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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has removed dozens of deaths from its official COVID-19 count after a review found nearly all of them were not related to the coronavirus, health officials said Tuesday.
The Department of Health and Human Resources lowered its death count since the start of the pandemic from 6,839 to 6,716.
The DHHR said Bureau for Public Health epidemiologists completed what it called a reconciliation process for 2021 that looks at all COVID-19 death reports.
Of the 3,948 deaths reported in 2021, 122 deaths, or 3%, were determined not to be virus-related. In addition, five duplicate deaths from last year were identified during the reconciliation process and three additional deaths from 2020 were determined not to be from COVID-19 and taken off the state’s dashboard. The deaths originally were reported to DHHR as virus-related through a death report, but the death certificate later determined the cause was not COVID-19, the department said.
The latest count also includes seven additional deaths reported since Monday, DHHR said.
On Tuesday there were 263 active cases of COVID-19 statewide, the lowest since the first full month of the pandemic in early 2020. Gov. Jim Justice warned against complacency, because the omicron descendant BA.2 has sparked a new wave of infections in other parts of the world.
“Whatever we do, we can't drop our guard,” Justice said. “We’ve already seen this play out many times before. A new variant will show up on another continent, then it makes its way to California or New York, and, eventually, we end up dealing with it in West Virginia.”
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(NEXSTAR) — Ah-choo! Does spring have you sneezing, wheezing or congested? Where you live may be making your allergies worse.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America recently ranked the 100 most-populated metropolitan areas on how challenging it is for seasonal allergy sufferers who live there. The foundation used 2019 U.S. Census Bureau data, pollen scores, over-the-counter allergy medicine sales and estimates of allergy-specific health care access.
AAFA’s 2022 Allergy Capitals list shows the states with the highest number of “challenging” seasonal allergy cities are Connecticut, Texas and New York — which have three cities each. Florida, Pennsylvania and South Carolina come in second with two cities each.
Find the full list below and decide if it’s time to move!
Most challenging cities
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Wichita, Kansas
- McAllen, Texas
- Richmond, Virginia
- San Antonio, Texas
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Buffalo, New York
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Albany, New York
- Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Springfield, Massachussetts
- Dayton, Ohio
- Columbia, South Carolina
- El Paso, Texas
- Syracuse, New York
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Miami, Florida
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Greenville, South Carolina
What’s the deal with Scranton? AAFA explains Scranton is the top seasonal allergy offender year-round, for both spring and fall allergies due to higher-than-average pollen levels and having fewer board-certified allergists/immunologists in the area.
‘Average’ seasonal allergy cities (26-75)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Riverside, California
- Dallas, Texas
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Poughkeepsie, New York
- Houston, Texas
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Toledo, Ohio
- Lakeland, Florida
- Daytona Beach, Florida
- Columbus, Ohio
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Orlando, Florida
- Sarasota, Florida
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Tuscon, Arizona
- Cape Coral, Florida
- Palm Bay, Florida
- Akron, Ohio
- Oxnard, California
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Worcester, Massachusetts
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Tampa, Florida
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Augusta, Georgia
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Jackson, Mississippi
- Rochester, New York
- Detroit, Michigan
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Los Angeles, California
- New York, New York
- Austin, Texas
- Chicago, Illinois
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Boston, Massachusetts
‘Better than average’ seasonal allergy cities (76-100)
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Spokane, Washington
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Ogden, Utah
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Boise, Idaho
- Bakersfield, California
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Stockton, California
- Madison, Wisconsin
- San Diego, California
- Washington, D.C.
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Fresno, California
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Provo, Utah
- Denver, Colorado
- Sacramento, California
- Portland, Oregon
- San Jose, California
- San Francisco, California
- Durham, North Carolina
- Seattle, Washington
California contains the most “better than average” seasonal allergy cities on the list. The AAFA notes pollen count estimates are “limited” in Alaska and Hawaii and aren’t included.
Pollen allergy (spring) season usually begins around early February and continues through early summer, depending where you live. But a study published in the Nature Communications academic journal last month indicates the season could become even longer due to climate change. Researchers estimate the season could begin up to 40 days earlier than it does now and pollen concentrations even higher — all contributing to worse allergy seasons overall.
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Did ASIC just kill the 'finfluencer'? Corporate regulator cracks down on unlicensed advisers
Social media content creators known as "finfluencers" are hugely popular with young people, but they could end up in jail or with a $1 million fine if they don't shut down.
Key points:
- ASIC has cracked down on unlicensed 'finfluencers'
- About one third of young people on social media follow a finfluencer
- ASIC's rules don't cover cryptocurrency
Finfluencers are social media content creators who talk about money, budgeting and investing. Most do not have a financial services licence.
The corporate watchdog ASIC's crackdown on unlicensed financial advice has seen finfluencers scramble to take down posts, but there are concerns the new guidelines don't go far enough to protect consumers.
In 2021, 28 per cent of young people said they followed at least one finfluencer on social media.
Of those who follow a finfluencer, almost two-thirds (64 per cent) reported having changed at least one of their financial behaviours as a result.
Last year the ABC reported on concerns that some finfluencers were breaking the law by providing unlicensed financial advice. It was a view that was dismissed by Financial Services Minister Jane Hume, who said finfluencers were no different from those who shared advice and money tips at the pub.
ASIC has now released guidelines that make it clear that unlicensed finfluencers could face five years' jail time or fines of more than $1 million if they talk about stocks, investment funds or financial products.
Greg Yanco, Australian Securities and Investments Commission's executive director of market supervision, said finfluencers could not rely on disclaimers on posts, or an exemption that applies to media commentators.
"If you're an influencer, and you're providing financial advice, then we'd expect you to have a licence. In fact, you're required to have a licence. And if you don't have a licence, then you need to be careful not to provide financial advice," Mr Yanco said.
"The safe areas of providing information are about, what is a share, and what are the different types of investments you can make, without going to the stage of suggesting particular types of shares or, or investments would be wouldn't be appropriate."
ASIC's guidelines follow the regulator taking court action against Tyson Scholz, also known as 'ASX Wolf', who the regulator alleges made $1.16 million in 10 months selling stockmarket courses.
Finfluencers weigh up options
ASIC's guidelines also ban unlicensed finfluencers from sending followers to financial products for the purpose of trading.
Some finfluencers have earned enough money online through advertising and partnerships with companies and financial products to quit their day jobs.
Angel Zhong, Associate Professor of Finance at RMIT University, said ASIC’s rules would kill the finfluencer business model.
“I think this is a wakeup call for finfluencers,” she said.
“A lot of finfluencers have removed affiliate links on their pages, and removed posts where they recommended a financial product or declared they no longer make this recommendation.”
Finfluencer Aleks Nikolic, is a full-time corporate lawyer, but makes around $4000 a month from her Broke Girl Wealth Instagram and TikTok accounts, which have a combined following of around 70k. However, she said none of that money was through advertisements or affiliates with financial products.
She is one of the many finfluencers to have removed online posts from her social media pages as a precaution.
“I don't think it will be the death of the influencer, I think it will be a change, and a number of people, myself included, will look to, potentially, if they want to continue operating, either getting a licence just to make sure that they are beyond reproach of the regulator,” she says.
Ms Nikolic has questioned why ASIC’s guidelines focused on social media content creators. She says the laws should apply to everyone.
“It is a little odd that this spotlight has been placed on financial content creators when ostensibly books about investing, shareholders conferences, and even TV shows are giving far more prescriptive money advice and investment advice without a licence.”
ASIC rules don't cover crypto
There is a big hole in ASIC's new guidelines -- they don't cover cryptocurrency or property.
ASIC has previously raised concerns about "pump and dump" crypto scams on social media.
It's when someone artificially inflates the share price of a stock or cryptocurrency by really talking it up in order to increase trading. Once the price increases, scammers sell the shares at an inflated price.
In 2021 the ACCC received 10,412 reports to Scamwatch that mentioned ‘Cryptocurrency’ with $129 million in losses. Of these, 4,730 were investment scam reports with $99 million lost.
Mr Yanco acknowledged ASIC could not tell finfluencers to stop talking about cryptocurrency because it was unregulated and not a registered financial product.
Ms Zhong said there was a danger that finfluencers could switch from regulated products to talking about cryptocurrency instead.
“Because the current guidelines only apply to financial products, so maybe they will see this loophole and turn to unregulated financial product,” she said.
Ms Nikolic said it didn't stack up that it was okay to talk about cryptocurrency but not regulated financial products.
“It is a bit of an absurd outcome that the Australian Tax Office can treat cryptocurrency as an investment and tax it," she said.
“It really does mean that bank accounts, superannuation shares, and ETFs are all a higher risk class of content than talking about cryptocurrency.”
Barriers to getting financial advice
Judith Fox, CEO of Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association, welcomed ASIC’s guidelines for finfluencers.
Ms Fox said she had been particularly concerned about some influencers on social media engaging in what's known as pump and dump scams.
"You had some of the influences who were talking about particular stocks, which they probably owned, and then people would pile in to buy it at the high price, and then the person would make a lot of money and then dump the stock. So the others would be left with a valueless stock," she said.
Ms Fox said those burned by advice from finfluencers had no recourse.
Where to from here
The popularity of finfluencers has coincided with a boom in millennials investing in shares.
Ms Zhong said young people flocked to finfluencers because of the high cost of obtaining advice from a licensed financial adviser.
"The Financial Services Council recently estimated the cost of producing advice to be over $5,000," Ms Zhong said.
“The young generation love investing, but they are hungry for knowledge.”
Good that ASIC has called out the influence these people have had on unwitting consumers. I do think though that even me, as a qualified financial planner, there is scope for us to talk to clients, that doesn’t mean you should have unqualified
Marissa Broome, Chairwoman of Financial Planning Association of Australia, agreed access to financial advice should be more accessible, but she said they should have a level of qualification.
"For a country that is wealthy, and has a good superannuation system, we have really low financial literacy," she said.
"But there needs to be some level of consumer protections."
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Labour leader Keir Starmer has defended Welsh Labour's record on the NHS in Wales despite the Labour-led Welsh Government giving health services a smaller funding increase in Wales than the NHS in England is receiving. See our report on the Welsh Government's budget here.
Sir Keir was in Wales to help the party launch its campaign for the local elections in May. He spoke at the event at Bridgend College alongside Welsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford and Rhondda Cynon Taf leader Andrew Morgan. He said that Labour in Wales has taken the right decisions with the health service in Wales and that he is "proud" of all its decisions.
When stories like those of Emlyn Roberts who spent 10 hours on the pavement waiting for an ambulance or the mum-of-two who spent days waiting in A&E at the Grange Hospital, were put to him, Sir Keir said: "The Welsh Labour government is taking difficult decisions in difficult circumstances. I don't know the individual circumstances of incidents around Wales forgive me. But I do think that the overall approach is the right approach and that was taken to the country last May, it'll be taken to the country again in these local elections and with that simple message if you value vote for it, and that's what people did last year."
Asked if he was proud of his party's record in Wales, he said: "I'm proud of all the decisions that Welsh Labour take and as I say, the endorsement of that, I think was in the vote last May, but we now need to do is to build on that with the local elections because what I want to see is local councils here in Wales working hand in hand with the national governments here in Wales, making an even bigger difference to people's lives."
Asked if he thought the Welsh Government was right to give a smaller increase to the NHS this year in Wales than the NHS in England is receiving, he said: "I think the Welsh Government has taken difficult but the right decisions and the test I think, for whether people think WG has got it right or wrong, was very much last May when Mark Drakeford and the team essentially said to voters here in Wales 'if you value what we're doing, vote for it' and they then turned in the sort of second best or equal best result."
Rhondda Cynon Taf leader Andrew Morgan spoke at the event and said a "team approach" was needed "that we can really tackle the long-standing issues and those shorter term ones like the cost of living crisis".
Welsh leader Mark Drakeford said when people go to the polls on May 5 people will be voting for "some of the most important people they will chose to represent them in every part of Wales".
He said: "That is what your local councillor is. A good local councillor, a good local Labour councillor is someone who is there in their community day in, day out, every day, every week, doing the things that matter the most in people's lives. That's why these elections are so important. They will choose the bedrock of political life here in Wales for another five years".
He described the current cost of living crisis as being "Tory-made". "It has not come out of thin air. A decade of austerity has undermined the capacity of hard-working families right across Wales to withstand the stresses and strains that are about to be vested upon them."
In his speech, Sir Keir said he was "proud" to be in Wales. "In Wales we can do something that is so important for Labour which is to show Labour works. Labour makes a difference to all those lives and that's because of what we've been able to do here in Wales."
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VIDEO: Mandy Patinkin Presents Benjamin Franklin Category on JEOPARDY!
The second part of "Benjamin Franklin" will air tonight, April 5, on PBS at 8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT.
Mandy Patinkin appeared on last night's episode of Jeopardy! to present a category based on the life of Benjamin Franklin.
Patinkin voices the Benjamin Franklin in PBS' new documentary based on the life of the founding father. The first part is now streaming here and the second will air on PBS tonight, April 5, at 8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT.
Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary, "Benjamin Franklin," explores the revolutionary life of one of the18th century's most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
In his 1980 Broadway debut, Mandy won a Tony Award for his role as Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita and was nominated in 1984 for his starring role as George in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Sunday in the Park with George.
Mandy's other stage credits include: Compulsion, Paradise Found, The Tempest,Enemy of the People, The Wild Party, Falsettos, The Secret Garden, The Winter's Tale, The Knife, Leave It to Beaver is Dead, Rebel Women, Hamlet, Trelawney of the 'Wells,' The Shadow Box, The Split, Savages, and Henry IV, Part I.
Watch the Jeopardy! category here:
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Billmeier staying with Willard on new staff at Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Assistant Grant Billmeier is staying with coach Kevin Willard and joining his new staff at Maryland.
Billmeier was part of Willard´s staff at Seton Hall for 11 seasons. Willard became Maryland's men's basketball coach last month, and the school announced Tuesday that Billmeier would be an assistant for the Terrapins.
A 2007 graduate of Seton Hall, Billmeier was an assistant on Willard´s staff from 2015-21. He was also director of basketball operations in 2013-14 and coordinator of basketball operations from 2010-13. He spent a year as an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2014-15.
A native of Pennington, New Jersey, Billmeier played professionally in Germany and Portugal.
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Kevin Willard, right, talks to members of the University of Maryland band after a news conference announcing Willard as coach of the Maryland men's NCAA college basketball team Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Which impact wrench is best?
An impact wrench is an invaluable tool for any homeowner. The amount of physical energy and time you save by using one over a manual wrench is impossible to overstate. There are several types and strengths of impact wrenches to choose from. Selecting the appropriate type for you is essential — you don’t want to overpower anything, after all.
The best impact wrench is the Dewalt 20-Volt Max XR Impact Wrench Kit. It has plenty of power, is easy to adjust the speed and has a comfortable grip.
What to know before you buy an impact wrench
Impact wrench types
There are four types of impact wrenches: corded, cordless, air and hydraulic.
- Corded: Corded models are designed for the average homeowner. They don’t have much in the way of features, but they have plenty of power for the average job and are comfortable to use. They need to be plugged into an outlet and the cord can be unwieldy.
- Cordless: Cordless wrenches are essentially just an easier-to-use corded wrench that runs on a rechargeable battery. The batteries rarely last for long, though some models have battery indicators, so you don’t run out of juice mid-job. They usually have more features, such as LED lights for clarity or variable speeds.
- Air: Also known as pneumatic, air impact wrenches use an air compressor rather than a motor. They are usually affordable but high-power models quickly balloon in cost. They need maintenance and a high-pressure hose connected to the compressor to function. They can be difficult to wield comfortably.
- Hydraulic: These are strictly used for industrial purposes due to their extreme power and size.
Grip
There are two grip types: pistol and inline. Pistol grips look exactly as you imagine and usually have more power behind them. Inline grips look like a screwdriver and are best for smaller or difficult-to-reach nuts and bolts.
Anvil
The anvil is the head of an impact wrench. It has a size and a securing mechanism.
- Size: Anvils come in sizes between 1/4 inch and 2 inches. This determines what size socket you can attach to the anvil.
- Security: Anvils use either detent pin or friction ring securing mechanisms. Detent pins have a tighter grip while friction rings can quickly swap between sockets.
What to look for in a quality impact wrench
Battery
The batteries of cordless wrenches have a few qualities to check for.
- Voltage and amp hours: These tell how much power a battery offers and how long it can provide that power, respectively. Bigger equals better.
- Type: Batteries are either nickel-cadmium or lithium-ion. While NiCd batteries are more affordable, their performance ability decreases as the battery’s power wanes. Li-ion batteries are lighter and last longer, plus they provide equal performance at most charge levels. However, they are usually pricey.
Performance
There are three elements of performance: torque, revolutions per minute and impacts per minute.
- Torque: Torque comes in two varieties: fastening and unfastening. Fastening torque is lower to prevent overtightening and damage. Unfastening is its highest torque to unstick even the most stubborn nuts and bolts.
- RPM: The higher an impact wrenches RPM, the faster a job will be completed. It doesn’t affect power.
- IPM: The higher an impact wrenches IPM, the more powerful it is.
How much you can expect to spend on an impact wrench
Corded impact wrenches usually run $75-$150, depending on power. Meanwhile, cordless wrenches usually start around $250 and can cost more than $400. Most wrenches cost between $100-$200.
Impact wrench FAQ
What’s the difference between impact wrenches, impact drivers and torque wrenches?
A. An impact wrench is designed to tighten or loosen nuts, bolts and similar fastenings. An impact driver is effectively a powered screwdriver with more power to offer than the average electric drill. A torque wrench is unlike the impact wrench and driver in that it only tightens, never loosens. It’s set to use a precise amount of torque to tighten things such as cylinder heads and uses a limiter to prevent overtightening past the specified torque.
What’s the difference between a brush motor and a brushless motor?
A. Brushless motors are a more recent evolution of the standard brush motor. They are more efficient thanks to fewer moving parts. They also generate less heat and noise and have no maintenance requirements. However, they are also more expensive. If you infrequently use your impact wrench, a brush motor should be more than enough.
What are the best impact wrenches to buy?
Top impact wrench
DeWalt 20-Volt Max XR Impact Wrench Kit
What you need to know: This pick comes from a well-respected brand.
What you’ll love: It’s cordless with a brushless motor. It has a 1/2-inch anvil with a detent pin. It has 700-foot-pounds max torque and 1,200-foot-pounds max breakaway torque. It weighs 6 pounds. It has multispeed control of 0-400, 1,200 or 1,900 rpm. It has an LED light.
What you should consider: There’s only one battery and you can’t charge and use it simultaneously. It’s among the priciest options. Some consumers had issues with the speed adjustment.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top impact wrench for the money
Porter-Cable 20-Volt Max Impact Wrench
What you need to know: This budget pick still gets the job done.
What you’ll love: It has a variable-speed trigger, a 1/2-inch hog ring and an LED light. The grip is molded and comfortable. It weighs 6 pounds with a battery. It has up to 330-foot-pounds of torque. It has a maximum speed of 1,650 rpm.
What you should consider: It doesn’t include a battery or charger and not all separately purchased batteries will work with this wrench. Its power may be too low for some jobs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Kimo 20-Volt Cordless Impact Wrench Kit
What you need to know: This is another solid choice for the budget-conscious individual.
What you’ll love: It’s cordless with a brushless motor. It includes a full set of attachments — seven impact sockets and three extension bars. It has an LED light. It has multispeed control and a battery level display. It has speeds up to 3,000 rpm and torque up to 250 foot-pounds.
What you should consider: This wrench is better suited to residential tasks rather than commercial ones. Some consumers had issues reaching the maximum listed torque.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Steph Houghton happy to give ‘driven leader’ Leah Williamson England captaincy
By PA Staff published
Leah Williamson has been described as a “very deserving and driven leader” by Steph Houghton after being named as England captain for this summer’s home Euros.
Arsenal’s Williamson has been wearing the armband under Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman in the injury-enforced absence of Manchester City defender Houghton, who had skippered England since 2014.
Houghton is facing a race to be fit for the Euros after undergoing Achilles surgery. The tournament gets under way with Wiegman’s side facing Austria at Old Trafford on July 6.
Following the Football Association’s announcement about Williamson on Tuesday, Houghton posted a message on Twitter paying tribute to the 25-year-old, and also stressing that “I don’t feel my England story is complete”.
Leading the #Lionesses this summer 👊 pic.twitter.com/lEWJGckxDo— Lionesses (@Lionesses) April 5, 2022
Houghton said: “It has been the greatest honour and privilege to captain my country for the last eight years. I have been fortunate to lead the team to three major competition semi-finals and a bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup.
“Whilst the targets were always to win the tournaments, I will always have immense pride in how we played, competed and how much we achieved.
“The past 12 months have been very difficult from a football perspective in trying to overcome a number of injuries. Sarina and the England staff have been hugely supportive but with the injuries, I understand and respect Sarina’s decision to name a new captain.
“The captaincy is being passed on to a very deserving and driven leader in Leah Williamson, with all the attributes an England captain needs to be successful and I have no doubt she will be.
“I will give my total support to Leah and will be there for her, with any help and advice she may need.
It’s been an honour 🦁— Steph Houghton MBE (@stephhoughton2) April 5, 2022
“For me, I don’t feel my England story is complete and I continue to work hard with my rehabilitation in trying to make the squad for this summer’s home European Championship.
“I am available for selection when fit and look forward to putting on an England shirt again.”
Williamson said in a video posted on England’s Twitter account: “I think it’s the biggest honour in football. To even have my name associated with it is very, very special and something I will never take for granted.
“Sarina called me in just before lunch yesterday. She told me her plans and (asked) if I wanted to step into the role and I laughed – a nervous laugh. She doesn’t make it a massive thing and I like it that way. Obviously, I accepted.
"I hope that I do the armband and the shirt proud." 🏴 💪— Lionesses (@Lionesses) April 5, 2022
“Steph’s led the team to the position we’re in now, amongst the best in the world, and I think the legacy she has left behind is tough footsteps to follow in. I hope that I do the armband and the shirt proud and live up to the standards set.”
Wiegman said in a statement from the FA: “This decision gives us continuity at this important final period as we build towards the tournament. It is important we give everyone clarity at this stage.
“Leah has been a great leader for us and I know she will continue to set the example we need in her work on and off the pitch.”
Williamson’s club and international team-mate Lotte Wubben-Moy said she had “the biggest smile on my face for Leah”.
The defender added: “Steph was remarkable…there are a lot of lessons that I learnt from Steph, as a captain and also as a person.
“She’s passed the baton onto Leah for the Euros and I’m excited for her to do her thing and be an individual within that.
“She is extremely passionate, a catalyst, not only on the pitch but off the pitch, and she makes you feel comfortable to speak, to be yourself.”
England and Manchester United goalkeeper Mary Earps told a press conference: “It’s brilliant for Leah and her family. It’s a huge honour.
“She’s been captain for a few camps now and I think she’s done a great job. So it makes sense, and the girls are buzzing for her.”
England’s time so far with 27-cap Williamson – who can play in midfield or defence – as captain has included winning the Arnold Clark Cup in February.
The team are currently preparing for World Cup qualifiers against North Macedonia in Skopje on Friday and Northern Ireland in Belfast four days later.
Williamson sat out training on Tuesday for precautionary reasons, while Chelsea duo Beth England and Niamh Charles have withdrawn from duty after testing positive for coronavirus prior to the camp.
They may yet link up with the squad ahead of the Northern Ireland game depending on subsequent results.
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▶ Watch Video: White House seeks new Russia sanctions amid Bucha killings The highest ranking military officer in the U.S. said Tuesday that he expects the conflict in Ukraine to last years. “I do think this is a very protracted conflict, and I think it’s measured in years. I don’t know about decade, but at least years for sure,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley told the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday during testimony on the defense budget. “This is a very extended conflict that Russia has initiated and I think that NATO, the United States, Ukraine and all of the allies and partners supporting Ukraine will be involved in this for quite some time,” Milley said. Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeared before the committee for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in February and as Russia is refocusing on easten Ukraine. The Pentagon has seen about two-thirds of the less than 20 Russian battalion tactical groups that were arrayed against Kyiv repostion north toward Belarus, according to a U.S. senior defense official.The assessment is Russia will refit, resupply, and potentially reinforce them with additional manpower before sending the units back into Ukraine, likely in the Donbas region. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 defense budget, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Washington. Evan Vucci / AP Ukraine has been fighting Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas region since 2014. A senior defense official said last week that Russia’s reprioritized focus in eastern Ukraine could mean the conflict takes more time instead of less because Ukrainian forces know the territory well, and they have a lot of forces there already who are fighting hard to defend the region. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a White House press briefing Monday that the next phase of the war in Ukraine “may very well be protracted” and if the Russians do achieve some success in the Donbas region, the forces could try to retake other areas of Ukraine again. To help Ukraine, the Biden administration is shipping weapons to Ukraine as quickly as possible and is working with partners who have equipment Ukraine wants that the U.S. doesn’t have. Austin said Tuesday that the Pentagon continues to focus on assistance that the Ukrainians have used effectively like anti-aircraft and anti-armor weapons. He said the Pentagon is working to provide both Switchblade 300 and 600 drones to Ukraine quickly. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted questions about the U.S. force posture in Europe. Milley said Tuesday the posture of the U.S. is still being decided but because of the war in Ukraine, it’s likely there will be an increased presence of U.S. troops in the region long term. “My advice would be to create permanent bases but don’t permanently station, so you get the effect of permanence by rotational forces cycling through permanent bases,” Milley said. The U.S. currently has around 100,000 stationed troops in Europe, the highest number since 2005. As for the coming weeks, the Pentagon has seen indications Russia is looking to reapply the forces that repositioned away from Kyiv to the Donbas region but has not seen any evidence yet that those units have started to move into the Donbas, according to a senior defense official. A recent British military intelligence update said many Russian units withdrawing from northern Ukraine are likely to require significant re-equipping and refurbishment before being available to redeploy for operations in eastern Ukraine. Milley and Austin are scheduled to testify in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
2-3-2
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
2-3-2
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Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Saturday's results
Red Deer 4 Edmonton 3
Lethbridge 6 Medicine Hat 1
Brandon 2 Saskatoon 1
Portland 5 Seattle 4
Moose Jaw 3 Winnipeg 1
Prince Albert 6 Regina 1
Everett 2 Tri-City 1
Spokane 5 Vancouver 2
Kelowna 5 Victoria 0
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Spokane 4 Vancouver 1
Tuesday's results
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 4:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 5:05 p.m.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.
Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass in their exhibits, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.
Nearly 23 million chickens and turkeys have already been killed across the United States to limit the spread of the virus, and zoos are working hard to prevent any of their birds from meeting the same fate. It would be especially upsetting for zoos to have to kill any of the endangered or threatened species in their care.
“It would be extremely devastating,” said Maria Franke, who is the manager of welfare science at Toronto Zoo, which has less than two dozen Loggerhead Shrike songbirds that it’s breeding with the hope of reintroducing them into the wild. “We take amazing care and the welfare and well being of our animals is the utmost importance. There’s a lot of staff that has close connections with the animals that they care for here at the zoo.”
Toronto Zoo workers are adding roofs to some outdoor bird exhibits and double-checking the mesh surrounding enclosures to ensure it will keep wild birds out.
Birds shed the virus through their droppings and nasal discharge. Experts say it can be spread through contaminated equipment, clothing, boots and vehicles carrying supplies. Research has shown that small birds that squeeze into zoo exhibits or buildings can also spread the flu, and that mice can even track it inside.
So far, no outbreaks have been reported at zoos, but there have been wild birds found dead that had the flu. For example, a wild duck that died in a behind-the-scenes area of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, after tornadoes last month tested positive, zoo spokesman Ryan Bickel said.
Most of the steps zoos are taking are designed to prevent contact between wild birds and zoo animals. In some places, officials are requiring employees to change into clean boots and don protective gear before entering bird areas.
When bird flu cases are found in poultry, officials order the entire flock to be killed because the virus is so contagious. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has indicated that zoos might be able to avoid that by isolating infected birds and possibly euthanizing a small number of them.
Sarah Woodhouse, director of animal health at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, said she is optimistic after talking with state and federal regulators.
“They all agree that ordering us to depopulate a large part of our collection would be the absolute last-ditch effort. So they’re really interested in working with us to see what we can do to make sure that we’re not going to spread the disease while also being able to take care of our birds and not have to euthanize,” Woodhouse said.
Among the precautions zoos are taking is to keep birds in smaller groups so that if a case is found, only a few would be affected. The USDA and state veterinarians would make the final decision about which birds had to be killed.
“Euthanasia is really the only way to keep it from spreading,” said Luis Padilla, who is vice president of animal collections at the Saint Louis Zoo. “That’s why we have so many of these very proactive measures in place.”
The National Aviary in Pittsburgh — the nation’s largest —- is providing individual health checks for each of its roughly 500 birds. Many already live in large glass enclosures or outdoor habitats where they don’t have direct exposure to wildlife, said Dr. Pilar Fish, the aviary’s senior director of veterinary medicine and zoological advancement.
Kansas City Zoo CEO Sean Putney said he’s heard a few complaints from visitors, but most people seem OK with not getting to see some birds. “I think our guests understand that we have what’s in the best interests of the animals in mind when we make these decisions even though they can’t get to see them,” Putney said.
Officials emphasize that bird flu doesn’t jeopardize the safety of meat or eggs or represent a significant risk to human health. No infected birds are allowed into the food supply, and properly cooking poultry and eggs kills bacteria and viruses. No human cases have been found in the U.S., according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Associated Press Writers David Pitt contributed to this report from Des Moines, Iowa, Lindsay Whitehurst contributed from Salt Lake City, Julie Watson contributed from San Diego, Chris Grygiel contributed from Seattle and Tom Tait contributed from Las Vegas.
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Canada on Tuesday laid out details of a proposed legislation that would compel platforms like Facebook and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content, in a move similar to Australia's ground-breaking law passed last year.
"The news sector in Canada is in crisis," Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said at a news conference, introducing the bill put forward by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.
The "Online News Act," or House of Commons bill C-18, will require digital platforms that have a bargaining imbalance, measured by metrics like a firm's global revenue, with news businesses to make fair deals, that would then be assessed by a regulator.
If such deals do not meet a set of criteria detailed in the act, the platforms would have to go through mandatory bargaining and final offer arbitration processes overseen by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications regulator.
The law would work similarly to the one in Australia, which made it mandatory for Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Meta Platforms-owned Facebook to pay media companies for content on their platforms in reforms that have been heralded as a model for others to copy.
Canada's news media industry has pressed against Facebook and asked the government for more regulation of tech companies, to allow the industry to recoup financial losses it has suffered in the years that Facebook and Google have been steadily gaining greater market shares of advertising.
More than 450 news outlets in Canada have closed since 2008, including 64 closures in the last two years.
Facebook and Google have voluntarily agreed to invest around C$1 billion each, over three years, on journalism initiatives globally. Rodriguez said the government held discussions with both firms.
"They were open to regulations ... those conversations were very frank, honest and nice," he said.
Both Google and Facebook, in separate statements, said they were reviewing the proposed legislation and looked forward to working with the government.
The legislation would cover news businesses operating in Canada, including newspapers and news magazines with a digital presence, and allow them to bargain individually as well as in groups.
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DETROIT -- General Motors and Honda Motor Co. said on Tuesday they will develop a series of lower-priced electric vehicles based on a new joint platform, producing potentially millions of cars from 2027 in a bid to beat Tesla in sales.
The announcement expands on plans for GM to begin building two electric SUVs for Honda starting in 2024 -- the Honda Prologue and an Acura model.
The automakers said the new deal is for "affordable" EVs, including compact crossover vehicles, built using GM's Ultium battery technology. The compact crossover is the biggest selling auto sector in the world with annual volumes of more than 13 million vehicles, the companies said.
The companies declined to say how much they are investing as part of the new collaboration.
GM Chief Executive Mary Barra said Tuesday at an Axios event the pricing will come in below the $30,000 price tag planned for the electric Chevrolet Equinox SUV. She said the new lower-priced vehicles would be "attainable EVs."
She said the new vehicle is part of GM's plan to surpass Tesla in EV sales.
"We have a very important goal... that by mid-decade, by 2025, we'll sell more EVs in the U.S. than anyone else and to do that, you need to have a portfolio of vehicles," Barra said, noting GM plans a wide range of small to large EVs. "We definitely can scale and can do it quickly."
The companies said they will also discuss future battery technology collaboration for electric vehicles in a push to drive down costs.
The deal is part of GM's push to achieve carbon neutrality in its global products and operations by 2040 and eliminate tailpipe emissions from light-duty vehicles in the United States by 2035.
Honda has said it aims to reach carbon neutrality on a global basis by 2050.
The Japanese carmaker owns a stake in GM's Cruise self-driving car subsidiary and the carmakers are co-developing the Cruise Origin autonomous EV. The companies also have a joint venture to develop and produce hydrogen fuel-cell systems at a plant in Brownstown, Mich.
"Honda and GM will build on our successful technology collaboration to help achieve a dramatic expansion in the sales of electric vehicles," Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe said.
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Colchester: Scrapped Intercity 125 to join rail heritage collection
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A heritage group has bought three Intercity 125 high speed diesel trains for a railway collection.
Built between 1975 and 1982, the trains have been purchased by 125 Heritage and will be homed at Colne Valley Railway in Colchester, Essex.
The trains slashed journey times and helped improve the image of British Rail, becoming a source of national pride, according to the group.
All 95 trains built are being retired in the next few years.
Former Greater Anglia train driver, Neil Bunt, a founder of 125 Heritage, persuaded Colne Valley Railway to provide a new home for three trains.
According to Mr Bunt, the 125 holds the speed record for the fastest diesel train carrying passengers; of 148 miles per hour (approx 240km/ph), achieved in November 1987.
Driving one for the first time on Tuesday, he explained his fascination with the train.
"It's just the shape. It's an iconic-looking train. I just love them," he said.
The Intercity 125 was designed in just 20 months by Sir Kenneth Grange. They were supposed to be a "stop-gap" train before electrification.
The trains were powered by a V12 diesel engine made by Ruston-Paxman Diesels in Colchester, who won the contract to supply them.
Dr Ron Hughes of Ruston-Paxman Diesels told the BBC in 1977: "We set out to achieve power and reliability, and I think the engine has demonstrated that that's what it has."
The Colne Valley Railway specialises in steam engines but was persuaded the "newer" 125's will help attract a younger audience to the railway.
Martin Smith of 125 Heritage said they had "quite a following".
He said: "A lot of the trains in this (good) condition are being sent for scrap.
"There was obviously an opportunity there to pick up these coaches and do what we're doing here at the Colne Valley Railway."
As the 125 consists of a buffet car and first class seating area, the heritage group said it was working with the railway to develop a catering train for fine dining.
Tours of the trains will be available to the public from Easter weekend.
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Families can claim free school meal vouchers of up to £30 over Easter holiday break
Families can claim free school meal vouchers to spend at supermarkets that are equivalent to what your child may have been receiving at school.
Parents can claim from £15 to £30 worth of vouchers - but it will vary depending on where you live.
It is advised to approach your local council directly to find out if they can help you cover your food costs this break.
Here’s how much you can claim depending on where you live and who is eligible for the free school meal vouchers.
Who is eligible?
Parents that claim certain benefits are eligible for their children to receive free school meals.
These benefits are:
Income Support.
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance.
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
The guaranteed element of Pension Credit.
Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190).
Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.
Universal Credit - if you applied on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get).
This information applies to England as there are different processes in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
If your child already gets free school meals during term time, then you should also be eligible for the vouchers over the holidays.
How much can I claim?
How much you can claim will vary between areas so it is advised to check with your local authority.
Make sure to apply, if you still can, through their website or through the school.
Families across Kirklees could claim vouchers worth £30 to spend over this break, whereas schools in Camden council have issued eligible pupils with weekly shopping vouchers worth £15 to spend over the Easter holidays.
Most councils will have had deadlines of 31 March to apply for this help.
But you can still get in contact with your local authority or directly with your child’s school if you think you have missed out.
Type in your postcode on the Government website and you will be redirected to your local council’s website to apply if the opportunity is still there.
It is not guaranteed you will be able to now claim for this holiday.
Norfolk county council has scrapped the vouchers for this Easter holiday.
So it is important to approach your local council directly.
Where can I spend the free school meal voucher?
You will be able to spend the free school meal vouchers at supermarkets including:
Tesco
Sainsbury’s
Morrisons
Asda
Waitrose
Marks & Spencer
Aldi
But it can vary depending on the terms of your vouchers issued by your council or school.
Check with them directly to see if any of the supermarkets are not included in your specific voucher.
When is the Easter holiday?
Schools in England will be closed for two weeks over the Easter holiday.
Holiday dates can vary by school and local authority, but most children will break up on Friday 11 April.
How does the free school meal voucher work?
Free school meal vouchers are typically issued by email or text, allowing parents to scan codes at the supermarket checkout.
Footballer Marcus Rashford campaigned for the funding to stay after the government planned to scrap funding for free school meals in summer 2020.
The Government then left it to local councils to decide if they want to support free school meal vouchers after issuing £500 million through the Household Support Fund.
The Household Support Fund has given out various support including supermarket vouchers and free cash to help with bills since last October - with free school meal vouchers part of this scheme.
In his Spring Statement, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced extra cash for the Household Support Fund so it can continue.
So more help is on the way for councils to fund these initiatives.
How can you get extra help?
Millions of families will face hiked bills in April, from energy bills to increased taxes - as well as the cost of the weekly shop rising too.
There is other support available if you are not eligible for free school meals or your council is no longer allowing families to claim.
You may qualify for Healthy Start vouchers to help pay for basic foods such as milk or fruit if you are pregnant or have a child under the age of four.
They can be used in shops across the UK and can be used to buy pregnancy and breastfeeding vitamins - and vitamins for children aged six months to five years old.
You can use an online benefits calculator to ensure you are getting all the help you are eligible for.
If you are worried about your finances, there are charities such as Citizens Advice and Turn2Us that will offer free advice.
Food banks can also provide families with emergency supplies.
You will need to be issued a voucher by a local community organisation such as a school or GP.
Search for your nearest food bank on the Trussell Trust website.
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DECATUR — Richland Community College will participate in #CCMonth, a monthlong grassroots education effort sponsored by the Association of Community College Trustees.
A State of the College Luncheon and Tour event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 13, in Shilling Community Education Center. Doors open at 11:45 a.m., lunch is served at noon and the program starts at 12:15 p.m.
Luncheon tickets are $15 per person or $100 for table of eight. Limited seating is available. Purchase tickets at www.richland.edu/stateofthecollege or by contacting Debbie Ellison at 217-875-7200, ext. 6350 or emailing dellison@richland.edu.
Tours of new classrooms and labs are being offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The idea of #CCMonth is to celebrate community colleges, which were created to provide affordable, high-quality education for all, while dispelling the stigma that sometimes surrounds those colleges. Community colleges are the primary education centers for nursing and healthcare professions and the “on-ramp” to bachelor's, master's and higher-level degrees for a large number of students. In addition to open admissions, community colleges offer services to support adult learners who are also working and raising families. Without community colleges, many American students would not be able to access higher education at all.
“The past year has proved beyond any doubt that our college is absolutely vital to our community and our state,” said Cristobal Valdez, RCC president. “#CCMonth is an opportunity to reach out into both and to demonstrate not only that community colleges should be the first choice of many college-goers, but why community colleges are first-class institutions that are vital to our local and state economies.”
The Richland Community College campus in photos
Library
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Business
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Tiffany Hill
Child care
Greenhouse
Richland Is...
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Library scene
Scholastic bowl
Cafe
Entrance
Black Student Association
Black Student Association retreat
Black Student Association gathering
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(NEXSTAR) — Ah-choo! Does spring have you sneezing, wheezing or congested? Where you live may be making your allergies worse.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America recently ranked the 100 most-populated metropolitan areas on how challenging it is for seasonal allergy sufferers who live there. The foundation used 2019 U.S. Census Bureau data, pollen scores, over-the-counter allergy medicine sales and estimates of allergy-specific health care access.
AAFA’s 2022 Allergy Capitals list shows the states with the highest number of “challenging” seasonal allergy cities are Connecticut, Texas and New York — which have three cities each. Florida, Pennsylvania and South Carolina come in second with two cities each.
Find the full list below and decide if it’s time to move!
Most challenging cities
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Wichita, Kansas
- McAllen, Texas
- Richmond, Virginia
- San Antonio, Texas
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Buffalo, New York
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Albany, New York
- Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Springfield, Massachussetts
- Dayton, Ohio
- Columbia, South Carolina
- El Paso, Texas
- Syracuse, New York
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Miami, Florida
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Greenville, South Carolina
What’s the deal with Scranton? AAFA explains Scranton is the top seasonal allergy offender year-round, for both spring and fall allergies due to higher-than-average pollen levels and having fewer board-certified allergists/immunologists in the area.
‘Average’ seasonal allergy cities (26-75)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Riverside, California
- Dallas, Texas
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Poughkeepsie, New York
- Houston, Texas
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Toledo, Ohio
- Lakeland, Florida
- Daytona Beach, Florida
- Columbus, Ohio
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Orlando, Florida
- Sarasota, Florida
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Tuscon, Arizona
- Cape Coral, Florida
- Palm Bay, Florida
- Akron, Ohio
- Oxnard, California
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Worcester, Massachusetts
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Tampa, Florida
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Augusta, Georgia
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Jackson, Mississippi
- Rochester, New York
- Detroit, Michigan
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Los Angeles, California
- New York, New York
- Austin, Texas
- Chicago, Illinois
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Boston, Massachusetts
‘Better than average’ seasonal allergy cities (76-100)
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Spokane, Washington
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Ogden, Utah
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Boise, Idaho
- Bakersfield, California
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Stockton, California
- Madison, Wisconsin
- San Diego, California
- Washington, D.C.
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Fresno, California
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Provo, Utah
- Denver, Colorado
- Sacramento, California
- Portland, Oregon
- San Jose, California
- San Francisco, California
- Durham, North Carolina
- Seattle, Washington
California contains the most “better than average” seasonal allergy cities on the list. The AAFA notes pollen count estimates are “limited” in Alaska and Hawaii and aren’t included.
Pollen allergy (spring) season usually begins around early February and continues through early summer, depending where you live. But a study published in the Nature Communications academic journal last month indicates the season could become even longer due to climate change. Researchers estimate the season could begin up to 40 days earlier than it does now and pollen concentrations even higher — all contributing to worse allergy seasons overall.
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NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Residents of a five-story apartment building near Miami have been evacuated after an engineer said its foundation was unsound, as officials heighten focus on the safety of aging buildings following last year’s deadly Surfside condominium collapse.
The evacuations Monday and Tuesday were at the Bayview 60 Homes tower, built in 1972 in North Miami Beach, and came during one of the structure’s recertification inspections required by the county every 10 years, following its initial 40-year recertification.
That process has drawn new scrutiny after the Champlain Towers South collapse last year killed 98 people as it was having its 40-year check. Miami-Dade County is moving toward requiring the first major recertification to take place after only 30 years, and municipalities have stepped up action to remove residents from faulty buildings when necessary.
North Miami Beach has been especially proactive, also evacuating a 10-story condo tower shortly after the Surfside collapse.
Bayview 60 resident Austin Harper said he was surprised to see sheriffs and municipal officials posting notes on the building’s 60 apartment doors early Monday.
“They said you have until 2 p.m. tomorrow to vacate, so I said, OK, you know — not really much you can do with that,” Harper told reporters outside the building Tuesday while residents carted boxes, lamps and mattresses into moving trucks.
Harper said many of the elderly people living in the building will have trouble relocating. “For me, I’m more of bachelor life so I can move out easily. Some people have lived here 10 years, plus,'' he said.
The building had been undergoing repairs since July to try to meet recertification requirements. But an engineer then informed the building owner that the foundation was shifting and residents should be removed immediately, City Manager Arthur Sorey told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The engineer copied the city in on the email late Friday but since it was after working hours, city officials did not see it until Monday morning, Sorey said. He said as soon as they did, they contacted the building owner and came up with a plan to evacuate everyone.
“We did speak with the owner and advised the owner that they should have closed the building,” Sorey said. “But once we got the information, we went out and did what we needed to do to protect the lives of North Miami Beach residents.”
He said residents were given until Tuesday afternoon to retrieve smaller items, and that they would be able to remove larger furniture starting Friday. Officials will limit the number of people in the building, however, he added.
Residents were given three-day hotel vouchers for now, and the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust and the American Red Cross would help with housing for those having difficulty finding accommodations, Mayor Anthony DeFillipo said.
In addition, the building’s owner is returning April rent and security deposits within 72 hours, Sorey said.
“One thing to note is the rents in this building that just closed are between $1,500 and $1,900 a month. And If you know anything about South Florida that is very cheap rent right now and affordable,″ Sorey said. “That’s going to be the issue right now with those individuals trying to find something along the same lines and the same price. It’s going to be very hard.”
The building is in a section of North Miami Beach known as Eastern Shores, which features apartment buildings on finger canals along the Intercoastal Waterway. The one and two bedroom apartments are about 750 square feet (70 square meters).
Shortly after the Surfside condominium collapse, North Miami Beach officials ordered the evacuation of the 10-story Crestview Towers Condominium. Residents of that building, which is about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the collapsed Surfside site, have not been allowed back.
After the collapse, Miami-Dade County began surveying high-rise condominium buildings to make sure they met safety standards. Some other smaller buildings around the county have also been evacuated since June.
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Frisaro reported from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Associated Press writer Julie Walker in New York contributed to this report.
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A previous version of this story incorrectly spelled Mayor Anthony DeFillipo’s name.
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Police arrest Squirrel Hill man in connection with 5 home burglaries in Fox Chapel, O'Hara Township
Police said 20-year-old Andrew Clinton was arrested on Monday and charged with multiple counts including burglary, criminal attempted burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal mischief.
Police said 20-year-old Andrew Clinton was arrested on Monday and charged with multiple counts including burglary, criminal attempted burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal mischief.
Police said 20-year-old Andrew Clinton was arrested on Monday and charged with multiple counts including burglary, criminal attempted burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal mischief.
Allegheny County police said a man from Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood has been arrested in connection with five home burglaries in Fox Chapel and O'Hara Township over the past year.
Police said 20-year-old Andrew Clinton was arrested on Monday and charged with multiple counts including burglary, criminal attempted burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal mischief.
Police said on March 28 at 8 p.m., Fox Chapel police received a report of a burglary in the 100 block of Field Club Road.
Police said the methods used were consistent with several other home burglaries which had happened over the prior year in Fox Chapel and O’Hara Township.
On Feb. 7, 2021, police said two burglaries had been reported in the 400 block of Wickford Drive in O’Hara Township and an attempted burglary was reported in the 100 block of Bentley Dive, also in O’Hara Township.
On Aug. 6, 2021, Fox Chapel police responded to a burglary in the 700 block of Waldheim Road. Police said the methods used in each of the burglaries were consistent.
Cash, jewelry, sports memorabilia, stereo equipment, a lamp and a firearm were some of the items reported as stolen in the burglaries, police said.
During the investigation, police said detectives were told that earlier in the day on March 28, officers had responded to Field Club Road for a vehicle stuck in the mud. Police said the vehicle had been driven by Clinton.
Police began to investigate Clinton and obtained a search warrant for his home on Monday.
Police said detectives recovered some of the stolen items and obtained an arrest warrant for Clinton. He was arrested and taken to the Allegheny County Jail.
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Viktor Orban's election victory in Hungary will be greeted with delight in Moscow, Beijing and Mar-a-Lago - and with dismay in Brussels and Kyiv.
Ahead of Sunday's Hungarian parliamentary elections, Mr Volodymyr Zelensky, the embattled Ukrainian President, called Mr Orban "virtually the only (leader) in Europe to openly support (Vladimir) Putin". The Hungarian Prime Minister took his revenge immediately after claiming victory, singling out Mr Zelensky as one of the "opponents" he had defeated - alongside Brussels bureaucrats and the international media.
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Carnival, Change Healthcare rise; Block, Acuity fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Carnival, Change Healthcare rise; Block, Acuity fall.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Carnival, Change Healthcare rise; Block, Acuity fall.
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JetBlue makes offer for Spirit Airlines, could spark bid war
By DAVID KOENIG
AP Airlines Writer
JetBlue Airways is trying to buy Spirit Airlines and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with fellow budget airline Frontier. Spirit said Tuesday that JetBlue offered $33 a share, or about $3.6 billion. Florida-based Spirit says its board will evaluate the JetBlue bid and decide what’s best for its shareholders. The JetBlue offer is about 40% higher than the value of Frontier’s bid. Frontier’s offer in cash and stock was worth $2.9 billion when it was announced in February, but Frontier shares have fallen since then, reducing the value to Spirit shareholders. Spirit shares soared after the New York Times reported JetBlue’s bid earlier Tuesday.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Two words can go a long way when Tiger Woods is behind them.
No one would have been surprised if Woods never played golf again after a car crash in Los Angeles that damaged his right leg so badly he said doctors raised the prospect of amputation. Out of the public eye for nine months, Woods sent hopes soaring last November with a video of him swinging the club with a simple message, “Making progress.”
And here is at Augusta National, making a Monday practice round feel like Sunday at a major because of the gallery, walking the steep slopes, swinging well and making it clear he has every intention of playing in the Masters.
Does he think he can win?
Woods offered the shortest answer of his press conference: “I do.”
He said Tuesday he is planning to play and thinks he can win. Never mind that it will be 508 days from the last time he played a tournament where he had to walk, or that he returns to this Masters with screws and rods still holding the bones in place in his right leg.
Woods also is 46. He would be the oldest Masters champion by three weeks over Jack Nicklaus.
The biggest question is how he holds up over 18 holes for four straight days. Woods walked 18 holes last week — his first big test — during a scouting trip with 13-year-old son Charlie (including a stop at the Par 3 course).
He played the back nine on Sunday, the front nine on Monday.
Woods plans nine more for Wednesday and then it's “game time.” He is to tee off at 10:34 a.m. Thursday with Louis Oosthuizen and Joaquin Niemann.
“I can hit it just fine. I don't have any qualms about what I can do physically from a golf standpoint,” Woods said. “Walking is the hard part. This is normally not an easy walk to begin with. Now given the conditions that my leg is in, it gets even more difficult.
“Seventy-two holes is a long road and it's going to be a tough challenge,” he said. “And a challenge that I'm up for.”
That might be the biggest reason Woods is even at Augusta National for more than the sushi and miso-glazed cod and Wagyu beef that defending champion Hideki Matsuyama put on the menu for the champions-only dinner Tuesday night.
If he never plays — if he never wins — Woods said he is satisfied with what he has achieved.
“I think 82 is a pretty good number,” Woods said. “And 15 is not too bad, either.”
