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Ex-missionary gets 10 years for sex assault of Ugandan girl
MACON, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in February to sexually assaulting a girl while a missionary in Uganda.
U.S. District Judge Marc. T. Treadwell sentenced Eric Tuininga, 45, of Milledgeville last week. He was ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution and spend a lifetime on supervised release as a registered sex offender after getting out of prison.
Prosecutors have said that an American citizen had contacted the U.S. embassy in Kampala, Uganda in June 2019 to tell officials that Tuininga was having sex with Ugandan girls as young as 14 who were under the care of the U.S.-based Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Mbale, Uganda.
Tuininga was one of the church´s ministers. Authorities said they found Tuininga had already returned to the United States, but federal agents identified the minor and kept investigating. Tuininga admitted to the conduct, with prosecutors saying he told them that the victim would often visit the church property in Mbale.
The recommended sentence for Tuininga was seven to nine years, The Telegraph of Macon reported. But Treadwell sentenced him to a decade in federal prison after hearing testimony from the victim´s caretaker and some of Tuininga´s family members. Tuininga´s defense attorney had objected to some of the evidence at sentencing and requested a sentence of five years.
"I want to recognize the true bravery displayed by the Ugandan girl for speaking out when she was assaulted by a trusted person of power from another country, courageously seeking justice across continents," U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary said in a statement. "Law enforcement - both abroad and here at home - took on a challenging international case."
Mark Bube, general secretary of the denomination´s committee of foreign missions, has said Tuininga´s misconduct was reported by other Orthodox Presbyterian missionaries in Uganda and that he was removed from missionary work in 2019. Bube said Tuininga was later removed entirely from ministry and excommunicated from the church based in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
Tuininga joined the church from a separate but affiliated denomination in Oregon. A website chronicling Tuininga´s work in Uganda said he began working there in 2012 after previously working as a minister at Immanuel´s Reformed Church in Salem, Oregon. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11007287/Ex-missionary-gets-10-years-sex-assault-Ugandan-girl.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-12T21:20:55Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11007287/Ex-missionary-gets-10-years-sex-assault-Ugandan-girl.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Beachwood
Aug. 19: Beachwood at Orange, 7 p.m.
Aug. 27: Beachwood at John Marshall, noon
Sept. 2: Beachwood at Kirtland, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Trinity at Beachwood, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Crestwood at Beachwood, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Beachwood at Cardinal, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Lutheran East at Beachwood, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Beachwood at Hawken, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Beachwood at Berkshire, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Grand Valley at Beachwood 7 p.m.
Benedictine
(home games at Euclid)
Aug. 20: Walsh Jesuit at Benedictine, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Benedictine at Toledo Central Catholic, 7 p.m.
Sept. 3: Cleveland Heights at Benedictine, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10: Benedictine vs. DeMatha (Md.) at Ironton, 5 p.m.
Sept. 17: Benedictine at Buchtel, 1 p.m.
Sept. 23: Benedictine at Boardman, 7 p.m.
Oct. 1: Brecksville at Benedictine, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Benedictine at Erie Cathedral Prep, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Akron Hoban at Benedictine, 7 p.m.
Oct. 20: Nordonia at Benedictine, 7 p.m.
Berkshire
Aug. 19: Cuyahoga Heights at Berkshire, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Berkshire at Coventry, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Trinity at Berkshire, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Berkshire at Grand Valley, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Independence at Berkshire, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Crestwood at Berkshire, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Berkshire at Hawken, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Berkshire at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Beachwood at Berkshire, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Cardinal at Berkshire, 7 p.m.
Brush
Aug. 19: Brush at Lakeside, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Toledo Bowsher at Brush, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Brush at Sylvania Southview, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Akron East at Brush, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Akron North at Brush, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Brush at South, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Brush at Cardinal Mooney, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Gilmour at Brush, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: North at Brush, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Brush at Padua, 7 p.m.
Cardinal
Aug. 19: Cardinal at Garrettsville, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Pymatuning Valley, at Cardinal, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Coventry at Cardinal, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Hawken at Cardinal, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Cardinal at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Beachwood at Cardinal, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Cardinal at Grand Valley, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Crestwood at Cardinal, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Cardinal at Cuyahoga Heights, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Cardinal at Berkshire, 7 p.m.
Chagrin Falls
Aug. 19: Kenston at Chagrin Falls, 7 p.m.
Aug. 27: Chagrin Falls at Trinity, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Brookside at Chagrin Falls, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Chagrin Falls at Perry, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Chagrin Falls at Orange, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Kirtland at Chagrin Falls, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Lakeside at Chagrin Falls, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Chagrin Falls at Edgewood, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: West Geauga at Chagrin Falls, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Chagrin Falls at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Chardon
Aug. 19: Olmsted Falls at Chardon, 7 p.m.
Aug. 27: Chardon vs. Camden (N.J.) at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, 5 p.m.
Sept. 3: First Baptist Academy (Fla.) at Chardon, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 9: Chardon at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Mayfield at Chardon, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Chardon at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: OPEN
Oct. 7: Chardon at Madison, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: South at Chardon, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Chardon at North, 7 p.m.
Euclid
Aug. 19: Aurora at Euclid, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Euclid at Hudson, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Massillon Perry at Euclid, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10: Euclid at St. Ignatius, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Euclid at Brunswick, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Medina at Euclid, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Erie at Euclid, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Strongsville at Euclid, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Euclid at Solon, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Mentor at Euclid, 7 p.m.
Fairport
Aug. 19: East Tech at Fairport, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Lisbon Anderson at Fairport, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Fairport at Cuyahoga Heights, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Wickliffe at Fairport, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Fairport vs. North Central at Fremont Ross, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Fairport at Pymatuning Valley, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Vienna Mathews at Fairport, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Fairport at Windham, 7 .m.
Oct. 14: Fairport at St. John, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: St. John at Fairport. 7 p.m.
Geneva
Aug. 19: Madison at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Geneva at Struthers, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Geneva at New Middletown Springfield, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Lakeside at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Geneva at Kirtland, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Geneva at Orange, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Edgewood at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Geneva at West Geauga, 7 p.m.
Oct. 13: Perry at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Chagrin Falls at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Gilmour
Jan. 19: Rhodes at Gilmour, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Gilmour at Warrensville Heights, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Gilmour at Hawken, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Gilmour at NDCL, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Cardinal Stritch at Gilmour, 7 p.m.
Sept. 24: Gilmour at University, 2 p.m.
Oct. 1: Gilmour at Cleveland Central Catholic, 1 p.m.
Oct. 7: Gilmour at Brush, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Shaw at Gilmour, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Lutheran East at Gilmour, 7 p.m.
Harvey
Aug. 19: Kirtland at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Harvey at Jefferson, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Harvey at Wickliffe, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Harvey at Crestwood, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Cardinal at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Harvey at Grand Valley, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Youngstown Chaney at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Berkshire at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Hawken at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Lutheran West at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Hawken
Aug. 19: Trinity at Hawken, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Hawken at Chippewa, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Gilmour at Hawken, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Hawken at Cardinal, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Grand Valley at Hawken, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Hawken at Brooklyn, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Berkshire at Hawken, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Beachwood at Hawken, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Hawken at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Hawken at Crestwood, 7 p.m..
Kenston
Aug. 19: Kenston at Chagrin Falls, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Kenston at Perry, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: NDCL at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: North at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17: Kenston at Lake Catholic, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Chardon at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Madison at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Kenston at South, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Kenston at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Mayfield at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Kirtland
Aug. 19: Kirtland at Harvey, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Lutheran West at Kirtland, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Beachwood at Kirtland, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Kirtland at West Geauga, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Geneva at Kirtland, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Kirtland at Chagrin Falls, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Perry at Kirtland, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Kirtland at Lakeside, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Kirtland at Edgwood, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Orange at Kirtland, 7 p.m.
Lake Catholic
(home games at Mentor unless noted)
Aug. 20: Dover at Lake Catholic, 7 p.m.
Aug. 27: Lake Catholic at Cardinal Mooney, 7 p.m.
Sept. 3: Buchtel at Lake Catholic, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10: Erie (Pa.) at Lake Catholic (on Lake campus), 1 p.m.
Sept. 17: Kenston at Lake Catholic, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Padua at Lake Catholic, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Lake Catholic at Canton Central Catholic, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Lake Catholic at Walsh Jesuit, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15: VASJ at Lake Catholic, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Lake Catholic at NDCL, 7 p.m.
Madison
Aug. 19: Madison at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Lakeside at Madison, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Perry at Madison, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Madison at South, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Madison at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: North at Madison, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Madison at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Chardon at Madison, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Madison at Mayfield, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Garfield Heights at Madison, 7 p.m.
Mayfield
Aug. 19: Mayfield at Shaw, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Jackson at Mayfield, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Mayfield at Nordonia, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Kenmore-Garfield at Mayfield, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Mayfield at Chardon, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Riverside at Mayfield, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: South at Mayfield, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Mayfield at North, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Madison at Mayfield, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Mayfield at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Mentor
Aug. 19: Canton McKinley at Mentor, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Mentor vs. St. Ignatius at FirstEnergy Stadium, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Riverside at Mentor, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Clarkson at Mentor, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: OPEN
Sept. 23: Mentor at Brunswick, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Mentor at Medina, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Solon at Mentor, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: Strongsville at Mentor, 7 .m.
Oct. 21: Mentor at Euclid, 7 p.m.
NDCL
Aug. 19: NDCL at South, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: NDCL at Lewis Center at Olentangy, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: NDCL at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Gilmour at NDCL, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Taft at NDCL, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: East Liverpool at NDCL, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Walsh Jesuit at NDCL, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: NDCL at Padua, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: NDCL at Louisville, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Lake Catholic at NDCL, 7 p.m.
North
Aug. 19: North at Garfield Heights, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Revere at North, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Lakeside at North, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: North at Kenston, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: South at North, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: North at Madison, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: North at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Mayfield at North, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: North at Brush, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Chardon at North, 7 p.m.
Perry
Aug. 19: Perry at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Kenston at Perry, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Perry at Madison, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Chagrin Falls at Perry, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Perry at Lakeside, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Edgewood at Perry, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Perry at Kirtland, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Orange at Perry, 7 p.m.
Oct. 13: Perry at Geneva, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: West Geauga at Perry, 7 p.m.
Riverside
Aug. 19: Perry at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Riverside at Aurora, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Riverside at Mentor, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Chardon at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Madison at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Riverside at Mayfield, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: North at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8: Riverside at Martinsburg (W.Va.), 1 p.m.
Oct. 14: Kenston at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Riverside at South, 7 p.m.
South
Aug. 19: NDCL at South, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: South at Twinsburg, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: South at Maple Heights, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Madison at South, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: South at North, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Brush at South, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: South at Mayfield, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Kenston at South, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: South at Chardon, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: Riverside at South, 7 p.m.
University
Aug. 19: University at Columbus Academy, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: South Range at University, 5 p.m.
Sept. 2: University at Bay, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Shaker Heights at University, 5 p.m.
Sept. 16: University at Shaw, 7 p.m.
Sept. 24: Gilmour at University, 2 p.m.
Sept. 30: University at Mogadore, 7 p.m.
Oct.8 : Bedford at University, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15: Warrensville Heights at University, 2 p.m.
Oct. 22: Warren Howland at University, 2 p.m.
VASJ
Aug. 19: Badin at VASJ, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: VASJ at Cleveland JFK, 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 2: VASJ at Youngstown East, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Wheeling Park (W.Va.) at VASJ, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17: VASJ at Cleveland Central Catholic, 1 p.m.
Sept. 23: VASJ at Collinwood, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Bishop Hartley at VASJ, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Youngstown Ursuline at VASJ, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15: VASJ at Lake Catholic, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: VASJ at Wooster, 7 p.m.
West Geauga
Aug. 19: West Geauga at Bay, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Streetsboro at West Geauga, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Parma at West Geauga, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Kirtland at West Geauga, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Edgewood at West Geauga, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: West Geauga at Lakeside, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: West Geauga at Orange, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Geneva at West Geauga, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14: West Geauga at Chagrin Falls, 7 p.m.
Oct. 21: West Geauga at Perry, 7 p.m.
Wickliffe
Aug. 19: Brookside at Wickliffe, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: Akron North at Wickliffe, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2: Harvey at Wickliffe, 7 p.m.
Sept. 9: Wickliffe at Fairport, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: Brooklyn at Wickliffe, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: Wickliffe Lutheran West, 7 p.m.
Sept. 30: Wickliffe at Crestwood, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7: Independence at Wickliffe, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15: Wickliffe at Trinity, 7 p.m.
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- Consumer prices continued to shoot higher in June, with the headline consumer price index expected to reach 8.8% year over year, according to Dow Jones.
- But economists say that considering the falloff in gasoline prices, June's headline CPI could be the peak of inflation for now.
- Core inflation, excluding gasoline and food, is expected to go from 6% in May to 5.7%, the third month in a row of slowing.
June's headline consumer price index is expected to have been even hotter than May's report, but consumer inflation may have finally peaked given the decline in oil and gasoline prices in July.
Headline CPI is expected to rise by 1.1%, compared with 1% in May, according to Dow Jones. On a year-over-year basis, CPI is seen rising by 8.8%, up from May's 8.6%, the highest since 1981.
Core inflation, on the other hand, is expected to continue to cool, slowing now for a third month. Excluding energy and food, June's core CPI was expected to rise 0.5%, compared with 0.6% in May. That would be a 5.7% year-over-year jump in June, down from 6% in May. Core CPI peaked at 6.5% in March.
CPI is reported at 8:30 a.m. ET Wednesday.
While economists expect June may finally be the hottest month for headline consumer inflation, they also caution that it will depend on what happens to energy prices, and that remains an unknown.
Since the beginning of the month, West Texas Intermediate oil futures have fallen 9%, and RBOB gasoline futures are down 7.6%. At the pump, unleaded gasoline hit a record $5.016 per gallon on June 14 and has since fallen to $4.65 per gallon, according to AAA.
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"I think the question later this year is what if this is just a near-term peak and not the absolute peak?" said Michael Gapen, head of U.S. economics at Bank of America. "We can't entirely rule that out. We don't know how the energy markets are going to respond to the European embargo. We don't know how strictly the Europeans will follow their own deadline."
European countries have vowed to end their use of Russian oil by year-end. Russia's invasion of the Ukraine came as supply chain issues and staffing shortages were already sending prices higher following the pandemic, and the jump in commodities prices has compounded already surging prices.
Tom Simons, money market economist at Jefferies, said the CPI for June will be a mixed number, and he sees some downside risks to the forecast for core inflation.
"A number of things boosted the core in recent months, like airfare. That did not increase as much in June as it did in April and May," he said. "Also, we had some evidence that there is some softness in other core goods — furnishings and electronics."
Simons said retailers are indicating that they had miscalculated some inventories. "That's leading to some discounting, or at a minimum, no more increases," he said.
Economists expect shelter costs to continue to show strong gains, adding to both headline and core inflation. Simons said energy should add about 0.7% to the headline number, and food prices should be up 1% during June.
As for the Federal Reserve, economists say the hot number should fortify the view that the central bank will hike another 75 basis points on top of June's three-quarter point hike. A basis point equals 0.01%.
"If it comes in higher than expected, we'll feel this is definitely the peak," said Simons. If it comes in lower, the markets will also be encouraged that the pace of inflation could slow, he noted. "Either way, we're going to end up with some kind of relief rally," he said.
Gapen said there are signs that transportation costs, like container shipping costs and airline costs are falling, and supply chain issues are unwinding. But he said the high inflation has taken a toll on consumers.
"The CPI needs to be viewed in conjunction with the retail sales data later this month. ... The higher prices are eating into consumer purchasing power," said Gapen.
Economists expect retail sales in June rose 0.9%, up from a decline of 0.3% in May, according to Dow Jones. The retail sales data will be released on Friday. A big part of the headline retail sales gain is expected to be gasoline sales. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/consumer-inflation-is-expected-to-have-been-even-hotter-in-june-but-it-could-be-peaking/3012427/ | 2022-07-12T21:22:44Z | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/consumer-inflation-is-expected-to-have-been-even-hotter-in-june-but-it-could-be-peaking/3012427/ | true |
CENTENNIAL, Colo., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) ("DHI" or the "Company") today announced that it will report financial results for its second quarter ended June 30th, 2022 on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, after the close of the market. Art Zeile, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin Bostick, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call and webcast at 5:00pm Eastern time to discuss the results.
A press release with these results will be issued after the close of the market and prior to the call that afternoon and will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.dhigroupinc.com.
Conference Call Information
The call can be accessed on the day of the event by dialing +1-844-890-1790, or for international callers by dialing +1-412-380-7407. Please ask to join the DHI Group, Inc. call. You can pre-register for the call by clicking here: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10169242/f3ad7fae02. A live webcast of the call will simultaneously be available on the Company's website.
