday there. They returned to the UK in September 2015 when she fell pregnant.
It was previously reported that other men, some of whom were his friends, went on to plead guilty to their part in the plots and have been jailed for more than 68 years.
Cara still shares snaps of her beau and their children, with her last posting a lovely image of Daniel and Penelope in the sea to mark his birthday in March.
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WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ Franklin Street Properties Corp. (FSP) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter.
The real estate investment trust, based in Wakefield, Massachusetts, said it had funds from operations of $11.6 million, or 11 cents per share, in the period.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had a loss of $4.2 million, or 4 cents per share.
The hybrid real estate investment trust posted revenue of $42.3 million in the period.
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Oklahoma governor signs Texas-style ban on most abortions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a Texas-style abortion ban on Tuesday that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, part of a nationwide push in GOP-led states hopeful that the conservative U.S. Supreme Court will uphold new restrictions.
“I want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country,” Stitt tweeted after signing the bill.
Stitt’s signing of the bill comes on the heels of a leaked draft opinion from the nation’s high court that it is considering weakening or overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nearly 50 years ago.
The bill Stitt signed takes effect immediately with his signature, and the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency request to temporarily halt the bill. Abortion providers say now that the new law is in effect, they will immediately stop providing services for women after six weeks of pregnancy.
“While the law is in effect, which it now is because the governor signed it, abortion services after six weeks will be largely unavailable,” said Rabia Muqaddam, a staff attorney for the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Oklahoma abortion providers in the case. “It’s a short-term loss, but we’re hopeful that the Oklahoma Supreme Court will still grant us relief.”
The new law prohibits abortions once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo, which experts say is roughly six weeks into a pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. A similar bill approved in Texas last year led to a dramatic reduction in the number of abortions performed in that state, with many women going to Oklahoma and other surrounding states for the procedure.
Dr. Iman Alsaden, the medical director of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, said Texas’ law that took effect in September has given their employees an idea of what a post-Roe country might look like.
“Since that day, my colleagues and I have regularly treated patients who are fleeing their communities to seek care,” Alsaden said. “They’re taking time off of work, taking time out of school and taking time away from their family responsibilities to get the care that until September 2021 they were able to get safely and readily in their communities.”
The bill authorizes abortions if performed as the result of a medical emergency, but there are no exceptions if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
Like the Texas law, the Oklahoma bill would allow private citizens to sue abortion providers or anyone who helps a woman obtain an abortion for up to $10,000. After the U.S. Supreme Court allowed that mechanism to remain in place, other Republican-led states sought to copy Texas’ ban. Idaho’s governor signed the first copycat measure in March, although it has been temporarily blocked by the state’s Supreme Court.
Stitt earlier this year signed a bill to make performing an abortion a felony crime in Oklahoma, but that measure is not set to take effect until this summer, and legal experts say it’s likely to be blocked because the Roe v. Wade decision still remains the law of the land.
The number of abortions performed each year in Oklahoma, which has four abortion clinics, has declined steadily over the last two decades, from more than 6,200 in 2002 to 3,737 in 2020, the fewest in more than 20 years, according to data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. In 2020, before the Texas law was passed, about 9% of the abortions performed in Oklahoma were women from Texas.
Before the Texas ban took effect on Sept. 1, about 40 women from Texas had abortions performed in Oklahoma each month, the data shows. That number jumped to 222 Texas women in September and 243 in October.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Convey Health Solutions Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNVY) ("Convey Health Solutions" or "Convey"), a leading healthcare technology and services company, announced today that it will issue a press release with first quarter 2022 financial results on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 after the market closes. In conjunction with the release, Convey will host a conference call to review these financial results at 4:30 p.m. (ET) on the same day.
First Quarter 2022 Conference Call Details
The conference call can be accessed by dialing (844) 200-6205 for U.S. participants, or +1 (929) 526-1599 for international participants, referencing access code 105506; or via a live audio webcast that will be available on Convey's Investor Relations website at https://ir.conveyhealthsolutions.com. The earnings release and related materials will also be available on this website.
A replay of the call will be available via webcast for on-demand listening shortly after the completion of the call, at the same web link, and will remain available for approximately 90 days.
About Convey Health Solutions
Convey Health Solutions is a specialized healthcare technology and services company that is committed to providing clients with healthcare-specific, compliant member support solutions utilizing technology, engagement, and analytics. Convey Health Solutions' administrative solutions for government-sponsored health plans help to optimize member interactions, ensure compliance, and support end-to-end Medicare processes. By combining its best-in-class, built-for-purpose technology platforms with dedicated and flexible business process solutions, Convey Health Solutions creates better business results and better healthcare consumer experiences on behalf of business customers and partners. Convey Health Solutions' clients include some of the nation's leading health insurance plans and pharmacy benefit management firms. Their healthcare-focused teams help several million Americans each year to navigate the complex Medicare Advantage and Part D landscape. To learn more about Convey Health Solutions, please visit www.ConveyHealthSolutions.com.
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ConveyHealthIR@westwicke.com
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MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. (AP) _ CytoSorbents Corp. (CTSO) on Tuesday reported a loss of $9 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Monmouth Junction, New Jersey-based company said it had a loss of 21 cents.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 15 cents per share.
The blood purification therapy company posted revenue of $8.7 million in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $9.7 million.
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DALLAS (AP) _ EnLink Midstream LLC (ENLC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $35.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
The Dallas-based company said it had net income of 7 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 5 cents per share.
The natural gas company posted revenue of $2.23 billion in the period.
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Company reports revenues of $176 million, operating income of $1.0 million, net income of $2.5 million, and EBITDA of $11.4 million; Completes U.S. bank facility amendment
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR) ("Newpark" or the "Company") today announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2022 were $176.4 million compared to $179.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and $141.2 million for the first quarter of 2021. Net income for the first quarter of 2022 was $2.5 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $3.7 million, or ($0.04) per share, for the fourth quarter of 2021, and a net loss of $5.4 million, or ($0.06) per share, for the first quarter of 2021. The first quarter 2022 results include the impact of the following:
- As a result of the restructuring of certain subsidiary legal entities within Europe, the provision for income taxes includes an income tax benefit of $3.1 million as the undistributed earnings for an international subsidiary are no longer subject to certain taxes upon future distribution; and
- An operating loss of $0.9 million and EBITDA loss of $0.6 million for the Industrial Blending business. As previously announced, the Company shut down the Industrial Blending operations in March 2022 and is divesting of the assets, which is reported within the Industrial Solutions segment.
Combined, the above items provided a $0.03 net benefit to earnings per diluted share for the first quarter of 2022.
Matthew Lanigan, Newpark's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are very encouraged by our performance in the first quarter, which reflects improving market fundamentals across both of our business segments, as well as the impact from our continued execution on our key strategic priorities. Consolidated revenues decreased 2% sequentially to $176 million in the first quarter, reflecting the anticipated seasonal pullback in Industrial Solutions product sales, largely offset by strong growth in the Fluids Systems segment. Despite the modest pullback in revenues, the first quarter consolidated operating income and EBITDA represent our strongest quarterly result since the third quarter of 2019.