His 15 majors are second only to Jack Nicklaus and his 18, the gold standard in golf. He is tied with Sam Snead for the PGA Tour career record with 82 wins.
So why keep coming back? What else is there to prove?
“I love competing,” Woods said. “And I feel like if I can still compete at the highest level, I’m going to. And if I feel like I can still win, I’m going to play."
“I don’t show up to an event unless I think I can win it. So that’s the attitude I’ve had,” he said. “There will be a day when it won’t happen, and I’ll know when that is.”
Shortly after he spoke, the starting times were released. Woods is helped by being part of the early-late rotation, meaning he will have some 22 hours between rounds.
Otherwise, Tuesday was mostly a wash. Woods wasn't planning on anything more than working on the range, anyway, and even that worked in his favor. Heavy storms moved over Augusta about the time he finished his work, and the course was closed the rest of the day.
As long as Woods has been part of Masters lore — Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer once predicted he would win more green jackets than both of them combined (10) — the reality is rust from no serious competition and a body that has endured at least 10 surgeries to both legs and his back.
But he's planning to play, and that feels like enough. For now.
“I think that the fact that I was able to get myself here to this point is a success,” Woods said. “And now that I am playing, now everything is focused on, ‘How do I get myself into the position where I’m on that back nine on Sunday with a chance?’ Just like I did a few years ago.”
That was 2019, his fifth Masters title that followed four surgeries the previous five years on his lower back.
“How many comebacks has he had?” Jordan Spieth asked in wonderment.
There was the return from reconstructive knee surgery after his 2008 U.S. Open victory. He won seven times worldwide the following year. There was a return to No. 1 following the implosion in his personal life, and before the back surgeries.
Nothing compares with this one, mainly because of the walking involved on a leg so badly damaged that Woods spent three months in a hospital bed before advancing to a wheel chair, crutches, a compression sleeve and still the occasional limp.
“It's amazing if you think about where he was at a year ago to now,” Spieth said. "I don’t know how many people — if anybody — could be out here. And this is not an easy walk. So to be out here and not to throw his age in the mix, but I don’t think that helps much for that recovery.
“But is anybody surprised?”
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Daniel Ricciardo's admission that simply finishing in the points at this weekend's Australian Grand Prix has revealed exactly how far off the pace his McLaren team is.
Having finished third in the constructors' championship in 2020 and fourth in 2021, McLaren has struggled in the opening two rounds of the 2022 season.
Ricciardo is yet to score a point, having finished 14th in Bahrain before retiring in Saudi Arabia, while teammate Lando Norris has fared little better, finishing 15th and 7th.
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Speaking ahead of this weekend's race at a revised Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, the Australian isn't expecting any major improvement.
"Looking at Australia, it's going to be flowing and quite fast again, especially the changes they made," Ricciardo said.
"So perhaps that comes to us again and maybe we could fight for points. I know that's not aiming very high but that's really all we can aim for, for now.
"Until we get some big updates, I think anything inside the top 10 we'll take as a little victory for now."
Having been so far off the pace in Bahrain, Ricciardo is at least hopeful that the improved showing in Saudi Arabia is a sign of things to come, even if the team is nowhere near challenging the leaders.
"The [Saudi Arabia] weekend, I would put it down to just circuit characteristics, so I'm really hoping that Bahrain was a bit of a bogey situation for us," he added.
"We cleaned up a few things in terms of stuff with the brakes that we had issues with in Bahrain. But I think it was just a circuit that suited us."
Earlier this week McLaren boss Andreas Seidl conceded the team was simply off the pace.
"In the end, we have to accept that other teams did a better job than us over winter," he said.
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Cats have a natural curiosity that only adds to their endearing charm, but that inquisitive nature can sometimes get felines into trouble. For instance, you might be concerned if you know, or just suspect, that your kitty has been chewing on a bush in your yard or nibbling fresh-cut flowers on your table.
While many plants are totally safe for your feline friend to munch on, it can still make you nervous to see it happen. One of the most common flowers that people have sitting around are roses and, given their welcoming scent and vibrant colors, they can be tempting to pets. But are roses toxic to cats?
Are Roses Toxic to Cats?
All varieties of roses are edible for humans. They can even have health benefits. However, not everything suitable for people is safe for cats to eat.
Thankfully, if you Google, “Are roses toxic to cats?” you should get a resounding “No” in return. It turns out that neither the petals, leaves or stems of traditional roses contain any sort of toxin that is likely to make felines sick. (And, if you have other animals, you might be glad to know roses are not toxic to dogs or horses, either.) But there are plants that have rose in the name that are toxic to cats — more on that below.
However, if you have a fresh bouquet of roses, know that your cat could experience adverse effects from snacking on your flowers. Because while roses are not poisonous to cats, they could still give your kitty some tummy trouble.
What to Do If Your Cat Eats Roses
While most cats that give roses a try quickly discover that the flowers aren’t all that tasty and move on, some felines have been known to eat a little more of the plants than they should.
“They may experience a stomach upset accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea, though not severe,” Dr. Maureen Murithi, veterinary spokesperson for ExcitedCats.com, told Southern Living.
Murithi said it may still warrant a visit to the veterinarian if these symptoms show up after your cat has eaten roses.
How Roses May Still Be Dangerous To Cats
Roses treated with pesticides or other chemicals, such as certain plant foods or fertilizer, could also be harmful to your kitty. And, of course, roses have thorns on the stems, which can easily injure cats either by touch or ingestion.
Check for wounds if you suspect your cat has been munching on your roses. You can treat minor injuries with antibiotic ointment. You should also watch for the following symptoms of toxicity or illness that include drooling, lethargy, seizures, tremors or vomiting.
Murithi recommended contacting your veterinarian immediately if you notice any of these signs or have other concerns.
Flowers With Rose In The Name That Are Toxic to Cats
A few flowers have names similar to roses and actually are toxic to cats. These include:
- Christmas Rose
- Desert Rose
- Moss Rose
- Primrose
- Rosebay
- Rose of Sharon
If your pet should ingest any of these, seek prompt medical treatment.
Lilies Are Very Dangerous For Cats
And while they are not related to roses, another popular flower displayed indoors in the spring is highly toxic to cats — lilies.
“The most dangerous cut flower of all flowers is the lily,” Anita Kelsey, a feline behaviorist and author of “Let’s Talk About Cats,” told Newsweek. “Even a speck of pollen, if it falls on the cat’s fur, can poison it severely if the cat licks it off while grooming. The leaves, the petals are all poisonous. If you are given lilies as a cut flower over Easter, cut off the stamens with the pollen and place the bouquet well out of reach.”
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories.
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Lib Dems push for tax cut as inflation predicted to add £40bn to VAT bill
The Liberal Democrats are campaigning for a tax cut after calculating that the Treasury will pocket almost £40 billion in extra VAT receipts due to soaring inflation.
Party analysis of Office for Budget Responsibility figures shows that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will receive a VAT windfall of £38.6 billion over the next four years, with working households facing a £428 higher VAT tax bill in 2022-23 alone due to rising shop prices.
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey plans to put the cost-of-living crisis “at the heart” of the party’s local elections campaign, officials said.
The Lib Dems are calling for an emergency cut to VAT, slashing the top rate from 20% to 17.5% for one year, a move they predict would save families an average of around £600.
They say the plans would give a boost to struggling high street businesses by encouraging spending, and help keep inflation under control by reducing prices in the shops.
Citing calculations by think tank the Resolution Foundation, the party said the rising VAT bill comes on top of Conservative manifesto-busting tax increases by the Chancellor, with the income tax threshold frozen and national insurance set to rise by 1.25 percentage point on Wednesday.
The fiscal measures will leave a typical family £535 a year worse off, even before the extra VAT pinch is felt, according to the Lib Dems.
Speaking ahead of launching the party’s local election campaign in south London on Wednesday, Sir Ed said: “Families are facing soaring energy bills and desperately need a tax cut to help them make ends meet.
“But instead of helping, the Conservatives are breaking their promises by raising taxes again and again.
“These elections are an opportunity to send a message to this Conservative Government that they can’t afford to take people for granted any longer.”
He added: “We will fight for a fair deal that puts money into the pockets of struggling families through an emergency tax cut.”
The Lib Dem local elections offer will include proposing a sewage tax on water companies to fund the clean-up of Britain’s rivers.
They also want to establish a national community ambulance fund to allow ambulance trusts to reopen ambulance stations and cancel planned closures.
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation loosened coronavirus pandemic restrictions Tuesday to allow more people into businesses, including casinos, and for social and other gatherings.
Tribal casinos, restaurants, movie theaters, campgrounds, museums, movie theaters and other businesses now can operate at 75% capacity, up from 50% capacity that had been in place since last summer. Businesses must submit a plan to the tribe's Division of Economic Development before they can implement the new limits.
Up to 25 people now can gather in person for traditional ceremonies, church, youth programs, training events and holiday gatherings — up from 15 previously.
Outdoor events, such as organized races or walks, and bicycle rides now can have up to 50 people.
Schools also have capacity limits for orientations and other gatherings not related to instruction and for sporting events. Indoor arenas can be at 50% of maximum capacity, and outdoor seating areas at 75%.
The Navajo Nation, which is largest reservation in the U.S. at 27,000 square miles (69,930 square kilometers), has been more cautious with the pandemic than the states that surround it. Utah, New Mexico and Arizona do not have mask mandates, and businesses there have been fully reopened for months.
A mask mandate in public places on the reservation remains, and tribal officials reemphasized a safer-at-home order.
Tribal President Jonathan Nez said the new guidelines are based on what's been a consistent decline in daily coronavirus cases since a large spike in January after the holidays. A spike in the number of deaths reported by the Navajo Nation in late March was due to delayed reporting and reconciliation of data, tribal spokesman Jared Touchin said.
As of Monday, the tribe reported 53,082 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. The death toll was 1,734.
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Norman mayoral election results in Oklahoma
Hundreds of thousands of voters in Oklahoma had something on their ballot on Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of voters in Oklahoma had something on their ballot on Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of voters in Oklahoma had something on their ballot on Tuesday.
Tuesday was the Norman mayoral election in Oklahoma.
Hundreds of thousands of voters in Oklahoma had something on their ballot on Tuesday.
>> Click here to see results from the Norman mayoral runoff election.
Voters in 72 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties had elections Tuesday. The only counties without races were pretty rural, but all the metro counties had races.
The polls were set to close at 7 p.m.
The Norman mayoral race was close, with supporters for both candidates across Norman encouraging residents to get out and vote. The County Election Board told KOCO 5 they saw a steady number of voters all day.
Some polling places were busier than others but for the most part, there was a good turnout. They also said there haven’t been any major issues, just minor technical issues that were quickly fixed but shouldn’t impact voting.
The mayoral race came down to incumbent Mayor Breea Clark and challenger Larry Heikkila. The two candidates made their cases to voters in a final push to get out the vote.
Under Clark, Norman was the first city in Oklahoma to issue a mask mandate. The city council voted to reallocate $865,000 from the city's police department and moved it to social service programs.
Heikkila campaigned on changing how the city handles homelessness and said he would increase police funding.
While the two had different views on numerous topics, there was at least one thing they agree on – both were against the proposed turnpike through Cleveland County.
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Workers at a large Washington tulip grower who went on strike two weeks ago over pay and better work conditions reached an agreement just before the official start of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival April.
Workers left the tulip and daffodil fields for three days in March and made demands including work gloves, more bathrooms, larger bonuses and no more work off the clock.
Edgar Franks, political director for the independent farmworker union Familias Unidas por la Justicia, said some of the demands were met in an agreement signed March 30, including bathrooms and the full recovery of lost wages for sick time due to pesticide exposure, Cascadia Daily News reported.
Brent Roozen, a member of the family that owns Washington Bulb did not respond to a request for comment.
The tulip festival takes place in Mount Vernon throughout April.
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Amber Alert issued for Ohio girl reportedly abducted by stepbrother
(Gray News) - An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 12-year-old child reportedly abducted by her stepbrother.
The incident took place in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on State Route 82 and Deer Creek Drive in the city of North Royalton.
Police say Tessa Kozelka left with her “boyfriend” Micey Stiver on Monday, April 4, at 2 a.m.
Tessa is described as a white female, standing 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 100 pounds. She has hazel eyes and black hair.
She was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt with black writing on it. She has a 50-cent piece size birthmark on her right leg.
Police say Micey Stiver, also her stepbrother, is a 23-year-old white male, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. He has blue eyes and black hair.
They are reportedly driving in a gray 2012 Ford Focus with Ohio registration N697141.
Anyone with information should call 911 or 1-877-262-3764.
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Columbia City Council approves another $600K for waterpipe leak contractors
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Columbia City Council approved $600,000 to help Columbia Water Tuesday afternoon.
The money is going toward “indefinite delivery contracts” with three contractors to complete repairs for Columbia Water customers.
The contracts serve as “pots” of money for the companies to draw from for city work.
A WIS Investigation found the department was at least seven months behind on service requests as of mid-January because of short staffing.
The $600,000 will be split into $200,000 boosts for the three contractors.
The move was outlined in the city’s customer response plan to help with backlogs in service calls.
The total investment in the contractors, if approved, would be the following:
- Carolina Tap and Bore, Inc.: $1,700,000
- Lake Murray Utility Company, Inc.: $1,350,000
- G.H. Smith Construction, Inc.: $1,400,000
The money would come on top of a similar bump in December 2021.
Assistant City Manager Clint Shealy told WIS in March the goal was for the December money to last through the end of the 2022 fiscal year (June 30), but the city is aiming to move more quickly after winter 2022 added more leaks.
“The mayor challenged us, how can you do this quicker? So we worked with our internal procurement team and all the groups and we’re really utilizing those contractors more as extension of staff. We’ve worked the three out of the four almost out of funding so we’re going to be going back on April 5 and ask for more funding,” he said.
Shealy said moving forward the contractor work will be targeted at neighborhoods, to fix all the leaks in an area and address them as they arise.
“We’re not going to leave there until the leaks are fixed,” Shealy said.
In the March 31 WIS investigation, the 29203 zip code led all others in total service calls. A spokesperson for Columbia Water confirmed Carolina Tap and Bore and a fourth contractor, North American Pipeline Management (NAPM), have been specially targeted at the zip code.
WIS spoke with Dr. Constance Lorick-Walker about a leak at the intersection of Colonial Drive and Prescott road near a daycare on March 18 as part of that investigation. Columbia Water confirmed its a city project and Lorick-Walker said it’s been a recurring issue without substantial action.
“This water is polluted. It’s a danger to the children themselves, let alone adults, their parents. It’s an eyesore as well for our community, no one seems to care,” she said.
On April 4, it appeared the water had stopped flowing.
On April 5, a spokesperson for Columbia Water sent a WIS this update: Our folks were doing a trial run yesterday on the shutdown needed to make the repair. The goal is to have the repair completed by Friday.
The city council approved the funding without comment in its meeting.
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Houston ISD will host its first LGBTQ+ summit for students in sixth through 12th grades this weekend, district officials announced Tuesday, two weeks after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton criticized Austin ISD’s Pride Week events.
The virtual summit, scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m., will focus on issues faced by LGBTQ+ youngsters, according to HISD. Superintendent Millard House II will be present, as will members of various district departments.
“The purpose of the summit is to ensure that attendees gain the tools necessary to either navigate life as an LGBTQ+ student or support an LGBTQ+ student,” the district said in a statement announcing the event.
Students and their parents or caregivers can sign up for the summit online by following this link.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton recently urged Austin ISD to rethink its Pride Week, telling the district it was breaking state law and writing, “The Texas Legislature has made it clear that when it comes to sex education, parents — not school districts — are in charge.”
The festivities in Austin continued as planned, according to the Texas Tribune.
That was the latest controversy ignited by a state official regarding LGBTQ matters and schools. Gov. Greg Abbott has called for getting rid of “pornography” in school libraries while Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth, chair of the House’s General Investigating Committee, launched a probe of school libraries’ books on race and sexuality.
The efforts have raised concern among children’s advocates who say it is important for youth to have access to literature and materials that may represent them.
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CHEYENNE — The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspect killed over the weekend amid an exchange of gunfire with a deputy. The deputy survived the shooting and has been described as doing OK.
In a brief statement Monday providing updated details of the shooting incident, LCSO said that "the deceased suspect from this shooting incident has been identified as 31-year-old Rance Tillman of Cheyenne."
No further details about Tillman were available from local authorities. He does not appear to have a criminal record involving any felonies in Laramie County, based on a search performed for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle by an official in the Laramie County District Court Clerk's Office.
On Saturday, a deputy had been shot but survived after a suspect in a robbery of a student at Laramie County Community College later opened fire following a brief, slow-speed chase. The shooting incident occurred in approximately the 3500 block of Miles Court.
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As of Monday, the sheriff’s deputy remained in the hospital at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and still was in stable condition, the sheriff’s office said. LCSO further described the deputy's condition as "still recovering."
The deputy-involved shooting incident continues to be under investigation by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation. DCI typically investigates such incidents for LCSO. Sheriff Danny Glick had requested this involvement.
Once DCI finishes its review, it may write a report, according to Forrest Williams, interim director of the state agency.
"Our report on this situation will be provided to the district attorney's office," Williams told the WTE Saturday.
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Which biodegradable dog poop bags are best?
Everybody poops, including your dog, even if you’d rather they didn’t. Picking up poop is one of the least fun aspects of having a dog, but you can at least make it more eco-friendly by using biodegradable dog poop bags.
It’s important to consider how earth-friendly your chosen biodegradable bags are, because not all are equally good for the planet. My AlphaPet Dog Poop Bags are natural, cornstarch-based waste bags and a great choice for the eco-conscious pet parent.
What to know before you buy biodegradable dog poop bags
Biodegradable vs. compostable
You might be wondering if there’s a difference between biodegradable and compostable poop bags. Both compostable and biodegradable bags break down over time but compostable bags are made of natural, usually plant-based, materials, while biodegradable bags can be made of natural or synthetic materials, such as plastics. This means compostable bags are always biodegradable by default, but not all biodegradable poop bags are compostable. Ultimately, compostable versions are more eco-friendly than non-compostable biodegradable bags, which can leave microplastics in the earth.
Scented vs. unscented
Dog waste bags come in scented and unscented varieties. It seems there’s a degree of personal preference here as many people firmly prefer one type over the other. Some folks like having a scent to disguise the odor of what’s inside. Others find scented bags sickly sweet and think the fragrance of the bag just mixes with the smell of what’s inside rather than covering, making things even worse. If you’re unsure, try a small roll of scented bags so you won’t have to use them for too long if you don’t like them.
Size
If you have a small dog, you probably don’t worry too much about poop bag size, but it’s of major concern when you have a big dog that leaves big piles of waste behind. Most biodegradable waste bags are generously sized, measuring at least 9 by 12 inches, which is large enough to fit both hands inside when just one won’t do it. Some even have gussets that expand the width of the bag when you need the extra room.
What to look for in quality biodegradable dog poop bags
Thickness
When a poop bag is too thin, you run the risk of putting your finger through it while picking up after your dog — an experience nobody wants. The thickness of dog waste bags is often expressed in microns. Around 12-15 microns is average, but something around the 20 microns mark feels reassuringly sturdy.
Handles
It’s easier to tie bags with handles and to carry full bags around with you until you reach a bin. This is useful while out on walks, especially in rural areas where you might not find a bin until you get to the end of your walk.
Easy tear
Easy tear bags separate at the perforation line easily, without ripping the bag you’re trying to remove. This helps prevent situations where you pick up waste without realizing that you’ve just made a hole in your bag.
How much you can expect to spend on biodegradable dog poop bags
Packs of biodegradable poop bags cost roughly $10-$50 depending on the size of the pack and the quality of the bags. Consider the cost per bag as well as the overall price.
Biodegradable dog poop bags FAQ
Can you flush biodegradable poop bags?
A. No, you shouldn’t flush them as they take a while to fully degrade and could clog your pipes. However, if you think flushing dog poop might be a more eco-friendly solution to throwing it in the bin, you can pick it up with a pooper scooper and flush it down the toilet unbagged in some areas. Just check your municipal sewage guidelines to see if this is allowed where you live.
Can dog poop go in a compost bin?
A. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, it’s safe to use composted dog waste as a soil additive for landscaping, lawn establishment and plant beds, as long as you don’t use it on fruits, vegetables or anything else that’s going to be eaten by humans. Proper composting removes pathogens, making it safe to use. Don’t compost dog waste on its own, however, add it to your usual garden compost pile.
What are the best biodegradable dog poop bags to buy?
Top biodegradable dog poop bags
What you need to know: Made from cornstarch, these bags are biodegradable and compostable.
What you’ll love: You can choose either unscented bags or bags with a light rose scent. They’re thick enough that you don’t need to worry about your hand going through them and meet ASTM 6400 standards for compostability.
What you should consider: These bags don’t have handles, so they’re trickier to tie and carry.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top biodegradable dog poop bags for the money
Pogi’s Compostable Dog Poop Bags
What you need to know: These plant-based poop bags are certified compostable and contain no plastic.
What you’ll love: The handles make them easy to tie and carry until you reach a suitable bin when out on walks. They’re large, strong and thick, so you can use them without mess or mishaps.
What you should consider: There isn’t a scented option for buyers who would prefer that.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Wooflinen Compostable Dog Waste Bags
What you need to know: Completely vegetable-based, these poop bags are good for the environment and just as strong as plastic versions.
What you’ll love: These bags are certified compostable using the European alternative to the ASTM 6400 standard. They’re easy to open, which is good news for impatient pups, and they separate without tearing.
What you should consider: While they’re strong, some users didn’t like that they’re translucent and feel somewhat thin.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Which farmhouse wall art is best?
Farmhouse is a popular design style that appeals to many people. Decorations in this category have a soft aesthetic that can’t help but make you feel warm and cozy. The best way to decorate your home in this style is to display farmhouse wall art.
The Laurel Foundry Modern Farmhouse White Flower Jars by Portfolio Dogwood – Graphic Art on Canvas is a perfect example. It showcases floral bouquets in a calming color scheme.
What to know before you buy farmhouse wall art
Materials and focus
It’s crucial to find the right kind of accent materials to make your farmhouse decor shine. Most people use a combination of wood and metal, but in softer details than you may see in an industrial style. These materials often look mildly distressed, replicating the look of a well-loved antique.
The farmhouse design style falls into a more traditional category, grounded in simplicity and organic materials. Farmhouse wall art will focus on that classic concept of a welcoming home, creating an atmosphere that feels warm, cozy and comfortable.
Complimentary to existing decor
Pick farmhouse wall art that is complementary to the rest of your home’s decor. Since these pieces will likely be some of the most visible in your home, you want them to blend in with the rest of your decorations. Think about any other decor you may have when shopping for wall art, such as flower vases and area rugs.
The subject of the art
Most farmhouse wall art focuses on either an animal, object or phrase that resonates with the overall farmhouse style. For example, you may want to have a picture of some ducks for your mudroom, or you may want to get a welcome home sign for your entryway. Find subjects that resonate with your values and general home decor. Try to stay within the same color scheme and theme for each room, so your decor doesn’t feel hectic.
What to look for in quality farmhouse wall art
Size
Take wall space into account before you purchase your wall art. Don’t try to cram too much onto a wall if you don’t have enough room. On the other hand, if you have a lot of room, opt for larger pieces. If the artwork is too small, it might look odd in a big space. You can also put together a gallery wall to combine several pieces of farmhouse wall art, which is very popular in the farmhouse decor style.
Colors
Farmhouse decor celebrates neutral colors, such as white, brown, tan and gray. You’ll rarely see bright colors or bold patterns. If there are other colors included, they’re usually a bit diffused and muted.
Paintings, prints or sculptures
If you’re looking for a farmhouse print or painting, chances are you’ll find one set on canvas. Some of these come framed, but this isn’t always the case. Cotton canvas is a high-quality, durable material used in many prints and paintings. You might also want sculpture wall art that captures the organic elements of a farmhouse style. Commonly used materials include glass, metal, wood, ceramic and terra cotta.
How much you can expect to spend on farmhouse wall art
Depending on the brand, size and material, you can find farmhouse wall art pieces ranging from $20-$150. The cost increases from there and can be pretty expensive if you start looking at pieces from more notable artists.
Farmhouse wall art FAQ
How many farmhouse wall art pieces should you display?
A. Remember, the farmhouse design style celebrates simplicity. Don’t go overboard; in general, the less artwork you display, the better. If you have a larger room or wall space, you may be able to display a few pieces of varying sizes on one wall.
Where should you hang farmhouse wall art?
A. You can hang farmhouse wall art in nearly any room. This design style is welcoming and friendly, making it appropriate for the kitchen, the living room and even the bathroom.
What’s the best farmhouse wall art to buy?
Top farmhouse wall art
Laurel Foundry Modern Farmhouse White Flower Jars by Portfolio Dogwood – Graphic Art on Canvas
What you need to know: Bring a feeling of serenity into your home with this print featuring floral bouquets in muted tones.
What you’ll love: This soft, delicate print depicts flower arrangements in three jars that are all contained in a wooden crate. It’s perfect for hanging in the living room or in a bedroom.
What you should consider: Some buyers noticed a few differences between the colors and design of the print online and in-person. Additionally, customers who opted to buy the framed version were disappointed by the cheap quality of the frame.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Top farmhouse wall art for the money
Primitives by Kathy Rustic-Inspired Wall Shelf, Metal and Wood Wall Art
What you need to know: Made of metal and wood, this piece conveys the rustic charm that’s characteristic of the farmhouse design style.
