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Govt Making Efforts To Revive Economy: CM Hamza
Umer Jamshaid Published July 10, 2022 | 07:00 PM
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Jul, 2022 ) :Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz on Sunday said that the coalition government led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was making sincere efforts to revive economy of the country.
Talking to media here, he said, "Nobody can stop us to provide relief to the people of the province", adding that mega relief packages had been launched to facilitate the people of the province. He said that Rs 200 billion subsidy was being provided to the people due to inflation.
The chief minister said that free medicines were also available in THQ and DHQ hospitals of 36 districts of the province. Immediate steps were being taken to provide free medicines to the cancer patients, he said and added that practical steps were being taken to improve OPDs of government hospitals.
District price control committees were also made functional, he added.
Hamza urged the people to acknowledge their public friendly initiatives and vote for PML-N in coming by-election on July 17.
He said that previous government wasted around four years to take revenge and Imran Khan hoodwinked people through hollow slogan of "Naya Pakistan" but practically he not only ruined the national economy but also pushed the country into multiple crises. He said that PTI wanted to attack the constitution, however, they would not be allowed to succeed in their designs. He said, "Imran Khan and his cronies kept Punjab deprived of its leadership illegally for one month, but we would compete them in political arena and defeat them with the support of masses.
" The CM said the incident happened to Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal was a reflection of the training of PTI supporters imparted by Imran Niazi, stressing that it was the need of the hour to end extremism, intolerance and hate from politics. He said that people from all walks of life had condemned the incident.
The government had to take tough decisions including increase in petroleum prices with heavy heart because of wrongdoings of the previous incompetent government, he mentioned. The journey of serving the people would continue, he promised. The situation was difficult but as the PML-N led government had resolved load-shedding and other issues in the past, it would continue to work day and night to heal the wounds of people, the CM added.
He said that Imran Khan caused only inflation, price-hike and unemployment, due to which national economy was facing daunting challenges currently. "However, we in consultation with all stakeholders, will restart development projects in the country and try our best to overcome inflation and unemployment issues at the earliest," he said.
To a question, he said that Imran Khan was defaming national institutions just to gain political attraction as everyone knew he (Imran) did nothing for public welfare during his government.
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INDIANAPOLIS – IMPD is investigating three separate violent incidents, including two shootings that left five people injured across the city.
Two of the victims are in critical condition, while the three other victims are in stable condition.
The first incident happened just before 12:30 a.m. when officers responded to two women shot near a strip mall on North Post Road.
Officers say they found the two women in the parking lot just outside a banquet hall. One of the victims was found in stable condition, while the other victim was found in serious, but stable condition.
Police say a person was robbed by four people at the same location. Four shots were fired during the altercation, which is how the two women were injured.
A short time later, officers received a call about a stabbing in downtown Indianapolis.
Officers say they found two women stabbed on Pearl Street right off Maryland and Pennsylvania Streets.
One victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, while the other victim was taken in stable condition.
Police say the two women may have been fighting over a man.
Then, just after 2:00 a.m., officers responded to a second shooting that left a man in critical condition in Broad Ripple.
Police found the victim and two cars with bullet holes in a strip mall just off Broad Ripple Avenue.
IMPD is continuing to gather information and investigate each incident. If you have any information, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS. | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/5-injured-in-3-separate-overnight-violent-incidents-across-indy/ | 2022-07-10T14:25:00Z | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/5-injured-in-3-separate-overnight-violent-incidents-across-indy/ | true |
Giant African land snails have once more invaded Florida. They're big and hungry — at least compared to other snails. So Pasco County, north of Tampa, is undertaking measures to control their spread.
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(NEXSTAR) – What do architects Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. Pei and Antoni Gaudi have in common? Well, it’s likely you’ve never eaten a Stuffed Crust Pizza in any of their buildings.
The same can’t be said of Richard D. Burke, however.
Burke is responsible for the design of every red-roofed Pizza Hut restaurant throughout the world, having created the concept in the late ‘60s for Dan and Frank Carney, the two brothers who founded Pizza Hut. But Burke — a fraternity brother of Dan and Frank Carney during their days at Wichita State University — had almost priced himself out of a job after the Carneys approached him for his services, according to Pizza Hut.
“As the story goes, Burke had originally charged the brothers a hefty upfront fee that the fledgling pizza start-up wasn’t able to scrape together,” the company wrote in a 2015 blog post. “Instead, they offered Burke $100 per store built using his design, never guessing that Pizza Hut would become the global company that it is today.”
Estimates vary as to how many “red roof” Pizza Hut locations sprung up over the following decades, but Curbed.com once reported around 6,300 as of 2004 — which would’ve made Burke a millionaire several times over. A representative for Pizza Hut was not available to confirm how much Burke earned from the deal.
In 2016, however, there were only around 3,000 traditional locations still standing by the time Pizza Hut announced it was ditching the iconic architecture for a sleeker, more modern design to support increased demand for delivery, the Dallas Morning News reported.
“Obviously, it’s an iconic design that we will always have elements of in everything we do,” Yum! Brands CEO David Gibbs told the outlet of Pizza Hut’s signature red-roofed buildings in 2016. “The red roof stands for Pizza Hut in the eyes of consumers. … But in many cases, the business just demands that we move to a bigger, more contemporary asset.”
Even still, Burke’s unmistakable contributions to modern architecture can still be appreciated across the nation — if you know where to look. Plenty of former Pizza Hut locations have been purchased or repurposed for use as entirely different restaurants, businesses or even churches, albeit while retaining those unmissable roofs. Several online resources have also become available for folks wishing to find, or share photos of, a local business that was clearly once a Pizza Hut, including Used to Be a Pizza Hut, which allows users to search for former Huts in their area.
Australian photojournalists Chloe Cahill and Ho Hai Tran — two self-described ‘90s kids who found Pizza Hut to be a “place of wonder” in their youth — even compiled a photographic collection of these former Huts into a book, “Pizza Hunt,” released in 2016.
To them, the works of Wright, Pei and Gaudi might even pale in comparison to the remaining Pizza-Hut-shaped businesses designed by Burke.
“Those that remain, those that have not been demolished or are not slated for demolition, exist in the space where the unremarkable and the unforgettable meet,” the book’s official website reads. “Although they have been repurposed, re-painted or relocated, these buildings are still readily recognizable and call to mind a time of dine-in fast food, all you can eat pizza and self-serve sundaes.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/the-architect-who-designed-pizza-huts-red-roof-restaurants-made-a-ton-of-money-thanks-to-an-unusual-deal/ | 2022-07-10T14:29:52Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/the-architect-who-designed-pizza-huts-red-roof-restaurants-made-a-ton-of-money-thanks-to-an-unusual-deal/ | false |
Ukrainian soldiers train in UK as war with Russia rages on
By DANICA KIRKA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Ministry of Defense says the first cohort of Ukrainian soldiers, many of whom have no previous military experience, have arrived in the U.K. for combat training as the eastern European nation races to replace troops killed and wounded in the war against Russia. The first few hundred recruits are receiving instruction at sites across Britain. It’s the first phase of program that aims to train up to 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers in weapons handling, battlefield first aid and patrol tactics. It is part of broader package of support for Ukraine that includes 2.3 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) of anti-tank weapons, rocket systems and other hardware. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/10/ukrainian-soldiers-train-in-uk-as-war-with-russia-rages-on/ | 2022-07-10T14:37:11Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/10/ukrainian-soldiers-train-in-uk-as-war-with-russia-rages-on/ | false |
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(NEXSTAR) – As Americans await a decision on widespread student loan forgiveness from the Biden administration, some have already been able to have some or all of their debt erased. Among those are roughly 690,000 borrowers that have had $7.9 billion in federal student loans canceled after attending schools that defrauded them.
Federal student loan borrowers who were misled by their school, or attended a school that engaged in misconduct may qualify for borrower defense to loan repayment, otherwise known as borrower defense. According to the Department of Education, this means some or all of your federal student loans would be forgiven.
While any borrower that believes they’ve met the criteria for forgiveness, the Education Department has already approved loan discharges for those who attended certain schools.
The Education Department’s most recent borrower defense discharge canceled $5.8 billion in loans for 560,000 borrowers that had attended Corinthian Colleges. All former students who attended any campus owned or operated by Corinthian Colleges Inc. since the company was founded in 1995 through its closure in 2015 are included in forgiveness.
Impacted borrowers will receive a letter from the Department of Education, if they haven’t already, with loan discharges expected in the coming months. If you are included in this group discharge, you won’t have to take any action to receive relief. Corinthian faced numerous investigations and lawsuits for defrauding students out of millions in federally backed loans.
In April, roughly 28,000 former students of Marinello Schools of Beauty had federal student loans amounting to $238 million discharged by the Education Department. Students who attended Marinello between 2009 and its closure in 2016 are included as, during those seven years, the school engaged in “pervasive and widespread misconduct.” According to the Education Department, Marinello students have struggled to pass state licensing tests. Class-action lawsuits have already been filed against Marinello in Nevada and California, accusing the school of using salons as profit centers and students as unpaid laborers.
Roughly 1,800 borrowers who attended DeVry University are expected to receive more than $71 million in loan discharge. In February, the Education Department revealed an investigation found that between 2008 and 2015, DeVry misled prospective students with a national advertising campaign claiming 90% of graduates got jobs in their field of study within six months of graduation. The actual number was about 58%.
Former students of Westwood College who attended between 2002 and its closure in 2015 – about 1,200 borrowers – will see $53.1 million in federal student loans discharged. Like DeVry, the Education Department found Westwood had “grossly inflated” its job placement rate, and didn’t follow through on a promise that if a graduate didn’t find a job within six months of graduating, they would receive help to pay their bills.
In total, the Education Department has approved about 4,100 claims for $130 million in loan discharge for students who attended Westwood. Other reviews of the school found that it misrepresented the ability for students to transfer credits and that criminal justice program students in Illinois would be able to find jobs as police officers.
Borrowers that attended the criminal justice programs at the Minnesota School of Business and Globe University have also been approved for borrower defense discharges. After a Minnesota judge found both schools misled students because the programs lacked certifications and accreditation for graduates to becoming police, parole, or probation officers in the state, the Education Department approved roughly $3 million in loan dicharges for 270 students. Another 921 students have received more than $23 million in relief as of January.
From July 2007 to its closure in 2016, the Education Department said ITT Technical Institute also misled prospective students about the school’s nursing program, which lacked accreditation necessary for students to later get a nursing job. ITT had previously been found to have lied about employment prospects and ability to transfer credits, and made false claims about employment to California students. In total, about $660 million in federal loans have been discharged for 23,000 that had attended ITT’s nursing program.
If you believe your school misled you or engaged in misconduct, you can apply for borrower defense with the Federal Student Aid office online. Borrower defense discharge will only apply to Direct Loans you have received, not any other loans from the federal government or private loans.
Last month, the Biden administration agreed as part of a lawsuit to erase roughly $6 billion for 264,000 borrowers who claim they were defrauded by their college and their applications for relief from the Department of Education were delayed for years. The proposed agreement still needs to be approved by a judge before debt relief can occur. Of those members, about 200,000 attended certain schools that the Education Department believes may have engaged in misconduct.
Alex Gangitano contributed to this report. | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/attended-one-of-these-schools-you-may-be-eligible-for-student-loan-forgiveness/ | 2022-07-10T14:38:33Z | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/attended-one-of-these-schools-you-may-be-eligible-for-student-loan-forgiveness/ | false |
(NEXSTAR) – If you’ve been to a wedding reception, you may have been met with an open bar. You may have even had one at your own wedding. But a different type of open bar is gaining popularity: a weed bar.
“It grows exponentially each year,” said Cat Goldberg, the founder of WeedBar in Los Angeles, when asked about the popularity of weed bars. “People are going to events where they see that people are using cannabis and not drinking alcohol and they’re like, ‘I want this energy at my wedding.”
In its first year, WeedBar received 12 requests. By year two, that number had doubled. Now, five years into the business, Goldberg says they remain busy, but the trend is still catching on. Lizzie Post, co-president and author at the Emily Post Institute, agreed.
“I do think that as cannabis has been legalized that more couples are looking and excited to incorporate it,” she explained to Nexstar.
Nearly 20 states have approved marijuana for recreational use among adults while 10 allow CBD and products low in THC to be available. Recreational use has also been on the rise in recent years among adults in states where weed has been legalized, according to BDSA, a market research firm focused on the legal cannabis market.
Like an open bar, those hoping to partake in the weed bar must be of age and have an ID. Unlike an open bar, Goldberg says a weed bar creates a different vibe during the wedding reception.
“There’s a sense of like, calm and gratitude, and just happiness that is electric throughout the crowd,” she explains. “You just hear people like, just laughing and saying how much they love each other.”
Goldberg says the weddings with weed bars that she’s experienced have “a lot more laughter” and are “quieter” than those with an open bar.
“I think maybe everyone feels even more … included because we have options that are non-psychoactive, we have options that are non-smoking,” Goldberg explains. “It’s not just like this niche experience that’s only for a couple of people who like weed. It’s really for the grandparents and the people from out of town who are curious about [cannabis] and want a safe first experience.”
WeedBar’s offerings including smokeless glass pipes, drinks, edibles, and a rolled flight tasting with “teeny tiny mini joints.” They’re all micro-dosed, according to Goldberg, meaning a small amount of cannabis is included in the product, allowing the user to experience the benefits of it without facing many – if any – side effects.
Even if you don’t opt for a weed bar at your wedding, if your reception will be taking place in a state where weed is legalized, you may want to take into consideration how it’s incorporated into your wedding, Post explains.
This could include creating a designated section away from guests who may want to avoid the smoke. Post adds it’s even more important to ensure any sort of cannabis edible is labeled and away from young children.
She pointed to a Florida wedding that happened in February where guests fell ill due to apparently unlabeled cannabis-laced food. The bride and a catering manager were both charged with tampering, culpable negligence, and delivery of marijuana after the wedding.
“That thing that those folks in Florida did where they didn’t tell people that there was weed in the food, that is horrible, really bad etiquette,” Post said.
Despite its growing popularity, Goldberg understands a weed bar is “not for everyone.”
“It’s not about being a lazy stoner having a bong on your couch and passing out,” she explains. “There’s a way to incorporate the aesthetics of the weed bar into the wedding so that it looks stunning.” | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/incorporating-weed-is-a-growing-trend-for-weddings-heres-what-to-know/ | 2022-07-10T14:46:47Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/incorporating-weed-is-a-growing-trend-for-weddings-heres-what-to-know/ | false |
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has delivered a hilarious response to Erik ten Hag's new rules at the Red Devils.
Ten Hag has been quick to lay down the law at his new club, and he has reportedly introduced five strict rules. The rules vary from alcohol being banned in game weeks to lateness resulting in being dropped from the side.
However, the two new rules that caught the eye of Scholes were the ban on personal chefs and you must complain to Ten Hag instead of an agent. He said, sarcastically: “Not sure I would’ve coped without my personal chef and no agent to moan to.”
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Ten Hag is the latest boss to try and replicate the success of past decades with United struggling in recent seasons.
The Dutchman impressed at Ajax, and he took the Amsterdam-based side to the semi-finals of the Champions League during the 18/19 season. One of his key players that season, Frenkie de Jong, has been hotly tipped to make the switch to Old Trafford.
United are reportedly interested in his former pupils Lisandro Martinez and Antony.
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Ten Hag is currently in Thailand with his United side as they start their pre-season training before next month's curtain-raiser.
The Dutchman will be in the United dugout for the first time on Tuesday, when United square off with Liverpool.
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Oil prices may be dropping, but oil is still headed for $140 per barrel, Goldman Sachs told CNBC on Thursday, and could even hit $140 in the face of a recession.
Oil prices may be dropping, but oil is still headed for $140 per barrel, Goldman Sachs told CNBC on Thursday, and could even hit $140 in the face of a recession. | https://mirtesen.ru/dispute/43168414816/Goldman-Sachs-Oil-Prices-Still-Set-To-Hit-140 | 2022-07-10T14:50:05Z | https://mirtesen.ru/dispute/43168414816/Goldman-Sachs-Oil-Prices-Still-Set-To-Hit-140 | false |
The votes are in and the Reader’s Choice Awards winners and finalists are stacking up across the state. Earlier this year, we asked our readers to nominate their favorite shops and stores across nine retail categories in a contest sponsored by MLive Media Group and Michigan’s Best. Then we asked people to vote for their favorite nominees. Now that the votes have been tallied, we have a mix of winners stretching from Farmington Hills to Muskegon.
Some are big-name retail spots. Others are hometown favorites that are sure to get a big boost from their Reader’s Choice win.
“Reader’s Choice has been a great way to lift up the local businesses in Michigan that mean so much to our communities,” said Jamie Dionne, vice president of sales for MLive Media Group. “It’s fun to see our readers champion their favorite spots and push for their favorites to win. The best part is giving these businesses a spotlight to shine that can help them grow.”
Reader’s Choice contests began in 2021 as the next step after a decade of fan-favorite food and beverage searches under the Michigan’s Best banner. The program expanded as an opportunity to highlight even more - and different kinds of - businesses across the state.
This year’s Reader’s Choice retail focus celebrates places big and small. Whether it’s our favorite wine store, our go-to spot for new sports gear, or our neighborhood cannabis shop, the votes were cast for places our readers love to visit.
“As part of the promotion of this program, all nominees have access to a free media kit filled with social media cards, logos, and more that they can use to encourage their audiences to vote. And it’s very clear they do!,” said Anne Drummond, director of creative advertising sales for MLive Media Group.
“New this year is exclusive access to a website where our winners and finalists can secure banners, T-shirts and other merchandise for their businesses. Those that finished last year in the top positions worked with us to develop these items after their win, and it was clear this was a natural, next step. I hope our audiences will learn of their win through these materials and join us in congratulating them on being a destination retailer for Michigan residents.”
Here are the Reader’s Choice winners and finalists. There may be more than one winner per category if votes were tied. The finalists are listed in no particular order.
Apparel & Accessories
Winner
Finalists
Athletic & Outdoor
Winner
Finalists
Books, Media & Entertainment
Winner
Finalists
Cannabis
Winners
- Fluresh Cannabis Provisioning Center, Grand Rapids
- Lume Cannabis Co. - Kalamazoo
- Northern Specialty Health, Houghton
Grocery, Wine & Spirits
Winner
Finalists
Health, Personal Care & Beauty
Winner
Finalists
Home and Office, Electronics
Winners
Finalist
Jewelry
Winner
Finalists
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Winner
Finalists | https://www.mlive.com/business/2022/07/readers-choice-awards-best-retail-shop-winners-for-2022.html | 2022-07-10T14:50:57Z | https://www.mlive.com/business/2022/07/readers-choice-awards-best-retail-shop-winners-for-2022.html | false |
Diasporia News of Sunday, 10 July 2022
Source: Joel Savage
In Brussels, the newly elected NPP Belgium branch executives had the honour of meeting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his recent visit to Belgium.
The branch executives also had the opportunity to meet the president’s delegates, including the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The elected NPP Belgium branch executives are; Nana Badu Baffoe, who serves as the organizer, Agyin King Solomon, as chairman, Nana Akosua, as a first vice, Emmanuel Bisiw, as the second vice, and ranking Member, as secretary. The remaining members are Kassim Mohammed Nassara, Samuel Boateng, the youth organizer, Nana Akua Konadu, the treasurer, and Vivian Amoateng.
The President urged the executives to put in a lot of effort to overcome the 8th cycle so that NPP could keep doing great things for the Ghanaian people.
The President told the branch executives that handing over power to the NPP President will make him pleased after 2024.
He agreed that conditions are difficult and that his country is experiencing economic difficulties, but he also said that steps have been taken to lessen Ghanaians' suffering.
The Chairman who escorted the executives to the meeting thanked the President for making time to meet with them and assured him the assurance that the branch will work diligently and in unison to achieve victory in 2024 as the President desired.
The branch's secretary used the occasion to declare that the branch has decided to commemorate its ten(10) year anniversary on May 20, 2023.
The President pledged his complete backing and involvement in the anniversary celebration. He also vowed to participate, God willing.
The secretary also went into detail about a few difficulties that the external branches are facing. When visiting different nations, some ministers and government appointees would not even acknowledge or inform the branch leaders, according to this.
The President acknowledged the issue and offered to discuss a solution with his ministers.
In order to facilitate coordination between the party's diaspora office and the government apparatus, the minister of foreign affairs also pledged to bring this specific subject before the cabinet.
The President was questioned about Adwoa Safo's problems during the conversation. In his response, the President described how the Parliament's privileges committee is addressing the problem.
The Foreign Affairs Minister responded to a question about the Ghana card by assuring the executives that the National Identification Authority (NIA) will visit the various missions to collect information from Ghanaians and issue cards to every Ghanaian abroad.
However, he cautioned the community leaders to encourage Ghanaians to participate once the process gets underway. | https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-meets-with-newly-elected-branch-executives-of-Belgium-NPP-1579280 | 2022-07-10T14:51:27Z | https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-meets-with-newly-elected-branch-executives-of-Belgium-NPP-1579280 | false |
Last week, Nate Allen's wife Nancy took him home.
Nate has been battling cancer at UAMS and after long weeks was cleared to go back to Northwest Arkansas.
Nate is currently the longest running print reporter on the Arkansas Razorbacks beat and the man has no enemies, just friends and admirers.
On Saturday, I thought of Nate when on Facebook there was a post about someone asking Lou Holtz what was the difference in football players today and 50 years ago.
He answered: "Simple, today's athletes talk about rights and privileges. And the players 50 years ago talked about obligations and responsibilities."
Like Nate's, my career started with Frank Broyles and transitioned to Holtz, who was funny if you didn't cover him every day.
Holtz had success at North Carolina State, going 33-12-3 in four seasons, but came to Arkansas after resigning as coach of the the New York Jets before the end of the 1976 season.
Holtz was a football genius with a hair trigger temper.
We had a roller coaster relationship. We once sued each other (he won, of course), but it is hard to believe it has been 40 years since he was in Fayetteville, which he said was not the end of the earth but you could see it from there.
Harder to believe he's 85.
It was initially said that Holtz was leaving the Razorbacks, where he was 60-21-2, because he was tired and burned out after a 6-5 season.
Apparently, Holtz rejuvenated quickly.
A few days after he left Arkansas, he took the head coaching job at Minnesota.
Years later, Broyles would admit he fired Holtz because he was losing the support of the fans.
Holtz admitted he was fired but said he was never given a reason.
Neither mentioned the commercial endorsements Holtz had done for North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, who led the campaign to block legislation to that would have made Martin Luther King Day a national holiday.
Holtz never showed any personal biases. He was an equal opportunity screamer if you messed up, but he was a lifetime Republican like Helms.
Of course, Holtz etched a place in permanent archives of Arkansas when he took the Razorbacks to the 1978 Orange Bowl to play Oklahoma.
Days before the game, Holtz suspended several key starters and the betting outlets made the Sooners 18-point favorites.
It was expected the game could result in the Sooners' third national championship, especially after No. 1 Texas lost to No. 5 Notre Dame earlier that day in the Cotton Bowl.
However, a few days before the team left for Miami, one of Holtz's assistants picked up on something the Sooners' offensive line was doing that tipped off the play they were running.
Holtz asked Broyles if his No. 6-ranked team could win the national championship if they beat No. 2 Oklahoma.
Which they did soundly 31-6 as Roland Sales, a backup running back, ran for 205 yards, and the Razorbacks held the Sooners to 310 yards of total offense.
Texas had beaten Arkansas and Oklahoma on successive weekends earlier in the season, and Notre Dame was voted the national champion.
Holtz was only at Minnesota two years before getting his dream job as head coach of Notre Dame, where he coached for 11 years, won a national championship and eventually got tired and burned out again and was out the door.
He landed at South Carolina for six years. He finished with a career record of 249-122.
Holtz finished his career as a very candid analyst, first for CBS and then ESPN.
No doubt Nate Allen has thousands of stories about Razorback football the past 50 years, and he may soon be telling them again. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jul/10/veteran-may-soon-return-to-tell-holtz-tales/ | 2022-07-10T14:57:50Z | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jul/10/veteran-may-soon-return-to-tell-holtz-tales/ | true |
AKRON, Ohio (AP)Jerry Kelly shot a 5-under 65 on Saturday for a share of the third-round lead with Alex Cejka in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship.
The Principal Charity Classic winner last month in Iowa, the 55-year-old Kelly had six birdies and a bogey to match Cejka at 9-under 201 on Firestone Country Club’s South Course.