"The Industrial Solutions segment revenues declined 31% sequentially to $35 million in the first quarter, reflecting an $18 million sequential decline from the anticipated seasonal pullback in product sales following the year-end strength in the utilities sector, which was further impacted by the shipment of some Q1 orders shifting into April. The decline from product sales was somewhat offset by an 8% sequential improvement in rental and service revenues, including 17% sequential growth from the targeted utilities and industrial end-markets, which benefitted from our previously announced fourth quarter acquisition in the Northeast and the start-up of large-scale projects in the South. The Industrial Solutions segment delivered $5.5 million of operating income and $11.2 million of EBITDA in the first quarter, which includes a $0.9 million operating loss and $0.6 million EBITDA loss associated with the Industrial Blending operation."
Lanigan continued, "The Fluids Systems segment revenues improved 10% sequentially, driven by broad-based growth across several key markets. In North America, revenues improved by 13% sequentially to $93 million, including 10% growth from U.S. land and 34% from Canada. These improvements were partially offset by a modest revenue decline in the Gulf of Mexico, driven by further project delays. International revenues improved 6% sequentially to $48 million in the first quarter, driven primarily by higher activity in Europe and Africa. Despite absorbing an increasing headwind from raw material cost inflation on certain long-term international contracts for which customer pricing is fixed, the Fluids Systems segment operating income improved to $3.4 million, delivering $7.4 million of EBITDA, reflecting the impact of the stronger revenues along with pricing and cost actions in North America. Corporate office expenses also declined by $1.5 million sequentially to $7.9 million in the first quarter, though the first quarter included $0.7 million of legal and professional expenses associated with shareholder, acquisition and divestiture matters.
"Regarding cash flows, operating activities provided cash of $3 million in the first quarter, including $5 million of cash used to fund an increase in net working capital. Although receivable DSO's improved sequentially, activity-driven increases in inventories used $15 million of cash, including international Fluids Systems purchases in preparation for projects scheduled to begin in the second quarter, as well as the delayed timing of Industrial Solutions product sales. Inventories were further impacted by cost inflation and elevated contingency stocks being carried in response to the ongoing supply chain uncertainty," added Lanigan. "Looking ahead, we expect positive net income generation in the second quarter, benefitting primarily from sequential growth in Industrial Solutions revenues and profitability, combined with lower corporate office expenses. We expect the improving market outlook across all facets of the energy sector, along with our ongoing portfolio actions to strengthen our Fluids Systems business, will provide a foundation for sustainable free cash flow generation going forward."
U.S. Asset-Based Loan Facility Amendment
The Company recently completed an amendment to its outstanding U.S. asset-based revolving credit agreement that was scheduled to mature in March 2024. The amended and restated $175 million asset-based loan facility (the "Amended ABL Facility") has a five-year term, expiring May 2027, and includes the following changes to the previous ABL facility:
- Expands facility borrowing capacity associated with the Industrial Solutions rental mat fleet;
- Replaces LIBOR-based pricing grid with a BSBY-based pricing grid set at BSBY, plus 150 to 200 basis points; and
- Incorporates a sustainability-linked framework, with targets to be established based on agreed-upon sustainability metrics.
The total availability under the Amended ABL Facility is currently $133.5 million. The bank group includes Bank of America, N.A. (Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Book Manager, and Syndication Agent), JPMorganChase Bank, N.A. (Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Book Manager, and Documentation Agent), and First Horizon Bank.
Segment Results
The Industrial Solutions segment generated revenues of $35.4 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to $51.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and $53.3 million for the first quarter of 2021. Segment operating income was $5.5 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to operating income of $8.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and $13.1 million for the first quarter of 2021. Industrial Solutions operating income for the first quarter of 2022 includes a loss of $0.9 million for the Industrial Blending business that we shut down in March 2022. Industrial Solutions operating income for the fourth quarter of 2021 included $0.9 million of incremental pre-tax expenses related to a multi-year sales tax audit and insurance reserves.
The Fluids Systems segment generated revenues of $141.0 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to $127.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and $87.8 million for the first quarter of 2021. Segment operating income was $3.4 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to operating income of $0.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and an operating loss of $6.8 million for the first quarter of 2021. Fluids Systems operating income for the fourth quarter of 2021 included $0.9 million of charges primarily related to facility exit and severance costs.
Conference Call
Newpark has scheduled a conference call to discuss first quarter of 2022 results and its near-term operational outlook, which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 9:00 a.m. Central Time. To participate in the call, dial 412-902-0030 and ask for the Newpark Resources call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time, or access it live over the Internet at www.newpark.com. For those who cannot listen to the live call, a replay will be available through May 18, 2022 and may be accessed by dialing 201-612-7415 and using pass code 13728615#. Also, an archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call at www.newpark.com for 90 days.
Newpark Resources, Inc. is a geographically diversified supplier providing environmentally-sensitive products, as well as rentals and services to a variety of industries, including oil and gas exploration, electrical transmission & distribution, pipeline, renewable energy, petrochemical, construction, and other industries. For more information, visit our website at www.newpark.com.
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Words such as "will," "may," "could," "would," "should," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "intends," and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying them. These statements are not guarantees that our expectations will prove to be correct and involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Many factors, including those discussed more fully elsewhere in this release and in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Newpark, particularly its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as others, could cause actual plans or results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. These risk factors include, but are not limited to, risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic; the worldwide oil and natural gas industry; our customer concentration and reliance on the U.S. exploration and production market; our international operations; operating hazards present in the oil and natural gas industry and substantial liability claims, including catastrophic well incidents; our contracts that can be terminated or downsized by our customers without penalty; our product offering expansion; our ability to attract, retain and develop qualified leaders, key employees and skilled personnel; the price and availability of raw materials; business acquisitions and capital investments; our market competition; technological developments and intellectual property in our industry; severe weather, natural disasters, and seasonality; our cost and continued availability of borrowed funds, including noncompliance with debt covenants; environmental laws and regulations; our legal compliance; the inherent limitations of insurance coverage; income taxes; cybersecurity breaches or business system disruptions; our restructuring activities; activist stockholders that may attempt to effect changes at our Company or acquire control over our Company; our ability to maintain compliance with the New York Stock Exchange's continued listing requirements; and our amended and restated bylaws, which could limit our stockholders' ability to obtain what such stockholders believe to be a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by securities laws. Newpark's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission can be obtained at no charge at www.sec.gov, as well as through our website at www.newpark.com.
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Keir Starmer pledges to target dividends and shares in tax raid on middle classes
- Starmer told BBC Radio 4 he wanted to increase taxes in 'fairer' way than the PM
- Last month National insurance went up 1.25 percent to raise £12billion for NHS
- It comes after it Labour’s levelling up spokesman Lisa Nandy reportedly warned Sir Keir to focus on the cost of living issues rather than on rows over Partygate
Sir Keir Starmer vowed yesterday to raise taxes on shares and dividends if he wins the next election – in a raid on the middle classes.