What you’ll love: This wall art consists of a round metal tub, lightly distressed to achieve a more rustic effect. It has a single wood shelf mounted on the back of the tub. This piece doubles as wall art and a place to display items.
What you should consider: A handful of buyers felt this was too small, and it was difficult to find anything small enough to fit on the shelf.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Gracie Oaks Midwest Windmill by Scott Medwetz ― Wrapped Canvas Print
What you need to know: This moody yet appealing photograph on canvas print will add an artistic touch to your farmhouse decor scheme.
What you’ll love: It depicts a windmill set against an overcast sky, creating an understated sense of beauty. The sepia tones keep the design streamlined while enhancing its impact. It’s also made of canvas, so it’s quite durable.
What you should consider: At least one buyer struggled to coordinate the sepia color scheme with the other decor in their home.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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Govt to reveal the cause of Oulanyah death tomorrow
What you need to know:
- The government has linked the cause of death of the former Speaker to cancer but has not specified the exact type.
Details about the exact cause of death of the former Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah will be released tomorrow at the State funeral at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala, Health minister Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed.
Oulanyah passed away on March 20 at the University of Washington Medical Centre, US where he had been taken to receive specialised medical care.
The government linked the cause of death to cancer but did not specify the exact type.
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The government’s position also contradicts that of Oulanyah’s father, Mr Nathan Okori, who said his son was poisoned.
While addressing mourners at the Sunday night vigil at Oualnyah’s home in Muyenga, Kampala, Dr Aceng said: “Whenever I stand up here, people expect me to give the report concerning Oulanyah’s death. We shall do that on Wednesday at Kololo.”
She added that the former Speaker was accorded the best medical care but God chose to give him rest.
“The Lord saw that he had done his work and he needed relief and so He took him home and we are grateful,” Dr Aceng said.
Before he was taken to the US for specialised care in February, Oulanyah was admitted to Mulago hospital, according to information from the government.
“There was a group of 15 doctors that we set to look after him. They were led by Dr Jackson Orem, the executive director of Uganda Cancer Institute. There were many renowned physicians and many haematologists who took care of him and it was from there that we planned his journey to Seattle,” Ms Aceng said.
However, the medical referral which Information minister Chris Baryomunsi two weeks ago described as unavoidable, attracted protests from a section of Ugandans who demanded that government improve the quality of health care in the country to curb spending on such trips.
Many government officials including Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo said Oulanyah was also not willing to go for medical care.
The government reportedly paid Shs1.7b for Oulanyah’s chartered flight to the US, excluding what was spent on medical treatment.
Dr Aceng said earlier that Oulanyah did not get the actual treatment he was taken to the US to receive because he died as doctors were still trying to stabilise him.
His death was eventually announced by President Museveni on March 20 and his body was repatriated last Friday.
Speaking to mourners last week, Justice Owiny-Dollo said elders will gather after the Friday burial to address controversies around the exact cause of Oulanyah’s death. He had earlier said Oulanyah had cancer.
“Today, even young children go to the radio and talk about death. The issue of death is not for children, but for elders,” Justice Dollo told mourners in Kampala on Friday night.
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BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges in front of a tribunal like the one established at Nuremberg after World War II.
Over the past few days, grisly images of what appeared to be intentional killings of civilians carried out by Russian forces in Bucha and other towns before they withdrew from the outskirts of Kyiv have caused a global outcry and led Western nations to expel scores of Moscow’s diplomats and propose further sanctions, including a ban on coal imports from Russia.
Zelenskyy, speaking via video from Ukraine to U.N. diplomats, said that civilians had been tortured, shot in the back of the head, thrown down wells, blown up with grenades in their apartments and crushed to death by tanks while in cars.
“They cut off limbs, cut their throats. Women were raped and killed in front of their children,” he said. He asserted that people’s tongues were pulled out “only because their aggressor did not hear what they wanted to hear from them.”
Zelenskyy said that both those who carried out the killings and those who gave the orders “must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes” in front of a tribunal similar to what was used in postwar Germany.
Moscow’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said that while Bucha was under Russian control, “not a single local person has suffered from any violent action.” Reiterating what the Kremlin has contended for days, he said that video footage of bodies in the streets was “a crude forgery” staged by the Ukrainians.
“You only saw what they showed you,” he said. “The only ones who would fall for this are Western dilettantes.”
As Zelenskyy spoke to the diplomats, survivors of the monthlong Russian occupation took investigators to body after body of townspeople allegedly shot down by troops. Others simply surveyed the destruction.
In Borodyanka, northwest of Kyiv, 25-year-old, Dmitriy Yevtushkov searched the rubble of apartment buildings and found that only a photo album remained from his family’s home. In the besieged southern city of Mykolaiv, a passerby stopped briefly to look at the bright blossoms of a shattered flower stand lying among bloodstains, the legacy of a Russian shell that killed nine. The onlooker sketched out the sign of the cross in the air, and moved on.
Associated Press journalists in Bucha have counted dozens of corpses in civilian clothes and interviewed Ukrainians who told of witnessing atrocities. Also, high-resolution satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies showed that many of the bodies had been lying in the open for weeks, during the time that Russian forces were in the town.
The dead in Bucha included a pile of six charred bodies, as witnessed by AP journalists. It was not clear who they were or under what circumstances they died. One body was probably that of a child, said Andrii Nebytov, head of police in the Kyiv region. A gunshot wound to the head was visible on one.
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court at The Hague opened an investigation a month ago into possible war crimes in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy stressed that Bucha was only one place and that there are more with similar horrors — a warning echoed by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
Stoltenberg, meanwhile, warned that in pulling back from the capital, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military is regrouping its forces in order to deploy them to eastern and southern Ukraine for a “crucial phase of the war.” Russia’s stated goal currently is control of the Donbas, the largely Russian-speaking industrial region in the east that includes the shattered port city of Mariupol.
“Moscow is not giving up its ambitions in Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said.
While both Ukrainian and Russian representatives sent optimistic signals following their latest round of talks a week ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow won’t accept a Ukrainian demand that a prospective peace deal include an immediate pullout of troops followed by a Ukrainian referendum on the agreement.
In televised remarks Tuesday, Lavrov said a new deal would have to be negotiated if the vote failed, and “we don’t want to play such cat and mouse.”
Ukrainian officials said that the bodies of at least 410 civilians have been found in towns around Kyiv that were recaptured from Russian forces and that a “torture chamber” was discovered in Bucha.
Zelenskyy told the Security Council there was “not a single crime” that Russian troops hadn’t committed in Bucha.
“The Russian military searched for and purposefully killed anyone who served our country. They shot and killed women outside their houses when they just tried to call someone who is alive. They killed entire families, adults and children, and they tried to burn the bodies,” he said. They used tanks to crush civilians “just for their pleasure,” he said.
On Tuesday, police and other investigators walked the silent streets of Bucha. Survivors who hid in their homes during the Russian occupation of the town, many of them past middle age, wandered past charred tanks and jagged window panes with plastic bags of food and other humanitarian aid. Red Cross workers checked in on intact homes.
Many of the dead seen by AP journalists appeared to have been shot at close range, and some had their hands bound or their flesh burned.
The AP and the PBS series “Frontline” have jointly verified at least 90 incidents during the war that appear to violate international law. The War Crimes Watch Ukraine project is looking into apparent targeted attacks as well as indiscriminate ones.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the images from Bucha revealed “not the random act of a rogue unit” but “a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities.” He said the reports of atrocities were “more than credible.”
“Only non-humans are capable of this,” said Angelica Chernomor, a refugee from Kyiv who crossed into Poland with her two children and saw the photos from Bucha. “Even if people live under a totalitarian regime, they must retain feelings, dignity, but they do not.”
Chernomor is among the more than 4 million Ukrainians who have fled the country in the wake of the Feb. 24 invasion.
Russia has rejected similar accusations of atrocities in the past by accusing its enemies of forging photos and video and using so-called crisis actors.
As Western leaders condemned the killings in Bucha, Romania, Italy, Spain and Denmark expelled dozens of Russian diplomatson Tuesday, following moves by Germany and France. Hundreds of Russian diplomats have been sent home since the start of the invasion, many accused of being spies.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the expulsions a “short-sighted” measure that would complicate communication and warned they would be met with “reciprocal steps.”
The U.S., in coordination with the European Union and Group of Seven nations, will roll out more sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, including a ban on all new investment in the country, a senior administration official said, speaking on condition to discuss the upcoming announcement.
Also, the EU’s executive branch proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia, in what would be the first time the 27-nation bloc has sanctioned the country’s lucrative energy industry over the war. The coal imports amount to an estimated 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) per year.
Just hours before the latest proposal was announced, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that to prevent “new Buchas,” the West must impose the “mother of all sanctions” — on Russian oil and gas.
“A few months of tightening your belts are worth thousands of saved lives,” he said.
But Western nations are divided over how far to go. While some are calling for a boycott of Russian oil and gas, Germany and others fear that such a move could plunge the continent into a severe economic crisis.
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Lederer reported from the United Nations. Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Ukraine, and Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded over $160 million worth of drugs in South Florida last Friday, according to a statement.
The Coast Guard said Cutter Dauntless seized around 8,500 pounds or 4.5 tons of cocaine as it patrolled the Caribbean Sea.
Thirteen drug smugglers from the Dominican Republic and Colombia were arrested in the patrol, according to the USCG statement.
“The Coast Guard’s strong international partnerships, counter threats in the maritime domain, protect each of our countries from transnational organized crime, and work to stabilize and promote good governance in the region,” said, Lt. Paul Puddington, a District Seven duty enforcement officer. “We are thankful for coordinated efforts across the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Defense, Customs and Border Protection, as well as our international partners from the Netherlands and throughout Central and South America.”
After dropping off the narcotic, the Dauntless headed back to its homeport in Pensacola.
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(The Hill) – Move over, Jack — baseball fans can soon line up to buy some peanuts and Cracker Jill, as the iconic gametime snack launches “a new face” to recognize women in sports.
The caramel-coated popcorn maker, Frito-Lay, announced the addition of Cracker Jill on Tuesday, saying the move was aimed at celebrating “the women who break down barriers in sports.”
Bags of Cracker Jill will be available at concession stands at ballparks around the country, and to fans who donate at least $5 to the nonprofit Women’s Sports Foundation on the snack’s website.
As part of the new nibble’s launch, the more than 125-year-old brand released an “updated” version of the seventh inning stretch classic, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” belted out by singer Normani.
In the tune, Normani sings, “Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jill. No one can stop you if you have the will.”
The former Fifth Harmony member said she was proud to join “a campaign entrenched in inclusivity and empowerment because it’s vital for young girls to see themselves represented and join in on the celebration of the achievements made by the women before them.”
“We are constantly inspired by the many women who are making history by breaking the mold, and we want to celebrate their achievements while supporting the progress,” Tina Mahal, Frito-Lay North America’s vice president of marketing, said in a statement.
“Cracker Jack has been part of sports for over a century, as records were made and rules changed,” Mahal said. “We’ve been so inspired by how girls and women are changing the face of the game, so in this spirit we introduce Cracker Jill to show girls that they’re represented even in our most iconic snacks.”
The company also announced a $200,000 donation to the Women’s Sports Foundation.
The images of Jill for the packages of the peanut-filled products were created by artist Monica Ahanonu. Frito-Lay said the five different versions of Jill on the bags were “inspired by the most represented ethnicities” in the United States, according to Census Bureau data.
While Cracker Jill’s debut was timed to coincide with this year’s baseball season, Frito-Lay said the intention is for “Jill to continue to join Sailor Jack as a member of the team roster and part of the brand ethos.”
The addition of “Jill” comes as several brands have highlighted inclusivity while updating the images of their most recognizable female characters.
Earlier this year, M&Ms announced its candy characters — including the “Green M&M” — would be getting fresh looks with more “nuanced personalities.” Disneyland Paris also unveiled a new outfit for Minnie Mouse — a pantsuit — which designer Stella McCartney called a “symbol of progress for a new generation.”
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Auckland Transport Adopts HPE GreenLake for Advanced Analytics to Promote Public Safety
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that Auckland Transport has selected HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to deliver an AI-enhanced video feed to optimize transport routes, promote public transportation, and support decision-making for law enforcement.
Auckland Transport is responsible for the region’s transport services including roads, footpaths, public transport, and parking. Its day-to-day activities keep Auckland’s transport systems moving and works to address traffic congestion, encourage more people to use public transportation, and keep citizens safe on roads and in public spaces.
Previously, Auckland Transport used 2500 cameras to monitor the city for safety issues creating an ever-increasing amount of data. Auckland Transport was using aging technology, and the ongoing costs of maintenance and outsourced management of the platform were significant. The expansive system was complex, difficult to upgrade, and nearing its end of life.
Auckland Transport needed a cost-effective solution that would enhance productivity and automation as well as encourage more people to use public transport which had been significantly disrupted with the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We use the data to convert people to public transport. We know how long it takes to get from point A to point B by car and we let people know that they can get there twice as fast on the bus,” said Roger Jones, Executive General Manager, Business Technology for Auckland Transport.
Auckland Transport transitioned its video management system (VMS) to the Qumulo File Data Platform on a HPE Apollo 4200 Gen10 server running on the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform, resulting in a 41% rack space reduction – from 68 rack units spread across three racks, to 40 rack units in two racks, HPE GreenLake Management Services monitor and operate its VMS.
With a VMS two-thirds of the size of the original footprint, Auckland Transport has achieved a 37% decrease in energy consumption and reduced power and cooling costs, without compromising the system’s capacity to handle unstructured data in the exabyte realm.
The modern, unified solution allows Auckland Transport to avoid upfront IT costs and enables customers to pay only for what is used, while a single, intuitive dashboard reports in real time transport flow, consumption and congestion rate, and compute and storage trends. This data is vital for forecasting and planning to enable people to move seamlessly and safely around Auckland city.
In addition, the new solution allows Auckland Transport to increase its camera usage, making parking officers’ jobs more effective and efficient.
"We’re excited to work with Auckland Transport and deliver a unified, cost-effective solution that uses AI to keep people safe and support their mobility,” said Colin Henderson, Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise NZ.
"This is a perfect example of the combined power of HPE Solutions with Qumulo. Our carefully selected configurations are optimized for price, performance, and capacity requirements to deliver unstructured file data at massive scale and unmatched performance,” said Ben Gitenstein, Vice President of Product at Qumulo.
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About HPE GreenLake
The HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform enables customers to accelerate data-first modernization and provides over 50 cloud services that can run on-premises, at the edge, in a colocation facility, and in the public cloud. In Q1 2022, HPE reported Annual Recurring Revenue of $798 million and as-a-service orders growth of 136 percent year-over-year. In April 2022, with the onboarding of Aruba customers, HPE will add over 120,000 customers to the HPE GreenLake platform. The scalable, pay-as-you go HPE GreenLake platform also delivers robust security, compliance, and control, and supports a broad partner ecosystem – including channel partners, distributors, independent software vendors, service providers, system integrators, and public cloud providers. For more information on HPE GreenLake, please visit: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/greenlake.html
About Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) is the global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere. Built on decades of reimagining the future and innovating to advance the way people live and work, HPE delivers unique, open and intelligent technology solutions as a service. With offerings spanning Cloud Services, Compute, High Performance Computing & AI, Intelligent Edge, Software, and Storage, HPE provides a consistent experience across all clouds and edges, helping customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance. For more information, visit: www.hpe.com
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Labor has promised $400 million worth of improvements to non-metro mobile coverage, should it win office at the next federal election.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese and communications spokesperson Michelle Rowland announced yesterday that the funds would support better coverage on roadways, and to regional homes and businesses.
A $20 million coverage audit would be the first stage of the process “to establish an evidence baseline to guide future priorities” the party’s announcement said.
As an information-gathering exercise, the ALP says Australia Post vehicles will be fitted with mobile signal measuring devices, and a Labor government will launch consultations with Infrastructure Australia and the community.
The party promises $200 million for “place-based connectivity projects” under the regional connectivity program.
Such projects could include improved mobile voice and data coverage, targeted fibre deployments, and better microwave and fibre backhaul in rural and regional locations.
There will also be $30 million for better on-farm coverage. This, Labor said, will improve safety and support sensor and connected machinery deployment.
The Regional Tech Hub will have $6 million of extra funding to “serve as a trusted intermediary and source of free and independent advice”.
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers again will be without star LeBron James as they try to stave off playoff elimination.
James has been ruled out for Tuesday night's game against the Phoenix Suns because of a sprained left ankle. He also sat out on Sunday night after scoring 38 points on Friday.
Another one of the Lakers' stars — forward Anthony Davis — is listed as questionable with a sprained right foot.
LA has lost six straight games and has a 31-47 record. They're two games behind the San Antonio Spurs for the final spot in the Western Conference play-in tournament.
If the Lakers lose to the Suns on Tuesday and the Spurs beat the Nuggets, the Lakers will be officially eliminated from the postseason.
The Suns have already clinched the top spot in the Western Conference with a 62-16 record. Phoenix also eliminated the Lakers from last year's playoffs, beating them in six games in the first round.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WIVB) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that two New York residents, including a Buffalo man, were sentenced for selling fake IDs on the darknet.
Evan Hayes, 28, of Buffalo and Andrea Alessandrini, 34, who’s originally from Italy, were sentenced for selling and conspiring to transfer false identification documents on numerous darknet marketplaces. Hayes pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on Nov. 16, 2020 and Alessandrini pleaded guilty on July 12, 2021.
Alessandrini was sentenced to 20 months in prison April 5, 2021 for creating a vendor account on the marketplaces to sell various fake documents. Hayes was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for producing and mailing most of the documents. The case was investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
According to the Department of Justice, court documents revealed the pair sold over 300 fake New York IDs, four social security cards, 15 false birth certificates, 28 state ID card holograms, an ATM skimmer and 410 “farmed” identity packages, meaning they were stolen or fraudulently produced, from at least May 2015 to October 2017, in exchange for cryptocurrency.
The Department of Justice reported that in that time period, the pair conducted between $250,000 and $400,000 worth of transactions on one site alone. The U.S. seized evidence concerning the sale of the documents, which has reportedly been shared with other law enforcement agencies for use in additional investigations.
The U.S. is said to have forfeited the proceeds of the sales, including about $134,881 in cash, 14.78 bitcoins, 285 ounces of silver, four ounces of gold and 22 prepaid gift cards, though it was not made clear as to whom the proceeds were forfeitted.
Adam Duke is a digital producer who has been part of the News 4 team since 2021. See more of his work here.
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Elon Musk has a seat on Twitter’s board of directors, right after revealing himself as the largest shareholder in the social media company.
The announcement instantly sparked rumors of change, as Twitter users speculated on how the world’s wealthiest man might influence the platform.
Musk has been questioning Twitter’s moderation policies for weeks, and at one point, even claimed to be considering starting his own social media platform to rival Twitter (this strategy didn’t work out for Donald Trump, who doesn’t even use his own platform, Truth Social).
Musk seems openly determined to make changes, under the guise of democracy. On March 25, 11 days after becoming Twitter’s largest shareholder, Musk tweeted a poll, asking his followers, “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?” Musk added in a follow-up tweet: “The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.”
After revealing his new position on the board of directors, Musk polled his followers again, asking if Twitter should add an edit button, intentionally including spelling errors to underline his point - this time, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal noted that the poll would have important consequences. With the majority of Musk’s Twitter followers being made up of simpering Tesla fans, the results of these polls might be more than a little skewed.
A Twitter edit button has long been the subject of debate for Twitter users, as the potential for bad-faith trolling that an edit button would invite might be too much for the chaotic platform, as users would be likely to be able to edit the meaning of tweets after they have gone viral.
An edit button, however, could be just the beginning, as Musk’s ascension to the board has many Twitter users concerned that the changes the billionaire has planned could be detrimental to the quality of conversation on the site (which, frankly, has never been great).
While Musk identifies as a “free-speech absolutist,” the billionaire is notoriously thin-skinned, famously slandering a cave explorer as “pedo guy” on Twitter, threatening critics with legal action, and reportedly firing employees who disagree with him. On Twitter, Musk has angrily responded to The Onion, after the satirical news site mocked him (amusingly, The Onion has since doubled down).
For Musk’s ever-impressed fanbase, however, the news was seen as uplifting; Musk’s new position even inspired fans of former President Donald Trump, who instantly began campaigning for Trump to return to the platform, which he was famously banned from after tweeting about the January 6th riot.
Other users called for the return of The Babylon Bee, the satirical news site that was suspended from Twitter in March, after misgendering Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine, remaining offline after refusing to remove the offending tweet.
The Babylon Bee jokes about gender and diversity from a socially conservative perspective, and often portrays Musk in an overwhelmingly positive light. Hence, Musk has voiced his enthusiastic approval for the site, and seems to miss its presence on Twitter.
Babylon Bee CEO, Seth Dillon, claims that Musk contacted him before his big purchase, wanting to know if the satirical site had really been banned. On Twitter, Dillon wrote:
“Musk reached out to us before he polled his followers about Twitter’s commitment to free speech. He wanted to confirm that we had, in fact, been suspended. He even mused on that call that he might need to buy Twitter. Now he’s the largest shareholder and has a seat on the board.”
It remains to be seen if Musk will prove as consequential as Twitter users believe, or if his new role will amount to just another publicity stunt from the notorious internet troll.
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Two men posed as workers to break into home
By KTRK Staff
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SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) — Two men were caught on camera posing as workers to break into a home in Sugar Land on Thursday, police said.
At about 7 p.m., a witness called police after seeing people in reflective vests enter the back yard of a home at the 6200 block of Falls Ridge Court and force their way into the door, investigators said.
Police say the suspects stole cash and other personal items from the home.
Surveillance video shows a silver, four-door Chevrolet sedan with dark tinted windows that police believe to be the getaway vehicle.
Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to call Fort Bend Crime Stoppers at (281) 342-TIPS.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday at a meeting that is certain to focus on what appear to be widespread deliberate killings of civilians by Russian troops.
The dead were discovered after the withdrawal of Russian forces from a town on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, and have sparked global outrage and vehement denials from the Russian government that it was responsible.
The United Kingdom, which holds the council presidency this month, announced late Monday that Zelenskyy would speak at the open meeting called for Tuesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy is to address the U.N.’s most powerful body virtually after it receives briefings from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, his political chief Rosemary DiCarlo, and U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who is trying to arrange an immediate humanitarian cease-fire and met with senior Russian officials in Moscow on Monday and will shortly be heading to Ukraine.
Videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some with their hands tied behind their back, have led to global revulsion, calls for tougher sanctions on Russia and its suspension from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body, the Human Rights Council.
According to Ukraine’s prosecutor-general, Iryna Venediktova, the bodies of 410 civilians have been removed from Bucha and other Kyiv-area towns that were recently retaken from Russian troops.
Associated Press journalists have reported seeing dozens of bodies in various spots around Bucha, northwest of the capital. The bodies included a group of nine in civilian clothes who appeared to have been shot at close range. At least two had their hands tied behind their backs. A bag of spilled groceries was near one of the dead.
Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused Ukraine and the West on Monday of “a false flag attempt” to blame Russian troops for atrocities in Bucha that he charged were committed by Ukrainian nationalists. He called video of bodies lying in the streets “a crude forgery,” and insisted that during the time that Bucha was under Russian control, “not a single local person has suffered from any violent action.”
At a news conference, the Russian ambassador showed brief video footage of the smiling mayor of Bucha on March 31 calling the withdrawal of Russian forces a victory of the Ukrainian army and never mentioning “any mass atrocities, dead bodies, killings, graves or anything like that.” He also showed footage from Ukrainian television on April 2 showing Ukrainian soldiers entering Bucha, with “no dead bodies in the streets.”
He said Russia would present further “factual evidence” to the Security Council on Tuesday.
Nebenzia was asked whether he believed videos of Ukrainian family members speaking about the deaths of loved ones killed by Russian troops were also faked. He responded: “This is warfare. In warfare anything happens. You cannot exclude that civilians are dying. That is a sad fact of life.”
But he again charged that the Bucha videos were “staged.”
Britain’s U.N. ambassador, Barbara Woodward, called the images from Bucha “harrowing, appalling, probable evidence of war crimes and possibly a genocide,” and she said the Security Council needs “to think about how we deal with that.”
The council remains paralyzed on taking any action on Ukraine because Russia as one of its five permanent members has veto power. But the 193-member General Assembly, where there are no vetoes, has condemned Russia’s invasion and demanded an immediate cessation of hostilities, withdrawal of Russian forces and protection for civilians.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced Monday that the United States will soon introduce a General Assembly resolution that would suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body, the 57-nation Human Rights Council, saying there are increasing signs that it committed war crimes in Ukraine. The council is based in Geneva but its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly.
Thomas-Greenfield told NPR late Monday that the U.S. plans to seek a vote “as soon as possible this week, and possibly as early as Thursday.”
Any resolution to suspend Russia’s membership rights would require support from two-thirds of member countries that vote “yes” or “no.” Assembly resolutions are not legally binding — unlike Security Council resolutions — but they do have clout as a reflection of global opinion.
Russia had sought an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss Bucha on Monday afternoon, but Woodward told reporters that with Tuesday’s council meeting already scheduled “we didn’t see a good reason to have two meetings back-to-back on Ukraine.”
Nebenzia was asked if the U.S.-led effort to suspend Russia from the rights council and Britain’s refusal to hold an emergency Security Council meeting Monday at Russia’s request would affect talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
“This will not facilitate or encourage, or be helpful, to what is happening between Russian and Ukrainian peace talks,” Nebenzia said.