A replay will be available after the call and can be accessed by dialing +1-877-344-7529 or +1-412-317-0088 for international callers; the replay passcode is 8550262. The replay will be available until August 10, 2022. A webcast replay of the call will also be available on the Company's website.
Investor Contact
Todd Kehrli or Jim Byers
MKR Investor Relations, Inc.
212-448-4181
ir@dhigroupinc.com
Media Contact
Rachel Ceccarelli
VP Engagement
212-448-8288
media@dhigroupinc.com
About DHI Group, Inc. DHI Group, Inc (NYSE: DHX) is a provider of AI-powered career marketplaces that focus on technology roles. DHI's two brands, Dice and ClearanceJobs, enable recruiters and hiring managers to efficiently search for and connect with highly skilled technologists based on the skills requested. The Company's patented algorithm manages over 100,000 unique technology skills. Additionally, our marketplaces allow technology professionals to find their ideal next career opportunity, with relevant advice and personalized insights. Learn more at www.dhigroupinc.com.
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TEMPE, Ariz., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ: NLOK), a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, today announced that its fiscal 2023 first quarter financial results will be released Thursday, August 4, 2022, after market close. Following the press release, NortonLifeLock management will host a conference call and webcast at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET.
Fiscal 2023 Q1 Earnings Call
August 4, 2022
2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET
Conference dial-in and live webcast available on Investor.NortonLifeLock.com
About NortonLifeLock Inc.
NortonLifeLock Inc. (NASDAQ: NLOK) is a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, protecting and empowering people to live their digital lives safely. We are the consumer's trusted ally in an increasingly complex and connected world. Learn more about how we're transforming Cyber Safety at www.NortonLifeLock.com.
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ACE vehemently disagrees with the CFPB's claims of deception, unfairness and abuse. Over 140,000 ACE customers have availed themselves of ACE's payment plan option since 2013, which clearly indicates borrowers were aware of this option.
The CFPB claim regarding alleged improper withdrawals only relates to approximately 0.028% of ACE's loan transactions during the applicable time period and the CFPB misinterpreted the relevant language in the loan agreement. Furthermore, despite no consumer harm, ACE has refunded over $670,000 to loan customers they will never be required to pay back.
DALLAS, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Populus Financial Group, which operates ACE Cash Express (ACE), today responds to a meritless lawsuit containing a series of false allegations filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
ACE, a provider of financial products and services to millions of consumers, has spent more than 50 years serving its customers fairly and transparently, while creating a culture of service and compliance that aligns with the goals of its regulators and its many constituents. In doing so, ACE has built a strong relationship with its customers, who are extremely satisfied with ACE's products and services. In June of this year, ACE received over 9,600 Google reviews with an average rating of 4.88 out of 5 stars, and ACE's Net Promoter Score (NPS), a customer loyalty and satisfaction measurement, is currently 65.3, which is substantially higher than the average NPS for the financial services industry.
Therefore, ACE is disappointed that the CFPB decided to file a baseless lawsuit over a voluntary payment plan process that benefits, and has been long disclosed to, ACE customers, and the CFPB's misinterpretation of a loan agreement provision that impacted a small number of borrowers. Unfortunately, the CFPB has left ACE with no choice but to litigate and defend itself against these unjustified claims.
In states that do not require a payment plan, ACE voluntarily offers a no-cost payment plan option on its payday loan products as an alternative to refinancing and as a benefit to a customer who has expressed difficulty with making payments.
In 2013, ACE created a process for consistently and uniformly offering its payment plan and added language to its loan agreements to further educate borrowers of the availability of the payment plan option. ACE believed this process met the CFPB's expectations at that time. ACE revised its process again in 2020. This revised process has been in place for more than two years, and ACE again believes this process has met the CFPB's new expectations. But instead of engaging with ACE and providing supervisory guidance, the CFPB is now attempting to penalize ACE for a process it used in connection with a voluntary payment plan that is not required by law.
ACE vehemently disagrees with the CFPB's claims of deception, unfairness and abuse. Over 140,000 ACE customers have availed themselves of the payment plan option since changes were implemented in 2013, yet the CFPB wrongly alleges ACE hid the payment plan option from borrowers and steered them to refinance. The facts reflect customers were aware of the voluntary payment plan option because of disclosures in their loan agreements, and language on ACE's website and in other communications.
Separately, the CFPB has accused ACE of unfairly withdrawing money from customers without authorization. This allegation relates to only approximately 0.028% of ACE's loan transactions during the applicable time period, and despite disagreeing with the CFPB's interpretation of certain loan agreement provisions and a lack of consumer harm, ACE immediately revised the language, audited other documents and self-reported additional similar language. Additionally, more than two years ago, ACE voluntarily refunded over $670,000 of principal, interest and fees to affected consumers, most of which amount was principal, and has voluntarily forgiven the debt. In other words, ACE has given over half a million dollars to loan customers that they will never be required to pay back.
The CFPB has also asserted that ACE is a repeat offender. This is not true. Until the CFPB filed this lawsuit, it has never brought any enforcement action based on ACE's payment plan. The second allegation involving the CFPB's misinterpretation of certain loan agreement provisions has also never been at issue—until now.
In the weeks leading up to the lawsuit, ACE expressed a strong desire to reach a satisfactory resolution with the CFPB by offering to make certain changes that would have been beneficial to consumers, even though those changes are not required by law and are outside of the scope of these claims. ACE also requested multiple times for an in-person meeting between CFPB senior leadership and ACE executives to resolve the CFPB's misunderstandings.
ACE's consumer-friendly and impactful law-changing proposals were unfortunately met with outrageous and unprecedented demands, and ACE's requests for a face-to-face meeting were denied. These discussions and the CFPB's refusal to meet with ACE executives made it clear to ACE that the CFPB had no real intention to settle, leaving the only path to fairness in court. We look forward to sharing the facts with an impartial judge.
About Populus Financial Group and ACE Cash Express
Populus Financial Group™ provides financial services through its family of brands including ACE Cash Express®, ACE Elite® Visa® Prepaid Debit Card, Flare Account® and Porte™. Populus Financial Group delivers a broad range of financial products and services including short-term consumer loans, card services, check cashing, money transfers, bill payments and money orders. Visit PopulusFinancial.com for more information.
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Steve Cook’s header secured a 1-0 win for Nottingham Forest in their second pre-season friendly of the summer.
The Reds beat Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium as they continued their build-up to the Premier League campaign. And there was plenty for boss Steve Cooper to be pleased with.
The hosts went close to opening the scoring early on. Gassan Ahadme hit the post inside the opening five minutes, then Trialist A tested Dean Henderson when he cut inside and shot straight at the Reds keeper.
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Forest soon began to work some decent opportunities of their own, however. With Cooper constantly urging his team to ‘play’ and push ‘higher’, they started to apply some pressure.
After Taiwo Awoniyi had fired over, Lyle Taylor had a good chance for the breakthrough. It came about after Jack Colback set Oli Hammond free. The youngster tore up the pitch and squared to his teammate, who was denied by Ben Garratt diving at his feet. The ball then fell to Taylor again, but, off-balance, he couldn’t direct his effort on target.
Just before the break, the visitors put together their two best moves of the half. Some nice build-up play ended with Hammond and then Giulian Biancone going close as it was all-square at the break.
Ten minutes into the second half, Forest took the lead. An inviting corner from Cafu was met with a towering header from Steve Cook, with the centre-back directing it in off the far post.
Prior to that, the Reds had been forced into a change when Lyle Taylor picked up a knock.
A raft of substitutions then followed with 25 minutes to go as Cooper brought on a number of Forest youngsters. All gave a good account of themselves as Forest clinched the win, although Louis Moult missed a golden chance to equalise right at the death. Here’s how Reds reporter Sarah Clapson rated the Forest players at the Pirelli Stadium.
Dean Henderson: Wasn’t really tested too much by Burton, but was alert to any danger. Comfortable with the ball at his feet and communicated well.
Joe Worrall: Back line as a whole worked well together. Cooper encouraged them all to bring the ball out from the back.
Steve Cook: Thumping header for his first goal for the Reds; a nice link-up with Cafu from a corner. Picked out some good passes, too.
Moussa Niakhate: Got a loud cheer when he made a big block right in front of the away fans. Urged to ‘play’ by Cooper as he directed proceedings from the touchline.
Giulian Biancone: Showing a lot of promise in his first couple of outings in the Garibaldi. Clearly likes to stretch his legs with runs down the right.
Cafu: Peach of a corner to tee up Cook for his goal. Received a lot of love from the away fans as he got stuck in.
Jack Colback: A typical Colback display. Good to see him back in the centre of the pitch, directing play.
Nicholas Ioannou: Made some probing runs down the left as Forest got a fair bit of joy down that flank. Involved in some nice moves.
Oli Hammond: Just as he did on Friday, gave a really accomplished performance. Pushed forward well.
Taiwo Awoniyi: Hold-up play was good and showed plenty of nice touches. Not afraid to have a go, trying his luck on a couple of occasions.
Lyle Taylor: Had one of the Reds’ best chances in the first half. No risks taken when he picked up a knock after the interval - walked off rather gingerly as he was substituted.
Subs
Alex Mighten (for Taylor, 53mins): Another really bright run-out. Pace was a useful asset as he ran at the Brewers defence.
Loic Mbe Soh (64mins): The second half back line did well. Generally kept the Brewers at bay.
Riley Harbottle (64mins): Particularly good at encouraging his teammates. Made himself heard and read things well.
Jonathan Panzo (64mins): Valuable minutes for the defender. Did well when he had the ball.
Fin Back (64mins): Looked to keep the Reds on the front foot by getting forward and
Aaron Donnelly (64mins): Like the rest of the young substitutions, can be pleased with his performance. Gave a good account of himself.
Braian Ojeda (64mins): Nice bit of play when he cleared a corner then sprinted up the pitch to contribute to the counterattack.
Ateef Konate (64mins): Bright and lively. Involved in some nice moves.
Dale Taylor (64mins): Tried to apply pressure on the Burton defence when he could.
Who do you think stood out at the Pirelli Stadium? Have your say in the comments below
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15-year-old dies from smoke inhalation during police standoff
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Gray News) - A 15-year-old boy was killed in a house fire as police attempted to detain a man barricaded inside.
Preliminary autopsy results report Brett Rosenau died July 7 due to smoke inhalation, according to a press release from the Albuquerque Police Department.
The police department reported the incident began when detectives arrived at a house on Wednesday searching for a man identified as Qiaunt Kelley. Kelley had violated probation for armed carjacking and stolen charges and was wanted for questioning in connection to other incidents.
According to police, Kelley fled from detectives and barricaded himself in the home. He was followed by a second person, which police identified as Rosenau.
SWAT officers and the Bernalillo Sheriff’s Office attempted for hours to get them to exit the home but were unsuccessful.
The press release reported that during the standoff, officers noticed smoke coming from the home and used a drone and robot to determine there was an active fire inside the home.
The fire department was called and as firefighters arrived, the police department reported Kelley left the house with burn injuries. The press release reported Rosenau was found dead inside the home.
The Albuquerque Fire Rescue is conducting an investigation into the cause of the fire, according to the press release. The fire chief did acknowledge the devices police used to introduce irritants into the home could possibly have caused the fire but said no fires have been reported in the years they have been used.
A full autopsy report on Rosenau’s death will be released later, according to police. However, they confirmed Rosenau had died from smoke inhalation and was not shot, despite what some bystanders said.
Kelley was taken to a hospital for treatment and later booked into jail.
A multi-agency task force is conducting a criminal investigation into Rosenau’s death since it occurred while police were attempting to take a suspect into custody. An administrative investigation is also underway.
The Albuquerque Police Department reported they would later publicly release the video from officers as well as of the drone involved in the incident.
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ACE vehemently disagrees with the CFPB's claims of deception, unfairness and abuse. Over 140,000 ACE customers have availed themselves of ACE's payment plan option since 2013, which clearly indicates borrowers were aware of this option.
The CFPB claim regarding alleged improper withdrawals only relates to approximately 0.028% of ACE's loan transactions during the applicable time period and the CFPB misinterpreted the relevant language in the loan agreement. Furthermore, despite no consumer harm, ACE has refunded over $670,000 to loan customers they will never be required to pay back.
DALLAS, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Populus Financial Group, which operates ACE Cash Express (ACE), today responds to a meritless lawsuit containing a series of false allegations filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
ACE, a provider of financial products and services to millions of consumers, has spent more than 50 years serving its customers fairly and transparently, while creating a culture of service and compliance that aligns with the goals of its regulators and its many constituents. In doing so, ACE has built a strong relationship with its customers, who are extremely satisfied with ACE's products and services. In June of this year, ACE received over 9,600 Google reviews with an average rating of 4.88 out of 5 stars, and ACE's Net Promoter Score (NPS), a customer loyalty and satisfaction measurement, is currently 65.3, which is substantially higher than the average NPS for the financial services industry.
Therefore, ACE is disappointed that the CFPB decided to file a baseless lawsuit over a voluntary payment plan process that benefits, and has been long disclosed to, ACE customers, and the CFPB's misinterpretation of a loan agreement provision that impacted a small number of borrowers. Unfortunately, the CFPB has left ACE with no choice but to litigate and defend itself against these unjustified claims.
In states that do not require a payment plan, ACE voluntarily offers a no-cost payment plan option on its payday loan products as an alternative to refinancing and as a benefit to a customer who has expressed difficulty with making payments.
In 2013, ACE created a process for consistently and uniformly offering its payment plan and added language to its loan agreements to further educate borrowers of the availability of the payment plan option. ACE believed this process met the CFPB's expectations at that time. ACE revised its process again in 2020. This revised process has been in place for more than two years, and ACE again believes this process has met the CFPB's new expectations. But instead of engaging with ACE and providing supervisory guidance, the CFPB is now attempting to penalize ACE for a process it used in connection with a voluntary payment plan that is not required by law.
ACE vehemently disagrees with the CFPB's claims of deception, unfairness and abuse. Over 140,000 ACE customers have availed themselves of the payment plan option since changes were implemented in 2013, yet the CFPB wrongly alleges ACE hid the payment plan option from borrowers and steered them to refinance. The facts reflect customers were aware of the voluntary payment plan option because of disclosures in their loan agreements, and language on ACE's website and in other communications.
Separately, the CFPB has accused ACE of unfairly withdrawing money from customers without authorization. This allegation relates to only approximately 0.028% of ACE's loan transactions during the applicable time period, and despite disagreeing with the CFPB's interpretation of certain loan agreement provisions and a lack of consumer harm, ACE immediately revised the language, audited other documents and self-reported additional similar language. Additionally, more than two years ago, ACE voluntarily refunded over $670,000 of principal, interest and fees to affected consumers, most of which amount was principal, and has voluntarily forgiven the debt. In other words, ACE has given over half a million dollars to loan customers that they will never be required to pay back.
The CFPB has also asserted that ACE is a repeat offender. This is not true. Until the CFPB filed this lawsuit, it has never brought any enforcement action based on ACE's payment plan. The second allegation involving the CFPB's misinterpretation of certain loan agreement provisions has also never been at issue—until now.
In the weeks leading up to the lawsuit, ACE expressed a strong desire to reach a satisfactory resolution with the CFPB by offering to make certain changes that would have been beneficial to consumers, even though those changes are not required by law and are outside of the scope of these claims. ACE also requested multiple times for an in-person meeting between CFPB senior leadership and ACE executives to resolve the CFPB's misunderstandings.
ACE's consumer-friendly and impactful law-changing proposals were unfortunately met with outrageous and unprecedented demands, and ACE's requests for a face-to-face meeting were denied. These discussions and the CFPB's refusal to meet with ACE executives made it clear to ACE that the CFPB had no real intention to settle, leaving the only path to fairness in court. We look forward to sharing the facts with an impartial judge.
About Populus Financial Group and ACE Cash Express
Populus Financial Group™ provides financial services through its family of brands including ACE Cash Express®, ACE Elite® Visa® Prepaid Debit Card, Flare Account® and Porte™. Populus Financial Group delivers a broad range of financial products and services including short-term consumer loans, card services, check cashing, money transfers, bill payments and money orders. Visit PopulusFinancial.com for more information.
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Answer Man: Where are the hummingbirds? Short McDowell Street issue?
Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal:
Question: After 14 years in Tennessee, we recently moved back to Western North Carolina in April, to Hendersonville. I watched as my neighbors hung their hummingbird feeders around the first of June, so I did likewise. Since then, we have not had one hummer come to our feeder! I have only seen one female flitting about, and she was not at a feeder. Likewise, my neighbors have not had any come to their feeders, either. Where are our little hummer friends?
My answer: At hummer camp? God, please forgive me for that one ...
Real answer: These types of questions come up periodically, whether it's about squirrels, chipmunks, bees, butterflies, groundhogs or Bigfoot. OK, I made up that last one, but it does seem like certain critters just go MIA on occasion.