The Labour leader said he wanted to increase taxes in a ‘fairer’ way than Boris Johnson, describing the Prime Minister’s national insurance hike as ‘the wrong tax at the wrong time’.
But asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme whether he would scrap the rise if he became Prime Minister, Sir Keir would not say if he would do so.
He merely pledged to bring in fairer increases such as targeting ‘stocks and shares and dividends’, although he said it was too early to bring forward details.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer vowed yesterday to raise taxes on shares and dividends if he wins the next election – in a raid on the middle classes, and instead increase taxes in a 'fairer' way
Last month, national insurance went up by 1.25 percentage points to raise £12billion a year for NHS and social care spending.
Sir Keir said: ‘We would have a fair tax system that would look across the board at how people make their money, not just working people in work, not just business people paying national insurance.
'Stocks and shares and dividends, we would look across the piece at a fair tax system to raise the necessary money.’
Asked how he’d raise the cash, he said: ‘We would do it in a fair way. We would be fair to working people.
'We would go aggressively after money lost to fraud, money lost to bad contracts.’
And quizzed over whether he would scrap the insurance hike rise if Labour wins the next election, Sir Keir said: ‘We absolutely would not impose it at the moment, it’s the wrong tax at the wrong time.
'What we will do when we get towards an election is we will set out all our proposals in relation to spend and cost.’
The Labour leader said he wanted to increase taxes in a better way than Boris Johnson (pictured), describing the Prime Minister’s national insurance hike as ‘the wrong tax at the wrong time’. But asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme whether he would scrap the rise if he became Prime Minister, Sir Keir would not say if he would do so
He added: ‘Overall, the cost of this government is that families will be £2,000 worse off and the Government’s got no answer to that for so many families.
‘There’s a reason why the other G7 countries are not increasing tax in the middle of a cost of living crisis and that’s because they know it’s self-defeating.’
It comes after it emerged last week that Labour’s levelling up spokesman Lisa Nandy reportedly warned Sir Keir to focus on the cost of living rather than on rows over Partygate.
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RW Capital Partners, Inc. ("RW Partners") is pleased to announce that Kirby Toolan, CPA has joined RW Partners as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. Based in the Philadelphia office, she will lead the firm's finance organization and financial activities, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax, audit and treasury.
Mrs. Toolan comes to RW Partners with over a decade of experience in financial management, business leadership and strategy. Previously at Comcast Corporation as a Senior Manager in Reporting and Analysis, she managed annual budgeting and monthly forecasting, had oversight over reporting of financial results to senior management and was an advisor on complex accounting issues. Prior to Comcast, she was an Audit Manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Private Company Services practice.
Mrs. Toolan graduated from Towson University in Baltimore, MD with a B.S. in Economics and International Studies. She also earned a Masters in Accounting and Finance from The University of Maryland.
About RW Capital Partners, Inc:
Founded in 2012 by Robert F. Whalen, Jr., RW Partners, Inc. has acquired or redeveloped approximately $300 million of retail and self-storage real estate assets while deploying more than $90 million of equity since inception.
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Kuku Mesfin, kuku@theglobalimprint.com
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A daughter of the woman whose legal challenge led to the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling said on Tuesday that if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark decision, it could set women back 50 years.
Melissa Mills, eldest daughter of Norma McCorvey, told MSNBC she is in “disbelief” that the nation’s highest court appears poised to overturn the case that legalized abortion nationwide.
Politico reported Monday on a leaked draft decision that appears to show there are enough justices to overturn Roe v. Wade. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday confirmed the draft is authentic, but said it did not represent a final decision from the high court.
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Conference call on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time.
Investor Day Presentation on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Central Time.
HOUSTON, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), the largest provider of deathcare products and services in North America, today reported results for the first quarter of 2022.
Tom Ryan, the Company's Chairman and CEO, commented on first quarter results:
"Today we are pleased to report a solid start to 2022 with adjusted earnings per share of $1.34, a $0.02 increase over the prior year quarter. We continued to experience elevated levels of funeral services, burials, and preneed sales against a robust customer spend. Both preneed funeral and cemetery sales production grew at double-digit percentages and we were able to generate $34 million of revenue growth against a strong first quarter 2021.
We are raising the midpoint of our full year 2022 adjusted earnings guidance by 50 cents to $3.50 and the midpoint of our adjusted operating cash flow guidance by $75 million to $775 million. These increases are driven by the strong earnings performance in the first quarter, particularly around higher funeral services performed and higher preneed cemetery sales. Additionally, we have raised our expectations for preneed cemetery sales production and cemetery revenue for the remaining nine months.
I would like to thank each and every one of our associates for continuing to do what you do best, which is helping our client families gain closure and healing through the process of grieving, remembrance, and celebration."
First Quarter Highlights:
- Revenue grew $34 million over the prior year quarter to $1,112 million.
- GAAP earnings per share were $1.34.
- Adjusted earnings per share grew $0.02 over the prior year quarter to $1.34.
- Comparable average revenue per funeral service grew 5%.
- Comparable preneed funeral sales production grew $42 million, or 17%.
- Comparable preneed cemetery sales production grew $35 million, or 11%.
Details of our first quarter of 2022 financial results and the unaudited consolidated financial statements can be found in the Appendix at the end of this press release. The table below summarizes our key financial results.
- Diluted earnings per share were $1.34 in the first quarter of 2022 compared to $1.33 in the first quarter of 2021. The current year quarter was favorably impacted by $0.5 million of net gains on divestitures and impairment charges. The prior year quarter was favorably impacted by a $1.3 million of net gains on divestitures and impairment charges. Diluted earnings per share excluding special items was $1.34 in the first quarter of 2022 compared to $1.32 in the first quarter of 2021. The growth of $0.02 is primarily due to the benefit of fewer shares outstanding and an increase in gross profit from recent acquisitions and new builds. Both the funeral and cemetery segments continued to generate impressive performance against a strong prior year quarter. While we experienced significant growth in comparable preneed cemetery sales production, a significant portion of these incremental sales will be recognized as revenue in future quarters upon completed construction of the cemetery property.
- Net cash provided by operating activities increased $34.6 million to $332.2 million in the first quarter of 2022 compared to $297.6 million in the first quarter of 2021. The increase in operating cash flow is primarily due to lower cash tax payments and favorable working capital driven by cash receipts from the increased preneed cemetery sales production.
UPDATED OUTLOOK FOR 2022
The guidance provided below continues to have a wider range than usual due to the uncertainty around the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our outlook for net cash provided by operating activities excluding special items reflects an estimated $20 million of payroll tax payments in 2022 that were deferred from 2020 as allowed under the CARES Act.
CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST
We will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time. A question and answer session will follow a brief presentation made by management. The conference call dial-in numbers are (877) 870-4263 (US) or (412) 317-0790 (International) with the passcode of 2130373. The conference call will also be broadcast live via the Internet and can be accessed through our website at www.sci-corp.com. A replay of the conference call will be available through May 11, 2022 and can be accessed at (877) 344-7529 (US) or (412) 317-0088 (International) with the passcode of 5559660. Additionally, a replay of the conference call will be available on our website for approximately three months.