”No. 1, getting the ball in the fairway, so I can have control of my irons,” Kelly said. ”Not trying to do too much with my iron shots, just giving myself good looks. And then the putter was better today.”
Cejka birdied four of the last five holes for a 67. The 51-year-old Czech-born German is chasing his third senior major title after winning the Regions Tradition and Senior PGA last year.
”It’s great to finish strong,” Cejka said. ”I played pretty good all day long, but had a terrible start, made two stupid bogeys. Had a lot of good chances, couldn’t make a putt with great shots. It’s frustrating.”
Defending champion Steve Stricker (68) and Steven Alker (69) were tied for third at 7 under. Ernie Els (69) was 6 under.
”Only two shots back and a lot of golf left,” Stricker said. ”Eighteen holes around here, you can make up ground in a hurry, so that’s kind of what I need to do tomorrow.”
Stricker, the Regions Tradition in May, grew up playing against Kelly in their hometown of Madison, Wisconsin.
”He plays well here,” Stricker said. ”This is just like the course he grew up on, just a little bit longer is all. I expect him to play well here. And yeah, he’ll have a challenge tomorrow. There’s a lot of guys behind him.”
Alker is a three-time winner this season and the Charles Schwab Cup points leader. The 51-year-old New Zealander won the Senior PGA Championship in late May in Michigan for his first senior major victory. | https://www.kark.com/sports/golf/kelly-cejka-share-lead-at-firestone-in-senior-players-2/ | 2022-07-10T15:05:19Z | https://www.kark.com/sports/golf/kelly-cejka-share-lead-at-firestone-in-senior-players-2/ | true |
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — European Union and U.S. leaders are urging North Macedonia’s parliament to accept a French proposal that will move the tiny Balkan country closer toward EU membership and overcome objections by Bulgaria.
“At this critical moment in European history, marked by the unjustifiable aggression carried out by Russia against Ukraine, advancing Albania and North Macedonia’s EU path is key to strengthening the cohesion and resilience of the entire European continent,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a joint statement Saturday.
“We welcome a compromise proposal which takes into account the interests and concerns of both North Macedonia and Bulgaria based on mutual respect, trust, and understanding. The sovereign decision of the Parliament of North Macedonia will be important to move forward,” they said.
“The European Union and the United States are committed to closer cooperation in the Western Balkans. Ensuring stability and prosperity and making their European and Euro-Atlantic future a reality remains our common goal,” they added.
North Macedonia has been a candidate for EU membership for 17 years. The country received the green light to begin accession talks in 2020, but no date for the start of the negotiations has been set.
Bulgaria has used its power as an EU member to block North Macedonia’s membership.
Political tensions in North Macedonia have been on the rise with violent nightly protests since French President Emmanuel Macron announced at the NATO summit in Madrid that he believed “a compromise solution” had been achieved.
Macron’s proposal envisages concessions from both sides. The government in Skopje would commit to changing its constitution to recognize a Bulgarian minority, protect minority rights and banish hate speech, as Bulgaria, an EU member since 2007, has demanded.
The French leader stressed the proposal doesn’t question the official existence of a Macedonian language, but he noted that, like all deals, it “rests on compromises and on a balance.”
In North Macedonia, both President Stevo Pendarovski and the government of Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski backed the proposal as a reasonable compromise. Accepting it “will be neither a historic triumph, as one camp would call it, nor a historic failure or debacle, as those in the other camp say,” Pendarovski said.
The government has stressed the proposal does not endanger national interests or identity. But the center-right main opposition party, the VMRO-DPMNE, as well as others, disagree, saying the deal favors Bulgarian demands that question North Macedonia’s history, language, identity, culture and heritage.
In Bulgaria, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s centrist government was toppled in a no-confidence vote on June 22. A junior governing partner quit the fragile four-party coalition, describing Petkov’s willingness to lift the veto of North Macedonia as a “national betrayal.”
Bulgaria has accepted the French proposal, which now requires the backing of North Macedonia’s parliament. A plenary session has not been scheduled yet. | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/eu-us-urge-north-macedonia-to-move-forward-on-eu-bid/ | 2022-07-10T15:12:46Z | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/eu-us-urge-north-macedonia-to-move-forward-on-eu-bid/ | false |
The union - one of Germany's biggest - said that although Amazon had repeatedly increased wages over recent years, the impact of this on staff had been moderated by extended working hours and low to non-existent compensation for public holiday shifts.
"Our active colleagues, who have been fighting for years for a collective pay agreement with Amazon, deserve our respect for the courage they keep showing in this confrontation with the employer," said Verdi official Stefanie Nutzenberger.
The strike action is timed to coincide with Amazon's discount "Prime Day", when heavy sales volumes are expected. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Verdi said it had called the strike at distribution centres in Augsburg, Leipzig, Koblenz, Rheinberg, Werne and two centres in Bad Hersfeld.
Its members employed by Amazon have been on strike many times before over pay and conditions.
(Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Hugh Lawson) | https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/AMAZON-COM-INC-12864605/news/German-union-Verdi-calls-for-Prime-Day-strike-by-Amazon-workers-40949976/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20220710 | 2022-07-10T15:16:01Z | https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/AMAZON-COM-INC-12864605/news/German-union-Verdi-calls-for-Prime-Day-strike-by-Amazon-workers-40949976/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20220710 | false |
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A business district that had been blocked since a July 4 parade mass shooting that left seven people dead reopened Sunday morning in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
The 2-block by 3-block area consists largely of small shops and restaurants. It had been blocked off with crime scene tape, barricades and uniformed officers since Monday as the FBI and other law enforcement agencies processed evidence.
The street was generally quiet shortly after police removed the barricades, except for news media vehicles, a few other vehicles and people walking.
“We came out at 5:30 this morning. It was open,” said Dale Miller, 70, who said was walking his dog, Milo, near where the shooting occurred. “This is our first walk of the day.”
He said he did not attend the parade this year but lives about 100 yards (91 meters) away and heard the gunshots, though he didn’t realize what they were until his brother called him from Florida in a panic.
“We just have fireworks going off here, that’s all,” Miller said he told his brother. “So the fireworks weren’t fireworks.”
He got many other calls after word spread about the shooting, including one from his daughter, a teacher in Florida.
“She called me up in tears and said I’ve lost my safe haven,” Miller said. “Highland Park was always the one place I could go where I was safe and that’s taken away.”
The reopening comes two days after funerals started for the seven people who were killed in the shooting. Authorities said the attacker fired more than 80 rounds into the parade crowd with semi-automatic rifle.
Robert E. Crimo III, 21, has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors expect to bring more charges representing the more than 30 people were wounded in the attack.
Investigators say Crimo, of neighboring Highwood, legally purchased five weapons and planned the attack for weeks before he climbed onto the roof of a business along the parade route and opened fire.
Authorities say Crimo fled the parade by blending in with the fleeing crowd, then drove to the Madison, Wisconsin, area, where he contemplated a second attack. He returned to the Highland Park area and his car was spotted by police.
Questions remain about whether Crimo should have been able to legally purchase firearms in Illinois. Illinois State Police officials have defended the approval of his gun license in December 2019, months after police received reports that he had made suicidal and violent threats.
Miller expressed hope Highland Park will recover.
“It’s a very close-knit city and it’s a city that is really hurting right now, but is not even remotely destroyed,” he said. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/business-area-opens-for-1st-time-since-july-4-parade-attack/ | 2022-07-10T15:25:44Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/business-area-opens-for-1st-time-since-july-4-parade-attack/ | true |
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — With Serena Williams nearing the end of her career and Ash Barty newly in retirement, Elena Rybakina served her way right into the Wimbledon void.
With some consistency at the biggest tournaments, tennis might just have a new rival for Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka on the women’s tour.
The 23-year-old Rybakina won her first major title at Wimbledon on Saturday — in only her second appearance at the All England Club. She beat Ons Jabeur, another player with the capability of spending a long time at the top of the game, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Centre Court.
“I think just now (the) generation is changing a bit and (there are) so many young players,” Rybakina told a roundtable of five journalists. “But I’m pretty sure that in (a) few years, just one player, two, three are going to dominate.
“For now it was Iga with the great strikes. I think she was playing unbelievable. I think also now she’s going to keep doing well. So I don’t know, maybe it’s going to change. Maybe it’s going to be someone new every week.”
Swiatek was upset in the third round at this year’s tournament, ending a 37-match winning streak — only a few weeks after earning her second French Open title.
Williams went out even earlier. The 23-time Grand Slam champion, who is 40 and owns seven titles at the All England Club, lost in the first round. It was her first singles match since stopping in the first round last year because of injury.
The reigning champion until Saturday was Barty. But she retired soon after winning this year’s Australian Open. She was only 25 years old at the time.
All that makes Rybakina one of the early favorites for the U.S. Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the season.
“I didn’t really think yet about the U.S. Open and the next tournaments,” Rybakina said. “But I don’t know, so many good players and different players just won Grand Slams in the past so I really don’t know how I’m going to feel there.
“But for sure I think I’m coming there more confident.”
She should have an abundance of that. At Wimbledon, Rybakina led the tournament with 53 aces, almost twice as many as Caroline Garcia in second place with 30.
And she used that serve to get out of trouble late in the match against Jabeur after dropping only her second set of the fortnight at the start of the day.
At 3-2 in the deciding set, Jabeur held three break points at love-40 and was close to getting back on serve.
“I knew I have this big weapon, serve, but it didn’t work out for the whole first set. And Ons, she was using the serve very well,” Rybakina said in her post-match news conference. “I was just thinking that I need these big serves right now because if not, it’s going to be very tough to replay again.”
She got them, and she held. Jabeur didn’t win another game.
“I think she’s one of the best from the young generation,” Jabeur said. “I don’t know how old she is, but she’s really young, I think. She really plays good.”
Besides her play on the grass, Rybakina has also had to answer questions about her nationality. She was born in Russia but switched to play for Kazakhstan in 2018.
Switching allegiances isn’t normally controversial, but the topic has come up several times this year after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from Wimbledon because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Rybakina called her decision to play for another country “perfect timing.”
“I would say I’m lucky in this because Kazakhstan federation, they were looking at the same time for (a) player to help,” Rybakina said, “and they believed in me, so I think I was just lucky in that moment and we just found each other like this.”
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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — European Union and U.S. leaders are urging North Macedonia’s parliament to accept a French proposal that will move the tiny Balkan country closer toward EU membership and overcome objections by Bulgaria.
“At this critical moment in European history, marked by the unjustifiable aggression carried out by Russia against Ukraine, advancing Albania and North Macedonia’s EU path is key to strengthening the cohesion and resilience of the entire European continent,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a joint statement Saturday.
“We welcome a compromise proposal which takes into account the interests and concerns of both North Macedonia and Bulgaria based on mutual respect, trust, and understanding. The sovereign decision of the Parliament of North Macedonia will be important to move forward,” they said.
“The European Union and the United States are committed to closer cooperation in the Western Balkans. Ensuring stability and prosperity and making their European and Euro-Atlantic future a reality remains our common goal,” they added.
North Macedonia has been a candidate for EU membership for 17 years. The country received the green light to begin accession talks in 2020, but no date for the start of the negotiations has been set.
Bulgaria has used its power as an EU member to block North Macedonia’s membership.
Political tensions in North Macedonia have been on the rise with violent nightly protests since French President Emmanuel Macron announced at the NATO summit in Madrid that he believed “a compromise solution” had been achieved.
Macron’s proposal envisages concessions from both sides. The government in Skopje would commit to changing its constitution to recognize a Bulgarian minority, protect minority rights and banish hate speech, as Bulgaria, an EU member since 2007, has demanded.
The French leader stressed the proposal doesn’t question the official existence of a Macedonian language, but he noted that, like all deals, it “rests on compromises and on a balance.”
In North Macedonia, both President Stevo Pendarovski and the government of Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski backed the proposal as a reasonable compromise. Accepting it “will be neither a historic triumph, as one camp would call it, nor a historic failure or debacle, as those in the other camp say,” Pendarovski said.
The government has stressed the proposal does not endanger national interests or identity. But the center-right main opposition party, the VMRO-DPMNE, as well as others, disagree, saying the deal favors Bulgarian demands that question North Macedonia’s history, language, identity, culture and heritage.
In Bulgaria, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s centrist government was toppled in a no-confidence vote on June 22. A junior governing partner quit the fragile four-party coalition, describing Petkov’s willingness to lift the veto of North Macedonia as a “national betrayal.”
Bulgaria has accepted the French proposal, which now requires the backing of North Macedonia’s parliament. A plenary session has not been scheduled yet. | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/eu-us-urge-north-macedonia-to-move-forward-on-eu-bid/ | 2022-07-10T15:29:29Z | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/eu-us-urge-north-macedonia-to-move-forward-on-eu-bid/ | true |
15 people killed in bar shooting in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg's Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition, according to police.
Police say they are investigating reports that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and opened fire on some of the patrons at the bar shortly after midnight Sunday.
Those injured have been taken to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.
The number of cartridges found on the scene indicates that a group of people opened fire in the bar, said Gauteng province police commissioner Lt. Gen. Elias Mawela.
"The primary investigation suggests that these people were enjoying themselves here, in a licensed tavern operating within the right hours," Mawela told The Associated Press.
"All of a sudden they heard some gunshots, that is when people tried to run out of the tavern. We don’t have the full details at the moment of what is the motive, and why they were targeting these people," he said.
"You can see that a high caliber firearm was used and it was shooting randomly. You can see that every one of those people were struggling to get out of the tavern," Mawela told The Associated Press.
The area where the shooting took place was very dark, making it harder to find people who could identify the suspects, he said.
Rifles and a 9 mm pistol were used in the attack, said national police spokeswoman Col. Dimakatso Sello.
In a separate incident, four people were shot dead by unknown gunmen at a tavern in Sweetwaters township in the coastal city of Pietermaritzburg on Saturday night.
According to the police, two men entered the tavern and randomly opened fire on the patrons, killing two people on the scene while two others were confirmed dead at the hospital. Police said 8 other people are receiving treatment in a hospital. The deceased were aged between 30 and 45 and police are investigating charges of murder and attempted murder, police said.
"The team will be working around the clock to track down and bring to book those responsible for this shooting", said Kwazulu-Natal police commissioner Gen. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the two bar shootings.
"As a nation, we cannot allow violent criminals to terrorize us in this way, regardless of where such incidents may occur," Ramaphosa said in a statement.
"As government, citizens and structures of civil society we must all work together even more closely to improve social and economic conditions in communities, reduce violent crime and stamp out the illicit circulation of firearms," he said.
The bar shootings come two weeks after 21 teenagers were found dead in a tavern in the city of East London. The cause of those deaths has not yet been announced by authorities, but the teens were not shot nor crushed in a stampede, according to officials. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/south-africa-bar-shooting-soweto | 2022-07-10T15:38:16Z | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/south-africa-bar-shooting-soweto | true |
ATLANTA — A man is recovering in the hospital after getting shot while trying to fight off a would-be purse snatcher in a parking deck off Peachtree Street in the heart of Midtown, Atlanta police say.
According to the lieutenant on scene, it happened when a married couple was leaving Soigne’ Garden, a restaurant in Midtown, early Sunday morning.
The couple, along with the woman's brother were approached by a man who tried to steal the woman's purse.
The two men attempted to fight him off and that's when the unknown suspect was shot. He was transported to the hospital in stable condition, police said.
Police have not released any further details about a possible suspect.
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‘Neithal’ folk art festival ends on a grand note
The four-day folk-art carnival - ‘Neithal’ ended on a grand note with a huge turnout of people witnessing various events here on Sunday.
The maiden attempt to organise the festival here was a success as the artistes and a majority of the public were excited to see for themselves the colorful presentation and appreciation for the performances. Showcasing the multiple events in a single basket under one roof was a memorable one, was the response from many visitors at the VOC Grounds here.
It was not just a recreation but a combination of the culture and tradition the people should understand. The rich heritage of the art forms was nothing but a reflection of the Tamil language in multiple forms dating back to several eras.
Thoothukudi MP and senior DMK party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, who has been instrumental behind the ‘Neithal’ being staged here, was all praise for the organisers. She thanked ministers Geetha Jeevan and Anitha Radhakrishnan, Mayor N.P. Jagan, Collector K Senthil Raj, SP L Balaji Saravanan and officials from various departments.
Honouring the artistes and the sponsors for the events including the SPIC, she said that suggestions received from many people would be taken up appropriately and in the coming years, it would have the improvements.
The carnival also gave an opportunity to the self-help-groups to showcase their products, the book expo and the food court attracted the crowd. The karagam, paraiyattam and among others was the cynosure of all eyes.
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Re-wilding red pandas: Darjeeling zoo attempts country’s first augmentation of endangered mammal in the wild
Darjeeling July 09, 2022 22:19 ISTSingalila National Park launches programme that aims to release about 20 red pandas in a period of five years
The Singalila National Park, the highest protected area in West Bengal, will soon get new denizens. A zoo in the picturesque Darjeeling Hills has started an ambitious programme to augment the wild red panda population.
In the first re-wilding programme of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in India, the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park has started an ambitious programme to release 20 of these furry mammals in about five years to the forests.
The number of red pandas has been declining in the wild, even in the Singalila and Neora Valley National Parks, the two protected areas where the endangered mammal is found in the wild in West Bengal. Recent studies estimate that there are 38 of them in Singalila and 32 in Neora.
Basavaraj Holeyachi, Director of zoological park who is at the centre of the Red Panda Augmentation Programme, says conservation breeding of red pandas is only one part of the programme. Selection of animals to be released in the wild, breaking their food association with humans and tagging the animals released in the wild are crucial factors in re-wilding of the red panda population, he adds.
The Padmaja Naidu park, at a height of about 2,000 metres above the sea level, is one of the high-altitude zoos in the country and has been quite successful in captive breeding of the furry mammals. With the birth of a couple of cubs a few weeks ago, the number of red pandas at the Darjeeling zoo has increased to 27. Dr. Holeyachi told The Hindu it was the coordination zoo for conservation breeding of red pandas in the country with decades of experience. He said most other high-altitude zoos were participatory zoos that have animals given by it.
In 2021, two pairs of red pandas were released in the Singalila park. While two died, signals were received from two animals who managed to survive in the wild. The zoo director said this year, three females are likely to be released in October. Dr. Holeyachi said the whole process of selection and identification of animals to be released in the wild is time-consuming and meticulous.
“We have a conservation breeding centre at Topkey Dara in Darjeeling where cubs are kept away from human presence. We also try to break food association with humans. At Topkey Dara we make soft releases of the animals before they are actually released in the wild,” he added. The zoo director said it is important that the animals fear humans so that they can adapt in the wild. Even in the selection of animals, experts look for diversity in genetic profile, and pedigree of the animals.
“Since there are no benchmarks as far as re-wilding of red pandas born in captivity is concerned, everything is a learning experience. We have to start from scratch. The collars which are fitted on the animals when they are released in the wild are iridium collars that can give signals for 70 weeks,” Dr. Holyecahi said. Experts also point out that for surviving in the wild, the dietary pattern of animals which primarily survive on bamboo leaves, needs to change. Zookeepers are helping the panda cubs include eggs in their diet which could be available in an unprotected landscape.
Categorised as an endangered species as per IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, red pandas are shy, solitary and arboreal animals and considered an indicator species for ecological change. They are also one of the most iconic species in terms of their importance to global conservation.
A couple of recent publications by scientists of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have resolved the mystery around the demography and speciation in red panda. The studies have concluded that India is home to both the (sub) species — Himalayan red panda (Ailurus fulgens) and the Chinese red panda (Ailurus styani) and the Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh splits the two phylogenetic species. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/20-red-pandas-darjeeling-zoo-attempt-first-augmentation-endangered-mammal-wild/article65620241.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-10T15:52:19Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/20-red-pandas-darjeeling-zoo-attempt-first-augmentation-endangered-mammal-wild/article65620241.ece/amp/ | false |
Which Anker headphones are best?
Most people may know Anker for the affordable phone chargers and peripheral computer devices, but they also make a wide variety of headphones. Just like with their other offerings, their headphones perform well while costing considerably less than those from better-known name brands.
A case in point would be the Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro. These truly wireless earbuds cost less than those from Apple, Samsung, Sony and Bose, yet offer a comparable build quality and battery life. Most people won’t notice a difference in sound quality after using the company’s HearID hearing analysis and audio tuning app.
What to know before you buy Anker headphones
Earbuds vs. headphones
The majority of Anker’s headphones are earbuds, though they do make a couple of over-ear models. Earbuds are generally considered a better choice for working out and wearing around town. They are discreet, stay in place well and feel lightweight when worn.
Over-ear headphones are best for travel or use while studying and working. Though some people choose to wear over-ear headphones when working out or walking around town, most people find them a bit bulky for these applications. They also tend to build up more heat around the ears, which can cause sweating in some situations. The drawbacks aside, when it comes to sound quality, over-ear headphones are the clear winner.
Wired vs. wireless
For a long time, the debate between wired and wireless headphones centered around sound quality. However, Bluetooth technology is so good these days that only the most serious audiophiles will notice even the slightest difference between the two. Instead, you should consider two other factors.
First, wired headphones don’t need charging as they get all of the power they need via the physical connection to the audio source device.
Second, and this is only the case for earbuds, truly wireless models are easy to lose. Because of their small size and sometimes tendency to fall out, it isn’t uncommon for people to misplace them.
Features to look for in quality Anker headphones
Active noise cancellation
Active noise cancellation is ideal for anyone that likes to block out the outside world when listening to their music. The downside of active noise cancellation is that it drains the battery life more quickly. However, on most models, you can turn this feature off if your priority is to conserve battery life as much as possible.
Microphone
If you want to use your headphones for hands-free calling, they need to have a microphone. Anker isn’t known for having the best microphone call quality, but it should be adequate for casual users. Those who use their headphones for hands-free business calls may want to consider a pair from another brand.
Water resistance
The water resistance on Anker headphones can range from almost none up to an IPX7 rating. If choosing a pair for working out, the minimum water-resistance rating you should consider is IPX4, which means that particular pair of headphones is resistant to splashes of water from any direction.
Wingtips or ear hooks
Along with the minimum recommended IP rating, anyone who plans on using their earbuds for exercise should look to a pair with either wingtips or ear hooks. Models with the former are smaller and more discreet, while those with the latter tend to stay in place the best.
Battery life
For anyone who plans on using their headphones regularly while on the go, the battery life should be a top priority. As a general rule of thumb, over-ear headphones will have the longest battery life, with their genuinely wireless earbuds having the shortest. Standard wireless earbuds tend to come in somewhere between these two extremes. That said, most of Anker’s truly wireless earbuds come with a charging case, so you won’t have to find an outlet every time you need to charge them.
Quick charge
Some of Anker’s headphones have a quick charge feature that provides as much as 2 hours of battery life after just 5 minutes of charging. This is a very convenient feature for anyone who often forgets to recharge their devices at night.
How much can you expect to spend on Anker headphones
Anker is known for making affordable headphones, with some of their models costing as little as $25. Their premium options top out at around $150.
Anker headphones FAQ
What is the warranty on Anker headphones?
A. The warranty on Anker headphones varies by the model line. Those in the Zolo line have a 12-month warranty, while those in the Soundcore line have an 18-month warranty.
Do Anker headphones have good sound quality?
A. Anker headphones have surprisingly good sound quality for the cost. That said, they can’t compete with the premium models from brands like Bose or Sony, but they don’t cost nearly as much either.
What are the best Anker headphones to buy?
Top Anker headphones
Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro True Wireless Earbuds
What you need to know: These wireless earbuds can hold their own against many brand name models but cost a fraction of the price.
What you’ll love: You can easily customize the sound profile to your preference using the associated app and, when you combine the power in the charging case and the built-in batteries in the buds, you get up to 32 hours of listening time.
What you should consider: They don’t always stay securely in place during vigorous activities, so they may not be ideal for working out or jogging.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Anker headphones for the money
What you need to know: You’ll be hard-pressed to find another pair of headphones that offer this kind of sound quality and this level of durability for a similar price as the Soundcore Spirit 2.
What you’ll love: They feature an IP67 waterproof rating, so they won’t be damaged by a bit of sweat or even if you accidentally get caught in a downpour while out jogging. Plus, a quick 5-minute charge gives you an extra 120 minutes of listening time if you run out of juice.
What you should consider: Their design either fits you or it doesn’t, and if it doesn’t, they tend to fall out while running or performing other activities.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: With effective active noise cancellation and plush earcups, the Life Q30 should be a go-to choice for travelers and those who enjoy listening to music while commuting to work on public transport.