In nearly all of these case, the experts say we have nothing to worry about. That's certainly true with hummingbirds.
"According to the metrics we have for tracking hummingbird populations and movements, there aren’t any indications of anything out of the ordinary here in North Carolina this year," Falyn Owens, an extension wildlife biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, said via email. "I’ve personally seen (and heard) plenty during my local travels this summer, and we regularly get reports of sightings from across the state, including via eBird and even small citizen-science groups like Hummingbird Central."
I'll echo those sentiments, as here in Fletcher the hummingbirds are hitting the flowers and feeder regularly.
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"We do get localized reports from time to time of homeowners who aren’t seeing the 'normal' activity of a particular species (hummingbirds, songbirds in general, squirrels, etc.) and are concerned that it might be part of a larger issue," Owens said. "Fortunately, most of the time these can be accounted for by local dynamics in animal movements and all the factors that can account for that."
For example, Owens said if "it’s nesting season and hummingbirds need plenty of insects to feed their young, they might avoid an area they historically nested because the homeowner recently started spraying insecticides, so there’s just no food in the immediate vicinity for protein-hungry nestlings — or a wide variety of other possible factors."
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Tom Tribble, past president and at-large director for the Blue Ridge Audubon Chapter, said when these questions arise he feels like he's in the "Groundhog Day" movie.
"I get this question every year — numerous times," Tribble said via email.
Here are the answers Tribble typically shares:
• "They are nesting right now," he said. "Most people don't know that 50% of a hummingbird's diet is insects. This is especially true when they are raising their babies. All songbirds must feed their babies protein — that is insects — so that the nestlings can grow their bones and feathers. This is true even if the birds grow up to be primarily seed eaters, such as goldfinches and sparrows, or primarily fruit eaters — such as orioles or cedar waxwings. A diet of nectar for the babies is insufficient. So right now the female hummingbirds are more interested in catching insects than getting nectar."
• "Much of Western North Carolina is experiencing good weather and therefore a good growing season," Tribble said. "Lots of heat and, at least recently, lots of rain. When that is the case, the widespread abundance of nectar plants provides a tremendous natural food supply for hummingbirds. This may reduce their activity at feeders."
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• "Birds fly! Have I mentioned this to you previously?" Tribble said, being sure to include a smiley face emoji. "I see them in my yard, sometimes for a couple of days in a row, and then they disappear for a while."
He too has seen no reports suggesting hummingbird populations are down this year.
"I suspect that, as the summer continues, the hummingbirds will be back visiting your reader's feeder," Tribble said.
Both Tribble and Owens said the best way to attract hummingbirds and keep them healthy is to plant native plants in your yard.
"Native plants support many more insects than non-native plants," Tribble said. "For example, our native trees provide 35 times the weight of caterpillars than non-native trees. Native plants and insects have evolved together over eons and insects have evolved to deal with the leaf chemistry of native plants but not non-native plants."
Owens added a note of caution about feeders, too.
"Hummingbird feeders can spread some nasty pathogens if they’re not thoroughly sanitized on a very regular basis," Owens said. "Native wildflowers, on the other hand, don’t require much maintenance at all once established and offer a lot more — shelter, nectar, insects — than a feeder ever could!"
Question: In 2018, you wrote an Answer Man column that addressed a question about the "chaotic minefield" known as Short McDowell Street, the road that runs from McDowell Street near the viaduct to Meadow Road. At that time, the city of Asheville said a fix was near, but a major water line project had to occur first. Well, it's four years later and nothing has happened. The street is still a chaotic minefield, and no utility work has occurred. I drive that road all the time and it's still terrible. Is there a fix coming any time soon, like in this decade, since the last one has already passed?
My answer: From what I hear, the 2030s are going to be a great decade for road repairs around here.
Real answer: "The major project your reader referenced has not yet been completed," City of Asheville spokeswoman Kim Miller said via email. "The primary hold-up deals with getting encroachments approved from NCDOT and easement negotiations. As these approvals and negotiations are still underway, the city of Asheville cannot issue an accurate completion date."
This is the opinion of John Boyle. To submit a question, contact him at 232-5847 or jboyle@citizen-times.com | https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2022/07/12/answer-man-where-hummingbirds-short-mcdowell-street-issue/10028228002/ | 2022-07-12T21:30:01Z | https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2022/07/12/answer-man-where-hummingbirds-short-mcdowell-street-issue/10028228002/ | true |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office and state officials are investigating a man’s death after he died while being taken into custody for attacking two people, according to a release.
The sheriff’s office said around 8:34 a.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to a call from the Fairmount Mobile Estates in Sebring about a man attacking his mother, who was left covered in blood.
Deputies said Corey Bieber, 37, had entered his 61-year-old mother’s bedroom with a knife, punched her, and dragged her by her hair.
While talking with Bieber’s mother, a neighbor approached the deputies and said that Bieber had broken into his home and attacked a 54-year-old who was asleep, according to the sheriff’s office. The neighbors managed to subdue Bieber and escape, leaving him inside.
The sheriff’s office said a K9 deputy ordered Bieber to leave the neighbor’s home, but when he did not comply, the K9 was released and apprehended the suspect.
However, while being taken into custody, Bieber became unresponsive. The deputies performed CPR on the man until Highlands County Fire Rescue arrived.
Rescue personnel took the suspect to Advent Health Sebring where he died. The sheriff’s office said it did not appear that the K9 was the cause of his death, and his mother said that he was using illegal drugs recently.
The District 10 Medical Examiner’s Office is looking into Bieber’s exact cause of death as of this report.
“Our condolences are with the families and neighbors affected by this tragic incident that occurred in this relatively quiet retirement community,” Sheriff Paul Blackman said.
Bieber has an extensive criminal history, including 12 felony convictions for narcotics, resisting arrest, and theft. | https://www.wfla.com/news/highlands-county/sebring-man-dies-after-assaulting-mother-neighbor-in-bloody-attack-deputies/ | 2022-07-12T21:30:15Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/highlands-county/sebring-man-dies-after-assaulting-mother-neighbor-in-bloody-attack-deputies/ | false |
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island on Tuesday was given new land in a deal that will protect and manage an ocean bay area that is home to endangered and endemic species and to rare, culturally significant Native Hawaiian artifacts.
Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit land preservation group, transferred its ownership of Pohue Bay and surrounding land to the National Park Service.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has the world's largest and most active volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea.
Pohue Bay is home to endangered hawksbill sea turtles, green sea turtles, endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other species found only in Hawaii. The area houses anchialine ponds — landlocked pools with a mix of fresh and salt water — where rare Hawaiian red shrimp called ʻōpaeʻula live.
The area is also culturally significant because it has remains of ancient Hawaiian villages, petroglyphs, burial sites and the largest known abrader tool quarry in the state, according to the Trust for Public Lands. Abraders are ancient tools used for sanding, smoothing and grinding.
Park officials hope to eventually open the area up to the public, but the 26-square miles (67 square kilometers) of land will remain closed to visitors as national park staff consult with local experts and residents to better understand the various cultural sites.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Superintendent Rhonda Loh in a statement called the Pohue Bay area “an incredibly precious and culturally significant landscape that needs to be protected.”
She added: “The park is working to develop an interim operating plan for Pohue that explores opportunities for public use compatible with resource protection."
Trust for Public Land acquired the privately-owned land on Tuesday and gave it to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park the same day.
The parcel stretching from the southwest coast of Hawaii Island up to the national park was purchased for $9.4 million with funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and a donation from the Wyss Foundation. The land had previously been the target of several resort proposals, Trust for Public Land said.
“We are grateful the National Park Service will steward the area, ensuring the history, culture and natural beauty of this place are protected for future generations," Trust for Public Land Associate Vice President Land Lea Hong, who leads the Hawaii division for the organization, in a statement.
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This story corrects that Hawaiian red shrimp are rare but not endangered. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Hawaii-national-park-gets-land-where-ancient-17300468.php | 2022-07-12T21:30:24Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Hawaii-national-park-gets-land-where-ancient-17300468.php | false |
Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, is again in critical condition and facing an "urgent, complex, and lengthy" surgery, a family spokesperson said July 12.
Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, is again in critical condition and facing an "urgent, complex, and lengthy" surgery, a family spokesperson said July 12.
Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, is again in critical condition and facing an "urgent, complex, and lengthy" surgery, a family spokesperson said July 12.
Roberts Family
Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, is again in critical condition and facing an "urgent, complex, and lengthy" surgery, a family spokesperson said July 12.
Cooper, who was attending the parade with his family, suffered several significant injuries in the shooting, including a severed spinal cord, spokesperson Anthony Loizzi previously said.
In what had been a positive development, the child was upgraded to serious condition last week and asked to see his twin brother, Luke, and his dog while he was briefly conscious. Cooper was sedated again because of the pain, the spokesperson said.
But a new infection has caused the child's fever to spike and elevated his heart rate, Loizzi said in a Tuesday statement.
One of the child's lungs is partially collapsed and he is again in critical condition, Loizzi said.
"Yesterday's esophagram procedure revealed that the tear in Cooper's esophagus has reopened. As a result, he is facing an urgent, complex, and lengthy surgery today to again attempt to repair his torn esophagus," Loizzi said.
"This is his seventh surgery and is of particularly high risk given his age and current condition," the spokesperson added.
Luke also suffered injuries from shrapnel, and was treated and released, Loizzi previously said.
Their mother, Keely Roberts, "was shot in the leg and foot area" and underwent several surgeries but was discharged because she wanted to be by Cooper's side, Loizzi said.
Keely Roberts is the superintendent of Zion Elementary School District 6, a school district in northeastern Illinois. In an update on Sunday, district officials said Cooper was in a great deal of pain "physically and emotionally -- especially as the family had to share with him the devastating news that he is paralyzed from the waist down."
Citing a statement from doctors, the update said that the child's esophagus was wounded in the shooting but that doctors were able to close a hole in the organ.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Abruptly raising the question of witness tampering, the Jan. 6 committee revealed Tuesday that Donald Trump had attempted to contact a person who was talking to the panel about its investigation of the former president and the 2021 attack on the Capitol.
“We will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously,” said Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. She said the committee had notified the Justice Department.
The person Trump tried to contact declined to answer or respond to his call, Cheney said. Instead the person alerted their lawyer who contacted the committee.
The disclosure by Cheney was not the first time the panel has raised concerns about witnesses being contacted by Trump’s team in ways that could reflect or at least create the appearance of inappropriate influence. It divulged examples last week of other times witnesses have received outreach from Trump allies, some suggesting he was aware they were talking to the committee, ahead of testimony before the panel.
A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The hearing Tuesday was the seventh for the Jan. 6 committee. Over the past month, the panel has created a narrative of a defeated Trump “detached from reality,” clinging to false claims of voter fraud and working feverishly to reverse his election defeat. It all culminated with the attack on the Capitol, the committee says.
Tuesday’s session revealed details of an “unhinged” late night meeting at the White House with Donald Trump’s outside lawyers suggesting the military seize state voting machines in a last-ditch effort to pursue his false claims of voter fraud before the defeated president summoned a mob to the U.S. Capitol.
The committee investigating last year’s attack at the Capitol is working to show how far-right extremists answered Trump’s call to come for a big rally in Washington. As dozens of lawsuits and his claims of voter fraud fizzled, Trump met late into the night of Dec. 18 with attorneys at the White House before tweeting the rally invitation — “Be there, will be wild!” Members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers groups are now facing rare sedition charges over the siege.
“This tweet served as a call to action — and in some cases a call to arms.” said one panel member, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla.
The panel featured new video testimony from Pat Cipollone, Trump’s former White House counsel, recalling the explosive meeting at the White House when Trump’s outside legal team brought a draft executive order to seize states’ voting machines — a “terrible idea,” he said.
“That’s not how we do things in the United States,” Cipollone testified.
Another aide called the meeting “unhinged.”
Cipollone and other White House officials scrambled to intervene in the late-night meeting Trump was having with attorneys Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, retired national security aide Michael Flynn and the head of the online retail company Overstock. It erupted in shouting and screaming, another aide testified.
“Where is the evidence?” Cipollone demanded of the false claims of voter fraud.
“What they were proposing, I thought, was nuts,” testified another White House official, Eric Herschmann.
But Trump was intrigued and essentially told his White House lawyers that at least Powell and outside allies were trying to do something.
“You guys are not tough enough,” Giuliani in video testimony recalled the president telling the White House attorneys. “You guys are p——-,” he said, using crass language.
As night turned to morning, Trump tweeted the call for supporters to come to Washington on Jan. 6, when Congress would be tallying the Electoral College results. “Be there. Will be wild,” Trump wrote.
Immediately, the extremists reacted.
The panel showed graphic and violent text messages and played videos of right-wing figures, including Alex Jones, and others laying out that Jan. 6 would be the day they fight for the president.
In vulgar and often racist language the messages beaming across the far-right forums planned for the big day that they said Trump was asking for in Washington. It would be a “red wedding,” said one, a reference to mass killing. “Bring handcuffs.”
Several members of the U.S. Capitol Police who fought the mob that day sat stone-faced in the front row of the committee room.
“The problem of politicians whipping up mob violence to destroy fair elections is the oldest domestic enemy of constitutional democracy,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., in opening remarks.
At the witness table to testify in person was Jason Van Tatenhove, an ally of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes. Another witness was Stephen Ayres, who pleaded guilty last month to disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building. He has said that on Jan. 2, 2021, he posted an image stating that Trump was “calling on us to come back to Washington on January 6th for a big protest.”
The committee is probing whether the extremist groups, including the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and QAnon adherents who had rallied for Trump before, coordinated with White House allies for Jan. 6. The Oath Keepers have denied there was any plan to storm the Capitol.
The committee began the second half of the hearing making connections between Trump allies Flynn and Roger Stone and the extremist groups who were preparing to come to Washington.
It showed showing a picture of Rhodes, the Oath Keeper leader, walking with Flynn, the former national security aide to Trump, outside the Capitol at some point.
This was the only hearing this week, as new details emerge. An expected prime-time hearing Thursday has been shelved for now.
This week’s session comes after former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson provided stunning accounts under oath of an angry Trump who knowingly sent armed supporters to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and then refused to quickly call them off as violence erupted, siding with the rioters as they searched menacingly for Vice President Mike Pence.
Trump has said Cassidy’s account is not true. But Cipollone at Friday’s private session did not contradict earlier testimony. Raskin said the panel planned to use “a lot” of Cipollone’s testimony.
The Proud Boys have said their membership grew after Trump, during his first debate with Biden, refused to outright condemn the group but instead told them to “stand back and stand by.”
The Oath Keepers had also been organizing for Jan. 6 and established a “quick response force” at a nearby hotel in Virginia, according to court filings.
The panel also noted that many of the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol appeared to be QAnon believers. Federal authorities have explicitly linked at least 38 rioters to the pro-Trump conspiracy theory, according to an Associated Press review of court records.
One of the most recognizable figures from the attack was a shirtless Arizona man who called himself the “QAnon Shaman,” carried a spear and wore face paint and a Viking hat with fur and horns.
The panel has shown, over the course of fast-paced hearings and with eyewitness accounts from the former president’s inner circle, that Trump was told “over and over,” as Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said, that he had lost the election and his claims of voter fraud were just not true. Nevertheless, Trump summoned his supporters to Washington and then sent them to the Capitol in what panel Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has called an “attempted coup.”
___ Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael Balsamo in Washington and Michael Kunzelman in College Park, Maryland, contributed to this report.
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PHOENIX (AP) — The remains of a baby were found Tuesday in west Phoenix, according to police.
Detectives believe the newborn was left there sometime between Monday at 12:01 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Police said officers responded to the scene after a caller reported finding the remains.
Homicide detectives were investigating the scene and interviewing witnesses.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. government on Monday agreed to a request from environmental groups to study increasing critical habitat designations in Alaska waters for North Pacific right whales, one of the rarest whale species in the world.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries estimates there are about 30 of the whales left after centuries of hunting, ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements have devastated the species.
The agency in 2008 designated about 1,175 square miles (3043 square kilometers) in the Gulf of Alaska and approximately 35,460 square miles (91841 square kilometers) in the southeast Bering Sea as critical habitat for the whales.
Two groups, the Center for Biological Diversity and Save the North Pacific Right Whale, in March petitioned the agency to expand the habitat by connecting the existing two areas.
This would extend the Bering Sea boundary west and south to Alaska’s Fox Islands, through Unimak Pass to the edge of the continental slope, the agency said in a statement.
The proposal would also extend the critical habitat area off Kodiak Island east to the Gulf of Alaska to include new feeding grounds the Center for Biological Diversity has said were confirmed by new research.
“Safeguarding the North Pacific right whale’s habitat is crucial to protecting these magnificent animals,” Kristin Carden, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. “The threats to North Pacific right whales grow with each passing day. This review has come not a moment too soon.”