2022 INVESTOR DAY AND WEBCAST
We will host an Investor Day on Thursday, May 5, 2022. The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. central time and is expected to conclude by approximately 11 a.m. central time. During the event, President and CEO Tom Ryan, CFO Eric Tanzberger, and other members of the SCI executive leadership team will present the company's key business drivers and growth prospects over a multi-year period. The event will be accessible in-person and via a live webcast on SCI's 2022 Investor Day website accessible at https://www.sci-corp.com/Investor-Day.
ABOUT SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL
Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), headquartered in Houston, Texas, is North America's leading provider of funeral, cemetery and cremation services, as well as final-arrangement planning in advance, serving more than 600,000 families each year. Our diversified portfolio of brands provides families and individuals a full range of choices to meet their needs, from simple cremations to full life celebrations and personalized remembrances. Our Dignity Memorial® brand is the name families turn to for professionalism, compassion, and attention to detail that is second to none. At March 31, 2022, we owned and operated 1,467 funeral service locations and 488 cemeteries (of which 300 are combination locations) in 44 states, eight Canadian provinces, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. For more information about Service Corporation International, please visit our website at www.sci-corp.com. For more information about Dignity Memorial®, please visit www.dignitymemorial.com.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made in reliance on the "safe harbor" protections provided under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be accompanied by words such as "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "predict," or other similar words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. The absence of these words, however, does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. These statements are based on assumptions that we believe are reasonable; however, many important factors could cause our actual results in the future to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made herein and in any other documents or oral presentations made by us, or on our behalf. Important factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include, among others, the following:
- Our affiliated trust funds own investments in securities, which are affected by market conditions that are beyond our control.
- We may be required to replenish our affiliated funeral and cemetery trust funds to meet minimum funding requirements, which would have a negative effect on our earnings and cash flow.
- Our ability to execute our strategic plan depends on many factors, some of which are beyond our control.
- Our results may be adversely affected by significant weather events, natural disasters, catastrophic events or public health crises.
- Our credit agreements contain covenants that may prevent us from engaging in certain transactions.
- If we lost the ability to use surety bonding to support our preneed activities, we may be required to make material cash payments to fund certain trust funds.
- Increasing death benefits related to preneed contracts funded through life insurance or annuity contracts may not cover future increases in the cost of providing a price-guaranteed service.
- The financial condition of third-party life insurance companies that fund our preneed contracts may impact our future revenue.
- Unfavorable publicity could affect our reputation and business.
- We use a combination of insurance, self-insurance, and large deductibles in managing our exposure to certain inherent risks; therefore, we could be exposed to unexpected costs that could negatively affect our financial performance.
- Declines in overall economic conditions beyond our control could reduce future potential earnings and cash flows and could result in future impairments to goodwill and/or other intangible assets.
- Any failure to maintain the security of the information relating to our customers, their loved ones, our associates, and our vendors could damage our reputation, could cause us to incur substantial additional costs and to become subject to litigation, and could adversely affect our operating results, financial condition, or cash flow.
- Our Canadian business exposes us to operational, economic, and currency risks.
- Our level of indebtedness could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, and may prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our indebtedness.
- A failure of a key information technology system or process could disrupt and adversely affect our business.
- Failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could adversely affect our results of operations, investor confidence, and our stock price.
- The funeral and cemetery industry is competitive.
- If the number of deaths in our markets declines, our cash flows and revenue may decrease. Changes in the number of deaths are not predictable from market to market or over the short term.
- If we are not able to respond effectively to changing consumer preferences, our market share, revenue, and/or profitability could decrease.
- The continuing upward trend in the number of cremations performed in North America could result in lower revenue, operating profit, and cash flows.
- Our funeral and cemetery businesses are high fixed-cost businesses.
- Risks associated with our supply chain could materially adversely affect our financial performance.
- Regulation and compliance could have a material adverse impact on our financial results.
- Unfavorable results of litigation could have a material adverse impact on our financial statements.
- Cemetery burial practice claims could have a material adverse impact on our financial results.
- The application of unclaimed property laws by certain states to our preneed funeral and cemetery backlog could have a material adverse impact on our liquidity, cash flows, and financial results.
- Changes in taxation as well as the inherent difficulty in quantifying potential tax effects of business decisions could have a material adverse effect on the results of our operations, financial condition, or cash flows.
For further information on these and other risks and uncertainties, see our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Copies of this document as well as other SEC filings can be obtained from our website at www.sci-corp.com. We assume no obligation and make no undertaking to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or any other forward-looking statements made by us whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL
APPENDIX: RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022
Comparable Funeral Results
The table below details comparable funeral results of operations ("same store") for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. We consider comparable funeral operations to be those businesses owned for the entire period beginning January 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2022.
- Total comparable funeral revenue increased by $17.7 million, or 2.9%, in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period of 2021, primarily driven by growth in core funeral revenue of $9.0 million and other revenue of $6.5 million.
- The growth in core funeral revenue of $9.0 million, or 1.7%, was primarily the result of a 6.0% increase in core average revenue per service that more than offset a better than expected 4.0% decrease in core funeral services performed. The comparable core cremation rate grew by 120 basis points to 53.2%.
- Non-funeral home revenue increased $1.0 million, or 5.1%, as average revenue per service grew 4.0% and services performed grew 1.0%.
- Other revenue grew $6.5 million, or 21.8%, primarily due to higher general agency revenue as a result of a 20.6% increase in comparable preneed funeral insurance production during the quarter.
- Comparable funeral gross profit decreased $2.1 million to $193.4 million and the gross profit percentage decreased 120 basis points to 30.4% both compared to 2021 elevated COVID-19 levels of activity. Funeral margins were impacted by higher costs in the current quarter relative to the prior year as staffing and service levels normalized driven by more comprehensive services compared to the prior year first quarter. Increases in incentive compensation also put downward pressure on funeral margins.
- Comparable preneed funeral sales production grew $42.0 million, or 16.7%, in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2021. We experienced a 20.3% increase at our core funeral locations and a 6.4% increase in preneed production through our non-funeral home channel. The elevated comparable preneed funeral sales production during the quarter was due to continued increases in both velocity and sales averages as we continue to benefit from the increased quantity and quality of leads.
Comparable Cemetery Results
The table below details comparable cemetery results of operations ("same store") for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. We consider comparable cemetery operations to be those businesses owned for the entire period beginning January 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2022.
- Comparable cemetery revenue grew $0.9 million, or 0.2%, in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021. The increase was primarily due to a $3.5 million, or 11.7%, growth in other revenue, which was partially offset by a decrease of $2.6 million, or 0.6%, in core revenue.
- The core revenue decrease of $2.6 million was a result of a $1.8 million, or 1.4%, decrease in atneed revenue and a decrease in recognized preneed revenue of $0.8 million, or 0.3%. Preneed cemetery sales production grew an impressive $35.4 million, or 10.9%, however our recognition rates were lower as a significant amount of the increase in property sales was deferred and will benefit us in future quarters as the undeveloped property sold is constructed.
