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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-6-4-6
(three, six, four, six)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-6-4-6
(three, six, four, six)
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Fremont native Sunni Brandon to be featured speaker at Midwest Rhythm Summit
FREMONT — Sunni Brandon's last semester at Terra State Community College got turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Fremont native earned her associate's degree from Terra State in May 2020, despite all the disruptions caused by COVID during her final weeks at the college.
She's returning to Terra State Friday as a speaker at the Midwest Rhythm Summit, her first time back at the college since her graduation.
"I'm just excited to share my story. I'm really excited to go back," Brandon said Wednesday.
Summit to be held on campus Friday and Saturday
The two-day summit will be held Friday and Saturday on the Fremont campus.
Michael Czeczele, Terra State's director of musical arts and technologies, said the event is as much about education as it is entertainment, with a schedule filled with seminars geared toward helping students as well as live performances.
Brandon, a sales engineer at Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Sweetwater Music Instruments and Pro Audio, graduated from Fremont Ross High School before attending Terra State.
When she's not working at Sweetwater, Brandon plays bass and sings at her church, City Church of Fort Wayne.
She also performs with the local ska band Burgers for Breakfast once or twice a month.
Her summit biography information mentions that, by the age of 16, Brandon was playing four different instruments and singing at local venues, including her church where she was later hired on music ministry staff.
Brandon studied music technology and recording arts at Terra State.
She's scheduled to speak Friday at 12:15 p.m. at the summit.
Deals with many different musicians in her job
Brandon said Czeczele may do a mock interview with her at the summit where she talks about what it's like to work with so many different musicians at Sweetwater.
Czeczele taught Brandon in several classes at Terra State.
"I miss working with him. He's a good dude," Brandon said.
On an average day at Sweetwater, Brandon handles 60 to 80 sales calls, with most of those outbound calls.
She helps musicians get what they need in terms of musical equipment from the company.
Mark Lettieri, guitarist for Snarky Puppy, is one of the more well-known musicians she's worked with, Brandon said.
When the day ends at Sweetwater, Brandon said most of her nights are busy with gigs related to her Fort Wayne church group, as well as her ska band.
"I'm busy. I keep myself busy," Brandon said.
Information on this year's summit can be found at midwestrhythmsummit.com.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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EVENING FOR EAST TEXAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...
* AFFECTED AREA...Along and south of Interstate 20 in East and
Deep East Texas.
* WIND...Northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts between 30
and 40 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Falling to near or below 20 percent today.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
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...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE, THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS, AND MOST OF THE
ROLLING PLAINS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE, THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS, AND MOST OF
THE ROLLING PLAINS...
The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Fire Weather
Watch, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday
afternoon.
* Wind...Northwest at 15 to 25 mph at the 20 foot level.
* Humidity...As low as 5 to 10 percent.
* Fuels...Critically dry.
* Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor
burning is discouraged.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create
rapid wildfire growth.
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are forecast to occur. Monitor later forecasts and possible Red
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...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
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Watch, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday
afternoon.
* Wind...Northwest at 15 to 25 mph at the 20 foot level.
* Humidity...As low as 5 to 10 percent.
* Fuels...Critically dry.
* Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor
burning is discouraged.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create
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PU’s small languages departments proposed to be merged
With Panjab University (PU) working on the merger of its small departments and centres, a sub-committee has proposed to merge the small languages departments of the varsity in line with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council’s (NAAC) 2015 recommendation.
The special panel, headed by dean university instruction (DUI), held its second meeting in which the proposal to merge the small languages departments was deliberated. During the last meeting of the panel, different sub-committees were formed to submit reports about the merger of various small departments and centres in the University.
A sub-committee has also proposed the Arts Block number 5 — which has around 18 rooms — be used to accommodate the various small languages departments. The small languages departments include Chinese and Tibetan Studies; Russian, German, French and Francophone.
The sub-committee, members of which visited some of the departments, also proposed to bring them under one umbrella, but there is no clarity on the name yet.
The other sub-committees formed during the last meeting will also submit their reports to the committee, which is expected to meet within a week. It is also expected that the departments in the emerging areas building will likely be merged as well. The courses in various languages departments have witnessed poor response by students in the last two academic sessions consecutively.
The NAAC, in 2015, had recommended the consolidation of small cognate departments for the effective and efficient teaching, learning and research. With the next round of accreditation scheduled for this year, PU reinitiated its plans to merge its small departments and centres last month which was on hold for the last few years.
The process to merge the small departments hit a roadblock in 2019 following opposition over the proposed merger of the Urdu department with the school of foreign languages on the grounds of Urdu not being a foreign language.
Notably, Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) had also recently criticised the move to not involve concerned chairpersons and faculty in the discussions.
PU’s dean university instruction (DUI) Renu Vig, said, “It is being discussed that if the small allied departments come under one umbrella then they can share resources and it will be beneficial for students and the faculty.
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Manhattan DA: Trump criminal investigation is continuing
NEW YORK (AP) — Refuting suggestions that he’s lost interest in going after Donald Trump, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Thursday a criminal investigation into the former president and his business practices is continuing “without fear or favor” despite a recent shakeup in the probe’s leadership.
In a rare public statement, Bragg denied that the three-year investigation was winding down or that a grand jury term expiring this month would impede his office’s ability to bring charges.
Citing secrecy rules, the district attorney said he couldn’t discuss details of the probe but pledged to publicly disclose findings when it’s over.
“In recent weeks, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has been repeatedly asked whether our investigation concerning former President Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, and its leadership is continuing,” Bragg wrote. “It is.”
The Democrat’s affirmation of the investigation was part of a double dose of bad legal news for Trump on Thursday.
It came shortly after the New York attorney general’s office asked a judge to hold Trump in contempt and fine him $10,000 per day for not meeting a March 31 deadline to turn over documents in a parallel civil investigation. Trump is appealing a subpoena for his testimony in that investigation, but not one requiring him to provide documents.
“The judge’s order was crystal clear: Donald J. Trump must comply with our subpoena and turn over relevant documents to my office,” Attorney General Letitia James said. “Instead of obeying a court order, Mr. Trump is trying to evade it. We are seeking the court’s immediate intervention because no one is above the law.”
Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, called James’ request for sanctions “frivolous and baseless,” and said the former president has “consistently complied with the many discovery requests” from her office over the years.
Bragg’s statement marked the district attorney’s first public comment on the Trump investigation since the two men who had been leading it, Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne, resigned Feb. 23 in a dispute over the direction of the case.
Pomerantz, a former mafia prosecutor, wrote in a resignation letter that he believed Trump is “guilty of numerous felony violations” but that Bragg, who inherited the probe when he took office in January, had decided not to pursue charges.
Pomerantz said in the letter, published last month by The New York Times, that there was “evidence sufficient to establish Mr. Trump’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt” of allegations he falsified financial statements to secure loans and burnish his image as a wealthy businessman.
“I believe that your decision not to prosecute Donald Trump now, and on the existing record, is misguided and completely contrary to the public interest,” Pomerantz wrote.
Bragg’s silence after the resignations and the March 23 publication of Pomerantz’s letter gave rise to a narrative that the investigation was effectively dead.
After Pomerantz and Dunne left, Trump lawyer Robert Fischetti told the Associated Press: “I’m a very happy man. In my opinion, this investigation is over.”
Pomerantz and Dunne started on the probe under former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
Pomerantz wrote that Vance had directed them to seek an indictment of Trump and other defendants “as soon as reasonably possible,” but that Bragg reached a different conclusion after reviewing the evidence.
Vance and Bragg are Democrats. No former president has ever been charged with a crime.
In his statement Thursday, Bragg tried to wrest back the narrative, putting Trump on notice that he isn’t done while reassuring supporters who backed him in part because he pledged to continue investigating the former president, a Republican.
Bragg said that a team of “dedicated, experienced career prosecutors” is working on the investigation, led by the chief of his Investigation Division, Susan Hoffinger, and that they are “going through documents, interviewing witnesses, and exploring evidence not previously explored.”
“In the long and proud tradition of white-collar prosecutions at the Manhattan D.A.’s Office, we are investigating thoroughly and following the facts without fear or favor,” Bragg said.
Trump has called the investigation a politically motivated “witch hunt.”
So far, the three-year investigation has resulted only in tax fraud charges against Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, and its longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg relating to lucrative fringe benefits such as rent, car payments and school tuition. They have pleaded not guilty.
Weisselberg’s lawyers filed court papers in February asking a judge to throw out his case, arguing that prosecutors targeted him as punishment because he wouldn’t flip on the former president.
Trump has cited potential peril from the criminal case as he appeals a ruling requiring him to answer questions under oath in James’ civil investigation.
Trump’s lawyers contend James, who assigned two lawyers to work on the criminal case, is using the guise of a civil deposition to get around a state law barring prosecutors from calling someone to testify before a criminal grand jury without giving them immunity.
James, a Democrat, has said her investigation has uncovered evidence that Trump may have misstated the value of assets like golf courses and skyscrapers on his financial statements for more than a decade.
Bragg said his career and perspective have been shaped by “high-profile, complex investigations,” including a lawsuit he oversaw while a top deputy in the attorney general’s office that led to the closure of Trump’s charity over allegations he used it to further his political and business interests.
“Prosecutors fulfilling their duties cannot and do not bring only cases that are ‘slam dunks,’” Bragg wrote. “To the contrary, every case must be brought for the right reason — namely that justice demands it. That’s what I’ve done throughout my career, regardless of how easy or tough a case might be.”
A grand jury convened in the Trump investigation last fall hasn’t met regularly for several months and its term is expected to run out soon, but Bragg said there are grand juries sitting in Manhattan all the time and “there is no magic at all to any previously reported dates.”
“In the meantime, we will not be discussing our investigative steps. Nor will we be discussing grand jury matters.” Bragg wrote. “In short, as we have previously said, the investigation continues.”
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‘She knew she was going to die young’: Woman killed in crash after surviving liver transplant
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ind. (WXIX/Gray News) – A 20-year-old woman in Indiana was killed in a car crash on the way to an appointment at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in connection to a liver transplant she had two years ago.
Makenzie Howell was the passenger in a truck that crossed the centerline of the highway, hitting another truck and then sliding sideways into the path of a semi-truck that hit the passenger side of the vehicle she was in.
“She knew she was going to die young,” Danielle Howell, Makenzie’s mother, told WXIX. “My heart never wanted to believe that.”
Danielle explained her daughter had a rare genetic condition that caused growths on her liver.
“They would just get bigger and bigger and fill up to the point that her liver was three times the size it was supposed to be,” Danielle said. “It was intense and scary.”
Danielle is heartbroken because they thought Makenzie was in the clear after her transplant, adding she was the happiest she’d ever seen her daughter.
Two other people involved in the crash were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.
The crash investigation is ongoing.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill allowing limited use of medical marijuana in South Carolina is heading to the House floor — the furthest the proposal has made it during the eight years its passionate supporters have been pushing for it.
A House committee voted 16-3 in favor of the bill Thursday.
The bill's sponsor said if it passes, South Carolina's law would be one of the most conservative of the nearly 40 states that allow marijuana for medical use.
Smoking the drug would be illegal. Instead patients would have to use oil, salves, patches or vaporizers. The illnesses that can be treated are specified, including cancer, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, sickle cell anemia, autism and some post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses. The marijuana could be obtained only through specially chosen pharmacies.
Doctors would have to meet patients in person and patients could only get a two-week supply at one time.
The House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee made just a few minor changes to the bill that passed the Senate in February.
They added criminal background checks for distributors and security plans for their businesses. The exact strain of marijuana and what ingredients are in the oil, salve or other product would have to be given to patients. And the bill now allows some podiatrists with extra training to the list of doctors who can prescribe medical marijuana.
The bill's chances on the House floor aren't certain either way. It has both supporters and opponents among Democrats and Republicans.
Rep. Vic Dabney proposed 127 amendments to the bill. More than half were found out of order and pulled down more than two dozen more after feeling his concerns about the bill had been met.
The Republican from Camden has said he thinks the medical marijuana law covers too many conditions, saying at a public hearing earlier this week that people seek out medical or chemical help when there are “some things you just have to deal with, like a shaking hand."
On Thursday, he said arguments that marijuana is organic and less dangerous than alcohol didn't make sense either.
“Well poison ivy is an organic plant and I’m not going to chew it, or smoke it or rub it all over me," Dabney said.
Many law enforcement agencies, including the attorney general and the head of the state police also oppose medical marijuana, saying they want to wait until the federal government allows it and marijuana use can lead to people trying more dangerous illegal drugs.
The bill’s chances on the House floor aren’t certain either way. It has both supporters and opponents among Democrats and Republicans. It even split the only father-daughter lawmaker pair in the General Assembly.
Democratic Rep. Kimberly Johnson of Manning voted for the bill in her committee. Her father, Democratic Sen. Kevin Johnson of Manning, voted against it in February on the Senate floor.
Kimberly Johnson and other Democratic supporters of the bill pointed out that while much was made of children and people with terminal conditions being helped if the bill passes, many of the people speaking in favor of medical marijuana at Monday's public hearing were veterans looking for help with PTSD and other disorders.
“We're always telling veterans thank you for your service. But I believe that talk needs to be matched by the walk,” Kimberly Johnson said.
The bill is most closely associated with Sen. Tom Davis, a Beaufort Republican who has dedicated eight years of his legislative career to medical marijuana. He attended the more than six-hour long public hearing on Monday to see if there is anything else he could learn to make the bill better.
“This is not the legislature prescribing medicine,” Davis told House members. "This is the Legislature getting out of medicine.
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Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian Novaya Gazeta newspaper who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his critical and investigative coverage of the Russian government, was attacked on a train from Moscow on Thursday, he said.
Key Facts
An unknown assailant threw red paint with acetone at Muratov in his train car, causing Muratov’s eyes to burn, according to Twitter and Telegram posts from Novaya Gazeta Europe, a European offshoot of Muratov’s publication launched by Novaya Gazeta journalists Thursday after the Russian newspaper suspended operations last month due to increasing threats from the Russian government.
Images shared by Novaya Gazeta Europe show Muratov and what appears to be his train car covered in red paint.
The attacker said, “Muratov, here’s one for our boys,” Muratov said in his statement released by Novaya Gazeta Europe.
The official Twitter account of Novaya Gazeta retweeted the images of Muratov, the newspaper’s first post since it went offline March 28.
Muratov received medical care following the attack and his eyesight may be damaged, according to Novaya Gazeta Europe editor-in-chief and former Novaya Gazeta political editor Kirill Martynov.
Key Background
Muratov won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize along with Filipino journalist Maria Ressa for fighting for the freedom of the press “under increasingly challenging conditions.” Muratov announced March 22 he will auction his Nobel medal to raise money for Ukrainian refugees, six days before Novaya Gazeta paused all operations following its second official warning from the Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor. Censorship in Russia has grown stronger, with a law passed in March that allows for 15-year jail sentences for publishing what the government deems false information about the war, causing nearly every independent news outlet to cease operations in the country.
Surprising Fact
Muratov’s attack isn’t the first against a prominent independent Russian journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine: A severed pig’s head along with a sticker saying “Jewish pig” was left at the door of the apartment of Aleksei Venediktov, editor-in-chief of independent Moscow radio station Ekho Moskvy, last week, according to a Telegram post from the Jewish journalist.
Further Reading
Famed Russian Paper Suspends Operations Amid Censorship Laws As Kremlin Restricts War Reporting (Forbes)
2021 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Journalists Maria Ressa And Dmitry Muratov (Forbes)
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and World Athletics on Thursday hit back in the dispute over a positive sample from Italian walker Alex Schwazer that an Italian judge last year ruled had been manipulated.
In a joint statement, WADA and the World Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said reports they had commissioned showed the judge was “wrong” and his theory “implausible”.
Schwazer, the 2008 Olympic champion in the 50km walk, was suspended for eight years just before the 2016 Olympics for testing positive for anabolic steroids, but claimed he was the victim of foul play.
The samples taken on January 1, 2016, had initially given negative results but a second analysis, the following May, revealed traces of doping products.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's current state government budget spends a little over half of the amount necessary to carry out two years of a plan that a judge approved last year to address public education inequities, Gov. Roy Cooper's administration says.
Cooper's budget office this week gave special Superior Court Judge Michael Robinson details on provisions in the budget enacted in November and how they match up with a remedial spending plan that Judge David Lee approved five months earlier.
The two-year budget allocated $958 million that would coincide with portions of $1.75 billion that Lee said should be spent on K-12 schools and other education initiatives through mid-2023, according to budget office data that Robinson requested.
Robinson is supposed to scrutinize the budget details in Lee's order by April 20 before the state Supreme Court takes up appeals in the next step of the “Leandro” litigation — named after a plaintiff’s name from the original case that began in 1994. Robinson, who scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday to hear arguments from lawyers for school districts, parents and state officials, could make changes to the order in light of the budget spending.
The Office of State Budget and Management said the two-year budget spent an amount equal to 63% of what the remedial plan envisioned for the year ending June 30 and 49% sought for the year ending June 30, 2023. The legislature will return to Raleigh next month and will make adjustments to overall second-year budget spending.
And while the remedial plan records more than 40 spending priorities in each of the two years, roughly half of those items annually received no funding, according to OSBM.
Last June, Lee agreed to an eight-year, $5.5 billion plan that he said would help the state satisfy landmark Supreme Court rulings from 1997 and 2004 that declared a constitutionally mandated “opportunity for a sound basic education” for at-risk children and those in poor regions.
Lee took an extraordinary step in November — days before a negotiated state budget between Republican legislative leaders and Cooper surfaced — by directing $1.75 billion be moved from state coffers to government agencies to carry out the plan. Lee said he was left with little choice to act because the legislative and executive branches had failed for years to fund education to repair inequities.
Republican lawmakers disagreed with Lee's assessment that portions of the state constitution addressing the right to education gave him authority to appropriate funds, saying that only the General Assembly has that power. That's an arguments the Supreme Court could soon address.
A Court of Appeals panel in late November agreed with GOP legislators and blocked enforcement of Lee's spending directive, while leaving the remedial plan in place. The Supreme Court agreed March 21 that the case would be fast-tracked to the justices for consideration, after a trial judge reviewed Lee's order in light of the enacted budget.
Also on March 21, Chief Justice Paul Newby appointed Robinson to handle this next portion of the case and not Lee, who had been overseeing the Leandro lawsuit since 2016. A spokesperson for the state court system said Lee had reached the mandatory retirement age of 72 for judges. Judges who reach that age, however, can continue to preside over cases, with a chief justice’s approval. Lee is a registered Democrat. Robinson and Newby are Republicans.
Cooper, a Democrat, sought unsuccessfully for the remedial plan to be included in the final budget bill, which he still signed into law. The plan was based on an outside consultant’s report and input from Cooper and the State Board of Education.
The approved budget spends $26 billion this fiscal year and $27 billion next year. Supporters of the remedial plan say the state has money in its coffers to fund it fully. The two-year budget law, however, leaves all but a few million dollars unaccounted for.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters has sent a letter to Gov. Kate Brown and legislative leaders asking for a summit to address a crippling shortage of public defenders that's led to the dismissal of dozens of criminal cases and a huge court backlog.
Because of pandemic court closures, public defenders face a tremendous backlog of cases and aren’t taking new clients. Cases can’t be heard unless the defendant has an attorney and several hundred people are currently in custody statewide without representation, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. Thirty-five cases in Multnomah County, which is home to Portland, have been dismissed by judges over prosecutors' objections because of the public defender shortage, OPB said, citing a memo.
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt said in an opinion piece published in The Oregonian/OregonLive last month that the justice system is “nearing the point of breakage" because of the public defender shortage and the departure of overworked prosecutors.
Schmidt said a judge dismissed three cases in March, including a domestic violence case that included allegations of strangulation, because the defendants lacked an attorney. More than 150 felony cases in the Portland area lack a public defender and can't be prosecuted, he wrote.
In nearby Washington County, 11 people in custody are without an attorney, court staff told OPB this week. In Multnomah County, more than 260 people are without an attorney. Of those, 22 are in custody.
In Oregon, public defense is run through the Office of Public Defense Services, which secures and pays contracts to public defense firms.
Walters, the Supreme Court justice, is responsible for appointing the commission members who hire and oversee the agency’s executive director.
State lawmakers last month allocated $12.8 million in additional funds to add public defenders and support staff to the hardest-hit counties, including Multnomah, Washington, Lane and Marion. But Walters said in her letter that “providers have found it more difficult than anticipated to do that hiring and are also facing the unanticipated loss of experienced counsel" and state leaders need to urgently address the “immediate crisis.”
Leading up to the summit, Walters said she’ll host a series of meetings with prosecutors, judges and public defenders starting next week. Her first meeting will be next week in Multnomah County where, she noted, a lack of staffing at the sheriff’s office has made it challenging to assist with attorney-client visits “critical to case resolution,” as well as transporting people in custody to court hearings.
“The current crisis is having a real impact on defendants who have a constitutional right to counsel, on courts’ ability to resolve cases, on the safety of our communities,” Walters wrote.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-1-9-1
(six, one, nine, one)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-1-9-1
(six, one, nine, one)
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ATLANTIC CITY — Stockton University said Thursday it has formally returned ownership of the Carnegie Center to the city.
“Our understanding is that the Carnegie Center will be used to provide academic and other support services for at-risk teenagers and young adults in Atlantic City," Stockton President Harvey Kesselman said in a news release. "We applaud those efforts and look forward to those students becoming future Ospreys here at Stockton."
Built in 1904 as the Carnegie Library on what is now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, it served as the city’s library until 1985, when the current Free Public Library was built.
According to Stockton, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority acquired the building in the 1990s, after it had been abandoned, and spent several million dollars restoring it and gave it to Stockton in 2009.
ATLANTIC CITY — The school district’s refusal to let the Stockton University crew team conti…
But CRDA put restrictions on Stockton's use of the building, limiting it to business-related academics and a few other uses, and required the university to return it to the city if such use stopped.
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When the new Stockton Atlantic City campus opened in fall 2018, the university began moving programs from the Carnegie Center to the new Academic Center.
In 2019, Stockton and the Atlantic City school board began negotiating the possible trade of buildings. Stockton offered the school district the renovated Carnegie Center in exchange for the district's boathouse on Arctic Avenue near the Albany Avenue bridge.
But the swap never happened.
The building was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Stockton, which decided not to open it again. Instead, since it would no longer need the building for its approved uses, Stockton gave it back to the city, the university said.
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Is India’s position on Russia affecting its relationship with the U.S.? | The Hindu Parley podcast
While India has explained its stand on the war and its ties with Russia, the U.S. remains ‘disappointed’
Last week, India’s strategic partner, the United States, warned of consequences for any country, including India, which conducts local currency transactions through Russia’s central bank or constructs a payment mechanism that subverts or circumvents the U.S.’s sanctions against Russia. India’s consistent neutral position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, informed by its choices, has antagonised many countries, including the U.S.
Here we discuss whether the U.S.-India relationship has come under strain?
Guests: Syed Akbaruddin, Dean of the Kautilya School of Public Policy and was India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Lisa Curtis, Senior Fellow and Director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security and was with the U.S. White House as Senior Director at the National Security Council.
Host: Suhasini Haidar
Read the parley article .here
You can now find The Hindu’s podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Search for Parley by The Hindu.
Write to us with comments and feedback at socmed4@thehindu.co.in
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90 Day Fiancé star Angela is back to getting more surgery on her physical appearance. In this exclusive clip from Monday's 90 Day Diaries, Angela visits a doctor to get one of her biggest insecurities fixed -- her teeth.
Angela visits surgical dentist Dr. Asaro, and Angela is back to her old ways of complimenting the doctor on his good looks. She memorably flirted with the surgeon who performed her weight loss surgery, Dr. Obeng.
"Now, I'm kind of embarrassed to tell you, the way you look," she tells him when he asks about what brought her in to see him. "Like, I was expecting an old doctor to come in here."
Angela then says that when she was 18 years old, she had an accident that knocked out two of her teeth and that various issues like smoking and menopause caused her teeth to further deteriorate. She said her husband, Michael, didn't know about her dental issues and that she wanted to get dental implants before he arrives from Nigeria on a spousal visa.
"This procedure I'm hoping to get is the most important one ever. If I had a choice, I would have done this procedure before this procedure," she says while pointing to her breasts, referencing her previous breast surgery.
Unfortunately for Angela, the diagnosis doesn't look good. Dr. Asaro says she's missing a lot of teeth and has a lot of dental decay on her remaining teeth. She also has periodontal disease, meaning that the structure that holds her teeth to her jaw is deteriorating.
"You have to have bone to have implants, and that's my major fear, that I don't have no bone," she says.
90 Day Diaries airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on TLC and Discovery+.
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Which Naruto video games are best?
“Naruto” is a popular anime series with numerous spinoffs, board games and video games. Naruto video games allow fans to control their favorite characters from the animated series.
If you or your child is interested in playing a Naruto game, you can’t go wrong with Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: Road To Boruto for the Nintendo Switch.
What to know before you buy a Naruto video game
Is ‘Naruto’ appropriate for children?