What you’ll love: They have a wide frequency range that extends up to 40 KHz for audiophile-grade sound quality and impressive 60-hour battery life when used without active noise cancellation turned on.
What you should consider: The microphone quality is poor, making it difficult for people to understand you on the other end of the line.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 10, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1046 AM CDT Sun Jul 10 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory, with a high temperature of 105
expected. For the Excessive Heat Watch, dangerously hot conditions
with a high temperature of 110 possible.
* WHERE...Palo Duro Canyon County.
* WHEN...For the Heat Advisory, until 8 PM CDT this evening. For the
Excessive Heat Watch, from Monday afternoon through Monday evening.
* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car
interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today:
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OH THOSE O’S!
Ryan Mountcastle, Trey Mancini and the surprising Baltimore Orioles try for their eighth straight win, which would match their best streak in 17 years.
The last time the O’s won eight in a row was 2005 with a team that included Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa.
Dean Kremer combined with four relievers to pitch the O’s past the Angels 1-0 Saturday at Camden Yards for their seventh straight victory. That equaled Baltimore’s longest string of success since 2017.
Coming off a 52-110 record, the Orioles are 42-44 and only a few games out of a wild-card spot. They’re 28-20 since a 14-24 start.
Los Angeles dropped to 1-7 on a nine-game trip and at 38-48 is a season-worst 10 games under .500. The Angels are 14-35 since a 24-13 start.
Orioles right-hander Austin Voth (0-1, 7.20), claimed on waivers from Washington last month, starts against lefty José Suarez (1-2, 4.30 ERA).
MIAMI ACE
A few hours before he’s likely to be picked for the NL All-Star team, Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara (9-3, 1.82 ERA) pitches against the Mets at Citi Field.
The 26-year-old Alcantara is a top contender to start for the National League on July 19 at Dodger Stadium. He struck out 10 in eight shutout innings of two-hit ball Tuesday against the Angels.
THE FOUR-A’S CLUB
The Oakland Athletics have gotten exactly four hits in four straight games, and have managed to win two of them.
The A’s beat AL West-leading Houston 3-2 on Saturday at the Coliseum. When the game ended, the top hitter in the Oakland lineup was Ramón Laureano — with a season average of .242.
Oakland’s batting average dropped to .209, on track to break the major league low of .211 set by the dead-ball era 1910 Chicago White Sox.
The Athletics next face right-hander Jake Odorizzi (3-2, 4.04), who will pitch for the second time since coming off the injured list. He allowed five runs and nine hits in four innings against the Royals on Monday.
A’s lefty Cole Irvin (3-6, 3.55) has one win in nine starts since coming off the injured list on May 22.
DEVERS OUT
All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers will sit out Sunday night when Boston finishes its four-game series against the Yankees at Fenway Park.
Devers exited Friday night’s loss because of a sore back that forced him to make an early exit. Boston manager Alex Cora says the team will see how Devers is feeling on Monday.
The 25-year-old Devers was selected Friday as the American League’s starting third baseman for the second straight year. Hours later, he hurt his back crashing into a side rail going for a foul ball.
Devers is hitting .327 with 19 home runs and 51 RBIs.
Jameson Taillon (9-2, 3.63 ERA) starts for the AL East-leading Yankees against Nick Pivetta (8-6, 3.68).
FRANCO AILING
Rays shortstop Wander Franco will see a doctor on Monday, two days after leaving a game because of discomfort in his right hand and wrist.
The 21-year-old Franco has played just 58 games this season, slow by a quadriceps and other leg trouble.
Franco is hitting .260 with five home runs and 23 RBIs.
CARD-NILS
Nolan Arenado and the Cardinals have gone 46 innings without scoring an earned run on a hit. The last one St. Louis got came on Nolan Gorman’s RBI single in the first inning on Tuesday at Atlanta.
The Cardinals have lost seven of nine. They got just two hits in a 1-0 loss at home to Philadelphia on Saturday.
Rookie right-hander Andre Pallante (2-4, 3.03 ERA) start for the Cardinals. Veteran reliever Nick Nelson (3-1, 4.17) start as an opener for the Phillies.
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A looming recession, runaway inflation, an energy crisis in Europe and a euro that’s sunk to near parity with the dollar: corporate earnings worldwide face a laundry list of challenges this season that could create another reason to dump stocks.
After a tumultuous first half for global equities, with $18 trillion in value wiped out, investors are anxious to see if profits are holding up or if companies will cut guidance amid the intensifying threats to demand. Businesses may use the dour economic picture to be even more conservative than otherwise about the future.
In an unusual divergence of opinions, Wall Street analysts appear to believe companies are largely in a strong position to pass on higher costs to consumers, but strategists - more cautious after getting their forecasts for 2022 wrong so far - aren’t convinced. They have plenty reason for doubts, with the macroeconomic backdrop deteriorating amid surging prices, higher interest rates and lower consumer confidence.
“It’s bizarre that when everyone is talking of a potential recession, analysts’ earnings forecasts have been going up in the last few months instead of down,” said Anneka Treon, managing director at Van Lanschot Kempen. “It just doesn’t add up and that’s why this earnings season is so important in terms of profit margins and management commentary on the latest demand trends they are seeing.”
Energy is expected to be the standout sector as oil producers as well as miners have benefited from surging prices amid the war in Ukraine. Still, guidance from giants such as Exxon Mobil Corp and Shell Plc will be critical after oil prices dropped back to around $100 a barrel. And for every other sector, higher commodity prices mean a bigger energy bill, dulling the picture for earnings overall.
And while net margin estimates are still hovering near all-time highs, there are cracks appearing. A Citigroup Inc. index shows global earnings downgrades are now outnumbering upgrades at an increasing pace.
With sentiment among stock traders already gloomy, here are five things investors are watching in the second quarter-earnings season that may determine whether there’s a rebound or a drop to new lows.
Inflation damage
When it comes to pricing power, luxury goods firms are in a good position thanks to solid demand, according to Morgan Stanley, which says that Gucci-owner Kering SA hiked some prices last month by 7 per cent versus February. But that could come under pressure if management commentary suggests a slump in sentiment is translating into lower demand, strategists said.
That’s a worry across the consumer sector. The drumbeat of recession warnings may eventually force a change in household behavior, limiting pricing power and the capacity to protect margins. Some investors bet that megacap technology companies with their massive scale are better positioned to maintain growth and absorb pressures.
As consumers cut costs by opting for cheaper staples, which have lower margins to begin with, companies that sell to the mass market are likely to struggle the most, said Marija Veitmane, senior strategist at State Street Global Markets.
Even banks, which generally benefit from rising real yields, will find it hard, Veitmane said, as “the flatness of the yield curve could negate the benefits of rising interest rates and keep net interest margins low”. Not everyone is bearish on the sector, however, with top fund managers at Amundi SA and BlackRock Inc. saying last month that European banks in particular were attractive.
The ‘R’ word
With the slump in stocks coinciding with a recent decline in Treasury yields and weaker oil prices, investors have already positioned for a “recession trade”.
They may be keen to hear what companies have to say about the rest of the year, but they’re already hoarding cash and hiding in bonds. Nearly $63 billion flowed into cash in the week through July 6 alone, while global equity funds had redemptions of $4.6 billion.
Ken Langone, the head of Home Depot Inc., said on Wednesday that the US is already in a recession, adding his voice to the litany of such views already out there.
“Some companies might use the general gloom as cover for any bad news that’s been lurking in the shadows,” said Danni Hewson, financial analyst at AJ Bell.
Thomas Hayes, chairman at Great Hill Capital LLC, says that a “kitchen sink quarter is certainly possible”, though he noted that more companies would have cut guidance going into the season if that were going to be the case.
China crunch
In China, the guidance from dozens of preliminary earnings reports - mainly materials and energy firms - has been positive, but scrutiny over the areas worst hit by virus-related curbs will be key this season. Earnings estimates for mainland-listed companies were cut during the first five months of the year, which reduces the implied profit growth for 2022 to 22 per cent from 31 per cent, according to Haitong Securities analysts including Xun Yugen.
Construction materials and steel are expected to be among the laggards due to sluggish property sales and delays in construction, according to Northeast Securities analysts, while consumer firms could also see a big impact from Covid restrictions.
Those measures are also affecting US firms including Starbucks Corp. and Canada Goose Holdings Inc. In late June, Nike Inc. gave a downbeat full-year forecast, citing the China closures. Measures that affect factories in China also have ripple effects elsewhere, hitting supply chains and the availability of components and raw materials.
Europe’s energy problem
Earnings at S&P 500 energy companies are expected to have more than tripled in the second quarter, according to data from Bloomberg Intelligence. That compares with an average of 4 per cent for all S&P firms.
Although oil prices have recently weakened again, strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS Global Wealth Management remain bullish on the sector.
But as Europe spirals into an energy crisis amid declining supplies of natural gas from Russia, businesses, particularly in Germany, are worried about power shortages as winter approaches. Pictet Asset Management this month downgraded euro-area stocks due to the energy squeeze.
The outlook for the region’s utilities is also grim, and governments are taking drastic measures. France is nationalising nuclear giant Electricite de France SA, and Germany is in talks with gas firm Uniper SE about a rescue package.
Disappearing euro
The slump in the euro could also upend earnings for both European import-heavy companies and US firms who rely on the bloc for parts. Europe’s companies that could be hurt include utilities and travel and leisure, but export-oriented sectors such as automakers, industrials and chemicals would benefit, according to Joachim Klement, head of strategy, accounting and sustainability at Liberum Capital.
For Germany’s export-heavy economy, though, the tailwind may not be as pronounced because of its exposure to China’s supply chain as well as its cyclical nature. “I fear that the benefits of a weaker euro are going to be overshadowed by the deterioration in the macroeconomic outlook,” said James Athey, investment director at Abrdn. The other side of the trade is the US dollar. It’s gained against all major peers this year, and the Bloomberg dollar index is up 9 per cent. Worries about currency moves have weighed on Big Tech companies in the US, including Microsoft Corp., which warned last month that a strong greenback would hurt its profitability in the second quarter. | https://gulfnews.com/business/markets/is-a-recession-coming-5-factors-to-watch-out-for-1.89168920 | 2022-07-10T16:00:39Z | https://gulfnews.com/business/markets/is-a-recession-coming-5-factors-to-watch-out-for-1.89168920 | true |
Keep your feet from getting sweaty in hot weather with these breathable running shoes
Summer usually means plenty of sunshine and clear skies, making it ideal running weather. But unfortunately, the summer heat can also make your runs more challenging — and even if you take precautions like running at the right times, wearing sunscreen and drinking plenty of water, you can still wind up with sweaty, uncomfortable feet.
That’s because your regular running shoes may not be as breathable as you need in summer weather. Because air can’t pass in and out of them easily, your feet sweat, causing odor, blisters and other irritation. If you opt for a well-ventilated pair of shoes, though, you can prevent these issues.
If you want to keep running in the heat, these well-ventilated running shoes can help you run safely and comfortably all summer.
What to look for in running shoes for summer
Ventilation
When the weather’s warm, it’s essential that your running shoes offer some type of ventilation that lets air pass in and out. Some shoes feature mesh panels or entire mesh uppers that provide excellent ventilation. Other pairs are equipped with air vents that allow the air to move through the shoe in a specific area. You can also find some running shoes with cooling inserts to help improve ventilation. Finally, some styles just use breathable materials like wool to encourage better airflow.
Moisture-wicking
In addition to adequate ventilation, you want your summer running shoes to move moisture away from your feet. That prevents sweat from building up and possibly causing blisters. Some running shoes have uppers that contain moisture-wicking materials like wool or synthetic materials. It also helps to choose running shoes with a moisture-wicking interior to keep your feet dry.
Odor control
Sweaty feet don’t smell great — that’s just a fact. That’s because sweat provides the perfect breeding ground for odor-causing bacteria. In summer, running shoes with an antimicrobial lining can fight this bacteria and control odor even if your feet get a bit sweaty.
Best well-ventilated running shoes for summer
Under $100
Under Armour Men’s HOVR Sonic 3 Running Shoe
With a flexible design, these running shoes are comfortable enough for even the most grueling summer runs. The uppers are made of well-ventilated compression mesh and micro thread that dries quickly. The foam midsole helps maintain your energy, too. Sold by Amazon
adidas Women’s Cloudfoam Pure Running Shoe
These comfortable running shoes have a stretchy mesh upper for a highly breathable design. The cloudfoam memory sock liner is moldable, which conforms to the foot to provide excellent cushioning. The shoes are extremely lightweight, too, so they won’t slow you down. Sold by Amazon
New Balance Men’s 520 V5 Running Shoe
These lightweight running shoes have a breathable mesh upper that keeps your feet cool and comfortable in hot weather. They have injected-molded EVA foam that provides light support, but they also include a comfort insert for extra cushioning. The sturdy rubber outsole can last through many runs, too. Sold by Amazon
Mizuno Men’s Wave Rider 23 Waveknit Running Shoe
With a knit upper, these running shoes are well-ventilated and lightweight, making them perfect for summer runs. The knit material stretches with your foot, so you get the most comfortable fit. The foam cushioning also provides effective shock absorption. Sold by Amazon
$100-$150
ASICS Men’s Gel-Nimbus 23 Running Shoe
With an engineered mesh upper, these running shoes offer the breathability you want in the summer heat. They also have gel cushioning for shock absorption and foam to give the shoes superior bounce. The mesh material is made of 20% recycled materials, too. Sold by Amazon
Available in a wide array of colors, these cushioned running shoes offer outstanding shock absorption with every stride. They provide neutral support and are ideal for road running, cross-training or gym workouts. They’re also lightweight and comfortable enough for long-distance runs. Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Nike Men’s Revolution 5 Running Shoe
Made of a lightweight knit textile, these running shoes offer breathability and comfort in summer weather. The reinforced heel and overlays improve durability, and the rubber outsoles provide effective traction. They also have lightweight cushioning for added support. Sold by Amazon
New Balance Men’s Fresh Foam 1080 V10 Running Shoe
These breathable, lightweight running shoes are perfect for summer runs. They have a special Ortholite sock liner to keep your feet feeling and smelling fresh, while the engineered knit upper allows for plenty of airflow. Its 3D heel also helps improve fit and comfort. Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
ASICS Men’s Glideride 2 Running Shoes
With synthetic mesh uppers, these shoes offer top-notch ventilation for hot weather. The curved sole design and stiff toe box provide excellent shock absorption and prevent muscle fatigue in your legs. The cushioning is lightweight, too, so you’ll never feel slowed down. Sold by Amazon
HOKA Women’s Clifton 8 Running Shoes
These streamlined running shoes are lightweight and comfortable for summer running. They have a plush collar that helps take pressure off the Achilles and an extended heel to provide a more comfortable landing. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Brooks Men’s Glycerin 19 Running Shoes
Made of mesh, these running shoes allow for effective airflow to keep your feet cool even in the heat. They use 3D print technology to ensure the best fit, and the internal stretch booties have a soft, plush feel. The cushioning helps with shock absorption and fatigue, too. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
ASICS Women’s Noosa Tri 13 Running Shoes
These performance running shoes have uppers made of engineered mesh to increase airflow in warm weather. They have a sock liner and foam cushioning to make them more comfortable. The unique soles are also highly durable and help you conserve energy while running. Sold by Amazon and Macy’s
$150 and up
Adidas Women’s Terrex Two Ultra Primeblue Trail Running Shoes
If you need a more rugged shoe for trail running, this pair has a knit upper with a sock-like fit that provides ideal ventilation for hot summer weather. The lugged outsole offers ideal traction on rough, uneven trails, and the cushioned midsole helps fight fatigue. The yarn is also made from recycled plastic. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Nike Women’s ZoomX Vaporfly Next% 2 Running Shoes
With lightweight side supports, these running shoes don’t need an arch band to provide effective arch support. They also feature mesh areas where you need more breathability in warmer weather. The lightly padded tongue reduces pressure on the top of your foot. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Saucony Men’s Endorphin Pro 2 Running Shoes
These shoes have a single-layer engineered mesh upper for a lightweight, breathable design. The outsole is reinforced with high-abrasion materials to offer superior traction and improve durability. They also have anti-slip laces to keep the shoes secure even when running at top speeds. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
adidas Women’s Ultraboost 4.0 DNA Running Shoe
These sharp-looking running shoes have an extremely breathable, well-ventilated knit upper, which is perfect for warmer weather. The molded heel ensures a comfortable fit that helps take pressure off the Achilles. The rubber sole provides excellent traction in wet or dry conditions. Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
HOKA Women’s Bondi 7 Running Shoes
These comfortable shoes feature open-engineered mesh construction for increased breathability. They also have a super-soft memory foam collar that hugs the ankle for support and stability. The beveled heel design allows for smooth transitions and improved durability. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Jerry Kelly shot a 5-under 65 on Saturday for a share of the third-round lead with Alex Cejka in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship.
The Principal Charity Classic winner last month in Iowa, the 55-year-old Kelly had six birdies and a bogey to match Cejka at 9-under 201 on Firestone Country Club’s South Course.
“No. 1, getting the ball in the fairway, so I can have control of my irons,” Kelly said. “Not trying to do too much with my iron shots, just giving myself good looks. And then the putter was better today.”
Cejka birdied four of the last five holes for a 67. The 51-year-old Czech-born German is chasing his third senior major title after winning the Regions Tradition and Senior PGA last year.
“It’s great to finish strong,” Cejka said. “I played pretty good all day long, but had a terrible start, made two stupid bogeys. Had a lot of good chances, couldn’t make a putt with great shots. It’s frustrating.”
Defending champion Steve Stricker (68) and Steven Alker (69) were tied for third at 7 under. Ernie Els (69) was 6 under.
“Only two shots back and a lot of golf left,” Stricker said. “Eighteen holes around here, you can make up ground in a hurry, so that’s kind of what I need to do tomorrow.”
Stricker, the Regions Tradition in May, grew up playing against Kelly in their hometown of Madison, Wisconsin.
“He plays well here,” Stricker said. “This is just like the course he grew up on, just a little bit longer is all. I expect him to play well here. And yeah, he’ll have a challenge tomorrow. There’s a lot of guys behind him.”
Alker is a three-time winner this season and the Charles Schwab Cup points leader. The 51-year-old New Zealander won the Senior PGA Championship in late May in Michigan for his first senior major victory. | https://www.localsyr.com/sports/sports-news/kelly-cejka-share-lead-at-firestone-in-senior-players/ | 2022-07-10T16:14:39Z | https://www.localsyr.com/sports/sports-news/kelly-cejka-share-lead-at-firestone-in-senior-players/ | false |
Agency that oversees Philly finances gets an extension until 2047
The Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, better known as PICA, has been extended to continue its oversight work over Philadelphia’s finances.
Governor Tom Wolf has signed legislation extending PICA until January 2047, or until all outstanding debts and/or liabilities of PICA have been fully discharged.
PICA was originally created in 1991 to provide fiscal oversight for Philadelphia, with the ability to borrow funds on behalf of the city as well as oversee its finances. PICA also requires the city to submit annual five-year financial plans which must be approved by its board.
The authority’s executive director Harvey Rice said the oversight is actually welcomed by the city because it gives the bond market confidence that the city’s finances are balanced over a five-year period.
“It’s a measure to keep the city from potentially going into deficits or bankruptcy. And that’s what [led to the creation of] PICA, when the city, in the late ‘80s or early ‘90s was already on the verge of bankruptcy,” said Rice. “Their bonds were at junk status, and this forces the city to look five years ahead so that there are no surprises and no deficits coming.”
Over the tenure of the agency, Rice said PICA has helped reform the city’s pension system, established the rainy day fund that was used during the COVID crisis, and supported the city’s effort to reform the employee health system, which has also contributed to improving the city’s fiscal health.
Four members of the PICA board will have their terms expire this year. Rice’s term is up at the beginning of next year, meaning he’ll either be re-appointed or his replacement will be selected by Pennsylvania’s new governor.
The legislation extending the life of PICA will take effect in 60 days.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 10, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1046 AM CDT Sun Jul 10 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory, with a high temperature of 105
expected. For the Excessive Heat Watch, dangerously hot conditions
with a high temperature of 110 possible.
* WHERE...Palo Duro Canyon County.
* WHEN...For the Heat Advisory, until 8 PM CDT this evening. For the
Excessive Heat Watch, from Monday afternoon through Monday evening.
* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car
interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
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Michigan man, 82, accidentally hits and kills his own wife, 80, with SUV during volunteer food drive at their church
- Authorities say that at around 10pm on July 5, Gordon Kujawski, 82, struck his 80-year-old wife, Edna, as he was pulling out of a parking space
- The two spent the evening volunteering at a food pantry at Our Lady Consolata Parish Church in Gagetown
- Witnesses say Enda was carrying a bag of trash to a receptacle in the lot as Gordon was pulling out of the spot
- An investigation into Edna's death is ongoing, but Michigan State Troopers do not believe drugs or alcohol were a factor
- Gordon was said to be very supportive of his wife's charitable work at St. Agatha's Catholic Church, where she led a food pantry and sewed dresses
An elderly Michigan man accidentally struck and killed his own wife as they were leaving a food drive at their church last week.
A family friend confirmed to DailyMail.com that the victim was Edna Mae Kujawski, 80, noting he hopes her husband, Gordon Kujawski, 82, is 'not destroying himself' over her death.
Authorities say that at around 10pm on July 5, Gordon was pulling his 2021 Ford Explorer out of a parking space at Our Lady Consolata Parish Church in Gagetown, and struck Edna, a retired teacher who later died of her injuries.
Witnesses said Edna was carrying a bag of trash to a receptacle in the lot as her husband was leaving the parking space after they spent the evening volunteering at a food pantry.
Michigan State Troopers do not believe drugs or alcohol were factors in the woman's death, and the husband has not been arrested in her death.
Once an investigation is concluded, authorities will send a report to the Tuscola County Prosecutor's Office for review, according to Michigan Live.
An online obituary for Edna said she was a devout Catholic and retired teacher who was well-respected within her local community, and who had once taught children in Ghana.
Edna Mae Kujawski, 80, of Cass City, died on July 5 when her husband ran her over as he was exiting a parking space at Our Lady Consolata Parish Church in Gagetown, Michigan
She and her husband, Gordon Kujawski (pictured in 2012), were volunteering at the food pantry that day. He was said to be very supportive of her volunteer work
Edna was born on May 11, 1942 to Steve and Katheryn Karpovich, and she married Gordon Kujwski at St Priscilla Catholic Church in Livonia on May 9, 1987, according to an obituary posted online.
She received a degree in education from Madonna College and went on to receive a Master's degree from Eastern Michigan University, using her expertise to teach in Ghana.
'I was being called to do some missionary work,' she said in a video from 2012.
She then set up a program at St. Agatha's Catholic Church, sewing sun dresses for girls without dresses around the world along with a group of about a dozen other women who would meet at the church after 8.30am Mass on Tuesday.
Missionaries would reach out to the women with the number of dresses they would need, and the women would get to work making the dresses for girls in countries like Honduras, Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya, Haiti and Mexico, according to Tuscola Today.
The group would also go over to the Saginaw Correctional Facility in Freeland to teach male prisoners to knit mittens, jackets hats and scarves they could donate.
'It's very rewarding for us,' Edna told Tuscola Today in 2016. 'We have the talent and we're offering that to God. And small though it may be, this is the best that we can offer.'
Additionally, Edna was the stocking coordinator at the St. Agatha's food pantry, where Nicholas Hux told DailyMail.com she would carry the largest boxes.
He said he began volunteering for the food pantry as an atheist, and started to share with Edna and another woman, Regina Salcido, his questions about the faith 'that I believed were unanswerable, I thought I was smarter than that.
'But they were able to answer, and stump me every time as we worked, until I eventually started voluntarily reading a book on saints.'
By 2019, Hux was baptized, which he credits to Edna and Regina's teachings.
For all of her charitable work, Edna received the 2012 Bishop Murphy Award from the Diocese of Saginaw, and a video about her work showed that Gordon supported her charitable work every step of the way.
'Edna has an ability to inspire others to get involved and to discover, as she has, the great joy in serving those in need,' Bishop Joseph R Cistone said at the time.
Edna, left, formed a sewing group at St. Agatha's Catholic Church, working with a dozen women to sew sun dresses for girls in need throughout the world
For her work at the church, Edna received the 2012 Bishop Murphy Award from the Diocese of Saginaw (pictured)
In her free time, Edna was an avid gardener who retired at the age of 55 to spend more time tending to her flowers.