- Other revenue was higher by $3.5 million, or 11.7%, compared to the prior year quarter primarily from an increase in endowment care trust fund income due to timing of receipts from investment distributions.
- Comparable cemetery gross profit decreased $9.6 million to $178.5 million. The gross profit percentage decreased to 38.9% from 41.0%. Selling compensation recognized during the quarter increased as a result of the 10.9% of growth in preneed cemetery sales production, in which a significant amount will be recognized as revenue in future 2022 quarters. We also experienced modest inflationary cost increases and higher incentive compensation costs when compared to the prior year quarter.
- Comparable preneed cemetery sales production growth of $35.4 million, or 10.9%, was driven primarily by higher quality sales averages and increased large sales activity. Comparable preneed cemetery sales production continues to benefit from a more productive and efficient sales force, with better utilization of our customer relationship management system. The sales averages benefited from our continued investment in high-quality inventory at moderately higher price points.
Other Financial Results
- Corporate general and administrative expenses remained flat at $41.7 million in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021.
- Interest expense increased $3.2 million to $39.0 million in the first quarter of 2022 primarily due to the issuance of fixed rate bonds earlier in 2021 partially offset by lower balances of our floating rate debt. During the first quarter, our fixed rate debt carried a weighted average interest rate of 4.3%, while our floating rate debt carried a weighted average rate of 1.6%.
- The GAAP effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2022 was 26.0%, up from 25.3% in the prior year quarter. Our adjusted effective tax rate was 25.9% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 25.3% in the prior year quarter. The higher tax rate in the current period is primarily due to a decrease in the cash value of certain life insurance policies due to negative returns in the financial markets, which lowered a tax benefit for us in the quarter.
Cash Flow and Capital Spending
Net cash provided by operating activities increased $34.6 million to $332.2 million in the first quarter of 2022 compared to $297.6 million in the first quarter of 2021. While earnings quarter over quarter were relatively flat, the increase in operating cash flow is due to favorable working capital changes primarily associated with cash collected on preneed cemetery property sales that were deferred for revenue recognition. Additionally, we paid $9.5 million less in cash taxes due to timing.
A summary of our capital expenditures is set forth below:
Total capital expenditures increased in the current quarter by $14.4 million, primarily due to an increase in capital improvements at existing operating locations, including increased investments in technology and related infrastructure projects at our funeral and cemetery locations. We also slightly increased spend on cemetery property development as we develop additional inventory to meet continued consumer demand.
Trust Fund Returns
Total trust fund returns include realized and unrealized gains and losses and dividends and are shown gross without netting of certain fees. A summary of our consolidated trust fund returns as of March 31, 2022 is set forth below:
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Earnings excluding special items and diluted earnings per share excluding special items shown above are non-GAAP financial measures. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide a consistent basis for comparison between quarters and years, and better reflect the performance of our core operations, as they are not influenced by certain income or expense items not affecting operations. We also believe these measures help facilitate comparisons to our competitors' operating results.
Set forth below is a reconciliation of our reported net income attributable to common stockholders to earnings excluding special items and our GAAP diluted earnings per share to diluted earnings per share excluding special items. We do not intend for this information to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for other measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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The Houston-based company said it had a loss of 10 cents per share.
The energy equipment company posted revenue of $127.9 million in the period.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Super Micro Computer Inc. (SMCI) on Tuesday reported net income of $77 million in its fiscal third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the San Jose, California-based company said it had profit of $1.43. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.55 per share.
The server technology company posted revenue of $1.36 billion in the period.
For the current quarter ending in June, Super Micro expects its per-share earnings to range from $1.51 to $1.69.
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Super Micro expects full-year earnings in the range of $4.53 to $4.71 per share, with revenue ranging from $4.2 billion to $4.6 billion.
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Defense lawyer urges exoneration for man labeled a terrorist
NEW YORK (AP) - A defense lawyer urged jurors Tuesday to reject a prosecutor´s claims that his client is a terrorist who photographed U.S. landmarks as potential targets, saying the government didn´t prove anything during a two-week trial.
Attorney Marlon Kirton said his client, Alexei Saab, is a victim of "a clear case of government overreach."
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And Richman noted one more target in his argument to convict in Manhattan federal court.
"He sits here in a courtroom inside a courthouse he once photographed for Hezbollah," the prosecutor said.
The one-time Morristown, New Jersey, resident pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges after his 2019 arrest, as authorities disclosed that he had been interviewed by FBI agents during 11 sessions over several weeks.
Kirton maintained that Saab was never read his rights as he spoke of events in a manner that produced "un-credible, crazy, unsubstantiated information" that became a large part of the case against him.
The lawyer highlighted a marriage-fraud charge against Saab, saying the government insisted that jurors believe Saab lied repeatedly to immigration authorities but then believe everything he said when he spoke to FBI agents.
"That same liar is now telling the truth?" Kirton asked.
He also urged jurors to consider that Hezbollah has never carried out an attack in the United States even though prosecutors said Saab was placed here as a "sleeper cell" to prepare for an attack if one became necessary.
The lawyer said his client was hardly hiding himself when he was sending emails to others about how to build a bomb.
"They didn't prove anything," he said.
Prosecutors say Saab joined Hezbollah in 1996 and once tried to kill a man he later understood to be a suspected Israeli spy by pointing a weapon at the individual at close range, but the firearm jammed.
Charges carrying potential penalties exceeding 100 years in prison include providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspiracy, receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization, unlawful procurement of citizenship to facilitate international terrorism and citizenship application fraud.
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Collins voted to confirm Neil Gorsuch in 2017 and Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. Murkowski voted to confirm Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett in 2020. Politico, which first published Alito’s draft opinion, reported that all three Trump-nominated justices initially voted with Alito to wholly overturn Roe. Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement Tuesday that the draft is authentic but that the court’s decision is not final.
“If this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office,” Collins said in a statement. “Obviously, we won’t know each Justice’s decision and reasoning until the Supreme Court officially announces its opinion in this case.”
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A big interest rake hike is coming: What it means for NJ residents
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce a half a point interest rate increase on Wednesday afternoon, which will send mortgage and credit card rates higher, and increase the cost of getting a home equity loan.
According to Rutgers University economist James Hughes, with inflation continuing to surge, the Fed doesn’t really have a choice.
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He said the idea here is fairly simple.
“By raising the cost of something you lower demand, and when you lower demand price increases start stabilizing.”
Hughes said one example of this would be the red-hot Jersey housing market, which has been on a tear for the past couple of years.
“By making mortgages more expensive you lower housing demand, and if housing demand is lowered enough those price increases for homes are not going to increase very much,” he said.
He said the Fed is raising rates by half a percentage point instead of the traditional quarter of a point because inflation took off and the Fed was caught off-guard.
“If they see inflation in the future they try to get ahead of the game and start increasing rates first, this time though inflation has surged, so they’re way, way behind the curve,” Hughes said.
How long will it take to slow down inflation?
He said no one really knows the answer to that question.