Most parents feel comfortable allowing their children to watch “Naruto.” The series features self-harm in many episodes, and Naruto’s “Sexy Jutsu” move involves implied nudity. Still, most parents seem to agree these themes are mild compared to many things on television. The series’ protagonist, Naruto, teaches children the importance of believing in yourself when the odds are against you. Additionally, the importance of friendship is an ongoing theme in the “Naruto” series.
Which consoles support Naruto games?
- Nintendo Switch: The Nintendo Switch allows fans to take their favorite Naruto games on the go. Nintendo Switch games often have lower-quality graphics than other consoles, but many people prefer the system for its ease of use and portability.
- PlayStation 4: The PlayStation 4 is known for superior graphics and top-notch gameplay. The PlayStation 4 features numerous Naruto games available on disc and direct download. Most PlayStation 4 games are playable on the PlayStation 5 as well.
- Xbox One: Most Naruto games are released on the Xbox One. Even so, this system seems to be the least popular option for playing Naruto games.
Naruto gameplay
Most Naruto games allow players to fight each other as characters from the anime series. Still, every Naruto game features slight variations on gameplay.
For example, the Ninja Storm games feature an open-world environment. When players engage other ninjas, the game shifts into a one-on-one fight between you and the enemy ninja. On the other hand, the Shinobi Striker game allows up to eight players to fight simultaneously.
What to look for in a quality Naruto video game
Graphics
Naruto games aren’t known for superior graphics, but some games have more visual appeal than others. Most Naruto games feature cel-shaded graphics that resemble the anime. In many cases, the game’s graphics depend on the system you use, with the Xbox and PlayStation consoles having the best graphics.
Gameplay
Many Naruto games allow fans to relive key moments from the anime. If you prefer open-world games, the Ninja Storm games will likely be your favorite. On the other hand, consider the Shinobi Striker Naruto game if you like MOBA-style games like League of Legends.
Online play
If you enjoy playing video games with others, you’ll want a game with online play. Most Naruto games allow you to fight other players online. Some Naruto games feature one-on-one online play, and others enable you to join teams and play against others.
How much you can expect to spend on a Naruto video game
Most Naruto video games cost $20-$50.
Naruto video game FAQ
Do you need to watch ‘Naruto’ anime to understand the video games?
A. Many Naruto video games retell the stories from the animated series. You’ll see most of the content from the series play out when playing the games. Still, watching the series before playing the games gives you a better understanding of what you’re playing and prevents you from seeing spoilers.
How many Naruto games are there?
A. There are over 40 different Naruto video games, although many are for older consoles.
Are Naruto video games similar to Dragon Ball Z video games?
A. Naruto and Dragon Ball Z video games feature similar art styles and gameplay, but the stories are entirely different.
What’s the best Naruto video game to buy?
Top Naruto video game
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: Road To Boruto (Nintendo Switch)
What you need to know: Although many people are critical of the “Naruto” spinoff series “Boruto,” most agree this game is one of the best in the Naruto series.
What you’ll love: This game features some of the most pivotal moments from the “Naruto” series and many of Naruto and Sasuke’s most powerful forms. You can play as Boruto and Naruto characters in this game. This version of the game contains all DLC for Ninja Storm 4.
What you should consider: Some buyers received the EU version of the game, causing severe lag when playing online.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Naruto video game for the money
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy (PS4)
What you need to know: This disc includes three different Naruto games at a fair price.
What you’ll love: This collection includes Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 and Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst. This trilogy is a great way to relive nearly the entire Naruto series. These games allow you to choose between English and Japanese voices.
What you should consider: Because these games are older, the graphics aren’t fantastic.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker (PS4)
What you need to know: This game features unique gameplay compared to other Naruto games.
What you’ll love: This game is ideal for people who love MOBA games like League of Legends or Pokemon Unite. Unlike other MOBA games, this title features aerial combat and wall-running. Up to eight players can play at once. This game features solid graphics and vibrant colors. You can create your own character.
What you should consider: This game doesn’t offer many features outside of the online battles.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
7-8-1
(seven, eight, one)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
7-8-1
(seven, eight, one)
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Woman waits for bodies of her sister and nephew to be found in rubble of bombed flats after dying civilians lay begging for help for a WEEK as Russian forces banned rescue efforts - exposing the sick lies of Putin's spin doctor about 'FAKE war crimes'
- The photo, taken in Borodianka, a town near Kyiv, shows woman sitting as rescuers comb through rubble
- Ukraine said it had recovered 26 bodies from underneath two destroyed apartment buildings in the town
- Ukrainian President Zelensky warned tonight the situation in Borodyanka is 'much more horrific' than in Bucha
- It comes as Putin's spin doctor repeatedly refused to admit any wrongdoing on Russia's part over invasion
A shocking photo of a woman waiting for the bodies of her sister and nephew to be found in the rubble of bombed flats has been shared by Ukrainian government sources, exposing the lies of Putin's spin doctor who ranted about 'fake' war crimes in a TV interview.
The photo, taken in Borodianka, a town near Kyiv, shows the woman sitting on a chair as rescuers desperately comb for survivors.
According to locals, the Russians blocked rescue efforts, leaving people buried under rubble for a week before Putin's forces eventually withdrew.
The identity of the woman is unclear, although Ukrainian sources say she is named Liudmyla and is from the town. Rescuers are said to have brought her a chair because she has been standing there for three days waiting. The building was destroyed on March 1.
Ukraine on Thursday said it had recovered 26 bodies from underneath two destroyed apartment buildings in the town of Borodianka, north-west of Kyiv, again accusing Moscow of targeting civilian areas.
'Just in the rubble of two apartment blocs, 26 bodies were recovered,' Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on Facebook. 'Only the civilian population was targeted: there is no military site here,' she said, adding it was 'impossible to predict' how many more dead there were at the site.
Ukrainian President Zelensky warned tonight that the situation in Borodyanka is 'much more horrific' than in Bucha.
He said: 'They have started sorting through the ruins in Borodianka,' Zelensky said in his daily address to the nation. 'It's much more horrific there, there are even more victims of Russian occupiers.'
The Ukrainian Parliament added in a tweet: 'The destruction in Borodyanka was considered even worse than in Irpen and Bucha. The world will soon learn about the atrocities of the occupiers there, but now only one thing is clear - the village in ruins.
'Of the 29 high-rise buildings, 21 were damaged, 8 of them were completely destroyed. Rescuers have been dismantling the debris for several days now, so the horrific finds will soon be known to everyone.'
The shocking images come as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov repeatedly refused to admit any wrongdoing and described footage of war crimes committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine as 'fake' and 'lies'
A woman waits for her family to be unearthed from under the rubble in Borodyanka, a town near Kyiv recently occupied by the Russian army
In a wide-ranging interview, Peskov repeatedly refused to admit any wrongdoing on Russia's part and described footage of war crimes committed by its soldiers as 'fake' and 'lies'
Ukrainian officials have warned that the slaughter of hundreds of civilians by Russian troops on the outskirts of Kyiv could just be the 'tip of the iceberg' as more allegations of atrocities emerge. Pictured: A destroyed building in Borodyanka, Ukraine
Pictured: Locals carry a coffin on a wheelbarrow as the city was hit by shelling in the small city of Borodyanka near Kiev
A residential building destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Borodyanka in the Kyiv region
He rejected allegations of a massacre in the Ukrainian town of Bucha as 'a well-staged insinuation', claiming that bodies found in the streets were placed after Russian troops withdrew.
'We are living in days of fakes and lies which we meet every day,' he said, speaking in English by video link from Moscow.
'We deny the Russian military can have something in common with these atrocities and that dead bodies were shown on the streets of Bucha.'
Moscow has been accused of war crimes and genocide after photos emerged from the commuter town of Bucha, near Kyiv, which showed streets littered with the bodies of civilians, many with their hands behind their backs, gunshot wounds and signs of torture.
But Ukrainian officials have warned that other areas nearby may have seen worse atrocities and that Bucha could be just the beginning.
Ukrainian prosecutor-general Iryna Venediktova told Ukrainian TV that a 'similar humanitarian situation' to Bucha exists in other parts of the country where Russian forces recently left, such as the areas around the northern cities of Sumy and Chernihiv.
She also said the situation in Borodyanka, which is further from Kyiv and was also held by Russian forces until recently, may be even worse.
Venediktova didn't specify what exactly had happened in Borodyanka but said 'the worst situation in terms of the victims' is there.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
259 PM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY UNTIL 7 PM...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY...
.Dry air and gusty northwest winds will continue this afternoon
and again Friday with critical fire weather conditions. Relative
humidity is expected to fall back below 25 percent in the mid to
late morning hours and into 9-18 percent range Friday afternoon.
Northwest winds will increase into the 15 to 20 mph range Friday
afternoon with gusts to 25 mph at times throughout the daytime
hours. Speeds should diminish just before sunset.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR
LOWER HUMIDITY AND WARM WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston has issued a
Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT
Friday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
* Dry air will remain over the region this afternoon and again
Friday with northwest winds. This dry air will limit the typical
recovery overnight. Strong drying will take place again on
Friday as the relative humidity falls very quickly during the
morning while winds strengthen and become gusty.
* AFFECTED COUNTIES... Madison...Walker...Burleson...Brazos...
Washington...Grimes...Montgomery...Colorado...Austin...
Waller...Inland Harris...Wharton...Fort Bend...Inland
Jackson... Inland Matagorda...Inland Brazoria...Inland
Galveston... Coastal Harris...Coastal Jackson...Coastal
Matagorda...Coastal Brazoria...Coastal Galveston...Matagorda
Islands...Brazoria Islands...Galveston Island.
* WIND...Expect northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts 25 mph the
remainder of this afternoon and again on Friday.
* HUMIDITY...Minimum values 9 to 18 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures will
create explosive fire growth potential.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
229 PM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR ALL OF THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EXCEPT DEAF
SMITH COUNTY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLES...
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for strong winds and low relative humidity, which
is in effect from Friday afternoon through Friday evening.
* Affected Area...In Oklahoma...Texas and Beaver. In Texas...
Hansford...Ochiltree...Lipscomb...Hutchinson...Roberts...
Hemphill...Carson...Gray...Wheeler...Armstrong...Donley and
Collingsworth.
* 20 Foot Winds...Rest of today. Northwest 25 to 40 mph with gusts
up to 60 mph. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph on Friday.
* Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent both today and Friday.
* Red Flag Threat Index...6 to 7 today. 2 to 3 on Friday.
* Timing...Red Flag Warning in effect through 9 PM CDT. Fire
Weather Watch in effect from 12 PM through 8 PM on Friday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures will
create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid
activities that promote open flames and sparks.
A Fire Weather Watch means that the potential for critical fire
weather conditions exists. Listen for later forecasts and
possible red flag warnings.
* Affected Area...In Oklahoma...Cimarron. In Texas...Dallam...
Sherman...Hartley...Moore...Oldham...Potter...Randall and Palo
Duro Canyon.
* 20 Foot Winds...Northwest 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
* Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent.
* Red Flag Threat Index...6 to 7.
* Timing...Through 9 PM CDT this evening.
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Crucial weekend in Bedford Town's league title bid
Saturday’s win over Wantage Town left Bedford Town supporters feeling in seventh heaven!
It proved a real goal-fest for the visiting Eagles with a 7-0 victory over the basement side.
Rory McAuley, Joe Butterworth, Lewis Miccio, Hugh Alban-Jones, Connor Tomlinson (2) and - making his debut for Bedford - Max Bustamante were all on target as Gary Setchell’s team made light work of Wantage, consigning them to relegation.
Goalkeeper Alex Street notched up his 21st clean sheet of the season and had very little to do all afternoon.
Their latest success keeps Bedford Town top of the Southern League Division One Central with a three-point cushion over Berkhamsted – 80 points to their 77 – and Eagles have only played 33 games to their rivals 34.
Berkhamsted beat Waltham Abbey 1-0 on Saturday.
This weekend Bedford have a tough trip to third-placed Welwyn Garden City, while the Comrades are at Ware, who are fifth.
“They are two 50-50 games,” said Setchell, in a club interview. “If they go our way we are in a great position, if they go Berko’s way it’s game on again."
Eagles then host AFC Dunstable next weekend.
"It’s still open, all to play for. We need to match Berko’s results.
"We have two big games coming up and if we put our best foot forward we are capable of getting results,” he said.
"They will push us right to the wire – who knows what will happen on Saturday.
"We are not feeling the pressure, but we know we are in a title race."
Kempston Rovers visit Aylesbury United, in search of points to lift them out of their precarious third-from-bottom spot.
Ampthill in Spartan South Midlands Division One host Amersham on Saturdaybefore a visit from league leaders Stotfold, hoping to stay in contention for play-off place.
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A TikTok trend popular in tropical destinations and popular beaches made its way to Canyon Lake in the Hill Country last week.
The purpose of the trend is to show how clear the water is at the TikToker's location. On April 2, Texas Travel, whose handle is @txvacation on TikTok, posted a video of someone filling up a glass jar with water from Canyon Lake and pouring it back out to show viewers how clear the water is.
"Not all of Texas has brown water," read the caption.
On ExpressNews.com: High feces levels in the Comal River have New Braunfels officials concerned
As of Thursday afternoon, the video has over 900,000 views and over 100,000 likes.
In the comments section, the travel account asked its followers where it should test the water next. Among the bodies of water viewers suggested were the Frio River and the Devils River.
Others poked fun at the water around Galveston Bay, saying it was far from clear.
"I lived in Texas my whole life, that water is blacker than my soul," one person said about Galveston Bay.
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Biden takes aim at Amazon as he touts unions at labor event
Updates with no immediate Amazon comment, paragraph 4
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden took aim at online retailer Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O at a labor event on Wednesday after touting his government task force on worker organization “to make sure the choice to join a union belongs to workers alone.”
“And by the way, by the way, Amazon here we come. Watch. Watch,” he said to loud applause at the North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Legislative Conference.
Last week workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York City voted to form the first union at the second-largest U.S. private employer, a victory that adds to recent grassroots successes by labor activists pushing into new industries.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Biden is widely considered to be the most pro-union president in decades and has earned praise from the country's labor leaders.
He moved quickly to oust government officials deemed by unions to be hostile to labor and reversed rules of past President Donald Trump that critics said weakened worker protections.
The task force, which includes more than 20 heads of agencies and Cabinet officials, including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, is an effort to help reverse decades of decline in union membership and power, labor experts said.
FACTBOX-Recent U.S. union wins at Amazon, Starbucks and more
ANALYSIS-Big victory at Amazon gives unions promise - but no end to challenges
New York warehouse workers vote to form first U.S. union at Amazon
(Reporting by David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper in Washington; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Howard Goller)
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A proposed pipeline to deliver natural gas from deposits in the east Mediterranean to European markets is too expensive, not economically viable and will take too long to help countries seeking alternatives to Russian gas any time soon, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday.
U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said after talks with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades that countries in the region have understood thatdependence on Russian oil and gas is “an extremely bad bet” following its invasion of Ukraine.
But she said the proposed East Med pipeline project wouldn’t be able to immediately deliver the gas Europe now needs to swiftly wean itself of Russian energy because it would run in very deep water and construction would take more than a decade.
“And frankly, we don’t have 10 years, but in 10 years from now, we want to be far, far more green and far more diverse” in energy sources, Nuland said. “So what we’re looking for within the hydrocarbon context are options that can get us more gas, more oil for this short transition period.”
The idea for the 1,900-kilometer (1,300-mile), $6 billion pipeline to send natural gas — which is used to heat homes, generate electricity and keep industry churning — from recently discovered deposits off Israel and Cyprus was spawned several years ago between European Union members Greece and Cyprus, whose leaders signed a deal in 2020 to proceed with its planning.
Nuland’s remarks appear to effectively shelve the project. Nuland said the U.S. and regional partners including Israel, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey are looking for alternative ways to get gas to markets.
One project that has U.S. backing is an electric cable linking Israel and Cyprus to the European continent.
Cyprus Energy Minister Natasa Pilides told The Associated Press last October that transferring gas by pipeline to Egyptian processing plants where it would be liquefied for export aboard ships is the “most likely option” to quickly get gas to mainland Europe.
The head of ExxonMobil’s Cyprus arm, Varnavas Theodossiou, told the AP in February that natural gas will remain an important energy source through 2050 and quantities found off Cyprus could reach markets through a pipeline or by liquefying it for transport by ship.
ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum are licensed to carry out exploratory drilling in two of 13 areas — known as blocks — inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone off the island nation’s southern coastline. ExxonMobil has discovered one deposit estimated to contain 5-8 trillion cubic feet of gas.
A consortium made up of France’s TotalEnergies and Italy’s Eni have been granted exploration licenses for seven blocks and have made one significant discovery.
Chevron and partner Shellare licensed for one block, where a confirmed well is estimated to hold 4.1 trillion cubic feet of gas.
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A French court of appeals upheld a 150 million euro fine levied against Alphabet's Google for abusing its power over the treatment of advertisers, a spokesperson for the US firm said on Thursday.
France's antitrust watchdog, which levied the fine in 2019, said in its decision then that Google applied opaque advertising rules and changed them at will.
It was the first penalty imposed by the competition authority against Google.
"Following the (French competition authority's) original decision we already made some changes to make these policies even clearer and will now study the court's ruling in detail and consider our next steps," Google's spokesperson said.
Two of the watchdog's orders that accompanied the 150 million euro fine were overturned, Google said.
The first revoked an order that compelled it to put in place a tool allowing French consumers to file complaints.
The second order overturned made it compulsory for Google to issue an annual report detailing the number of websites whose Google Ads accounts were suspended for breaching its rules and the nature of the rules that were breached.
Google Ads is the gateway for advertisers that wish to appear in the sponsored section of search results.
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'Oh f*** off!' Fans declare Tiger Woods is BACK after he's caught cursing on a hot mic when his approach shot rolled off the ninth green at the Masters
- Tiger Woods made his return to competitive golf at the Masters on Thursday 14 months after seriously injuring his legs in a car accident in Los Angeles
- Woods finished his day -1, just three strokes off the lead, despite the long layoff
- He was heard on a hot mic saying 'oh f*** off' as his ball rolled off the ninth green
- Despite the unfortunate role, the 46-year-old managed to save par on the hole
Tiger Woods is back, and with him, his patented fist pump, his massive galleries of thousands of fans and, of course, his occasional expletive.
Making his return to the links 14 months after suffering major leg injuries in an LA car crash, Woods thrilled spectators in the opening round of the Masters on Thursday, and sprinkled in a few choice words along the way.
Most notably, on the ninth hole, Woods was caught saying 'oh f*** off' as his approach shot was rolling off the green.
Despite the unfortunate role, he still managed to save par on the hole.
Tiger Woods follows his shot from the ninth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National. As the approach shot rolled off the green, he was heard saying 'oh f*** off'
Tiger Woods is back, and with him, his patented fist pump, his massive galleries of thousands of fans and, of course, his occasional expletive
Spectators at Augusta National didn't seem to catch the utterance, but those watching ESPN didn't miss a thing.
'He's officially BACK,' joked one fan on Twitter.
'Tiger saying fuck off at the Masters,' tweeted Bleacher Report's Tyler Conway. 'Nature is healing.'
As for his play, Woods finished -1, just three shots off the pace while showing only minimal signs of the injuries that have sidelined him since before his 2021 crash.
He walked among the azaleas with just the hint of a limp and Woods couldn't quite bend over to read the putts on Augusta National's tricky greens.
Otherwise, there was nothing to indicate that he nearly lost his right leg 14 months ago in a devastating car wreck.
Woods's greatest comeback yet got off to a most encouraging start Thursday in the opening round of the Masters.
With a huge gallery cheering his every move as storm clouds gave way to brilliant spring sunshine, Woods looked every bit like the guy who's won five green jackets and defied the odds time and time again.
Tiger Woods of the US chips on the ninth hole during the first round of the 2022 Masters
From the collapse of his marriage to multiple surgeries, Woods has always found a way to bounce back.
He's doing it again.
A tap-in birdie at No. 6 sent the patrons into a frenzy. A sloppy bogey at the par-5 eighth brought some groans, but Woods' brilliant play around the greens kept him solidly in the mix as he approached the end of a round no one could've expected.
No one except Woods, that is.
He made it clear he had every intention of winning when he decided to make the Masters his first competitive tournament since that horrific car wreck in February 2021 led doctors to say his right leg might need to be amputated.
Woods was 1-under par after another birdie at the 13th, just two strokes off the lead at mid-afternoon.
Woods started the round with five straight pars - he just missed a birdie at the tough No. 5 hole when a 15-foot putt lipped out - before delivering a vintage tee shot at the par-3 sixth.
Tiger Woods walks up the ninth fairway during the first round at the Masters golf tournament
The ball climbed up a ridge on the green and stopped 2 feet short of the flag, leaving Woods with a gimme that put him in red numbers for the first time.
A wedge shot and errant chip led to a bogey at No. 8, a hole that should be a prime birdie opportunity. But Woods bounced back with a tricky downhiller from 8 feet to save par at No. 9.
Woods insisted that his hands still held the deft touch that has helped him win 15 major titles - the first of them 25 years ago at this very place - and capture a record-tying 82 victories on the PGA Tour.
Beginning at No. 7, he missed the green on five straight holes, but kept recovering with brilliant wedges and clutch putts.
Yep, there was a long way to go.
Still, it felt as if Woods was already a winner.
Tiger Woods of the U.S. walks off the 16th tee during the first round on Thursday in Augusta
Wearing a pink shirt and black pants, Woods was greeted by thunderous applause when his name was announced to a huge gallery surrounding the first tee.
Woods failed to make solid contact with his first shot: a 264-yard drive that faded behind a bunker on the right side of the fairway. His approach rolled off the front of the green, but he sank a 10-foot putt to save par, bringing another huge roar from the patrons.
Woods walked slowly, knowing that he faced four tough days on an extremely hilly course if he manages to make the cut.
He couldn't fully bend over to read putts, forcing him to rely more on caddie Joe LaCava to help him judge the treacherous greens at Augusta National.
His career was in jeopardy after the car wreck left him confined to a hospital bed for three months. Woods was out of the public eye until last November, when he posted a video of him swinging a club with a simple message, 'Making progress.'
His lone tournament in the 508 days since he last competed was a just-for-fun event in December in which he rode in a cart and was paired with his 13-year-old son, Charlie.
Tiger Woods of the US reacts after putting on the ninth hole during the first round
Despite the long layoff and the obvious physical limitations with screws and rods still holding the bones in place in his right leg, Woods clearly thinks he can win his sixth green jacket.
At 46, he would be the oldest Masters champion by three weeks over Jack Nicklaus.
The biggest question is how Woods holds up over 18 holes for four straight days. He walked 18 holes last week - his first big test - during a scouting trip with his son.
He teed off at 11:04am Thursday - 30 minutes behind schedule because of lingering showers - 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 Tuesday. '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 added. 'And a challenge that I'm up for.'
A job well done: Tiger Woods shakes the hand of Louis Oosthuizen's caddie, Colin Byrne
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LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police in Lock Haven say they were looking for a man and his two children that hadn’t been heard from since Tuesday.
Officials tell Eyewitness News that Sean Michael Hendershot Jr was found with his children by police in Franklin Virginia.
The two children were safe. Hendershot Jr did not turn himself in, say, investigators.
Police issued an arrest warrant for Sean Michael Hendershot Jr. as family members informed officers that they had not heard from Hendershot Jr. or the two children, Wyatt, age 6, and Jaxton, age 2, since April 5.
As of 3:00 p.m., Thursday, an arrest warrant was issued for Hendershot Jr. for charges of interfering with the custody of a minor and concealment of whereabouts of a child.
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Which portable propane fire pits are best?
Everyone loves a warm and cozy fire on a chilly night. Not only do portable propane fire pits provide you with much-needed warmth, but they also create a pleasant ambiance that can elevate an ordinary evening into something special.
Portable propane fire pits allow you to avoid the hassle and mess of a traditional wood-burning campfire. You carry them to your desired location, attach the hose to your fuel tank and push a button to ignite the fire.
When choosing a portable propane fire pit, it makes sense that ease of transport should be a top priority. The Outland Living Firecube 805 stands out in this regard thanks to its included lid to keep the lava rocks contained and a strap that allows for one-handed carrying.
What to know before you buy a portable propane fire pit
Reasons to buy a portable propane fire pit
There are many reasons to use a portable propane fire pit when camping or enjoying an evening on the beach. Unlike wood fire pits, you don’t have to add more fuel to them by hand constantly. You also won’t be left with a messy pile of ashes to clean.
Additionally, starting a fire in a propane fire pit is as easy as pushing a button or turning a knob. You don’t have to mess around with kindling or lighter fluid. Propane fires hardly create any fumes, too, so you’ll never have to worry about getting a face full of smoke if the wind turns in your direction.
Another considerable benefit of portable propane fire pits is that CSA-approved models can often be used in locations that have a campfire ban. Make sure to double check the regulations in your jurisdiction first before doing so just to ensure you are conforming to local restrictions.
Portability
Since you’ll likely be taking your fire pit on the go, portability is the name of the game. Several factors contribute to portability, all of which you should consider carefully. The overall weight and size will dictate how easy a propane fire pit is to carry and pack inside a vehicle. Some models also include straps that serve the purpose of securing the lid in place, if there is one, and double as a carrying handle. Folding legs allow you to make a fire pit more compact during transport but can sacrifice stability when the pit is in use.