The size of the proposed new habitat was not immediately available from NOAA Fisheries or the environmental groups.
The extended habitat would overlap with productive fishing areas and high-volume marine transit routes, NOAA Fisheries said, but it also coincides with visual sightings and acoustic data of the large whales.
They environmental groups said in their petition that physical and biological features in the proposed critical habitat require special management considerations and protections, which could include vessel speed limits like those that are already enforced to protect North Atlantic right whales.
“I think it would be a tragedy to let them go extinct without doing all we can, and we see this as a step towards doing the things that we can,” said Kevin Campion with the Save the North Pacific Right Whale group.
He added: “Certainly it’s not everything, but it is a step in the right direction for making sure these animals get to exist on the planet.”
North Pacific right whales have been listed as endangered since 1973.
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Sandstorm Gold Ltd. ("Sandstorm Gold Royalties", "Sandstorm" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAND) (TSX: SSL) is pleased to announce the closing of the previously announced acquisition of nine royalties and one stream (the "Royalty Package") from BaseCore Metals LP ("BaseCore"). Sandstorm made a payment of US$425 million in cash, partly funded by the previously announced upsized credit facility, and issued approximately 13.5 million common shares of the Company to BaseCore (the "Sandstorm Shares"). In accordance with Canadian securities laws, the Sandstorm Shares will be subject to a four-month hold period.
"The closing of the BaseCore transaction is the first part of an exciting new chapter for Sandstorm," commented Nolan Watson, Sandstorm's President and CEO. "The addition of this Royalty Package will contribute meaningful immediate and long-term growth to the Company's portfolio and help position Sandstorm as the go-to mid-tier royalty company."
For more information about the details of the acquisition, see the Company's press release dated May 2, 2022.
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For more information about Sandstorm Gold Royalties, please visit our website at www.sandstormgold.com or email us at info@sandstormgold.com.
Sandstorm is a gold royalty company that provides upfront financing to gold mining companies that are looking for capital and in return, receives the right to a percentage of the gold produced from a mine, for the life of the mine. After the closing of the Nomad transaction announced on May 2, 2022, Sandstorm will hold a portfolio of more than 250 royalties, of which 39 of the underlying mines are producing. Sandstorm plans to grow and diversify its low cost production profile through the acquisition of additional gold royalties. For more information visit: www.sandstormgold.com.
The financial information included or incorporated by reference in this press release or the documents referenced herein has been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, which differs from US generally accepted accounting principles ("US GAAP") in certain material respects, and thus are not directly comparable to financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP.
This press release and the documents incorporated by reference herein, as applicable, have been prepared in accordance with Canadian standards for the reporting of mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates, which differ from the previous and current standards of the United States securities laws. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the terms "mineral reserve", "proven mineral reserve", "probable mineral reserve", "inferred mineral resources,", "indicated mineral resources," "measured mineral resources" and "mineral resources" used or referenced herein and the documents incorporated by reference herein, as applicable, are Canadian mineral disclosure terms as defined in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 — Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the "CIM") — CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended (the "CIM Definition Standards").
For United States reporting purposes, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has adopted amendments to its disclosure rules (the "SEC Modernization Rules") to modernize the mining property disclosure requirements for issuers whose securities are registered with the SEC under the Exchange Act, which became effective February 25, 2019. The SEC Modernization Rules more closely align the SEC's disclosure requirements and policies for mining properties with current industry and global regulatory practices and standards, including NI 43-101, and replace the historical property disclosure requirements for mining registrants that were included in SEC Industry Guide 7. Issuers were required to comply with the SEC Modernization Rules in their first fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2021. As a foreign private issuer that is eligible to file reports with the SEC pursuant to the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system, the Corporation is not required to provide disclosure on its mineral properties under the SEC Modernization Rules and will continue to provide disclosure under NI 43-101 and the CIM Definition Standards. Accordingly, mineral reserve and mineral resource information contained or incorporated by reference herein may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by United States companies subject to the United States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
As a result of the adoption of the SEC Modernization Rules, the SEC now recognizes estimates of "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources." In addition, the SEC has amended its definitions of "proven mineral reserves" and "probable mineral reserves" to be "substantially similar" to the corresponding CIM Definition Standards that are required under NI 43-101. While the SEC will now recognize "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources", U.S. investors should not assume that all or any part of the mineralization in these categories will be converted into a higher category of mineral resources or into mineral reserves without further work and analysis. Mineralization described using these terms has a greater amount of uncertainty as to its existence and feasibility than mineralization that has been characterized as reserves. Accordingly, U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any measured mineral resources, indicated mineral resources, or inferred mineral resources that the Company reports are or will be economically or legally mineable without further work and analysis. Further, "inferred mineral resources" have a greater amount of uncertainty and as to whether they can be mined legally or economically. Therefore, U.S. investors are also cautioned not to assume that all or any part of inferred mineral resources will be upgraded to a higher category without further work and analysis. Under Canadian securities laws, estimates of "inferred mineral resources" may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in rare cases. While the above terms are "substantially similar" to CIM Definitions, there are differences in the definitions under the SEC Modernization Rules and the CIM Definition Standards. Accordingly, there is no assurance any mineral reserves or mineral resources that the Company may report as "proven mineral reserves", "probable mineral reserves", "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources" under NI 43-101 would be the same had the Company prepared the reserve or resource estimates under the standards adopted under the SEC Modernization Rules or under the prior standards of SEC Industry Guide 7.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements", within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of Sandstorm Gold Royalties. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the expectation that the addition of this Royalty Package will contribute meaningful immediate and long-term growth to the Company's portfolio and help position Sandstorm as the go-to mid-tier royalty company; the expectation regarding whether the proposed Nomad acquisition will be consummated, including whether conditions to the consummation of the transaction will be satisfied, or the timing for completing the transaction; the future price of gold, silver, copper, iron ore and other metals; the estimation of mineral reserves and mineral resources, and realization of mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates; the timing and amount of estimated future production; and expectations for other economic, business, and/or competitive factors. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "plans", or similar terminology.
Forward-looking statements are made based upon certain assumptions and other important factors that, if untrue, could cause the actual results, performances or achievements of Sandstorm Gold Royalties to be materially different from future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which Sandstorm Gold Royalties will operate in the future, including the receipt of all required approvals, the price of gold and copper and anticipated costs. Certain important factors that could cause actual results, performances or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, amongst others, failure to receive necessary approvals, changes in business plans and strategies, market conditions, share price, best use of available cash, gold and other commodity price volatility, discrepancies between actual and estimated production, mineral reserves and resources and metallurgical recoveries, mining operational and development risks relating to the parties which produce the gold or other commodity the Company will purchase, regulatory restrictions, activities by governmental authorities (including changes in taxation), currency fluctuations, the global economic climate, dilution, share price volatility and competition.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: the impact of general business and economic conditions, the absence of control over mining operations from which the Company will purchase gold, other commodities or receive royalties from, and risks related to those mining operations, including risks related to international operations, government and environmental regulation, actual results of current exploration activities, conclusions of economic evaluations and changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, risks in the marketability of minerals, fluctuations in the price of gold and other commodities, fluctuation in foreign exchange rates and interest rates, stock market volatility, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risks to Sandstorm" in the Company's annual report for the financial year ended December 31, 2021 and the section entitled "Risk Factors" contained in the Company's annual information form dated March 31, 2022 available at www.sedar.com. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are contained or incorporated by reference, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Shane Bieber pitched a three-hitter for his first complete game this year and José Ramírez and Amed Rosario drove in two runs apiece, sending the Cleveland Guardians over the Chicago White Sox 4-1 in a doubleheader opener Tuesday.
Bieber (4-5) struck out seven and walked none in just the 17th complete game in the major leagues this season. He had been 0-2 in six starts since beating Baltimore on June 3, the longest winless streak of his career.
The 2020 American League Cy Young Award winner carried a one-hit shutout into the seventh en route to his first complete game since Aug. 4, 2019.
“Yeah, I enjoyed that,” Bieber said, smiling. “I was able to go out there and be efficient and get through nine. I feel really good right now, so I’ve just got to keep rolling and keep building off the last one.”
It was the fourth complete game of Bieber’s big league career and the first by a Cleveland pitcher since Aaron Civale's five-hitter at Pittsburgh on Aug. 19, 2020. The 27-year-old right-hander only needed 95 pitches to wrap up the 2-hour, 9-minute ballgame.
“Shane had a good work week and was in control,” Guardians manager Terry Francona said. “When you look up at nine innings and under 100 pitches, it means a guy is really pitching.”
Rosario had a pair of RBI doubles off Davis Martin (1-3), driving in Austin Hedges in the third and Myles Straw in the fifth. The Guardians took a 3-0 lead in the third, when Ramírez’s two-run single scored Steven Kwan and Rosario.
Ramírez, selected for his fourth All-Star Game, leads the AL with 68 RBIs, three more than Yankees slugger Aaron Judge.
Eloy Jiménez singled home Andrew Vaughn in the seventh, cutting Chicago’s deficit to 4-1. The White Sox had two on with one out before Gavin Sheets bounced into an inning-ending double play.
“Bieber had excellent command the whole game, all nine innings,” Chicago manager Tony La Russa said. “Give him credit.”
Martin worked a season-high six innings, giving up four runs while striking out three after being recalled from Triple-A Charlotte. The 25-year-old right-hander made his big league debut May 17 at Kansas City.
“It was pretty cool going up against Bieber,” Martin said. “His arsenal is very similar to mine.”
Nolan Jones of the Guardians went 0 for 3, going hitless for the first time in the majors. Jones batted .538 with seven hits and eight RBIs over his first four games.
Cleveland designated hitter Franmil Reyes fouled a pitch off his right ear in the third but remained in the game. The ball ricocheted off the dirt and struck Reyes below his helmet.
“Franmil was OK right away,” Francona said. “He’s got a little cut on his ear, so we were just trying to stop the bleeding.”
The Guardians played their league-high eighth doubleheader, their seventh at Progressive Field. The White Sox, in their fourth doubleheader, were swept by Cleveland on April 20.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: C Yasmani Grandal (back spasms) has shifted his rehab assignment from Double-A Birmingham to Triple-A Charlotte. Grandal, who was placed on the injured list on June 13, had a .692 on-base percentage in three games with the Barons.
Guardians: OF Oscar Gonzalez (right abdominal strain) is performing light physical exercises, but has not been cleared for baseball activities. The rookie is eligible to be activated off the IL, but likely will remain there until after the All-Star break.
UP NEXT
White Sox: RHP Dylan Cease (7-4, 2.45 ERA) has only lost once in seven road starts this season, allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings at Cleveland on April 21. Cease is 4-1 with a 1.77 ERA away from Guaranteed Rate Field.
Guardians: LHP Konnor Pilkington (1-1, 4.08 ERA) will become the first Cleveland pitcher to make three consecutive starts as part of doubleheaders since Neal Heaton in 1984. The rookie is in his seventh stint with the team.
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LONDON (AP) — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child.
“The truth is I’m not who you think I am,” the 39-year-old Farah told the BBC in a documentary called “The Real Mo Farah.”
Farah, who became the first British track and field athlete to win four Olympic golds, said his children have motivated him to be truthful about his past.
“The real story is I was born in Somaliland, north of Somalia, as Hussein Abdi Kahin,” he told the BBC. “Despite what I’ve said in the past, my parents never lived in the U.K.
“When I was four my dad was killed in the civil war, you know as a family we were torn apart. I was separated from my mother, and I was brought into the U.K. illegally under the name of another child called Mohamed Farah.”
During the documentary, Farah said he thought he was going to Europe to live with relatives and recalled going through a British passport check under the guise of Mohamed at the age of nine after traveling with a woman he didn’t previously know.
“I had all the contact details for my relative and once we got to her house, the lady took it off me and right in front of me ripped them up and put it in the bin and at that moment I knew I was in trouble,” he said.
The athlete travelled back to his childhood home in west London, recalling “not great memories” where he was not treated as part of the family.
Farah eventually told teacher Alan Watkinson the truth and moved to live with his friend’s mum who took care of him and he ended up staying for seven years.
It was Watkinson who applied for Farah’s British citizenship which he described as a “long process.” Farah was recognized as a British citizen in 2000.
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Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Wish, will set sail on her maiden voyage on July 14. The fleet’s fifth vessel, the Wish, has been dubbed a “castle on the sea.” It brings a regal new look to the magical Disney experience, along with a boatload of new enhancements and offerings to the traditional cruise vacation.
The Wish offers new ways to experience Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar beyond the theme parks and updated approaches to the ship’s dedicated adult and kid zones. It also features the most innovative dining and entertainment offerings yet seen on Disney Cruise Line. The Disney Wish sets a new bar for family, multigenerational — and yes, even adults-only — cruising.
My family sailed on the Wish’s christening voyage during a media preview, and though some of the elements of the ship weren’t fully operational yet, we experienced enough to return home and immediately book a four-night sailing on the Wish this October. Here’s a firsthand look at some of the most unique and exciting experiences aboard the Disney Wish.
Kids Can Slide Straight Into The Kids Club
Disney Cruise Line is perhaps best known for its unmatched ability to cater to guests of all ages, and the fleet’s immersive kids clubs are the pièce de résistance. Disney’s Oceaneer Club on the Disney Wish is a sprawling, secure, themed space where kids ages 3-12 get lost in activities like designing their own roller coasters in the Walt Disney Imagineering Lab, creating art projects in Rapunzel’s Art Studio, caring for otherworldly creatures in Star Wars: Cargo Bay, and rubbing shoulders with Disney characters, who make regular appearances in the club.
I have trouble getting my kids out of the club, but for kiddos hesitant to leave parents behind, plunging straight from the Grand Hall on a twisting slide “down the rabbit hole” and into the “Alice in Wonderland”-themed entrance to the club should do the trick.
Adults feeling curiouser and curiouser can take their turn down the slide during Open Houses and get their chance to explore the Oceaneer Club alongside their kids. (Don’t miss trying out one of the coolest features — the automatic hand washers!).
Here’s a look at them in use on my Instagram:
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There’s A Star Wars-Themed Bar That Includes Some Elements Of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
If you’ve been intrigued by the launch of Walt Disney World’s new “Star Wars: hotel experience, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, but weren’t ready to go all-in on a two-day space cruise aboard the Halcyon, the Disney Wish offers a smaller taste of “Star Wars” cruising in Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge, an out-of-this-world watering hole modeled after a luxury-class space cruiser.
Experience sideways jumps to hyperspace as you hop between planets like Mustafar, Tatooine, Coruscant and Batuu and watch iconic ships like the Razor Crest and the Halcyon fly by. Hear otherworldly beats — the same soundtrack played in Galactic Starcruiser’s Sublight Lounge and atrium — while sipping storied cocktails like the Freetown Reserve from Tatooine, made of “Bantha hides mashed with fermented grains,” and the Berken’s Flow from Mustafar, “from the largest lavafall of the galaxy.”
Kids are welcome during the day and can drink colorful zero-proof concoctions like the bright blue Cloud City, made with oak milk, blue raspberry, and galaxy ice cream or the green Temple Twist, made with apple, mint, pineapple, ginger beer and popping pearls (aka “fish eggs”). This one is a nod to Grogu, whose silhouette tops the drink as a kiwi garnish.
One menu item at Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge that has everyone talking is the $5,000 Kaiburr Crystal cocktail, “the galaxy’s rarest and valuable cocktail,” that will be delivered to your table in a camtono. There’s still an aura of mystery surrounding the drink’s ingredients and it what comes with to command all those credits, but there’s reportedly an entertainment component as part of the drink’s delivery and even a visit to Skywalker Ranch included.
The Wish Introduces Disney’s First-Ever Ride At Sea
A first-of-its-kind water ride, the AquaMouse takes guests on a wet, wild aqua-coaster adventure. Themed with “The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse,” riders will see one of two different shorts during their ascent to the top — and get blasted with more than 60 different water effects in the process. Then, they’ll twist and turn through 760 feet of tubes suspended high above the ship’s upper decks.
Dinner And A Show Is Taken To A New Level
Disney Cruise Line is known for live, Broadway-caliber shows across the fleet, but new to the Wish is the introduction of elaborate dinner shows as part of the ship’s rotational dining experience.
“Arendelle: A Frozen Dining Adventure” invites guests into Arendelle Castle for Anna and Kristoff’s engagement party, hosted by Elsa and catered by Oaken’s “Hearty Party Planning Service … and Sauna.” Tables in the endlessly-detailed dining room are arranged theater-in-the-round style around a stage. There, Anna, Kristoff, Elsa, Oaken, Olaf and two musicians perform original takes on “Frozen” favorites, plus a deleted song from “Frozen II.” A Nordic-themed menu offers some adventurous options, but there’s plenty to please picky palates.