Edna is now remembered for her charitable work and giving spirit, with Hux saying he believes that if the tragic collision had not occurred, 'Edna would've made it to 100-plus easy.
'She was very healthy, very strong and had the strongest faith as well,' Hux told DailyMail.com, noting that she would often carry the largest boxes at the food pantry and when he was down on his luck, she drove 30 miles by herself and walked a box of food and baby formula for his son up to their second-floor apartment.
'One trip, a lot of food to help us out, and no complaints,' Hux recalled.
Edna is survived by Gordon; four step-sons, Kevin of Livonia, Greg and his wife Justine, Matthew and David Kujawski all of Arizona; seven grandchildren and nephew, David Karpovich and his wife Holly of Cass City. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Stephen Karpovich.
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TORONTO (AP) — Rogers Communications Inc. said Saturday it has restored mobile and internet service for “the vast majority″ of customers after an outage that lasted more than 15 hours.
The disruption, which the Toronto-based telecommunications company offered no explanation for, started Friday morning. It left many customers without mobile and internet service and caused trouble for 911 services, debit transactions and even Service Canada’s beleaguered passport offices.
In a tweet, Rogers said some customers may experience delays in regaining full service as its network comes back online and traffic volumes return to normal.
“Our technical teams are working hard to ensure that the remaining customers are back online as quickly as possible,” the tweet said.
“Once again, we sincerely apologize for the disruption this had caused our customers and we will be proactively crediting all customers.”
Interac said its services are fully available again after debit transactions were halted by the Rogers network outage.
Tony Staffieri, chief executive and president of Rogers, said in an open letter that the company apologizes for the service interruption but offered no explanation for the outage or how many customers were affected.
Staffieri said Rogers is committed to understanding the cause and would make changes to meet and exceed expectations in the future.
The outage began early Friday and stretched into the evening, pushing businesses and organizations to notify customers that their operations were being affected by Rogers and that delays and service interruptions should be expected.
The outage forced the postponement of The Weeknd’s tour stop at Toronto’s Rogers Centre. The Toronto date was one of only two set for Canada.
Among the most serious impacts of the outage were warnings from police in Toronto and Ottawa, who reported connection problems when people called 911.
Many Rogers customers scrambled to find internet service, heading to coffee shops to connect and trade tales of the outage. | https://cw33.com/technology/ap-technology/mobile-internet-service-mostly-back-in-canada-after-outage/ | 2022-07-10T16:32:47Z | https://cw33.com/technology/ap-technology/mobile-internet-service-mostly-back-in-canada-after-outage/ | true |
TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Sunday, July 10, 2022
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1038 AM CDT Sun Jul 10 2022
A Marine Weather Statement has been issued for the following areas...
Calcasieu Lake...
Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM...
Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM...
At 1038 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms, capable
of producing winds to around 30 knots. These thunderstorms were
located along a line extending from 8 nm southwest of Cameron to near
West Cameron 62 to 6 nm north of West Cameron 66, moving south at 10
knots.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Mariners can expect gusty winds to around 30 knots, locally higher
waves, and lightning strikes. Boaters should seek safe harbor
immediately until these storms pass.
LAT...LON 2976 9334 2978 9325 2975 9309 2976 9310
2976 9311 2977 9306 2974 9306 2974 9305
2976 9303 2976 9301 2975 9300 2973 9302
2970 9293 2962 9291 2960 9345 2977 9348
2976 9335 2981 9335
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Novak Djokovic beats Nick Kyrgios for 7th Wimbledon title
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic waited. He waited for Nick Kyrgios to lose focus and lose his way. Waited to find the proper read on his foe’s big serves. Waited until his own level rose to the occasion.
Djokovic is not bothered by a deficit — in a game, a set, a match. He does not mind problem-solving. And at Wimbledon, for quite some time now, he does not get defeated.
Djokovic used his steady brilliance to beat the ace-delivering, trick-shot-hitting Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Sunday for a fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship and seventh overall.
The top-seeded Djokovic ran his unbeaten run at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament to 28 matches and raised his career haul to 21 major trophies, breaking a tie with Roger Federer and moving just one behind Rafael Nadal’s 22 for the most in the history of men’s tennis.
Among men, only Federer, with eight, has won more titles at Wimbledon than Djokovic. In the professional era, only Federer was older (by less than a year) than the 35-year-old Djokovic when winning at the All England Club.
His comeback on a sun-filled afternoon followed those in the quarterfinals, when Djokovic erased a two-set deficit against No. 10 seed Jannik Sinner, and in the semifinals, when No. 9 Cam Norrie grabbed the opening set. In last year’s title match at Wimbledon, Djokovic dropped the opening set. In the 2019 final, he erased two championship points against Federer.
There were two particularly key moments Sunday that went Djokovic’s way, ones that Kyrgios would not let go as he began engaging in running monologues, shouting at himself or his entourage (which does not include a full-time coach), finding reason to disagree with the chair umpire (and earning a warning for cursing) and chucking a water bottle.
In the second set, with Djokovic serving at 5-3, Kyrgios got to love-40 — a trio of break points. But Kyrgios played a couple of casual returns, and Djokovic eventually held. And then, in the third set, with Kyrgios serving at 4-all, 40-love, he again let a seemingly sealed game get away, with Djokovic breaking there.
The 40th-ranked Kyrgios was trying to become the first unseeded men’s champion at Wimbledon since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001. Ivanisevic is now Djokovic’s coach and was in the Centre Court guest box for the match.
Kyrgios is a 27-year-old from Australia who never had been past the quarterfinals in 29 previous Grand Slam appearances — and last made it even that far 7 1/2 years ago.
In some ways, he stole the show Sunday. He tried shots between his legs. Hit some with his back to the net. Pounded serves at up to 136 mph and produced 30 aces. Used an underarm serve, then faked one later.
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Serbian war crimes suspect living in Derby council house who is accused of beating victim with an electric rubber truncheon after ransacking his home is set for extradition hearing this month - as shocked neighbours say he and his wife are 'perfectly nice'
- Milenko Maric, father of three living in Derby is awaiting extradition to Croatia
- Maric, 62, alleged to have abducted and tortured civilians during Yugoslav war
- He fled to the UK as an asylum seeker after the war before he could be arrested
- He was tracked down in 2015 and set to be extradited in 2016 but was reprieved
- New extradition hearing date is July 21; Maric vigorously denies the charges
A Serbian war crimes suspect wanted for torturing civilians during the Balkans war has been tracked down to a quiet suburb of Derby.
Milenko Maric, 62, a family man father-of-three and friendly neighbour who works as an electrician has to wear an electronic tag on his ankle and sleep in his own home each night as he awaits extradition proceedings on July 21.
He lives in a modest council house in Pear Tree and his wife, who has health issues, helps children get to the nearby primary school every day.
A shocked neighbour told The Mirror: 'He and his wife are private people – they don't speak much English, but they are perfectly nice. He has done odd jobs as an electrician and she helps at the local school.
'You would not think for a minute that he's wanted for war crimes.'
But Maric, who arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker more than 20 years ago, is accused of being part of a ruthless militia which carried out assaults on non-ethnic Serbs at the height of the Yugoslavian war in 1991.
Prosecutors in his homeland claim the assaults took place in August and September 1991 in a prison after the victims had been dragged from their homes.
Milenko Maric, 62, a family man and friendly neighbour who works as an electrician photographed outside his Derby council house, is accused of being a Serbian war criminal from crimes committed in 1991
Serbian paramilitaries occupied the region of Baranya from 1991 - 1995, where they carried out atrocities against the non-Serb population. Pictured: A Serbian tank on the border of Croatia and Serbia
Maric, who arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker more than 20 years ago, is accused of being part of a ruthless militia which carried out assaults on non-Serbs at the height of the Yugoslavian war in 1991
One victim, named Joha, alleges that Maric and two other militia men beat him with electric rubber truncheons 'on several occasions' which caused injuries to his 'entire body'.
Joha also alleges that the militia ransacked and looted his home, taking cash, a gold ring, a gold necklace and a watch.
Legal documents allege: 'MM [Milenko Maric], as a member of the Secretariat for International Affairs of Manastir, removed a number of civilians of non-Serbian ethnic origin, from the Baranya region and assaulted them.'
The region of Baranya, which today is divided between Hungary and Croatia, was the focus of fierce fighting during the Croatian War of Independence between 1991 to 1995, with 1,700 killed in Baranya's main city Osijek alone.
It was occupied by Serbian paramilitaries from 1991 - 1995, who carried out atrocities against the non-Serb population until it returned to Croat control in 1998 following a handover by UN peacekeepers.
Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd approved Maric's extradition to Croatia in 2016
The city of Mostar in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was part Croat and part Muslim, was put under siege and heavily bombarded during the Croatian War of Independence. The conflict was very bloody, killing an estimated 140,000 people, according to the International Center for Transitional Justice, and included the acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing
After the war, Croat authorities hunted down individuals accused of the atrocities and a wanted notice was issued against Maric in 1997. His name was included on a list of 50 suspected war criminals by Croat authorities in 2001.
A warrant for the father-of-three's arrest was issued by the public prosecutor's office in Osijek the same year for crimes against humanity.
By this time Maric had already fled to the UK, where he obtained indefinite leave to remain here.
But persistent war criminal hunters tracked him down to his home in Derby and had him arrested in June 2015. A Westminster magistrate ordered his extradition to Croatia and then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd approved the decision.
He vigorously denies the charges against him, telling The Mirror: 'I am innocent. I am wrongly accused. I'm not happy to do anything without my solicitor.
'I don't want to give any information, just I am innocent.'
In a twisting, turning tale, a trial later in Croatia found him innocent in absentia, but remarkably the country’s Supreme Court overturned the ruling and a new international arrest warrant was issued.
Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague, Holland, will serve the rest of his jail sentence in the UK
He was re-arrested by officers from the National Extradition Unit last March and is due to face a full hearing at Westminster magistrates court on July 21.
The Balkan wars were a multi-phase civil war that took place between 1991 and 2001 as Yugoslavia tore itself apart along ethnic lines.
The conflict was very bloody, killing an estimated 140,000 people, according to the International Center for Transitional Justice, and included the acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
While Maric can expect to serve any jail sentence in a Croatian jail, a number of Serb war criminals are doing their time in British prisons.
Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague, Holland, will serve the rest of his jail sentence in the UK.
His conviction for genocide related to his responsibility for the murder of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995.
Five men convicted of war crimes by the tribunals in the former Yugoslavia have been sent to British high-security prisons in the past.
They included former Bosnian-Serb general Radislav Krstic, who was slashed in the throat by Muslim inmates in Wakefield jail in 2010 (later transferred to a Polish prison). | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10999807/Serbian-war-crimes-suspect-living-Derby-council-house-set-extradition-hearing-month.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-07-10T16:38:27Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10999807/Serbian-war-crimes-suspect-living-Derby-council-house-set-extradition-hearing-month.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
25+ things to do this weekend in Connecticut, July 8 - 10
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. The second weekend of July will be filled with festivals, concerts and cruises. Here are some things to do this weekend. Sailfest. New London. Sailfest is returning after a two-year hiatus and features a barbecue, concerts and fireworks....
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A sunrise trek to a fire tower in N.Y.'s Adirondack MountainsAn NPR reporter takes an early mountain trip up one of New York's Adirondack mountains. (This piece originally aired July 6, 2022, on All Things Considered.)
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Nick Kyrgios aggressively insists that a woman who has been distracting him during the Wimbledon final is removed from the match.
In an exchange with the umpire in the middle of the third set, the Australian said that the person looks like she was about "700 drinks" deep.
The umpire asked Kyrgios, "Which one is it?"
He replied, “It’s the one in the dress...the one who looks like she’s had around 700 drinks bro!”
The Wimbledon final features Kyrgios, who is fighting for his first Major and 20-time Grand Slam champion, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic.
Throughout the tournament, Kyrgios has been fined $14,000 after receiving two code violations.
Sports
The first one came in the first round where he received a $4,000 fine for an “audible obscenity.”
In his third round against Stefanos Tsitsipas, he received a $10,000 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct after he was given two code violations for instances of ball abuse.
How do tennis penalties work?
When a player receives a penalty, here are the steps umpires take to punish the players:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: Loss of a point
Third (and each subsequent) offense: Loss of a game
After the third offense, the umpire or the tournament director can decide if a player should be disqualified.
What kinds of fines are there in tennis and how common are they?
Here are the types of fines tennis players in Grand Slams received between 1998-2016, according to the New York Times. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/nick-kyrgios-wants-woman-removed-during-wimbledon-final/3767965/ | 2022-07-10T16:50:13Z | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/nick-kyrgios-wants-woman-removed-during-wimbledon-final/3767965/ | false |
'There was war': Curtis Pritchard reveals he is living on his own and has been sleeping on the floor after being 'kicked out' of flat by his big brother AJ
Curtis Pritchard has revealed he's now living alone in a bachelor pad after being kicked out of his big brother AJ's flat.
The former Love Island star, 26, admitted to 'overstaying' his welcome, causing tension between him and professional dancer AJ, 27.
The brothers, who both remain in the spotlight, have lived together for two years but are now going their separate ways after 'war' broke out between them.
Going solo: Curtis Pritchard has revealed he's now living alone in a bachelor pad after being kicked out of his big brother AJ's flat
Curtis told The Sun: 'I've been kicked out, there was war. Two years is overstaying anyone's welcome
The performer, who is currently dating his Cinderella co-star Sophie Sheridan, added: 'I am not living with my girlfriend, I am happy to say I am living on my own,'
He revealed: 'I am sleeping on the floor though on just a mattress. I have a TV and it’s on two chairs. It’s a lad pad and a no-go zone.'
Trouble: The former Love Island star, 26, admitted to 'overstaying' his welcome, causing tension between him and professional dancer AJ, 27
In March, Curtis was spotted for the first with his new girlfriend and on-stage colleague Sophie at the Cheltenham Festival, which he attended with his brother AJ and Abbie Quinnen.
The reality TV star played Dandini in Cinderella over Christmas, with Sophie also starring in the ensemble cast.
At the time, a source told the Sun: 'Curtis and Sophie looked loved up as they strolled around the racecourse together on Friday.
'The pair met when they both starred in panto Cinderella last year after they developed a spark on the stage.'
Love interest? Curtis was spotted with his on-stage colleague Sophie (above) at the Cheltenham Festival, which he attended with his brother AJ and Abbie Quinnen
A source told The Sun: 'The pair met when they both starred in panto Cinderella last year after they developed a spark on the stage.'
Curtis officially split with his ex girlfriend Maura after just eight months of dating in March 2020.
Maura quickly moved on with Chris Taylor and then Giovanni Pernice, while Curtis has remained single.
He was accused of cheating on Maura with Amber Pierson, while Maura was accused of romancing her Dancing on Ice partner Alex Demetriou during her stint on the show in 2020. Alex and his wife even split amid the drama.
Curtis remained single until meeting Sophie - even trying his luck on Celebs Go Dating: The Mansion, with little success.
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Eastenders star Scott Maslen, 51, has jumped to the defence of his co-star Jessie Wallace following her recent arrest for assaulting a police officer.
The Jack Branning actor, who has appeared on the show since 2007, blamed Jessie’s outburst on “tiredness” as he jumped to her defence during a recent interview with The Sun on Sunday.
50 year old Jessie, who plays Kat Slater in the long running BBC soap, was handcuffed and loaded into a police van last month following an incident that took place during a night out in Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk.
Despite the arrest, Scott was quick to jump to the defence of his co-star and friend, as he told the publication: “It’s hard in this job. You get caught out sometimes, it’s life.”
Scott then went on to explain that he loves Jessie, and acknowledged that while she is a character to be around, she also works incredibly hard.
He added: “She’s a character, she works very hard, it’s long days, so when she goes out occasionally, maybe she’s tired.
“We’re under the spotlight, that’s the reality, so when you do make a mistake, you have to be careful.”
Since the arrest, he also added that she was doing okay, and had “learned” from the incident, before vowing to look towards the future.
As a result of her actions, show bosses are said to have decided against axing her from the soap after they had issued her a severe warning that indicated her behaviour had been unacceptable before temporarily writing her out of the show.
Discussing the incident a spokesman for the broadcaster said: "Senior bosses have spoken to Jessie Wallace about the incident and issued a clear warning that this kind of behaviour is unacceptable. Jessie has expressed her deep regret.”
The news that Jessie has been spared the chop will likely come as a relief to many soap fans, as the show announced on Friday that Shane Richie would be returning to Walford in Autumn to reprise his role as Alfie Moon, the former husband of Jessie’s character Kat.
With Alfie returning to Albert Square, many fans had hoped the pair would rekindle their romance on screen, a move which would force producers to write Kat back into the soap, as she could play an integral role in many upcoming storylines.
The duo remain one of EastEnders most loved couples, having been involved in a number of high profile storylines over the years which addressed a number of hard hitting issues such as cot death, life with a brain tumour and the struggle of how to respond to infidelity.
EastEnders airs every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night at 7.30pm on BBC One.
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The A470 and parts of the A5 in Betws-y-Coed were closed in both directions for over two hours today following a motorbike crash. Emergency services were called to the collision, which occurred on the A470 between Betws and Pentrefoelas, just after 1pm.
The number of people or vehicles involved in the crash has not yet been disclosed but the Welsh Ambulance Service said earlier today that two resources were sent from the scene to Ysbyty Gwynedd.
The incident caused a build up of traffic in the area with road users urged to avoid the A470 and parts of the A5 as police and the ambulance services attended the scene.
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Both roads had reopened by 4.45pm from which point traffic in the area eased. The crash marked the second closure of the A470 in Betws-y-Coed this weekend following a collision near Zip World forest which also involved a motorbike.
Speaking in relation to today's crash, a spokesperson for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: "We were called to an incident involving a motorbike in Betws-y-Coed at 1.10pm. Two land ambulances attended. Two resources are inbound to Ysbyty Gwynedd."
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OAK RIDGE, Fla. – A man and a woman were hospitalized Sunday morning after being attacked by a dog in Oak Ridge, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they responded to the area of Rose Boulevard and Tampa Avenue to find that a 46-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman suffered injuries to their upper extremities.
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Both people were taken to the hospital and the dog was subdued by deputies, according to a statement given to News 6 by the sheriff’s office.
No other details have been confirmed, such as the exact time of the attack, if there were more victims or how the dog was subdued.
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Yosemite fire grows as crews protect iconic sequoias
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, and firefighters were working Sunday to protect the iconic trees and a small mountain town.
Campers near the blaze were evacuated but the rest of the sprawling park in California remained open, though smoke that hung in the air obscured some scenic vistas.
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened in the Mariposa Grove but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, including the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant. Some of the massive trunks were wrapped in fire-resistant foil for protection as the blaze burned out of control.
The cause of the Washburn Fire was under investigation. It had grown to nearly 2.5 square miles (6.7 square kilometers) by Sunday morning.
Beyond the trees, the community of Wawona, which is surrounded by parkland and a campground, was under threat, with people ordered to leave their homes and campsites Friday night.
The blaze was proving difficult to contain, with firefighters throwing “every tactic imaginable” at it, including dropping fire retardant from the air, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson.
Firefighters planed to use bulldozers to create fire lines protecting Wawona, she said. About 600 to 700 people who were staying at the Wawona campground in tents, cabins and a historic hotel were ordered to leave.
Though firefighters were facing hot and dry conditions, they didn’t have to contend with intense winds over the weekend, said Jeffrey Barlow, senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford. Given the relatively small size of the fire and minimal winds, smoke impacts were not expected to stretch far beyond the park, he said Saturday.
The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of California’s Sierra Nevada range, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and drought exacerbated by climate change have become more intense and destructive.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail, Phillipe said. Smoke was reported by visitors walking in the grove that reopened in 2018 after a $40 million renovation that took three years.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove over a year ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, along with massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames.
The park has used prescribed burns to clear brush around the sequoias, which helps protect them if flames spread farther into the grove.
Meanwhile, most evacuation orders were lifted Saturday in the Sierra foothills about 80 miles (128 kilometers) to the northwest of the Yosemite fire, where a fire broke out on July 4. The Electra Fire that began near Jackson was mostly contained, and only areas directly within the fire’s perimeter remained under evacuation orders, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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The composition of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol tells me everything I need to know about the investigation. Absolutely every one of them, even the two Republicans, voted for the second impeachment of President Trump. When Republicans put forward the names for the committee that would not follow the Democratic party line, they were rejected by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. There is no investigation for the truth but rather a search for justification of their vote for impeachment.
Justice requires the opportunity to cross-examine these witnesses and their testimony. Justice requires the opportunity to present witnesses for the accused. None of that is being allowed, therefore this is a political process in search of power and not a judicial process in search of justice.
I have not been reading much of anything on the subject and will wait for the indictment, which should be forthcoming from the headlines I can’t avoid. That assumes that they can find a government attorney who will indict without an investigation of their own to determine if the testimony can withstand cross-examination in open court.
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Considering how trials are covered now days it should be very entertaining even if the court refuses to stream it. I am planning to watch/listen full time.
DAVID M. MONIHAN JR.
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A rescue team had to use ropes and special equipment to get to a Massachusetts man who fell 50 feet down a gully on Mount Major in Alton Saturday afternoon, Fish and Game said.
Harvey Weener, 71 of Newburyport, had finished rock climbing with a friend and was hiking on the Precipice Trail when he fell. Authorities were notified just before 4 p.m., according to a news release.
The fall happened just over a mile from the nearest trailhead and Weener was unable to walk under his own power.
Alton Fire and Rescue and Lakes Region Search and Rescue, Gilford Fire, Gilmanton Fire and Barnstead Fire also responded.
The rescue team returned to the trailhead shortly before 6 p.m. and Weener was flown by DHART helicopter for treatment, according to the release.
Just before 2 p.m., a hiker suffered a lower leg injury also on Mount Major about two miles from the nearest trailhead. Dierdre Seery, 42 of San Diego, was hiking with a friend and unable to continue. Her hiking partner called 911, according to a news release.
All-Terrain Vehicles were able to get within a few hundred yards of Seery. She was carried to a vehicle where she was brought the rest of the way to the trailhead. Around 4 p.m., she was driven to the Lakes Region General Hospital. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/safety/mass-man-rescued-after-50-foot-fall-on-mt-major/article_910bc5a2-a825-5d5e-a8d0-9a4c4771ddae.html | 2022-07-10T17:09:29Z | https://www.unionleader.com/news/safety/mass-man-rescued-after-50-foot-fall-on-mt-major/article_910bc5a2-a825-5d5e-a8d0-9a4c4771ddae.html | true |
Yosemite fire grows as crews protect iconic sequoias
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, and firefighters were working Sunday to protect the iconic trees and a small mountain town.
Campers near the blaze were evacuated but the rest of the sprawling park in California remained open, though smoke that hung in the air obscured some scenic vistas.
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened in the Mariposa Grove but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, including the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant. Some of the massive trunks were wrapped in fire-resistant foil for protection as the blaze burned out of control.
The cause of the Washburn Fire was under investigation. It had grown to nearly 2.5 square miles (6.7 square kilometers) by Sunday morning.
Beyond the trees, the community of Wawona, which is surrounded by parkland and a campground, was under threat, with people ordered to leave their homes and campsites Friday night.
The blaze was proving difficult to contain, with firefighters throwing “every tactic imaginable” at it, including dropping fire retardant from the air, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson.
Firefighters planed to use bulldozers to create fire lines protecting Wawona, she said. About 600 to 700 people who were staying at the Wawona campground in tents, cabins and a historic hotel were ordered to leave.
Though firefighters were facing hot and dry conditions, they didn’t have to contend with intense winds over the weekend, said Jeffrey Barlow, senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford. Given the relatively small size of the fire and minimal winds, smoke impacts were not expected to stretch far beyond the park, he said Saturday.
The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of California’s Sierra Nevada range, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and drought exacerbated by climate change have become more intense and destructive.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail, Phillipe said. Smoke was reported by visitors walking in the grove that reopened in 2018 after a $40 million renovation that took three years.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove over a year ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, along with massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames.
The park has used prescribed burns to clear brush around the sequoias, which helps protect them if flames spread farther into the grove.