Heat
The amount of heat a portable propane fire pit produces is measured in British Thermal Units. Most range from as low as 30,000 Btu up to 60,000 Btu. Those with lower Btu ratings won’t be as effective for heating a large space, so you’ll need to huddle much closer to the fire pit to keep warm.
What to look for in a quality portable propane fire pit
Rust-resistant construction
Portable propane fire pits are used outdoors in a variety of weather conditions. Because of this, it is advisable to purchase models that have rust-resistant construction. These should feature a stainless steel burner, an enameled or powder-coated finish and a chromed, aluminum or plastic knob.
Ignition
Most portable propane fire pits feature an automatic ignition system that only requires you to push a button or turn a knob. This way, you never have to worry about remembering to bring along a lighter or matches. That said, it is best to double-check the description of any product you are buying just in case. A few select models aren’t equipped with an ignition system.
Cover
Though not a necessity, a cover that secures in place in some manner makes for more convenient transport of a fire pit. It will keep the lava rocks contained when on the go, so there is no chance of them spilling out and making a mess.
Hose length
Nearly all propane fire pits include a hose that measures between 5 and 10 feet in length. The longer the hose, the better because it allows you to keep the propane tank far out of the way.
How much you can expect to spend on a portable propane fire pit
Most portable propane fire pits cost between $125-$250.
Portable propane fire pit FAQ
Can I use a portable propane fire pit for cooking food?
A. The majority of portable propane fire pits are not designed for cooking food and do not come with a grate of any sort. That said, you can use them for roasting marshmallows and cooking other items that you can hold on a stick or suspend above the fire in some manner. Just be aware this will likely make your fire pit dirty.
What size propane tanks do portable fire pits use?
A. Portable fire pits can use any size propane tank as long as it fits the included regulator. Most people will be best served by a 5- or 10-pound tank, as these provide enough fuel for plenty of use without being so large and heavy they become a hassle to transport.
What’s the best portable propane fire pit to buy?
Top portable propane fire pit
What you need to know: The Firecube 805 gives off plenty of heat to keep a large group of people warm and is CSA-approved for use in most locations currently under a campfire ban.
What you’ll love: It has a 10-foot hose, so you can keep the propane tank nice and far away, and it includes a lid and carrying strap for convenient transport.
What you should consider: You need to wait for the unit to cool fully before placing the strap on it.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top portable propane fire pit for the money
Outland Living Firebowl 893 Deluxe
What you need to know: The Firebowl 893 provides just as much warmth as the Firecube but at a lesser cost to save you some money.
What you’ll love: It has cute campfire cutouts in the bowl that add to its charming ambiance. Plus, you’ll never have to worry about chrome control knob or stainless steel burner rusting.
What you should consider: At 23 pounds, it is a bit heavier than some other models.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Though it can be a bit expensive when not on sale, the Sporty Campfire is a lightweight and highly convenient model that features folding legs.
What you’ll love: The sides of the fire pit have diamond perforations throughout that help distribute heat out the sides where it can better warm users rather than straight up and into the air. It boasts a 60,000 Btu rating, too, which is slightly more than most competing models.
What you should consider: There are reports of the automatic ignition not always working well on some units.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WASHINGTON — As Tax Day approaches, the IRS is reminding filers about the most common reasons for why it may take longer than expected to get their refunds.
The IRS has repeatedly said most federal refunds are issued within three weeks for those who file electronically and choose direct deposit.
But the agency stressed Thursday that some payments may take longer than 21 days and "taxpayers shouldn't rely on getting a refund by a certain date."
The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday one reason is that "some returns have errors or need more review and may take longer to process."
What can delay getting your tax refund?
The IRS is urging filers to double-check their taxes before submitting them, because any issues could delay them being filed.
Specifically, delays can happen if the return has errors, is incomplete, or if the filer is affected by identity theft or fraud.
It's also possible for a return to get delayed if the 2021 child tax credit or recovery rebate credit aren't accounted for.
RELATED: Yes, you need to claim the child tax credit on your 2021 return, even if you got advance payments
Other, more niche claims on a tax return could impact the return date as well.
Despite this year's tax season starting on Jan. 24, earlier than usual, the "great resignation" of employees across the U.S. has left the IRS with a shortage of workers. At the start of tax season, around 200 open positions were listed on the IRS recruiting website. That number remains about the same as of April 7.
Tony Reardon, president of the National Treasury Employees Union that represents IRS workers, said the agency “has a hard time recruiting because they’re up against Burger King or McDonald’s,” which offer similar pay without requiring workers to “deal with confusing rules and regulations.”
How can I track my tax return?
To check the status of your tax refund, you can use the IRS Where's My Refund? tool. The online portal becomes available 24 hours after a return is filed electronically. Anybody who filed paper forms should wait up to four weeks before checking the online tool.
If you filed electronically and haven't heard anything in at least 21 days or filed by mail and it's been at least six weeks, IRS representatives on the phone or at Taxpayer Assistance Centers can help research your refund status.
Representatives at various taxpayer assistance centers can be contacted after these time periods elapse, and numbers for the call centers are available in the Where's My Refund? portal.
When is the tax deadline? When is tax day?
The usual deadline to file your taxes is April 15, but it's pushed back when it falls on a weekend or holiday.
So this year, Tax Day is actually Monday, April 18.
That's because Emancipation Day, April 16, falls on a Saturday, so it's being observed in Washington, D.C., on April 15 this year. Because April 15 is a legal holiday in D.C., the tax return deadline can't be then.
While the Monday due date might give you a sigh of relief, it doesn't mean to wait.
The IRS says it is still working through tax forms from 2020, when they processed more than 240 million returns. Experts expect the delays this year to stretch for weeks, if not months, for many Americans.
That is especially true for those who file at the last minute, because those returns typically get processed last.
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His best EVER goal return, back-to-back Champions League trebles and pundits clamouring to give him the Ballon d'Or... Karim Benzema is at the peak of his powers at 34 and the main man for post-Ronaldo Real Madrid as they chase a 14th European crown
- Karim Benzema scored a stunning hat-trick as Real Madrid won 3-1 at Chelsea
- His manager Carlo Ancelotti said 34-year-old was maturing like a fine wine
- Pundits and ex-players alike hailed France striker after Wednesday's heroics
- Benzema has 37 goals this season for Real - the highest return in his career
- Rio Ferdinand said Benzema should win the Ballon d'Or for world's best player
- He has emerged from the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo at the Bernabeu to thrive
Carlo Ancelotti compared him to the maturing of a fine wine, Iker Casillas described him as both 'Spiderman' and 'Wolverine', while Rio Ferdinand suggested the Ballon d'Or will soon have his name engraved on it.
Certain other players may beg to differ on that last point but there's no question Karim Benzema is in the form of his life at the age of 34.
His masterclass for Real Madrid against Chelsea on Wednesday night was that of an already brilliant footballer profiting from accumulated knowhow and experience at the highest level.
Karim Benzema scored a stunning hat-trick as Real Madrid won 3-1 at Chelsea on Wednesday
The France striker, 34, was in unstoppable form as Real took command of the quarter-final tie
Benzema could be on for a fifth Champions League win as Real chase their 14th title overall
Benzema's clever movement for the two headed goals that put the Spanish side in command of the quarter-final was evidence of that, likewise the pressing that forced Edouard Mendy into his mistake just after half-time.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained could be the Frenchman's mantra and everything paid off spectacularly at Stamford Bridge.
Benzema scored a treble against PSG in the last-16 and repeated the feat against Chelsea
Those three goals made it back-to-back Champions League hat-tricks after he slayed Paris Saint-Germain in the last round. Benzema has scored 13 goals in his last seven matches and 37 for the season, his best-ever return.
The numbers certainly suggest Benzema is at the peak of his powers at an age when most players would be winding down.
Winning the Ballon d'Or - he's never even made the top three - would be a worthy reward but there will be stiff competition from the likes of Mohamed Salah, Robert Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappe, with the World Cup likely to swing votes.
At least Benzema will be at the tournament. The lost years with France following the Mathieu Valbuena sex tape blackmail scandal are a real shame but he has scored nine times since returning to the fold ahead of Euro 2020.
'Benzema is 34 and he is the best No 9 in the world,' said Ferdinand on BT Sport. 'He is another level. Goals, assists, link-up play.
'When Cristiano Ronaldo was there Benzema had the humility to sit in the background because he knew what it meant to the team but now he has come out of the shadows.'
Rio Ferdinand described how Benzema has stepped out of Cristiano Ronaldo's shadow at Real
French newspaper L'Equipe hinted pretty strongly that Benzema deserves the Ballon d'Or
There's certainly some truth to that. While Benzema's goal returns when Ronaldo was at Real Madrid were hardly terrible - a high of 32 goals in 2011-12 and typically over 20 - they are more consistently high since Ronaldo left in 2018.
The last three seasons have seen him score 30, 27 and 30 before reaching fresh heights this time around. It's surely inevitable he's now pass 40 this season, win another LaLiga title and potentially a fifth Champions League.
One contributing factor is that Benzema assumed penalty-taking responsibilities for Real once Ronaldo left - he's put away nine this season and missed two - but that shouldn't detract from his enduring class.
'Karim Benzema is getting better every day; just like a fine wine,' Ancelotti said of his captain.
'He's more of a leader every day, he feels more and more important in this team and this squad. And I think that's what makes the difference.
'He has so much more personality, he knows he's a very important player for us and he's an example for everyone.'
Marcelo's injury issues have seen vice-captain Benzema take the armband for much of the season and he's thrived on the responsibility of leading the team.
They certainly missed him when a calf injury meant he missed the 4-0 Clasico defeat to Barcelona last month. Ancelotti was forced to start without a recognised striker and the half-time arrival of Mariano Diaz changed little.
Perhaps a little bit of Ronaldo has rubbed off when it comes to the exhaustive lengths Benzema now goes to keep himself in tip-top condition.
In 2019, Spanish media outlet El Chiringuito tracked down Benzema's personal chef, Alberto Mastromatteo, who'd helped the striker shed eight kilos by that point.
The secret was a low sugar diet full of steamed vegetables, baked fish and oriental dishes, plus slightly more left-field things such as microalgae supplements such as Spirulina, which is a very concentrated vegetable protein.
Carlo Ancelotti will be relying on Benzema to take Real to another Champions League triumph
The chef also had a machine which makes his cooking water more alkaline, which sounds very much like the kind of marginal gain Ronaldo would dig.
A year later, El Chiringuito investigated Benzema's fitness regime and discovered he uses a wetsuit-style device called I-Motion EMS.
It gets sprayed with water and built-in electrodes give out small electric discharges which stimulate the important muscles needed for exercise.
Maybe all this gives Benzema an extra edge at an age when his powers should be declining.
There remains a sense that Benzema has been under-rated by the football public at large for a long time and only now is that being corrected.
Having powered Real halfway to the Champions League semi-finals - the return leg is on Tuesday - Benzema will be absolutely crucial if they stand any chance of beating Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in the likely semi-final.
Benzema has also returned to the France team after so many years of being frozen out
In the meantime, they will soon wrap up another Spanish league title, sitting 12 points clear of Barcelona at the top as they currently do.
Keep scoring and keep winning, especially when the World Cup comes round, and Benzema may well achieve that Ballon d'Or.
Final word goes to his former Real team-mate Casillas, who tweeted: 'K9 is Spiderman. K9 is Wolverine. K9 is that building doorman. K9 is your best friend. K9 is your grandmother. K9 is the president of the United States. K9 is the instructor you do your parachute jump with. K9 is your guardian angel. K9 is God!'
Praise indeed and plenty will be shouting: 'Amen to that!'
Benzema's former Real team-mate Iker Casillas was effusive in his praise of the striker
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‘Two stupid mistakes’ after an ‘awful’ start, but Tiger still roared in round one
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The scene was unlike any that has ever taken place at Augusta National.
Tiger Woods’ opening-round Masters tee time was still some 15 minutes away and there was the customary large gathering underneath the famous oak tree adjacent to the clubhouse.
Among the large cluster of humanity milling about under those large hanging limbs that provide a huge canopy of shade on sunny Georgia days included Augusta National members wearing their green jackets — among them NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Peyton Manning, another of the club’s high-profile members, wasn’t far away. Nor was six-time Masters winner Jack Nicklaus and his wife, Barbara.
As the clock moved closer to Woods’ 11:04am tee time, unconsciously and without and the prompting of choreography, the scattered group of people in various stages of conversation began to form a long human tunnel from the clubhouse to the first tee.
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At 10:56am, the conversation stopped and there was a hush of anticipation under that tree.
A minute later entered Woods, following his caddie Joe LaCava. He emerged in his bright pink golf shirt to applause and when he got to the start of that impromptu human tunnel, he looked like an NFL player about to take the field for a big game.
Woods stopped for a moment, his eyes closing for several seconds, took a deep breath and proceeded to power past the people, expressionless, en route to the first tee.
And there it was: Less than 14 months removed from the car crash that nearly took his leg, Woods was playing tournament golf again. Not just tournament golf, but a Masters, where he would walk one of the hilliest, undulating golf courses anywhere, in pursuit of a record-tying sixth green jacket.
When his day was done, at 4:25 in the afternoon after a five-hour, 21-minute round, Woods stood at 1-under par after shooting 71 and was three shots behind Australian Cam Smith, who was leading at 4-under at the time, in a tie for ninth.
All things considered — still with his right leg that was so mangled doctors thought they may need to amputate and having not played in a tournament in 17 months (the November 2020 Masters) — it was hardly a poor day at all for him.
If you told Woods over breakfast Thursday morning that he would shoot a 71, he surely would have signed up for that.
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Especially since, as he said after his round, his warm-up was horrendous.
“Well I did not have a very good warm-up at all. I hit it awful. But as my dad said, ‘Did you accomplish your task? Did you warm-up? Yes. Now go play.’
“That’s exactly what I did. I blocked it out … I figured once the adrenaline kicks in, we get fired up and I get into my little world I should be able to handle business.”
Woods’ day began with a nifty par save on the first hole, where his tee shot was short of the bunker on the right side of the fairway and his approach shot landed short of the green.
Woods failed to birdie the gettable par-5 second hole, where a par feels like a bogey.
His first birdie of the day came on the par-3 sixth hole, getting him to 1-under par and one shot off the lead at the time. It was a truly unfathomable sight: Woods’ name on a Masters leaderboard so soon after that grisly crash.
Woods bogeyed the par-5 eighth hole, another birdie hole, with a sloppy third shot, to fall back to even par.
“But I made two stupid mistakes at eight back-to-back. Loss of concentration a little bit there. But I fought back and ended up in the red. I’m right where I need to be.”
He got back to 1-under with a birdie on the par-5 13th hole, where he reached the green in two and two-putted.
Woods quickly gave it back, though, with a bogey on 14, where he missed a four-foot par putt after he appeared to have averted a big number with a brilliant approach shot from the left pine straw and trees to just off the back of the green.
So, he walked to the tee on 15, the final par-5 on the card, at even par.
Woods got himself into trouble again, on 15, when his second shot landed left of the fairway on wet, bare lie, forcing him to flight a drawing approach onto the green.
He would two-putt to save par, but one birdie on the four par-5s is not a winning formula. One of the tenets to winning a Masters is taking care of the par-5s, something Woods knows as well as anyone because he’s made a living doing that in his successful years.
Woods showed his most emotion of the round on the par-3 16th, where he drained a long birdie putt and pumped his right fist as he got back to 1-under for the round walking to the 17th tee.
That elation looked like it would be short-lived as Woods yanked his tee shot on 18 into the left trees, but he got a big break as his ball bounced out of the trees and into an opening. He then got relief from a patchy spot because of casual water and hit his second shot short of the green.
From there, he pitched his third shot to within six feet of the flag and made the par-save putt.
Woods hit 8 of 14 fairways and 8 of 18 greens and took 27 putts in the round.
Asked what the next day and a half looks like before his second round, Tiger laughed: “Lots of ice.”
This story originally appeared on the NY Post and is modified with permission.
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced Thursday it will ban foreign investors from buying homes in Canada for two years in a bid to cool off a hot housing market.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland took a number of measures to tamp down speculation and demand amid record home prices in announcing the federal budget for the year.
The government announced a two-year ban on foreign home buying as well as higher taxes for people who sell their home within a year, though both measures include multiple exceptions including for permanent residents and foreign students.
The budget also includes billions for new housing and measures to help Canadians trying to get into the market, including a new savings account and changes to the first-time home buyers tax credit.
The government is under pressure to cool an overheated market after prices climbed by more than 20% last year, while rental rates have also been rising.
The federal Liberal government is also promising $500 million Canadian (US$397 million) in additional military aid to Ukraine as well as more humanitarian and financial support to Kyiv in response to Russia’s invasion.
Canada responded to months of pressure from the NATO military alliance and others by promising more than $8 billion Canadian (US7.2 billion) in new military spending over the next five years. Canada will remain far short of NATO’s spending 2% of GDP target, even as other allies dramatically ramp up their own military investments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Last month, the Canadian government announced it selected Lockheed Martin Corp. and the F-35 as the preferred bidder in its competition to buy a new fighter jet.
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Ukrainian mayor describes being held hostage by Russian soldiers
Ukrainian mayor describes being held hostage by Russian soldiers
The Mayor of a Ukrainian town who was briefly taken hostage by Russian forces has emerged in France. He talks about what it was like being held by Russian soldiers and why he thinks he was released.
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ODESSA, Texas (Nexstar)- An Odessa mom is behind bars after police said she left her four-year-old child alone in an apartment for hours late last month. April Nicole Chandler, 38, has been charged with Abandoning/Endangering a Child as well as Possession.
According to an affidavit, around 11:30 a.m. on March 28, officers with the Odessa Police Department responded to an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Oakwood after a child was found wandering around the property. When officers arrived at the apartment, they spoke with a leasing office employee who said an unknown man brought the “scared” 4-year-old to the office after he found her roaming the area. The employee said she recognized the girl and that she had had previous run-ins with the mom, identified as Chandler. The employee stated the child had been left alone on other occasions.
Officers spoke with the child by asking simple, age-appropriate questions. According to the affidavit, the girl said she was left alone “a long time ago” and that she had been left alone before. The child said there wasn’t much food in the apartment and that she had fallen and hit her head when exiting the apartment. The four-year-old didn’t know the number for 911 and she told officers she wasn’t sure who to call in case of an emergency.
The affidavit stated that after speaking with the little girl, officers went to the apartment and found the door standing open. Officers stated the home was messy with dog feces scattered all around. As expected, there was no adult inside the home.
Officers then called Child Protective Services to help with the little girl.
Meanwhile, investigating officers were informed Chandler’s car had been impounded about 10:30 a.m. that same day after a traffic stop. The car was pulled over that morning after it was seen leaving America’s Best Value Inn, a known drug location, according to police. However, Chandler was not in the vehicle. The officer on that case said two other women were inside the vehicle and they said they’d rented the car from Chandler for $20.00. The women reported that Chandler was using drugs in an unknown location. Those women, who were not named in the affidavit, were arrested and charged with Possession.
A little later, the child’s father arrived at the apartment building. The dad told police he’d received a call from Chandler from an unknown number and that Chandler had told him he needed to go to the apartment. The dad said the child was in his custody about “90% of the time” but that he’d asked Chandler to keep their daughter that day while he worked because the regular babysitter was unavailable. The girl had been dropped off with her mother between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m.
A warrant was issued for Chandler’s arrest that same day, she was taken into custody on April 6. Chandler was still behind bars as of Thursday morning, her bond has not yet been set.
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Shooter kills 2, wounds several in central Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An attacker opened fire in a crowded restaurant district in central Tel Aviv on Thursday evening, killing at least two people and wounding several others before fleeing into a dense residential area, Israeli officials said.
Police said there were “indications” it was a politically motivated attack — the fourth deadly assault in Israel in less than three weeks at a time of heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions. The militant Hamas group that rules the Gaza Strip praised the attack but did not claim responsibility.
Hours after the shooting, the suspected gunman remained at large. Hundreds of Israeli police officers, canine units, and army special forces were conducting a massive manhunt in central Tel Aviv, searching building by building through the densely populated residential neighborhoods.
Amichai Eshed, the Tel Aviv police commander, said the shooter opened fire into a crowded bar at around 9 p.m. and then fled the scene.
“Our working assumption is that he is still in the vicinity,” he told reporters. “As of right now, there are indications pointing to this being a terrorist attack, but I have to be very delicate about this, and say that we are also checking other leads.”
Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said it received reports of a shooting at “several scenes” around downtown Tel Aviv. It said two men around 30 years old were killed. Another seven people were wounded, three of them seriously, it said.
At least one shooting took place on Dizengoff Street, a central thoroughfare. Dizengoff Street has been the scene of several deadly attacks over the years. Most recently, an Arab citizen of Israel shot and killed two Israelis and wounded several others on the street in January 2016.
The popular nightlife area was packed on Thursday evening, the beginning of the Israeli weekend.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with top security officials late Thursday, and they agreed to “continue directing large-scale reinforcements to Tel Aviv,” his office said in a statement.
Tensions have been high after a series of attacks by Palestinian assailants killed 11 people just ahead of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, which began nearly a week ago. Last year, protests and clashes in Jerusalem during Ramadan ignited an 11-day Gaza war.
Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian leaders have held a flurry of meetings in recent weeks, and Israel has taken a number of steps aimed at calming tensions, including issuing thousands of additional work permits for Palestinians from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Prior to the attack, Israel had said it would allow women, children and men over 40 from the occupied West Bank to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem on Friday, the first weekly prayers of Ramadan. Tens of thousands were expected to attend.
The mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and sits on a hilltop that is the most sacred site for Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. The holy site has long been a flashpoint for Israeli-Palestinian violence.
Israel has worked to sideline the Palestinian issue in recent years, instead focusing on forging alliances with Arab states against Iran. But the century-old conflict remains as intractable as ever.
Israel captured east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians want all three territories to form their future state. The last serious and substantive peace talks broke down more than a decade ago, and Prime Minister Bennett is opposed to Palestinian statehood.
Israel annexed east Jerusalem in a move not recognized internationally and considers the entire city to be its capital. It is building and expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, which most of the international community considers illegal.
It withdrew soldiers and settlers from Gaza in 2005, but along with neighboring Egypt it imposed a crippling blockade on the territory after the militant Hamas group seized power from rival Palestinian forces two years later. Israel and Hamas have fought four wars since then.
Hamas spokesman Abdelatif Al-Qanou said late Thursday that the “the heroic attack in the heart of the (Israeli) entity has struck the Zionist security system and proved our people’s ability to hurt the occupation.”
On March 29, a 27-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank methodically gunned down people in the central town of Bnei Brak, killing five. Two days earlier, a shooting attack by two Islamic State sympathizers in the central city of Hadera killed two police officers. The week before, an IS sympathizer killed four people in a car-ramming and stabbing attack in the southern city of Beersheba. The Hadera and Beersheba attacks were carried out by Palestinian citizens of Israel.
The recent attacks appear to have been carried out by lone assailants, perhaps with the help of accomplices. No Palestinian militant group has claimed them, though Hamas has welcomed the attacks.
Israel says the conflict stems from the Palestinians’ refusal to accept its existence as a Jewish state and blames attacks in part on incitement on social media. Palestinians say such attacks are the inevitable result of a nearly 55-year military occupation that shows no sign of ending.
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Krauss reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writer Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole noticed the normal.
“It feels different already," the New York Yankees ace said Thursday. "Walked in yesterday on an off day, everybody’s in, no mask. breakfast spread's out, couches are back. Human beings are here.”
Cole's first game in pinstripes was delayed by the pandemic until Aug. 3, 2020, when he pitched in a ballpark without fans. His first game last season was before a crowd limited to 10,850 during a season in which the Yankees were not allowed to sell a full house until mid-June.
A large crowd was expected for Friday's rain-delayed season opener against the Boston Red Sox, the first opening-day meeting of the rivals since 2005. The starting pitchers are a rematch of last year's AL wild-card game, won 5-2 by the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
“It feels like it's more back to normal,” said Boston's Nathan Eovaldi, who joins Pedro Martinez ad Jon Lester as the only Red Sox pitchers to make three straight opening-day starts in the 21st century. “We've had a few of our younger guys just asking questions about the media — like, 'The media's back in the clubhouse? Was it always like this?' And, it's like, yeah, this is the way it used to be.”
And the stands will look like they did in pre-pandemic days.
“It's going to be fun,” Boston star Xander Bogaerts said. “Wherever you go, ballparks are going to be full."
Every team in the AL East other than Baltimore won 90 games last year, the first time that happened since the leagues split into three divisions each in 1994. Boston and New York were both 92-70.
Players, like fans, are amped for a Yankees-Red Sox opener.
“I just kind of see it as two stags locking up in the forest," Cole said. "Somebody’s going to break an antler every once in a while, and nobody’s certainly going to back down.”
New York has a new third baseman and leadoff hitter in Josh Donaldson and new shortstop in Isiah Kiner-Falefa, acquired from Minnesota for catcher Gary Sánchez and shortstop Gio Urshela.