At “Avengers: Quantum Encounter,” dubbed “a cinematic dining experience,” guests attend a special technology showcase hosted by Ant-Man and the Wasp in the ship’s Worlds of Marvel restaurant. On screens throughout the restaurant, some of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s biggest stars — Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as the Wasp, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel and Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel — reprise their Avengers roles in an action-packed adventure that takes place throughout the ship. This experience makes Disney Wish a bucket-list destination for Marvel fans who might want to experience the exclusive show.
Parents Can Race Kids Around An Inflatable Obstacle Course
Adults, if you’ve ever looked longingly at inflatables at a kid’s birthday party or play zone, good news. Everyone gets to channel their inner superhero on the Incredi-Games course, an inflatable obstacle course in the Hero Zone sports area. Sure, your kids probably get plenty of opportunities to play on inflatables at home, but this is your chance to go head to head and race them to the finish.
The Barbershop Has A Concealed Cocktail Bar
Depending on when you pass by Hook’s Barbery, a European-style men’s salon offering haircuts, shaves, nail and skin services, it may look like just an ordinary — albeit elegant — salon, decorated with rich leather, dark wood, and nods to Captain Hook and Never Land. But, concealed in plain sight, the space quickly doubles as a bar, stocked with pre-Prohibition bourbons, vintage whisky and port, aged rum and premium spirits.
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The dedicated barbershop marks a shift from other Disney Cruise Line ships, which provide adult salon services within the main Senses Spa. On the Disney Wish, in addition to the barbershop, the Untangled Salon is a stunning “Tangled”-inspired space providing salon services including hair and nails.
Also on board the Wish, perennial kid favorite the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique features costumes, hairstyling, makeup and accessories for kids ages 3 to 12.
Staterooms Are Themed To Different Disney Princesses
The Wish’s stateroom design and decor mark yet another departure from the fleet’s four other ships. Standard stateroom decks and hallways follow one of three different motifs — Fairy Tale Castles, Forest and Animals, and Spirit of the Sea. This serves a dual purpose, says Walt Disney Imagineer Laura Cabo.
“It was really important to us that we had a different twist to our staterooms,” Cabo said. “We really wanted to be able to showcase all of our different stories rather than just the nautical theme which is already gloriously done on our other ships.”
Staterooms showcasing each motif include artwork inspired by a specific film and Disney Princess. Fairy Tale Castle rooms feature artwork from either “Cinderella” or “Frozen”; Forest and Animals rooms feature “The Princess and the Frog” or “Sleeping Beauty”; and Spirit of the Sea rooms feature “The Little Mermaid” or “Moana.” Concierge rooms feature “Tangled” and Royal suites take inspiration from Moana and Princess Aurora.
But, says Cabo, the various motifs, which are reflected everywhere from the hallway carpet to details on stateroom doors, also help guests find their way throughout the sprawling ship.
“Because our ship is so vast — over 1.2 million square feet — we wanted to help our guests understand more where they are.”
Ninety percent of staterooms have an ocean view and 900 of the ship’s 1,254 staterooms have the option to adjoin to accommodate larger families. Adjoining rooms even feature alternating princess themes, so guests in connecting rooms will get to see both of the floor’s princess designs.
Concierge staterooms and suites feature upgraded offerings like walk-in closets, master bathrooms with rain showers, sweeping living areas and floor-to-ceiling oceanview windows.
The Wish’s Food and Beverage Program Is A Grown-Up Affair
That $5,000 Star Wars cocktail isn’t the only drink on the ship that comes with an experience. Of the cocktails in Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge, Walt Disney Imagineer Pam Rawlins said, “All of our beverages bring a special entertainment component,” and that’s true not only in Hyperspace Lounge but across the ship’s numerous cocktail bars and lounges (which parents should have plenty of time to frequent while kids are having a ball in the kids’ clubs).
Exciting cocktails include a cinnamon-scented smoke bubble-topped “The Chancellor” made with Hennessy James and Calvados Menorval 1972 in Hyperspace Lounge; “The Rose,” a $50 signature cocktail that mimics the enchanted rose from “Beauty and the Beast”: and the “Frozen Bubbles” cocktails from Nightingale’s piano bar, which come with a mallet for you to smash the huge spherical ice cube in your drink. The Wish definitely makes cocktail hour an interactive experience for grown-ups!
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The Disney Wish also introduces two new adults-only dining concepts for Disney Cruise Line, both available for an upcharge. Situated side by side in an adults-only, subtly “Beauty and the Beast”-themed area, guests are first welcomed into an elegant cocktail bar, The Rose.
Palo Steakhouse is a new, meat-forward take (with plenty of plant-based options too) on the popular Palo restaurant on DCL’s other ships, with theming inspired by Cogsworth, the film’s enchanted clock.
Enchanté by Chef Arnaud Lallerment is the Wish’s most elevated dining option, with decor inspired by “Beauty and the Beast” candelabra Lumiere, floor-to-ceiling ocean views, and a menu of upscale, international cuisine celebrating seasonal ingredients. Guests can reserve a fine-dining experience at Enchanté for dinner. They can also come for Champagne Brunch or a five-course dessert tasting menu with coffee.
One Of The Ship’s Best Outdoor Spaces Is Inside the Spa
Disney Cruise Line’s Senses Spa, with its restorative Rainforest Room, is popular across the fleet — but once again, the Disney Wish levels up the experience. The Wish introduces a serene open-air oasis as part of the Rainforest experience, which includes comfy loungers, whirlpool spas and space for open-air yoga. The Rainforest experience also includes plenty of heated loungers, a sauna, steam and dry chambers, sensory spa showers and an ice lounge — a first for the fleet.
The Disney Wish officially begins welcoming guests on three- and four-night sailings out of Port Canaveral on July 14, 2022. What do you think of Disney’s newest ship?
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Sandwich historian brings unique flare to vintage recipes on TikTok
LOS ANGELES - Would you ever try an oyster sandwich? How about a mustard sandwich with butter on rye bread? While they might not be the first thing you think of when you walk into your local bodega, these were quite popular in a bygone era.
While there are many ancient sandwich recipes that have been lost to time, one TikTok influencer is dusting off old historical cookbooks to bring whatever people from the last century thought was acceptable to put between two slices of bread and showcasing it for today’s younger, hipper audience.
Meet Barry Enderwick, who works as a marketing director in California for his day job, and uses that marketing skill in true "Mad Men" fashion to hopefully get people interested in absurd but once popular recipes from the 1700s to the early 1900s.
While he’s not always successful at re-branding things like the mashed anchovy sandwich, his reviews have amassed 3.2 million likes.
"We should have named this sandwich ‘harsh reality,’" Enderwick quipped in a video reviewing the infamous anchovy sandwich.
That may have looked gross, but his following shows Enderwick isn’t here to chase anyone off.
Enderwick says he’s been called the "Bob Ross of sandwiches." His voice is calm and usually creates a happy spin on even the most controversial sandwich recipes.
A prime example of Enderwick’s work is the French "pan bagnat," which he has ranked as one of his favorites. The sandwich requires two days of work. He starts off by creating a vinaigrette dressing to which he adds red onions, tomatoes olives, cucumber, thinly sliced radishes and arugula. He adds that mixture to a baguette with slices of hard-boiled egg, and an anchovy filet, wrapped tightly in plastic and chilled in the fridge weighed down overnight.
"Man! How come I’ve never made this before," Enderwick exclaimed as he rated the dish a 10/10.
It’s content like that which highlights the craft that goes into the videos Enderwick makes. He isn’t just a guy on the internet eating sandwiches in front of a camera. He’s bringing his audience on a journey through the essence of what is most likely the magnum opus of human cuisine.
Albeit, Enderwick typically only makes half of the sandwiches he picks out of the cookbooks because he says he "doesn’t like to waste food because some of those sandwiches aren’t good."
Much more than just two slices of bread
Despite some polarizing recipes, the majority of the reactions to Enderwick’s content has been praise and even pride whenever he showcases a historical sandwich from a particular culture, like the Cuban sandwich.
"People from those countries see it and get very excited to see their country represented," Enderwick said. "I try to be very respectful of the language, of the history, the context of the culture because I’m not here to mock anyone, I’m here to try these sandwiches out and the international ones are well known for a reason."
When you have a dish that millions of people hold so close to their heart with so much pride for something — perhaps their grandparents or parents have been making for them since they were a child — there will always be clashing opinions.
"I just did the Cuban sandwich and sure enough, I didn’t have access to Cuban water bread and didn’t have time to make it so I used a ciabatta roll and I’ve heard from someone who says ‘I’m Cuban and that’s perfectly fine!’ to ‘it’s not a Cuban sandwich if you’re not using Cuban bread!’ but I don’t mind the comments like that because it just shows they’re passionate about sandwiches," Enderwick explained.
Enderwick regarded Cuban sandwich lovers as some of the most renowned sandwich gatekeepers, and for good reason. Sandwiches mean a lot to people.
"Every sandwich, including the Kentucky hot brown, the Cuban sandwich, the Bahn mi, everyone is fierce about how they experience it, which is great, I’ll hear about different variations that I’ve not heard of before," he offered.
Sandwiches: Everyone's Proustian madeleine
Proustian madeleine is an expression coined by the famous novelist Marcel Proust, who wrote in his most well-known novel "Swann's Way," published in 1913 about madeleine tea cakes. The smell and taste of the cakes would overwhelm him with emotion bringing him back to the days of his childhood when his mother would give him the same snack evoking happy and wholesome memories of his past.
Over time, the expression became a popular way to explain when something like food or even a place brings forth memories associated with that very thing.
This is the exact impact that sandwiches seem to have on most people, according to Enderwick. He grew up eating a fried bologna sandwich. A simple dish he grew up eating that he still loves to this day.
That is the appeal that has brought millions to Enderwick’s channel. Millions of people, whether they realize or not, have an interest in connecting with their past through the magic of cooking.
Enderwick says mass appeal for the dish can mainly be seen in its practicality.
"There’s a lot of possibilities. You can put anything between two slices of bread, you can put any combination of things between two slices of bread, you can cross cultures within those two slices of bread, so there’s a lot of potential there," Enderwick said. "It’s relatable, the richest person in the world has had a sandwich and probably the person who’s least well off has had a sandwich of some sort, so it kind of spans classes and I think people are just excited by learning about historic sandwiches." | https://www.fox29.com/news/sandwich-historian-brings-unique-flare-to-vintage-recipes-on-tiktok | 2022-07-12T21:34:50Z | https://www.fox29.com/news/sandwich-historian-brings-unique-flare-to-vintage-recipes-on-tiktok | false |
Some moments are best kept between two people.
While Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia's journeys to find love is just getting started on season 19 of The Bachelorette, the pair are already talking Fantasy Suites. And the Bachelorettes exclusively told E! News' Daily Pop that they spared their families the more intimate details.
"We just don't talk about it," Gabby admitted on July 12, with Rachel adding, "I feel like they're almost desensitized at this point from last season kind of going awry. I mean, it's private and something you don't really talk. But, I mean, last season, it went a little different."
Fantasy Suites are a big deal for The Bachelor franchise, as the show's leads get the chance to spend one-on-one time with their final contestants before picking who to pop the question to.
And they are certainly a big deal for Gabby and Rachel, as they each went to Fantasy Suites with Bachelor Clayton Echard on the show's recent season 26, only to get their hearts broken after he chose to win back his other final three contestant (and now-girlfriend) Susie Evans.
So, when the time for their Bachelorette Fantasy Suites rolled around, Gabby told Daily Pop that her and Rachel's families had their backs. "I think they support us as women," she shared. "Rachel and I are very serious about finding our partners, hopefully finding our husbands. So, I think it's just understood in the process without explicitly saying it."
Fans will have to wait and see what goes down in this season's Fantasy Suites. But until then, the duo dished all about the July 11 season premiere, including why they think not as many guys leaned in for a kiss that first night.
"I think it was definitely the boys just not wanting to pick a side first, and we really did want them to get a chance to get to know both of us," Rachel told Daily Pop. "She would talk to someone I hadn't spoken with yet, and I think they wanted to meet us both until they decided."
As for how they tackled sharing feelings for the same guy? "I mean, we just talk," Rachel shared. "I feel like that's the boring answer. Everyone wants us to fight, but we just talk about what we're feeling and how we feel for each guy and kind of just come up with a plan."
Having already lived this season's events, Gabby told Daily Pop that watching the series back now "feels like we were just there yesterday, and watching it all back, I think, it gives you right back into the energy and into the space that you were."
But for as hard as it will be to relive difficult moments in store this season, the ladies said it's just as fun to react to them with fans online "Twitter is honestly the best part about Monday nights," Gabby joked. "It's so fun—the good, the bad and the ugly—until something goes wrong and I'm like, 'Delete. I hate Twitter.'"
Check out the full interview above.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
324 PM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...Strong, isolated thunderstorms will impact portions of Mills
County through 400 PM CDT...
At 322 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles northeast of Goldthwaite, along with another storm 7 miles
northeast of Mullin. Both storms will moving slowly southwest at 5
to 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts between 40 and 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Goldthwaite and Mullin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3163 9850 3148 9838 3128 9862 3132 9859
3131 9863 3132 9863 3133 9862 3131 9865
3132 9865 3135 9864 3137 9866 3135 9868
3138 9870 3141 9870 3140 9872 3151 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 055DEG 10KT 3151 9852
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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Woman paralyzed and in ICU after a chiropractic visit
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) – A recent college graduate from Georgia is paralyzed and in intensive care after a chiropractic adjustment.
Caitlin Jensen’s brother, Caleb Johnson, said June 16 is a day the family won’t forget.
Jensen’s family said she visited a chiropractor for an adjustment and left with four dissected arteries.
“She’s able to open her eyes every now and then and wake up a little bit and kind of move her hands to squeeze a little -- but that’s it,” Johnson explained.
After a stroke, cardiac arrest and a loss of pulse for 10 minutes, her family said doctors at Memorial Health revived and stabilized Jensen.
Her family set up a GoFundMe to support current costs and long-term therapy when the time comes.
“It’s huge just to know that people are out there supporting as we get her into therapy,” Johnson said.
According to chiropractor, Dr. Steve Ranicki, Jensen’s condition is incredibly rare.
“Those dissections will often produce symptoms of headache and neck pain, which then typically drive people to a doctor’s office,” Ranicki said. “Once they’ve gone to the medical doctor or chiropractor the likelihood is, unfortunately, a stroke will occur.”
Ranicki said sometimes something as simple as going to a hair salon and having your neck tilted back in the bowl for an extended period of time can trigger a stroke if you have dissections.
Jensen’s family is focused on getting her out of the ICU and into rehab sometime in August.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
306 PM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 110.
* WHERE...Trinity, Fort Bend, Wharton, San Jacinto, Polk, Inland
Jackson and Montgomery Counties.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
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. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
* WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Texas.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Texas.
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SAN DIEGO, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 625th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.2475 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.97 per share, is payable on August 15, 2022 to stockholders of record as of August 1, 2022. The ex-dividend date for August's dividend is July 29, 2022.
About Realty Income
Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend Company®, is an S&P 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats® index. We invest in people and places to deliver dependable monthly dividends that increase over time. The company is structured as a REIT, and its monthly dividends are supported by the cash flow from over 11,200 real estate properties owned under long-term net lease agreements with commercial clients. To date, the company has declared 625 consecutive common stock monthly dividends throughout its 53-year operating history and increased the dividend 116 times since Realty Income's public listing in 1994 (NYSE: O). Additional information about the company can be obtained from the corporate website at www.realtyincome.com.
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Woman paralyzed and in ICU after a chiropractic visit
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) – A recent college graduate from Georgia is paralyzed and in intensive care after a chiropractic adjustment.
Caitlin Jensen’s brother, Caleb Johnson, said June 16 is a day the family won’t forget.
Jensen’s family said she visited a chiropractor for an adjustment and left with four dissected arteries.
“She’s able to open her eyes every now and then and wake up a little bit and kind of move her hands to squeeze a little -- but that’s it,” Johnson explained.
After a stroke, cardiac arrest and a loss of pulse for 10 minutes, her family said doctors at Memorial Health revived and stabilized Jensen.
Her family set up a GoFundMe to support current costs and long-term therapy when the time comes.
“It’s huge just to know that people are out there supporting as we get her into therapy,” Johnson said.
According to chiropractor, Dr. Steve Ranicki, Jensen’s condition is incredibly rare.
“Those dissections will often produce symptoms of headache and neck pain, which then typically drive people to a doctor’s office,” Ranicki said. “Once they’ve gone to the medical doctor or chiropractor the likelihood is, unfortunately, a stroke will occur.”
Ranicki said sometimes something as simple as going to a hair salon and having your neck tilted back in the bowl for an extended period of time can trigger a stroke if you have dissections.
Jensen’s family is focused on getting her out of the ICU and into rehab sometime in August.
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SAN DIEGO, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 625th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.2475 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.97 per share, is payable on August 15, 2022 to stockholders of record as of August 1, 2022. The ex-dividend date for August's dividend is July 29, 2022.