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AP PHOTOS on Day 41: Buildings in ruin, bodies found
A Ukraine resident searches for belongings in the rubble of an apartment building.
A widow visits a graveyard in Lviv where her soldier husband was buried, surrounded by fresh flowers and grave sites. Elsewhere, mourners bury another soldier, who leaves behind a wife and two young children.
In Bucha, where graphic evidence of killings and torture has emerged following the withdrawal of Russian troops, residents line up for humanitarian aid. Soldiers gather civilians´ bodies from a burned out truck. A mass grave in a churchyard holds bodies wrapped in plastic.
The images coming out of Ukraine, particularly from the town of Bucha, have led to demands for war crime prosecutions against Russia.
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A resident looks for belongings in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Tetiana Rurak, 25-year-old widow Oleksandra Rurak, visits her soldier husband Volodymyr Rurak's, grave with her daughter, after he was killed in action, at the Lychakiv cemetery, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Local residents get volunteers' humanitarian aid in Bucha close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian soldiers recover the remains of four killed civilians from inside a charred vehicle in Bucha, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A cat sits in a box where ammunitions are kept, in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A man exits a damaged pharmacy following a bombing that killed several civilians, in Mykolaiv Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A Ukrainian serviceman walks on an abandoned Russian army tank in Andriivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Relatives and friends stand near the coffin of Ukrainian serviceman Anatoly German during a funeral ceremony in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Anatoly German was killed during fightings between Russian and Ukrainian forces near the city of Severodonetsk. He leaves a wife, daughter Adelina, 9, son Kirill, 3. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
Journalists report next to a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A woman walks by a house destroyed while her village was occupied by Russian troops in Andriivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A woman stands next to three people killed in the courtyard of a house in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People walk by an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
People light candles forming the shape of Ukraine's map, in memory of those who have died, in front of the Taras Shevchenko monument, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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Stop delaying sugar reduction report, health organisations tell Government
A group of 40 health groups and academics have called on the Government to release a delayed report into one of its flagship sugar reduction strategies following a recent increase in obesity prevalence among primary school children.
The sugar reduction report, which was due to be published last year, is expected to provide further evidence of the success of the soft drinks industry levy since its introduction four years ago today, while also exposing a “dismaying lack of progress” in most other product categories covered by the voluntary reduction programme, the campaigners said.
The group, which includes the Obesity Health Alliance, British Heart Foundation, Royal Society for Public Health and the British Dental Association, have written to Health Secretary Sajid Javid calling on the Government to stop delaying publication of the final report.
In the letter, the organisations point to the “very worrying” recent increase in obesity prevalence among primary school children and the urgency of addressing increasing health disparities which have been exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic.
They argue that evidence from the final report is vital to inform the next steps in mandating further industry-wide reform towards healthier food and drink.
Barbara Crowther, children’s food campaign co-ordinator at Sustain, said: “This report is already six months overdue, and with childhood obesity prevalence rising sharply, we should not be wasting any more time.
The sugar reduction report was due to be published last year (PA)
“We believe it will reveal the industry leaders and laggards on sugar reduction, and where further mandatory mechanisms need to be targeted.
“It’s crystal clear that when the Government legislates, as it did with the soft drinks industry levy, much faster and deeper progress occurs. We hope the Government will mark this anniversary by committing to publish the final sugar reduction report without any further delay.”
The soft drinks industry levy, which came into force on April 6 2018, removed 48,000 metric tonnes of sugar per year from soft drinks from 2015 to 2019, according to the previous 2020 interim sugar reduction report.
Independent academic evaluations suggest the levy has delivered a 30g per household per week decline in sugar consumed in soft drinks, with the largest effects seen in lowest income households who are disproportionately exposed to risks leading to poor health and being overweight.
The sugar reduction programme, which was one of the key strategies along with the soft drinks levy launched under former prime minister Theresa May’s government, set out to slash sugar levels by 20% across a raft of products high in fat, salt and sugar in the main categories consumed by children by 2021.
However, the voluntary programme was plunged into crisis when the last update, in 2020, revealed some categories had seen “little or no progress”, while others had seen massive increases in sugar levels.
Some categories, such as chocolate and sweet confectionery, had seen sugar levels virtually unchanged, while increased sales had led to a massive increase in the volume of sugar sold.
Anna Taylor, executive director of The Food Foundation, said: “The soft drinks levy has been hugely successful in reducing the amount of sugar we drink, but we are still seeing soaring levels of childhood obesity.
“With rising food and fuel prices, the Government needs to urgently look at what it can do to drive reformulation across other food categories and rebalance the price of shopping baskets to ensure that healthier options, including fruit and vegetables, are affordable for everyone.
“Without this action, the obesity situation is likely to get significantly worse over the coming months.”
The delay to the report comes as campaigners and retailers also urge the Government to publish its promised response to Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy, which came out last summer.
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WTA roundup: Belinda Bencic survives, Sloane Stephens falls in Charleston
No. 10 seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland rallied from a set down to defeat China's Xiyu Wang 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 Tuesday in the first round of the Credit One Charleston Open in Charleston, S.C.
Bencic fell behind 3-0 and 5-2 in the second-set tiebreaker before ripping off the final five points to avoid a straight-sets defeat. She saved three of five break points and won 44 of 60 (73.3 percent) first-service points en route to victory in two hours, 26 minutes.
Sloane Stephens was on the wrong end of a similar result. The American 13th seed fell to Qinwen Zheng of China 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. Stephens, the 2016 Charleston champion, saved 10 of 16 break points but could not match Zheng's 84.8 percent success rate on first-service points (28 of 33).
Poland's Magda Linette and the U.S.'s Coco Vandeweghe both won three-setters in two hours, 28 minutes. Linette defeated American Katie Volynets 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) while Vandeweghe beat Russia's Anastasia Gasanova 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Two matches were suspended and the night session was canceled due to inclement weather and the possibility of a tornado in the Charleston area. Ukraine's Katarina Zavatska was beating third seed Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 2-3 in a second-round match, and No. 14 seed Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia was leading Sophie Chang of the U.S. 7-5, 4-4 in a first-round duel.
Copa Colsanitas
Top seed Camila Osorio of Colombia escaped an upset bid when Ylena In-Albon of Switzerland retired in the third set of their first-round match at Bogota, Colombia. Osorio advanced 7-6 (4), 2-6, 2-2 (ret.).
While Osorio lived to see another day, four other seeded players lost. No. 4 seed Panna Udvardy of Hungary fell to Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska 7-5, 6-1. Yastremska made headlines in March when she reached the final at Lyon, France, shortly after escaping Russia's invasion of her home country.
Colombia's Yuliana Lizarazo pleased the home crowd with a 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2 upset of sixth seed Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia that lasted two hours, 43 minutes. Seventh seed Astra Sharma of Australia also lost in three sets, with Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands prevailing 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.
Elina Avanesyan of Russia dismantled eighth seed Harriet Dart of Great Britain 6-1, 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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Spalding Horse and Pony Club closer to securing funding to help replace storage shed damaged in cyclone Seroja
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Federal Reserve Bank reports the last three months of 2021 brought the largest quarterly increase in credit card balance since data first became available 22 years ago.
According to the report, that number increased by $52 billion. People in the United States love their credit cards, but probably don’t love the debt that can come from them if they can’t make their full payments each month.
“I think the most obvious disadvantage of using a credit card is overextending yourself and I think a lot of people have gotten themselves in those predicaments,” said Mike Macco, the president of Macco Financial Group, Inc. in Green Bay.
Macco said that credit cards are good for people who can be disciplined with their spending and make sure they make their payments each month.
“People need to be honest with themselves and if they’re prone to that impulsivity either choose to not have credit cards or put freezes on their credit that puts a real significant barrier so there’s some extra steps involved if they wanted to apply for a credit card,” said Macco.
Not paying your credit card in full each month means interest begins to accrue on your purchases. That’s where people start to get into trouble.
He said an advantage of using a credit card is that people can bridge the gap between when they actually get paid and when they need to buy things.
Over at the Salvation Army in Appleton, officials there offer resources for clients with questions about their finances. Through a program called ‘Pathways of Hope’ clients can learn about everything from how to do their taxes to tips on how to avoid credit card debt.
“At first it feels like I have to do it because how else am I going to pay for rent or food, but then you start not being able to make payments,” said Knudtson describing what her clients face.
She said the Salvation Army encourages its clients to be careful with credit card spending.
“You don’t have to grocery shop if you’re putting it on your credit card because the Salvation Army has a pantry that you can come and get food in,” said Knudtson.
Macco says that a lot of people can work their way out of credit card debt with small changes to their spending habits. For those who can’t do that, he suggests calling your credit card company, which can usually lead to them issuing a payment plan. However, he does caution that this will impact your credit score.
Declaring for bankruptcy is another, obviously undesirable, option that can help somebody restructure or wipe away their debt. Of course, declaring bankruptcy would really hurt a person’s credit score.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two former investment executives arrested in Japan were sentenced Tuesday to five years in a U.S. prison for their roles in what federal authorities called a $1.5 billion international Ponzi scheme with 10,000 victims in the U.S. and abroad.
Junzo Suzuki and his son, Paul Suzuki, apologized to the judge, their family and their victims before each was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to five years in prison and three years of supervised release, according to court records and their attorney, Richard Wright.
The father-son defendants pleaded guilty in January to one count of wire fraud and avoided trial on 15 federal fraud charges. Prosecutors have compared the case involving Las Vegas-based MRI International Inc. with the biggest-ever U.S. fraud cases.
U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro scheduled a June 28 hearing at which the government, defense attorneys and lawyers for victims will focus on a possible $141 million in restitution.
Junzo Suzuki, 73, has been a legal permanent resident of the U.S. but will face deportation following his prison term, according to court documents. He has multiple health issues and has been on pretrial release since April 2020 due to the potential exposure to COVID-19 behind bars. He is due to surrender for prison July 8.
Paul Suzuki, 43, is a U.S. citizen, but has been in custody since the two men were arrested in Japan in January 2019. Navarro said he can be allowed to live with family in Japan while he serves his three years of supervised release.
The two were arrested in Japan just two months after a federal jury in Las Vegas found their co-defendant, Edwin Fujinaga, guilty of 20 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
Fujinaga, now 75, is serving a 50-year U.S. prison sentence.
Prosecutors told jurors that from about 2009 to early 2013, Fujinaga ran a Las Vegas operation that told Japanese investors they were buying claims from a medical collection business, according to court documents.
He was found guilty of using new investors’ money to pay off previous investors and spending the lavishly on a Las Vegas golf course mansion, a private jet, luxury cars and real estate in California wine country, Beverly Hills and Hawaii.
Junzo Suzuki was MRI International’s executive vice president and Paul Suzuki managed Tokyo operations. Prosecutors said that when the Japanese government revoked MRI’s license to market securities in April 2013, the firm owed investors more than $1.5 billion.
Wright said his clients learned of the Ponzi scheme only about a year before it collapsed.
U.S. attorneys had compared Fujinaga's conviction with those of Bernard Madoff in 2009 in New York, Allen Stanford in 2012 in Houston, and Scott Rothstein in 2010 in Miami.
Madoff died in prison in April 2021 at age 82 while serving a 150-year sentence for bilking thousands of investors out of at least $20 billion.
Stanford, 72, is serving 110 years for a scheme involving more than $7 billion. Rothstein, 59, is serving 50 years in a $1.2 billion case.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little and other state officials on Tuesday highlighted one of the state’s largest-ever investments in behavioral health care.
The Republican governor in a ceremonial event that included Idaho Supreme Court justices and lawmakers marked the $50 million approved by the Legislature in a series of appropriations bills this year that Little has already signed into law.
“Our goal is to do intervention early enough to where these problems aren’t these big problems," Little said. "That we can recognize behavioral health issues early on and address those early, and that will lower the cost of everything. But most importantly, it will improve our quality of life here in Idaho.”
The money targets areas recommended by the Idaho Behavioral Health Council, comprised of members from all three branches of state government. The council has sought to improve access to mental health resources and improve outcomes.
“Our vision is that adults, children and their families who live with mental illness and addiction receive the behavioral health care services that they need when they need them,” said Republican Rep. Laurie Lickley, a council member.
The $50 million is spread over a handful of appropriations bills and passed with large margins, but with far right-wing lawmakers tending to vote against them. The money includes a mix of federal coronavirus relief funds as well as general fund money.
Little called it “a very successful passage of significant bills that will enhance the delivery of much-needed behavioral health services across the state.”
The ceremonial event was held in Boise at an Idaho Crisis and Suicide Hotline facility that will use $4.4 million to expand the 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in Idaho.
Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in Idaho, and the state's 23.2 deaths per 100,000 in 2020 made it the fifth-worst in the nation, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Another $6 million will be used to explore a new model, called the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, to improve access and quality of behavioral health services in the state. Recovery centers will get an additional $900,000 to help people in recovery from mental health or substance abuse problems.
Idaho Supreme Court Justice John Stegner, who took part in the event, said a significant problem faced by the state is people with mental health issues getting caught up in the state's criminal court system, sometimes as a result of trying to self-medicate and adding a substance abuse problem.
“We're trying to differentiate between those that are criminally inclined and those that are mentally ill,” he said. “One of the problems with putting the mentally ill into the court system and into the jail is that they have worse outcomes than those who are not mentally ill. We are essentially dealing with the problem in the wrong fashion. That's one of the things that I'm optimistic about is that by trying to get help to people who are mentally ill now, before they interact with the criminal justice system, they will be dealt with in a way that is much more likely to have a positive outcome than if they were arrested and put into the criminal justice system.”
Three start-up grants totaling $15 million in one-time money will be awarded to three Idaho residential treatment facilities to transition to psychiatric residential care facilities and qualified residential treatment programs.
Another $2.5 million will be used in substance use disorder block grants for prevention work through the Office of Drug Policy, an office of the governor that leads the state's substance use and misuse policy and prevention efforts.
An additional $3 million will be used for community mental health block grants for a range of items that include early serious mental illness programs, crisis training, crisis beds for patients diagnosed with serious mental illness and developmental disabilities, and adverse childhood events training.
The money also includes $2.5 million for pre-prosecution grants and $500,000 for a test program involving interventions that address trauma.
The state is significantly bolstering its efforts to help juveniles with $6.5 million to establish safe teen reception centers for young people who have been arrested or have been determined to be delinquent. The centers could help juveniles avoid the state's juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Another $4.4million has been approved to establish youth crisis centers across the state.
“We have had a very successful model in the state of setting up adult crisis centers around the state,” said Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Dave Jeppesen. “But we don't have a model yet for juvenile, adolescent crisis centers."
Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections Director Monty Prow said the nearly $11 million in the two initiatives will help address prevention and intervention for youths as well as bolster treatment for those who need it.
“Society is so complicated,” Little said. “These kids have so many challenges that they didn’t even have 10 or 15 years ago. And the pandemic just accelerated a lot of these underlying problems that were there.”
Finally, the state controller's office is getting $2.5 million to help make sure that statewide behavioral health data is securely reported and quantified on a statewide level.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. appeals court ruling said a judge was wrong to deny class-action status to Hawaii female high school athletes suing over gender discrimination.
Their 2018 lawsuit said they were discriminated against because Campbell High School — Hawaii's largest public high school — didn't have a girls locker room. They also argued girls at the Ewa Beach school had inferior practice and game facilities compared to boys.
Monday's ruling by a panel of judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a U.S. judge's ruling in Hawaii that said the lawsuit failed to meet certain requirements for class action.
The panel said the district court failed to give appropriate weight to the large number of plaintiffs, which were expected to top 300. The ruling said that U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi also erred in not adequately considering future female athletes at the school.
“This case is still being actively litigated, and we are thus unable to provide a statement at this time,” Gary Yamashiroya, spokesperson for the Hawaii attorney general's office, which represents the state Department of Education, said Tuesday.
A lawyer representing the lawsuit's other defendant, Oahu Interscholastic Association, didn't immediately return a message seeking comment.
The ruling noted that female athletes at Campbell have no locker room, while male athletes have a large locker room near the athletic fields and that female athletes "must carry their athletic gear around with them all day and have resorted to changing in teachers’ closets, in the bathroom of the nearest Burger King, and even on the practice field, potentially in full view of bystanders.”
The lawsuit also said boys' sports programs are all well-equipped at Campbell, but the girls' water polo and soccer programs don't have adequate gear and facilities, and that coaches for girls' teams are generally paid less than boys' team coaches.
“Indeed, the complaint alleges that on multiple occasions, the girls’ water polo team lacked any access to a pool for practice, leaving them ‘no choice but to hold dry-land training sessions and open-ocean swim practices,'” the ruling said.
School administrators retaliated against the students who filed the lawsuit by threatening to cancel the girls' water polo program and by making the team needlessly resubmit paperwork, the lawsuit said.
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Hydra: How German police dismantled Russian darknet site
By Joe Tidy
Cyber reporter
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"It gave us all goosebumps" says Sebastian Zwiebel, as he recalls the moment his team shut down Hydra, the world's largest darknet marketplace.
The website was a bastion of cyber-crime, surviving for more than six years selling drugs and illegal goods.
But, after a tip-off, German police seized the site's servers and confiscated €23m (£16.7m) in Bitcoin.
"We've been working on this for months and when it finally happened it felt big - really big," adds Mr Zwiebel.
Police say 17 million customers and more than 19,000 seller accounts were registered on the marketplace, which now carries a police seizure notice.
Hydra specialised in same-day 'dead drop' services, where drug dealers (vendors) hide packages in public places before informing customers of the pick-up location.
Shortly after the German action was announced, the US Treasury issued sanctions against Hydra "in a coordinated international effort to disrupt proliferation of malicious cybercrime services, dangerous drugs, and other illegal offerings available through the Russia-based site."
In the past six months, many high-profile darknet markets have shut down but Hydra was seemingly impervious to police attempts to stop it.
The website launched in 2015 selling drugs, hacked materials, forged documents and illegal digital services such as Bitcoin-mixing - which cyber-criminals use to launder stolen or extorted digital coins.
The site was written in Russian, with sellers located in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and surrounding countries.
Mr Zweibel says the operation to close it down began with a tip-off which pointed to the possibility that the website infrastructure might be hosted in Germany.
"We got some hints through monitoring darknet activity from US officials. So we started in July or August last year to dig deeper and to investigate this field," he says.
It took many months to locate which firm might be hosting Hydra in Germany. Ultimately it was found to be a so-called 'bullet-proof hosting' company.
A bullet-proof hosting company is one that does not audit the websites or content it is hosting, and will happily host criminal websites and avoid police requests for information on customers.
Mr Zweibel says his investigators then took their evidence to a German judge to get permission to approach the server company and issue a takedown notice.
The company was forced to comply otherwise they too could have been arrested.
Visitors to the site are now greeted with a police poster saying "the platform and the criminal content has been seized".
Although celebrating their success, German authorities say they fear this won't be the end of the Hydra cyber-crime group, unless they can find and arrest them.
"We know they will find another way to do their business. They will probably try to build a new platform, and we will have to keep our eye on it. We don't know the perpetrators, so that's the next step," says Mr Zweibel.
The news comes during a turbulent time for darknet markets with the most prominent sites closing down in recent months, either voluntarily or as a result of police activity.
Many of the closures have come from criminals choosing to gradually bring their operations to a close, and disappear with their riches.
In January the administrators of UniCC, a darknet site selling stolen credit card details, retired, citing health reasons.
Voluntary closures also brought to an end the White House Market in October 2021, Cannazon in November and Torrez in December.
However, BBC research earlier this year revealed the most common way for darknet sites to close is via so-called 'exit scams' where the administrators voluntarily shut down the sites but steal their customer's funds in the process.
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Russell Martin praises Joel Piroe after Swansea win at Millwall
By PA Staff published
Swansea manager Russell Martin believes striker Joel Piroe has the mentality needed to score goals in the Championship after the forward’s strike helped his side beat Millwall 1-0 at The Den.
The Dutch star scored his 18th goal of the season in all competitions, with Swansea holding out for the win despite an onslaught of pressure from the hosts.
Swansea are now 14th, while the defeat brings Millwall’s seven-game unbeaten home run to an end and keeps them in 10th, four points off the play-offs.
Martin said: “If you wanted it to fall to anyone, it is him, he is so clinical with both feet, and he is a great technician.
“But the most important thing he has is the right mentality when he gets around the goal.
“He shows composure, he is calm, and he just focuses on his technique, something that all top strikers possess.
“That win was equally brilliant to the win on Saturday, but in a different way.
“After the emotional energy expended on Saturday, to back it up with a performance like that against a team which is in such good form is not easy.
“I really enjoyed it. I’m so grateful for the courage and intensity the players showed.
“I’m just feeling thankful for all of them and happy for them and for the supporters who came again in their numbers on a Tuesday night, considering the long, long journey.
“There was some beautiful football at times, and I am really, really pleased.”
In the 46th minute, the ball fell to in-form Swansea forward Piroe on the edge of the penalty area, and he did well to fire it into the back of Bartosz Bialkowski’s net with a low driven snapshot.
Gary Rowett’s side had several chances to snatch a draw, with the best falling to George Saville, but the ball sailed over the bar.
Rowett said: “I can’t be disappointed with the players, I can’t be frustrated with the players, I’m frustrated with the result.
“I think we have given everything we have got to get where we are, and we will continue to do it.
“We have got six games left, and we have got to try and win as many games as possible and just see what happens.
“I think it would be a lot more frustrating if we were sat in mid-table with nothing left to play for at this stage.
“I think we knew the top six was a massive challenge anyway.
“When you’re four points off it with a poor goal difference, you realise you need to win two more games than a lot of the teams.
“It is a challenge to do that because you are running out of games, so you need sides to have a wobble.”
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BBC climbs down on woke 'women' articles: News chiefs deleted phrase 'assigned female at birth' and also clarified a female serial killer had recently transitioned
- BBC executives intervened to tweak articles using 'assigned female at birth'
- Rhodri Talfan Davies requested word 'women' replace the original wording
- Strong reservations are being shared by senior BBC staff about such phrasing
Top BBC executives intervened to tweak an article written by a staffer who used the phrase 'assigned female at birth' to describe women.
Rhodri Talfan Davies, the BBC's director of nations, reportedly requested 'women' replace the phrase 'assigned female at birth' in a March 26 feature on endometriosis.
Initially the piece had described the 'heavy periods', 'debilitating pain' and 'infertility' that can affect one in 10 people who 'are assigned female at birth'. This was later tweaked to 'women'.
The Corporation's official explanation for making the change was because the journalist had interviewed two women, but stronger reservations was shared by senior BBC staff.
According to the Times, internal information show readers' complaints about the article increased after the phrasing was edited.
Top BBC executives intervened to tweak an article written by a staffer who used the phrase 'assigned female at birth' to describe women [File image]
Originally, the March 26 article said endometriosis affected one in 10 people 'of any age in the UK, who are assigned female at birth'. This has since been changed to 'women'
One insider told the Times: 'Management saw the language and thought the change was appropriate'.
A second source continued: 'I think management has woken up to this and if they're willing to take on idiots, that's good'.
Rhodri Talfan Davies, (above) the BBC's director of nations, reportedly requested 'women' replace the phrase 'assigned female at birth' in a March 26 feature about endometriosis
The piece about alleged murderer Harvey Marcelin, (above) from New York City, was amended after publication to reveal she was in fact male-bodied and had recently started identifying as the opposite sex
Another article was recently updated about a suspected serial killer to make clear she had only recently started identifying as a transgender woman.
The piece about alleged murderer Harvey Marcelin, from New York City, was amended after publication to reveal she was in fact male-bodied and had recently started identifying as the opposite sex.
Marcelin, who killed two women in 1963 and 1984, was charged with murder, criminal tampering of evidence and concealment of a human corpse.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia and TORONTO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - PT Sun Life Financial Indonesia (Sun Life Indonesia), a subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF), and PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk (CIMB Niaga; IDX: BNGA) announced today that they are deepening their existing partnership in Indonesia.
Sun Life Indonesia currently offers insurance solutions to CIMB Niaga customers through digital and out-of-branch channels. This new agreement makes Sun Life Indonesia the provider of insurance solutions to CIMB Niaga customers through all channels for a term of 15 years starting in January 2025. It also extends the term of the existing relationship by six (6) years to 2039.
This partnership combines Sun Life Indonesia's comprehensive range of insurance solutions and expert Client care across all life stages with CIMB Niaga's extensive distribution network of 427 branches serving seven (7) million customers across Indonesia. Established in 1955, CIMB Niaga is the second largest private bank by total assets in Indonesia as of December 31, 2021. Sun Life is also the exclusive bancassurance partner for CIMB Group in Malaysia.
The Indonesian market is the largest economy in Southeast Asia and offers significant growth potential, reflecting a young, emerging middle class with low insurance penetration rates. This deepening partnership will accelerate Sun Life's long-term strategy to grow its distribution capacity, supported by bancassurance. It will also enhance the value proposition for CIMB Niaga customers and provide them with a comprehensive range of protection and long-term savings solutions to address their evolving needs.
"We are delighted to deepen our regional partnership with CIMB to help millions more Clients in Indonesia achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives," said Ingrid Johnson, President of Sun Life Asia. "It will also extend Sun Life's reach in a market with tremendous potential for further growth with a partner that shares our focus on building a brighter, more sustainable future for Clients, employees and communities."