Boston has a new second baseman in Trevor Story, signed as a free agent and shifted across the infield in a move that allows Bogaerts to remain at shortstop. Bogaerts is eligible for free agency after this season and said while Boston made an offer, talks for a long-term contract did not progress.
“We had time to get something done. It didn't work out,” Bogaerts said in the Yankees refurbished news conference room, his diamond necklace and earrings sparkling in the new lights.
Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge is also eligible for free agency after the World Series. Judge said he will cut off talks for a long-term deal when the season starts.
“What he brings to this organization from my time being here, it’s something I haven’t seen before,” said first baseman Anthony Rizzo, acquired from the Chicago Cubs last July. "And when it comes to the business side of it, there’s no secret, you see Freddie Freeman isn’t on the Braves anymore. There’s no loyalty in this game. And when you separate that and the business side and you take your heart out of it, that’s the tough part."
Alex Cora is back for his second season managing the Red Sox after returning from a one-year suspension for his role in Houston's sign-stealing scandal. For him, opening days are moments to treasure.
“Two years ago I wasn't in the game for what I did, and I will never take this game for granted,” he said.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone was happy to be facing a room filled with New York media for the first time since 2019.
“I liked walking into the room and seeing this again. This is the way it should be," he said. “It makes you appreciate the stage and the sport that you get to take part in."
Clubhouses are open to media for the first time since early March 2020, allowing players to have one-on-one interviews.
“Maybe it improves their social skills a little bit,” Boone said.
SIGNALS
All teams have a new electronic pitch-calling system allowing catchers to sign pitchers through a wristband unit. MLB authorized the new system following an investigated sign stealing by the Astros en route to the 2017 World Series title.
“There are some immediate positives I think to take from it right away,” Cole said, thinking of a faster pace. “Overall being able to fall back on what we traditionally do really quickly in the game I think is this comforting, but there no doubt going to be some adjustments in terms of shaking and locations and things like that that we’re going to get ironed out probably during the season.”
RANKINGS
Cora on the Red Sox not being favorites to win the the World Series. “We treat it like college baseball. Right now we’re No. 12 in the nation. We just need to get better. If people feel that way about us, they have a reason.”
DECOR
The Yankees interview room was renovated with oversized magazine covers of former stars.
ROTATIONS
Red Sox: Given the rainout, LHP Rich Hill will start for Boston on Tuesday at Detroit and RHP Garrett Whitlock will be available in the bullpen on Friday.
Yankees: Cole will be followed in the rotation by RHP Luis Severino, LHP Jordan Montgomery, RHP Jaimeson Taillon and LHP Nestor Cortes.
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BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday just hours after voting to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, her office said.
Collins’ office said the veteran senator, in office since 1997, tested positive late in the afternoon, a couple of hours after the historic vote. She wore a mask while on the Senate floor, her office said.
Collins, 69, was experiencing mild symptoms and will “isolate and work remotely in accordance with CDC guidelines,” her office said.
The only member of Maine's four-member congressional delegation who has not tested positive for COVID-19 at some point is Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree. Democratic Rep. Jared Golden tested positive last month, and independent Sen. Angus King tested positive last year.
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Wealthy companies are shielding themselves from lawsuits using a bankruptcy strategy
Wealthy companies are shielding themselves from lawsuits using a bankruptcy strategy
Wealthy corporations and individuals accused of wrongdoing are using bankruptcy courts to block lawsuits. The Justice Department and members of Congress are pushing back against the legal strategy.
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Darnall police warrant: Armed officers spotted swarming Balfour Road, Sheffield, but no arrests made
Armed officers were spotted in a Sheffield suburb this morning in what police said was a planned operation.
Police said armed response teams were deployed to a 'pre-planned warrant' on Balfour Road, Darnall, at around 8.30am on Thursday, April 7, but no arrests had been made.
The response was in connection to an ongoing investigation, police added, but they provided no further details.
At least five police cars were visible and armed officers could be seen pointing their weapons in a photo circulating on social media.
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Magic Johnson Slams HBO's 'Winning Time': 'You Can't Do a Story About the Lakers Without the Lakers'
By Selome and Hailu
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - You can't do a story about the Lakers without the Lakers," Magic Johnson says. "The real Lakers. You gotta have the guys."
In a new interview for this week's cover story of Variety, the NBA legend shared his unfiltered thoughts about "Winning Time," HBO's scripted drama about the Showtime era of the Lakers, which has just been renewed for its second season. Johnson said he refuses to watch the series, and he's baffled that neither HBO nor the creative executives -- which include executive producer Adam McKay -- sought participation from him or his teammates. (A rep from HBO declined to comment.)
Showtime coincided with Johnson's tenure on the Lakers from 1979 to 1991, at which point he retired after being diagnosed with HIV. As explained in Johnson's upcoming Apple TV Plus docuseries "They Call Me Magic," NBA games were so scarcely watched before Johnson was drafted that the primetime networks debated whether to air them at all. But Johnson's chemistry on the court with his teammates, especially Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, combined with entertainment strategies implemented by new owner Jerry Buss, turned professional basketball into a must-see spectacle.
Because of those unique conditions, Johnson believes that it's impossible to tell the story without the involvement of the people who lived it.
"There's no way to duplicate Showtime. I don't care who you get. So let's go through it like this," Johnson told Variety. "Showtime started on the court. Just unbelievable. We changed basketball! Fast-breaking entertainment: Every time out, Paula Abdul and them beautiful Laker Girls came out on that floor. First time ever. Dancing girls! And they turnt it out. All the latest music, and all the latest dances."
The crowd in the stands was also an important part of Showtime, and Johnson fondly remembers two audience members in particular.
"Jack Nicholson -- the biggest actor at that time, killing it -- didn't miss a game. And wouldn't let nobody tell him the score, if he was shooting, because he had the game taped. Everybody knew that. It was written in this contract."
Johnson had also befriended the Jackson 5, and traveled with them on three of their tours. He urged Michael Jackson to return the favor by coming to a Lakers game, and Jackson reluctantly agreed even though he didn't think the fans would let him watch in peace. "He was right," Johnson says. "He sat down; people went crazy. They were running from upstairs, the sides. We had to stop the game to get him out."
"You can't duplicate that," Johnson says. "We entertain you. Show you moves that you've only seen in the nightclub. Then you move up to the Forum Club."
After the games, the Lakers would party behind the velvet ropes of the VIP lounge tucked inside of the arena, along with who Johnson remembers as "the best, sexiest, hottest people in Los Angeles. Because it's a club in a club, right? All the celebrities, all the beautiful people move up to the Forum Club. Every team that came in town: 'Please, Magic!' In the third quarter. 'We gotta get in the Forum Club.' I said, 'We still playing the game!'"
"We go in there... man, it's on," he says. "There's Hugh Hefner with 20 playmates. There's Arsenio. Eddie Murphy. Rob Lowe. All these people from 'Miami Vice,' Don Johnson. All of them at the height [of their careers], but you know what? They got to be themselves. There were so many A-listers, everybody left them alone."
"Now, that's inside," Johnson continued. "[Outside of the Forum Club, there were] 200 people in the hallway saying, 'Please, let me in!' You can't duplicate that. Everybody's like, 'Aaah! We can't get in, but we standing here!' You can't duplicate that. You just can't do it."
Johnson then unbuttoned half of his shirt to capture the spirit of his mentor. "And then, the most charismatic owner in all the sports. Not the NBA -- all the sports," he says. "I'm not lying! Dr. Buss came and had his shirt down here. As an owner! You can't duplicate this, man. You can't do it."
"Listen: we were about winning. With all that going on, it was about winning championships," Johnson says. "How are you going to duplicate this? You can't. You need somebody who lived through it. Not somebody's opinion. Not somebody's 'I think.' Not somebody's 'I saw.'"
When asked if he would support a scripted project about the Showtime era if the former Lakers were properly consulted, Johnson is unsure.
"It just depends. It has to be authentic and real, and it has to be right. The way we played the game, the way we worked together as a unit... It was a show from the owner all the way down. How are you gonna do it? You can't do it. So I don't know what this stuff ['Winning Time'] is, I haven't watched it, I'm not gonna watch it. And all the guys said the same thing. Kareem, everybody. You can't do it."
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Man in the Arena: Tom Brady and Simone vs Herself receive nominations for Outstanding Documentary Series
LOS ANGELES, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Religion of Sports, the award-winning sports media production company founded by Gotham Chopra, Michael Strahan, and Tom Brady announces three Sports Emmy© Award nominations highlighting the brand's prominence in athlete and documentary storytelling. The announcement was made Wednesday by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Religion of Sports had previously been nominated for five Sports Emmy© Awards and have taken home two.
The complete list of Religion of Sports nominations are as follows:
- Outstanding Documentary Series: Man in the Arena (ESPN+)
- Outstanding Editing Long-Form: Man in the Arena (ESPN+)
- Outstanding Documentary Series – Serialized: Simone vs Herself (Facebook Watch)
Man in the Arena: Tom Brady is a 10-episode documentary series which explores all the triumphs and tribulations that made Brady the greatest NFL quarterback of all time. Each episode focuses on a single Super Bowl appearance, and everything that led to some of the greatest games in football history, with guest appearances from some of the most influential people in Tom's life to discuss their relationships with the famed athlete. Series guests included Gisele Bündchen, Rob Gronkowski, Tedy Bruschi, Randy Moss, Willie McGinest, and many, many more.
Man in the Arena: Tom Brady was recently the focal point of a partnership between Religion of Sports, Autograph, and ESPN, with the announcement of an NFT collection based off the series. As of yesterday, the series is now available on ESPN+, Disney+, and Hulu with the 10th and final episode coming soon.
Simone vs Herself follows the journey of Simone Biles, one of the greatest athletes of all time, as she seeks to further challenge herself and what is possible as a gymnast. A 19-time World Champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist, Simone has already reached the mountaintop. But as the series reveals, there are peaks left to scale while balancing adversity – from adjusting to a postponed Olympics, to conquering the challenges that come with success and the weight of enormous expectations. The series further explores the relationship between athletes and mental health, as Simone boldly tells her story and grants viewers an unprecedented inside look into her life and struggles. Simone vs Herself, which airs on Facebook Watch, garnered over 21 million views, and over 1 million followers on its Facebook Watch page.
Religion of Sports is currently in the process of expanding its content slate and capabilities, recently entering into a partnership with Skydance Media to begin creating scripted content, and with PRX for award-nominated podcasts such as False Idol and Crushed.
A complete list of nominees is available at https://theemmys.tv/sports-43rd-nominations/.
About Religion of Sports
Religion of Sports is an award winning media company founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra. Our work is defined by thoughtful, elevated stories that uncover why sports matter, and distill the spirituality, science and humanity that unite elite performers and people of all kinds. We tell stories that make believers. More at religionofsports.com.
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CINCINNATI, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One thousand thirty-six new Stars were born on February 7, 2022, the GSA has announced. One of these stars is Cincinnati's own Liona Enterprises. The Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services (STARS) III Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) is the successor to STARS II and provides a low-risk process for purchasing IT services. It is a highly competitive, nationwide contracting vehicle that rewards high-performing small businesses with the opportunity to compete for tasks and jobs from a smaller candidate pool throughout the country. With a ceiling of $50 billion for service-based IT solutions, it's no wonder the Federal Government and Department of Defense are ecstatic to work with awarded companies like Liona Enterprises.
Liona Enterprises, Inc. is a minority woman owned IT firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio with satellite offices across the nation. They provide IT systems design, equipment purchase, maintenance, and support services to optimize hardware and software which includes contract maintenance and per incident repair.
They've received excellent ratings from their customers across multiple service offerings including AV / VTC support services, non-core IT services (asset management, database administration, information assurance, printer management, and equipment custodian services), and subject-matter expertise.
The Department of Defense rated Liona's quality of service, schedule, cost control, and business relations as exceptional and management of key personnel as very good in Ohio. Additionally, they have described a Liona Enterprises on-site staff member in California as "highly skilled."
The opportunities are limitless now that Liona Enterprises has been awarded. To learn more about how you can benefit from the 8(a) STARS III GWAC call or email Liona Enterprises at (888) 730-3986 or sales@lionaenterprises.com today.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho gubernatorial candidate and antigovernment activist Ammon Bundy on Thursday received a $3,000 fine and 10 days in jail for contempt of court.
Bundy was immediately handcuffed in Fourth District Court in Boise and taken to the Ada County Jail.
Judge Annie McDevitt ruled Bundy failed to perform 40 hours of community service following a 2020 trespassing conviction at the Idaho Statehouse.
Bundy argued his work for his own campaign as governor counted toward the 40 hours of community service.
McDevitt disagreed, telling Bundy that he “took the time and effort to blatantly disrespect the court’s order, making a mockery of the sentence you received.”
Bundy was arrested Aug. 25, 2020, after refusing to leave a Statehouse auditorium after officials ordered the room to be cleared. He was there with others protesting coronavirus pandemic legislation during a special session of the Idaho Legislature called because of the pandemic.
Bundy, who is running as an Independent candidate to be Idaho’s next governor in a crowded race, is well-known for participating in armed standoffs with law enforcement, notably at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in 2016, which left one man dead, and on federal land near his family’s ranch in Nevada in 2014.
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Dear Editor,
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and Child Abuse Awareness Month. According to RAINN, every 68 seconds someone in America is sexually assaulted and 80% of the time the perpetrator is someone who is known to the victim. Two-thirds of sexual assaults are not reported. Approximately 975 out of 1,000 perpetrators will walk free.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a 2020 study shows that nearly 17 out of 1,000 Kentucky children are abused, which is double the national average of 8.4. Child abuse reports decreased in 2020, however experts believe that this was pandemic related and not a true reduction in the number of child abuse cases.
When we look at these numbers, we must look internally to discover things that we all can do to prevent these types of interpersonal violence.
You may think that you are only one person and that there is nothing that just one person can do, but there are things that all of us can do to help make our part of the world a safer place. Our actions, big and small, have a ripple effect on those we influence. Modeling healthy behavior, addressing inappropriate conduct, addressing victim-blaming statements, and believing survivors are all ways that everyone can make a difference.
Become involved with your local agencies which address sexual assault and child abuse. Your Regional Rape Crisis Center is Cumberland River Victims Services. Follow them on Facebook to get more ideas on how to help prevent violence in your community, become involved with them, and learn about the services that they provide.
Cecelia White
Cumberland River Victims Services Administrative Director
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No longer waiting for a federal investigation that has so far taken two and a half years, a state prosecutor said Thursday that he intends to pursue his own possible charges against the Louisiana troopers involved in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene.
Union Parish District Attorney John Belton told a bipartisan legislative committee looking into the case that U.S. Justice Department prosecutors last week dropped their request for him to hold off on a state prosecution until the federal probe is complete.
And he added that Greene’s mother, Mona Hardin, also asked him to independently pursue charges against the troopers who were seen on long-withheld body-camera video swarming her son after a high-speed chase, jolting him with stun guns, punching him the face and dragging him by his ankle shackles as he wailed, “I’m scared! I’m scared!”
“No one is above the law -- no one,” Belton told committee members at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge. He added that, based on the evidence, the officers "committed criminal acts, including the violation of Mr. Greene’s civil rights.”
Belton said he is “moving swiftly” to empanel a special grand jury as soon as he collects the most up-to-date evidence from the federal investigation. That includes a reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI last year that rejected troopers’ initial account that Greene died from injuries suffered in a car crash. It instead attributes Greene’s death to “physical struggle,” troopers repeatedly stunning him, striking him in the head, restraining him at length and Greene’s use of cocaine.
“It is of the utmost importance that the Ronald Greene family and the public as a whole be provided with the complete and truthful answers about what happened to him,” Belton said.
To date, nearly three years after Greene’s May 10, 2019, death along a rural roadside in northeast Louisiana, no one has been criminally charged.
Long shrouded in secrecy and accusations of cover-up, it took 474 days for state police to open an internal inquiry into the case and officials from Gov. John Bel Edwards on down refused to release troopers’ body-camera video for more than two years until The Associated Press obtained and published it last year.
That jump-started the ongoing federal investigation into Greene’s death, which expanded to look into whether state police brass obstructed justice to protect the troopers. One supervisor recently told the legislative committee that his bosses instructed him not to give prosecutors the body-camera footage of Greene’s arrest.
Federal investigators are separately looking into a string of other cases in which troopers are accused of beatings and cover-ups, even when they are caught on video.
Lawmakers in Thursday’s hearing repeatedly expressed frustration at the length of time the federal investigation is taking and the pace at which the state police are seeking answers internally.
State Rep. Tony Bacala, a Republican, appeared particularly upset when the head of the Louisiana State Police, Col. Lamar Davis, said it would likely take several more weeks to complete an internal probe of his second-in-command, Lt. Col. Doug Cain, for having his state cellphone “sanitized” — erased of all data — amid the federal investigation.
“We’re exceeding the speed limit,” Bacala said, “and you all are putting down the road.”
Another tense exchange came when state Rep. Edmond Jordan, a Democrat, questioned Davis about a 120-hour internal suspension given to a lawyer for the state Department of Public Safety, which includes state police, for telling colleagues about her part in an i nternal investigation of state police beatings of Black motorists. That was more than double the 50-hour internal punishment Trooper Kory York received after he was seen on the body-camera video dragging Greene by his ankle shackles.
“It seems the only people disciplined are the people who are trying to do the right thing,” Jordan said. “This is difficult to deal with.”
The legislative probe into “all-levels” of the state’s response to Greene’s death began in February after an AP report that Edwards was informed within hours that troopers arresting Greene had engaged in a “violent, lengthy struggle.” Yet the Democrat stayed mostly silent on the case for two years as state troopers pushed the car crash narrative.
Edwards has said he did not speak out about the troopers’ actions — even after privately watching body-camera footage of the arrest — because he did not want to interfere with the federal investigation. He has since come to describe the actions of the troopers in Greene’s arrest as criminal and racist.
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TORONTO - Canada's main stock index reversed early losses to edge higher Thursday as the materials and energy sectors strengthened ahead of the afternoon release of the federal budget.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 46.29 points to 21,834.89.
The day started poorly with the Toronto market losing as much as about 150 points. It followed Wednesday's selloff prompted by the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting in which members suggested they would be more aggressive in tackling inflation.
But things turned around in the early afternoon to close higher on the day.
Michael Currie, vice-president and investment adviser at TD Wealth, says Thursday's movements are hard to explain except they represent a rebound after two or three "lousy days in a row."
"Bad start to the month and I guess when things opened down this morning, enough people saw it was maybe down enough and here's a chance to get in," he said in an interview.
The rally was pretty broadly based, led by energy and materials, which climbed 1.9 and 1.8 per cent, respectively.
Energy increased despite crude oil prices dipping slightly on the day. Shares of Advantage Oil and Gas Ltd. were up 5.3 per cent while Baytex Energy Corp. moved 3.6 per cent higher.
The May crude contract was down 20 cents at US$96.03 per barrel and the May natural gas contract was up 33 cents at US$6.36 per mmBTU.
The Canadian dollar traded for 79.47 cents US compared with 79.94 cents US on Wednesday.
Materials moved higher on a rise in gold prices with Ero Copper Corp. up 7.3 per cent and OceanaGold Corp. 3.9 per cent higher.
"This is its first gain in three sessions (so) probably just a little bargain-hunting there for people," Currie said.
He noted that the Fed becoming more hawkish is negative for gold, while bad news coming out of Ukraine is good for the precious metal.
"So there's kind of a bit of a tug of war there, but the little bounce up in gold has helped materials."
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Ukraine of derailing talks with Moscow by changing its negotiating stance.
Telecommunications and consumer staples were up by more than one percentage point on the day.
Health care was the biggest laggard, losing 3.7 per cent as cannabis producer Tilray Inc. slumped 10.6 per cent. The heavyweight financials sector was down 1.2 per cent as all Canadian banks were lower with Toronto-Dominion leading with a drop of 2.7 per cent.
Technology continued its losing ways, with Lightspeed Commerce Inc. decreasing 3.7 per cent and Shopify Inc. down 1.4 per cent.
Currie said he doesn't believe the federal budget, which was released after markets closed, had much of an impact on trading since the general themes of the government's fiscal plans were already known.
"It seems like they telegraphed a lot of what's going to happen. Seems to be a focus on housing, so unless there's a surprise in there, I think it's probably cooked into the market a little bit here already."
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 87.06 points at 34,583.57 with a swing of more than 500 points on the day. The S&P 500 index was up 19.06 points at 4,500.21, while the Nasdaq composite was up 8.48 points at 13,897.30.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 7, 2022.
Companies in this story: (TSX:AAV, TSX:BTE, TSX:TD, TSX:TLRY, TSX:LSPD, TSX:ERO, TSX:OGC, TSX:SHOP, TSX:ERO, TSX:OGC, TSX:GSPTSE, TSX:CADUSD=X)
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Shares of Perrigo Co. PLC
PRGO,
+0.92%
inched 0.92% higher to $37.13 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+0.43%
rising 0.43% to 4,500.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.25%
rising 0.25% to 34,583.57. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Perrigo Co. PLC closed $13.77 below its 52-week high ($50.90), which the company achieved on September 30th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.
DSKYF,
+3.79%
rose 3.79% to $22.75, Catalent Inc.
CTLT,
+2.34%
rose 2.34% to $112.75, and United Therapeutics Corp.
UTHR,
+2.50%
rose 2.50% to $190.11. Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 509,304 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
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A federal politician's move to distribute personalised times-tables charts to school children ahead of next month's election has been labelled a "pub test" failure by political rivals and condemned by commentators.
Key points:
- Nationals MP Andrew Gee has been criticised for providing educational resources with his face and contact details on them to schools
- A political science academic says they should be withdrawn
- A constituent has labelled the move political pointscoring
The photograph, name and electorate office details of Nationals Party Member for the central NSW electorate of Calare, Andrew Gee, appear to be printed on two posters.
The NSW Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party claimed an Orange Public School pupil received them during school hours this week.
Charles Sturt University political scientist Dominic O'Sullivan said the material was "quite wrong" and should be withdrawn from schools.
Professor O'Sullivan said the posters were targeting young children, aged five to seven.
"[Young children] don't have the critical thinking skills or the awareness of the world around them to really have a clue to know what it means to be supporting one person of the Parliament over another," he said.
Mr Gee was unavailable for an interview but said in a statement he approached schools earlier this year to offer them the educational materials, "including times tables, alphabet and numbers charts".
He said only schools that had requested the resources received them.
Mr Gee said he had been providing educational charts locally "for years" because he had received feedback from educators and parents saying there were "very helpful".
Professor O'Sullivan said Mr Gee could help students in other ways.
"He's in a very powerful position as a member of parliament to ensure schools are properly resourced; and to ensure curriculums are developed with the most advanced knowledge available.
The SFF Party's education spokesman Mark Banasiak said the charts amounted to political advertising.
"There are plenty of local members who will buy prizes for end-of-year awards or sponsor books for school libraries ... and that's great," he said.
Mr Gee's statement said the posters did not display any political branding, advertising or logos.
'Petty' criticism
However, the criticism was not universal.
Cudal resident Floyd Legge told ABC Central West the SFF's stance was "petty".
"[Mr Gee] sends out fridge calendars and community information, so this is no different.
"It's not vote-getting. It's [about] civic understanding of your local member."
A NSW Education spokesperson said "public schools in NSW are free from political affiliation and schools should not distribute party-branded materials".
The SFF planned to lodge a complaint to the Australian Electoral Commission.
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This graphic, provided by the Booneville School District, shows the planned location of a new multipurpose stadium and tennis courts. Voters within the district on Tuesday approved of a $5.5 million bond to build the facility.
BOONEVILLE • Booneville School District voters approved a $5.5 million bond issue for a multipurpose stadium project on Tuesday.
93.2% of voters were in favor of approving the 20-year bond issue, which will not increase tax rates.
Located north of the Booneville High School gym, the project is planned to include a stadium to be used for soccer, track and junior high football, along with several tennis courts.
High school football will still be played at Northeast Mississippi Community College's stadium.
BSD Superintendent Todd English said plans for the new stadium have been in the works for about a year. According to English, the need for additional extracurricular practice space had up occasionally through the years, but became a dire need in the last three to five years.
"Basically, we've added sports, we've added activities, without places to practice," English said.
A lot of practices take place after school, so with roughly 80% of Booneville High School students involved in band, athletics or other extracurricular activities, the district runs out of spaces for them to practice.
For English, the reason for the project is simple: "Kids that are engaged graduate."
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"Although these are athletic facilities, they completely support what we're trying to do academically," English said. "So we wanted to build this in order to keep our kids engaged, to give our community more places to play."
The approved bond issue allows for up to $5.5 million in funds, but English said the district hopes to keep the cost under $5 million.
Original plans included a grass field, but English said the district now plans to install artificial turf on the field so that it can be used year-round for any sport.
An added benefit to the community will be having the track around the stadium open to the public, except for when the track team is practicing.
"It's something that our whole town can be proud of," English said. "And our community, they were phenomenal on the vote. They came out and supported the school system like they always have and always will."
English said it feels good to see overwhelming support for the bond issue. He sees the community's confidence and complete buy-in reflected in the results.
"This all goes in together with our motto, 'Together we're better,'" English said. "The bond issue vote shows that together we truly are better."