Meanwhile, most evacuation orders were lifted Saturday in the Sierra foothills about 80 miles (128 kilometers) to the northwest of the Yosemite fire, where a fire broke out on July 4. The Electra Fire that began near Jackson was mostly contained, and only areas directly within the fire’s perimeter remained under evacuation orders, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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Max Verstappen was powerless to prevent Charles Leclerc from winning the Austrian Grand Prix and narrowing the gap marginally in this year's Formula 1 title race.
Verstappen led the race from the starting line, but unlike in Saturday's Sprint was unable to shake the two Ferraris behind him in the early stages. And it soon became clear that the red cars were performing much better in the cooler conditions compared to earlier in the weekend.
Leclerc overtook Verstappen on several occasions between pit stops and made the final one stick to win the race. Had Carlos Sainz not suffered an engine failure which quickly developed into a large fire, it looked like it might have been a one-two for Ferrari.
Reflecting on the race, Verstappen admitted there wasn't much he or Red Bull could do on the day to match the imperious Ferraris. "It was a tricky day," said the Dutchman, who went on to suggest that try problems were the main culprit behind the pace deficit.
"It mainly seemed like we were struggling quite a bit with the tyres. That continued on every single compound. (We had) too much degradation to really attack Charles, especially. Second place is a good result for us on a difficult day."
The result was not what many of those in attendance at the Red Bull Ring would have wanted. The 'orange army', which made its presence at the track very much known across the entire race weekend, would dearly have wished for another victory for the defending world champion.
Though it wasn't to be, Verstappen still feels the result was one he and his fans could be reasonably happy about. He also thanked all those who had made the trip from his native Netherlands to cheer him on, and commented on the orange smoke which floated across the track throughout the three days of action.
"It was nice. It's a great colour anyway, so I don't mind having to drive through it," he said with a grin. "It's great to see so many fans coming here to Austria. Of course, unfortunately I couldn't give them a win today but I think second is still a decent result." | https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/formula-one/austrian-gp-verstappen-leclerc-ferrari-27445380 | 2022-07-10T17:11:41Z | https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/formula-one/austrian-gp-verstappen-leclerc-ferrari-27445380 | true |
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will pay a brief condolence visit to Japan next week following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the State Department said Sunday.
Blinken will travel to Tokyo on Monday to pay his respects to the former leader and meet with senior Japanese officials before returning to Washington from an Asian tour that he is now wrapping up.
“Secretary Blinken will travel to Tokyo, Japan, to offer condolences to the Japanese people on the death of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and to meet with senior Japanese officials,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement. “The U.S.-Japan Alliance is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and has never been stronger.”
Blinken is in Thailand on a pre-scheduled visit and had been in Indonesia on Friday attending a Group of 20 nations' foreign ministers meeting in Bali when Abe was shot and killed. He will be the most senior U.S. official to visit Japan in the aftermath of Abe’s death.
On Saturday in Bali, Blinken said Abe's killing was a “tragedy” for the world and, like many other current and former U.S. officials, lauded the former prime minister for his vision.
“Prime Minister Abe was a transformative leader, a statesman, someone of truly global stature,” Blinken told reporters. He added that Abe's death had shaken the G-20 meeting with many of his foreign minister colleagues expressing shock and distress at the news.
Shortly after Abe was pronounced dead, Blinken met in Bali with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin to review strategy mainly related to North Korea. In that meeting and again on Saturday, Blinken underscored the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship.
“The alliance between Japan and the United States has been a cornerstone of our foreign policy for decades and as I said yesterday, Prime Minister Abe really brought that partnership to new heights,” he said.
“The friendship between the Japanese and American people is likewise unshakable,” Blinken said. “So we’re standing with the people of Japan, with the prime minister’s family, in the aftermath of a truly, truly appalling act of violence.” | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/us-diplomat-visit-to-japan-for-condolence-visit-to-former-prime-minister-shinzo-abe/507-24d66b8d-d995-46d7-918d-e5e6c4f418d5 | 2022-07-10T17:13:55Z | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/us-diplomat-visit-to-japan-for-condolence-visit-to-former-prime-minister-shinzo-abe/507-24d66b8d-d995-46d7-918d-e5e6c4f418d5 | true |
Updated July 10, 2022 at 12:31 PM ET
WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic waited. He waited for Nick Kyrgios to lose focus and lose his way. Waited to find the proper read on his foe's big serves. Waited until his own level rose to the occasion.
Djokovic is not bothered by a deficit — in a game, a set, a match. He does not mind problem-solving. And at Wimbledon, for quite some time now, he does not get defeated.
Djokovic used his steady brilliance to beat the ace-delivering, trick-shot-hitting Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Sunday for a fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship and seventh overall.
The top-seeded Djokovic ran his unbeaten run at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament to 28 matches and raised his career haul to 21 major trophies, breaking a tie with Roger Federer and moving just one behind Rafael Nadal's 22 for the most in the history of men's tennis.
Among men, only Federer, with eight, has won more titles at Wimbledon than Djokovic. In the professional era, only Federer was older (by less than a year) than the 35-year-old Djokovic when winning at the All England Club.
His comeback on a sun-filled afternoon followed those in the quarterfinals, when Djokovic erased a two-set deficit against No. 10 seed Jannik Sinner, and in the semifinals, when No. 9 Cam Norrie grabbed the opening set. In last year's title match at Wimbledon, Djokovic dropped the opening set. In the 2019 final, he erased two championship points against Federer.
There were two particularly key moments Sunday that went Djokovic's way, ones that Kyrgios would not let go as he began engaging in running monologues, shouting at himself or his entourage (which does not include a full-time coach), finding reason to disagree with the chair umpire (and earning a warning for cursing) and chucking a water bottle.
In the second set, with Djokovic serving at 5-3, Kyrgios got to love-40 — a trio of break points. But Kyrgios played a couple of casual returns, and Djokovic eventually held. And then, in the third set, with Kyrgios serving at 4-all, 40-love, he again let a seemingly sealed game get away, with Djokovic breaking there.
The 40th-ranked Kyrgios was trying to become the first unseeded men's champion at Wimbledon since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001. Ivanisevic is now Djokovic's coach and was in the Centre Court guest box for the match.
Kyrgios is a 27-year-old from Australia who never had been past the quarterfinals in 29 previous Grand Slam appearances — and last made it even that far 7 1/2 years ago.
In some ways, he stole the show Sunday. He tried shots between his legs. Hit some with his back to the net. Pounded serves at up to 136 mph and produced 30 aces. Used an underarm serve, then faked one later.
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President Biden defends pending visit to Saudi Arabia in opinion piece
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President Joe Biden, preparing for a trip to Saudi Arabia amid criticism of its poor human rights record, defended his decision in a newspaper opinion piece, insisting that he had long supported reforms and sought to "reorient but not rupture" relations with a longstanding strategic partner.
In the article posted online Saturday night by The Washington Post, Biden pointed to developments in the Middle East that he contended had made the region more stable and secure than when the Trump administration ended, among them intense diplomacy as well as military action against state-sponsored attacks. But his framing of the Saudi relationship in particular appeared defensive, especially with some in the U.S. demanding that he not lend legitimacy to the government with a visit.
Biden linked U.S. strength and security to countering Russian aggression and competition from China, then argued that engaging directly with countries like Saudi Arabia could help promote those efforts. The president said he aimed to strengthen a U.S.-Saudi partnership "going forward that's based on mutual interests and responsibilities, while also holding true to fundamental American values."
"I know that there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to Saudi Arabia," Biden wrote. "My views on human rights are clear and long-standing, and fundamental freedoms are always on the agenda when I travel abroad, as they will be during this trip, just as they will be in Israel and the West Bank."
It was notable that Biden's op-ed appeared in the Sunday opinion section of the Post, whose writer Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi agents in 2018.
On that issue, Biden contended he had responded with sanctions against the Saudi forces involved in the killing and issued scores of visa bans for anyone found harassing dissidents abroad. The president also noted that he released a U.S. intelligence report that asserted Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had approved of the operation that led to Khashoggi's murder.
Biden is expected to meet with the crown prince during his trip. | https://www.4029tv.com/article/president-biden-defends-pending-visit-to-saudi-arabia/40566635 | 2022-07-10T17:15:49Z | https://www.4029tv.com/article/president-biden-defends-pending-visit-to-saudi-arabia/40566635 | false |
TORONTO (AP) — Rogers Communications Inc. said Saturday it has restored mobile and internet service for “the vast majority″ of customers after an outage that lasted more than 15 hours.
The disruption, which the Toronto-based telecommunications company offered no explanation for, started Friday morning. It left many customers without mobile and internet service and caused trouble for 911 services, debit transactions and even Service Canada’s beleaguered passport offices.
In a tweet, Rogers said some customers may experience delays in regaining full service as its network comes back online and traffic volumes return to normal.
“Our technical teams are working hard to ensure that the remaining customers are back online as quickly as possible,” the tweet said.
“Once again, we sincerely apologize for the disruption this had caused our customers and we will be proactively crediting all customers.”
Interac said its services are fully available again after debit transactions were halted by the Rogers network outage.
Tony Staffieri, chief executive and president of Rogers, said in an open letter that the company apologizes for the service interruption but offered no explanation for the outage or how many customers were affected.
Staffieri said Rogers is committed to understanding the cause and would make changes to meet and exceed expectations in the future.
The outage began early Friday and stretched into the evening, pushing businesses and organizations to notify customers that their operations were being affected by Rogers and that delays and service interruptions should be expected.
The outage forced the postponement of The Weeknd’s tour stop at Toronto’s Rogers Centre. The Toronto date was one of only two set for Canada.
Among the most serious impacts of the outage were warnings from police in Toronto and Ottawa, who reported connection problems when people called 911.
Many Rogers customers scrambled to find internet service, heading to coffee shops to connect and trade tales of the outage. | https://www.yourbasin.com/technology/ap-technology/mobile-internet-service-mostly-back-in-canada-after-outage/ | 2022-07-10T17:21:36Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/technology/ap-technology/mobile-internet-service-mostly-back-in-canada-after-outage/ | false |
Nebraska GOP leadership sees changes, chairman voted out
Published: Jul. 10, 2022 at 11:06 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
KEARNEY, Neb. (WOWT) - Monumental change at the Nebraska Republican Party’s state convention in Kearney Saturday.
The Nebraska Examiner is reporting Chairman Dan Welch has been voted out of leadership after holding the position for over seven years.
Following the vote, several other top officials in the party resigned, including Executive Director Taylor Gage.
The resignations follow six delegates being banned from the meeting for various reasons.
Matt Innis was one of the delegates barred from attending. He was arrested yesterday for attempting to enter the convention.
Innis is a known critic of Gov. Pete Ricketts.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW)–The annual Automobilia Car show is a big event for downtown Wichita. More than 1,000 cars hit the streets this year, and business owners are happy about the revenue this event brings in for them as well.
“We’re slammed all the time but it’s just a different flow,” The Anchor owner Schane Gross said.
The hot rods weren’t the only thing bringing the heat on Saturday with temperatures reaching 92 degrees. Some people were looking for a place to cool down, and that’s good for business, too.
“Increase our territory, increase the amount of people that know about us,” Mark Daniels, Wichita Cheesecake Company co-owner, said. “The exposure is what helps our business grow.)
Some businesses even noticed more first-time customers than people returning.
“Earlier in the day it was just kind of people setting up their cars, and they were awesome,” Gross said. “Now it’s just people that are kind of wandering in, wandering out.”
Justin Wilson hit the road from Johnson County this morning. He didn’t have any intentions of checking the car show out and enjoyed the air-conditioning for the day but he did have his eyes on one small business.
“Cheesecake Factory is okay, but then I saw Wichita Cheesecake Company,” Wilson said. “I saw the pictures and I was like, ‘Oh, my God.’”
While these businesses are seeing success with the car show, they recognize others may not be as lucky.
“Saturdays are their busiest days so I can see someone up the road–they might not appreciate this as much,” Gross said. “It might divert traffic from them completely for a day.”
For a Saturday downtown, it’s an opportunity they couldn’t pass up.
“We couldn’t blow off Automobilia and be amateurs,” Gross said.
Organizers estimate between 10,000 and 50,000 people attend the car show every year. Proceeds from this year will go towards Convoy of Hope of Wichita and Wichita’s Littlest Heroes. | https://www.ksn.com/news/downtown-wichita-business-owners-revving-engines-for-automobilia/ | 2022-07-10T17:31:16Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/downtown-wichita-business-owners-revving-engines-for-automobilia/ | true |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot is returning to prime time with a Thursday evening hearing that will examine the three-hour plus stretch when Donald Trump failed to act as a mob of supporters stormed the Capitol.
The committee is racing to gather newly emerging evidence and the session could be the final one in a series of public hearings that began in early June. A lawyer for former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena, told the committee over the weekend that Bannon may now be willing to testify, according to committee members.
“I expect that we will be hearing from him and there are many questions that we have for him,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif. She and other committee members said they want to hear from Bannon in a deposition, with sworn testimony.
Thursday's hearing will be the first in the prime-time slot since the June 9 debut that was viewed by 20 million people. A hearing Tuesday will focus on the plotting and planning of the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, by white nationalist groups such as the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters.
Investigators are digging deeper into the mounds of evidence collected so far about the role extremist groups played in the deadly insurrection and what the former president was doing as the violence ensued down the street from the White House.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who will lead Thursday's hearing with Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., described the upcoming testimony as key to providing an extensive timeline of what Trump did and did not do in those critical hours on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021. That includes Trump's tweet criticizing Vice President Mike Pence for lacking “courage” as angry protesters outside the Capitol were heard chanting “Hang Mike Pence” for not challenging Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.
“We want to show the American people what was the president doing during that time,” Kinzinger said Sunday. “The rest of the country knew that there was an insurrection. The president obviously had to have known there was an insurrection. So where was he? What was he doing? It’s a very important hearing. Pay attention. Because I think it goes to the heart of what is the oath of a leader.”
News of the hearing comes as Congress returns to Washington after a two-week recess. Lawmakers on the committee had indicated in mid-June there would be no more hearings until July, but in late June they held a surprise hearing for the testimony of former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.
Her explosive testimony provided the most compelling evidence yet that Trump could be linked to a federal crime. Since then, the committee of seven Democrats and two Republicans has seen an influx of new information and confidential tips.
Tuesday's hearing will explore efforts to assemble the mob on the National Mall and then organize the march down Pennsylvania Avenue, where some rioters — armed with pipes, bats and bear spray — charged into the Capitol, quickly overrunning the overwhelmed police force. More than 100 police officers were injured, many beaten, bloodied and bruised, that day.
Lawmakers also plan on examining the financing of the various rallies and gatherings around Washington that were planned that day.
Bannon’s apparent turnabout in testifying comes as he faces a criminal trial this month on two counts of contempt of Congress for defying the committee’s subpoena. He has argued that his testimony is protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege, a claim the committee has countered as dubious because Trump had fired Bannon from the White House in 2017 and Bannon was thus a private citizen when he was consulting with Trump in the run-up to the riot.
The committee has said there is evidence that Bannon “had specific knowledge about the events planned for Jan. 6 before they occurred." It cited as an example comments that he made on his podcast the day before the riot.
“It’s not going to happen like you think it’s going to happen. OK, it’s going to be quite extraordinarily different. All I can say is strap in,” Bannon said in that podcast. “All hell is going to break loose tomorrow. ... So many people said, ‘Man, if I was in a revolution, I would be in Washington.’ Well, this is your time in history.”
Kinzinger spoke on ABC's “This Week" and Lofgren was on CNN's “State of the Union.”
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Associated Press writer Hannah Fingerhut in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, contributed to this report. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Jan-6-panel-sets-prime-time-hearing-on-Trump-17295590.php | 2022-07-10T17:33:04Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Jan-6-panel-sets-prime-time-hearing-on-Trump-17295590.php | false |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge has ruled that the mayor of Mississippi's capital city did not have the power veto a contract that the city council had not approved.
Judge Larry Roberts issued his ruling Friday in a dispute among Jackson officials over who will be paid to collect garbage, news outlets reported.
The Jackson City Council sued after Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba issued an emergency order to award a garbage collection contract to a Richard’s Disposal.
The council had voted multiple times against giving the contract to the the New Orleans-based company.
“There’s nothing there to veto. The council didn’t pass affirmatively the matter. It rejected it,” said Roberts, a retired Mississippi Court of Appeals judge who was appointed to hear the case in Hinds County Chancery Court.
Jessica Ayers, an attorney for the mayor, argued that he has the power to veto the negative vote.
“You can expect the possibility of us appealing this matter,” Lumumba said. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Mayor-can-t-veto-contract-that-wasn-t-approved-17295584.php | 2022-07-10T17:37:38Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Mayor-can-t-veto-contract-that-wasn-t-approved-17295584.php | false |
Was trying my hand out at macro photography. There was a number of flies that were swarming around. I was kind of impressed that they were still enough for me to zoom in and get some close up shots. I really liked how the eyes on this one turned out different than normal fly eyes. I feel like you can really see the center of this one's eyes. | https://365project.org/photogypsy/365/2022-07-10 | 2022-07-10T17:41:43Z | https://365project.org/photogypsy/365/2022-07-10 | false |
Biden says he’s mulling health emergency for abortion access
By HANNAH FINGERHUT
Associated Press
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday he is considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it doesn’t seem like “a great option.”
He also offered a message to people enraged by the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that ended a constitutional right to abortion and who have been demonstrating across the country: “Keep protesting. Keep making your point. It’s critically important.”
The president, in remarks to reporters during a stop on a bike ride near his family’s Delaware beach house, said he lacks the power to force the dozen-plus states with strict restrictions or outright bans on abortion to allow the procedure.
“I don’t have the authority to say that we’re going to reinstate Roe v. Wade as the law of the land,” he said, referring to the Supreme Court’s decision from 1973 that had established a national right to abortion. Biden said Congress would have to codify that right and for that to have a better chance in the future, voters would have to elect more lawmakers who support abortion access.
Biden said his administration is trying to do a “lot of things to accommodate the rights of women” after the ruling, including considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources. Such a move has been pushed by advocates, but White House officials have questioned both its legality and effectiveness, and noted it would almost certainly face legal challenges.
The president said he has asked officials “to look at whether I have the authority to do that and what impact that would have.”
On Friday, Jen Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said it “didn’t seem like a great option.”
“When we looked at the public health emergency, we learned a couple things: One is that it doesn’t free very many resources,” she told reporters. “It’s what’s in the public health emergency fund, and there’s very little money — tens of thousands of dollars in it. So that didn’t seem like a great option. And it also doesn’t release a significant amount of legal authority. And so that’s why we haven’t taken that action yet.”
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Associated Press writer Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/07/10/biden-says-hes-mulling-health-emergency-for-abortion-access/ | 2022-07-10T17:42:17Z | https://kion546.com/news/2022/07/10/biden-says-hes-mulling-health-emergency-for-abortion-access/ | true |
Faroe Islands to limit dolphin hunt after outcry
- Published
The Faroe Islands is to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals, after receiving widespread criticism over last year's cull, where more than 1,400 were killed.
A review was ordered in February, in response to the outcry.
Animal rights activists have long decried the hunt, deeming the slaughter cruel and unnecessary.
Faroe Islanders give the practice their broad support, arguing the dolphins have fed them for centuries.
Known as the grind (or Grindadrap in Faroese), the hunting of sea mammals - primarily whales - is a tradition that has been practised for hundreds of years on the remote islands, a Danish autonomous territory in the North Atlantic.
But the scale of the killing last year shocked many locals and even drew criticism from groups involved in the practice. Records showed that it was the largest number of dolphins ever killed on one day in the Faroe Islands.
A petition with almost 1.3 million signatures calling for a ban on the traditional hunt was submitted to the Faroese government.
Now the government has limited the annual catch of white-sided dolphins to 500 for the next two years. Only the dolphin hunt is currently being reviewed, not the entire grind tradition.
The quota was set after the "unusually large catch" of 1,423 white-sided dolphins in September, the government said in a statement.
"Aspects of that catch were not satisfactory, in particular the unusually large number of dolphins killed," it added.
However, the government stated that the hunt serves as an "important supplement to the livelihoods of Faroe Islanders".
- 16 August 2018
- 6 August 2020
- 13 May 2019 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62115343 | 2022-07-10T17:49:37Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62115343 | false |
Jan. 6 panel sets prime-time hearing on Trump, awaits Bannon
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot is returning to prime time with a Thursday evening hearing that will examine the three-hour plus stretch when Donald Trump failed to act as a mob of supporters stormed the Capitol.
The committee is racing to gather newly emerging evidence and the session could be the final one in a series of public hearings that began in early June. A lawyer for former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena, told the committee over the weekend that Bannon may now be willing to testify, according to committee members.
“I expect that we will be hearing from him and there are many questions that we have for him,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif. She and other committee members said they want to hear from Bannon in a deposition, with sworn testimony.
Thursday’s hearing will be the first in the prime-time slot since the June 9 debut that was viewed by 20 million people. A hearing Tuesday will focus on the plotting and planning of the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, by white nationalist groups such as the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters.
Investigators are digging deeper into the mounds of evidence collected so far about the role extremist groups played in the deadly insurrection and what the former president was doing as the violence ensued down the street from the White House.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who will lead Thursday’s hearing with Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., described the upcoming testimony as key to providing an extensive timeline of what Trump did and did not do in those critical hours on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021. That includes Trump’s tweet criticizing Vice President Mike Pence for lacking “courage” as angry protesters outside the Capitol were heard chanting “Hang Mike Pence” for not challenging Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
“We want to show the American people what was the president doing during that time,” Kinzinger said Sunday. “The rest of the country knew that there was an insurrection. The president obviously had to have known there was an insurrection. So where was he? What was he doing? It’s a very important hearing. Pay attention. Because I think it goes to the heart of what is the oath of a leader.”
News of the hearing comes as Congress returns to Washington after a two-week recess. Lawmakers on the committee had indicated in mid-June there would be no more hearings until July, but in late June they held a surprise hearing for the testimony of former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.
Her explosive testimony provided the most compelling evidence yet that Trump could be linked to a federal crime. Since then, the committee of seven Democrats and two Republicans has seen an influx of new information and confidential tips.
Tuesday’s hearing will explore efforts to assemble the mob on the National Mall and then organize the march down Pennsylvania Avenue, where some rioters — armed with pipes, bats and bear spray — charged into the Capitol, quickly overrunning the overwhelmed police force. More than 100 police officers were injured, many beaten, bloodied and bruised, that day.
Lawmakers also plan on examining the financing of the various rallies and gatherings around Washington that were planned that day.
Bannon’s apparent turnabout in testifying comes as he faces a criminal trial this month on two counts of contempt of Congress for defying the committee’s subpoena. He has argued that his testimony is protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege, a claim the committee has countered as dubious because Trump had fired Bannon from the White House in 2017 and Bannon was thus a private citizen when he was consulting with Trump in the run-up to the riot.
The committee has said there is evidence that Bannon “had specific knowledge about the events planned for Jan. 6 before they occurred.” It cited as an example comments that he made on his podcast the day before the riot.
“It’s not going to happen like you think it’s going to happen. OK, it’s going to be quite extraordinarily different. All I can say is strap in,” Bannon said in that podcast. “All hell is going to break loose tomorrow. ... So many people said, ‘Man, if I was in a revolution, I would be in Washington.’ Well, this is your time in history.”
Kinzinger spoke on ABC’s “This Week” and Lofgren was on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
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Associated Press writer Hannah Fingerhut in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, contributed to this report.
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The Covid-19 pandemic caused a spike in demand for boats almost as soon as the lockdowns started to ease. But the pandemic has not been the only cause for the surge in demand for boats. Catastrophic hurricanes in the recent past have also impacted demand, as damaged boats flood the market and boat owners cash insurance checks. Unsurprisingly, that spike in demand has also caused a spike in the number of boat fraud reports.
In fact, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, “Boat theft and fraud costs owners and insurance companies millions of dollars every year.” The four largest hurricanes over the past 10 years resulted in almost 200,000 damaged or destroyed boats, many of which ended up back on the market without any damage disclosures and sold to unsuspecting boat buyers with “clean” titles.
The increased demand, lack of inventory, and substantial number of damaged boats being resold creates the perfect storm for fraud because only five states currently issue boat titles that describe any previous damage while all other states issue titles (or in some cases no titles at all) for boats regardless of the boat’s history.
In a recent study, Boat History Report found that 36% of boats being sold on Craigslist were listed with “clean titles” despite having undisclosed damaged history, with 19% of those having been purchased from a salvage auction within the previous six months.