“They’re going to be watching very closely with all their metrics, what is the impact each time they increase interest rates, is it having a measuring effect,” he said.
Hughes pointed out the sky-high price of gasoline is linked to the price of oil, which is being driven higher by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so prices at the pump are likely to continue to stay high until that conflict is resolved.
He said you can’t reduce inflation unless you reduce the size of economic growth and “unfortunately, it could push growth into a negative territory and that means a recession.”
David Matthau is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at david.matthau@townsquaremedia.com
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This former Gap employee is on a quest to collect hundreds of in-store playlists
This former Gap employee is on a quest to collect hundreds of in-store playlists
When Michael Bise started his job at Gap in 1992, he was struck by the music the store played. He's been on the hunt for in-store playlists ever since. | https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1096398297/this-former-gap-employee-is-on-a-quest-to-collect-hundreds-of-in-store-playlists | 2022-05-03T23:11:39Z | https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1096398297/this-former-gap-employee-is-on-a-quest-to-collect-hundreds-of-in-store-playlists | true |
Shopping for swimwear can feel overwhelming. Shopping for plus-sized swimwear, however, can sometimes feel impossible when it often feels like companies treat plus-sized women as an after thought. Therefore, its necessary to highlight the brands that make an effort to create quality and stylish plus-size swimwear, because, yes, you can have both.
Here are 10 brands who offer great swimwear options for plus-sized people.
Summersalt Swimsuits
Summersalt Swimsuits are catered to fit almost all body types with sizes up to a 22. The website also offers clothing, including pajamas and activewear.
ASOS
While sizes vary from item to item, many of their options go up to a size 22 or 3XL. You can mix and match the size of your top and bottoms as well.
Target
While Target may not be the first brand that comes to mind, they actually offer a decent plus-sized selection with swimwear and clothing ranging up to a size 26.
Cupshe
Cupshe has made a name for itself because of its quality swimwear that doesn’t break the bank. They are plus-sized friendly with sizing options up to a 4XL
Shein
Shein is another budget-friendly option for those looking for good plus-sized options. Their swimwear in particular goes up to a size 20 or 4XL.
Torrid
Torrid is one of the most notable brands when it comes to catering to plus-sized women. Their swimsuits range all the way up to a 6XL
Lane Bryant
There is a reason why Lane Bryant is the OG for all plus-sized clothing, and its because they cater to all plus-size women from a size 12 up to a size 36.
Boohoo
Boohoo is a great option that can sometimes be overlooked. They have great swimwear options that go up to a size 24 with great sale options as well.
Adore Me
While Adore Me has marketed itself as a bra and underwear company, they also offer plenty of swimwear to choose from that go up to a size 4XL. They also have many sustainable options to choose from.
Venus
Venus has plus-size options for everything from clothes to lingerie, but in this case, they have great swimwear options as well that range from sizes 2 to 26. | https://www.al.com/life/2022/05/10-plus-sized-swimwear-brands-for-summer-2022.html | 2022-05-03T23:17:25Z | https://www.al.com/life/2022/05/10-plus-sized-swimwear-brands-for-summer-2022.html | true |
Indigenous artillery gun passes validation trials
NEW DELHI May 03, 2022 19:24 ISTThe Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System met the specifications of the Army, officials said.
The indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) jointly with the private industry crossed a milestone this week by successfully completing the validation trials towards meeting the specifications of the Army.
The week-long Preliminary Service Quality Requirements (PSQR) validation retrials were conducted at the Pokhran field firing ranges from April 26 to May 2.
“Reliability of the guns were proven by conducting two second line of firing successfully. Accuracy and consistency were achieved, burst and intense timed series were also successfully evaluated during the trials,” a DRDO official told The Hindu.
“Following this, there are trials for Electromagnetic Interference/ Electromagnetic Compatibility ( EMI/ EMC) and Director General Quality Assurance (DGQA) which are scheduled in May. The Request For Proposal (RFP) will be issued after that. We expect it by June.”
Stringent specifications
Stating that there are very stringent specifications for accuracy consistency, the officials said the performance during trials were well within the specifications. “Guns of both companies performed well. The successful re-validation trials paves the way for induction of the ATAGS into service,” the official stated.
The ATAGS is a 155mm, 52-calibre heavy artillery gun jointly developed by Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), the Pune-based laboratory of DRDO, in partnership with Bharat Forge and Tata Group.
“The 155/52 mm ATAGS jointly developed by DRDO (ARDE) and TASL successfully completed PSQR firing trials today. A true example of Public-Private Partnership leading to a world class weapon system fully designed and developed in India. Such a weapon system is highly strategic for India,” Tata Advanced Systems Limited posted on Twitter on Monday.
In August, 2018 the Defence Acquisition Council had accorded approval for the purchase of 150 of these guns at an approximate cost of ₹3,365 crore which would be split between the two companies. The deal will be split in 60:40 ratio between the lowest bidder (L1) and L2. The Army has a requirement of 1,580 artillery guns in this category.
As reported earlier, in the past, the Army had flagged the issue of overweight compared with its requirements which officials said has been addressed. The Army wanted the weight to be around 18 tonnes so that it can be carried in the mountains and that it is now by and large in that range, officials had stated earlier.
The ATAGS has demonstrated a range of over 45 km, and an official termed it as the “most consistent and accurate gun in the world”. It boasts of the shortest minimum range at high angle and fast mobility in desert and mountain terrain in addition to autonomous mode firing capability and wireless communication, officials said. It has been designed to fire all in-service ammunitions with a fully automatic ammunition handling system with all electronic drives, the official added. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indigenous-artillery-gun-passes-validation-trials/article65378688.ece/amp/ | 2022-05-03T23:19:20Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indigenous-artillery-gun-passes-validation-trials/article65378688.ece/amp/ | false |
Six more communities declare local states of emergency in Manitoba
The Municipality of Emerson-Franklin has joined a growing list of communities that have declared local states of emergency due to flooding.
The province said as of Tuesday evening, six more communities had declared local states of emergencies since Monday. In total, 24 communities currently have the measure in place.
Among those communities is the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin, which declared its state of emergency Monday evening due to overland flooding. In a statement the municipality said forecasted peak levels on Red River at Emerson are expected to peak in the second week of May, with levels similar to 2009.
The community, which is located south of Winnipeg near the Canada-U.S. border, said potential evacuees have been notified.
"Residents are reminded to not travel through water that is over the roads as the road may be washed out under the water," a statement from the municipality reads. "Provincial crews are deployed to Emerson and Dominion City running pumping operations, as well as implementing ring dike closures."
It said a sandbag filling station has been set up at the Municipal Public Works Shop at PR 201, Dominion City.