"We are pleased to deepen our partnership with Sun Life Indonesia. This partnership marks another step in CIMB Niaga's continued efforts to be the bank of choice for Indonesian consumers and businesses. CIMB Niaga and Sun Life Indonesia have highly complementary strengths and a shared focus on providing an extraordinary experience for our customers. Together, we foresee that this partnership will help us create significant lasting value for our customers and key stakeholders," said CIMB Niaga President Director Lani Darmawan.
"As one of Indonesia's leading banks, our customers rely on us to deliver best-in-class products and services. By deepening our partnership with Sun Life Indonesia, we are reaffirming our commitment to provide high-quality solutions across wealth and insurance products to serve customers' needs today and in the future," said Noviady Wahyudi, Chief of Consumer Banking CIMB Niaga.
"It is a great honour to strengthen the partnership between Sun Life Indonesia and CIMB Niaga. CIMB Niaga is a quality bank with a well-known brand and has been a trusted partner to Sun Life Indonesia since 2009. During that time, we have developed a lasting partnership as we worked together to build a comprehensive range of protection and financial solutions for Indonesians at every life stage," says Elin Waty, President Director of Sun Life Indonesia.
Visit www.sunlife.com for slides and more information related to this announcement.
About Sun Life
Sun Life is a leading international financial services organization providing asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and corporate Clients. Sun Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of December 31, 2021, Sun Life had total assets under management of $1.44 trillion. For more information please visit www.sunlife.com.
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.
About Sun Life Indonesia
Sun Life Indonesia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc. It offers a variety of protection and financial management products, from life insurance, education insurance, health insurance, and retirement plans. Sun Life Indonesia partners with leading financial institutions, both national and international, to serve multi-channel distribution strategies and provide wider access to our insurance solutions.
For more information please visit www.sunlife.co.id
About CIMB Niaga
CIMB Niaga was established under the name PT Bank Niaga in 1955. Approximately 92.5% of CIMB Niaga's shares (including the 1.02% owned by PT Commerce Kapital) are owned by CIMB Group. As the second largest private bank in Indonesia by assets, CIMB Niaga offers a comprehensive portfolio of conventional and shariah banking services, including consumer banking, SME banking, commercial and corporate banking, treasury and capital markets, and transaction banking services, supported by nationwide 427 branch offices, 4,481 ATM units, branchless banking networks, as well as 12,217 employees (consolidated) as of December 31, 2021.
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When Andy Walker looks back at his first semester in charge of the VCU golf team, back in the fall, there’s a point in particular that sticks out.
It was when, in one day of action, the Rams proved just how competitive they can be.
In the final round of the Daniel Island Intercollegiate, on Nov. 1 in Charleston, S.C., VCU’s team score of 291 tied for the second-best in the field that day, ahead of top programs like Florida State and South Carolina.
A Rams team that was still not at full strength roster wise finished tied for seventh overall in the three-round event, but that final day was an encapsulation of what was possible.
“It was like, 'Guys, this is what we could do,'" Walker said.
That performance, in what was VCU’s fall finale, carried over to spring-semester competition when, ever since the team’s second round in its spring opener in Puerto Rico at the end of February, Walker has witnessed steady ascension from the Rams.
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It has come on the backdrop of his leadership. The former pro, who’s won three national titles as a coach, had big shoes to fill upon his hiring in June — to replace accomplished longtime former coach Matt Ball, who led the program for 22 years before retiring in May.
And in part by seeking to find what motivates each player, molding a culture to fit the players he inherited, Walker has fostered an atmosphere that the Rams have succeeded in.
They’re playing some of their best golf with the Atlantic 10 tournament just three weeks away, notching top-three team finishes in each of their last four events. They most recently nabbed third place behind a pair of top 30-ranked teams in the Irish Creek Intercollegiate (Kannapolis, N.C.) this past weekend.
"I keep hearing, 'Man, you guys are playing a lot better, you guys are playing a lot better,’” said Walker, who was hired last June from Division II Lynn University. “And then it's like we get to their toughest field [in the Irish Creek Intercollegiate] and we play probably our best.
“And so now that's who we are. It's not who we can be, it's who we are.”
Over the course of the year, Walker has worked to blend his coaching style with what works best with the tendencies players already carried.
He learned players' motivations and preferences in conversations before and after rounds, over time.
"It's easy to come in as a coach thinking I'm going to create this culture," Walker said. "But they've been creating a culture their whole lives as well."
One of the biggest changes that was made from information gleaned came at the beginning of the spring semester, in the way practices are molded. More of an emphasis was put on statistics, to quantify areas of desired improvement. More opportunities for intersquad competition were interspersed into sessions, too.
That’s all while understanding the delicate balance of when to step in and when to step away, as a coach in a sport that’s so individual at its core.
“The last four weeks Coach really hasn’t had to step in very often because we’ve managed to get ourselves into a groove,” said fifth-year senior Kristian Tannum Donaldson, who leads VCU in stroke average (71.86). “And I think that’s the sign of a good coach, when he knows when to step in and when just to let the boys go play.”
And the Rams, to this point of the season, have developed solid depth — the backbone to the team success they’ve enjoyed. They have six players who Walker considers to be playing really well right now, competing for spots in the five-man lineup.
“Which helps us get better together,” sophomore Mikkel Antonsen said.
And so, VCU has played itself into a standing that Walker feels confident about with the A-10 tournament on the horizon (April 29 - May 1).
But well as the Rams have finished in recent events, there’s still room for further ascension. And that, for Walker, is exciting as his first year continues to unfold.
“The fun part for me is we still haven't played well yet — we still haven't played to our capabilities,” Walker said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. regulators say GlaxoSmithKline’s COVID-19 antibody drug should no longer be used because it is likely ineffective against the latest version of the virus that accounts for most cases.
The Food and Drug Administration announced the decision after federal scientists said the BA.2 omicron variant now accounts for more than 70% of COVID-19 cases.
Previously the FDA had restricted the drug’s use in several regions where the variant was quickly spreading. Glaxo’s drug is the latest antibody medication to be sideline by the mutating coronavirus.
The FDA action leaves only one antibody drug on the market that is believed to work against the new omicron subvariant.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (TSX: CMMC) (ASX: C6C) (the "Company" or "Copper Mountain") announces a revised date for its first quarter 2022 conference call and the release of its earnings results due to an ASX public holiday. The Company will now be hosting a conference call on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 7:30 am (Pacific Time) for senior management to discuss its first quarter 2022 results. The Company will be releasing its first quarter 2022 financial and operating results before markets open on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
Dial-in information:
Toronto and international: 1 (416) 764 8650
North America (toll-free): 1 (888) 664 6383
Webcast: https://produceredition.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1540119&tp_key=3297d7e2a6
Replay information:
Toronto and international: 1 (416) 764 8677, Passcode: 910085#
North America (toll-free): 1 (888) 390 0541, Passcode: 910085#
The conference call replay will be available until 8:59 pm (Pacific Time) on May 3, 2022. An archive of the audio webcast will also be available on the company's website at http://www.cumtn.com.
Copper Mountain's flagship asset is the 75% owned Copper Mountain Mine located in southern British Columbia near the town of Princeton. The Copper Mountain Mine currently produces approximately 100 million pounds of copper equivalent per year. Copper Mountain also has the development-stage Eva Copper Project in Queensland, Australia and an extensive 2,100 km2 highly prospective land package in the Mount Isa area. Copper Mountain trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CMMC" and Australian Stock Exchange under the symbol "C6C".
Additional information is available on the Company's web page at www.CuMtn.com.
On behalf of the Board of
COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING CORPORATION
"Gil Clausen"
Gil Clausen, P.Eng.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Website: www.CuMtn.com
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- Gold holds in a tight range and awaits a catalyst.
- Fed rhetoric is boosting the US dollar and weighing on gold.
- XAU/USD to remain bearish amid rising US yields.
The gold price was a touch lower as the US dollar weighed. The greenback hit its highest level in nearly two years as measured by the DXY index vs. a basket of other currencies. A more hawkish Fed also saw the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield run to 2.55% while the two-years hit 2.56% for the first time since March 2019.
Spot gold was down 0.3% at $1,916 per ounce, but trading in a narrow range while US gold futures eased 0.1% to $1,931.20. At the time of writing, XAU/USD is down 0.2% at $1,921 and weighed in Asia following comments from Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard.
The Fed member spoke of potential aggressive action from the Fed in anticipation of hawkish minutes tomorrow. Brainard said the central bank could start reducing its balance sheet as soon as May and would be doing so at “a rapid pace.” Brainard added that interest rate hikes could come at a more aggressive pace than the typical increments of 0.25 percentage points.
Eyes on the Fed
Meanwhile, the Fed officials began the process of policy normalization by lifting rates 25bp to 0.25%-0.50% at the March meeting and on Wednesday the minutes of that meeting will be released.
''The FOMC pull no hawkish punches in its policy guidance, with Chair Powell also hinting further information about QT plans will be provided in the minutes (possibly including caps details). We continue to expect an official QT announcement at the May FOMC meeting,'' analysts at TD Securities said.
''Gold prices have remained incredibly resilient, reflecting that strong ETF and comex inflows into gold are trumping outflows associated with a hawkish Fed, which is in turn creating a divergence between gold and rates markets,'' analysts at TD Securities said.
''Considering that real rates could be less useful as a barometer for measuring gold's relative price, we turn our attention to gold flows to gauge the sustainability of interest in the yellow metal. Our analysis highlighted ETF flows have tended to be more highly correlated to changes in market expectations for Fed hiking, than to real rates, the yield curve or even price momentum.
This still suggests that the strong ETF inflows have rather been associated with safe-haven appetite, which could still lead to downside risks as the negotiators continue to work towards a ceasefire and as the fear trade subsidies.''
Gold, technical analysis
As per the pre-open analysis, Chart of the Week, Gold: XAU/USD is pressured for the open ...
... the M-formation is a bullish reversion pattern and the price would be expected to be attracted to the neckline between $1,980 and $2,000. However, the sideways consolidation has played out to the point that there appears to be a bias to the downside for the near term where gold is being resisted by a 61.8% Fibo currently.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame will make history in its 2023 home opener by hosting Tennessee State on Sept. 2, marking the first time the Fighting Irish have faced a Historically Black College or University.
School officials made the announcement Tuesday and credited second-year Tigers coach Eddie George, the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner, and Tennessee State athletic director Mikki Allen with creating the vision to schedule the game that will be televised nationally on NBC.
“We’re excited to bring a pair of great academic institutions that are steeped in tradition together in 2023,” Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement. "I’m thrilled we’re able to bring the Tigers and the Irish together for a weekend that will feature programs with over 20 combined national titles, the Aristocrat of Bands and the Band of the Fighting Irish.”
Tennessee State has won more than 550 games and lists former NFL stars Richard Dent, Ed “Too Tall" Jones, Claude Humphrey and Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie among its alums.
The Tigers won the 1973 Division II national championship and 12 Black College national championships since 1946, but haven't reached the FCS playoffs since 2013.
“TSU and Notre Dame are two iconic programs that have helped shape today’s college athletics landscape,” Allen said. “We are setting the foundation for long-term success under coach George’s leadership. The goal is that TSU will be a destination program for the next generation of student-athletes to come.”
Notre Dame opens the 2023 season Aug. 26 when it faces Navy in Dublin, Ireland.
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ALW star Dawber seals Chicago NWSL move
Adelaide United star Chelsie Dawber has signed with NWSL club Chicago Red Stars as she attempts to break into the Matildas squad ahead of the Women's World Cup.
Dawber was a revelation alongside golden boot winner Fiona Worts in Adelaide's attack, scoring 10 goals and notching three assists, as United finished third in the ALW and made finals for the first time in their history.
The 22-year-old, who is yet to be capped, has joined Chicago on a two-year deal, with an option for a third.
"It's a new adventure for me and one that I'm really excited about," Dawber said.
"I want to thank Adelaide United and all the coaching staff I've worked with for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to play for this amazing club.
"My goal has always been to play for the Matildas and I believe playing overseas in a tough league will give me a better chance of a call-up to the national team.
"I'm definitely not ruling out coming back to Adelaide after the NWSL season.
"Approaching a World Cup year, it's vital to be playing as many games as possible and give myself the best path for success."
Chicago was previously the home of Matildas captain Sam Kerr, who shot to global prominence with standout goal-scoring performances for the Red Stars in 2018 and 2019 before joining Chelsea.
"Chelsie is an impressive young player. She has proven she can score goals at a high level, play multiple positions and still be effective," Red Stars coach Chris Petrucelli said.
"She adds versatility and athleticism to an already dangerous attacking group."
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The Indiana Pacers received a first-round draft pick from the Cleveland Cavaliers earlier this season in a future-looking trade — Indiana sent guard Caris LeVert to Cleveland for guard Ricky Rubio, a second-round pick, and a protected first-round pick.
It was a shrewd trade for a Pacers, who needed to make rebuilding moves in the midst of a sunken season. But the teams agreed to put protections on the first-round pick sent from the Cavaliers to the Pacers, and with the Cavs going 10-15 since the deal, those protections are worth monitoring down the stretch of the season.
Draft pick protections allow a team to delay a trade obligation of a draft pick if it falls within a certain range. In this case, the first rounder that the Cavaliers sent the Pacers is lottery protected, meaning that if the Cavaliers end up with any pick between one and 14 in the 2022 NBA draft, they would keep their first-round choice. If the Cavaliers premier draft slot ends up between 15 and 30, it would be sent to Indiana.
If the Cavaliers don’t send the Pacers the draft asset in 2022, then the cycle repeats during the 2023 season. Should the Cavaliers finish with a lottery pick in 2022-23, then they would once again keep their first-round pick, but if they keep their first-round pick in 2022 and then make the playoffs in 2023, Indiana would get Cleveland’s first pick at that time.
If the Pacers have not received a first-round draft pick from the Cavaliers after the next two seasons, then instead of a first-round pick, Indiana would get the Cavs 2025 second-round pick and the Los Angeles Lakers 2026 second-round pick (a pick that Cleveland currently owns).
“We added multiple picks that we feel great about,” Pacers President of Basketball Operations Kevin Pritchard said just after the trade deadline.
The Pacers would prefer that they get a first-round pick as opposed to two second-round picks, so they will be closely moniotining Cleveland’s fortuntes for the rest of this season and, if relevant, next season. This season, in particular, is enticing for the Pacers since the Cavaliers pick is currently slated to be inside the top-20, a nearly best-case scenario.
Cleveland, as of April 5, sits in seventh in the Eastern Conference — one spot out of an automatic postseason berth. If the Cavaliers can reach the sixth spot in the East by the end of the season, they would make the playoffs by default and their first-round pick would be traded to the Pacers.
The Cavs sit 2.5 games behind both the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference standings with a few games to play. They would have to perform almost perfectly to lock up an automatic postseason berth, and even then they would need a slump from Chicago or Toronto to reach sixth in the East. The Cavaliers own the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Raptors, but not the Bulls.
Should the Cavaliers end up in the play-in tournament, which looks exceedingly likely, then things get tricky. The team from Ohio would play in a mini-tournament with a playoff spot in the line. If the Cavs finish the regular season with the seventh or eighth seed, then they would have two chances to win one game and reach the postseason. If Clevland finishes ninth or tenth in their conference, then they would have to win two games in a row to reach the playoffs.
A playoff berth is required of the Cavs for the Pacers to receive a first-round pick. If Cleveland finishes the regular season with a top-15 record, but still misses the playoffs thanks to a failed play-in tournament, then the team would keep their first-round pick.
Indiana is in a tough spot in that they want the draft pick to be as strong as possible, but they also want to actually get the pick. Finding the right balance of hope is tough this late in the season, but the Pacers desires are obvious — they want the Cavaliers to make the 2022 NBA playoffs and will be rooting for them during the upcoming stretch of play.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame will make history in its 2023 home opener by hosting Tennessee State on Sept. 2, marking the first time the Fighting Irish have faced a Historically Black College or University.
School officials made the announcement Tuesday and credited second-year Tigers coach Eddie George, the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner, and Tennessee State athletic director Mikki Allen with creating the vision to schedule the game that will be televised nationally on NBC.
“We’re excited to bring a pair of great academic institutions that are steeped in tradition together in 2023,” Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement. "I’m thrilled we’re able to bring the Tigers and the Irish together for a weekend that will feature programs with over 20 combined national titles, the Aristocrat of Bands and the Band of the Fighting Irish.”
Tennessee State has won more than 550 games and lists former NFL stars Richard Dent, Ed “Too Tall" Jones, Claude Humphrey and Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie among its alums.
The Tigers won the 1973 Division II national championship and 12 Black College national championships since 1946, but haven't reached the FCS playoffs since 2013.
“TSU and Notre Dame are two iconic programs that have helped shape today’s college athletics landscape,” Allen said. “We are setting the foundation for long-term success under coach George’s leadership. The goal is that TSU will be a destination program for the next generation of student-athletes to come.”
Notre Dame opens the 2023 season Aug. 26 when it faces Navy in Dublin, Ireland.
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Alec Baldwin is asking a federal judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by a Wyoming woman who said she received hateful social media messages after the actor shared on social media a photo she posted of demonstrators at former President Donald Trump's rally in January 2021 and made a political comment.
“Reposting a photo Roice (McCollum) herself publicly posted and then expressing a political opinion about it cannot be the basis for an intentional infliction claim,” Baldwin’s attorneys argued Monday.
The lawsuit was filed in January by Roice McCollum whose brother was killed by a suicide bomber at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021.
After learning of the death of Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum of Wyoming, and the expected birth of his daughter, Baldwin reached out to Roice McCollum via Instagram and donated $5,000 to the family.
In January, Baldwin saw that Roice McCollum had posted on Instagram a picture of demonstrators from former President Donald Trump's rally at the Washington Monument taken on Jan. 6, 2021.
Baldwin sent her a private message asking if she was the one who had organized the fundraiser. She confirmed she was the same woman and that she had been at the protest which she called “perfectly legal," according to court documents.
Baldwin told Roice McCollum he'd shared her photo with his 2.4 million Instagram followers and wrote: “Good luck,” according to the lawsuit.
Roice McCollum said she received hundreds of hateful messages including one telling her to “get raped and die," and that her brother “got what he deserved,” according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Wyoming.
The complaint, which also names Cheyenne McCollum and Rylee’s wife, Jiennah McCollum, as plaintiffs, said they were defamed following the online dispute. They are seeking $25 million in damages.
Baldwin's response lists several reasons the lawsuit should be dismissed, including arguing the court does not have jurisdiction over Baldwin because he does not live in Wyoming, that private communications between himself and Roice Baldwin cannot be defamatory and that Cheyenne and Jiennah's claims should be dismissed because Baldwin didn't make any statements about them.
Baldwin “was struck by the irony that his tribute to a fallen Marine, a patriot, was coordinated by an individual who participated in an event that — in Baldwin's and many other people's opinion — was an assault on the core of American democracy,” his response said.
“The real irony here is that Roice is suing Baldwin for expressing his widely supported opinion about January 6, when Roice had written to him moments before that her participation at January 6 — an event that promoted the false assertion that the 2020 election was stolen — constitutes the ‘freedom of protest,’ ” the response said.
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Where To Follow The Ultimatum Cast On Instagram
They’re all about to put their relationships to the ultimate test.
April 6 marks the premiere of yet another outlandish Netflix dating show: The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On. Similar to USA’s Temptation Island, the show puts four existing couples to the test — but with higher stakes. Each of the couples have entered the experiment because one partner wants to get married and the other isn’t as sure. Over the course of eight weeks, they’ll individually separate and move in with someone from one of the other couples for a three-week “trial marriage,” giving them an idea of what a future with someone else might look like. Then, the original couples will move in together for another three weeks. At the end, they’ll decide if they want to finally commit — or move on with someone else.
Get to know the cast — and where to follow them on Instagram — below.
Rae, 24
A proud HBCU alum from Southwestern University, Rae’s feed is populated with selfies and glamor shots that show off her curly hair. However, if you’re more interested in what’s going on inside Rae’s head, she has her Twitter linked in her bio. Her timeline is full of musings about life and love. One her most recent tweets evokes a Drake lyric: “Ain’t much out here to have feelings for.” Perhaps that’s ominous foreshadowing for how her time on the show will go?
Madlyn, 24
Madlyn’s feed shows off her fun side. The Texas A&M alum turned IT project manager isn’t shy about flaunting the matching butterfly tattoo she got with her friend, nor her ability to take over a DJ booth at a wedding. You’ll also find a video of two cute white dogs frolicking in some flowers on her grid.
Colby, 25
Colby’s Instagram highlights his love for the outdoors, including photos of him traversing the grand canyon and walking among the palm trees. He also enjoys hunting, whether on his own or with a four-legged friend.
Randall, 26
A proud alum of Florida A&M University, Randall loves a good Instagram ‘fit pic. If he’s not wearing a snazzily patterned shirt, he’s showing off a pair of snazzy pants instead. He can pull off a dapper suit just as well as he can a matching poolside set. “Out-dressing you even in my play clothes,” he captioned a 2020 post.
Shanique, 24
Though Shanique lives in Austin, her bio says that she’s Jamaican-born, which may explain why she feels so at home near the water. Her feed as populated with pictures of her poolside, beachside, on boats, and rafting rivers, all while managing to keep her hair positively perfect.
Lauren, 26
Judging by Lauren’s Instagram feed, you’d be hard pressed to find her inside for any prolonged period of time. Born and raised in Austin, Lauren looks like she’s entirely comfortable trekking through mountains, strolling along the beach, and lounging on hammocks in Mexico.
Nate, 30
The Austin, Texas native and real estate developer may have trouble committing on The Ultimatum, if only because his heart clearly belongs to his gorgeous pooch. Nathan’s dog Charlie is the star of his Instagram feed, which shows the two explore hiking trails, parks, and summer patios.
Zay, 25
With only three posts, Zay has the sparsest Instagram in the cast by far. One of his posts is a promotional video for The Ultimatum, while the other two are professional shots — one of Zay in a cowboy hat and another in a suit. His bio includes links to his TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter, so you can check those out to learn more about him.
Jake, 26
Jake’s feed quickly lets you know that he’s a military man, having served as recently as 2019. His grid also features photos of him dressed up for a wedding and sporting a more casual look for a low-key evening.
April, 23
According to April’s bio, she moved from LA to Austin. Her love of warm weather is apparent across her feed: Whether by the beach or the pool, April almost always finds a way to soak up the sun.
Hunter, 28
Hunter definitely seems like someone who likes to spend time outside of the house. His feed is filled with photos of hims wakeboarding, hiking, skiing, and attending a college football tailgate in support of the Texas Longhorns.
Alexis, 25
Alexis is clearly a fan of cocktails. Whether it’s an evening martini, a glass of wine on a patio, or a poolside margarita, Alexis likes to imbibe. She also has plenty of pictures of her in bright florals, bikinis, and evening dresses. Bonus points to Alexis for her remarkable Mean Girls Halloween costume.
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A federal judge ordered a Cumberland County man to spend two years in prison for purchasing firearms when his previous felony conviction forbid him to do so.
U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp sentenced Darick Nollett, 32, of the Heislerville section of Maurice River Township, on Tuesday in Trenton, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said.
Nollett pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the making of a false statement during the purchase of a firearm, Sellinger said in a news release.
In addition to prison, Nollett must undergo three years of supervised release and surrender any guns, ammunition or firearms equipment recovered from his property, Sellinger said.
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Despite a 2015 felony conviction that barred him from buying firearms, Nollett instructed other individuals in 2018 and 2019 to purchase guns on his behalf.
Those individuals told the U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives they were the sole buyers, Sellinger said, citing court documents.
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In 2020, Nollett also ordered “fuel filters” from China, which Sellinger said he intended to alter and use as gun silencers.
Authorities seized more than 30 firearms, as well as ammunition and firearms accessories, from Nollett's home in May 2020, Sellinger said.
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Protect pristine streams
Re: “Pressure on the waters,” Front Page, Sunday and “‘Broken’ TCEQ is under state review,” Metro, Sunday:
These two excellent stories described “Friends of Hondo Canyon” as an “environmentalist group.” We cringed. Significant political powers use this description to dismiss our efforts.
So, who are we? A motley crew of engaged, informed and committed Texans: ranchers, fixed-income retirees, landowners, small business owners, visitors, cedar-choppers, tree-huggers, hunters, bird-watchers, paddlers, fishermen, Republicans, Democrats and Independents who came together in 2018 to prevent one pristine stream from being polluted by the discharge of wastewater effluent. Only 22 such stream segments are left.
Recently, more than 1,300 people wrote comments asking the TCEQ to take action to protect these pristine streams. This is not about which small group for which you fly the flag. It is about Texas. It is about all of us. Please join us.
Margo Denke Griffin, Tarpley
Welcome reading
Re: “Don’t forget the Alamo: Scholar offers redemption narrative,” S.A. Life, Sunday:
I am delighted that professor Carey Latimore is an adviser on the Alamo Citizens Advisory Committee. His goal to document an honest history from various perspectives and to find common ground is exemplary. I look forward to reading his book.
Mary Ringer
‘Feel good’ group
Re: “Volunteers devoted to S.A.’s mass of stray cats,” Front Page, Sunday:
Thank you for your article about the good work done by the volunteers of the San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition. This group is very highly rated as a nonprofit because they squeeze every penny out of a shoestring budget. If you are on their email list, you receive a monthly report of money spent for spay-neuters, surgeries for sick or injured cats, number of rescues and often a “feel-good” story of a rescue with a happy ending. Their mission statement says it all. Good group!
Sue Barse
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BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A 13-year-old boy was randomly punched in the face by a man with brass knuckles while riding a subway train in Brooklyn, the NYPD said.