Since Boat History Report is like Carfax or Autocheck for boats, private used boat buyers aren’t the only ones that use it. According to Jani Gyllenberg of Marine Connection, “Boat History Report gives our customers peace of mind when purchasing used boats from us. It’s a valuable tool we use to make sure the pre-owned boats we buy or take in on trade have no hidden pasts.”
That’s exactly why company Founder and CEO Grant Brooks created Boat History Report. “We believe in transparency. Our service gives potential buyers an extra level of protection and peace of mind because we’re able to pull verified information from our database of over 120 million records that is composed of hundreds of public and private nationwide data sources,” he says.
According to Brooks, 1 in 17 used boats on the market has suffered some sort of damage, so it’s imperative to know the history of the boat before you buy it. And knowing that the boat you want to buy isn’t the 1 in 17 can potentially save you a ton of time, aggravation, and most of all money. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/billspringer/2022/07/10/potential-boat-sales-fraud-soars-with-increased-demand/ | 2022-07-10T17:58:14Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/billspringer/2022/07/10/potential-boat-sales-fraud-soars-with-increased-demand/ | false |
The nation of Sri Lanka has an almost perfect ESG rating of 98.1 on a scale of 100, according to WorldEconomics.com. But the government which had forced the nation to achieve that virtue-signaling target in recent years collapsed over the weekend because it led the country into self-declared bankruptcy, leaving it unable to purchase adequate supplies of fuel and feed its population. Thousands of angry Sri Lankans stormed the presidential residence on Saturday, forcing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down and reportedly flee the country.
Should current trends in global energy supplies continue, Sri Lanka could end up being just a harbinger of larger things to come around the rest of the world in the months and years to come. Somewhat ironically, an analysis of the full ESG rankings linked above shows that many of the nations with the highest scores are developing nations with the highest degrees of famine risk. Haiti, as an example, has an ESG score of 99, while the well-fed United States stands far down the list at just over 58.
“People Worry Most About the Immediate Crisis”
Frans Timmermans, Vice President of the European Commission, seems to understand the reality his own continent faces should it be left without adequate energy supplies this coming winter. Last week, Timmermans urged EU and national leaders to make efforts to beef up their fossil fuel energy supplies and delivery systems in the near term in order to try to head off disaster. “If our society descends into very, very strong conflict and strife because there is no energy, we’re certainly not going to make our [climate] goals,” he said, adding “we need to make sure people are not in the cold in the coming winter.”
Wisely, Timmermans noted further that a failure by European leadership to adequately address a looming winter energy crisis could create such a high level of social and economic disruption that it could cripple the continent’s longer-term efforts to meet climate goals. “I’ve been in politics long enough, over 30 years, to understand that people worry most about the immediate crisis and not about the long-term crisis. And if we don’t address the immediate crisis, we will certainly be off-track with the long-term crisis,” he said.
It remains an open question whether U.S. President Joe Biden and his advisors also understand the risks posed to their own political futures by rising energy costs and likelihoods of power and supply disruptions. In an extraordinary pre-trip op/ed published in Sunday’s Washington Post, Biden somehow manages to write roughly 700 words about his pending trip to Saudi Arabia without including the word “oil,” even though no one doubts that a principal motivation behind his trip is to ask Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to produce more crude in an effort to resupply an undersupplied global market.
The President does make one single-sentence implicit reference to Middle Eastern oil, stating “Its energy resources are vital for mitigating the impact on global supplies of Russia’s war in Ukraine.”
That is accurate, but let’s be clear on this point: The current biggest producer of oil on the planet is not Saudi Arabia, but the United States of America. This has been the case for several years now, yet we never hear anyone in this administration making any similar statements about how crucial the U.S. industry is to the maintenance of global oil supplies and the international stability plentiful oil supplies create and sustain.
The level of international stability has begun to crumble over the past year in large part due to the emergence of a chronically under-supplied international crude market. That is partly due to several factors, including impacts of the COVID pandemic, Russia’s war on Ukraine, the diminishing capacity levels within the OPEC+ cartel and the growing energy crisis in Europe that began to germinate last summer. But another key reason why that is happening is due to the fact that, despite its ranking as the #1 supplier in the world, the U.S. industry is still about 1 million barrels of oil per day short of the highs achieved during 2018 and 2019. That is in large part thanks to the continuing efforts by the Biden administration to suppress the U.S. domestic industry, and by the efforts of the ESG investor community to deny it access to capital.
“Marching to the Brink of Starvation”
This increasing level of instability resulting from rising fuel shortages, supply chain disruptions and the rapidly-escalating prices that inevitably result are now creating food shortages that have placed hundreds of millions of individuals in developing nations around the world under a very real threat of starvation. The head of the United Nations World Food Program, David Beasley, admitted as much in a report last week.
Beasley said that his agency’s new analysis shows that "a record 345 million acutely hungry people are marching to the brink of starvation.” That amounts to a 25% increase from 276 million at the start of 2022, which was double the 135 million before the advent of the COVID pandemic in early 2020.
"There's a real danger it will climb even higher in the months ahead," he said. "Even more worrying is that when this group is broken down, a staggering 50 million people in 45 countries are just one step away from famine."
It should be noted that some of the food shortages are the result of governments placing a higher priority on achieving climate and ESG goals than on food production. One cause of the collapse of the Sri Lankan government was its decision to force farmers to switch from chemical fertilizers (which use natural gas as a key feedstock) to organic fertilizers in April 2021, a mandate that predictably and dramatically reduced crop yields. By the time the Sri Lankan government realized the disaster it had created and attempted to reverse course in November 2021, it was too late.
The Netherlands government, whose 90.7 ESG rating ranks it in the lower 3rd of European nations, showed a similar preference for ESG over food production last month when it announced plans for dramatic cuts in emissions of nitrogen and ammonia that could force the closing of many farming operations. The resulting protests have been huge, and reminiscent of the truckers’ protests that took place earlier this year in Canada. They have gained massive attention on social and traditional media platforms globally.
“Frustration, Anger, Even Despair”
Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Organization’s Wytse Sonnema told Sky News Australia that the proposals have caused a broad sense of “frustration, anger, even despair” among the nation’s farmers. “And imagine if you’re a fifth-generation farmer living on your land, making a living, being part of a local community, and you see a map saying that basically there’s no future. No future for farming, but also no future for the economic, social, cultural fabric of the countryside.”
Exactly so.
What it all amounts to is that governments in all parts of the world are making choices designed to help meet their often-arbitrary climate and ESG goals at the expense of feeding their populations and enabling citizens to keep their homes warm during the winter. Oddly, many of these political leaders seem genuinely surprised when such decisions and the damage they create cause social unrest that often ends with their being tossed out of office and even, as in Sri Lanka, run out of the country.
If this current dynamic continues, expect to soon see government officials interested in remaining in office to begin dropping the maintenance of their national ESG ratings down their list of pressing priorities. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2022/07/10/rising-social-unrest-over-energy-food-shortages-threatens-global-stability/ | 2022-07-10T17:58:33Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2022/07/10/rising-social-unrest-over-energy-food-shortages-threatens-global-stability/ | true |
Boston Police officers recovered three firearms from a group of teenagers in Roxbury on Saturday night.
Officers arrested Lyriq Rivera, 19, of Mattapan, Miguel Serrano, 18, of Dorchester, and a 16-year-old Dorchester boy on firearm charges, including possession of large capacity feeding devices.
Youth Violence Strike Force officers approached a group congregating on Mt. Pleasant Avenue at around 7:20 p.m. The three suspects broke off and ran into a nearby building.
The officers apprehended the group inside the building, but did not find any weapons on them. After canvassing the route the suspects ran, police found three guns loaded with 46 rounds of ammunition in a trash bag.
The three firearms were: a Glock 22 .40 caliber with a laser attachment, with one round in the chamber and 17 rounds in the magazine; a P80 9mm with one round of ammunition in the chamber and 15 rounds in a high-capacity magazine; and a Springfield Armory XD .45 caliber with a laser sight, loaded with 12 rounds of ammunition.
During booking, officers also found substances believed to be cocaine and heroin on Rivera.
The 19-year-old Mattapan man is set to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court on firearm, drug trafficking and trespassing charges.
Serrano and the 16-year-old boy are both set to be charged with firearm and trespassing offenses. The juvenile will be charged in Boston Municipal Juvenile court. | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/10/boston-police-recover-guns-from-three-teens-in-roxbury/ | 2022-07-10T17:59:47Z | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/10/boston-police-recover-guns-from-three-teens-in-roxbury/ | false |
WIMBLEDON, Inglaterra (AP) — Novak Djokovic gana su 7mo título de Wimbledon y 21er cetro de Grand Slam tras derrotar a Nick Kyrgios en cuatro sets.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — An activist who shouted “Where is Peng Shuai?” and held up a sign with the same message was removed from Centre Court during the Wimbledon men's final on Sunday.
Drew Pavlou, an activist who made a similar protest at the Australian Open this year, said he shouted the message during a stoppage in play and was then forcefully removed from the stadium.
“I didn’t want to disrupt the actual match itself so I waited to make sure there was a break in the play and then I just basically held up a sign saying ‘Where is Peng Shuai?’” Pavlou told The Associated Press. “And I just said, ‘Where is Peng Shuai? This Chinese tennis star is being persecuted by the Chinese government. Why won’t Wimbledon say something?’”
Peng is a retired professional tennis player from China who last year accused a former high-ranking member of the country’s ruling Communist Party of sexual assault. She has made very few public appearances since then.
On Monday, four activists wearing “Where is Peng Shuai?” T-shirts were stopped by security at Wimbledon and had their bags searched.
Pavlou said he smuggled the sign onto the grounds of the All England Club by folding it up and hiding it in his shoe. He also had a T-shirt with the message tucked into the waistline of his jeans.
He shouted the protest early in the third set of the match between Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios. Djokovic eventually beat Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
“I tried to be as loud as possible,” said Pavlou, who is Australian. “I screamed it because I wanted people to hear it.”
Pavlou said security wrestled him to the ground and then four of them restrained him with his arms behind his back and brought him to a public area outside Centre Court. He said he was then told to leave the grounds.
He tried to re-enter a short time later but a security guard told him his tickets had been canceled.
The All England Club said Pavlou was removed "after disrupting play by shouting, running down the stairs and causing a nuisance to their fellow spectators.”
At the Australian Open, a spectator was removed from the grounds for wearing a T-shirt supporting Peng but the tournament later reversed its decision and allowed people to wear the clothing as long as they didn’t congregate in large groups or cause problems for other spectators.
Peng disappeared from public view last year after accusing former Communist Party official Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. Her accusation was quickly scrubbed from the internet, and discussion of it remains heavily censored.
Peng won two Grand Slam women’s doubles titles in her career, including at Wimbledon in 2013.
The women’s professional tennis tour canceled its tournaments in China because of the situation surrounding Peng.
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Passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight were alarmed to see smoke billowing from the belly of the plane after it touched down in Atlanta on Sunday morning.
First responders extinguished the flames that broke out after the plane's brakes overheated and caught fire at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the Atlanta airport announced over Twitter. Nobody was injured as a result of the fire, but many passengers onboard were alarmed by the situation outside.
Spirit Airlines plane.. on fire at ATL? pic.twitter.com/NZV9PAwapJ
— Alaina Hardie (@trianglegrrl) July 10, 2022
Videos on Twitter showed black smoke billowing from the underside of the aircraft as a small fire consumed one of the tires. Another video from inside the plane showed passengers rising from their seats to peek out the windows as the crew urged them to remain seated.
"If the pilot gives us the command to evacuate we will evacuate, but please remain seated right now and keep the aisle ways clear," the crew announced over the intercom. "If we do have to evacuate, please just leave your bags. We will let you know, please remain seated."
Why is the plane on fire @SpiritAirlines? Help!😐 pic.twitter.com/5vQFn178Ir
— . (@imgoinscottie) July 10, 2022
Once the fire was hosed off, the plane was towed to a gate where passengers safely disembarked and went on their way, according to the Atlanta Airport. The incident didn't impact any other flights or airport operations.
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ALBANY – Last week Seminole County was high, this week it’s low. This week southwest Georgia counties in the high range in the CDC’s COVID-19 rating system included Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Terrell and Thomas.
Those shifting numbers are part of the current trend as COVID cases have been increasing throughout the region in recent weeks.
The system used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitor counties on three criteria: number of new cases, hospitalizations and a hospital census of the number of available hospital beds, Dr. Charles Ruis, director of the Southwest Public Health District, said.
On Friday, there were 36 patients hospitalized in the Phoebe Putney Health System, 29 of them in Albany, six in Americus and one in Sylvester.
“Those numbers vary a lot, depending on your county,” Ruis said.
In Georgia, the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of COVID make up 64 percent of cases. Those newer variants are of slight concern because they are more resistant to available vaccines but do not seem to make individuals sicker than the other variants.
“It’s the nature of viruses to change over time,” Ruis said. “We don’t know how effective the vaccines are against these two, but we believe they are less effective.”
Still, there is evidence the vaccines help reduce infections and keep those sickened from getting severely ill and out of hospitals.
Four or five nursing homes in the region have seen a number of residents test positive for COVID, but for the most part they are not ending up in the hospital.
“In 2020, when COVID made its way into nursing homes, you could almost predict within a few days there would be people in hospitals, some of them on ventilators, and then you would see deaths,” Ruis said. “In a lot of cases those patients do not exhibit symptoms. We’ve had others with mild symptoms.
“That’s more evidence that vaccinations will save lives. In some cases it will prevent infection.”
While the number of new infections has been trending upward, it is not a sharp rise, and patients who are hospitalized often recover quickly. There were 10 patients hospitalized at Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie last week, but that number dropped to four this week.
Dougherty County was in the medium category for transmission this week, with a rate of transmission of 373 new cases per 100,000 in population. That number is 4.6% higher than the previous week, Ruis siad.
That does not include the number of people who are testing at home.
While the advice that health professionals have been prescribing since the appearance of the virus is old hat at this point, it remains the best way to help prevent the spread of the disease to others, including people who have underlying health conditions that could make them more susceptible to severe illness and death.
Best practices include social distancing, masking indoors in public places, and frequent and thorough hand washing or sanitizing.
Individuals who have been exposed to someone with COVID should quarantine, that is stay away from others for a period of five to 10 days, Ruis said. Isolation is recommended for those who have tested positive or have symptoms.
Those who have a positive home test can call (229) 638-6264 for advice on what steps to take next.
Vaccines are available at area health departments starting at toddlers of six months. | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/covid-numbers-creeping-up-in-albany-region-64-percent-of-georgia-cases-ba-4-and/article_9744eb82-ff04-11ec-82da-5708e42acb55.html | 2022-07-10T18:03:15Z | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/covid-numbers-creeping-up-in-albany-region-64-percent-of-georgia-cases-ba-4-and/article_9744eb82-ff04-11ec-82da-5708e42acb55.html | false |
ROME (AP) — The Italian navy on Saturday began relocating the first 600 migrants from the Sicilian island of Lampedusa after its refugee identification center became overwhelmed with new arrivals and photos circulated of filthy conditions.
July has seen a sustained uptick in daily migrant arrivals in Italy compared to recent years, according to Interior Ministry statistics. Overall, migrant arrivals are up sharply this year, with 30,000 would-be refugees making landfall so far compared to 22,700 in the same period in 2021 and 7,500 in 2020.
Lampedusa, which is closer to North Africa than mainland Italy, is often the destination of choice for Libyan-based migrant smugglers, who charge desperate people hundreds of dollars apiece to cross the Mediterranean Sea on packed, dangerous dinghies and boats.
The Italian navy’s San Marco ship was taking an initial 600 migrants from Lampedusa to another center in Sicily and from there they were be distributed elsewhere in Italy. the ministry said the transfers would continue Sunday.
Lampedusa’s former mayor, Giusi Nicolini, posted what she said were photos and videos taken in the center in recent days, showing new arrivals sleeping on the floor on pieces of foam and bathrooms piled high with plastic bottles and garbage.
“There are 2,100 people packed in the Lampedusa welcome center,” which has beds for 200, she wrote on Facebook. “These could be photos from Libya, but no, it’s Italy. And these are the ones who survived.”
Right-wing lawmakers were quick to seize on the overcrowding, blaming the left-wing parties in Italy’s government for being too soft on migration.
“And this would be the left’s famous humanitarian model?” Georgia Meloni of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, tweeted along with the images. “Saying no to mass illegal immigration also means saying no to this.”
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(iSeeCars) – While hybrid and electric vehicle sales have been increasing in recent years, the specific cities and states with skyrocketing demand for alternative fuel vehicles may surprise you. iSeeCars analyzed the U.S. regions with the biggest shift in market share for alternative fuel vehicles since 2014, and the results suggest hybrid and electric vehicle demand is growing faster in central and rural areas than it is in densely-populated coastal cities.
“You expect to see strong hybrid and electric vehicle sales in states like California, Oregon and Washington, or in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Seattle,” said iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer. “While those areas do have the highest percentage of alternative fuel vehicles, the areas with the greatest growth in hybrid and electric vehicle share come from states and cities few would expect.” For instance, the state with the highest growth in alternative fuel vehicle share since 2014? Mississippi, with a massive 241 percent growth in market share. The second highest state is Hawaii, at 116.5 percent, followed by Utah, with 97 percent share growth.
U.S. States with the Highest and Lowest Growth in Alternative Fuel Market Share
The top 15 states with the highest growth rate in hybrid and electric vehicle market share are listed below.
Several of the top-ranking states, both in 2014 and 2022, are states one might expect to have a high alternative fuel vehicle market share. But more than half of the states in the top 15 are not typically associated with strong interest in “green” vehicles.
“It’s pretty amazing that California barely makes the top 10 in terms of hybrid and electric vehicle growth since 2014, even with strong incentives encouraging their purchase,” said Brauer. “Conversely, despite not having any statewide incentives, Mississippi’s EV adoption is growing faster than all other states, and could continue to do so as Nissan has plans to manufacture EVs in its Mississippi plant in the coming years.”
Hawaii ranks second for the steepest growth in EV adoption. “Hawaii’s higher than average gas prices and island geography, which limits long driving distances, lends itself to electric vehicle ownership,” said Brauer.
It’s also interesting to look at the states with lowest growth in alternative fuel share:
“Florida previously had an above-average EV adoption rate, and our data suggests that demand has remained steady but hasn’t increased,” said Brauer. “Of course, Florida’s 0% growth rate is still ahead of South Dakota and South Carolina, which actually lost alternative fuel vehicle market share between 2014 and 2022.”
How Does a State’s Average Fuel Efficiency Translate to Real-World Fuel Costs?
These differences in average MPG between states can add up to real savings, or expenditures, particularly with the current price of fuel. Using today’s national average of $4.80 a gallon, and based on 15,000 miles of annual driving distance, California’s top-rated state average of 29.5 MPG would cost a driver $2,440 a year in fuel. Wyoming is at the opposite end of the spectrum, with a state average of 22.1 MPG and an annual fuel cost of $3,265. Of course fuel prices and driving distances vary between locations and drivers, but applying this baseline standard shows an annual fuel savings of more than $800 between the top- and bottom-ranked states for average MPG.
U.S. Metro Areas with the Highest and Lowest Growth in Alternative Fuel Market Share
Not surprisingly, a similar pattern can be seen when comparing growth in hybrid and electric vehicle market share in the most populous metro areas. Many, though not all, of the metro areas with the highest growth in alternative fuel vehicle market share are in states with the highest growth rates.
Once again we see expected regions like Phoenix, Dallas, and San Francisco sitting amidst places like Columbus, Grand Rapids, and Minneapolis, suggesting the shift from internal combustion engines to hybrid and electric vehicles is no longer only occurring in big cities,” said Brauer. “Los Angeles, with a growth rate of 70 percent in alternative fuel vehicle market share, doesn’t make the top 15,” said Brauer. “It’s outperformed in this area by, among others, Birmingham, Alabama, which ranked seventh at a growth rate of 88 percent.”
There are actually 5 metro areas that lost share in alternative fuel vehicles in the past 8 years:
“The worst cities were essentially flat in terms of hybrid and electric vehicle market share, except Greenville-Spartanburg, which lost more than 25 percent of its alternative fuel vehicle market share over the past 8 years,” said Brauer. “South Carolina offers no hybrid or electric vehicle incentives, and the state’s economic statistics suggest the higher cost of hybrid and electric vehicles prices them out of reach for many residents.”
How Increased Alternative Fuel Vehicle Share translates to Real-World MPG Gains
An increase in hybrid and electric vehicle share can translate into overall fleet fuel efficiency, as seen for states with the highest growth in miles-per-gallon (MPG) between 2014 and 2022.
Most of these top-ranked states for MPG growth between 2014 and 2022 are also states with the highest growth in alternative fuel vehicle share. However, by removing alternative fuel vehicles from each states’ fleet we can also see which states improved their MPG the most without the aid of alternative fuel vehicles.
These numbers reflect the increase in fuel efficiency for traditional internal combustion engines over the past decade, but the level of MPG improvement is substantially lower than what’s possible when hybrid and electric vehicle’s lend a hand. “Increased hybrid and electric vehicle market share is the easiest path to improved fuel efficiency for a state,” said Brauer. “A transition from larger and older trucks and SUVs to newer, more fuel-efficient vehicles, of all sizes, also reduces a state’s fuel use, but to a lesser degree.”
Bottom Line
The shift from traditional internal combustion engines to hybrids and, eventually, pure electric vehicles, is continuing, and not just in large coastal cities. Many automakers plan to end the production of all internal combustion engines over the next 10 years. This plan assumes the U.S. consumer will fully embrace these vehicles in the coming decade. That may be an overly optimistic assumption by both automakers and government regulators, but there is strong evidence of growing alternative fuel vehicle adoption throughout the country.
Methodology
iSeeCars.com analyzed over 16.3 million 1-5 year old used car sales sold in May 2021 – April 2022 as well as calendar year 2014. The share of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles was calculated in each period for each U.S. state as well as the top 50 metro areas. The percentage change in share of alternative fuel vehicles from 2014 to 2022 was then used to rank regions. The average MPG in these regions was also calculated and compared across each period.
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Khammam: Dalit Bandhu beneficiaries faces lit up with smiles
The beneficiaries of Dalit Bandhu scheme Chintakani mandal in the district, who are extended aid under a pilot project, are praising CM KCR sky-high after reaping the benefits of the scheme.
Khammam: The beneficiaries of Dalit Bandhu scheme Chintakani mandal in the district, who are extended aid under a pilot project, are praising CM KCR sky-high after reaping the benefits of the scheme. pilot project in.
CH Suresh, CH Naga Raju and CH Venkateswarlu used to earn around Rs 400 a day earlier. After they acquired a harvester machine under the scheme, they tare getting Rs 2,300 per hour when the vehicle is hired. They earned around Rs 1, 38,000 in the last few days.
In another instance, a couple G Prabhakar and Aruna eked out a living by stitching clothes, earning just Rs 8,000 a month. With the Dalit Bandhu assistance, they bought four sewing machines and two overlock and zig-zag mechines. Now, they are even providing livelihood to four others, and earning a monthly income of around Rs.20,000.
G Tirumal Rao who was earlier a driver and now the owner of a goods vehicle says he has been earning a decent income of late. He attributed it to the liberal aid under the scheme. K Kotaiah was a photographer. After the sanction, he got new video camera and is busy covering programmes and functions on his own.
The beneficiaries, while immensely thanking the CM, say he is fulling the dreams of Dr Ambedkar, striving for the uplift of Dalits. According to officials, the government sanctioned 1,273 Dalit Bandhu units to 2,767 beneficiaries under the scheme. The scheme is bringing about transformation of weaker sections' lives, they noted. | https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/khammam/khammam-dalit-bandhu-beneficiaries-faces-lit-up-with-smiles-752820 | 2022-07-10T18:30:37Z | https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/khammam/khammam-dalit-bandhu-beneficiaries-faces-lit-up-with-smiles-752820 | true |
New diabetes tech helps ease mental burden
Five years ago, Ashlea Davidson was told by her doctor she would need to take insulin every day for the rest of her life.
The shock diagnosis left her reeling.
"The emotional toll is way bigger than anything else that I've dealt with," she told AAP.
"The sickness, the headaches, it's the emotions of how much mental energy you need to use to effectively manage things."
Like about 130,000 other Australians, Ms Davidson has incurable type 1 diabetes and during National Diabetes Week, is keen to help highlight the personal impact and stigma related to the condition.
"It was probably about three months after I was diagnosed, that's probably when I just crashed and got quite depressed," she said.