He hopes construction on the 18-month project can begin this fall.
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Shares of TE Connectivity Ltd.
TEL,
+0.27%
inched 0.27% higher to $125.40 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+0.43%
rising 0.43% to 4,500.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.25%
rising 0.25% to 34,583.57. The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak. TE Connectivity Ltd. closed $41.04 short of its 52-week high ($166.44), which the company reached on November 16th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as 3M Co.
MMM,
-0.23%
fell 0.23% to $149.95, Nidec Corp. ADR
NJDCY,
-1.96%
fell 1.96% to $18.50, and Amphenol Corp. Cl A
APH,
+1.25%
rose 1.25% to $73.97. Trading volume (2.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
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I am brokenhearted over the news of Eric Boehlert’s death in a bicycle accident this week, at 56. I need to say that first. My thoughts are with his wife, Tracy Breslin, and his children, Jane and Ben, whom he absolutely treasured.
Many fine journalists have written tributes to Eric’s insight and bravery in covering the media, and also his generosity and warmth as a colleague and friend. What more can I add? Well, we worked together at Salon for five years in the early 2000s, and I was frequently his editor. I went looking for some of his early pieces for us, and I found treasure. Whether even his admirers know it or not—and many do, but not all—Eric has been on the same story for the last 23 years: the callow, irresponsible way that our Beltway media has covered Democrats in these decades.
And he has fucking crushed it.
His first case study (to my knowledge) was on the lameness of most national political reporters as they covered Vice President Al Gore’s run for president. First, they puffed up his lackluster Democratic primary opponent, former senator Bill Bradley, and then fell in love with George W. Bush. That double-barreled campaign presaged the way the Beltway media would cover imperfect establishment Democratic leaders, from Gore (won the popular vote but lost the presidency) to Hillary Clinton (oh, same thing) to Joe Biden today (whew, won that popular vote—though unlike them, he faced a coup attempt). All with heinous consequences for our country and our democracy. Eric covered Gore and Clinton and Biden, too; it became his beat until his untimely death.
If we want to honor his memory, more of us should commit to his unflinching attention to the role of the media in creating the mess we’re in today.
Eric saw it all coming. First in the media’s bromance with Bill Bradley, a New York Knicks star (they were my team back then!), an admirable senator, but in no way the political titan Gore’s media detractors tried to create. On that story, he was tenacious in a way that caught our attention at Salon—though we had no favorite in the race—just because of the clear way he detailed media bias against Gore and for Bradley. We hired him, and when I edited him, I would marvel at—and to be honest, sometimes be overwhelmed by—the unrelenting way he marshaled so many quotes, so much polling data, and so many other details on behalf of his argument.
While I was of course on the left, I was actually new to mainstream, national Democratic politics when I got to Salon the year before. I was especially new to the way the titans of the media, some of whom I admired (a very few I still do), were so shallow, vain, mean, and given to following the pack.
Eric helped me see, belatedly, that the media always needs a horse race. The existing vice president coasting to the nomination was bad for everyone’s business. But more important, if you’re a campaign reporter trying to move up, Gore as juggernaut (and Gore as a person) was pegged as a “boring” story. It was the same mentality that gave Donald Trump universal, free, and malpractice-level media coverage in 2015 and ’16. (Let me say quickly: Bill Bradley was nowhere near as interesting as Trump, but also not at all monstrous, unlike TFG.)
Of course, Eric covered the whole Trump shit show too, going back to the carnival barker’s racist birther stunts, as did I.
Salon’s archives from those early years—our first few years of being a true news organization—have crumbled, like so many others’. But I was able to find a few pieces of Eric’s that I remember for their clear-eyed ferocity. Take “Gore’s premature obituary,” in which he showed how “the media hyped the vice president’s dip in the polls over the summer, but ignored his resurgence in the past month.” And brought receipts.
While the media panned Gore’s October 1999 performances, most prominent reporters ignored that it was his best month on the campaign trail—he’d opened up a 25-point lead over Bradley nationally, gaining 13 points on him in less than 30 days. Why were our trained political media professionals missing the story? Because they were sticking to their own storyline, that Gore was a bad candidate, running a worse campaign. Eric quotes the coverage of the Dartmouth town hall that month:
Gore was “clumsy,” “awkward,” “artificial,” “glib and occasionally smug” (USA Today’s Walter Shapiro); “the Eddie Haskell-Energizer Bunny” (Time’s Margaret Carlson) who “hit the Dartmouth stage yakking” (syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington). He appeared as “some sort of feral animal who had been locked in a small cage [and] came across as a kind of manic political vaudevillian” (Slate’s Jacob Weisberg). He was dressed “like someone seeking employment at a country music radio station” (Washington Post’s Mary McGrory). And, “If you think that Al Gore won that debate, I think you’re tripping” (Washington Post’s Juan Williams).
He goes on to quote the take of Time’s Eric Pooley: “The 300 media types watching in the press room at Dartmouth were, to use the appropriate technical term, totally grossed out. Whenever Gore came on too strong, the room erupted in a collective jeer, like a gang of 15-year-old Heathers cutting down some hapless nerd.”
Pooley Heathered it up himself in his Gore coverage, but he managed to nail our proud Beltway media’s biases there nonetheless.
By the time Gore crushed Bradley in the January 2000 Iowa caucuses, the solons of the press had a new line on him. No longer “clumsy” or a “political vaudevillian,” Gore was a “thug.”The legendary (not in a good way) Maureen Dowd compared him to Mafia don Tony Soprano in The New York Times. Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan said there was only one reason Gore won Iowa: “He is aggressive and tough, and he is also mean.” Again, Eric showed that the two women weren’t alone, quoting writers we met in his earlier piece—and others—with their relentless attacks on Gore.
Gore has done little over the last three months but dish out an “onslaught” of “cheap shots” (Time’s Eric Pooley), and hatch a “diabolical” strategy in which he “passed up no opportunity to whack Bradley” (Slate’s Jacob Weisberg), and he’s been busy “demagoguing” (Washington Post’s Juan Williams). Gore is “a savage campaigner” (Fox News’ Brit Hume) who’s been “mangling the truth for political gain” (National Journal’s Stuart Taylor Jr.) and “relentless in attacking Bradley, hammering, needling, hectoring” (Washington Post’s Mary McGrory). Worse, the VP has been “trafficking in fear-mongering” (USA Today’s Walter Shapiro) and seems content to fight a “scorched-earth war” (San Francisco Examiner’s Chris Matthews).
From New Hampshire, the next month, heterodox (I don’t know what else to call him) then-journalist Mickey Kaus, also not a Gore fan, echoed Pooley earlier: “They hate Gore. They really do think he’s a liar. And a phony.”
It got worse when Gore secured the nomination and faced off against George W. Bush. Eric wrapped his just-before-election coverage with the somber, acidic piece titled “Gore’s too-willing executioners,” showing how “the political press has been armed with plenty of attitude in taking on the vice president—but not a lot of facts.”
Reporters, he argued, “have crudely inserted themselves into the presidential campaign with careless and misleading reports about Gore’s so-called exaggerations (journalists literally created Gore’s ‘Love Story,’ Love Canal and ‘inventing the Internet’ episodes out of whole cloth). In the process, they have become Gov. George Bush’s most potent allies.” In this piece, there’s no snappy paragraph of reporters’ bad takes I can share; instead, he takes apart faux-scandals with facts, over many paragraphs. You have to read it, if you care.
Meanwhile, I found plenty of fault with the Gore campaign that year. I’m not saying it was perfect. Or even good. I’m just saying Gore’s media executioners were indeed awful, self-serving, often deluded. And some are still with us.
You know who you are. And I’m sure you don’t give a shit right now.
I’m sharing these early Salon pieces at length, because it would become what Eric was known and loved for, from his years at Salon through a long tenure at Media Matters and lately, at his own PressRun site. He covered the despicable “but her e-mails” coverage of Hillary Clinton, painstakingly, over months (I wasn’t surprised that Clinton shared her condolences on Twitter). And lately he’d been on fire, at PressRun and on Twitter, where we regularly retweeted one another and commiserated about how much worse so many reporters and media organizations have gotten even since their non-glory days covering Al Gore, in direct messages and e-mail. As I often say: The sad mainstream media is trashing Biden as though his opponent were (semi-OK though he did race-bait in 2012) Mitt Romney. That is not what we’re dealing with.
I haven’t seen Eric since before the pandemic. We used to be regulars with MSNBC’s Joy Reid and sometimes All In with Chris Hayes. We often talked about getting drinks, and we did once, but usually he was anxious to get back to Montclair, N.J., and his family.
I want to quote a lot of his final PressRun column here—“Why is the press rooting against Biden?”and “burying great news,” as he put it—because it shares so much with his early Gore media criticism. I read his post on Monday as I thought about my own writing for the week, and I decided I couldn’t make his point any better. If I could have written it first, I would have. So here a lot of it is, below. May his memory be a blessing, for his family and for all of us who knew and loved his integrity and his fervor.
This is how it’s done, people.
Like clockwork, the first Friday of the month brought another blockbuster jobs report. The U.S. economy under President Joe Biden added another 400,000-plus new jobs in March, it was announced last week.
Biden is currently on pace, during his first two full years in office, to oversee the creation of 10 million new jobs and an unemployment rate tumbling all the way down to 3 percent. That would be an unprecedented accomplishment in U.S. history. Context: In four years in office, Trump lost three million jobs, the worst record since Herbert Hoover.
Yet the press shrugs off the good news, determined to keep Biden pinned down. “The reality is that one strong jobs report does not snap the administration out of its current circumstances,” Politico stressed Friday afternoon. How about 11 straight strong job reports, would that do the trick? Because the U.S. economy under Biden has been adding more than 400,000 jobs per month for 11 straight months.
The glaring disconnect between reality and how the press depicts White House accomplishments means a key question lingers: Why is the press rooting against Biden? Is the press either hoping for a Trump return to the White House, or at least committed to keeping Biden down so the 2024 rematch will be close and ‘entertaining’ for the press to cover?…
Axios contorted itself by claiming Biden’s promise to add “millions” of new jobs (which he’s already accomplished), was being threatened because there aren’t enough workers, because so few people are out of work—or something.
Totally normal journalism, right? The president announces another blockbuster jobs report and the press presents it as borderline bad news….
That’s why, according to a recent poll, 37 percent of Americans think the economy lost jobs over the last year, when it’s gained 7 million. (Just 28 percent of people know jobs were up.)
Virtually all the Beltway coverage today agrees on this central point: When it comes to the economy, Biden’s approval rating is taking a hit because Americans are freaked out by inflation. But maybe it’s taking a hit because Americans are under the false impression that jobs are disappearing. Voters don’t know what they don’t know because the press isn’t interested in telling them about record job success and an economy that’s years ahead of where experts thought it would be coming out of a global pandemic.
Biden is facing not just one organized opposition in the form of the GOP but another in the form of the Beltway press corps. The Beltway press needs to take its thumb off the Biden scale.
Eric began all of his posts:
Be healthy.
Be kind.
And I can’t end mine any better. We’ve all got to improve our work to make up for this loss, at a time when we need clear-eyed media critics more than ever. Be healthy, be kind, be vigilant—and have fun. I know he would add that.
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OnlyFans star, 25, is arrested for 'stabbing boyfriend, 27, to death during a domestic dispute' in their luxury Miami high-rise: Model is now in mental ward after making suicidal threats
- Courtney Clenney, 25, was arrested for her boyfriend's murder Sunday night
- The social media influencer stabbed Christian Obumseli, 27, in the shoulder during an apparent domestic dispute at their Miami condominium
- Obumseli was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries
- It is unclear if Clenney stabbed Obumseli in self-defense
- Neighbors and friends claim the couple has a history of domestic violence and police have responded to their apartment for multiple disturbances
- Clenney has not been formally charged in her boyfriend's death and is currently hospitalized after she made suicidal threats while in police custody
A Florida OnlyFans model has been arrested for her boyfriend's murder after she stabbed him in an apparent domestic dispute.
Courtney Clenney, 25, known on the subscription service as Courtney Tailor, stabbed her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in the shoulder amid a struggle at their Miami condominium on Sunday, police said.
Obumseli, 27, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries.
The influencer, who has not been formally charged in her boyfriend's death, was hospitalized over mental health concerns after making suicidal threats while in police custody, police said.
Her current condition remains unknown.
Investigators are working to determine if Clenney, whose neighbor alleges was abused by Obumseli, acted in self-defense.
OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney, 25, (left) has been arrested for her boyfriend's murder after she stabbed him in an apparent domestic dispute. Christian Obumseli, 27, (right) died from his injuries
Miami police responded to multiple domestic disturbance calls at the couple's apartment over the last three months.
A neighbor claiming to have a direct view of the couple's apartment said he witnessed Obumseli strike Clenney about a week before the fatal stabbing.
'I could not tell if it was open-handed or closed-handed, but he was swinging at her,' the unnamed resident told WPLG.
However, a trio who identified themselves as close friends of the couple alleged the social media model was the violent one in the 'rocky relationship'.
'We've seen her hit him. I've never seen him hit her,' Ashley Vaughn said. 'From what we've personally experienced between the both of them, we believe that Christian wouldn't put her in a position where she would need to stab him to protect herself.'
'We didn't think this is how far it would have gone,' Tahki Banks said. 'Even that we really lost Christian only, it feels like we lost Courtney at the same time.'
The influencer, who has not been formally charged in her boyfriend's death, was hospitalized over mental health concerns after making suicidal threats while in police custody
Investigators are working to determine if Clenney, whose neighbor alleges was abused by Obumseli, acted in self-defense. The couple is pictured together
Clenney, who has more than two million Instagram followers, was hospitalized Sunday under Florida's Baker Act.
The law allows law enforcement, judges, doctors and mental health experts to commit a person to a treatment center for 72 hours if certain violent or suicidal tendencies are displayed.
It is unclear if or when she will be released from the hospital. However, new content was added to her OnlyFans page the day after she was detained.
While specific details surrounding their relationship remain in question, it does appear the couple has been together for several years.
Their friends said Clenney and Obumseli moved to Miami from Texas a few years back. The group, which reportedly dined, traveled and regularly socialized with the pair, said they are completely distraught over the situation.
'He was just really high-energy, bright, intelligent, would bring a smile to anyone,' Josh Ramsey told WTVJ. 'These are our two friends we've gone on vacation with, we go to dinners with, we go out on the town with them, and it seems like it's straight out of a crime documentary,' Ramsey told WTVJ.
'We would have never guessed it would have escalated to this point. I think I speak for our whole friend group, we are just shocked. Very distraught about this,' he added.
A neighbor claiming to have a direct view of the couple's apartment said he witnessed Obumseli strike Clenney about a week before the fatal stabbing. They are pictured together
However, a trio who identified themselves as close friends of the couple alleged the social media model was the violent one in the 'rocky relationship'. Clenney and Obumseli are seen holding hands
A GoFundMe account established in support of Obumseli's family has raised more than $65,000.
The account creator said Obumseli was killed a week before his 28th birthday, leaving 'many unanswered questions and creates a void that can never be fixed or filled.'
'That someone's selfish act ripped Christian away from this world. It is not enough to say we are shocked and hurting - We are utterly devastated,' his loved ones wrote.
'Christian was extremely compassionate with a desire always to uplift those around him. He did not deserve for his life to be cut short by a heinous act of violence. We will never forget his infectious smile that could light up any room or his caring spirit.'
Clenney was hospitalized on a mandatory 72-hour hold. It is unclear if or when she will be released from the hospital. However, new content was added to her OnlyFans page the day after she was detained
Meanwhile, a GoFundMe account created in support of Obumseli's family has raised more than $65,000
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana couple that had been missing for more than a week were at peace with the world as the husband died a day before rescuers reached the wife, their nephew said Thursday.
Beverly Barker, 69, was released from a Reno hospital Wednesday, a day after rescuers found her and the body of her husband, Ronnie, 72.
"She was at peace with what was happening. Ronnie was at peace. They were lying together in the back seat of the Kia Soul," Travis Peters of Indianapolis said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
The couple was found Tuesday in the mountainous, forested high-desert in the remote Silver Peak area of Esmeralda County about 177 miles (284 kilometers) northwest of Las Vegas, west of Goldfield and east of the California line.
Both were with the Kia passenger car they had been towing behind a 32-foot (9.8-meter) motor home before the RV got stuck in mud. They apparently decided to try to continue on in the car before it too got stuck.
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Peter said he spoke for more than an hour Thursday morning with his aunt. The “hurt and sorrow” that she's feeling were conveyed through her words, he said.
“She’s doing well. ... You can tell she’s still weak. ... But she is strong and so strong-willed that it’s very therapeutic for me to talk to her," he said.
Beverly Barker was released from the hospital Wednesday, he said.
"You wouldn’t think that someone would be released that soon. She was in the hospital for less than 24 hours,” Peters said.
His uncle had had part of his lung removed and could not get enough oxygen to survive in the high altitude where they were stranded, he said.
“My uncle Ronnie was a cancer survivor from exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam, ” Peters said. “It seems apparent to me that Ronnie was struggling even that first day getting air to his lungs.”
The couple passed the time together staring at the sky, watching passing aircraft and the stars, he said.
Peters criticized Nevada authorities for not doing more to find the couple. They relied on the family to do most of the work looking for the two and did not post a silver alert for eight days, he said.
"My uncle Ronnie died 26 hours before rescuers found my aunt. Maybe he’d still be alive" with a more timely silver alert, Peters said of Nevada officials. “They drug their feet until Monday night. ”
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MCF inmate found guilty of attacking officer
Apr. 7—PERU — A Miami Correctional Facility inmate accused of attacking a correctional officer with an edged weapon in July 2020 has been convicted in the matter.
On Thursday, a jury found Raul Sotelo, of Lake County, guilty of attempted murder, a Level 1 felony, aggravated battery, a Level 5 felony, battery with bodily injury to a public safety officer, a Level 5 felony, and battery by means of a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony, for his connection to a July 1, 2020, incident involving Officer Mackenzie Malott.
According to court documents, Malott was assigned to MCF's Phase 1 yard on the day of the incident, and he was conducting searches of the inmates when Sotelo "attacked him with a homemade edged weapon that consisted of a razor blade wrapped with cardboard as a handle."
During the attack, Sotelo slashed Malott on the left side of his face, court records indicate, leaving a gash from the back of his jawline to his chin.
Authorities say that that gash — which required eight stitches and also left a permanent scar — ended up being approximately 5 inches in length and about a half-inch deep, and court records note that Sotelo also attempted to slice Malott in the lower abdomen during the attack.
And during an interview with police about the incident, according to court documents, Sotelo told investigators that it was "his intention to kill Officer Malott."
Sotelo was already serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for his conviction in the September 1973 murder of a 12-year-old Lake County girl.
According to records from that case, authorities located the girl's body, naked and crushed, in an isolated part of a cemetery.
Sotelo, who was 18 at the time, first denied any involvement in the death, police reports indicated at the time, though he later confessed to killing the girl by rolling over her multiple times with a vehicle after she refused to have sexual intercourse with him.
Miami County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Courtney Alwine — who prosecuted the most recent case against Sotelo — briefly discussed that 1973 murder with the Tribune and how important it was to get this most recent conviction.
"While this could seem like an unnecessary trial considering his prior sentence, Mr. Sotelo was eligible to appear before the parole board and could have been released at any time," Alwine said. "Securing this conviction guarantees Raul Sotelo will never be released from the Indiana Department of Correction. The attempted murder of a correctional officer isn't something we can ever turn a blind eye to."
Sotelo will be sentenced at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, in Miami Superior Court I.
Kim Dunlap can be reached at 765-860-3256 or at kim.dunlap@kokomotribune.com.
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Two women who fled war in Ukraine find safety with Ottawa family
Katie Kolomiiets and her two children arrived in Canada early Wednesday morning at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
Her brother Andrei Plugatyr drove her home to Ottawa to stay with him and his wife Anna.
"I am happy, finally, it was a long way; we left our home on March 5," Kolomiiets says. "It was a long way and quite difficult because we had to stay different places, lots of kind people sheltered us, we are very grateful for their help. Finally, we are here- we are very happy!"
Kolomiiets describes the journey from her hometown of Poltava, about 150 kilometres west of Kharkiv.
"We drove three days to get to western Ukraine, and we stayed in western Ukraine for two weeks, and then we went to Poland, and we stayed in Warsaw for about two weeks to get visas, and then by plane here."
The journey made that much more difficult because her husband stayed behind.
"He is in the army now; he protects our country, so he stayed there."
She says she worries for him, "but I am still proud of him."
Kolomiiets says it is hard to see images of the fighting that continues in Ukraine.
"I cry all the time, I can’t watch the news, just cry, and cry, and cry."
The women and their children did not claim refugee status to come to Canada. They are here with a temporary visa – under a new emergency immigration program with the federal government.
Ukrainian-Canadian Anna Plugatyr says it took weeks to get all the paperwork ready and getting family from Ukraine to Canada is not easy.
"It is a big relief to have them here, to know that they are safe that they can relax and sleep through the night without worrying they will have run somewhere and hide," Plugatyr said.
Plugatyr says welcoming her family to her home is hard to put into words.
"For me the moment was incredibly emotional, we just hugged all together, held each other together, there are no words to describe how you feel in this moment."
Inna Savska is Anna Plugatyr’s cousin and has been in Canada for two weeks. She fled Kharkiv.
"I am okay now, but when we were in Ukraine, for six days we were sitting in cellar under Russian bombs. It was then that we decided to leave because it was terrible, it was very scary," Savksa says.
"I can’t explain how scary it was."
Savska and her two children drove for four days to western Ukraine before staying in various cities until they decided to go to Poland and attempt to get visas to come for Canada.
"My husband stayed in Ukraine, he is not in the army, but he is volunteering with helping with humanitarian aid," Saska says.
“It was heartbreaking. To watch kids say goodbye to their father is heartbreaking,” she says.
Both women say the support from the community in Ottawa has been overwhelming and they are grateful.
Savska says, "I am crying from people support and I am crying because of terrible situation in Ukraine, I see my city Kharkiv bombed every day, my friends are in Kharkiv and I worry about them it is very difficult."
The women will stay with the Plugatyrs for now but want to find their own residences as well as get jobs. They also hope to enroll their children in school.
They hope to one day return to Ukraine.
"We want to go back; we want to go home, we will rebuild our city and walk or favourite walks again. There is hope."
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Manchester police believe that outspoken paralegal Sean Brown is engaged in a "coordinated campaign of witness tampering," aimed at manipulating his own client, the girlfriend of an alleged drug dealer, to not cooperate with police and prosecutors in the case, according to documents filed Thursday in connection with Brown's arrest.
In a 17-page affidavit, police claim that Brown has been working with the alleged drug dealer, Manchester resident Marcus Cherry, to influence Cherry's girlfriend, Zoe Murphy.
Both Cherry and Murphy face drug conspiracy charges. Given his previous drug trafficking convictions, Cherry faces life in prison if convicted of the most serious charges.
Brown is a paralegal who is assisting Murphy in her case, which until now she was fighting without a lawyer. He was arrested Wednesday in Manchester and charged with three counts of felony witness tampering.
Nearly all of the case against Brown relies on recorded telephone calls, most that Cherry made from the Valley Street jail, where he has been incarcerated since November. Police say more than 200 calls are involved, and they had not even reviewed them all before bringing the latest charges.
Police say in the calls Cherry tells Brown he must quarterback the situation. He tells Brown he has to "educate" Murphy, whom he referred to as "crazy girl."
He wants Brown to tell Murphy, who cooperated with police in the initial investigation, that he is hurt but not mad at her, according to the affidavit. Both believe that Murphy, who has no criminal record, would be a credible witness if the case ever goes to trial.
And Cherry told Brown to offer Murphy a contract, which appears to be a life-time commitment that he makes with his conspirators but had refused to do so for Murphy, according to the affidavit.
Cherry spelled out what Brown should tell Murphy: "If it matters that much to you, the only way to get a contract is to not comply completely and make sure that you ... fix this," the affidavit reads.
At one point, a jail inmate called Murphy and hinted that a hit was put out on her. At another point, Cherry rejected Murphy's plan to get a lawyer and he said she knew what was best in the case and he had three potential people lined up, according to the affidavit.
Murphy told the Union Leader that she read the affidavit and disagrees with significant parts of it.
"I realize what they want me to do," Murphy said about prosecutors. "They want me to get on the stand and perjure myself." She said she would never do so.
But Murphy said it looks as if she will get a public defender, which she had refused before.
In a newspaper article last month, Murphy claimed she was unaware that her boyfriend was a drug dealer, even though police found large amounts of drugs in her car after an October traffic stop. Police say her quotes in the article differ with the information that Murphy initially told police.
Police said even the article was a result of the conspiracy.
"This article happened after a coordinated campaign of witness tampering involving ... Sean Brown, who interfaced directly with Murphy in an attempt to protect Cherry," the affidavit reads.
Brown appeared before a Hillsborough County Superior Court judge on Thursday. As of late in the day, Judge Amy Messer had not decided on whether to release him on bail.
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Woman attacked and robbed by several men in Walmart parking lot
By Roxie Bustamante
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A family is pleading for the community’s help after a woman was reportedly jumped and robbed in a Walmart parking lot in southwest Houston over the weekend.