About Realty Income
Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend Company®, is an S&P 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats® index. We invest in people and places to deliver dependable monthly dividends that increase over time. The company is structured as a REIT, and its monthly dividends are supported by the cash flow from over 11,200 real estate properties owned under long-term net lease agreements with commercial clients. To date, the company has declared 625 consecutive common stock monthly dividends throughout its 53-year operating history and increased the dividend 116 times since Realty Income's public listing in 1994 (NYSE: O). Additional information about the company can be obtained from the corporate website at www.realtyincome.com.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals infielder Whit Merrifield’s streak of playing in a franchise-record 553 straight games ended Monday when he missed the opener of a doubleheader against Detroit because of a toe injury.
Merrifield’s string dated to June 24, 2018, and was the longest active streak in the majors.
“It’s been a great run for Whit,” Kansas City manager Mike Matheny said. “It’s just been impressive the way he’s been able to go about it.”
Merrifield exited Sunday’s game with right toe discomfort. He was fitted with a walking boot and is expected to be placed on the injured list due to a bone bruise and ligament swelling.
“I’ve been lucky … in some instances, but I’ve put myself in a good position to play every day mentality-wise. I showed up to play no matter the circumstance. It’s been a long run and I’m proud of it,” he said.
The 33-year-old Merrifield is hitting .240 with 36 RBIs this season. The two-time All-Star led the AL with 42 doubles and 40 stolen bases last year.
Cal Ripken Jr. holds the all-time record of playing 2,632 straight games.
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HONOLULU, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE:ALEX) (A&B) will report results for the second quarter 2022, after the market closes, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. In connection with this announcement, A&B will host a conference call and webcast on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
The call and webcast will feature a presentation on operating and financial performance, followed by questions from sell-side research analysts participating in the interactive portion of the discussion. Parties listening via the webcast will be in a listen-only mode.
Company participants on the call and webcast will be Chris Benjamin, president and chief executive officer, Lance Parker, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Brett Brown, executive vice president and chief financial officer, along with other members of senior management.
To listen to the conference call, please dial in at least 5 minutes prior to start time.
Domestic: 1-877-870-4263
International: 1-412-317-0790
Please instruct the operator to connect you to the Alexander & Baldwin call.
Access to the webcast will be available via a link on the Investors page of A&B's website at www.alexanderbaldwin.com. Presentation slides will be available for download from A&B's website after the market closes on July 28, 2022.
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE: ALEX) (A&B) is the only publicly-traded real estate investment trust to focus exclusively on Hawai'i commercial real estate and is the state's largest owner of grocery-anchored, neighborhood shopping centers. A&B owns, operates and manages approximately 3.9 million square feet of commercial space in Hawai'i, including 22 retail centers, 11 industrial assets and four office properties, as well as 141 acres of ground leases. A&B is expanding and strengthening its Hawai'i CRE portfolio and achieving its strategic focus on commercial real estate by monetizing its remaining non-core assets. Over its 150-year history, A&B has evolved with the state's economy and played a leadership role in the development of the agricultural, transportation, tourism, construction, residential and commercial real estate industries. Learn more about A&B at www.alexanderbaldwin.com.
Contact:
A&B Investor Relations
(808) 525-8475
investorrelations@abhi.com
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Invesco Ltd. Announces June 30, 2022 Assets Under Management
Published: Jul. 12, 2022 at 4:15 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
ATLANTA, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) today reported preliminary month-end assets under management (AUM) of $1,390.4 billion, a decrease of 4.2% versus previous month-end. The firm experienced net long-term outflows of $3.9 billion in the month. Non-management fee earning net inflows were $0.7 billion and money market net inflows were $15.0 billion. AUM was negatively impacted by unfavorable market returns which decreased AUM by $68 billion. Reinvested distributions increased AUM by $1.6 billion and FX decreased AUM by $6.9 billion. Preliminary average total AUM for the quarter through June 30 were $1,457.2 billion, and preliminary average active AUM for the quarter through June 30 were $989.2 billion.
About Invesco Ltd. Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) is a global independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. With offices in more than 20 countries, our distinctive investment teams deliver a comprehensive range of active, passive and alternative investment capabilities. For more information, visit www.invesco.com/corporate.
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ATLANTA, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Bender & Modlin Fire Sprinkler, Inc. The acquisition further strengthens Pye-Barker's presence in Jacksonville, Florida and the surrounding markets of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.
Bender & Modlin Fire Sprinkler is a full-service fire sprinkler company specializing in commercial and industrial fire sprinkler and protection systems. Allen Bender and Terry Modlin founded Bender & Modlin together in 1999 after a combined 50-year career as sprinkler contracting managers. Bender & Modlin is an active member of the National Fire Protection Association, and supporter of the F.A.S.T. Apprenticeship Program and the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies.
"Terry Modlin and I are thrilled to now be a part of the Pye-Barker family and to be moving to a new season in the evolution of our company. From the first meeting with Pye-Barker, it's been evident that this is the right move. The process has been seamless, and we're excited about the future for our customers and employees," said Allen Bender, President of Bender & Modlin. "We have a great personal relationship with the Pye-Barker management team, and all of us at Bender & Modlin Fire Sprinkler feel that we now have a genuine partner who has our best interest at heart."
"Bender & Modlin has a well-deserved reputation for consistently putting their customer first by recommending and building the most efficient and effective fire sprinkler systems in the industry," said Bart Proctor, CEO of Pye-Barker. "Their focus on the customer is unmatched and they're a great group of people to work with. I couldn't be happier that we are joining forces."
Bender & Modlin will retain its name, leadership, and knowledgeable employees.
About Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, founded in 1946, is the leader in fire protection and life safety, with more than 120 locations and 3,000 team members. It is a full-service company offering all the necessary specialties including portable extinguishers, restaurant fire suppression, special hazard systems, fire sprinklers, fire alarms, and security. Pye-Barker invests heavily in providing the best-in-class training for its team while offering industry competitive benefits and is rapidly expanding its national footprint.
Contact:
Chuck Reimel
VP of Business Development, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
(910) 612-6252
creimel@pyebarkerfire.com
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VCF® brand of OTC female contraceptives underscores the importance of contraceptive solutions that champion women in the wake of Roe v. Wade.
NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, VCF continues to stand by its mission to provide holistic contraceptive products that prioritize women's health.
The landmark ruling has marked a profound change in society, bringing to light the importance of reproductive choice and the need for more women-controlled options to prevent unwanted pregnancy. For decades, VCF® has advocated for holistic health with VCF® Vaginal Contraceptive Film® and VCF® Contraceptive Gel as the only non-hormonal over-the-counter line of contraceptive products in a market which has, historically, left many of these options in the hands of men, essentially depriving women of rightful control and autonomy of their own bodies.
VCF®upholds its commitment to support women's rights to choose confidence and intimacy without fear of repercussions. VCF® Contraceptive Film® and VCF® Contraceptive Gel are safe, effective, and trusted contraceptive products that place women's health and right to choose front and center.
With limited access and even fewer options for non-hormonal birth control, VCF® remains a trusted contraceptive option for women that is reimbursable under the Affordable Care Act and can be immediately purchased at over 30,000 stores nationwide. For women with declining options, VCF® is offering free samples, available through its website vcfsample.com.
VCF® products are manufactured by Apothecus Pharmaceutical Corp., a leader in personal intimacy products for over three decades. Apothecus brands are driven by innovation, taking pride in the quality of products that its dedicated team of professionals produces, The unique delivery systems its products utilize are of the highest quality, allowing for a revolutionary approach to film technology advancements that provide vital products for women's health. Learn more on the VCF website, or send an email to info@VCFcontraceptive.com.
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LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Turn Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing innovative products for infectious disease, advanced wound care, and dermatology, today announced positive in-vivo data for its therapeutic candidate (GX-03) as a non-invasive treatment for Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC). Basal Cell Carcinoma is a highly prevalent, non-melanoma skin cancer with limited non-invasive treatment options.
In a large human tumor xenograft study over 30 days, GX-03 showed statistically significant inhibition of tumor growth compared to placebo. The study also incorporated a standard of care chemotherapeutic comparator arm, Fluorouracil (5-FU). In the study, GX-03 inhibited tumor growth in a numerically significant manner as compared to 5-FU, as well.
Turn commissioned this study due to research suggesting that its active ingredient, a quaternary ammonium, may act as a Hedgehog signaling transduction inhibitor via disruption of primary ciliary architecture. Intact ciliary architecture is necessary for Hedgehog signaling, and non-melanoma skin cancers are known to be a byproduct of aberrant Hedgehog signaling. Additional research intended to verify the specifics of the mechanism of action is ongoing.
"Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common form of cancer, and treatments have not improved for the millions of patients that are affected by this disease," said Bradley Burnam, CEO of Turn Therapeutics. "Given the significance of this data and the enormity of disease prevalence, we are exploring prioritization of this indication in our therapeutic pipeline."
In-vivo models and real-world evidence have shown the ability of Turn's patented drug delivery technology, PermaFusion®, to deliver APIs through keratinous tissue, such as skin and nails. This in-vivo data for non-melanoma skin cancer supports an ever-growing body of therapeutic targets for its technology.
Turn Therapeutics is a concept-to-approval biotechnology company focused on novel, best in class products for infection control, skin disease, and wound care. The company's proprietary technologies are used every day by world-leading healthcare institutions to care for a variety of skin and wound conditions. For more information, visit www.turntherapeutics.com.
The statements contained herein may include prospects, statements of future expectations, and other forward-looking statements that are based on management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance, or events may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.
Contact:
Zach Keating
info@turntherapeutics.com
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Panorama review — a relentless investigation into SAS ‘death squads’
★★★☆☆
As if it isn’t hot enough, the BBC lawyers have been put in quite a sweat by Panorama lately. On Monday there was an exposé on Uber, then last night SAS Death Squads Exposed: A British War Crime? (BBC1). The title alone didn’t really hold back despite its question mark. What followed barely bothered with question marks at all. You’ll rarely hear so many damning claims in a single hour, adding up to an overarching allegation: a pattern of unlawful killings of civilians by an SAS squadron in Afghanistan, and a subsequent military cover-up back at home. The Ministry of Defence is already furious (they’ve called the accusations “irresponsible and incorrect”). Concerned too, no doubt, now that its mandarins have seen the programme.
This was one of those Panoramas that merit an hour-long episode, which meant claims on top of more claims all pointing at night-time military operations that took place more than a decade ago in a remote desert province. In fact, it initially seemed the film might be the result of the reporter Richard Bilton being a dog with a bone, refusing to let his previous investigation, into war crimes in Iraq, lie.
He immediately hit us with headcam footage of a murder in Helmand — not by the SAS, but by Australian special forces, a separate thing that has already been a national scandal down under. An Australian sociologist involved with that case said that she’d heard from “one soldier” that the British were worse. So far so vague, yet the hour ahead of relentless allegations built an uncomfortable case otherwise.
Bilton travelled about dusty distant parts of Helmand to follow the path of one SAS squadron who conducted night raids from 2010, speaking to local eyewitnesses and claiming that “in total 54 people were killed by the SAS squad in suspicious circumstances in a six-month period”.
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Alleged murders were recounted by locals in the very huts where they took place and you may have found yourself asking this: who do I believe here — the SAS accounts, saying that they were reacting to weapons brandished at them, or the Afghans who lost relatives in the night raids?
The claims against the SAS gradually became overwhelming, though — too many to list here — from off-the-record members of the squadron who said that weapons were planted, to incriminating memos and emails between senior officers about the special forces’ activities, to royal military police insiders suggesting they were blocked from “getting to the truth” during a probe into such crimes in 2015.
Without any military footage of the night raids, and with no insider sources wishing to be shown, we had a lot of Bilton over the hour. But he put the wider debate — that war is a messy business and we should “just let it go now” — to the one military man who agreed to go on camera, Colonel Oliver Lee, commander of Royal Marines in Helmand, 2011, who had to word his answers carefully.
Lee said: “You can’t have it both ways: you are on operations in Afghanistan seeking to do the right thing, well then you need to do the right thing. Breaking the law, committing battlefield atrocities . . . is not doing the right thing and there can be no excuse for it.” He was talking theoretically (he later said that the allegations were “incredibly shocking”), but it was hard to argue with. | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/panorama-review-a-relentless-investigation-into-sas-death-squads-hrs8975h0 | 2022-07-12T21:45:59Z | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/panorama-review-a-relentless-investigation-into-sas-death-squads-hrs8975h0 | true |
PHOENIX — Salt River Project says Monday's extreme heat helped the utility provider reach a new record for energy demand.
Between 3 and 4 p.m., SRP delivered an estimated 7,620 megawatts of energy to its customers. One megawatt is enough to power about 225 homes.
Monday's peak surpassed a record set on July 12, 2020, when the SRP system hit a peak of 7,615 megawatts.
Monday was recorded as the hottest day of 2022 for Valley residents, with temperatures reaching at least 115 degrees by the early afternoon.
SRP says extreme daytime temperatures and a major increase in electric customers are contributing factors to why energy consumption peaked on Monday.
SRP, a utility cooperative dating back to 1903, currently provides water and energy to more than two million people in central Arizona, according to the company's website.
"Maricopa County is the fastest-growing county in the nation, and that is reflected in this new record for energy demand in SRP’s service territory," said Laura Olson, SRP’s manager of power supply & trading.
SRP customers can lower their energy usage and sign up for demand response programs to trim their monthly electric bills by visiting savewithsrp.com.
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MONTREAL, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, today announced that it will release its 2022 second quarter results on August 5, 2022, before markets open. A conference call and webcast will be held on the same day, at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss the results.
To participate in the conference call, please dial (226) 828-7575 or (833) 950-0062 (toll free) using the Access Code 842480. A live webcast of the conference call will also be available at www.thelionelectric.com under the "Events and Presentation" page of the "Investors" section. An archive of the event will be available shortly after the conference call.
Lion Electric is an innovative manufacturer of zero-emission vehicles. The company creates, designs and manufactures all-electric class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks and all-electric buses and minibuses for the school, paratransit and mass transit segments. Lion is a North American leader in electric transportation and designs, builds and assembles many of its vehicles' components, including chassis, battery packs, truck cabins and bus bodies.
Always actively seeking new and reliable technologies, Lion vehicles have unique features that are specifically adapted to its users and their everyday needs. Lion believes that transitioning to all-electric vehicles will lead to major improvements in our society, environment and overall quality of life. Lion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LEV.
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Why NASA's images from the James Webb Space Telescope are just what we need right now
When NASA first showed the images from the James Webb Space Telescope on Monday and Tuesday, unlike the evident reaction of many, my jaw didn’t drop.
Not because the images weren’t incredible. Because they were too incredible. I couldn’t wrap my meager brain around the enormity of what I was looking at. How could anyone? Bill Nelson, a NASA administrator, said Monday of the image the White House unveiled as a sneak peek, “We’re looking back more than 13 billion years.”
Say what now?
When you put it that way … nah. It’s still too much to comprehend. Maybe I’ve seen too many “Star Wars” movies, but I just couldn’t believe it was real. It’s like the first time you see the Grand Canyon in person. It must be a painting. Some things are just too much.
But no, these images from NASA — like the Grand Canyon — are real. They’re stunning.
And they are exactly what we need right now.
More:Sen. Mark Kelly, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson tout space exploration at Chandler school
NASA's images are one thing even Fox News and MSNBC can agree on
This is not to belittle the importance of the many, many huge stories taking place right now, in this summer of mass shootings, hearings about attacks on democracy and record-breaking heat waves, among other things that don’t exactly inspire hope and optimism.
These images do.
For one thing, it was genuinely cool to see all the major news organizations fall all over themselves to show the images, to report on them, to give us this little oasis of almost unimaginable achievement and wonder.
We have become used to almost every story being covered the same way: News breaks, networks report it, then analysts and prime-time hosts duke it out verbally. It’s simply the way things are done now, and it doesn’t inspire confidence in the process.
To put it another way: Fox News and MSNBC don't often take similar angles in their coverage. But in this case everyone was on the same page: These images were freaking awesome.
Yes, even scientific achievement can be a partisan issue. Look at the drama around COVID-19 vaccines, the people who think the moon landings were staged, the war on science waged by some in public schools. But this seems different, at least so far.
It’s just kind of great, no matter what you believe about most anything.
But there’s more to it than that.
I am writing this as I watch the run-up to the latest hearings of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
We get caught up in the sound bites and headlines of the committee’s findings, the bald-faced attempt to overturn a free and fair election. But, over time, watching it is a dispiriting process. An important one, yes, but it can get you down. How can people believe these things?
More:Fox News, CNN reacted to the Roe v. Wade ruling. The differences were stark
What was going on in the Carina Nebula way back when?
And then you see something like the images NASA shared, and it’s a stark reminder: A lot is going on out there in the universe. There always has been. And almost none of it concerns us. I’m not sure what was going on 13 billion years ago, but it probably didn’t involve a president wanting to seize voting machines.