"I was really stressed about it."
Up to half of people with diabetes are thought to have a mental illness like depression or anxiety and more than 80 per cent report feeling blamed or shamed, Diabetes Australia says.
Those living with type 1 can also make up to 180 decisions a day to do with monitoring glucose levels, food intake and exercise.
An essential part of the management required has to do with the former, which gives them the information needed to administer insulin.
Traditionally, they have used finger-pricking, which takes time and requires clean hands to draw blood.
"You get people staring and unwanted comments sometimes," Ms Davidson said.
"So, I really only did it in private."
In a welcome move, however, the federal government this month began subsidising Continuous Glucose Monitoring technologies for Australians with type 1 diabetes.
Ms Davidson uses FreeStyle Libre 2 CGM, comprising a small, thin sensor worn on the back of her arm for 14 days at a time, with a smartphone application that tracks and stores data.
While saving time and money, she says the device importantly allows her to "mentally check out from diabetes safely for a little bit".
The technology also features optional alarms that alert her when her glucose levels drop dangerously without notice.
"Diabetes is always in the back of your mind and you're not really enjoying yourself until you test," she said.
"But I know I'm going to get an alarm and know that I'm okay to walk around and enjoy myself and if it goes off, it goes off, I'll deal with it."
DA spokeswoman Renza Scibilia says research shows 47 per cent of people with diabetes experience mental health challenges related to the condition but the new technology takes away a lot of the guesswork. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11000103/New-diabetes-tech-helps-ease-mental-burden.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-10T18:31:48Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11000103/New-diabetes-tech-helps-ease-mental-burden.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
The U.S. Army has suspended a former top spokesperson from a consulting position and put him under investigation after he posted a tweet appearing to mock Jill Biden over a recent comment by the first lady on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The tweet by retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky came in response to a June 24 statement posted to the first lady's Twitter account following the court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
"Glad to see you finally know what a woman is," Volesky responded, according to USA Today, which first reported the story. The tweet has since been deleted.
His remark appeared to echo an exchange between Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., during a confirmation hearing for Jackson in March. Blackburn pushed Jackson to define the word "woman" in regards to transgender rights.
For nearly 50 years, women have had the right to make our own decisions about our bodies.
— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) June 24, 2022
Today, that right was stolen from us.
And while we may be devastated by this injustice, we will not be silent. We will not sit back as the progress we have already won slips away.
Volesky was on a $92-an-hour contract with the Army serving as a senior mentor advising top military officers and other personnel on war games strategy and other military activities, according to the USA Today report.
The Army did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but in a statement to USA Today, spokeswoman Cynthia Smith confirmed that Volesky had been suspended pending the inquiry's outcome. Attempts to reach Volesky were not immediately successful.
Volesky is a decorated, retired three-star general who received one of the military's highest honors, the Silver Star, for his valor in Iraq. He also served in the Gulf War and the war in Afghanistan.
He commanded the Army's I Corps, one of its top formations. He was also commander of the 101st Airborne Division.
Volesky was the chief of the Army's Public Affairs division from 2012 to 2014 and retired from the Army in 2020.
The tweet was not the first time that Volesky had posted about politics. In 2021, he responded to a tweet by Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., about the investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, according to USA Today.
"I'm honored to serve on the January 6th select committee. Our oath to the Constitution must be above partisan politics," Cheney tweeted.
"This is all about partisan politics," Volesky tweeted in response, according to USA Today.
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Firefighters protect giant sequoias as Yosemite blaze spreads
A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, with firefighters working to protect the iconic trees.
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened in the Mariposa Grove in the sprawling park in California but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, including the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.
The cause of the Washburn fire was under investigation. It had grown to nearly 2.5 square miles (6.7 square kilometres) by Sunday morning.
Beyond the trees, the community of Wawona, which is surrounded by parkland and a campground, was under threat, with people ordered to leave their homes and campsites on Friday night.
The blaze was proving difficult to contain, with firefighters throwing “every tactic imaginable” at it, including dropping fire retardant from the air, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokeswoman.
Firefighters planned to use bulldozers to create fire lines protecting Wawona, she said. About 600 to 700 people who were staying at the Wawona campground in tents, cabins and a historic hotel were ordered to leave.
Temperatures were expected rise in the coming days, but fire crews working in steep terrain were not contending with intense winds, Jeffrey Barlow, senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford, said.
Smoke had settled across large swaths of the park but the fire was not sending up huge plumes seen a day earlier, Mr Barlow said on Sunday.
Given the relatively small size of the fire and minimal winds, smoke impacts were not expected to stretch far beyond the park, he added.
So far in 2022, over 35,000 wildfires have burned nearly 4.7 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Centre, well above average for both wildfires and acres burned.
The giant sequoias, native in about 70 groves spread along the western slope of California’s Sierra Nevada range, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires fuelled by a build-up of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and drought exacerbated by climate change have become more intense and destructive.
Ms Phillipe, the park spokeswoman, previously said some of the massive trunks had been wrapped in fire-resistant foil for protection, but she corrected herself on Sunday and said that was not the case for this fire.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out on Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail, Ms Phillipe said.
Smoke was reported by visitors walking in the grove that reopened in 2018 after a 40 million US dollars (£33 million) renovation that took three years.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove over a year ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, along with massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames.
The park has used prescribed burns to clear brush around the sequoias, which helps protect them if flames spread farther into the grove. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11000169/Firefighters-protect-giant-sequoias-Yosemite-blaze-spreads.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-10T18:33:54Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11000169/Firefighters-protect-giant-sequoias-Yosemite-blaze-spreads.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Carlos Sainz unhappy with speed of rescue from car fire at Austrian Grand Prix
Carlos Sainz said he had a lucky escape after his car dramatically caught alight in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.
As Charles Leclerc claimed his first win in three months to revive his hopes of challenging Max Verstappen for the world championship – with the Dutchman second and Lewis Hamilton third – his team-mate Sainz was thrown into grave danger when a fire broke out at the back of his conked-out Ferrari.
At the uphill fourth corner of Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring, Sainz was left battling gravity as his car rolled back towards the track.
Inside half a minute, Sainz’s car was engulfed in flames – and the TV director cut away with the Spaniard desperately attempting to remove himself from his blazing machine.
But a handful of seconds later, the television feed returned to the scene of the grisly accident, and Sainz was seen running away from his car before sitting down on the grass verge with his chargrilled Ferrari now extinguished.
A marshal put a wheel chock underneath Sainz’s front-right tyre, which aided him in escaping, but the 27-year-old, who won last weekend’s British Grand Prix, believes help could have arrived earlier than it did.
“It was not an ideal or an easy situation for sure, because I could see in my mirrors that my car was catching fire,” said Sainz.
“I was pressing the brake, but as soon as I tried to jump out, I didn’t want to leave the car completely free, out of control, and rolling backwards.
“I was calling the marshals to come and help me, to put something on the tyres to stop the car from rolling. But the whole process was a bit slow and at some point there was so much fire that I had to get a move on and I had to jump out.
“It is definitely something we need to look at how we could have done it a bit faster, because it was not an easy situation to be in.”
Sainz’s retirement, with just 14 of the 71 laps to run, allowed Hamilton to claim his third podium in as many races with Mercedes team-mate George Russell fourth – despite an opening-lap collision with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez. The Mexican was unable to continue.
A travelling Dutch contingent of 60,000 fans turned the 11th round of 22 into a home fixture for Verstappen.
And after he raced away from pole, in a plume of flare-generated orange smoke, it looked as though their man would follow up his sprint triumph with another win. However, Leclerc had other ideas.
By lap 10, the Monegasque, whose season has been derailed by mechanical failures and poor strategy calls, was crawling all over Verstappen’s Red Bull gearbox – and after two failed attempts at Turns 3 and 4, the Ferrari driver made his move stick a couple of laps later with a cute move at the right-hand fourth corner.
Red Bull reacted immediately by bringing Verstappen in for a change of rubber.
Leclerc stopped on lap 26. He left the pits 6.7 seconds behind Verstappen, but moved back ahead of his title rival for a second time just six laps later.
On lap 50, Verstappen was back in the lead after Leclerc was called in by Ferrari for his second stop. But three laps later, on the exit of Turn 3, Leclerc passed Verstappen for a third and final time.
Leclerc complained about a stuck throttle in the closing stages, but crossed the line 1.5secs ahead of Verstappen, with Hamilton, who made up five positions from eighth, another 40secs back.
Russell impressed to drive from 19th, after he stopped for repairs and was subjected to a five-second penalty following his coming together with Perez, to finish fourth.
Leclerc has reduced the championship deficit from 44 points to 38.
The Ferrari driver said: “I definitely needed that one. The last five races have been incredibly difficult for myself but also for the team.
“It has been hard race after hard race, and it just felt like everything was against me. So to finally show we have the pace in the car and that we can do it, is incredible.”
Leclerc, Verstappen and Hamilton were later dealt a suspended a fine of £8,500 after their physios entered parc ferme without permission before the drivers were weighed – a breach of the governing FIA’s rules. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11000187/Carlos-Sainz-unhappy-speed-rescue-car-fire-Austrian-Grand-Prix.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-10T18:34:06Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11000187/Carlos-Sainz-unhappy-speed-rescue-car-fire-Austrian-Grand-Prix.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Reuters Sports News Summary
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.
Tennis-No fluke but first of many at Wimbledon, says Rybakina
Elena Rybakina's modest celebrations after winning Wimbledon on Saturday was mostly due to her impassive personality but there was possibly also an air of inevitability about her triumph that made her react the way she did. Rybakina was only 20 when her career graph went on an upward trajectory around the start of the 2020 season as she lifted a second WTA title in Hobart and also reached the finals in Shenzhen, St Petersburg and Dubai.
Cycling-Jungels wins Tour stage nine after COVID-19 scare, Pogacar stays in yellow
Bob Jungels won the ninth stage of the Tour de France at the end of a long solo mountain raid on Sunday after COVID-19 almost prevented the Luxemburg rider from starting the race last week. The AG2R-Citroen rider tested positive on the eve of the start in Copenhagen last Thursday but was cleared to take part after a panel of doctors ruled that his viral load was low enough for him to ride.
Motor racing-Red Bull and Verstappen condemn abusive fan behaviour
Circuit owners Red Bull and their world champion Max Verstappen joined Formula One on Sunday in condemning reported sexist, racist and homophobic behaviour by spectators at the Austrian Grand Prix. Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton said earlier on Instagram he was "disgusted and disappointed" by what had happened at the Red Bull Ring.
Tennis-Rybakina's Wimbledon success 'not a surprise', says Kazakh federation president
Kazakhstan Tennis Federation president Bulat Utemuratov on Sunday said Elena Rybakina's success has been a long time in the making after she won the Wimbledon final to become the country's first Grand Slam singles champion. Rybakina fought back from a set down to overpower favourite Ons Jabeur on Saturday and claim a 3-6 6-2 6-2 victory in her first Grand Slam final.
Tennis-Wimbledon final proves too steep a hill for Kyrgios to climb
Among a sea of picnic blankets and with the scent of suncream heavy in the air, Wimbledon's Henman Hill was abuzz with anticipation as tennis fans massed to watch the sport's biggest anti-hero since John McEnroe contest the Wimbledon final. Whatever else is being said about Nick Kyrgios, the Australian has invigorated this tournament, and men's tennis generally, but his firecracker personality and willingness to court controversy have split opinion sharply among Wimbledon spectators over a tumultuous fortnight.
Tennis-Ice-cool Djokovic tames fiery Kyrgios to continue Wimbledon love story
Novak Djokovic stayed serene amid a frenzied atmosphere to tame fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios in an engrossing final on Sunday, lifting a seventh Wimbledon trophy and taking his Grand Slam title count to 21. Rallying from a set down, Djokovic exhibited ice-cool nerves in sweltering conditions to win 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) for his fourth consecutive trophy at the grasscourt major to close in on Rafa Nadal's record 22 major crowns.
Cycling-COVID-19 threat looms large on the Tour de France peloton
Tadej Pogacar's rivals have been sharpening their knives as the Tour de France hits the Alps, but the biggest threat to the Slovenian's quest for a third consecutive title might be the COVID-19 surge within the peloton. Three riders in two days had to pull out of the race after being infected by the virus and showing symptoms, raising fears that the bunch could be decimated when all the riders will be tested on Sunday night and during the rest day in Morzine on Monday.
Motor racing-Ferrari's Leclerc wins in Austria after late scare
Charles Leclerc survived a late throttle scare to win the Austrian Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday and roar back as Formula One world championship leader Max Verstappen's closest rival. Red Bull's Verstappen had to settle for second, still with a comfortable 38-point lead over the Monegasque after 11 of 22 races and banking a bonus point for fastest lap on top of his Saturday sprint win.
Tennis-Kyrgios 'already a champion' in family's eyes, says brother
Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios is one match away from a first Grand Slam title but his brother, Christos, said on Sunday the Australian is already a champion in his family's eyes after winning an off-court battle with his inner demons. Nick Kyrgios, who in recent years had become well known for his antics and outbursts, opened up on his mental health struggles in February, saying he had had suicidal thoughts in the past.
Tennis-Djokovic set for the unexpected as Kyrgios blocks path to 21st Grand Slam title
Novak Djokovic has contested 31 Grand Slam finals and faced just about every scenario possible in collecting 20 titles but even he will not know what to expect in Sunday's Wimbledon showdown against Australian showman Nick Kyrgios. The 35-year-old Serbian, bidding for a fourth successive title, will prepare for every eventuality but the likelihood is that world number 40 Kyrgios will still conjure up some surprises. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11000029/Reuters-Sports-News-Summary.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-10T18:34:32Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11000029/Reuters-Sports-News-Summary.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
More sharks are being spotted in the waters off Long Island, a trend that is likely to continue — and experts say that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Cleaner oceans, warmer water temperatures and a resurgence of bunker fish that sharks feed on are seen as factors, according to experts. Detection, from drones to helicopters, also has improved and reports are easily spread through social media.
“There are a lot more sharks than 10 or 15 years ago,” Christopher Paparo, manager of Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Center, told Newsday. “We’re spotting sharks, whales and dolphins here. In the 1960s, we did not have sharks, whales and dolphins.”
Shark attacks in the area have been very rare until recently, with an average of about one reported per 10 years for the last century, Newsday reported. Two lifeguards suffered bites and a third person was bitten in what possibly was a shark attack, within the last two weeks, the newspaper reported.
The United States recorded 47 unprovoked shark bites in 2021, a 42% increase from 33 incidents reported in 2020, according to records kept by Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File
In Suffolk County, lifeguards use binoculars to scan the waters for fins cresting the surface or large schools of fish that attract sharks.
Two years ago, lifeguards at Smith Point launched two water scooters to investigate after seeing activity a mile from shore. They eventually had to clear the beach after an 18-foot (5.5-meter) great white shark, which had been feeding on a whale carcass, came with a quarter-mile of the beach.
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It was the first time in more than 30 years that a shark sighting prompted that response, Keith Kolar, the assistant chief of the county's lifeguards, told Newsday. The second time occurred after a lifeguard was bitten this month.
Experts say the increase in the number of sharks is a sign that conservation efforts have succeeded in helping restore ecological balance to the oceans, after overfishing, pollution and a movement to kill sharks partly inspired by the 1975 movie “Jaws” reduced their numbers.
Smaller sharks, which are seen closer to shore more often than larger ones, help keep prey species in check, and many shark types are scavengers that keep the ocean cleaner and healthier.
More encounters between people and sharks could swing public sentiment the other way, however.
“I’m very concerned that the perception I fought against for a couple of decades will change,” Bob Hueter, chief scientist for OCEARCH, a global nonprofit that conducts research on sharks, told the newspaper. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/long-island-seeing-more-sharks-experts-say-its-a-good-sign/3768043/ | 2022-07-10T18:37:43Z | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/long-island-seeing-more-sharks-experts-say-its-a-good-sign/3768043/ | true |
A large swarm of bees have been spotted near Deansgate in central Manchester this afternoon, as revellers enjoy the sunny weather. The bees covered a traffic light on the corner of King Street and Cross Street, as temperatures in Manchester hit 25 degrees.
Video footage captured the moment that thousands of the flying insects were spotted at the busy city centre junction on Sunday (July 10). People could even be seen covering their faces with their clothes and ducking down in a bid to escape the swarm.
"I know Manchester is known for bees, but this was a bit extreme," Jen, who saw the bees while out and about this afternoon, tweeted. The bees were also seen gathering on an adjacent postbox on King Street.
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It isn't the first time swarms of the city's adopted insect have taken over the streets either. In June last year, the Manchester Evening News reported the incredible moment thousands of bees descended on a BMW outside an office block.
And just days after, another swarm settled outside bar Albert Schloss, also in the city centre. A swarm of bees poses little danger if you know what to do, but passersby are advised to leave the bees alone and call their local swarm collector. You should not attempt to injure or remove the swarm yourself.
According to the British Beekeepers Association, a honeybee colony will swam to reproduce when the old queen leaves a colony with some of the bees. They leave their hive and find a spot to wait in until scout bees decide on a new home for the colony, typically between the months of May and July.
Manchester City Council has been contacted for comment.
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Biden considering declaring health emergency for abortion access
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden said Sunday he is considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it doesn't seem like "a great option."
He also offered a message to people enraged by the Supreme Court's ruling last month that ended a constitutional right to abortion and who have been demonstrating across the country: "Keep protesting. Keep making your point. It's critically important."
The president, in remarks to reporters during a stop on a bike ride near his family's Delaware beach house, said he lacks the power to force the dozen-plus states with strict restrictions or outright bans on abortion to allow the procedure.
"I don’t have the authority to say that we’re going to reinstate Roe v. Wade as the law of the land," he said, referring to the Supreme Court's decision from 1973 that had established a national right to abortion. Biden said Congress would have to codify that right and for that to have a better chance in the future, voters would have to elect more lawmakers who support abortion access.
Biden said his administration is trying to do a "lot of things to accommodate the rights of women" after the ruling, including considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources. Such a move has been pushed by advocates, but White House officials have questioned both its legality and effectiveness, and noted it would almost certainly face legal challenges.
The president said he has asked officials "to look at whether I have the authority to do that and what impact that would have."
On Friday, Jen Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said it "didn't seem like a great option."
"When we looked at the public health emergency, we learned a couple things: One is that it doesn’t free very many resources," she told reporters. "It’s what’s in the public health emergency fund, and there’s very little money — tens of thousands of dollars in it. So that didn’t seem like a great option. And it also doesn’t release a significant amount of legal authority. And so that’s why we haven’t taken that action yet."
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Associated Press writer Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/biden-considering-declaring-health-emergency-for-abortion-access | 2022-07-10T18:44:18Z | https://www.fox4news.com/news/biden-considering-declaring-health-emergency-for-abortion-access | false |
Facing the summer without a break
Millions of Brits have axed plans to go on holiday this year because the cost-of-living crisis means they can’t afford to go away, according to a new study.
More than a third of all families will forgo their annual getaway as they struggle to cope with soaring energy bills, the cost of filling the car, and the rising price of groceries, research by consumer champions Nous.co has found.
Of those who do manage to get a holiday, a quarter will be choosing a cheaper break than usual, and another quarter will be ditching a foreign trip to the sun and staying at home instead.
The cost-of-living crisis is still the major factor for most when it comes to foreign holidays, more so than the ongoing problems with air travel.
Single mum Emma Andrew, 36, from Bromley, Kent, said: "We were desperate to get away to the sun this year after all the Covid restrictions, but the rising cost of everything means we just can't afford it.
“We were so looking forward to going to Spain, but instead we're borrowing a tent and going camping instead. And we won't go too far either because of the cost of petrol. I'm so sad that -- despite working two jobs in welfare support and part time charity work in the community -- I can't take my 15-yr-old son away.
“I have the Nous app on my phone so at least I can keep track of my outgoings and know just how much they are going to rise in the next few months. It means I can make the best choices to keep solvent, even if it means kicking Spain into touch.”
Families also revealed that the financial crisis has forced them to give up luxuries including takeaways, trips to the cinema, and buying new clothes to make ends meet.
Two thirds of the 2,000 people in the Nous research say they are cutting down on takeaways, eating out and buying clothes. And almost half say they they’ll go to the pub, cinema and theatre less, while two in five say they are planning to shop more at discount supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl.
Nous CEO and founder, consumer champion Greg Marsh, said: “It's sad that people are having to cut back on their well-deserved annual holidays. We're proud to be providing a service to help households keep track of their finances, enabling them to get the best deal on everything they can.
“If they know exactly how their personal cost of living will increase, they can budget accordingly – even if it means making sacrifices.
“The free www.nous.co app and online dashboard tool can really help you keep your head above water in these difficult financial times.” | https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/read-this/hard-up-brits-are-ditching-holidays-3762940 | 2022-07-10T18:48:42Z | https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/read-this/hard-up-brits-are-ditching-holidays-3762940 | true |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
3-3-4
(three, three, four)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
3-3-4
(three, three, four) | https://www.sheltonherald.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17295666.php | 2022-07-10T18:49:15Z | https://www.sheltonherald.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17295666.php | true |
‘Is Donald Trump really above the law?’
Watching the TV coverage of the attack on our capital in Washington, D.C., (with my own eyes) and now learning about the “alternate slate of electors” scheme that Trump came up with in his attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, it’s especially disheartening to see how many Americans are willing to go along with his plan; to ignore their responsibilities to our constitution. Eighty-four Americans were willing to meet in seven state capital buildings to sign false documents and send these documents to both Congress and the National Archives. Some of the Americans who signed these documents were U.S. senators and members of the House of Representatives. Some were lawyers! Don’t these Americans know or care that other Americans have died to protect our right to have fair elections? Doesn’t Donald Trump have to be held accountable for what he is continuing to do here? Is Donald Trump really above the law?
— Michael McClimon, Fortuna
Kudos to writer for sharing her story
I wanted to applaud Kate Young for sharing. Not every life brought into the world grows up in a healthy environment. I find it disturbing that unelected judges, mostly men, are dictating my personal life circumstances. Who are they to judge me? Those without sin cast the first stone.
— Christy Mattson, Fields Landing
Reader urges reading letters carefully
Could it be that Diane Higgins did not read my original letter carefully? Again, I did not mention assault rifles as others have previously suggested. The only twisted logic that is being used is the ones who keep twisting my words to suit their own thinking. I did not say it was appropriate to advertise assault rifles. I am fully aware of how dangerous they are when they are in the hands of the wrong person. This was about banning the circular from Sportsman Warehouse that contains a variety of guns, not assault rifles. So, again, get the facts straight before going into attack mode. Remember, read carefully before you try to analyze my thoughts.
— Loretta Wilson, McKinleyville
Adjectives matter; consider ‘aggressive’ use
Thanks for reporting on offshore wind goals that were increased, higher to more ambitious levels. (“Aggressive offshore wind goals discussed “ Sunday, July 3, 2022)
But why did you characterize the change as “aggressive” not once but three times – in the headline, first ‘graph, and photo caption? Adjectives matter.
In fact, the improved and elevated goals are in large part a response to the truly aggressive tactics of petroleum frackers who leverage their market power for profiteering at the cost of environmental destruction.
Check the gas pump pipelines and exhaust fumes if you want to know where the aggression lies.
— Sean Taketa McLaughlin, Eureka
Universal health care addresses affordability
The July 1 piece, “Assemblyman Wood delivers 2 major wins for health care,” is best understood by its final sentence: “All of these moves came after a plan for statewide single-payer health care known as CalCare, . . was quashed at the start of the year.”
Assemblyman Wood’s effort to do something about escalating cost of health care is laudable, as is his now vocal support for a single-payer, universal health care system for California, which he has described as “the way forward.” Unfortunately, that something; namely, AB 1130, the Office of Healthcare Affordability, will put that “way forward,” way out of reach, creating a layer of expensive and complex bureaucracy that only adds to what is bedeviling our current non-system. It will not help us get to single-payer and, in fact, will put off such a rational solution for many years to come.
It is already well documented and understood that the major drivers of health care cost and inaccessibility are embedded in profit motive and egregious and unnecessary administrative overhead. Simply put, for-profit middlemen and the mountains of paperwork they impose that come between a patient and their doctor with no value added to care must be eliminated.
That’s what that “quashed” bill (read, lack of votes curried by legal bribery from the health care industry), AB 1400, the universal, single-payer health care bill would have accomplished. If it had passed, there would be no need for AB 1130, since cost would have been controlled and access guaranteed.