The boy was on a southbound L train at the Halsey Street station in Bushwick on March 16 when the man approached and punched him unprovoked, police said. The brass knuckles caused a laceration to the boy’s eye. He didn’t require medical attention at the scene.
After punching the boy, the man exited the train and then re-entered the same train just a few cars down before fleeing the scene, the NYPD said.
The suspect — pictured in the video below — is in his 30s, is 6 feet 2 inches tall and has a thin build, police said.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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Bobby Rydell, 60s teen idol and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ star, dies
(AP) - Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday.
Rydell died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia, according to a statement posted by his marketing and event coordinator Maria Novey.
Rydell, who credited a 2012 kidney and liver transplant with extending his life, was 79.
Along with James Darren, Fabian and Frankie Avalon, Rydell was among a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged after Elvis Presley and before the rise of the Beatles.
Between 1959 and 1964, he had nearly three dozen Top 40 singles including “Wild One,” “Volare,” “Wildwood Days,” “The Cha-Cha-Cha” and “Forget Him,” a song of consolation for a bereft girl that helped inspire the Beatles’ classic “She Loves You.”
He had recurring roles on “The Red Skelton Show” and other television programs, and 1963′s “Bye Bye Birdie” was rewritten to give Rydell a major part as the boyfriend of Ann-Margret. He didn’t want to move to Hollywood, however, and “Birdie” became his only significant movie role — though the high school in the hit ‘70s musical “Grease” was named for him.
Rydell never strayed far from his Philadelphia roots, living in the area for most of his life. The block of 11th Street where he grew up was christened Bobby Rydell Boulevard by his hometown in 1995.
“I never thought of myself as a celebrity,” he told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2003. “I was just a guy who went out there and worked.”
He was born Robert Ridarelli in a South Philadelphia neighborhood that would also produce teen idols Darren, Fabian and Avalon. They knew each other as children — Rydell played drums with Avalon on trumpet in a group called Rocco and the Saints.
Before he graced the covers of teen magazines and movie screens, Rydell made his bones as a youngster in Philadelphia clubs.
He made his performance debut as a 7-year-old drummer, not a singer. His first drum kit was a gift from his father, Al Ridarelli, who inspired his son’s choice of instrument by taking him to see Gene Krupa perform.
At age 9, he debuted on an amateur television show and became its regular drummer for three years.
Rydell got his big break in 1959 on “American Bandstand,” which originally was broadcast from Philadelphia. His first hit, “Kissing Time,” quickly followed, and the skinny 17-year-old with a pompadour haircut rocketed to stardom. Rydell and his fellow Philadelphia performers were ideal for “Bandstand” host Dick Clark, who sought to make rock n’ roll palatable to young and old. He also made live appearances nationwide on a tour organized by Clark.
Changing musical tastes ushered in by the Beatles and the rest of the British Invasion defused the hit-making careers of Rydell and his compatriots, and he continued performing and recording music with limited success in the late 1960s and 1970s. But in 1985, he joined his old friends Avalon and Fabian for what they thought would be a few appearances. They dubbed themselves “The Golden Boys of Bandstand,” and the shows were so successful that the trio ended up touring for three years and performing 300 shows nationwide.
“We weren’t out to prove anything. We just said to ourselves, ‘Here are three Italian kids from South Philadelphia, born and raised within two blocks of each other. Let’s go out there and have fun,’” Rydell told The Atlantic City Weekly in 2006. “That hasn’t changed. I think people see that attitude coming from the stage. It’s a fun show to watch — that’s what’s made it so successful. We have a great time doing it.”
Rydell’s childhood sweetheart and first wife, Camille, died in 2003.
He is survived by his second wife, Linda Hoffman, whom he married in 2009, along with son Robert Ridarelli, daughter Jennifer Dulin, and five grandchildren.
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Former AP staffer JoAnn Loviglio contributed biographical material to this report.
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Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Saturday's results
Red Deer 4 Edmonton 3
Lethbridge 6 Medicine Hat 1
Brandon 2 Saskatoon 1
Portland 5 Seattle 4
Moose Jaw 3 Winnipeg 1
Prince Albert 6 Regina 1
Everett 2 Tri-City 1
Spokane 5 Vancouver 2
Kelowna 5 Victoria 0
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Spokane 4 Vancouver 1
Tuesday's results
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 4:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 5:05 p.m.
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It is always nice to hear that Midland ISD is giving more to those working in the school district. Every employee will receive a $2,000 stipend. That’s something most people in Midland can appreciate.
The stipends are a $6 million gesture from the school board to its employees. The stipend is possible because of a 2021-22 budget surplus and through the state’s recent action to adjust in-person attendance funding for this school year. The stipend will be paid at the end of May, according to the district.
It is exciting that the district continues to give to its staff. Superintendent Angelica Ramsey also told the Reporter-Telegram on Monday that a budget proposal for the 2022-23 also includes another salary hike for teachers and support staff.
In the proposal, starting teacher pay would increase to $58,500. Support staff pay would start at $13.50 an hour.
It is important to note that Ramsey continues the work by former Superintendents Ryder Warren and Orlando Riddick in boosting the salaries of teachers and support staff.
Since 2010, the starting salary for an entry level teacher has increased from around $40,050 to $57,500 during the 2021-22 school year. That is an increase of 43.57 percent. And when the starting pay increases, the pay for every teacher increases
Increasing the minimum support staff pay to $13.50 would be a considerable accomplishment for a district that was paying a minimum level of $10 an hour in 2020.
This financial boost for teachers and staff is a win for education in Midland. Higher salaries increase the chances Midland ISD staff will have more candidates for positions, and that’s a good thing.
The hope here is Midland ISD beats Ector County ISD to become the first West Texas school district to pay starting teachers $60,000 a year. That would be an accomplishment that speaks volumes about how much our community values its teachers. It also would be strong message to teachers looking to start their career that Midland is serious about an academic turnaround. Midland already has a higher average teaching salary when compared to other districts around the region. The list is Midland ISD ($62,208), ECISD ($59,080), Greenwood ISD ($57,091), Abilene ISD ($53,761), Lubbock ISD ($51,764) and San Angelo ISD ($50,186).
The point here is Midland needs to be able to recruit the best teachers possible to fulfill the mission of preparing students for college and career, and a potential $58,500 starting salary would not only likely continue to be the highest in West Texas but would be competitive around the state.
Consider Midland’s average apartment rent is more than $1,000 below the average around the state, according to ApartmentList.com, and that compensation package looks that much more attractive.
There are some who will say MISD is still lagging, and yes, the Midland ISD board will not make every single person happy. However, the metrics showed Midland ISD has made great strides – not only this week but over the past 12 years.
Midland ISD deserves credit here for showing teachers the respect they deserve.
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At the Russian embassy in Mexico City, Mexicans are rallying in support of Ukraine and urging their government to do the same, shouting, "Glory for Ukraine!" and "No to the invasion!"
Despite having enormous commercial ties to the U.S., Mexico is not aligning itself with the West over the war in Ukraine.
Since Russia's invasion, Mexican leaders have emphasized the country's long-held neutrality on foreign affairs.
"We want to maintain good relations with all the governments of the world," Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.
But Mexico's refusal to sanction Russia and send aid to Ukraine has offended not only Ukraine but also the U.S. Mexico's largest trading partner by far.
"The president is not very fond of the United States to start with, but also when President Lopez Obrador contracted COVID-19, President Putin offered to send his medical team to Mexico City to attend to the president, so there's a degree of gratitude there," said Pamela Starr, director of the U.S.-Mexico network at the University of Southern California.
A month after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, lawmakers from Mexico's leftist ruling party created a Mexico-Russia friendship committee and invited the Russian ambassador to the event.
"They're very anti-American, and as such, they believe that the enemy of my enemy is my friend," said Mariana Campero, host of Mexico Matters podcast from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The move prompted a strong rebuke from the U.S. ambassador to Mexico who noted that during World War II, the U.S. and Mexico were united against Hitler.
But resentment of American interventionism is long-standing in Mexico and Latin America, a sentiment that Donald Trump amplified with his aggressive policies and insults towards the region.
"This anti-American sentiment was, you know, put back sort of to the forefront when President Trump started to criticize Mexicans and called them rapists or criminals," Campero said.
At the same time, Russia and China have been gaining influence in Latin America through investment, propaganda and vaccine diplomacy. They would have much rather have had Moderna or Pfizer or AstraZeneca, which are better vaccines, but we didn't get the vaccines for them," said Cécile Shea, a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. "They had to go take what they could get, and the Chinese and the Russians came through with them."
The U.S. also suspects that Mexico harbors a large number of Russian spies, a point recently made by a top U.S. military official. "The largest portion of GRU members in the world is in Mexico right now," said General Glen VanHerck, commander of the U.S. Northern Command. "Those are Russian intelligence personnel."
The statement is an apparent reference to Russia's huge embassy in Mexico City.
"Mexico has very little economic ties with Russia, very little political interaction, so to have an embassy in Mexico that's about 30% larger than their embassy in Brazil is suggestive," Starr said.
Internationally, Mexico has been more critical of Russia, voting, for example, in favor of a UN resolution condemning the invasion.
But domestically, analysts worry about the way Mexican leaders are cozying up to Russia. Together with the Russian propaganda machine, I think it can explode an already anti-Americanism that is still present in the region and could be very dangerous," Campero said.
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Which Wayfair throw pillow is best?
Whether you’re looking to decorate your couch, bed or chairs, throw pillows are an excellent way to add style and even express your personality. They also serve a functional purpose by providing a little extra support when you need it.
For the past 20 years, Wayfair has been a trusted furniture and home goods supplier. They have a wide variety of throw pillows available in numerous sizes, shapes, colors and designs. The best is Willa Arlo Interiors Velvet Pillow Cover With Insert because it’s functional, durable and can liven up any space.
What to know before you buy Wayfair throw pillows
How to utilize throw pillows
Throw pillows may be small, but they can significantly contribute to the design of a space. Some tips and tricks include:
- Use throw pillows of a certain color to highlight but not outshine the dominant color in the room.
- Don’t be afraid to mix and match colors and designs. For example, if designing a living room, try putting a different style throw pillow on each piece of furniture. However, you don’t want to go too far, so try to mix in neutral colors to balance out the visual scheme.
- You can either mix and match shapes and sizes to play with proportion or go for a more symmetrical look.
- Throw pillows don’t need to make a statement. You can use pillows with neutral colors to help create an understated or calming environment.
Size and shape
Most standard throw pillows are either 18 by 18 inches or 20 by 20 inches, but Wayfair offers various size combinations, ranging from 14 to 24 inches.
You can find square, rectangular and round pillows and several novelty shapes that include hearts, shells, flowers and various animals.
Types of throw pillows
The typical throw pillow is square, but Wayfair also sells bigger Euro throw pillows designed to decorate beds, circular bolster pillows, rectangular lumbar pillows, floor pillows and various back and armrests.
What to look for in quality Wayfair throw pillows
Materials
The cover material of Wayfair throw pillows you have to choose from include cotton, velvet, linen, polyester, faux fur, leather, synthetic, silk, wool, satin, acrylic, vinyl and microfiber. It’s important to note that not all material is available in every color, design, shape and size.
Colors
The color you choose for your throw pillows can significantly impact the look and overall feel of the space you’re trying to decorate.
Wayfair sells throw pillows in the following solid colors: blue, white, green, black, orange, red, pink, teal, beige, navy purple and brown. Combinations of gray and silver, ivory and cream and yellow and gold are also available.
Patterns
If solid colors aren’t what you’re looking for, Wayfair offers a series of throw pillows with patterns that include floral, stripped, geometric, ikat, damask, chevron, paisley, plaid, animal print, polka dots, patchwork and some abstract designs.
How much you can expect to spend on Wayfair throw pillows
Throw pillows will vary in price based on size, material, details and embellishments. Wayfair offers pillows that range in pricing from $25-$150.
Wayfair throw pillows FAQ
Should my throw pillows all be the same size?
A. Throw pillows give you the chance to show your personality while adding color and texture to any space, so you can mix and match shapes and sizes as you see fit. If you do purchase pillows of different sizes, it’s best to stage the largest pillows in the back of the couch or bed and put the smaller pillows in the front. This is ideal for both design purposes and optimal comfort.
How do I clean a throw pillow?
A. The materials and fabrics used to create throw pillows can vary, so you always want to review the manufacturer’s recommended cleaning instructions. Always spot test the fabric before using any chemical product to protect the integrity of the pillow. If your pillow has details and embellishments, it is probably best to have it dry cleaned. You want to avoid water when cleaning pillows made from wool, silk, leather or suede.
What are the best Wayfair throw pillows to buy?
Top Wayfair throw pillow
Willa Arlo Interiors Velvet Pillow Cover With Insert
What you need to know: Add luxury and opulence to any space with this round pleated velvet throw pillow.
What you’ll love: This pillow’s rounded shape is both beautiful and functional as it easily serves your needs on a bed, couch, or as a ground floor pillow. The construction is sturdy and all seams have been reinforced to add durability so that it can handle substantial direct weight.
What you should consider: This pillow is spot-clean only, so do not machine wash.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Top Wayfair throw pillow for the money
Lark Manor Burnestown Square Pillow
What you need to know: This timeless and traditional budget-friendly throw pillow adds color and texture to any space where it’s used.
What you’ll love: This pillow can be either a statement piece or part of a layered collection. Woven with the highest level of construction and durability, this poly-blend throw pillow comes with the insert included.
What you should consider: This pillow is better suited for style because it’s not as soft as other pillows used for comfort.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Worth checking out
Rosecliff Heights Burlap-Style Stripe Large Lumbar Pillow
What you need to know: This modern and chic statement pillow with lumbar support can look great by itself on any chair or bed.
What you’ll love: This throw pillow comes with the classic rustic blue stripe on a soft and comfortable burlap fabric made with soft weave cotton. This pillow is a cotton blend with serged seams for additional durability, while the hidden zipper allows you to remove the inner cotton potion so the exterior can be laundered.
What you should consider: This pillow is dry-clean only.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has backed the club to sign RB Leipzig star Konrad Laimer to solve their problems in midfield.
The Old Trafford outfit have struggled for consistency on the pitch this season and face a summer of upheaval as they aim to appoint a new manager and overhaul their playing squad to help them get back to the top of English football. Rangnick is expected to take up a consultancy role at the club at the end of the season and could have a say on the rebuilding process, and is advocating for the Red Devils to bring in Laimer as a replacement for Paul Pogba.
It comes as star forward Cristiano Ronaldo has sent a message to fans after recovering from illness. And Anthony Martial has found his struggles have very much continued following his loan move to Sevilla.
Here are Mirror Football's latest Manchester United headlines.
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Martial woes continue
Anthony Martial's loan move to Sevilla does not appear to have improved the Manchester United forward's fortunes.
The Frenchman joined the Spanish outfit on loan until the end of the season during the January transfer window, but he's failed to score and only provided one assist in six LaLiga appearances so far. And reports suggest things have gone from "bad to worse" for the attacker since leaving Old Trafford.
And it appears Sevilla may not opt to try and sign him permanently this summer – leaving his future even more uncertain.
Ronaldo sends fans message
Cristiano Ronaldo has sent a message to Manchester United fans after returning to training following a bout of illness.
The Portuguese superstar missed Saturday's 1-1 draw with Leicester City but returned to training this week. The striker was handed the club's player of the month of the month award and sent an encouraging message to fans as United battle to qualify for next season's Champions League.
Ronaldo has vowed to "do my best like I do all the time" beween now and the end of the season to help United finish strongly in the Premier League.
Rangnick backs Laimer move
Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick is advocating for the club to bring in RB Leipzig midfielder Konrad Laimer as a replacement for Paul Pogba.
France international Pogba looks increasingly likely to leave the Old Trafford club this summer when his contract expires meaning United will need to find a replacement for him. And Rangnick is said to be a big fan of Laimer from their time in Leipzig together and is said to have recommended the club pursue signing him.
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Updated: April 05, 2022 08:19 PM
Created: April 05, 2022 06:41 PM
ROSWELL, N.M – A jury Tuesday heard opening statements, as well as testimony from the first witnesses in what is expected to be a four-day-long murder trial.
The trial of 31-year–old Luis Jimenez got underway in U.S. District Court in Chaves County. Jimenez is charged with first degree murder in the December 2012 death of Saul Sanchez, 39, He also faces a separate count of aggravated burglary related to the incident.
Jimenez is accused of shooting and killing Sanchez at a 1500 block of West Third Street residence in Roswell. At the time, Sanchez, along with his wife and two daughters, were staying at the home of a friend who was out of town.
According to the prosecution, Jimenez, and another man Joseph Barnhill allegedly gained entry to the house by breaking a window, with the intent of committing a burglary.
“You are going to hear that these individuals came together that day. And they were Luis Jimenez and Joseph Barnhill,” Dianna Luce, district attorney for New Mexico’s Fifth Judicial District, said in opening arguments by the state.
“They went there to burglarize the house. They got there in Luis Jimenez’s car. They both went into the house, with the intent of committing the burglary and they were both armed when they went in,” Luce added.
When Sanchez and his family returned to the house after attending a funeral that day, they discovered that the place was ransacked.
Sanchez then allegedly encountered Jimenez. That is when, according to the prosecution, Jimenez shot Sanchez in the face. He and Barnhill then fled the scene before police arrived.
In 2018, Jimenez and Barnhill were both charged with murder and aggravated burglary. The murder charge against Barnhill was dropped in 2020 as part of a plea agreement in which Barnhill pled guilty to the burglary charge.
The prosecution gave a preview of its case against Jimenez. Luce mentioned surveillance video at a local jewelry store, where Jimenez reportedly went to twice on the day of the burglary, including once where he sold a necklace and bracelet that was allegedly stolen from the home during the burglary.
Other pieces of evidence included a flash light allegedly found on the hallway floor of the Third Street home the prosecution says had Jimenez’s DNA on it.
Luce added that security camera footage from near the residence where the shooting happened showed a Toyota Corolla, similar to one owned by Jimenez’s wife and that Jimenez drove, was at the scene of the crime that December day.
When police searched Jimenez’s residence, they found .22 caliber ammunition, including a spent shell casing. Though the gun with which Sanchez was shot was never found, Luce said, investigators determined the spent casing found in Jimenez’s home was fired from the same gun as another spent casing that was found next to Sanchez’s body.
The defense declined to give an opening argument.
In all, the prosecution is expected to call 18 witnesses to the stand, they will include Sanchez’s wife and two daughters; and Barnhill, now 34 years old.
Barnhill is expected to testify that as they fled the scene, Jimenez admitted to having shot Sanchez.
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The Oklahoma House gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
With little discussion and no debate, the Republican-controlled House voted 70-14 to send the bill to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has previously said he'd sign any anti-abortion bill that comes to his desk.
The bill is one of several anti-abortion measures still alive in Oklahoma’s Legislature this year, part of a trend of GOP-led states passing aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years.
The Oklahoma bill, which passed the Senate last year, makes an exception only for an abortion performed to save the life of the mother, said GOP state Rep. Jim Olsen, of Roland, who sponsored the bill. Under the bill, a person convicted of performing an abortion would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
“The penalties are for the doctor, not for the woman," Olsen said.
Similar anti-abortion bills approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and in other conservative states in recent years have been stopped by the courts as unconstitutional, but anti-abortion lawmakers have been buoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow new Texas abortion restrictions to remain in place. The new Texas law, the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the U.S. in decades, leaves enforcement up to private citizens, who are entitled to collect what critics call a “bounty” of $10,000 if they bring a successful lawsuit against a provider or anyone who helps a patient obtain an abortion. Several states, including Oklahoma, are pursuing similar legislation this year.
The Oklahoma bill’s passage came on the same day as more than 100 people attended a “Bans Off Oklahoma” rally outside the Capitol in support of abortion rights.
“These legislators have continued their relentless attacks on our freedoms," said Emily Wales, interim president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes. “These restrictions are not about improving the safety of the work that we do. They are about shaming and stigmatizing people who need and deserve abortion access."
Wales said Planned Parenthood's abortion clinic in Oklahoma has seen an 800% increase in the number of women from Texas after that state passed its new anti-abortion law last year.
The Texas law bans abortion once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, without exceptions in cases of rape or incest.
Also Tuesday, the Oklahoma House adopted a resolution to recognize lives lost due to abortion and urge citizens to fly flags at half-staff on Jan. 22, the day the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in its landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
02-14-31-40-45
(two, fourteen, thirty-one, forty, forty-five)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
02-14-31-40-45
(two, fourteen, thirty-one, forty, forty-five)
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Virgin Islands Federal Court Remands Toxic Exposure Lawsuit after Finding Defendant Properly Joined
April 5, 2022
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ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands –– A federal court in the U.S. Virgin Islands has remanded a toxic exposure lawsuit filed by a former employee of an oil refinery, concluding that one of the defendants in question was not fraudulently joined to the matter.
In the March 31 order, the U.S. District Court for the Virgin Islands concluded that the removing defendant had “failed to carry its heavy burden” of establishing fraudulent joinder.
Plaintiff Gregory A. Mathurin filed the underlying lawsuit in Dec. 2020 in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands against a number of defendants, including Glencore, a Swiss …
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Which dinosaur ride-on toy is best?
What’s more exciting for a kid than dinosaur toys? Dinosaur toys they can ride! There are a lot of ride-on toys for kids, but there’s something special about taking that and pairing it with these popular prehistorical creatures. It encourages highly imaginative play and is sure to thrill any young dinosaur lover.
Take a look at the Power Wheels Jurassic World Dino Racer Ride-On for one of the most efficient and powerful dinosaur ride-on toys.
What to know before you buy a dinosaur ride-on toy
Age range
Ride-on toys with all kinds of features and capabilities are great for children ages 1 to 8. Some of these features are for safety, while others are relevant to a child’s budding skillset. If you’re not sure which toy is right for your child, consider their weight and height. These toys have maximum weight capacities, and your child’s height is important for determining whether they can reach pedals or sit comfortably with the allotted amount of leg room.
Choosing a dinosaur
While the type of dinosaur you select is limited to what stores are selling, the dinosaur you choose can make or break the experience for a child. If you don’t know a kid’s favorite dinosaur, ask. Or, if it’s a surprise, take a look at the dinosaur toys they already own, and see if there’s one dinosaur that pops up more than the rest. The most popular dinosaur options for ride-on toys include the Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptor and Triceratops.
Manual or battery-powered
Decide if you want a ride-on toy operated manually or one that’s electronic. Manual ride-on toys move via pedals, feet or a pull-and-push handle operated by an adult. Battery-powered ride-on toys are ridden with the press of a button and can include sounds or lights to add to the experience.
What to look for in a quality dinosaur ride-on toy
Safety precautions
Safety is the primary concern when it comes to toys, especially ride-on toys. The toy should be well-balanced, not wobbly, with even wheels that can be counted on for a smooth ride without causing the toy to fall over. If the toy is motorized, a separate remote control for parents is provided for emergency stopping.
Adjustable features
Having adjustable features is especially useful when it comes to manual toys. If there is a seat or handlebars, it helps to be able to adjust them to your child’s height. This will let you get more out of the toy as your child grows, making it last longer.
Dinosaur-related extras
If the toy is designed to look like a dinosaur, kids will expect it to behave like a dinosaur. If the toy is motorized, this means sounds, looks or movement related to the dinosaur. It should roar or be heavily detailed to resemble a specific species of dinosaur, not just a general reptilian creature.
How much you can expect to spend on a dinosaur ride-on toy
Manual dinosaur ride-on toys cost $25-$100, while battery-powered ones cost $80-$300.
Dinosaur ride-on toy FAQ
Is assembly required?
A. Yes. The difficulty of the assembly depends on the toy, though manual ride-on toys seem to have more extensive assembly instructions than battery-operated ones.
What are they made of?
A. These toys are mostly made of plastic. Some have metal or electronic components.
What’s the best dinosaur ride-on toy to buy?
Top dinosaur ride-on toy
Power Wheels Jurassic World Dino Racer Ride-On
What you need to know: This battery-powered plastic ride-on toy has four wheels and is designed to look like the Velociraptor named Blue from “Jurassic World”. It’s made for children age 3 to 7 with a 65-pound weight capacity.
What you’ll love: The wheels are durable, made for grass and hard ground, with a top speed of 6 mph. The face and body details are great, making it really look like the film character. There’s a speed-lock feature so parents can control how fast it goes. It’s easy to assemble and the battery comes included.
What you should consider: It doesn’t make any sounds.
Where to buy: Sold by Buy Buy Baby
Top dinosaur ride-on toy for the money
Little Tikes T-Rex Cozy Coupe Dinosaur Ride-On Car
What you need to know: This manual plastic ride-on toy has four wheels and a T-rex theme. It’s made for children 18 months to 5 years old, with a weight capacity of 50 pounds.
What you’ll love: It is cute and durable, and it moves smoothly. The front wheels spin 360 degrees and there is a parent push handle for beginners. There’s a steering wheel, and kids use their feet to move it if they aren’t being pushed. There’s a cup holder in the back. No batteries are required.
What you should consider: While there’s an expressive face and T-rex logos, it doesn’t really look like a T-rex. Assembly can be tricky.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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What you need to know: This manual plastic ride-on toy features a T-rex and truck combo so kids can feel like they are being pulled along by the dinosaur. It’s made for children 3 to 5 years old with a weight capacity of 50 pounds.