Jessie Lozano said his daughter, Jennifer Lozano, was hospitalized after she was attacked in the Walmart parking lot off Beechnut and Kirkwood.
It happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday while Jennifer Lozano was on her way home from a friend’s house, her father says. Jennifer Lozano told the family that she wasn’t feeling well and decided to pull into the parking lot.
“She noticed a vehicle pull up and heard a male’s voice and asking her if she was alright,” Jessie Lozano said, recalling his daughter’s account of the attack. “And she slightly looked up and (saw) several males, she said, ‘Yes’ and the next thing she remembers is coming to and not really being able to see well.”
That’s when Jennifer Lozano realized her wallet, phone and 2006 four-door, blue Toyota Tundra with black Rhino-guard painted fenders and black wheels were gone.
Houston police said Jennifer Lozano walked to a nearby friend’s home to call 911. Police said the investigation is ongoing and detectives are working to obtain surveillance video in the area.
Jessie Lozano said he is grateful his daughter is alive, but she may have permanent eye damage. He said the alleged thieves spent several hundred dollars on her stolen debit card. He hopes someone will do the right thing and give Houston police a call.
“If you can speak up. If you can help solve some of these crime. You know, call your local law enforcement, Crime Stoppers, whatever you can do,” Jessie Lozano said. “You’re going to save somebody else’s life.”
The family has set up a GoFundMe to help Jennifer Lozano with medical expenses.
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WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 8, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service RENO NV
329 PM PDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...Breezy with Near Record High Temperatures through Friday...
...Cold Spring Storm with High Wind Potential and Sierra Snowfall
Possible Monday and Monday Night...
* Our unseasonable warmth continues Friday with our daytime highs
running 15-20 degrees higher than average. These are the type of
temperatures expected for early June instead of early April.
Record highs are possible through Friday with about a 25 percent
chance to tie or break our current daily records.
* Westerly zephyr winds of 20-30 mph on Friday will shift
northerly behind a passing cold front on Saturday. Temperatures
will cool nearly 15 degrees on Saturday behind the front.
* Early next week, a stronger Pacific storm will bring a sharp
return to winter conditions. Winds could be strong Monday with
potential for damaging gusts in parts of the eastern Sierra and
western Nevada. Snow is expected to develop in the Sierra by
Monday afternoon, with lighter snow spreading into lower
elevations through Monday night. High temperatures early next
week will be cooler by more than 30 degrees compared to this
week's warm spell, with widespread freezing conditions likely
Monday and Tuesday nights.
Now is the time to prepare for this major change back to winter
weather. Secure loose outdoor items before the winds increase
Monday, and have sufficient food, water, warm clothing and
emergency supplies handy in case of power outages. Anyone
planning travel in the Sierra Monday through early Tuesday can
expect slick travel conditions and delays with chain controls.
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Brewers fourth. Andrew McCutchen singles to right field. Rowdy Tellez strikes out swinging. Hunter Renfroe singles to left field. Andrew McCutchen to second. Omar Narvaez hit by pitch. Hunter Renfroe to second. Andrew McCutchen to third. Lorenzo Cain grounds out to first base, Frank Schwindel to Kyle Hendricks. Omar Narvaez to second. Hunter Renfroe to third. Andrew McCutchen scores. Jace Peterson lines out to deep right field to Seiya Suzuki.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Brewers 1, Cubs 0.
Cubs fifth. Seiya Suzuki singles to shallow left field. Jason Heyward singles to center field. Seiya Suzuki to third. Patrick Wisdom out on a sacrifice fly to center field to Lorenzo Cain. Seiya Suzuki scores. Nico Hoerner homers to left field. Jason Heyward scores. Rafael Ortega flies out to right center field to Hunter Renfroe. Nick Madrigal walks. Willson Contreras pops out to shallow center field to Kolten Wong.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 3, Brewers 1.
Brewers seventh. Lorenzo Cain doubles to shallow center field. Mike Brosseau pinch-hitting for Jace Peterson. Mike Brosseau walks. Kolten Wong reaches on a fielder's choice to first base. Mike Brosseau out at second. Lorenzo Cain to third. Willy Adames doubles to left field. Kolten Wong to third. Lorenzo Cain scores. Christian Yelich out on a sacrifice fly to left field to Ian Happ. Kolten Wong scores. Andrew McCutchen grounds out to shallow infield, Patrick Wisdom to Frank Schwindel.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Brewers 3, Cubs 3.
Cubs seventh. Nico Hoerner grounds out to second base, Kolten Wong to Rowdy Tellez. Clint Frazier pinch-hitting for Rafael Ortega. Clint Frazier doubles to left field. Nick Madrigal grounds out to second base, Kolten Wong to Rowdy Tellez. Clint Frazier to third. Willson Contreras hit by pitch. Ian Happ doubles to deep center field. Willson Contreras scores. Clint Frazier scores. Frank Schwindel flies out to right center field to Hunter Renfroe.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 5, Brewers 3.
Brewers eighth. Rowdy Tellez singles to shallow center field. Hunter Renfroe flies out to deep right center field to Jason Heyward. Victor Caratini doubles to center field. Rowdy Tellez to third. Lorenzo Cain out on a sacrifice fly to deep left center field to Ian Happ. Rowdy Tellez scores. Mike Brosseau strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 5, Brewers 4.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa center for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities that has been the subject of persistent criticism and federal investigations will close, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday.
The Glenwood Resource Center, which has treated vulnerable people since the early 1900s, will close by June 30, 2024. The facility, about 115 miles (185 kilometers) southwest of Des Moines, has 152 patients and a staff of about 650.
The state will begin moving patients out in July by sending about 60 to another state-run facility in Woodward and 10 others into community housing facilities. Over the next year, transitions will continue until the center is closed, with plans to sell the facility by July 1, 2024.
Reynolds announced the closure months after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a strong condemnation of the way Iowa treats people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
A letter and report sent to the state in December by Justice Department officials indicated that Iowa was needlessly institutionalizing people with intellectual disabilities and that the state's treatment likely violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to provide services that integrate patients into their communities.
“Iowans with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve quality care that aligns with the expectations of the DOJ. Our best path forward to achieve those standards is closing GRC and reinvesting in a community-based care continuum that offers a broad array of services," Reynolds said in a statement.
Her statement also included comments from Republican legislative leaders in support of the decision.
Democratic leaders Sen. Zach Wahls and Rep. Jennifer Konfrst said in a statement that the decision was inevitable “because of years of indifference and neglect shown to the Glenwood community by Governor Reynolds and Republican lawmakers.”
The DOJ report said Iowa officials have known for years that community-based support for people with complex medical and behavioral needs is insufficient and have acknowledged they have failed to meaningfully assess the capacity of the community service system.
Federal officials said Iowa has one of the nation's highest percentages of residents with intellectual disabilities who live in institutions.
A 2002 DOJ investigation found that conditions at Glenwood and Woodward were constitutionally deficient. An agreement was reached then for the state to “encourage and assist people to move to the most integrated settings.”
The state got a grant in 2007 to help overcome its approach that favored institutionalizing people, but the December 2021 report said the state had failed to adequately develop community services and support including crisis intervention.
On Nov. 21, 2019, the DOJ notified Iowa of a new investigation, and in a December 2020 report, federal officials said the Glenwood center likely violated the constitutional rights of residents by subjecting them to human experiments, including sexual arousal research. Some of the experiments were deemed dangerous by federal investigators.
Reynolds promised a smooth transition for the residents, assistance in helping state workers find other jobs and help in identifying alternative uses for the Glenwood campus after it closes.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Gonzaga junior forward Drew Timme announced his intention to declare for the NBA draft Thursday, but did not indicate if he would hire an agent.
Timme was the West Coast Conference player of the year this past season for the Bulldogs and a second-team AP All-America selection after averaging 18.4 points and 6.8 rebounds.
“The dream has always been to play professionally. After lots of thought and discussion, I will be putting my name in the NBA draft,” Timme wrote in his announcement on social media.
The question at the next level will be Timme’s role. At 6-foot-10, Timme has primarily played on the interior in his three seasons with the Bulldogs and attempted just 52 3-pointers in his college career.
Timme started to emerge as a potential force late in his freshman season, but broke out during the 2020-21 season when Gonzaga reached the national championship game before losing to Baylor. Timme averaged 19 points and seven rebounds during his sophomore season.
Timme is likely to be one of several departures for the Bulldogs after being knocked out in the round of 16 in the NCAAs. Freshman Chet Holmgren is a likely top five pick in the NBA draft and expected to declare. Gonzaga is also expected to lose guards Andrew Nembhard and Rasir Bolton.
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Which gas grill under $300 is best?
With spring and summer right around the corner, it’s a great time to get your barbecue set up. A quality gas grill is more convenient, cleaner and more versatile than a charcoal grill and many great options cost less than $300. While you won’t find many high-end features on these affordable gas grills, most of them come from highly reliable manufacturers and are engineered for long-lasting efficiency. The Char-Broil Performance 4-Burner Gas Grill tops the list.
What to know before you buy a gas grill under $300
Pick a reliable manufacturer
Avoid sketchy off-brands or throwaway no-name manufacturers. There are plenty of fantastic and reasonably priced options from relative leaders in the grilling field.
You won’t find a ton of premium features
Budget-oriented grills tend to not have a ton of advanced technology or novel functions, so don’t get your hopes up for Wi-Fi smart home connectivity. But, they don’t have to be completely bare-bones appliances, either. Most at least have wheels for easy transport around the patio. Some offer burners in the side tables while others offer brackets for propane tank storage and even cabinets for holding tools and other cooking supplies.
Propane vs. natural gas
Nearly all gas grills are built to run on propane, but if you have a natural gas line on your patio you can also convert most gas grills to use natural gas. To do so, you’ll need the appropriate conversion kit.
What to look for in a quality gas grill under $300
Enough burners and cooking space
Entry-level grills usually have a surface area of roughly 400-500 square inches, which is enough to feed burgers, dogs and BBQ chicken to a decently large group of people. If you do plan on entertaining and filling your grill, consider that three burners might not quite be hot enough for a completely full load of meat. Luckily, demanding grillmasters can find highly effective four- and five-burner models at good prices.
Piezoelectric ignition
There’s no reason you should have to light your backyard grill with a stick lighter in 2022. Make sure the grill you select has a built-in ignition.
How much you can expect to spend on a gas grill under $300
For the full $300 you can get a surprisingly capable and long-lasting grill. To get something that works well without major design flaws or defects, expect to spend roughly $120 at minimum.
Gas grill under $300 FAQ
Are portable gas grills worth it?
A. If you absolutely need to grill in the park or at a tailgate party, a portable grill is a great choice. Keep in mind, though, that no grills designed for portability will come close to competing with a full-size gas grill. Nonetheless, there are some great portable gas grills to choose from.
As long as you’re willing to keep it clean and deal with some minor quirks, it’s surprisingly effective for a remarkably low price.
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It’s a durable, two-burner stainless-steel model that comes from a reliable manufacturer and is designed to sit on a sturdy table.
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If you’re looking for a portable grill that has an integrated stand and is easy to transport without making a mess, this is the one for you.
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What are the best grilling accessories?
A. There are a couple of broad varieties of accessories worth considering for a grill. There are quite a few tools that will make the process easier and there’s also a handful of accessories designed to keep your new grill in peak condition for as long as possible.
A grill mat is a must-have if you want to preserve a concrete or wooden patio or any other kind of surface underneath your grill. It can also help minimize corrosion in conjunction with a grill cover if you live in a humid climate.
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A quality grill cover keeps moisture, ultraviolet rays, pests and other foreign objects from damaging your grill when not in use. Every grill needs one.
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This all-wood scraper is designed to safely clean grill grates without damaging the metal or the stick-resistant finish.
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It uses durable, heat-resistant nylon instead of metal fibers that can potentially dislodge from the brush and contaminate food.
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They’re resistant to knife cuts, powerful chemicals and heat, making them perfect for busy days outside on the grill.
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It has just about every hand tool you could need for perfect barbecued ribs or smoked brisket.
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What’s the best gas grill to buy for under $300?
Top gas grill under $300
Char-Broil Performance 4-Burner Gas Grill
What you need to know: Reliable performance and premium construction make this one of the best budget-friendly grills.
What you’ll love: Four burners with considerable heat output ensure fast and even cooking. Its stainless-steel makeup both looks great and lasts a long time with proper care. The side tables provide just enough room for light prep jobs and there’s even a stove burner on the left side for preparing sauces and side dishes.
What you should consider: It’s at the top of the price range and it’s also relatively heavy.
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Top gas grill under $300 for the money
What you need to know: This straightforward model is manufactured by a well-known producer of dependable yet affordable grills.
What you’ll love: As the name implies, there are 360 square inches of cooking space, which isn’t huge but can accommodate meals for decently large groups. There’s a warming tray located above the main grill for keeping sides hot or toasting buns. The wheels on one side of the cart make it easy to move out of the way when it’s not in use and there’s an upgraded model with a stove burner set into the table on the left side of the grill.
What you should consider: While the grill grates are coated with corrosion-resistant porcelain, they’re not very thick and you should expect to replace them after a year or so.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Dyna-Glo 4-Burner Propane Grill
What you need to know: This premium grill is engineered for perfect searing, efficient grilling and even effective slow smoking.
What you’ll love: A lot of thought and research went into the design of this surprisingly affordable grill. With over 500 square inches of real estate, there’s enough room for a huge variety of culinary projects. The burners work consistently and are relatively easy to clean. While it has plenty of capacity, there’s also a similar 5-burner version if you’re willing to invest a little more.
What you should consider: The integrated thermometer is unreliable and the side tables are a bit too small for comfortable food prep.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
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SLIDELL, La. — The headmaster of Lakeside Christian School in Slidell has been arrested on three counts of child cruelty for allegedly taping shut the mouth of three of his students.
Pastor John Raymond, 60, is accused of bringing three students, who were said to be talking too much in class, to his office on March 18.
Slidell Police said that interviews of students as well as parents and faculty at Lakeside Christian, led them to conclude that Raymond became angry and at some point used packing tape to tape the students’ mouths shut by wrapping it around their heads.
Police said that Raymond then sent the children back to class with their mouths shut and that lasted for about 45 minutes until another school administrator began feeling uncomfortable about the situation and used scissors to remove the tape.
Police said the students complained they had trouble breathing while their mouths were taped and that having the tape removed was painful.
Detectives presented their evidence to a judge Thursday morning and a few hours later Raymond turned himself in to police.
He was booked into the Slidell City Jail for three counts of cruelty to juveniles.
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').\nJoe Ouellette and Dave Carstairs in Rumply's Rent in Cranbourne Village Players 1 act community presentation at the Village School Hall of 'How to Keep An Old Flappet Lady Up, Tick...'. Dave is delightd to announce they were run wn winners! Great stuff CAPS....!!! We now join 'Grace and Frank in The Rivers' runaway train through Loch Mafh #if SOLVE\n.h\" + Q38W01V-HEADER_EXTENDQ \"//!!\" Q.NW2I1-EXTND QWZ_W4LNQ873 QRDNSRD6T-3XU S74\n;38B_G:1B1ZR8CQ4KC#\"QI4P2XAH)L$PZ It could be, but in your story you wrote the second person first which isn\\nseem\\nexpla\\nde at which part you have to make any change from first person point ? Also when i look a through at [this article][www link about](https\nThe change to 3rd P from POV is usually in past.\nSo when looking past or current - when to choose?\nAs one writer advised to consider the best \"suffer\ Two days after announcing it is testing the addition of an edit button, Twitter said it has started rolling out a way for users to remove themselves from conversations they don't want to be a part of.
The tool, which Twitter calls Unmentioning, would allow users to leave a conversation where someone has tagged the user with their @ Twitter handle.
Twitter, in a tweet, called it "a way to help protect your peace."
A tagged user will be able to open a dropdown with a "Leave this conversation option." By leaving, the username will stay, but it will be untagged from the original tweet and all replies.
Twitter said it will also prevent someone from tagging the user again in the conversation, so there's no risk of someone continuously re-mentioning. The tool will also stop further notifications about the conversation.
Twitter said it is "experimenting" with the feature and it's already available for some users on the web version. Twitter did not mention when the unmentioning tool might be available on the app.
Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages. The company said it had nothing to do with the fact that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the company's largest shareholder and new board member, tweeted out a poll asking people if they wanted such a feature.
Twitter said it will test the edit feature in its paid service, Twitter Blue, in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.” So it may be a while before most Twitter users get to use it, if they ever do. Twitter spokesperson Catherine Hill declined to say whether an edit feature might be rolled out for all users.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A proposed pipeline to deliver natural gas from deposits in the east Mediterranean to European markets is too expensive, not economically viable and will take too long to help countries seeking alternatives to Russian gas any time soon, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday.
U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said after talks with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades that countries in the region have understood thatdependence on Russian oil and gas is “an extremely bad bet” following its invasion of Ukraine.
But she said the proposed East Med pipeline project wouldn’t be able to immediately deliver the gas Europe now needs to swiftly wean itself of Russian energy because it would run in very deep water and construction would take more than a decade.
“And frankly, we don’t have 10 years, but in 10 years from now, we want to be far, far more green and far more diverse” in energy sources, Nuland said. “So what we’re looking for within the hydrocarbon context are options that can get us more gas, more oil for this short transition period.”
The idea for the 1,900-kilometer (1,300-mile), $6 billion pipeline to send natural gas — which is used to heat homes, generate electricity and keep industry churning — from recently discovered deposits off Israel and Cyprus was spawned several years ago between European Union members Greece and Cyprus, whose leaders signed a deal in 2020 to proceed with its planning.
Nuland’s remarks appear to effectively shelve the project. Nuland said the U.S. and regional partners including Israel, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey are looking for alternative ways to get gas to markets.
One project that has U.S. backing is an electric cable linking Israel and Cyprus to the European continent.
Cyprus Energy Minister Natasa Pilides told The Associated Press last October that transferring gas by pipeline to Egyptian processing plants where it would be liquefied for export aboard ships is the “most likely option” to quickly get gas to mainland Europe.
The head of ExxonMobil’s Cyprus arm, Varnavas Theodossiou, told the AP in February that natural gas will remain an important energy source through 2050 and quantities found off Cyprus could reach markets through a pipeline or by liquefying it for transport by ship.
ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum are licensed to carry out exploratory drilling in two of 13 areas — known as blocks — inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone off the island nation’s southern coastline. ExxonMobil has discovered one deposit estimated to contain 5-8 trillion cubic feet of gas.
A consortium made up of France’s TotalEnergies and Italy’s Eni have been granted exploration licenses for seven blocks and have made one significant discovery.
Chevron and partner Shellare licensed for one block, where a confirmed well is estimated to hold 4.1 trillion cubic feet of gas.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — One of two men accused of impersonating federal agents and giving actual Secret Service agents gifts and free apartments in Washington has claimed to have ties to Pakistani intelligence and had visas showing travel to Pakistan and Iran, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
The men, Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 35, were arrested Wednesday. The FBI raided a luxury apartment building in Southeast Washington, where the men were staying and had been offering free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents and officers.
During a court appearance Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Rothstein said Ali had told witnesses that he was affiliated with the Inter-Services Intelligence agency in Pakistan and that he had multiple visas from Pakistan and Iran in the months before prosecutors believe the men began impersonating U.S. law enforcement officials. Rothstein said the U.S. has not yet been able to verify the veracity of Ali’s claims to the witnesses.
Prosecutors believe the men were trying to “ingratiate themselves” and “integrate” with U.S. federal agents and people who worked in the U.S. defense community, Rothstein said.
The FBI searched five residences at the building on Wednesday and three vehicles. They found body armor, gas masks, zip ties, handcuffs, equipment to break through doors, drones, radios and police training manuals, Rothstein said.
The two men also had surveillance equipment and a high-power telescope, he said. The FBI found evidence that they may have been creating surveillance devices and also found a binder with information on all the residents in the luxury apartment building, which is home to law enforcement officers, defense officials and congressional staffers.
Prosecutors say the men had also set up surveillance in the building and had been telling residents there that they could access any of their cellphones at any time. The residents also told investigators they believed the men had access to their personal information.
The FBI also found several firearms — including handguns and ammunition — and disassembled rifle pieces and sniper scopes, Rothstein said.
Prosecutors allege Taherzadeh and Ali had falsely claimed to work for the Department of Homeland Security and work on a special task force investigating gangs and violence connected to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Taherzadeh is accused of providing Secret Service officers and agents with rent-free apartments — including a penthouse worth over $40,000 a year — along with iPhones, surveillance systems, a drone, a television, a generator, a gun case and other policing tools, according to court documents. In one instance, Taherzadeh offered to purchase a $2,000 assault rifle for a Secret Service agent who is assigned to protect the first lady, prosecutors said.
The plot unraveled when the U.S. Postal Inspection Service began investigating an assault involving a mail carrier at the apartment building and the men identified themselves as being part of a phony Homeland Security unit they called the U.S. Special Police Investigation Unit.
Investigators believe Ali had taken multiple trips to the Middle East and had three visas showing he had been to Pakistan and two Iranian visas, Rothstein said. U.S. travel records also showed he had traveled to Istanbul, Turkey and Doha in Qatar, he said.
Prosecutors allege one of the men also tried to destroy evidence once he learned he was being investigated. After Taherzadeh found out the FBI was starting to investigate him, he took steps to delete posts on social media and admitted that he had deleted the posts that would’ve been evidence in the case against him, Rothstein said.
A lawyer for Taherzadeh and Ali argued that both men should not be detained. But Magistrate Judge Michael Harvey ordered both men held until a detention hearing can be held on Friday afternoon.
Rothstein said the case was being presented to a grand jury and he expected both men to face federal conspiracy charges.
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Aussie supermodel, 24, demands the industry stop signing 14-year-olds for runway shows after she spent eight years battling a devastating eating disorder
- Matilda Dods, 24, first thought about getting into modelling at the age of 14
- The Byron Bay-born model was signed by IMG at 15 but stayed to finish school
- At 18 she moved into a model share house in Paris and began gaining work
- During her high fashion career Matilda developed an eating disorder
- She left the modelling world overseas to recover and see a therapist
- If you need help please call Butterfly's National Helpline on 1800 334 673
An Australian high fashion model who walked the runway for designers like Gucci, Dior and Prada has spoken about how she developed an eating disorder while working overseas - and demands agencies stop hiring young teenagers.
Matilda Dods, who grew up in the northern NSW small town of Byron Bay, was 14 when she first became interested in modelling and 15 when she was signed to leading agency IMG.
She moved to Paris into a model share house the moment she graduated school at 18 and began working in what seemed to be a very glamorous industry, but it wasn't long until the need to maintain a certain weight loomed over her.
'I think that casting agents shouldn't be allowed to approach girls or sign girls until they're 16 at least. Ideally 18, but I don't know if the industry is ready for that,' she told 9Honey.
Matilda called young casting ages one of the 'greatest pitfalls' of her industry and that it shouldn't be built up on the tiny shoulders of naïve teenagers.
Now 24, Matilda discussed her anorexia diagnosis and recovery with Tori Clapham and Bec Chidiac on the Peaches podcast, giving inside information on what it was like to be a pause on her career to take control of her health.
Matilda Dods (left) was 14 when she first became interested in modelling and 15 when she was signed to leading agency IMG
Now 24, Matilda discussed her anorexia diagnosis and recovery with Tori Clapham and Bec Chidiac on the Peaches podcast, giving inside information on what it was like to be a pause on her career to take control of her health (pictured modelling in Australia)
The striking young woman's first foray into the modelling world happened when a local Byron vintage brand approached her on Facebook and asked to shoot a campaign at a basketball court.
Those Kodak images were presented to agents at IMG and she was signed at 15 but her mother, a model herself, encouraged her to finish school before setting off overseas to work on the runway.
'At the time you get sent to Paris and do a bunch of test shoots and live in a terrifying apartment. There were miniature cups and bowls in the apartment and I thought to myself "is this to make us eat less?" Is this the way they're subconsciously trying to portion control us?' She said.
Matilda lived with a Dutch girl for two weeks who was sent back to the Netherlands after she failed to be the correct weight for the modelling work she was tasked with doing.
Matilda lived with a Dutch girl for two weeks who was sent back to the Netherlands after she failed to be the correct weight for the modelling work she was tasked with doing
'I was never explicitly told to lose weight except once in Paris but there was all of this implicit information I was absorbing the whole time,' she said.
The result was a militant 'vegan diet' she followed for five years as a way to 'obsess about food' because it is 'accepted by society' and going to the gym for three hours a day, six days a week.
'I had lost a significant amount of weight by this point. It was right at the beginning of the first Covid lockdown in Sydney that my therapist said maybe we should address it,' she said.
The result was a 'vegan diet' she followed for five years as a way to 'obsess about food' because it is 'accepted by society' and going to the gym for three hours a day, six days a week
The lockdowns meant Matilda had to address her eight year restrictive 'diet' with food and start eating three meals and snacks everyday.
She moved back into her parents' house and ate plenty of 'boring, plain food' like porridge or smoothies with a third of a tub of ice cream in it, just to gain weight.