The province said the six additional communities that declared states of local emergencies as of Tuesday evening include:
- The Municipality of Norfolk Treherne
- The RM of Whitemouth
- The RM of Woodlands
- The RM of Emerson-Franklin
- The RM of Coldwell
- The RM of MacDonald
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Actor Amber Heard suffered post-traumatic stress disorder from violence she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband Johnny Depp, including multiple acts of sexual assault, a psychologist testified Tuesday. | https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/six-more-communities-declare-local-states-of-emergency-in-manitoba-1.5887150 | 2022-05-03T23:22:58Z | https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/six-more-communities-declare-local-states-of-emergency-in-manitoba-1.5887150 | false |
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. officials announced what they called extraordinary steps on Tuesday to keep hundreds of billions of gallons of water stored in a reservoir on the Utah-Arizona line to prevent it from shrinking more amid prolonged drought and climate change.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation plans to hold back about 480,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Powell to maintain Glen Canyon Dam’s ability to produce hydropower for millions of homes and businesses in the region. That’s roughly enough water to serve 1 million to 1.5 million average households annually.
Tanya Trujillo, the bureau’s assistant secretary of water and science, said keeping the water stored in the reservoir would stave off hydropower concerns for at least 12 months, giving officials time to strategize for how to operate the dam at a lower water elevation. The lake currently holds less than one-fourth of its full capacity and the dam produces electricity for about 5 million customers in seven U.S. states.
“We have never taken this step before in the Colorado River basin, but conditions we see today and the potential risks we see on the horizon demand that we take prompt action,” Trujillo said.
The decision will not have any immediate impacts on the amount of water allocated for the region’s cities. And it won’t affect farms that rely on the Colorado River, which already face mandatory cuts in central Arizona.
But it illustrates the compounding challenges facing Mexico and the seven U.S. states that rely on the Colorado River, which supplies water to about 40 million people and a $5 billion-a-year agricultural sector.
There is less water flowing through the river than is consumed by cities and farms throughout the region. And the water levels in the river’s two primary storage reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, have plummeted substantially over the past two decades — to such an extent that boaters found a decades-old dead body in a barrel exposed on Sunday.
The action announced Tuesday is one of several that have been taken to shore up Lake Powell. The Bureau of Reclamation has also ordered releases from other reservoirs upstream from Lake Powell, including 500,000 acre-feet of water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Utah-Wyoming border announced last month. Releases from Flaming Gorge as well as Blue Mesa reservoir in Colorado and the Navajo reservoir in New Mexico were ordered last year.
Shoring up Lake Powell may allow water to continue flowing through the turbines at Glen Canyon Dam and keep its hydropower-generating capacity intact, but that’s only one of several interests that officials are juggling in managing reservoir levels.
The decision injects uncertainty into the boating and recreation industries that rely on consistent reservoir levels to operate infrastructure like docks. And it forces officials to confront that without drastic conservation measures, demand for water in growing regions will likely come up against supply constraints in a hotter, drier future.
The Bureau of Reclamation announcement followed months of talks between upper basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — and their lower basin counterparts in Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico, which are already taking mandatory and voluntary cuts.
Federal officials first floated the proposal last month in a letter to the seven states, which responded with a joint letter in support of the move in which they asked the bureau to adjust water accounting and how it reports lake levels when deciding on future cuts.
The request centered on the fact that keeping water stored in Lake Powell will decrease the amount of water flowing downstream to Lake Mead, the Colorado River’s other main storage reservoir.
In response to concerns that less for Lake Mead would require lower basin states to take additional cuts, the bureau agreed to act as if the water had flowed downstream in calculating Lake Mead’s elevation. That compromise alters the implementation of agreements reached over the past 15 years triggering cuts to water users in the lower basin once Lake Mead falls to certain thresholds.
It means moving forward, U.S. officials will “credit” Lake Mead and act as if the water kept to preserve Lake Powell had been delivered downstream when deciding how to enforce agreements — effectively splintering the lake’s actual levels from the levels used to determine cuts.
“We are going to account for the water as if it had been released. And we will do it in a way so that it will not trigger additional releases from the upper basin or additional layers of shortage in the lower basin,” Trujillo said. | https://www.kark.com/news/business/us-to-hold-back-lake-powell-water-to-protect-hydropower/ | 2022-05-03T23:23:14Z | https://www.kark.com/news/business/us-to-hold-back-lake-powell-water-to-protect-hydropower/ | false |
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A white Connecticut state trooper who fatally shot a Black man, Mubarak Soulemane, following a high-speed chase in 2020 was arraigned Tuesday on a manslaughter charge.
Trooper Brian North, who is free on bail, said nothing during or after the brief appearance in Milford Superior Court and did not enter a plea. His next court date was scheduled for June 2.
North fired seven gunshots into the driver’s-side window of a stolen car after a chase on Jan. 15, 2020, that ended in West Haven. Soulemane, 19, was killed. An investigation showed Soulemane had a knife but was boxed in by police and unable to drive away.
North was arrested last month after state Inspector General Robert Devlin found the shooting was not justified.
About nine relatives and supporters of Soulemane were in the courtroom, including his mother, Omo Mohammed. Following the hearing, they chanted, “Justice for Mubarak” outside the courthouse.
“We are here today for justice, justice for my son, Mubarak Soulemane, who has been massacred by a state trooper, Brian North,” Mohammed said. “I hope justice will be served to convict Brian North to go to jail, to convict Brian North of being accountable for killing my son.”
Dozens of police officers, some from as far as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, showed up in plain clothes outside the courthouse before the hearing to show their support for North. They later took up most of the seats in the courtroom, surrounding Soulemane’s family and supporters.
“Regardless of who it is, when our troopers are what believe to be prosecuted for doing their job, we will defend them,” said Andrew Matthews, the executive director of the Connecticut State Police Union.
Mohammed said she believed the police officers who went to court Tuesday were there to intimidate her and her family, something the police union denied. She said she and her relatives will not be intimidated.
Soulemane’s family, the NAACP and other groups said North should not have opened fire because police had Soulemane surrounded and he could not get away. They said North and other officers should have tried to deescalate the situation. Soulemane’s mother has a pending wrongful death lawsuit against North and other officers who were at the scene.
A timeline of the events included in Devlin’s report says North began firing about 43 seconds after Soulemane crashed and officers boxed him in. Before the shooting, police body cam videos show a West Haven officer smashing out the passenger door window of the stolen car and another trooper shooting Soulemane with a stun gun, which didn’t work.
The chase, which reached speeds of up to 100 mph (161 kph) on Interstate 95, had begun nearly 30 miles away in Norwalk after Soulemane tried to steal a cellphone at a store and stole a Lyft driver’s vehicle, police said.
Soulemane’s family said that he had schizophrenia and that his mental health appeared to be deteriorating in the days before the shooting.
The state police union has criticized Devlin’s findings, saying in a statement that North was forced to make a “split-second decision during these dangerous and rapidly evolving circumstances.”
“We believe Trooper North acted objectively reasonable during this violent encounter and we believe a jury will find reasonable doubt and acquit him of these serious charges,” the union said.
North and his lawyer did not comment outside the courthouse. North is on paid administrative leave and his police powers are suspended pending the outcome of the criminal case.
North is the third Connecticut police officer to be arrested for fatal shootings dating back to 1998.
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The D.C. Public Service Commission issued its Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Report for Compliance Year 2021 on Monday to the D.C. Council, with the thrust of the document saying solar energy and renewable energy facilities are proceeding with their expansion in the city.