Although you never know. That’s a lot of universes over a lot of years. Generally speaking, though, a little context is almost always helpful, a reminder of the bigger picture.
And this was an awfully big picture.
When the enormity of these images finally sinks in, you realize that anything is possible. These are dark days, no doubt. So it’s important that when someone offers a little sliver of sunlight we seize upon it and enjoy it while we can.
What was going on out there in the Carina Nebula? Who knows. But it’s nice to lose yourself in the images and imagine.
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VCF® brand of OTC female contraceptives underscores the importance of contraceptive solutions that champion women in the wake of Roe v. Wade.
NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, VCF continues to stand by its mission to provide holistic contraceptive products that prioritize women's health.
The landmark ruling has marked a profound change in society, bringing to light the importance of reproductive choice and the need for more women-controlled options to prevent unwanted pregnancy. For decades, VCF® has advocated for holistic health with VCF® Vaginal Contraceptive Film® and VCF® Contraceptive Gel as the only non-hormonal over-the-counter line of contraceptive products in a market which has, historically, left many of these options in the hands of men, essentially depriving women of rightful control and autonomy of their own bodies.
VCF®upholds its commitment to support women's rights to choose confidence and intimacy without fear of repercussions. VCF® Contraceptive Film® and VCF® Contraceptive Gel are safe, effective, and trusted contraceptive products that place women's health and right to choose front and center.
With limited access and even fewer options for non-hormonal birth control, VCF® remains a trusted contraceptive option for women that is reimbursable under the Affordable Care Act and can be immediately purchased at over 30,000 stores nationwide. For women with declining options, VCF® is offering free samples, available through its website vcfsample.com.
VCF® products are manufactured by Apothecus Pharmaceutical Corp., a leader in personal intimacy products for over three decades. Apothecus brands are driven by innovation, taking pride in the quality of products that its dedicated team of professionals produces, The unique delivery systems its products utilize are of the highest quality, allowing for a revolutionary approach to film technology advancements that provide vital products for women's health. Learn more on the VCF website, or send an email to info@VCFcontraceptive.com.
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MIDLAND — Democratic candidate Matthew Dawson was on a path to become an educator.
Now, he's running for State House and wants to empower professionals in public schools, after state funding and pandemic hardships.
"It's no wonder why we're losing good teachers," he said. "It's not enough just to pour money into our education (system). We need to ensure that enough funding goes to our schools, but we need to ensure it's properly."
This issue, among several others, was discussed Monday, during a forum with Democratic candidates of the 95th State House district. The forum was moderated by President Kim Steinke with the Midland Area League of Women Voters. Around 10 attendees watched the broadcast at the MCTV Studio, which is located in the lower level of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization, which aims to help facilitate informed voters with active participation in government. The organization does not support nor oppose candidates.
Dawson and his opponent in the primary election, Larry Grell, shared personal experiences relating to challenges educators in the public school system face. Grell mentioned teachers having to pay-out-of-pocket for classroom supplies.
"The money that comes from our taxes for the schools should stay in public schools," he said.
When asked about poverty in the legislative district, Grell shared comments about senior programs to share meals at the Billings Township Hall and messages of support for military veterans.
"Let's take care of our seniors and our Vets," he said.
In response to the same question, Dawson said there has not been enough done to address a wage gap between the wealthy and working class.
"You shouldn't be cursed, or blessed, based on just where you live," he said. "In the state of Michigan, we should make sure that everyone gets the same opportunity."
The 95th District will cover all of Midland County and a few townships in Gladwin County. Dawson previously ran as an Independent candidate in the last State House race. Grell has experience in Township governance.
Republican candidates in this race will participate in a forum at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the lower level of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library. The event series will be rebroadcast throughout local TV channels and YouTube. Questions to candidates were developed by the League of Women Voters. Participants had two minutes to respond, with one minute later allotted for a reply.
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NPR News Poet laureate Ada Limón reflects on the role of poetry during challenging times By Ayen Bior, Justine Kenin Published July 12, 2022 at 2:58 PM MDT Facebook Twitter Email Ada Limón, the new U.S. poet laureate, speaks with Tess Taylor about the moment she got the call and what it means to hold the position. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/2022-07-12/poet-laureate-ada-limon-reflects-on-the-role-of-poetry-during-challenging-times | 2022-07-12T21:52:03Z | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/2022-07-12/poet-laureate-ada-limon-reflects-on-the-role-of-poetry-during-challenging-times | true |
Carmen Rita Wong's mother was Dominican and father was Chinese, or so she thought. In her memoir, Why Didn't You Tell Me, she reckons with the truth that was kept from her for 31 years.
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Primanti Bros. wants to purchase the naming rights to your fan cave
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — There has been a lot of discussion about naming rights with Heinz Field now becoming Acrisure Stadium.
Primanti Bros. Says the Steelers rejected their offer of unlimited pastrami in exchange for the rights to name Heinz Field “Primanti Brothers Field.”
So now, the restaurant is making an offer to black and gold fans to purchase the naming rights to their “Shrine to the Burgh,” whether it be a basement, deck or fan cave.
In exchange, Primanti’s will offer free sandwiches for a year, along with some custom Primanti Bros. signage.
All you have to do is submit a picture of your space on their website by this Friday to be considered.
Winners will be announced on social media on Monday.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Demotech, Inc., the first to review and rate independent, regional and specialty insurers, has assigned a Financial Stability Rating® (FSR) of A, Exceptional, to Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company, Inc. This level of FSR is assigned to insurers who possess exceptional financial stability, readily available, liquid invested assets to honor claims, an acceptable level of financial leverage, and reasonable loss and loss adjustment expense reserves, based upon their commitments.
Demotech's President and co-founder, Joseph Petrelli, stated, "It is our pleasure to add Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company, Inc. to the growing list of Demotech rated carriers. In my opinion, the creation of this company is an enlightened example of a public-private relationship as well as the intersection of the concepts of environmental, social, and governance."
"My board of directors and I are very gratified to get this rating," said Michael Maglaras, Principal of Michael Maglaras & Company, the outsourced management company supplying Superintendent services to CFSIC. "The Demotech assessment process is vigorous and highly detailed. We had no idea about the outcome in advance, and we are enormously pleased with this recognition of our operational excellence."
Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company, Inc. is chartered and licensed as a captive insurer to assist the State of Connecticut with the fair and equitable adjustment of homeowner claims resulting from the pyrrhotite-affected home foundations natural disaster. Its mission is to use its available resources to adjust and pay claims for the rebuilding of as many pyrrhotite-affected home foundations as those resources will permit. Visit www.crumblingfoundations.org for additional information and disclosures.
Demotech, Inc. is a financial analysis firm specializing in evaluating the financial stability of independent, regional and specialty insurers. Since 1985, Demotech has served the insurance industry by assigning Financial Stability Ratings® (FSRs) for Property & Casualty insurers and Title underwriters. Demotech's philosophy is to review and evaluate insurers based on their area of focus and execution of their business model rather than solely on financial size. Demotech was the first to review and rate independent regional and specialty insurers. Visit www.demotech.com for additional information on how we can assist you.
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ACE vehemently disagrees with the CFPB's claims of deception, unfairness and abuse. Over 140,000 ACE customers have availed themselves of ACE's payment plan option since 2013, which clearly indicates borrowers were aware of this option.
The CFPB claim regarding alleged improper withdrawals only relates to approximately 0.028% of ACE's loan transactions during the applicable time period and the CFPB misinterpreted the relevant language in the loan agreement. Furthermore, despite no consumer harm, ACE has refunded over $670,000 to loan customers they will never be required to pay back.
DALLAS, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Populus Financial Group, which operates ACE Cash Express (ACE), today responds to a meritless lawsuit containing a series of false allegations filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
ACE, a provider of financial products and services to millions of consumers, has spent more than 50 years serving its customers fairly and transparently, while creating a culture of service and compliance that aligns with the goals of its regulators and its many constituents. In doing so, ACE has built a strong relationship with its customers, who are extremely satisfied with ACE's products and services. In June of this year, ACE received over 9,600 Google reviews with an average rating of 4.88 out of 5 stars, and ACE's Net Promoter Score (NPS), a customer loyalty and satisfaction measurement, is currently 65.3, which is substantially higher than the average NPS for the financial services industry.
Therefore, ACE is disappointed that the CFPB decided to file a baseless lawsuit over a voluntary payment plan process that benefits, and has been long disclosed to, ACE customers, and the CFPB's misinterpretation of a loan agreement provision that impacted a small number of borrowers. Unfortunately, the CFPB has left ACE with no choice but to litigate and defend itself against these unjustified claims.
In states that do not require a payment plan, ACE voluntarily offers a no-cost payment plan option on its payday loan products as an alternative to refinancing and as a benefit to a customer who has expressed difficulty with making payments.
In 2013, ACE created a process for consistently and uniformly offering its payment plan and added language to its loan agreements to further educate borrowers of the availability of the payment plan option. ACE believed this process met the CFPB's expectations at that time. ACE revised its process again in 2020. This revised process has been in place for more than two years, and ACE again believes this process has met the CFPB's new expectations. But instead of engaging with ACE and providing supervisory guidance, the CFPB is now attempting to penalize ACE for a process it used in connection with a voluntary payment plan that is not required by law.
ACE vehemently disagrees with the CFPB's claims of deception, unfairness and abuse. Over 140,000 ACE customers have availed themselves of the payment plan option since changes were implemented in 2013, yet the CFPB wrongly alleges ACE hid the payment plan option from borrowers and steered them to refinance. The facts reflect customers were aware of the voluntary payment plan option because of disclosures in their loan agreements, and language on ACE's website and in other communications.
Separately, the CFPB has accused ACE of unfairly withdrawing money from customers without authorization. This allegation relates to only approximately 0.028% of ACE's loan transactions during the applicable time period, and despite disagreeing with the CFPB's interpretation of certain loan agreement provisions and a lack of consumer harm, ACE immediately revised the language, audited other documents and self-reported additional similar language. Additionally, more than two years ago, ACE voluntarily refunded over $670,000 of principal, interest and fees to affected consumers, most of which amount was principal, and has voluntarily forgiven the debt. In other words, ACE has given over half a million dollars to loan customers that they will never be required to pay back.
The CFPB has also asserted that ACE is a repeat offender. This is not true. Until the CFPB filed this lawsuit, it has never brought any enforcement action based on ACE's payment plan. The second allegation involving the CFPB's misinterpretation of certain loan agreement provisions has also never been at issue—until now.
In the weeks leading up to the lawsuit, ACE expressed a strong desire to reach a satisfactory resolution with the CFPB by offering to make certain changes that would have been beneficial to consumers, even though those changes are not required by law and are outside of the scope of these claims. ACE also requested multiple times for an in-person meeting between CFPB senior leadership and ACE executives to resolve the CFPB's misunderstandings.
ACE's consumer-friendly and impactful law-changing proposals were unfortunately met with outrageous and unprecedented demands, and ACE's requests for a face-to-face meeting were denied. These discussions and the CFPB's refusal to meet with ACE executives made it clear to ACE that the CFPB had no real intention to settle, leaving the only path to fairness in court. We look forward to sharing the facts with an impartial judge.
About Populus Financial Group and ACE Cash Express
Populus Financial Group™ provides financial services through its family of brands including ACE Cash Express®, ACE Elite® Visa® Prepaid Debit Card, Flare Account® and Porte™. Populus Financial Group delivers a broad range of financial products and services including short-term consumer loans, card services, check cashing, money transfers, bill payments and money orders. Visit PopulusFinancial.com for more information.
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PHOTO: Police find coffin on side of road: ‘Yep, it’s a coffin’
Published: Jul. 12, 2022 at 5:41 PM EDT|Updated: 12 minutes ago
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (Gray News) - Police in central California came across an unusual sighting on the side of the road over the weekend.
On Monday, the San Luis Obispo Police Department shared a photo of a coffin that was spotted in the morning on July 10 near downtown.
Officials said it was empty, and the owner was in the process of bringing it to a swap meet before deciding to sell it to a passersby.
The police department said the coffin ended up being wheeled through town and thanked the community for their concern.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – You’ve heard of prescriptions for glasses, but have you heard of prescriptions for reading? Find out how researchers are using vision science to get you to read faster and better.
When you have vision problems, you get a prescription to help you see better. Now, there may be a prescription for you to read better. Scientists are using advanced technology to boost your reading skills.
From computer screens to tablets to your phone, digital reading is embedded into every aspect of our lives.
“How well you read is really your ability to perform in the world,” explains Director of Virtual Readability Lab at University of Central Florida, Ben D. Sawyer, PhD.
And how you see the words on the screen can make a difference.
“I was walking through my career reading in a format that slows me down by, personally, about 15, 20 percent,” Professor Sawyer says.
But now, researchers are using vision science to find your best reading format.
Research scientist at University of Central Florida, Stephanie Day, PhD, explains to Ivanhoe, “What our research is showing is that when it comes to digital reading, there are formats in which people can read more proficiently.”
Using a test that is similar to an eye vision exam, researchers had participants read passages in different fonts, font sizes, and line spacing. Then the participants answered reading comprehension questions.
Professor Sawyer says, “By looking at speed and comprehension, we’re able to identify which format actually helped them the most.”
Early results show creating an individual text format can speed up some adults’ reading by more than 25 percent and could cut reading times in half. Right now, the researchers are using this test on a trial with elementary school students.
“We’re hoping that we can see even greater boosts for kids who are struggling readers or who have things like dyslexia,” Professor Day mentions.
Once the best format is determined, the goal is to automatically carry that reading prescription with you to all digital devices. The researchers at UCF are partnering with Google, Adobe, and Readability Matters on this individual reading prescription project. To learn more about reading prescriptions and to find your best text format, visit https://readabilitylab.xyz/. | https://www.wfmz.com/health/health-beat/health-beat-individual-prescription-for-better-reading/article_b7f4a60a-0225-11ed-84dd-1f9193201f67.html | 2022-07-12T21:57:51Z | https://www.wfmz.com/health/health-beat/health-beat-individual-prescription-for-better-reading/article_b7f4a60a-0225-11ed-84dd-1f9193201f67.html | false |
TALLADEGA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Talladega County deputies are asking for the public’s help locating a suspect in connection with shots fired outside of a child’s birthday party on July 2.
According to the Talladega County Sheriff’s Office, misdemeanor warrants were issued for the arrest of Joshua Rayshon Coleman, 29, after he allegedly drove to the child’s party on Jones Road in Alpine, exited his vehicle and opened fire.
While a vehicle was struck several times during the incident, there have been no reports of injuries. Sheriff Jimmy Kilgore said Coleman and the mother of the child were in a custody battle over the child.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — ETSU’s Martin Center will host a theater production based on the “Blue’s Clues & You!” children’s television show.
The U.S. tour of “Blue’s Clues & You! Live On Stage” will include a stop in Johnson City on Sept. 28 at 6 p.m.
The musical production will feature Blue and her friends Magenta and Rainbow Puppy, along with other characters.
According to a release from the Martin Center, “the show centers on Blue, Josh and their friends who need help conjuring up a magical theater show. The audience will have to solve Blue’s Clues to find out what Josh needs to make the show.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jumana Zakir knows who she is going to be for Halloween this year. Hint: Her new favorite superhero is a lot like her – female, teen, Muslim, American and “totally awesome.”
“Kamala Khan is me,” said the exuberant 13-year-old from Anaheim, California. “She is just like me.”
Khan is the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Muslim superhero to headline her own television show. “Ms. Marvel,” which launched on Disney+ June 8, has struck a chord with South Asian Muslims in the West because of its relatability and how it portrays Muslim families. Advocates for inclusion and representation hope the show will open the door to more nuanced on-screen portrayals of Muslims and their rich diversity.
The show tells the story of Khan, played by Pakistani Canadian actor Iman Vellani, getting her powers from a magical bangle that allows her to walk on air and conjure glowing light shields. But she is also a regular South Asian Muslim teen who goes to mosque, performs wudu or ritual ablution before praying, sometimes wears traditional attire called shalwar kameez, dances to Bollywood numbers at her brother’s wedding, and breaks curfew to hang out with her buddy Bruno Carrelli at AvengerCon.
The final episode of the series is expected to drop Wednesday.
Munir Zamir, who is British Pakistani and grew up in East London, said seeing a “brown, Pakistani Muslim girl from New Jersey” in the comic books and, now, watching “Ms. Marvel” with his teenage children — has been powerful. Zamir, 50, has been a Marvel fan since he was 7 and has followed the evolution of Kamala Khan since Ms. Marvel’s inception in comic books in 2014.
“For Muslims in particular, representation matters a lot because, for many years, misrepresentation has mattered too much,” he said.
Zamir points out that there are other Muslim superheroes in the Marvel universe like Sooraya Qadir also known as Dust. She wears a flowing black outfit, covers her hair and face, and can transform her body into a cloud of dust.