— Patty Harvey, Willow Creek | https://www.times-standard.com/2022/07/10/letters-to-the-editor-july-10-2022/ | 2022-07-10T18:50:10Z | https://www.times-standard.com/2022/07/10/letters-to-the-editor-july-10-2022/ | false |
DALLAS (WXIN) — We’ve got a good feeling about an upcoming auction celebrating the 45th anniversary of the film that started the most successful sci-fi film franchise of all time.
Collectors and “Star Wars” fans will have the rare opportunity to bid on items actually used in “Stars Wars: Episode IV: The New Hope.”
Heritage Auctions is auctioning off a screen-matched stormtrooper helmet and screen-used E-11 blaster shared within the film by stormtroopers, and the characters of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia.
The helmet is one of the six original stormtrooper helmets completed in time for filming “Star Wars” in the Tunisian desert in 1976. The so-called “sandtrooper” helmets have unique hand-painted detailing that’s slightly different from stormtrooper helmets completed later on during the production of the film.
“Finding screen-matched props from ‘Star Wars’ is virtually unheard of,” said Joe Maddalena, the executive vice president at Heritage Auctions. “…There is something particularly magical about the helmet and blaster. These recognizable, revered items were made for a movie that was turned down by studios before 20th Century Fox OK’d a franchise that continues to thrive in the 21st century.”
According to the auction house, the helmet up for grabs was worn by a Stormtrooper who spoke to the bartender at Mos Eisley after Obi-Wan Kenobi cut off an opponent’s arm. It also was used by the Stormtrooper who said, “Stop that ship! Blast ’em!” before meeting his demise at the hands of Han Solo.
The screen-used hero E-11 blaster was wielded by various characters during the Mos Eisley spaceport shootout, as well as in the trash compactor scene, and other sequences on the Death Star and Tattooine.
Some lightsabers will also be up for auction, including the lightsaber hilt used by Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi in “Revenge of the Sith.”
The opening bid on the helmet will be $300,000 and $12,000 for the blaster.
The auction will go run July 22-23 and will feature non-“Star Wars” items such as the Batman suit worn by George Clooney in “Batman & Robin.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/entertainment/blast-em-stormtrooper-helmet-blaster-used-on-screen-in-original-star-wars-could-be-yours/ | 2022-07-10T18:52:58Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/entertainment/blast-em-stormtrooper-helmet-blaster-used-on-screen-in-original-star-wars-could-be-yours/ | true |
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic waited. He waited for Nick Kyrgios to lose focus and lose his way. Waited to find the proper read on his foe’s big serves. Waited until his own level rose to the occasion.
Djokovic is not bothered by a deficit — in a game, a set, a match. He does not mind problem-solving. And at Wimbledon, for quite some time now, he does not get defeated.
Djokovic used his steady brilliance to beat the ace-delivering, trick-shot-hitting Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Sunday for a fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship and seventh overall.
The top-seeded Djokovic ran his unbeaten run at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament to 28 matches and raised his career haul to 21 major trophies, breaking a tie with Roger Federer and moving just one behind Rafael Nadal’s 22 for the most in the history of men’s tennis.
Among men, only Federer, with eight, has won more titles at Wimbledon than Djokovic. In the professional era, only Federer was older (by less than a year) than the 35-year-old Djokovic when winning at the All England Club.
.@DjokerNole takes the third set❗
He’s one away from being crowned #Wimbledon champion. pic.twitter.com/Ih9GAjUbWm
— ESPN (@espn) July 10, 2022
His comeback on a sun-filled afternoon followed those in the quarterfinals, when Djokovic erased a two-set deficit against No. 10 seed Jannik Sinner, and in the semifinals, when No. 9 Cam Norrie grabbed the opening set. In last year’s title match at Wimbledon, Djokovic dropped the opening set. In the 2019 final, he erased two championship points against Federer.
There were two particularly key moments Sunday that went Djokovic’s way, ones that Kyrgios would not let go as he began engaging in running monologues, shouting at himself or his entourage (which does not include a full-time coach), finding reason to disagree with the chair umpire (and earning a warning for cursing) and chucking a water bottle.
In the second set, with Djokovic serving at 5-3, Kyrgios got to love-40 — a trio of break points. But Kyrgios played a couple of casual returns, and Djokovic eventually held. And then, in the third set, with Kyrgios serving at 4-all, 40-love, he again let a seemingly sealed game get away, with Djokovic breaking there.
Centre Court rises again for one of its great champions
Congratulations, @DjokerNole 👏#Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/RAm2mm56pS
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 10, 2022
The 40th-ranked Kyrgios was trying to become the first unseeded men’s champion at Wimbledon since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001. Ivanisevic is now Djokovic’s coach and was in the Centre Court guest box for the match.
Kyrgios is a 27-year-old from Australia who never had been past the quarterfinals in 29 previous Grand Slam appearances — and last made it even that far 7 1/2 years ago.
In some ways, he stole the show Sunday. He tried shots between his legs. Hit some with his back to the net. Pounded serves at up to 136 mph and produced 30 aces. Used an underarm serve, then faked one later.
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Eddie Murphy's daughter Bria Murphy and Michael Xavier are officially married. The artist, 32, and her actor fiancé, 36, exchanged vows in front of 250 of their closest friends and family in an enchanting, outdoor ceremony in Beverly Hills on July 9, per People.
Bria was walked down the aisle by her comedian father, 61, under a canopy of white blossoms and roses, per the outlet. Her mother, Nicole Mitchell Murphy, 54, was also in attendance on the special day.
During the ceremony, Bria wore a gorgeous, off-the-shoulder lace Netta BenShabu bridal gown, per People. She completed her look with a floral choker. Michael sported a black Knot Standard tuxedo, styled by Dion Lattimore, with a pink rose boutonniere.
The couple's floral theme carried over into their reception too, with chandeliers and garlands of flowers and fairy lights decorating the entire outdoor entertainment space.
The trees were also lit up with lights, while candles and bouquets of pink and white roses graced the tables.
At the reception, Eddie took the stage to share some love for his eldest daughter.
"I'm just very, very proud. Very, very happy," he said in a video from the event captured by photographer Blair Caldwell. "It's very, very nice to see all of you and I wish Bria and Michael nothing but love and happiness."
The event also featured a performance by New Edition star Johnny Gill, who performed hits including his 1990 single "My, My, My" and a cover of Marvin Gaye's 1976 hit "I Want You."
In December, Bria shared a collection of the couple's engagement photos on her Instagram, calling her then-fiancé "My heart, my best friend, my forever." She continued, "I love you, always."
In his own post, Michael added, "Forever my love."
Bria is one of Eddie's 10 children. The actor is also a dad to Eric, 33, Christian, 31, Miles, 29, Shayne, 27, Zola, 22, Bella, 20, Angel Iris, 15, Izzy Oona, 6, and Max Charles, 3. | https://www.eonline.com/news/1337445/eddie-murphy-s-daughter-bria-marries-michael-xavier | 2022-07-10T18:54:47Z | https://www.eonline.com/news/1337445/eddie-murphy-s-daughter-bria-marries-michael-xavier | true |
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Day" game were:
8-9-6, WB: 2
(eight, nine, six; WB: two)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Day" game were:
8-9-6, WB: 2
(eight, nine, six; WB: two) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Day-game-17295657.php | 2022-07-10T19:03:44Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Day-game-17295657.php | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were:
15-17-26-28-34-35-36-41-43-45-47-52-53-55-57-61-64-70-79-80, BE: 79
(fifteen, seventeen, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, forty-one, forty-three, forty-five, forty-seven, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-five, fifty-seven, sixty-one, sixty-four, seventy, seventy-nine, eighty; BE: seventy-nine) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Midday-game-17295635.php | 2022-07-10T19:08:07Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Midday-game-17295635.php | false |
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Republicans fired their longtime party chairman at a tumultuous state convention that highlighted divisions within the party driven by activists who support former President Donald Trump and want to take the party further to the right.
After convention delegates voted to remove Chairman Dan Welch on Saturday, most of the other state party leaders, including Executive Director Taylor Gage, resigned, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
Republicans were sharply divided during this spring's gubernatorial primary battle between two conservative candidates: the eventual winner, Jim Pillen, and businessman Charles Herbster, who was endorsed by Trump. The race to replace Gov. Pete Ricketts, who couldn't run because of term limits, became more controversial after eight young women accused Herbster of groping them.
Herbster denied the allegations, describing them as a politically motivated attack. He filed a defamation lawsuit against one of his accusers, state Sen. Julie Slama, who responded with a lawsuit of her own accusing Herbster of sexual battery.
Herbster has refused to endorse Pillen, who is still expected to win in November over Democratic state Sen. Carol Blood because the state strongly favors Republicans.
The divisions within the party were exacerbated in the days before the convention after the party refused to issue credentials to six activists who had been critical of Pillen or Ricketts. One of those delegates, Matt Innis of Crete, was arrested for third-degree assault and second-degree trespassing after he tried to enter the meeting Saturday morning. But he was allowed to participate later in the day after he and most of the other activists were reinstated.
The debate over the credentialing issue was tense at times, with some delegates criticizing the decision to withhold access to the activists as an attack on free speech.
Welch, who led the party for eight years, said he thought the disputes were related to the hard-fought gubernatorial primary that saw Ricketts and many established Republican leaders endorse Pillen. Welch said many in the party seemed to believe the state GOP sided with Pillen during the primary, but he maintained that the party remained neutral even though Ricketts spent aggressively to support Pillen.
“The only thing I wish you knew was the real information,” Welch told the convention before he was removed.
Welch was replaced as chairman by Lancaster County GOP Chairman Eric Underwood, who had introduced the motions that led to Welch's firing. Underwood asked delegates for “the opportunity to earn your trust” as he leads the party through the rest of this year. The state GOP will elect a chairman to a full term near the end of this year.
Not long after electing Underwood, the delegates voted in favor of a conservative resolution calling for election ballots to be counted by hand under video surveillance. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Nebraska-Republicans-fire-chairman-at-tumultuous-17295656.php | 2022-07-10T19:08:37Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Nebraska-Republicans-fire-chairman-at-tumultuous-17295656.php | false |
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have placed catcher James McCann on the 10-day injured list on Sunday with a left oblique strain.
The 32-year old was injured while reaching to apply a tag in the sixth inning of New York’s extra-inning victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday.
It is the second stint on the injured list this season for the Mets catcher. McCann required surgery for his broken left hamate bone and spent six weeks on the injured list. He was reinstated on June 24 and started eight games. New York manager Buck Showalter indicated that McCann was expected to be out “longer than 10 days.”
Patrick Mazeika was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse in a corresponding move.
Tomás Nido, who took over for McCann on Saturday and delivered the tying hit and scored the winning run in the 10th inning of the 5-4 victory, was in Sunday’s starting lineup
The Mets were still awaiting the results of outfielder Starling Marte’s MRI. Marte left Saturday’s game in the fourth inning with left groin tightness.
Showalter also noted that the plan for injured outfielder Travis Jankowski (left fourth metacarpal fracture), who is currently on a minor league rehab assignment with Syracuse, is to have him join the team in Atlanta.
New York also claimed left-hander Sam Clay off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies and optioned him to Syracuse. The Mets designated right-hander Jake Reed for assignment.
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Nebraska Republicans fire chairman at tumultuous convention
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Republicans have fired their longtime party chairman at a tumultuous state convention that highlighted divisions within the party driven by activists who support former President Donald Trump and want to take the party further to the right. The Omaha World-Herald reports that after convention delegates voted to remove Chairman Dan Welch on Saturday, most of the other state party leaders resigned. Republicans were sharply divided during this spring’s gubernatorial primary battle between two conservative candidates: the eventual winner, Jim Pillen, and businessman Charles Herbster, who was endorsed by Trump. Welch, who led the party for eight years, said he thought the disputes were related to primary. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/07/10/nebraska-republicans-fire-chairman-at-tumultuous-convention/ | 2022-07-10T19:13:26Z | https://kion546.com/news/2022/07/10/nebraska-republicans-fire-chairman-at-tumultuous-convention/ | false |
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Jerry Kelly shot a 5-under 65 on Saturday for a share of the third-round lead with Alex Cejka in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship.
The Principal Charity Classic winner last month in Iowa, the 55-year-old Kelly had six birdies and a bogey to match Cejka at 9-under 201 on Firestone Country Club’s South Course.
“No. 1, getting the ball in the fairway, so I can have control of my irons,” Kelly said. “Not trying to do too much with my iron shots, just giving myself good looks. And then the putter was better today.”
Cejka birdied four of the last five holes for a 67. The 51-year-old Czech-born German is chasing his third senior major title after winning the Regions Tradition and Senior PGA last year.
“It’s great to finish strong,” Cejka said. “I played pretty good all day long, but had a terrible start, made two stupid bogeys. Had a lot of good chances, couldn’t make a putt with great shots. It’s frustrating.”
Defending champion Steve Stricker (68) and Steven Alker (69) were tied for third at 7 under. Ernie Els (69) was 6 under.
“Only two shots back and a lot of golf left,” Stricker said. “Eighteen holes around here, you can make up ground in a hurry, so that’s kind of what I need to do tomorrow.”
Stricker, the Regions Tradition in May, grew up playing against Kelly in their hometown of Madison, Wisconsin.
“He plays well here,” Stricker said. “This is just like the course he grew up on, just a little bit longer is all. I expect him to play well here. And yeah, he’ll have a challenge tomorrow. There’s a lot of guys behind him.”
Alker is a three-time winner this season and the Charles Schwab Cup points leader. The 51-year-old New Zealander won the Senior PGA Championship in late May in Michigan for his first senior major victory. | https://www.wfla.com/sports/ap-sports/kelly-cejka-share-lead-at-firestone-in-senior-players/ | 2022-07-10T19:14:54Z | https://www.wfla.com/sports/ap-sports/kelly-cejka-share-lead-at-firestone-in-senior-players/ | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (FOX59) – Indianapolis Fire Department firefighters responded to two separate vacant house fire calls on Sunday. Two firefighters were slightly injured in the blazes.
The first call was just after 2 a.m. IFD arrived to North Bradley Avenue on Indy’s Near East side. The fire had spread to homes on either side. Neighbors told IFD that squatters frequently were inside the vacant home. No one suffered any injuries in this fire.
Just before 8:30 a.m., Indianapolis firefighters arrived at the scene of another vacant house fire on East Minnesota and Draper Streets on the Near Southeast side.
It took IFD about 20 minutes to get the fire under control. Two firefighters were slightly injured after the ceiling collapsed on them. Neighbors told IFD investigators that the fire may have been started by squatters. | https://fox59.com/news/squatters-likely-to-blame-for-2-fires-in-indy-2-ifd-firefighters-suffered-injuries/ | 2022-07-10T19:16:23Z | https://fox59.com/news/squatters-likely-to-blame-for-2-fires-in-indy-2-ifd-firefighters-suffered-injuries/ | false |
KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — By the time the Russians invaded, 43-year-old Mufti Said Ismahilov — one of the Muslim spiritual leaders of Ukraine — had already resolved that he would step aside from his religious duties to fight for his country.
At the end of last year, as warnings of an imminent attack grew louder, Ismahilov began training with a local territorial defense battalion. By then he had served as a mufti for thirteen years.
Born and raised in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Ismahilov had already fled Russia once before, in 2014, when Moscow-backed separatists captured his city. He eventually moved to a quiet suburb outside Kyiv called Bucha — only to find himself, eight years later, at the heart of Moscow’s assault on Kyiv, and the site of atrocities that shocked the world. It felt as if the threat of Russian occupation would never end.
“This time I made the decision that I would not run away, I would not flee but I would fight” he said in an interview with The Associated Press in Kostiantynivka, a town close to the front lines in eastern Ukraine where a battle for control of the region is intensifying.
Ismahilov began working as a military driver for paramedics evacuating the wounded from front lines or besieged towns. Tasked with driving in highly dangerous conditions, but also emotionally supporting the critically injured, Ismahilov says he sees his new job as “a continuation of my spiritual duty before God.”
“If you are not scared and you can do this, then it is very important. The Prophet was himself a warrior,” Ismahilov says. “So I follow his example and I also will not run, or hide. I will not turn my back on others.”
Ismahilov was one of dozens of Ukrainian Muslims who gathered at the mosque in Kostiantynivka Saturday to mark Eid al-Adha — an important religious holiday in Islam. The mosque is now the last remaining operational mosque in Ukrainian-controlled territory in Donbas. Ismahilov told the AP that there are around 30 mosques in the region in total but that most are now in the hands of the Russians.
Last week, Russia captured the city of Lysychansk, the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk. The governor of the Luhansk region said on Saturday that Russian forces are now pressing toward the border with the neighbouring Donetsk region.
Muslims make up almost 1 percent of the population in Ukraine, which is predominantly Orthodox Christian. There is a large Muslim population in Crimea — home to the Crimean Tatars and illegally annexed by Russian in 2014. Numbers there jump to 12%. There is also a sizeable Muslim community in eastern Ukraine, the result of waves of economic migration as the region industrialised and many Muslims immigrated to the Donbas region to work in the mines and factories.
The conflict in 2014 forced many Muslims from Crimea and Donbas to relocate to other parts of the country where they joined long-established Tatar communities or built new Islamic centers alongside Turks, Arabs and Ukrainian converts.
But the invasion has forced many to flee once again. The mosque in Kostiantynivka used to cater for a local Muslim population of several hundred people. On Saturday, few local residents were present, having journeyed west with their families. Instead the congregation was made up of soldiers or combat medics from different units: Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian converts from Kharkiv, Kyiv and western Ukraine.
In his sermon following the traditional Eid prayers, Ismahilov told the congregation that this year’s Eid had a symbolic significance in the midst of the war, and asked them to remember Muslims living in occupied territories, where many have lost their homes and several mosques have been destroyed by shelling. Referencing a series of arrests of Crimean Tartars in the wake of the 2014 annexation, Ismahilov said Muslims in occupied territories do not feel safe.
“There is a lot of fear. … The war continues and we have no idea what is happening in the occupied territories and what situation Muslims are in there” he said.
Ismahilov told the AP that he considers Russian Muslims invading Ukraine, including Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov’s infamous Chechen battalions, as “criminals”.
“They are committing sins and … they have come as murderers and occupiers, on a territory that is the home of Ukrainians and Ukrainian Muslims, without any justification. Allah did not give them that right” says Ismahilov. “They will answer for all this before God.”
Olha Bashei, 45, a lawyer turned paramedic from Kyiv who converted to Islam in 2015, says Russia is trying “erase Ukraine from the face of the earth.” Bashei began working as a frontline paramedic in Donbas in 2014. She considers this war her ‘jihad’, a term to denote a holy war or personal struggle in Islam.
“This war is my war, and I defend my jihad because I have nephews, I have a mother and I defend my home. I do not want my nephews to ever see what I, unfortunately, saw in this war” she said.
“Islam even helps me because in Islam, in prayer, you somehow distract yourself from the war because you read the prayer and you have a connection with the Almighty. For me, Islam is a force that supports me even in war.”
As the soldiers prepared the customary sacrificial sheep for the Eid feast, a residential area in Kostiantynivka several kilometers away came under violent shelling. The incoming artillery shook the ground. Some soldiers ran to the mosque’s bunker. Others shrugged it off and continued to drink their tea and eat dates. The shelling caused several fires, injuring several inhabitants and burning roofs to cinders.
Ismahilov said they would pray for victory and the liberation of the occupied territories.
“We pray that our Muslim compatriots will be safe, that our families will be reunited, that the slain Muslims will go to heaven, and that all the Muslim soldiers who are defending their country will be accepted as shahids (martyrs) by Allah.” | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ukraine-muslims-pray-for-victory-end-of-occupation/ | 2022-07-10T19:21:29Z | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ukraine-muslims-pray-for-victory-end-of-occupation/ | false |
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
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(three, three, four) | https://www.myplainview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17295666.php | 2022-07-10T19:33:29Z | https://www.myplainview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17295666.php | true |
Preparations are moving swiftly for the Madison Keys "Court of Dreams" Celebration of Tennis event.
Caty McNally -- an American professional best known as Coco Gauff's doubles partner -- has been announced as Keys' counterpart for the event. The two will work together on a clinic July 14 at the Clear Lake Wellness Center to teach kids tennis, and then face off on the court the next day at the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club in rural Charles City. Maya Mallavarapu of Cedar Falls also will be featured in a singles match versus Pennsylvania native Emma Perkins.
Mark Kuhn, owner and operator of the Court of Dreams and the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club, shared how students are getting involved in the production of the event.
"It's fun to get the kids involved" Kuhn said.
Many Charles City students are participating, and organizers are looking to recruit Mason City students to volunteer as well. Anders Haglund will open the event by singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." He will then lead a group of Charles City students and junior tennis players in "a rousing rendition" of the "Iowa Corn Song."
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Charles City FFA members have volunteered to direct traffic for the event. They will also transplant corn near the court entrance to create a "Field of Dreams" atmosphere. Players and "ghost players" will walk out of the corn and onto the court.
Mario Hoefer, recent Charles City graduate, will portray ghost player Arthur Ashe, the 1975 Wimbledon champion. Maggie Boss, a junior at Charles City, will play tennis legend Billie Jean King, who won the ladies singles title at Wimbledon three consecutive years from 1966–1968 as well as in 1972, 1973, 1975. Lane Kruger, a recent Mason City graduate, will play Jack Kramer, the 1947 Wimbledon gentleman's champion. Kruger will show the crowd the actual Wimbledon tie given to Kramer by King George VI in the Royal Box after Kramer won Wimbledon.
Mallavarapu, Perkins, Keys, McNally, Nathan Healey and KP Pannu will all walk out of the corn after the ghosts. Keys will hit a few balls with the ghost players. Healey and Pannu, the men's pros, will partner with Keys and McNally for a mixed doubles match, followed by the headline singles match between Keys and McNally.
This event comes after a mental health panel and clinic the pros will stage at the Clear Lake Wellness Center. Healey will serve on the mental health panel, and talk about his challenges after collapsing on the tennis court at age 32. He'll discuss what he calls "Tennis Awake" -- his changed outlook on life --after that moment.
Keys is a strong mental health advocate. She may draw on her experiences from the women's tour all the way back to her childhood during the mental health panel. Wendy Martinez of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will also be present on the panel.
"Mental health is such an important topic. ... This event will promote positive self-esteem for junior tennis players," Kuhn believes.
After the panel, the junior tennis players will break off into groups. Instructors will be assigned to different courts, as well as professional players. Keys and McNally move between float courts to help individuals.
Excitement is growing with anticipation for this two-day event. Handicap accessibility has been provided for the Court of Dreams, and proceeds for the Court of Dreams tickets will go towards the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club foundation.
Rae Burnette is a GA and Crime & Courts Reporter at the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by phone at 641.421.0523 or at Rae.Burnette@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/court-of-dreams-brings-in-charles-city-student-volunteers/article_4cb3ee29-c522-582a-87b5-428aa5c62e93.html | 2022-07-10T19:34:06Z | https://globegazette.com/news/local/court-of-dreams-brings-in-charles-city-student-volunteers/article_4cb3ee29-c522-582a-87b5-428aa5c62e93.html | false |
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Jerry Kelly won the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship for the second time in three years Sunday, breaking away with two late birdies to beat defending champion Steve Stricker by two strokes.
Kelly closed with a 2-under 68, taking the outright lead with a 15-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-5 16th and running in a 10-footer on the par-4 17th. He finished at 11-under 269 on Firestone's South Course.
Kelly also won at Firestone in August 2020 and finished second last year. The 55-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin, has 10 PGA Tour Champions victories, also winning the Principal Charity Classic last month in Iowa, after winning three times on the PGA Tour.
The 55-year-old Stricker, also from Madison, matched Kelly with a closing 68. Sticker missed a chance for his second major victory of the season after taking the Regions Tradition in May in Alabama.
Steve Alker bogeyed the par-4 18th to drop into a tie for third with Ernie Els at 8 under. A three-time winner this season and the Charles Schwab Cup points leader, Alker shot a 69. Els closed with a 68.
Stephen Ames (65) was 6 under with Ken Duke (66), Woody Austin (68) and Alex Cejka (73). | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/jerry-kelly-wins-senior-players-for-2nd-time-in-3-years/G5KPRD3UO5FWROESQLJE2OXAAQ/ | 2022-07-10T19:34:11Z | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/jerry-kelly-wins-senior-players-for-2nd-time-in-3-years/G5KPRD3UO5FWROESQLJE2OXAAQ/ | true |
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