Now she can enjoy a bacon and egg roll three times a week, maintain a loving relationship and work, comfortably, as a model in Australia.
If you need help or support for an eating disorder or body image issue, please call Butterfly's National Helpline on 1800 334 673 or email support@thebutterflyfoundation.org.au
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Before he gave up his entertainment career to run for U.S. Senate, Mehmet Oz — the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of daytime TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show” — amassed assets worth more than $100 million, including homes, stock, life insurance and connections to his in-laws’ tree-trimming empire.
Oz on Wednesday night filed a financial disclosure form required of all candidates for Senate that tallies a long list of investments — over 400 individual accounts, businesses or holdings that have value — that back up the finances of a man who has said he put $10 million into his campaign in Pennsylvania.
Oz valued his assets at between $104 million and $422 million, according to a tally by The Philadelphia Inquirer, a wide range that is a result of the Senate’s request that each asset be valued within a certain dollar bracket. If elected, he would be one of the wealthiest members of the Senate — and possibly the wealthiest.
He reported earning about $10 million in 2021, nearly all of it from his TV show host salary and ownership of the show’s parent company.
Oz isn’t the only multimillionaire in the seven-person Republican primary field in Pennsylvania.
Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick has yet to file a financial disclosure. Another wealthy candidate, Carla Sands, filed a public disclosure of assets last year, valuing more than 50 accounts or properties at between $35 million and $152 million.
For Oz, his filing shows at least $11.5 million — and possibly much more — in non-public stock in Asplundh, the tree-trimming company owned by his wife’s family. He lists at least $6 million in non-public stock in the convenience store chain Wawa Inc. and at least $5 million in non-public stock in travel agency Five Star Travel Corp.
His tens of millions of dollars in equities includes millions in stock in Amazon, Microsoft, Sharecare and Google’s parent company, Alphabet.
Oz lists two homes in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, overlooking Manhattan, that he values at more than $1 million each — including the one where Oz lived for a couple of decades before deciding to run for the Senate — plus another home in suburban Philadelphia valued at $1 million or more.
There’s also his vacation home in Palm Beach, Florida, that Oz values at $5 million to $25 million and a cattle farm in Okeechobee, Florida, valued at $1 million or more. He puts the value of the cattle at $250,000 to $500,000.
Other assets include life insurance policies worth millions and interests in numerous commercial properties, including apartments in New York City and property on Boston’s Tremont Avenue and on Florida’s Clearwater Beach Island.
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Britney Spears sent her fans in a spin on Thursday night after calling Sam Asghari her "HUSBAND" in a lengthy Instagram post.
The pop sensation, 40, and hunky actor Sam, 28, got engaged in September and the star's latest post had fans wondering whether they have secretly tied the knot.
Sharing snaps of her beau standing in front of a stunning beachside pool wearing all white, Brit thanked her lawyer Mathew Rosengart for showing her "the most magical places" since her conservatorship ended.
She opened up on the beauties of the world and added: "Trust me I know the beauty in where I am and it’s much appreciated … so here’s me shooting pics of my HUSBAND !!!!"
She took a swipe at sister Jamie Lynn Spears as she joked: "I have to do big letters cause that what my sister has always done on her gram."
Britney continued: "Anyways it’s so mind opening being in a resort where there is no paparazzi … for the first time in my life … I can actually be that girl who can act stuck up and talk to others about how I’m getting married … out at dinners!!!!
"Acceptance and freedom are my key factors in my life at the moment and also loving this yummy man who I love so much !!"
Her words were quickly picked up by fans who flocked to the comments section in their droves.
One user wrote: "So it's official they got married," followed by a number of wedding related emojis.
Another shocked user questioned her words and simply wrote: "Husband ????"
A third penned: "God bless your marriage Britney," while a fourth said: "So many congratulations to you, Britney! WE LOVE YOU! xoxoxoxox!."
Another went on to tell Sam, who had also commented a string of love heart emojis, to "look after our girl".
Many others jumped on board by simply sending the word "congratulations".
The Mirror has contacted Britney's representatives for comment.
The latest rumours follow last month's questioning of whether the songstress was pregnant.
She had abruptly deleted her Instagram account earlier in the month but dramatically returned, leaving some fans convinced her posts hinted at a pregnancy.
Sharing pics showing off her midriff, Britney flashed a smile as she posed in a white top that included dramatic, puffy, sheer-material sleeves and paired it with a short, dark coloured, velour miniskirt in her first post back.
Moments later however Britney shared videos of a heavily pregnant woman touching her own stomach – with the unborn child clearly moving inside the pregnant tummy.
The video, by a TikTok user named ‘lirios9595’, was shared by the singer along with the caption: “Mommy … get me out of here" and led to fans questioning whether Britney had some news to reveal.
She has since uploaded a number of snaps and clips which seem to dispel those rumours, but fans still question the singer on her posts.
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COAL VALLEY, Ill. — Niabi Zoo staff are taking precautions to keep birds safe from contracting Avian Flu. Zoo director Lee Jackson says Niabi was first alerted of the issue back in February when cases popped up out east.
Since then, they've created plans in place to keep birds safe as the disease got closer. The zoo has more than 100 birds from 21 different species.
"We have waterfowl, we have poultry, we have birds of prey, we have parrots," Jackson explained.
While the birds are on the smaller side of animals under the care of the zoo, Jackson says the responsibility is all the same.
"We are responsible for these animals, keeping them healthy and happy," he said. "It's not worth the risk to leave them in a position where they could get ill."
Most birds were never moved back outside for the start of the upcoming season, despite the brunt of winter behind us. In fact, nearly all bird enclosures are empty right now accept for one.
"It's a pair of Eurasian Eagle Owls. They're in the middle of breeding season right now," Jackson said. "But we've modified their enclosure so that chances of them coming in contact with wild birds is pretty much impossible right now."
The modifications include a tarp all around the outside of the enclosure to cut off access to wild birds.
On top of that, all animal handlers wear PPE while working with the birds. The zoo has also completely cut poultry products out of all animals diets.
"We've taken the added precaution of just stopping all delivery of poultry products that we use in our different diets. Our diets are very varied, and so we can substitute different things to replace those items," Jackson said.
The spread of the disease might change your zoo-going experience, but not by much. Jackson says they hope to reevaluate in May or early June when the migration of birds is considered to be mostly done.
"Some of the birds, like I said, will be moved indoors but still on exhibit, but in places that you normally wouldn't see them," Jackson said. "And a handful of species probably won't be visible for the first visitors that come in."
All wild birds that are found dead on the zoo grounds as well as all birds on exhibit that die are sent to a lab at the University of Illinois for testing. Jackson says it's a way to guarantee the flu has not impacted their birds.
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Appeals court OKs Biden federal employee vaccine mandate
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was upheld Thursday by a federal appeals court.
In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and ordered dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the mandate. The ruling, a rare win for the administration at the New Orleans-based appellate court, said that the federal judge didn’t have jurisdiction in the case and those challenging the requirement could have pursued administrative remedies under Civil Service law.
Biden issued an executive order Sept. 9 ordering vaccinations for all executive branch agency employees, with exceptions for medical and religious reasons. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by then-President Donald Trump, issued a nationwide injunction against the requirement in January.
When the case was argued at the 5th Circuit last month, administration lawyers had noted that district judges in a dozen jurisdictions had rejected a challenge to the vaccine requirement for federal workers before Brown ruled.
The administration argued that the Constitution gives the president, as the head of the federal workforce, the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated.
Lawyers for those challenging the mandate had pointed to a recent Supreme Court opinion that the government cannot force private employers to require employee vaccinations.
Twelve of 17 active judges at the 5th Circuit were nominated to the court by Republicans, including six Trump appointees.
Judges Carl Stewart and James Dennis, both nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, were in the majority. Judge Rhesa Barksdale, a senior judge nominated by President George H.W. Bush, dissented, saying the relief the challengers sought does not fall under the Civil Service Reform Act cited by the administration.
The case marked ideological divides at the appeals court even before Thursday’s ruling.
A different panel had refused in February to block Brown’s ruling pending the appeal. That panel’s vote was 2-1. There were no reasons given by the majority — Judge Jerry Smith, a President Ronald Reagan nominee, and Don Willett, a Trump nominee.
But there was a lengthy dissent by Judge Stephen Higginson, a nominee of President Barack Obama, who said a single district judge “lacking public health expertise and made unaccountable through life tenure,” should not be able to block the president from ordering the same type of COVID-19 safety measures many private sector CEOs have ordered.
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Esther Foundation, now subject to claims of sexual and psychological abuse, supported by multiple WA govenments
By Joanna Trilling and Alicia BridgesOfficial statements, news releases and the recollections of a former premier show how multiple West Australian governments funded, supported and celebrated a Christian rehab facility that is now the focus of a parliamentary investigation into allegations of psychological and sexual abuse and inappropriate treatment.
Key points:
- Numerous women have come forward with allegations of psychological abuse and inappropriate treatment through the Esther Foundation rehabilitation program
- A parliamentary committee will investigate the claims, which Communities Minister Simone McGurk says include sexual abuse allegations
- Multiple WA governments supported the facility, including the purchase of the $3.9m property and former convent where the residential program is now located
Yesterday state parliament voted in favour of the investigation into allegations against the Esther Foundation, which says it provides counselling for issues including addictions, sexual abuse and mental health.
Communities Minister Simone McGurk, who tabled the motion for the investigation, told parliament those allegations include criminal complaints of sexual abuse, as well as residents being denied food, being banned from contacting friends and family, illegal restraints, and Aboriginal residents being told their language and culture was akin to being possessed by the devil.
"Under the current framework the state has very limited oversight of this facility," Ms McGurk said.
"We are asking the inquiry to look at the current regulatory and legislative frameworks in place to understand if there are ways we can improve existing provisions, or if there are gaps that might need to be addressed."
The investigation is due to be completed by December 1 this year.
Several women have recently come forward with allegations about Esther Foundation's residential centres, saying they received treatment from unqualified workers that involved "exorcising demons", and individuals not being allowed to speak for months.
In March the Esther Foundation issued an apology, saying it had undergone a complete overhaul and change of management since the time of the allegations between 2003 and 2019.
The WA departments of health and communities recently confirmed they had referred multiple young women to the Esther Foundation's residential program, but Ms McGurk said that would not occur again.
But as recently as 2018, the McGowan government was singing the praises of the Esther Foundation and its residential program for women at the old St Emilie's convent in Kalamunda.
'Unaware' of 'another side'
In June of 2018, then-housing minister Peter Tinley described the foundation as a "wonderful" project that was "life-changing" for women.
"Crisis accommodation projects such as [The Esther Foundation's] St Emilie's Lodging Facility are an integral part of the McGowan government's soon to be released Affordable Housing Action Plan, which lays a path to support our most vulnerable Western Australians," he said.
The Department of Communities' support for the foundation dates back to 2010.
Starting in the late 2000s, former WA premier Colin Barnett personally championed the Esther Foundation and signed off on his government's $3.9 million purchase of the St Emilie's land.
He now says he was not aware of any concerns about harm or abuse of residents at the time.
"If there was another side, I was unaware of that," Mr Barnett said in an interview with the ABC.
Mr Barnett said he personally donated to the foundation and encouraged friends and businesspeople to do the same.
He was premier in 2010 when the WA Housing Authority, under the umbrella of the Department of Communities, purchased the former St. Emilie's convent for the purpose of housing an expanded Esther Foundation residential facility.
Mr Barnett said he did not advocate for the purchase of St Emilie's, located in Kalamunda, as a politician.
"I was a little bit hands-off that, because I was conscious that I privately supported them," he said.
"I didn't push for the large amounts of money but I was certainly supportive of the St Emilie's project … I was the minister that signed off when they came with that recommendation to me."
Government purchases
The Esther Foundation made a further request for funding to build a new residential facility, structured around the old convent buildings.
The request was initially knocked back by Lotterywest, but in 2012 Lotterywest agreed to provide a $3.5m grant to not-for-profit housing organisation Community Housing Limited (CHL) after it partnered with the Esther Foundation on the project.
CHL now subleases the property to the Esther Foundation.
The Department of Communities also provided $200,000 to furnish the new facility.
Mr Barnett said he supported the project because he had been impressed by its leadership at the time and impressed by the personal stories of the young women he met at Esther Foundation facilities.
"These young women came out and they told their stories openly," he said.
In 2018 the WA Housing Authority paid $790,000 for a property in Maida Vale that it leases to the Esther Foundation.
Foundation to cooperate
WA Police urged anyone with a criminal complaint to contact police.
The foundation has said it will cooperate with any investigation, criminal or otherwise.
The foundation's acting chief executive Aaron Hines said "an independent and suitably qualified person" would be appointed to work with former residents who wanted to share their story.
"[The allegations] relate to a time period before I and our executive team joined the foundation," Mr Hines said.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — He walked among the azaleas with just the slightest hint of a limp.
He couldn’t quite bend over to read the putts on Augusta National’s tricky greens.
Otherwise, there was nothing to indicate that Tiger Woods nearly lost his right leg 14 months ago in a devastating car wreck.
Woods’ greatest comeback yet got off to an electrifying start Thursday when he shot a 1-under 71 in the opening round of the Masters.
“To end up in the red,” he said confidently, “I’m right where I need to be.”
As Woods walked briskly toward the clubhouse after a grueling day that stretched to nearly 5 1/2 hours, he heard shouts of “Way to go, Tiger!” from the spectators.
He was just three strokes off the lead—with roughly half the field still on the course—after making three birdies, a pair of bogeys and a whole lot of solid pars — many of them salvaged by his deft touch around the greens.
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Woods pulled off one last Houdini act at No. 18. After yanking his tee shot into the towering pine trees on the right, he had to lay up short of the green.
But he pitched to 6 feet and rolled in the putt to keep his score under par.
“I felt good,” Woods said. “Once the adrenaline kicks in and I get into my own little world, I knew I should be able to handle business.”
Yep, there’s still a long way to go. Woods still must prove his body can bounce back day after day — four of them, should he make it to Sunday.
But it felt as if he was already a winner.
“You just can’t not watch him,” said Australia’s Cameron Smith, among those tied for the lead after shooting a 68. “It’s an inspiration with him coming back and playing golf.”
With storm clouds giving way to brilliant spring sunshine, Woods defied everyone’s expectations.
Except his own.
When Woods delivered an emphatic clutch of the right fist after rolling in a 30-footer for birdie at the 16th hole, it seemed like old times at one of golf’s most hallowed courses.
From the collapse of his marriage to multiple surgeries, Woods has always found a way to bounce back.
He’s doing it again, looking every bit like the guy who’s won five green jackets and defied the odds time and time again.
A tap-in birdie at No. 6 sent the patrons into a frenzy. A sloppy bogey at the par-5 eighth brought some groans, but Woods’ brilliant short game kept him from posting one of those big numbers that can spell doom at Augusta.
He made it clear he had every intention of winning when he decided to make the Masters his first competitive tournament since that horrific car wreck in February 2021 led him to say doctors said his right leg might need to be amputated.
Woods started the round with five straight pars — he just missed a birdie at the tough No. 5 hole when a 15-foot putt lipped out — before delivering a vintage tee shot at the par-3 sixth.
The ball climbed up a ridge on the green and stopped 2 feet short of the flag, leaving Woods with a gimme that put him in red numbers for the first time.
A wedge shot and errant chip led to a bogey at No. 8, a hole that should be a prime birdie opportunity. “A loss of concentration there,” he moaned.
But Woods bounced back with a tricky downhiller from 8 feet to save par at No. 9.
Woods insisted his hands still held the amazing touch that has helped him win 15 major titles — the first of them 25 years ago at this very place — and capture a record-tying 82 victories on the PGA Tour.
Beginning at No. 7, he missed the green on five straight holes, but kept recovering with his short irons and putter.
Wearing a pink shirt and black pants, Woods was greeted by thunderous applause when his name was announced to a huge gallery surrounding the first tee.
Woods failed to make solid contact with his first shot: a 264-yard drive that faded behind a bunker on the right side of the fairway. His approach rolled off the front of the green, but he sank a 10-foot putt to save par, bringing another huge roar from the patrons.
Woods walked slowly, knowing that he faced four tough days on an extremely hilly course if he manages to make the cut.
He couldn’t fully bend over to read putts, forcing him to rely more on caddie Joe LaCava to help him judge the treacherous greens at Augusta National.
But those felt like minor inconveniences after all he’s been through.
Woods’ career was in jeopardy after the car wreck left him confined to a hospital bed for three months. Woods was out of the public eye until last November, when he posted a video of him swinging a club with a simple message, “Making progress.”
His lone tournament in the 508 days since he last competed was a just-for-fun event in December in which he rode in a cart and was paired with his 13-year-old son, Charlie.
Despite the long layoff and the obvious physical limitations with screws and rods still holding the bones in place in his right leg, Woods clearly thinks he can win his sixth green jacket.
At 46, he would be the oldest Masters champion by three weeks over Jack Nicklaus.
The biggest question is how Woods holds up over 18 holes over four straight days, presuming he makes the cut as he always does at Augusta.
He walked 18 holes last week — his first big test — during a scouting trip with his son.
Playing an entire tournament will be much more challenging.
What now?
“Lots of ice,” he said, breaking into a big grin.
Just like old times.
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US STOCKS-S&P 500 ends lower after Fed minutes
By Lewis Krauskopf, Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Praveen Paramasivam
April 6 (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 .SPXfell on Wednesday, with steep declines in tech and other growth stocks, after minutes from the Federal Reserve's March meeting sharpened investors' focus on the U.S. central bank's plans to fight inflation.
Fed officials "generally agreed" last month to trim $60 billion per month from the bank's Treasury holdings and $35 billion from its holdings of mortgage-backed securities, with the amounts phased in over three months "or modestly longer," according to the March 15-16 policy meeting minutes.
Wall Street's main indexes had been solidly lower ahead of the minutes' release, after falling a day earlier when Fed Governor Lael Brainard's comments raised concerns about more aggressive action by the Fed to fight inflation.
"The Fed is determined to rein in inflation, and we just hope and pray that there will there will be a soft landing of the economy and not a hard landing that sends us into a recession," said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder.
According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 44.80 points, or 0.99%, to end at 4,480.32 points, while the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC lost 316.41 points, or 2.23%, to 13,887.75. The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 145.47 points, or 0.42%, to 34,495.71.
Declines were led by technology .SPLRCT and other growth shares. The utilities sector .SPLRCU gained.
Wall Street's indexes already had been down sharply for a second straight day, as Brainard's comments on Tuesday sparked fears of aggressive action by the central bank.
Brainard said she expected a combination of interest rate increases and a rapid balance sheet runoff to bring U.S. monetary policy to a "more neutral position" later this year.
"She is one of the more dovish members of the FOMC and so for her to come out as aggressively in stamping out inflation pressures with really more aggressive rate tightening and policies, I think that took the market off guard a little bit and I think you are seeing that continue today," said Anthony Saglimbene, global market strategist at Ameriprise.
The prospect of a more hawkish Fed led to a rocky start to the year for equities, and in particular tech and growth shares whose valuations are more vulnerable to higher bond yields. The Ukraine crisis has added to concerns, particularly about worsening inflation as commodity prices spike.
(Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf in New York, Noel Randewich in San Francisco, Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila, Shounak Dasgupta and Richard Chang)
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Call for BAN on breeding French bulldogs and pugs in Australia because experts say they 'live a life of pain'
- Vet institution says breeding of flat-faced cats and dogs should be banned
- These include bulldogs and pugs. Many face breathing and walking problems
- Dr Rosemary Elliott said animals shouldn't intentionally be bred to suffer
- French bulldog owner Maureen Elvy spent $200,000 on medical bills for her dog
Animal rights activists have called for the breeding of flat-faced dogs like bulldogs and pugs to be banned due to the lifelong health conditions many of the animals face.
Sentient, a vet institute for animal ethics, is one of many groups pushing for change, with president Rosemary Elliott saying dogs and cats of these breeds struggle to live with their physical deformities.
Affected breeds include French bulldogs along with cavalier King Charles spaniels, pugs, Boston terriers and British bulldogs - with most bred in order to look 'cute'.
'Breeding flat-faced dogs and cats is responsible for animal suffering that is entirely preventable and should be banned in animal welfare legislation,' Dr Elliott told a parliamentary hearing regarding animal welfare in NSW on Thursday.
'These animals suffer gross physical deformities that make everyday life unbearably stressful.'
Animal rights activists have called for the breeding of flat-faced dogs like bulldogs and pugs to be banned due to the lifelong health conditions many of the animals face
She said legislation should be changed so breeders are required to have certification issued by vets to ensure their animals don't have any health problems that could be passed down in breeding.
Dr Elliott said popular breeds such as bulldogs struggled to walk, breathe and sleep.
When asked if animals of those breeds had a right to live, the animal rights advocate said animals shouldn't intentionally be brought into the world to suffer.
'We wouldn't intentionally bring into the world, regardless of species, individuals who are going to suffer to the extent that many of these animals suffer,' she said.
'Most notably, because of their popularity, bulldogs and Persian cats. These animals, their basic existence is one of suffering.'
Dr Elliott isn't the only animal rights supporter hoping flat-faced animals won't have to suffer any longer.
Animal welfare advocates are hoping legislation around breeding flat-faced dogs will change so they won't have to suffer any longer. Bulldogs can have issues breathing, sleeping and walking
The Australian Veterinary Association wants to see any dog with a muzzle length less than a third of its skull length banned from being bred or shown in competitions because of the suffering the animals endure.
Sydney vet Sam Kovac also backed changes to breeding to convince professionals to put animal health and welfare before the animal's looks.
'These dogs, with their child-like personalities, have so much to give to the world and happiness to their owners. I do support modifying breed standards to make a healthier Frenchie that needs less vet visits,' he said.
'The immense popularity of these breeds show that they are here to stay, but some gentle artificial selection methods could see a healthier breed in a few generations time.
'They do this overseas - there are some inspiring breeders who are at the forefront of lengthening the nose of the breed through selective breeding.'
One devoted dog owner, Maureen Elvy, has spent $200,000 on surgeries for her French bulldog Phoebe.
Phoebe has needed spinal, airway and genital surgery and regular immunotherapy costing $2,000 a treatment since Ms Elvy got the dog in 2017.
Phoebe's health is so precarious that she is allergic to 700 types of trees, and can only survive with a diet of crocodile meat and a hypoallergenic biscuit.
She cannot play in many Sydney parks because she's allergic to Couch grass, which is extremely common.
Sydney woman Maureen Elvy's French bulldog Phoebe has needed spinal, airway and genital surgery and regular immunotherapy costing a total estimated bill of $200,000 since she got the dog in 2017 (pictured, Ms Elvy with Phoebe)
Her most expensive surgery was $16,000 for a spinal cord injury caused when Phoebe fell down three stairs after catching her foot in a garden hose.
The congenital spinal issues mean her little body cannot cope with jumping on or off the couch at home.
Had she known the costs would be so high, she concedes she probably wouldn't have gotten Phoebe - although she has no regrets about owning her.
'What a moral dilemma, I love her so much and I can't imagine my life without her,' Ms Elvy said.
'But I wouldn't knowingly get a sick dog.
'I think my future might be harder financially because of her.
'But I do truly believe I was lucky to have her - she has made my life a delight.
'Maybe no other owner would have done what she needed, maybe that would have put her down already.
'I will die poor, but at least I know she was looked after.'
Phoebe came from a Rockhampton breeder and Ms Elvy armed herself with research before her first visit.
A smiling Phoebe the French bulldog beams after a successful surgery for one of her many health issues
'It's really heart-breaking because I asked all the right questions,' she said.
'I asked if her nose is OK, is her spine OK, does she have any congenital issues - and I was just lied to.
'I was told she had no health issues or congenital defects... but all of that was a lie.'
After Ms Elvy had spent $10,000 on Phoebe within three months, she went back to the breeder.
'I called her up and I said you told me Phoebe was healthy… the lady I presume has such bad breeding practices she said "I'll give you your money". She did and then she blocked my phone,' she said.
Ms Elvy wants to see dodgy breeders prosecuted and banned - and where appropriate, be made to pay for treatment for sick animals.
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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: At long last, the woke spell is being broken
Is this the landmark week when the tide finally began to turn against the relentless, pernicious march of woke fundamentalism?
For some time, our public institutions – from Parliament to the NHS, BBC and even our great universities – have been captured by identity politics promoted by a vociferous minority.
Of them all, one of the most toxic is trans extremism, which seeks to blur the line between sex and gender. It argues that a person should be allowed to self-identify as male or female.
On Wednesday, Boris Johnson grasped the nettle. Rightly acknowledging complexities in the transgender debate, he came out fighting for women by saying biological males should not compete in female sports
This is done under the cosy blanket of 'inclusivity'. But anyone who raises obvious concerns that it erodes women's rights risks being denounced as a 'transphobe' or, even more absurdly, as a 'fascist'.
Of course, around the dinner tables of the fashionable people who think they know best, this orthodoxy has been unchallengeable. Not any more.
In last Friday's Mail, three women launched a campaign warning that they and their supporters won't vote for any politician who can't answer the question of whether women can have penises. Millions have rallied round their flag.