The report noted the significant growth of Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS)-certified solar facilities despite problems with the coronavirus pandemic and a sagging economy produced. In 2021, the commission approved 2,337 new solar energy systems for the RPS program, including 2,077 District systems of which 82 were community renewable energy facilities (CREFs).
The commission has certified 10,013 solar energy systems in the city, as of 2021, representing 154.7 megawatts of capacity. Of these District solar energy systems, 219 were CREFs — an increase of 210 RPS-certified CREFs since 2018.
The report points out 12,955 solar energy systems certified for RPS. Other highlights of the report include starting in February, requiring Pepco to stand up and maintain public interconnection queue to facilitate transparency, accountability, and overall interconnection process efficiency to allow developers and customers to view information such as facility capacity, fuel type, and status of the application and growth in solar energy facilities certified for the RPS program in the first quarter of 2022, with 720 new systems added (including 42 CREFs).
“We are proud of the progress that has occurred over the past year,” said interim PSC Chairman Emile C. Thompson. “The commission remains committed to working with District leadership, as well as the community, to meet our renewable energy goals. We look forward to continuing to support and enhance the District’s aggressive climate goals.” | https://www.washingtoninformer.com/d-c-public-service-commission-report-reveals-solar-renewable-energy-expansion/ | 2022-05-03T23:26:53Z | https://www.washingtoninformer.com/d-c-public-service-commission-report-reveals-solar-renewable-energy-expansion/ | true |
WAYNE, Pa. (AP) _ Radian Group Inc. (RDN) on Tuesday reported earnings of $181.1 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Wayne, Pennsylvania-based company said it had profit of $1.01. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.17 per share.
The mortgage insurer posted revenue of $293 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $322.4 million.
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People gather in downtown Orlando after Supreme Court draft opinion leak
ORLANDO, Fla. - Hours after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed that a draft opinion leaked to Politico was authentic – and suggested the Court was leaning towards overturning Roe v. Wade – people gathered outside Orlando City Hall with various signs to voice their opinion on the developments.
To be clear, the Supreme Court has not issued a ruling or made an announcement about its current case that could impact Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion. It's widely understood that rulings are not considered official until announced.
The document obtained by Politico indicated it was a draft and written in February 2022. Justice Roberts described the leak as a breach of trust and called for an investigation to find the source of the leak.
"Love your neighbors, you love yourself. How can we love these tiny children, who are made in God’s image, but to make this illegal and to stand out here and speak up for them," said Anne Marchetti, who described herself as being pro-life.
Annie Filkowski, who works for Central Florida's Planned Parenthood, said the organization would continue to fight for women's right to choose.
"It was a moment for me in this fight for reproductive rights that I've been a part of, the first moment where my stomach sort of dropped. I was at a loss for words. Seeing it in black and white, it was just heartbreaking," she said.
According to the leaked draft majority opinion, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, it would end federal protections and leave it up to each state leaders and legislature to set its own policies on abortion.
Less than two weeks ago, Gov. DeSantis signed a bill into law that bans abortions after 15 weeks, except in situations of "fatal fetal abnormality."
"What that means for Planned Parenthood is that we will continue to get people get the care they need whether that's facilitating them to leave the state," said Filkowski. "It’s a personal, private matter that the Supreme Court and Gov. Ron DeSantis should have no say in."
Tuesday afternoon, Gov. DeSantis said the leak was "a significant breach of trust" and should be investigated.
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"If the draft opinion made public tonight is final, we wholeheartedly applaud the decision. The American people have the right to act through their elected officials to debate and enact laws that protect unborn children and women.," said pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony List in a statement Tuesday night, following Politico's report. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/people-gather-in-downtown-orlando-after-supreme-court-draft-opinion-leak | 2022-05-03T23:29:51Z | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/people-gather-in-downtown-orlando-after-supreme-court-draft-opinion-leak | true |
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — A recreational vehicle show will return this year to Elkhart in northern Indiana after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three of the largest RV manufacturers — Thor Industries, Forest River and Winnebago Industries — confirmed they will proceed with the four-day show beginning Sept. 26, the South Bend Tribune reported Wednesday.
The massive, dealer-only show, which allows retailers to see the latest offerings from RV manufacturers and suppliers, was cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Most RV manufacturers are reporting a backlog of orders from dealers despite a record 600,240 RVs produced in 2021, the RV Industry Association said.
Beyond RV manufacturers, the show is expected to draw at least 130 suppliers who offer original equipment and RV accessories, said Darryl Searer, president of the RV/MH (Manufactured Housing) Hall.
“It’s going to be fantastic because everything has been so pent-up the past two years,” Searer said. “The RV provided the answer that allowed people to get out with their families during the pandemic.” | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/RV-dealer-show-returning-to-Elkhart-after-17145781.php | 2022-05-03T23:31:51Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/RV-dealer-show-returning-to-Elkhart-after-17145781.php | false |
NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuberger Berman Municipal Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NBH), Neuberger Berman California Municipal Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NBW), and Neuberger Berman New York Municipal Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NBO) have each announced an early declaration of its regular monthly distribution payable in June. The Funds seek to provide income that is exempt from regular federal income tax. Additionally, Neuberger Berman California Municipal Fund Inc. seeks to provide income that is exempt from California personal income tax and Neuberger Berman New York Municipal Fund Inc. seeks to provide income that is exempt from New York State and New York City personal income tax. Distributions of the Funds may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for some stockholders. Each Fund's distribution announced today is payable on June 15, 2022, has a record date of May 31, 2022 and an ex-date of May 27, 2022.
The Funds will make the distributions described above in the following per share amounts:
In compliance with Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, a notice would be provided for any distribution that does not consist solely of net investment income. The notice would be for informational purposes and not for tax reporting purposes, and would disclose, among other things, estimated portions of the distribution, if any, consisting of net investment income, capital gains and return of capital. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions paid in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
About Neuberger Berman
Neuberger Berman, founded in 1939, is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The firm manages a range of strategies—including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity, real estate and hedge funds—on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally. With offices in 25 countries, Neuberger Berman's diverse team has over 2,500 professionals. For eight consecutive years, the company has been named first or second in Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management survey (among those with 1,000 employees or more). In 2020, the PRI named Neuberger Berman a Leader, a designation awarded to fewer than 1% of investment firms for excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The PRI also awarded Neuberger Berman an A+ in every eligible category for our approach to ESG integration across asset classes. The firm manages $447 billion in client assets as of March 31, 2022. For more information, please visit our website at www.nb.com.
Statements made in this release that look forward in time involve risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the adverse effect from a decline in the securities markets or a decline in the Fund's performance, a general downturn in the economy, competition from other closed end investment companies, changes in government policy or regulation, inability of the Fund's investment adviser to attract or retain key employees, inability of the Fund to implement its investment strategy, inability of the Fund to manage rapid expansion and unforeseen costs and other effects related to legal proceedings or investigations of governmental and self-regulatory organizations.
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
514 PM CDT Tue May 3 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LLANO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
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