What you’ll love: The “dinosaur pulling a truck” design, is creative with lots of details and flourishes on both the T-rex and the truck. It can be used inside or outside and the front tires rotate 360 degrees. There’s a push handle in the back for parents and a steering wheel in the truck for kids. It has a trunk for storage.
What you should consider: Kids love it, but assembly is difficult. In some cases, the toy arrived with missing screws.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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ATLANTA (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
22-43-60-63-64, Mega Ball: 18, Megaplier: 2
(twenty-two, forty-three, sixty, sixty-three, sixty-four; Mega Ball: eighteen; Megaplier: two)
ATLANTA (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
22-43-60-63-64, Mega Ball: 18, Megaplier: 2
(twenty-two, forty-three, sixty, sixty-three, sixty-four; Mega Ball: eighteen; Megaplier: two)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s dress rehearsal for its mega moon rocket is off until at least this weekend because of a pair of technical problems that kept stalling a fueling test.
Launch managers tried twice — once Sunday and again Monday — to load nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket known as Space Launch System, or SLS. Balky fans at the launch pad thwarted the first effort, while an improperly closed valve halted the second attempt.
The countdown test is the last major milestone before the rocket’s long-awaited launch debut. The Orion crew capsule atop the rocket will be hurled to the moon in a passenger-less test flight, looping around but not landing before returning to Earth. NASA is targeting June, depending on how the demo goes.
“We didn’t get through everything we wanted, but certainly learned a great deal that we’ll take into our next attempt,” said NASA’s Jim Free, who’s in charge of exploration systems development.
Speaking Tuesday at the Space Foundation’s annual conference in Colorado Springs, Free said the launch team will wait until SpaceX launches four private passengers to the International Space Station before taking another crack at the fueling test. Liftoff is scheduled for Friday from Kennedy Space Center, barely a mile from the pad holding the SLS rocket.
Managers declined to specify a date for the next SLS fueling attempt, but noted they would not have to start the test from scratch.
The dress rehearsal began Friday and should have lasted just two days. A severe thunderstorm resulted in four lightning strikes at the pad Saturday, but officials did not believe that caused any of the technical problems. They described the problems as nuisances — not design issues.
“The rocket is fine. The spacecraft (capsule) is fine. We’ve just got to get through the test and the test objectives,” mission manager Mike Sarafin told reporters.
After this first moonshot in NASA’s Artemis program, NASA will send a crew around the moon in 2024 and then attempt the first lunar landing by astronauts in 2025 or so. Astronauts last walked on the moon in 1972 during NASA’s Apollo program.
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Xi Focus-Quotable Quotes: Xi Jinping on carrying forward spirit of heroes
BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The 5th of April this year marks the Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-sweeping Day when Chinese people mourn for their deceased family members and pay tribute to fallen heroes and martyrs.
President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has on many occasions emphasized the significance of remembering the country's heroes and martyrs and carrying forward their spirit.
The following are some highlights of his remarks in this regard:
-- The Chinese nation is a nation of heroes, and more heroes emerge in the new era.
-- Only by respecting heroes will new heroes emerge, and only by hailing them will more appear in their place.
-- Admiration of heroism is also needed in times of peace.
-- We must continue to sustain the revolutionary legacy, protect and develop our socialist country which was built on the sacrifices of revolutionary forefathers, and strive to make new achievements that live up to the expectations of the revolutionaries and the people.
-- We must enhance the education among youths with fine traditions and history of the Party, the revolution and heroes, and foster their affection for the Party, the country and socialism, so that the revolutionary traditions can be passed down from generation to generation.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is moving to keep the Russian government from making debt payments at U.S. banks with U.S. dollars, restricting one of the strategies President Vladimir Putin is using to stave off default, an agency official said Tuesday.
Russia faces several April deadlines to make debt payments. The Kremlin must now choose between draining its remaining valuable dollar reserves, using new revenue coming in or default, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the official wasn’t authorized to speak on the record.
The Treasury decision comes after the agency previously said sanctions levied on Russia over itsinvasion of Ukraine still permit Russia to continue to make debt payments. The debt is owed to foreign investors, among others, and comes from government investments to presumably spur economic growth in Russia.
Russia is currently facing skyrocketing inflation, shortages in essential goods and disrupted trade with the rest of the world as it continues its invasion of Ukraine.
While the ruble has bounced back from the fall it took after the U.S. and European allies moved to bury the Russian economy, Putin has resorted to extreme financial measures to blunt the West’s penalties and inflate his currency.
Western sanctions from the war have placed severe restrictions on banks and their financial transactions with Russia, and also have frozen much of the government’s reserves of foreign currency.
The West has cut key Russian banks out of a financial messaging system known as SWIFT, which is used every day to route billions of dollars among more than 11,000 banks and other financial institutions around the world. Sanctions have been issued on Russian leadership, oligarchs, trade and natural resources, and the country’s central bank.
The U.S., EU and United Kingdom have limited the ability of Russia’s central bank to draw on more than $600 billion in foreign currency reserves and have frozen its gold reserves. That has left the central bank with few tools to prop up the ruble and prevent it from crumbling in value.
The decision to limit bond payments will further deplete the resources Putin is using to continue his war against Ukraine and will cause more uncertainty and challenges for Russia’s financial system, the Treasury official said.
Darshak Dholakia, a trade and government regulations attorney in Washington, said now that Treasury has restricted access to these funds, “it seems like the calculus has changed.”
He said the U.S. is finding ways to ensure that Russia has less money to buy weapons by reducing its access to funds to pay for its bond obligations.
“The U.S. has not put full blocking measures on the central bank yet,” he said. “They’re saying that Russia can’t touch those funds unless it’s for an authorized purpose.”
Once a country defaults, it can be cut off from bond-market borrowing until the default is sorted out and investors regain confidence in the government’s ability and willingness to pay. Additionally, holders of the bonds could take serious losses and can sue.
Russia’s government can still borrow rubles at home, where it mostly relies on Russian banks to buy its bonds.
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Over 20 bln USD of int'l aid allocated for Ukraine: central bank chief
(Xinhua) 09:25, April 06, 2022
KIEV, April 5 (Xinhua) -- More than 20 billion U.S. dollars of international aid has been allocated for Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Tuesday, citing Kyrylo Shevchenko, governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.
"The financial aid allocated for Ukraine by now exceeds 20 billion dollars. A part of it has already been disbursed," Shevchenko was quoted as saying.
In March, Shevchenko said that international donors have pledged 15 billion dollars in financial, technical and humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
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Star Plus’s popular show Ghum Hai Kisike Pyaar Mein has created a special place in the hearts of the audience since its inception. This popular show has maintained its place in the top five of the TRP list for the past one year. Neil Bhatt, Aishwarya Singh and Ayesha Singh are seen playing the lead characters in the show. Soon, it will witness a new twist with the entry of Sacchin Shrof in a prominent role. Shrof will enact Rajiv’s character, and play the role of Shivani’s (Tanvi Thakkar) husband.
He says, “The major reason for me choosing this character is my mother. As soon as I received a call from the production house, my mother was inquisitive. I told her about Ghum Hai Kisike Pyaar Mein and that I had got an offer from Star Plus. She said it was her favourite show and she wanted me to work in it. That’s how I took up this role without a second thought. My character is a chef by profession; he is jovial by nature, spreads happiness wherever he goes and wears only funky clothes.”
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Russia displaces climate in 2022 boardroom
Legal and moral questions about Russia are displacing vital boardroom decisions on post-pandemic recovery and climate change, a business summit has been warned.
Opening the two-day event in Sydney on Wednesday, Responsible Investment Association Australasia CEO Simon O'Connor said "it's a really fragile moment for responsible investment".
Mercer Australia partner Alexis Cheang challenged the asset owners in the room to have frameworks in place to stress test for multiple shocks - the Ukraine war, COVID-19 and climate change.
Although human rights abuses were not new, what was different now was that businesses were making moral decisions to stand with Ukraine, she said.
Christian Super CEO Ross Piper said the key question was what checks and balances were in place to determine how far to go beyond the legal requirements of sanctions.
"That's going to look different for different investors," he said.
"It's complex and it's tragic - at the heart of this is extraordinary, heart-breaking human tragedy."
There was strong encouragement from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg for super funds to dump Russian assets, and the financial regulator advised trustees should not be held to account for loss-making decisions to divest.
"But the net effect of all that is a degree of confusion," Mr Piper said.
"Trustees are accountable to make decisions in the best financial interests of their members."
Ms Cheang said limits must be set on what risks were acceptable to make returns, divest and make impact investments because the flip side to dumping assets was action to support refugees and companies who would rebuild Ukraine.
Founder of Blended Capital Group Paul Clements-Hunt said bankers had themselves to blame for "wining and dining" oligarchs for the past 30 years.
Mr Clements-Hunt is credited with coining the term ESG (environment, social and governance) - now a mainstream way of weighing up business decisions.
He also helped to craft the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment so the largest investors, including pension funds and sovereign funds, could contribute to sustainable growth, poverty reduction and environmental protection.
Responsible investing have since developed with its own line of certified financial products, and is worth more than $1.2 trillion in Australia.
Mr Clements-Hunt said investors should have been alert to the risks of fossil fuel-rich and nuclear-armed Russia's "slide into autocracy and war-mongering".
"It was normalised from the beginning," he said.
"Yes, some called out Russia but the investment and the funds kept flowing."
Similarly, climate "red flags" were ignored and most investment firms remained wedded to fossil fuels, he said.
Amid market turmoil, there have been accusations about the failure of investment screening.
But Mr Clements-Hunt insisted ESG analysis brought a "forensic and sanitising influence" if applied consistently.
Using the framework to assess risks on three levels - systemic, portfolio and company - was still a "potentially powerful tool", he said.
Responsible Investment 2022 conference host Mr O'Connor said the mission was clear.
"It's about driving investment that aligns with a healthier and more sustainable economy, environment and society," he said.
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Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S., as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms that cripple broad segments of the nation’s aging electrical grid, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data.
Forty states are experiencing longer outages — and the problem is most acute in regions seeing more extreme weather, U.S. Department of Energy data shows. The blackouts can be harmful and even deadly for the elderly, disabled and other vulnerable communities.
Power grid maintenance expenses are skyrocketing as utilities upgrade decades-old transmission lines and equipment. And that means customers who are hit with more frequent and longer weather outages also are paying more for electricity.
“The electric grid is our early warning,” said University of California, Berkeley grid expert Alexandra von Meier. “Climate change is here and we’re feeling real effects.”
The AP analysis found:
—The number of outages tied to severe weather rose from about 50 annually nationwide in the early 2000s to more than 100 annually on average over the past five years.
—The frequency and length of power failures are at their highest levels since reliability tracking began in 2013 — with U.S. customers on average experiencing more than eight hours of outages in 2020.
—Maine, Louisiana and California each experienced at least a 50% increase in outage duration even as residents endured mounting interruption costs over the past several years.
—In California alone, power losses have affected tens of thousands of people who rely on electricity for medical needs.
The AP analyzed electricity disturbance data submitted by utilities to the U.S. Department of Energy to identify weather-related outages. The analysis also examined utility-level data covering outages of more than five minutes, including how long they lasted and how often they occurred. Department officials declined comment.
Driving the increasingly commonplace blackouts are weather disasters now rolling across the country with seasonal consistency.
Winter storms called nor'easters barrel into New England and shred decrepit electrical networks. Hot summers spawn hurricanes that pound the Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard, plunging communities into the dark, sometimes for months. And in fall, West Coast windstorms trigger forced power shutoffs across huge areas to protect against deadly wildfires from downed equipment.
MAINE
The power grid's fragility hit home for Lynn Mason Courtney, 78, a blind cancer survivor living in a retirement community in Bethel, Maine, a rural town of 2,500 along the Androscoggin River.
When Courtney's building lost power and heat for three days following a 2020 winter storm, the temperature inside fell to 42 degrees (6 degrees Celsius). Extended loss of heat isn’t something most people are prepared for in a cold state such as Maine, she said, and one resident relied on old camping gear to try to keep warm.
"I developed hypothermia. I was dehydrated,” Courtney said. “Two people on oxygen had nowhere to go. They just stayed in the apartment and hoped like hell that the power would come back on.”
Winter storms left more than 500,000 without power in Maine in 2017 — more than a third of the state’s population. And in recent years, the state has seen record numbers of weather-related interruptions. The state never recorded more than five per year until 2018, but in 2020 it had 12, AP's analysis found.
As with much of the nation, Maine’s electrical infrastructure was built decades ago and parts are more than 50 years old, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.
The brittle condition of the state's power grid and repeated disruptions worsened by climate change worry Courtney.
“When the power goes out, it’s extraordinarily difficult and dangerous,” she said. "If you’re disabled, it’s scary. You’re not safe.”
As the planet warms, storms that threaten power reliability are likely to hit some areas harder, said Penn State University meteorology professor Colin Zarzycki.
A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, increasing energy packed by storms no matter the season. The phenomenon produces, for example, increasingly destructive tropical hurricanes that strike the Southeast and Pacific storms that cause flooding on the West Coast.
On the East Coast, some nor'easters will convert to rainstorms as freezing weather shifts north. But those that fall as snow could be bigger than ever, Zarzycki said.
And some areas will get less snow but more sleet and freezing rain that can wreak greater damage on electrical systems, because ice-laden equipment is easier for winds to topple.
“Those really high-end nor’easters, the ones that take over CNN for days, those are going to occur with the same or increased frequency,” Zarzycki said. “Where these events occur could lead to increased vulnerability, because the infrastructure is not prepared.”
LOUISIANA
The combination of at-risk infrastructure and climate change can be deadly: After Hurricane Ida knocked out power to much of coastal Louisiana last year, heat killed or contributed to the deaths of at least 21 people, local coroners reported.
In New Orleans alone, heat caused nine deaths and contributed to 10 others, according to coroner’s office records. Most who died were elderly and African American. Spokesman Jason Melancon could not say which victims did not have power, but 75% of the city was still without power when most died.
David Sneed, 65, died in his wheelchair on the 12th-floor of the subsidized apartment where he’d been without power for several days after the storm hit Aug. 29.
Sneed was obese and had a cognitive impairment that made walking difficult, so he used the wheelchair most of the time, said Rev. Ken Taylor, a professor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where Sneed was a doctoral student.
Three days after the storm, Sneed called Taylor in near-panic and said he was unable to leave because the building's elevator was not working. So the next day, Taylor went to Sneed’s apartment to bring him food and water — and it felt like 100 degrees (38 degrees Celsius), with no windows open.
When the professor returned the following day, he found the elevator was working. Sneed said he'd go down to the first floor where it was cooler. But when the reverend came back to check on him again, Sneed didn’t answer.
When an apartment employee opened the door, Sneed’s body was in the bedroom, slumped in his wheelchair.
“I speculate that he had rolled into his bedroom to put on some pants to go downstairs ... and the heat or his heart or a combination of the two” killed him, Taylor said. The coroner’s office said Sneed died from the heat.
The financial toll of storms is huge — Louisiana’s largest power company has said it will cost an estimated $4 billion to repair damage from the hurricanes of 2020 and 2021. State regulators have approved $3.2 billion of that, which Entergy Corp. estimates will add $8 a month for 15 years to the average residential bill.
Problems with the grid and costs to fix them are expected to grow in coming decades, said U.C. Berkeley's von Meier.
Much of the grid was built decades ago, and the majority of power transmission facilities are now at least 25 years old. That’s forced utilities to quadruple spending on the U.S. transmission system since 2000 to about $40 billion annually, according to Department of Energy data.
Billions more will be spent, with costs passed on to consumers, but those efforts won’t keep up with problems from climate change, von Meier said. “Rates will go up, reliability will go down,” she said.
CALIFORNIA
In California, widespread anger erupted in recent years as utilities such as Pacific Gas and Electric Co. imposed deliberate power outages to guard against wildfires.
Almost 200 California wildfires over the past decade were traced to downed power lines that ignited trees or brush, including a record 41 blazes in 2021. Among them was a 2018 fire that ripped through the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Paradise and killed 85 people, resulting in criminal involuntary manslaughter convictions of PG&E. Another fire blamed on PG&E last year burned almost 1 million acres (390,000 hectares), 1,300 buildings and much of the Sierra Nevada town of Greenville.
Now when wind storms are forecast and the landscape is dry, utilities cut off power to hundreds of thousands of customers, sometimes for multiple days, to reduce fire risk.
Beyond closing businesses and causing food to spoil in refrigerators, outages can be life-threatening for people with health conditions whose medical equipment requires electricity.
An AP review of utility filings with California regulators found nearly 160,000 instances of power shutoffs to customers with medical needs from 2017 to 2021. PG&E was responsible for more than 80%.
“We know there has been a trade-off between safety and reliability,” said PG&E Vice President Sumeet Singh. He said shutoffs were a last resort to guard against fires and that the company has reduced the number of people affected through better forecasting of hazardous weather and more localized shutdowns.
Richard Skaff, a paraplegic who is an advocate for the disabled in Northern California, said he has endured two forced outages each lasting five days over the past several years. He was fortunate to have a generator to keep his electric wheelchair powered and his house heated, but said many others with disabilities live on minimal incomes and struggle to get by during outages.
“If we’re going to allow PG&E and others to de-energize the grid, if we accept that as a concept, you have to look at the implications of that first,” Skaff said. “You have to determine the effects on the most vulnerable people."
PG&E and other utilities have sought to lessen the impacts by notifying people with needs in advance of shutoffs and setting up response centers where they can charge their phones or other essential devices.
Utilities also have started creating “microgrids” — local electrical networks that can disconnect from the main grid and operate independently to reduce the scope of shutoffs.
“We're very sensitive to the needs of our customers," said Southern California Edison Vice President Erik Takayesu. “We run risk calculations to ensure we’re making the right decisions. But it's really hard ... Each individual customer will have their own individual experience. The best we can do is help the customer prepare.”
The state utilities commission and some local officials have said the industry's efforts are insufficient for outages that can cover large portions of the state and affect numerous towns and cities.
By the end of this year, PG&E and Southern California Edison expect to have spent almost $20 billion since 2020 on wildfire prevention. The companies are cutting back vegetation near their equipment and putting up stronger power lines. PG&E plans to bury 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) of lines over 10 years so they won't be exposed to falling trees.
PG&E's customers paid on average almost $140 more last year versus the previous year to avert wildfires from their operations.
Rising electric bills because of extreme weather have outsized impact on low income households and communities of color, said John Howat, a senior energy analyst at National Consumer Law Center. These communities devote a higher proportion of their income to home energy bills, so they get hit harder than wealthier households.
Since it will take utilities many years to carry out their wildfire prevention efforts, companies will continue to use forced shutoffs to protect against wildfires.
The intentional outages help utilities avoid liability for deadly wildfires, but they amount to recurring crises for power customers who are disabled, elderly or with special needs, said Aaron Carruthers, executive director of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities.
Unless more is done to prepare needy communities, shutoffs will continue to put lives at risk, threaten people's health and leave vulnerable people scared, Carruthers said.
Gabriela Madrigal, a 34-year-old Santa Barbara resident who needs a powered wheelchair to get around, said she's endured perhaps a dozen preventive shutoffs by Southern California Edison over the past several years.
Madrigal — who has a debilitating, neurological condition called spina bifida — lives in low-income city housing with her mother, who is her primary caregiver.
Each time the power blinks out, it catches them off guard, Madrigal said. When the outages last hours or days, her wheelchair goes dead. The chair weighs several hundred pounds with Madrigal in it, and her mother has trouble moving it.
So when the power goes off and no one else is around to help, “we're pretty much stuck,” Madrigal said. “It takes a toll on someone.”
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Associated Press data journalist Caroline Ghisolfi contributed to this article.
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Matthew Brown reported from Billings, Montana, Patrick Whittle from Bethel, Maine, Janet McConnaughey from New Orleans and Jasen Lo from Chicago.
AP data journalist Camille Fassett in Oakland, California is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered topics.
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On Twitter follow Matthew Brown: @MatthewBrownAP and Patrick Whittle: @pxwhittle.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's president revoked a days-old state of emergency after huge public protests demanded he resign over the country's worst economic crisis in memory.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resisted the calls even after governing party lawmakers said an interim government should replace his and failing to do so would make them responsible for violence.
The decree Rajapaksa issued Tuesday night said he revoked emergency orders that had given him sweeping authority to act in the interests of public security and preserving public order, including suspending any laws, authorizing detentions and seizing property.
Rajapaksa had declared the emergency last week after crowds of protesters demonstrated near his home in the capital Colombo. The protests initially began over shortages of essentials such as cooking gas, petrol, electricity and milk powder. They have spread to every part of the Indian Ocean island nation and now the demonstrators are demanding the resignation of Rajapaksa and his government.
TV and social media images from Monday showed protesters stormed into the offices and houses of ruling party lawmakers and vandalized some premises. On Tuesday, lawmakers at the first new Parliament session since the protests flared asked the speaker to ensure their safety.
The president and his older brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, continue to hold power in Sri Lanka, despite their politically powerful family being the focus of public ire.
The Cabinet resigned Sunday night, and Rajapaksa invited all parties to join a unity government, but the main opposition party rejected the proposal. On Tuesday, nearly 40 governing coalition lawmakers said they would no longer vote according to coalition instructions, significantly weakening the government.
Sri Lanka has huge debts and dwindling foreign reserves, leaving it unable to pay for imported goods.
For several months, Sri Lankans have endured long lines to buy fuel, foods and medicines, most of which comes from abroad and is paid for in hard currency. The fuel shortage, along with lower hydropower capacity in dry weather, has caused rolling power cuts lasting hours each day.
Rajapaksa last month said his government was in talks with the International Monetary Fund and turned to China and India for loans while he appealed to people to limit the use of fuel and electricity.
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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Twitter moves to limit reach of Russian govt accounts
April 06, 2022 09:01 ISTHere are the latest developments from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict
Ahead of the ‘2+2’ dialogue, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and discussed the latest developments in Ukraine.
India condemned the killing of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday, calling for an independent U.N. inquiry.
The United States announced Tuesday it will send $100 million in additional anti-armor weapons to Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed to provide technical and expert support for an investigation into crimes committed by Russian troops in Bucha and elsewhere.
Mr. Zelenskyy told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the atrocities committed by Russian troops are no different from terrorists like the Islamic State extremists as he demanded immediate action to bring the Kremlin’s forces to justice for “war crimes”.
The conflict began escalating on February 21, 2022, after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and deployed troops in a peacekeeping role.
Here are the latest updates
U.S. to ban ‘all new investment’ in Russia on Wednesday: source
The United States, in coordination with the G7 and European Union, will ban “all” new investments in Russia on Wednesday in its latest round of sanctions, a source said.
The joint measures, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and alleged carrying out of atrocities, “will include a ban on all new investment in Russia, increased sanctions on financial institutions and state-owned enterprises in Russia, and sanctions on Russian government officials and their family members,” the source familiar with the sanctions told AFP Tuesday. -AFP
Twitter moves to limit reach of Russian govt accounts
Twitter announced Tuesday it was introducing new measures against Russian government accounts to reduce the impact of official propaganda on the social network.
The official accounts will no longer be “recommended” to Twitter users across all categories of the app, including in searches, the platform said in a statement. -AFP
Finland boosts defence spending by 2 bn euros over Ukraine
Finland announced Tuesday it would increase its military spending by more than two billion euros over the next four years, saying the decision was spurred on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The decision to increase the defence budget follows unusually short budget negotiations in the Nordic country that shares Europe’s longest land border with Russia.
“The war in Europe has fundamentally changed our security environment,” Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen said in a statement. -AFP
New Zealand introduces new sanctions, tariffs on Russian imports
The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it was introducing a 35% tariff on all imports from Russia and would extend existing export prohibitions to industrial products closely connected to strategic Russian industries.
“The images and reports emerging of atrocities committed against civilians in Bucha and other regions of Ukraine is abhorrent and reprehensible, and New Zealand continues to respond to Putin’s mindless acts of aggression,” Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said in a statement. -Reuters
Intel suspends business operations in Russia
Intel Corp is suspending all business operations in Russia, effective immediately, the U.S. chipmaker said on Tuesday, adding that it has implemented business continuity measures to minimize disruption to its global operations.
“Intel continues to join the global community in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine and calling for a swift return to peace,” it added. -Reuters
EU allies expel over 200 Russian diplomats, staff
EU nations expelled dozens more Russian diplomats Tuesday amid increasing outrage over the Ukraine conflict, in coordinated moves that have seen more than 200 envoys and staff sent home in 48 hours.
After Germany and France announced around 75 expulsions between them Monday, countries including Italy, Spain and Slovenia followed suit Tuesday -- while the European Union itself declared “persona non grata” a group of Russian officials working with its institutions. -AFP
Russia’s Lavrov says Bucha war crime claims aim to ‘torpedo’ Ukraine talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said the discovery of bodies in the Ukrainian town of Bucha was a “provocation” aimed at scuppering talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
“A question arises: What purpose does this blatantly untruthful provocation serve? We are led to believe it is to find a pretext to torpedo the ongoing negotiations,” Lavrov said in a video message broadcast on Russian television. -AFP
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
11-14-17-28-31
(eleven, fourteen, seventeen, twenty-eight, thirty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
11-14-17-28-31
(eleven, fourteen, seventeen, twenty-eight, thirty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
11-14-17-28-31
(eleven, fourteen, seventeen, twenty-eight, thirty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
11-14-17-28-31
(eleven, fourteen, seventeen, twenty-eight, thirty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
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02-14-31-40-45
(two, fourteen, thirty-one, forty, forty-five)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
02-14-31-40-45
(two, fourteen, thirty-one, forty, forty-five)
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