Today we reveal that Health Secretary Sajid Javid is facing down activists by pressuring NHS bosses to exclude trans people from single-sex hospital wards to defend women's privacy and safety
Then, in an invigorating blast of common sense, the equalities watchdog made crystal clear that organisations could restrict services – such as changing rooms, toilets, gyms and refuges – to a single sex.
On Wednesday, Boris Johnson grasped the nettle. Rightly acknowledging complexities in the transgender debate, he came out fighting for women by saying biological males should not compete in female sports.
And today we reveal that Health Secretary Sajid Javid is facing down activists by pressuring NHS bosses to exclude trans people from single-sex hospital wards to defend women's privacy and safety.
Politically, the Tories are kicking an open door. As with Brexit, the bien pensant sneer. But the majority of ordinary, decent people fully agree with Mr Johnson.
The Prime Minister deserves huge praise for ignoring those who warned a foray into the explosive transgender debate could blow up in his face.
Labour, meanwhile, are a shambles on the issue. Barely a single one of their politicians can define what a woman is.
Once again, in thrall to a shrill minority within the party. Once again, completely out of touch with voters.
Next, Mr Johnson should have in his crosshairs our schools and universities, which stand accused of promulgating trendy but divisive ideologies.
Those who dare to question woke doctrines are treated as dangerous heretics.
Education is a sphere where freedom of speech and thought (the foundation stones of any liberal democracy) should be actively encouraged – not intolerantly silenced.
Be bold on energy, PM
If Mr Johnson wants Britain's lights to stay on, he needs to be as bold on energy as he has been in the 'war on woke'.
His vision of more nuclear reactors and a massive expansion of offshore wind production is admirable. But these are likely to take years to come on stream.
So there must be a reckoning of what power we can produce from renewables and exactly what the country needs.
To plug the gap, it is vital we ignore the shrieks of eco-warriors and exploit every drop of oil and gas beneath the North Sea.
Remaining pointlessly hamstrung by green dogma means remaining perilously reliant for energy on unpalatable regimes.
- Britain again leads the world by giving more military kit to help Ukraine fight Russia's invasion. But what would really cripple Vladimir Putin is if the EU stopped buying his gas, which bankrolls his atrocities. Keeping energy flowing is plainly more important to Germany than the slaughter of Ukrainians. When they meet today, the PM must tell Olaf Scholz he is abetting evil.
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With the galleries at Augusta National Golf Club following his every move, Tiger Woods made his long-anticipated return to competitive golf and shot a 1-under-par 71 in the first round of the Masters on Thursday, while South Korea’s Sungjae Im reached the top of the leaderboard with a 5-under 67.
Im made an eagle and five birdies to counter two bogeys, beating out the clubhouse leader from the early wave, Cameron Smith of Australia, by one shot.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, 2020 Masters champion Dustin Johnson, 2016 champ Danny Willett of England and Joaquin Niemann of Chile tied for third with rounds of 3-under 69. Patrick Cantlay, Jason Kokrak and Canada’s Corey Conners were tied for seventh after shooting 2-under 70.
Woods’ 71 was good for a tie for 10th, a feat unto itself as he played in his first official event since he was injured in a single-car accident on Feb. 23, 2021. After rehabbing a right leg that required multiple surgeries, Woods made his return to the sport 25 years to the day after his first major victory, a 12-stroke victory at the 1997 Masters.
His highlight came at the par-3 sixth, right after he lipped out a 15-foot birdie try on the previous green. Hitting a 6-iron, he stuck his tee shot 2 feet away from the pin and tapped in for his first birdie of the day.
Woods bogeyed the par-5 eighth after his third shot missed short of the green. He converted a two-putt birdie at the par-5 13th before his tee shot at the next hole missed the fairway badly left, and he was unable to get up and down for par.
At the par-3 16th, the 15-time major champion drained a 29-foot birdie that swept right to left, eliciting his signature fist pump. He returned to 1 under with the putt and saved par on the final two holes, even after a drive into the trees at 18.
“People have no idea how hard it’s been,” Woods said. “My team does. They’ve worked with me every single day. I’ve said this before, we haven’t taken a day off since I got out of the bed after those three months. ... So it’s commitment to getting back and commitment to getting back to a level that I feel that I can still do it. I did something positive today.”
Next up for Woods before his Friday afternoon tee time: “Lots of ice baths. Just basically freezing myself to death.”
Im, the Masters runner-up in 2020, birdied his first three holes and added a fourth at No. 7. After missing par putts at both 10 and 11, he completed Amen Corner by reaching the 13th green in two shots and making his 12-footer for eagle.
Im added a birdie at the 15th and nearly holed out from a greenside bunker for birdie at 18. His shot hit the cup and stayed out by mere inches.
Smith, who won The Players Championship last month and moved to No. 6 in the Official World Golf Ranking, signed an unusual card: double bogey 6s on the first and last holes with eight birdies in between. Smith reached 6 under with a string of three birdies at 14-16 and nearly went to the clubhouse with a three-shot lead on the field.
But after a wayward tee shot at No. 18, his second shot hit a tree branch and only traveled 80 yards. He reached the green in three and three-putted.
Smith said he stayed patient after his tough opening hole.
“I love this place. I know it presents plenty of birdies,” Smith said. “I just really had to get in a groove.”
Playing with Woods, Niemann holed out from 105 yards for an eagle 2 at the ninth. His shot spun back over a ridge and directly at the pin. That briefly put him alone in the lead at 3 under, and he recorded one bogey and one birdie the rest of the way.
Scheffler, in his first tournament since moving to No. 1 in the world, made consecutive birdies at Nos. 8 and 9 before sinking a 19-foot birdie at the par-3 12th to join the co-leaders at 3 under. He reached 4 under with another birdie at the par-3 17th but missed the green at 18 and couldn’t get up and down for par.
Johnson made all four of his birdies over the first 10 holes before a bogey at No. 17 and a difficult up-and-down par save at No. 18.
Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama of Japan opened with an even-par 72.
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The Washington County Jail's medical provider, Dr. Robert Karas, spoke in front of the Arkansas State Medical Board Thursday about informed consent.Karas is currently being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four inmates who said they were prescribed ivermectin to treat COVID-19 without their permission or knowledge.Karas was called to speak about several things, but the main focus was the issue of informed consent.Vice chairman of the board, Dr. Brian Hyatt, said the state medical board pulled and investigated 12 inmates' records and that investigation showed only one of those inmates had a consent for treatment form."It seems like our investigator reviewed 12 charts at the detention center, but only one of them had a consent for treatment form, and also in those charts for patients receiving COVID treatment they didn’t find any consent forms. It seems like that consent form was generated subsequent to all the hullaballoo over the ivermectin issue.” he said. “From what I can gather, it seems like a lot of your issue is not with the off-label use, but the fact that some of these folks, true or otherwise, feel they were unable to give informed consent."Karas told the board every inmate signs a blanket consent form either when they get booked into the jail or when they are passed their medications for the first time."I am surprised that our simple informed consent on everyone that we’ve used for years is being missed for so many people. As far as adding onto it, yes, once we got all the media attention, we did do a more thorough informed consent with all the medications and have them sign for each medicine they were given," Karas said.Dr. Edward Gardner, a member at large on the board, said Thursday's meeting was not about Karas' use of ivermectin at the jail, but focused on the issue of consent for Karas' patients."This is not about the chosen drug, it’s about doing the right thing the same way it should happen. You know all the nuances. We’ve lived it all for two years, the data changes all the time, we get it. That’s not what this is about. It’s about the permission," Gardner said.The board decided to request the records of the informed consent forms again to see if it could find more details, and Karas will be called before the board again at a later date.Karas thanked the board for its "understanding.""Thank you for not having an emergency suspension or anything like that. We were seeing 1,000 patients a week when this was all going on. I treated everybody, my family, my in-laws, my kids, my patients, the jail patients the same: we tried to prevent people from dying," he said.40/29 News reached out to Karas for a comment, but had not heard back yet as of Thursday night.40/29 News also reached out to the Washington County Sheriff's Office for an interview, but the sheriff was not available for an interview and the sheriff's office did not have a statement.Karas is due in court Tuesday, April 12, for a case management hearing where a trial date should be set for the federal lawsuit he is facing.
The Washington County Jail's medical provider, Dr. Robert Karas, spoke in front of the Arkansas State Medical Board Thursday about informed consent.
Karas is currently being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four inmates who said they were prescribed ivermectin to treat COVID-19 without their permission or knowledge.
Karas was called to speak about several things, but the main focus was the issue of informed consent.
Vice chairman of the board, Dr. Brian Hyatt, said the state medical board pulled and investigated 12 inmates' records and that investigation showed only one of those inmates had a consent for treatment form.
"It seems like our investigator reviewed 12 charts at the detention center, but only one of them had a consent for treatment form, and also in those charts for patients receiving COVID treatment they didn’t find any consent forms. It seems like that consent form was generated subsequent to all the hullaballoo over the ivermectin issue.” he said. “From what I can gather, it seems like a lot of your issue is not with the off-label use, but the fact that some of these folks, true or otherwise, feel they were unable to give informed consent."
Karas told the board every inmate signs a blanket consent form either when they get booked into the jail or when they are passed their medications for the first time.
"I am surprised that our simple informed consent on everyone that we’ve used for years is being missed for so many people. As far as adding onto it, yes, once we got all the media attention, we did do a more thorough informed consent with all the medications and have them sign for each medicine they were given," Karas said.
Dr. Edward Gardner, a member at large on the board, said Thursday's meeting was not about Karas' use of ivermectin at the jail, but focused on the issue of consent for Karas' patients.
"This is not about the chosen drug, it’s about doing the right thing the same way it should happen. You know all the nuances. We’ve lived it all for two years, the data changes all the time, we get it. That’s not what this is about. It’s about the permission," Gardner said.
The board decided to request the records of the informed consent forms again to see if it could find more details, and Karas will be called before the board again at a later date.
Karas thanked the board for its "understanding."
"Thank you for not having an emergency suspension or anything like that. We were seeing 1,000 patients a week when this was all going on. I treated everybody, my family, my in-laws, my kids, my patients, the jail patients the same: we tried to prevent people from dying," he said.
40/29 News reached out to Karas for a comment, but had not heard back yet as of Thursday night.
40/29 News also reached out to the Washington County Sheriff's Office for an interview, but the sheriff was not available for an interview and the sheriff's office did not have a statement.
Karas is due in court Tuesday, April 12, for a case management hearing where a trial date should be set for the federal lawsuit he is facing.
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BOSTON, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Executive compensation consultancy Pearl Meyer has named Pete Lupo president of Executive Compensation Consulting. He has been with Pearl Meyer for more than 15 years and in the executive compensation consulting field for over 30 years. Most recently, he was senior managing director and head of the firm's Atlantic region. He has also served on the firm's leadership team—a role he will continue—and has been instrumental in developing the firm's growth strategy.
In his new role as president, he will be central to the successful execution of the firm's business strategy. Lupo will guide and mentor Pearl Meyer's compensation consulting team as they help clients align business and leadership strategies with pay programs. He will also be instrumental in expanding the firm's services and capabilities as compensation committees and boards broaden their oversight of human capital and talent management.
"I have worked closely with Pete and have seen first-hand his ability to partner with clients, serving as trusted advisor by delivering strategy-driven compensation consulting services," said Beth Florin, CEO of Pearl Meyer. "That expertise, coupled with his strong people management skills, will be critical to our long-term success in a competitive market."
"I look forward to partnering with Beth and our firm's senior leadership team as we deliver our core executive compensation consulting services, aligned with our new leadership development capabilities," said Pete Lupo, president of Executive Compensation Consulting. "As our clients' responsibilities expand, so does their need for an integrated, holistic set of services that will meet their growing needs."
Lupo will continue to work with his compensation committee and management team clients on a variety of strategic projects developing total compensation programs that align pay to performance through annual and long-term incentive plans.
Lupo is a frequent industry event speaker and recently shared his insights on a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) webcast entitled, Are Your Board Compensation Practices Keeping Pace? He also has authored several current Pearl Meyer publications including: Trending Topics in Board Composition and Compensation, Two Things Are True, and The Changing Nature of Compensation.
About Pearl Meyer
Pearl Meyer is the leading advisor to boards and senior management on the alignment of executive compensation with business and leadership strategy, making pay programs a powerful catalyst for value creation and competitive advantage. Pearl Meyer's global clients stand at the forefront of their industries and range from emerging high-growth, not-for-profit, and private companies to the Fortune 500 and FTSE 350. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Rochester, and San Jose.
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East Division
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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.
Tuesday's results
Brandon 5 Regina 4
Saskatoon 4 Medicine Hat 0
Kelowna 1 Prince George 0 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Lethbridge 6 Saskatoon 1
Kelowna 4 Prince George 1
Spokane 3 Everett 2 (OT)
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.
Tuesday's games
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Portland at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
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NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. — A company that recycles plastic into chemicals plans to invest $1 billion in a new facility in Northumberland County, creating hundreds of jobs.
Encina, based in Texas, announced plans Thursday for the Point Township Circular Manufacturing Facility. The plant will take post-consumer plastic and recycle it into chemicals to make new plastic items, according to a release from the company.
The site for the plant is along Route 11 in Point Township.
"What we're going to do with that facility is take post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste and turn it into new feedstocks that can be used to make new plastics," explained David Roesser, the CEO of Encina.
Roesser says the project has been in the works for about a year and a half. He says the facility will process 450,000 tons of materials each year, saving them from landfills.
"There will be between 750 and 800 jobs, construction for the two years that the facility is under construction. Once it's operating 24/7, there will be 300 fairly high-paying jobs that will go with this facility," said Roesser.
"We're looking at over $2.3 billion worth of economic impact to our region from construction to all of the other things that are going to go into this facility," said Jennifer Wakeman, executive director of the economic development group DRIVE based in Danville.
Wakeman believes this facility will put central Pennsylvania on the map.
"In terms of being a global leader because of what they're doing, we have the advantage of and here it is. There will be people coming to the region to see their facility, to study what they're doing, to understand how they're doing it because they have their own unique process of how they're making this happen."
Construction is expected to begin in the fall of this year, and the facility is expected to be fully operational by the fall of 2024.
Encina is hosting a community open house on Wednesday, May 11, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Post #44 in Point Township.
The public can meet with Encina officials and learn more about the proposed facility. To register for the open house, visit encinapointtownship.com.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 8, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Albany NY
930 PM EDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of east central New York, including the
following counties, Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer,
Saratoga, Schenectady and Schoharie.
* WHEN...Until 330 AM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 929 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause
urban and small stream flooding. Between 0.75 and 1.75 inches
of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Rotterdam, East Greenbush, Cohoes,
Watervliet, Rensselaer, Colonie, Hudson, Mechanicville,
Catskill, Nassau, Hunter, Delmar, Latham, Guilderland,
Niskayuna, Claverack and Menands.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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GRAPHIC: Man stabs child 11 times to ‘get the demons out’, police say
(Gray News) - A Las Vegas man has been arrested and a child is fighting for her life after a gruesome stabbing occurred at a house late last month.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reports officers were called to a home in east Las Vegas on March 31 with reports of a stabbing.
A 3-year-old girl was eating dinner inside the house when a family member came up behind her and began stabbing her in her right side, a witness told police.
According to an arrest report, Alan Wilson, 28, was the man stabbing the child. A family member stepped in to help the girl and get the knife away from Wilson.
According to police, a struggle ensued between the two, and Wilson said, “I need to get the demons out of her. I need to save her.”
Other family members in the home were able to get to the child and rush her to a nearby fire station, where she was then taken to Sunrise Hospital for treatment.
According to Wilson’s arrest report, the 3-year-old was stabbed seven times in the back, once in the armpit, forearm, hand and right triceps. She suffered damage to an artery, her kidney and spleen, which required three surgeons to help repair the internal damage.
Police said Wilson left the house and was later located outside a nearby 7-Eleven convenience store, where he was taken into custody.
The 28-year-old was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on attempted murder, child abuse, and battery charges.
Doctors said the injured child would require additional surgeries.
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Tom Hiddleston treks across Antarctica on foot in new Apple TV series By Press Association April 8 2022, 2.17am Tom Hiddleston treks across Antarctica on foot in new Apple TV series (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) [[title]] [[text]] An error occurred. Please try again. [[success]] Email address Sign up Tom Hiddleston makes a perilous trek across Antarctica in the upcoming Apple TV series The White Darkness. The Loki actor stars in the series which is based on David Grann’s non-fiction work of the same name. The White Darkness is based on the true-life account of Henry Worsley, a devoted husband and father and former soldier, obsessed with adventure. Worsley’s passion for the unknown will ultimately manifest in an epic journey across Antarctica on foot. Starring Hiddleston as Worsley, the series tells the spellbinding story of courage, love, family and the extremes of human capacity. Hiddleston will also executive produce the series, alongside Pachinko screenwriter Soo Hugh, Mark Heyman, and Theresa Kang-Low. The White Darkness is the actor’s second Apple TV venture, after The Essex Serpent. Already a subscriber? Sign in [[title]] [[text]] Close More from The Courier Harrison Ford to star in upcoming Apple TV+ comedy Shrinking British graduate to co-star alongside Vince Vaughn in Apple TV series Apple TV+ renews The Morning Show for third season Tom Hiddleston all smiles at event to mark launch of Disney+ series Loki
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The ex-wife of a millionaire businessman whose family founded the Screwfix chain has lost a High Court argument over company shares – but has been awarded more than £1 million to cover the cost of bringing up their children.
James Goddard-Watts and former wife Julia, who divorced in 2010, have been involved in long-running row over money.
A judge has now ruled on the latest round of that fight.
Sir Jonathan Cohen had considered arguments at a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London earlier this year.
Judges were told Mr and Mrs Goddard-Watts, who are both in their 50s, had reached an agreement in 2010 after the end of their 13-year marriage.
Mr Goddard-Watts had agreed that Mrs Goddard-Watts should get a house worth £3.25 million and a £4 million lump sum.
She subsequently complained that he had not revealed the full extent of his wealth.
A judge then concluded that Mr Goddard-Watts had “given a false presentation” when making the 2010 agreement, and in 2016 he was told to hand Mrs Goddard-Watts more than £6 million.
Mrs Goddard-Watts returned to court again in 2018 and made further complaints.
Sir Jonathan has outlined details of his conclusion about those complaints in a ruling published online.
He said one issue centred on “the value and realisation” of Mr Goddard-Watts’ shares in a company he did not name.
He said Mrs Goddard-Watts had claimed that, if she had known the “full picture and prospects” of the company, she might have “insisted that she receive some of (Mr Goddard-Watts’) shareholding in the company as part of the settlement”.
But the judge said he rejected that argument for a “number of reasons”.
“She never sought shares in the company at any stage when negotiations were taking place in 2009/10,” said Sir Jonathan.
“The relationship between (them) was so bad that it is inconceivable that a court would have contemplated such a situation.
“(Her) involvement in the business had been negligible.
“There is no prospect that (Mr Goddard-Watts) would have agreed it.”
The judge went on: “In short, I regard this argument as a rewriting of history. It would never have been in (her) contemplation to seek an interest and nor would it ever have been awarded.”
Sir Jonathan said Mrs Goddard-Watts had also complained that Mr Goddard-Watts had not given “full and frank disclosure until the very last moment before the trial started” during the latest stage of proceedings.
He did not criticise Mr Goddard-Watts and said: “I do not find (his) disclosure in this round of proceedings to have been significantly deficient or material to the outcome.”
Sir Jonathan awarded Mrs Goddard-Watts another £1.1 million to cover money she had spent on the care and upbringing of the couple’s two children, who are now adults.
He said the “burden” of the children’s care and upbringing had fallen on her following the end of the marriage – and concluded that she needed more money.
“It cannot have been in the contemplation of either party that the whole of the burden of the children’s care and upbringing should have fallen on (her) from 2010,” said the judge.
“As a result of the disagreement between the parents, all the emotional and physical parenting has fallen on (her).
“I take that into account in my approach to needs.”
He said he considered that an award of £1.1m produced a fair outcome in “all the circumstances of the case”.
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Shesterkin stops 30 as Rangers again beat Penguins 3-0
Frank Vatrano and Artemi Panarin scored in the second period, Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 Thursday night.
Dryden Hunt added an empty-net goal in the final minute and Mika Zibanejad had two assists for New York, which is 6-1-1 in its last eight games — including three victories against Pittsburgh.
With Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby a late scratch with a non-COVID illness, the Penguins produced a meek attack against the Rangers, who also defeated their division rivals 5-1 at Madison Square Garden on March 25 and 3-2 in Pittsburgh on March 29.
Tristan Jarry had 21 saves for Pittsburgh, which has lost four of five and is 2-5-1 in its last eight.
The Rangers inched closer to their first playoff berth since 2017, moving six points ahead of the Penguins for second place in the Metropolitan Division — and home-ice advantage in the first round —with 10 games remaining.
The Rangers improved to 23-7-4 at home with a 10-3-2 mark in their last 15 games on Garden ice. They reached 98 points for the 11th time in franchise history and the first time since 2016-17. It also marked the fourth time New York has 46 or more wins through 72 games. That was also achieved in 1971-72, 1972-73 and 2014-15.
Shesterkin had nine saves in the first period, eight in the second and 13 in the third to improve to 33-10-4. It was his first shutout since Jan. 13 at San Jose.
After an uneventful first, Vatrano opened the scoring 24 seconds into the middle period, backhanding a loose puck past Jarry.
Zibanejad and Chris Kreider assisted on Vatrano’s 16th goal of the season and his sixth in 12 games since joining the Rangers in a trade with Florida last month. Vatrano has points in six of his last eight games, including five goals. Zibanejad has points in eight of his last 11 games and his 46 assists are a career high.
Panarin — playing his 500th NHL game — made it 2-0 at 9:47, backhanding the puck past Jarry from the high slot for his 20th goal of the campaign. Panarin has 23 points – five goals and 18 assists — in his last 15 games.
Andrew Copp had an assist on the play, giving him 10 points in nine games since joining the Rangers in a trade from Winnipeg on March 21.
PENGUINS POSTSEASON STREAK
With 92 points, Pittsburgh remains on track to clinch a playoff spot for a 16th consecutive year. Their stretch of 15-straight postseason appearances is the longest active streak among teams in the four major North American professional sports. The last time the Penguins missed the playoffs was 2005-06, Crosby’s rookie season.
NOTES: Penguins forward Filip Hallander made his NHL debut. The second-round pick in 2018 had 10 goals and 24 points in 53 games for Wilkes-Barre of the AHL … In addition to Crosby, the Penguins scratched forwards Jason Zucker and Radim Zoharna and defenseman John Marino. ... The Rangers scratched forwards Greg McKegg, Julien Gauthier and Ryan Reaves plus defensemen Libor Hajek and Justin Braun. ... Rangers forward Barclay Goodrow played his 400th career game.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities resumed search for a third day Friday for three Europeans, including two teenagers, who disappeared while diving off a southern island.
Authorities had expressed hope for finding them after Norwegian diving instructor Kristine Grodem was rescued Thursday. She told authorities the four surfaced safely Wednesday afternoon but they drifted away from the boat and were separated by the strong current.
The group was diving in water about 15 meters (50 feet) deep at an island off the town of Mersing in southern Johor state. Grodem, 35, was rescued by a tugboat about 22 nautical miles (40 kilometers) from the dive site.
The missing divers are Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, of France; Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, of Britain; and his Dutch son, Nathen Renze Chesters, 14.
Authorities have deployed two planes, 18 boats and about 90 personnel, including rescue divers as they expanded the search area.
Maritime officials said Grodem was providing dive training for the other three, who were seeking to obtain advanced diving licenses.
“Based on her account, the three others managed to surface. With their equipment, their full gear and their experience, we believe there is a strong chance of finding them alive,” district police chief Cyril Edward Nuing said Thursday.
The boat's skipper was detained for further investigation, and Johor's state ruler suspended diving activities off Mersing. There are five islands off the town that are popular dive spots for local residents and tourists.
Malaysia’s borders reopened to foreigners on April 1 after being closed for more than two years during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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JEREMY ROCKLIFF - TASMANIA'S 47TH PREMIER
* Born in Devonport, February 5, 1970. Grew up in northwest Tasmania on his family's mixed cropping and lamb farm at Sassafras.
* Studied farm management in New Zealand in 1989 and 1990 after school and returned to Tasmania to manage his family's property.
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* Joined the Liberal Party in 1992. Elected to parliament in the electorate of Braddon in 2002 with the Liberals in opposition.
* Promoted immediately to the front bench and became Liberal deputy in 2006.
* Became deputy premier in 2014 when the Liberals were elected to power, ending 16 years of Labor government.
* Has held key portfolios of education and health over the past eight years.
* Is hugely popular in Braddon, picking up 19,186 first preference votes at the 2021 state election out of an overall 70,000 votes.
* Outside of politics, has worked with Landcare, farmers groups and Lifeline northwest, which awarded him life membership in 2006.
* Was president of the Latrobe Football Club from 2006-09.
* Lists notable political achievements as helping set up the Tasmanian Devil Research Trust Appeal, progressing the rights of asbestos victims, championing the need for water development and greater border quarantine controls and fighting for stronger food labelling laws.
* Married to Sandra with three daughters, Ruby, Lucy and Holly.
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