“Even in that description there are some classic tropes,” Zamir said. “But Kamala Khan is not some exotic woman from a Muslim country. That instantly sets her apart in the Marvel universe.”
The diverse experiences of Muslim women in “Ms. Marvel” are among aspects that stand in contrast to findings of a report published last year examining Muslim representation across 200 top-grossing movies from the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand that were released between 2017 and 2019.
The study found women were particularly underrepresented, with just 23.6% of Muslim characters in these movies being female. Conducted by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, with support from others, it also found that 90.5% of these films didn’t feature Muslim speaking characters and yet 39% of “primary and secondary” Muslim characters were perpetrators of violence.
Making Ms. Marvel more relatable was intentional, said Sana Amanat, one of Kamala Khan’s creators and an executive producer on the show. She wanted to portray a Muslim character who “feels like someone you know.”
“She is not put on a pedestal,” she said. “She is awkward. She is funny. She is a sweet person who ultimately wants to do better.”
Amanat and her co-creators felt it was important to show Khan’s everyday life as a Muslim American teen.
That idea of normalcy resonated with Hiba Bhatty, a Pakistani American fan of the show. She particularly liked how Khan’s father, Yusuf, was portrayed as “a loving dad,” as opposed to a scary stereotype.
Bhatty, a Los Angeles-based architect, previously displayed Ms. Marvel comics on her desk at work as conversation starters. Now, she is getting ready to give co-workers a “Ms. Marvel” presentation. To her, it exemplifies how many in her community have moved beyond wanting to just be portrayed as “normal Americans,” to actually telling their own nuanced stories.
“Ms. Marvel” is also “reclaiming language that has been weaponized against Muslims,” said Arij Mikati, managing director of culture change for the Pillars Fund, which supports Muslim civic leaders and artists.
In one scene, Khan and her family joyously break into chants of “Allahu akbar,” or “God is great,” in celebration of her brother’s wedding.
“When you hear the call to prayer, that’s usually a sign that you’re somewhere unsafe on television,” Mikati said. “And all of these things are being reclaimed in this show…. That’s really beautiful because those day-to-day, small moments of our faith have really been taken from us in the media.”
Pillars Fund’s initiatives include a Muslim artist database, created in collaboration with and support from The Walt Disney Company, to bring more Muslims into the filmmaking process.
“A superhero story is not a genre where you expect a Muslim to be, and I love that this story is changing that,” Mikati said.
The show touches on issues from surveilling mosques to what wearing head scarves means for some. Khan’s friend, the hijab-wearing Nakia Bahadir, is played by Yasmeen Fletcher. One of the most important conversations between Khan and Bahadir happens in the girls’ restroom, where Bahadir talks about how she feels like herself, with a purpose, when she dons her hijab.
Jumana, the teen from Anaheim who plans to wear a hijab in a year or two, said she appreciated the show’s portrayal of what the hijab means to some young girls like her.
“My non-Muslim friends already know about my decision and respect it,” she said. “But if more people can realize that by watching this show, that’s great.”
Fletcher said she has been touched by such powerful responses.
“The whole point of Nakia’s character is to break down the stereotypes around hijabi women,” she said.
For the show’s seven writers – four of whom are Pakistani – representing Muslims and South Asians realistically was crucial, said the show’s head writer Bisha K. Ali, who is British Pakistani.
“We felt a hunger for being seen in a way that was celebrated and beautiful, and comes from a place of love and compassion,” she said.
While it’s impossible to capture the experience of nearly 2 billion Muslims, Ali said the writers leaned into telling the story of this one family in an authentic way.
The show takes a similar approach to talking about the Partition in 1947 when British India was divided along religious lines into India and Pakistan, triggering one of the largest mass migrations in history. The violence from tensions between Hindus and Muslims led to a refugee crisis, which the show weaves in as part of Khan’s family history.
Ali said the show’s goal was not to point fingers in any direction, but to tell one family’s story of the inter-generational trauma triggered by this chapter of history, and convey “a sense of empathy for the amount of pain on all sides.”
Ali described the mood in the writer’s room as “incredibly emotional,” as they talked about what their mosques were like growing up and contacted relatives on WhatsApp to gather more details.
Sitting in the belly of Marvel Studios in a windowless conference room, Ali said she had lost count of the number of times the writers looked at each other as if to ask: “Are we really here? Are we really doing this?”
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Fam reported from Winter Park, Florida.
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Powerboat operator arrested for hit-and-run crash on Fox River
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office says it’s arrested a 52-year-old Oshkosh man for Saturday night’s hit-and-run boat crash on the Fox River.
The sheriff’s office is Jason Lindemann for 12 counts of recklessly endangering safety and 11 counts of failure to render aid after a boating accident. Recklessly endangering safety is a felon, with each count carrying up to 10 years in prison. Failing to render aid is a misdemeanor.
In announcing the arrest, the sheriff’s office wrote, “This investigation was certainly hindered and needlessly prolonged by the fact the powerboat fled the scene and made no attempts to report their involvement the night of the crash or in the hours that followed.”
The sheriff’s office says several agencies helped to search boat landings and nearby homes to find the powerboat along with its owner and passengers. They followed up on numerous tips from the community.
Investigators are still trying to identify two people who were on the powerboat. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to call the sheriff’s office at (920) 236-7316.
As the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate Saturday night’s boat crash on the Fox River in Oshkosh, we’re hearing from a woman who was on the paddlewheel boat cruise when it was hit.
Becky Meissner and her husband were on the boat Saturday night celebrating a friend’s birthday. She tells us the “On the Loos Cruise” paddlewheel boat was approaching The Ground Round at the end of its evening trip to dock when it was hit.
Meissner said she and her husband were on the top level of the boat when her husband saw the 45-foot powerboat approaching. “When we came up to the Oregon Street bridge and we turned around, and my husband said, ‘I don’t think that boat is slowing down,’ and all of a sudden I couldn’t help but just stare, and then that’s when the boat hit the paddleboat.”
And almost immediately they felt the impact of the collision. The powerboat struck the port side of the paddlewheel boat, causing significant damage.
“It sideswiped us,” Meissner described. “At the last minute it must have seen us or realized how close it was and then it turned thankfully so that it hit just the corner of the port side instead of coming straight into the boat.”
The party cruiser rocked back and forth.
“I don’t know about the inside bar or bathroom area, but a lot of glass shattered. I know they took one part of the railing off of the port side, so definitely a lot of damage to the paddle boat.”
Meissner said the operator of the powerboat stopped momentarily before turning the boat’s lights off and driving away.
While the paddlewheel boat was able to get to shore, and the 43 passengers and crew members were able to get off the boat, Meissner said there was definitely some panic among everyone. Some were in shock over what happened. One person was taken to the hospital while a half dozen were treated at the scene.
“Lot of bruises, lot of scrapes, lot of jarring around, but other than that I think now for everyone it’s just the anxiety of what happened and we still haven’t gotten the result of what we’re looking for yet,” said Meissner.
Meissner wants answers, and she wants the driver of the hit-and-run boat held accountable for what happened.
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OAKLAND, Calif., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) announced today that its board of directors has declared a 2% increase in the quarterly dividend, from $1.16 to $1.18 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable Aug. 12, 2022, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on July 27, 2022.
Clorox has a long history of providing value to its stockholders through regular dividends. The company has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and paid an annual dividend for more than 50 consecutive years.
The Clorox Company
The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products with about 9,000 employees worldwide and fiscal year 2021 sales of $7.3 billion. Clorox markets some of the most trusted and recognized consumer brand names, including its namesake bleach and cleaning products; Pine-Sol® cleaners; Liquid-Plumr® clog removers; Poett® home care products; Fresh Step® cat litter; Glad® bags and wraps; Kingsford® grilling products; Hidden Valley® dressings and sauces; Brita® water-filtration products; Burt's Bees® natural personal care products; and RenewLife®, Rainbow Light®, Natural Vitality CALM™, and NeoCell® vitamins, minerals and supplements. The company also markets industry-leading products and technologies for professional customers, including those sold under the CloroxPro™ and Clorox Healthcare® brand names. More than 80% of the company's sales are generated from brands that hold the No. 1 or No. 2 market share positions in their categories.
Clorox is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. The company has been broadly recognized for its corporate responsibility efforts, included on the Barron's 2022 100 Most Sustainable Companies list, 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, the Human Rights Campaign's 2022 Corporate Equality Index and the 2021 Parity.org Best Places for Women to Advance list, among others. In support of its communities, The Clorox Company and its foundations contributed about $20 million in combined cash grants, product donations and cause marketing in fiscal year 2021. For more information, visit TheCloroxCompany.com and follow the company on Twitter at @CloroxCo.
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
439 PM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL TOM GREEN AND
NORTHEASTERN IRION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
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A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Apple 2 million rubles (about $34,000) for refusing to store the personal data of Russian users on servers in Russia, part of government efforts to control online activity.
Zoom Video Communications and Ookla, which runs the internet tool Speedtest, were both fined 1 million rubles under the same law.
The Russian government has been trying for years to establish greater control over the internet and social media, an effort that has intensified in recent months as it tries to limit the flow of information about the war in Ukraine. In March, a Russian court banned Facebook and Instagram for what it said were “extremist activities.”
For years, Russia’s communications regulatory agency, Roskomnadzor, has tried to force large technology companies to move the data of Russian users to servers in Russia. Google, Facebook and Twitter have all been accused of violating the 2015 law and ordered to pay fines.
Apple was fined Tuesday for the first time, the Interfax news agency reported. It said an Apple representative argued in court that the collection of data in Russia wasn’t handled by Apple Inc. but by a separate entity, Apple Distribution. A Roskomnadzor representative insisted that Apple was responsible.
Airbnb, Pinterest and the video streaming service Twitch were fined 2 million rubles last month under the same law. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/technology/russia-fines-apple-for-violating-data-storage-law/ | 2022-07-12T22:04:50Z | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/technology/russia-fines-apple-for-violating-data-storage-law/ | true |
15-year-old killed at friend’s 13th birthday party
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed at a child’s birthday party in Connecticut on Saturday night.
The victim, Zion Burton, was killed just days before what would have been his 16th birthday.
Witnesses say the party, which was held at a banquet hall, was packed with kids and not well supervised. The party was a 13th birthday celebration for a girl.
Liquor bottles littered the ground the morning after. Zion’s mother Carlaisha Brook said the party just got out of control.
“A single shot to the chest to my own kid. Mine. Out of all the kids here. Mine. It’s not fair. It’s not fair at all,” Brook said.
Brook said her son was getting ready to be picked up from the party at 10:30 p.m. by his aunt. The aunt was on the phone with Zion, telling him she was on her way to pick him up, when she heard the gunshot over the speaker.
The family said Zion never got in trouble, was an honor student, and even had his own children’s bounce house business.
“My son don’t have nothing to do with that gang crap,” Brook said.
But Brook claims the shooter, despite being a minor, is a gang member.
“[The shooter] was the one in the party walking around picking on other kids. Because of what side of town he is from, so whatever side of town he is from, he is in a gang. He is young, but he is in a gang. These kids are in gangs,” she said.
It’s still not clear why the shooter fought with Zion. But now, instead of planning his birthday party this weekend, Zion’s mother must plan his funeral and tell his 4-year-old sister and 8-year-old brother he is gone.
“I still didn’t even tell them. I don’t know how I’m going to tell them,” Brook said.
Brook has words for Zion’s killer, who remains on the run.
“Turn yourself in, and I hope they charge you as an adult,” she said.
Police said there did not appear to be any surveillance cameras in the banquet hall, but officers are hoping to look at footage from surrounding businesses for clues.
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ACE vehemently disagrees with the CFPB's claims of deception, unfairness and abuse. Over 140,000 ACE customers have availed themselves of ACE's payment plan option since 2013, which clearly indicates borrowers were aware of this option.
The CFPB claim regarding alleged improper withdrawals only relates to approximately 0.028% of ACE's loan transactions during the applicable time period and the CFPB misinterpreted the relevant language in the loan agreement. Furthermore, despite no consumer harm, ACE has refunded over $670,000 to loan customers they will never be required to pay back.
DALLAS, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Populus Financial Group, which operates ACE Cash Express (ACE), today responds to a meritless lawsuit containing a series of false allegations filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
ACE, a provider of financial products and services to millions of consumers, has spent more than 50 years serving its customers fairly and transparently, while creating a culture of service and compliance that aligns with the goals of its regulators and its many constituents. In doing so, ACE has built a strong relationship with its customers, who are extremely satisfied with ACE's products and services. In June of this year, ACE received over 9,600 Google reviews with an average rating of 4.88 out of 5 stars, and ACE's Net Promoter Score (NPS), a customer loyalty and satisfaction measurement, is currently 65.3, which is substantially higher than the average NPS for the financial services industry.
Therefore, ACE is disappointed that the CFPB decided to file a baseless lawsuit over a voluntary payment plan process that benefits, and has been long disclosed to, ACE customers, and the CFPB's misinterpretation of a loan agreement provision that impacted a small number of borrowers. Unfortunately, the CFPB has left ACE with no choice but to litigate and defend itself against these unjustified claims.
In states that do not require a payment plan, ACE voluntarily offers a no-cost payment plan option on its payday loan products as an alternative to refinancing and as a benefit to a customer who has expressed difficulty with making payments.
In 2013, ACE created a process for consistently and uniformly offering its payment plan and added language to its loan agreements to further educate borrowers of the availability of the payment plan option. ACE believed this process met the CFPB's expectations at that time. ACE revised its process again in 2020. This revised process has been in place for more than two years, and ACE again believes this process has met the CFPB's new expectations. But instead of engaging with ACE and providing supervisory guidance, the CFPB is now attempting to penalize ACE for a process it used in connection with a voluntary payment plan that is not required by law.
ACE vehemently disagrees with the CFPB's claims of deception, unfairness and abuse. Over 140,000 ACE customers have availed themselves of the payment plan option since changes were implemented in 2013, yet the CFPB wrongly alleges ACE hid the payment plan option from borrowers and steered them to refinance. The facts reflect customers were aware of the voluntary payment plan option because of disclosures in their loan agreements, and language on ACE's website and in other communications.
Separately, the CFPB has accused ACE of unfairly withdrawing money from customers without authorization. This allegation relates to only approximately 0.028% of ACE's loan transactions during the applicable time period, and despite disagreeing with the CFPB's interpretation of certain loan agreement provisions and a lack of consumer harm, ACE immediately revised the language, audited other documents and self-reported additional similar language. Additionally, more than two years ago, ACE voluntarily refunded over $670,000 of principal, interest and fees to affected consumers, most of which amount was principal, and has voluntarily forgiven the debt. In other words, ACE has given over half a million dollars to loan customers that they will never be required to pay back.
The CFPB has also asserted that ACE is a repeat offender. This is not true. Until the CFPB filed this lawsuit, it has never brought any enforcement action based on ACE's payment plan. The second allegation involving the CFPB's misinterpretation of certain loan agreement provisions has also never been at issue—until now.
In the weeks leading up to the lawsuit, ACE expressed a strong desire to reach a satisfactory resolution with the CFPB by offering to make certain changes that would have been beneficial to consumers, even though those changes are not required by law and are outside of the scope of these claims. ACE also requested multiple times for an in-person meeting between CFPB senior leadership and ACE executives to resolve the CFPB's misunderstandings.
ACE's consumer-friendly and impactful law-changing proposals were unfortunately met with outrageous and unprecedented demands, and ACE's requests for a face-to-face meeting were denied. These discussions and the CFPB's refusal to meet with ACE executives made it clear to ACE that the CFPB had no real intention to settle, leaving the only path to fairness in court. We look forward to sharing the facts with an impartial judge.
About Populus Financial Group and ACE Cash Express
Populus Financial Group™ provides financial services through its family of brands including ACE Cash Express®, ACE Elite® Visa® Prepaid Debit Card, Flare Account® and Porte™. Populus Financial Group delivers a broad range of financial products and services including short-term consumer loans, card services, check cashing, money transfers, bill payments and money orders. Visit PopulusFinancial.com for more information.
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Bank of England deputy governor compares cryptocurrency crash to the Hindenburg airship disaster
A Bank of England deputy governor has likened the crash in cryptocurrencies to the Hindenburg airship disaster as he called for regulation to ensure the technology’s potential benefits are not lost.
Bitcoin, the best-known cryptocurrency, has lost more than two-thirds of its value since hitting nearly $69,000 in November as investors fret over weakening global growth, high inflation and rising interest rates.
But Sir Jon Cunliffe said in a speech in Singapore that it does not mean ‘that crypto is somehow over and we do not need to be concerned about it any more’.
Bank of England deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe called for tech industry pioneers to work with regulators and other authorities to develop the right regulation for cryptocurrencies
In the past, he said innovations have been abandoned because of dramatic failures, citing the deadly disaster in 1937 when a hydrogen-powered German airship crashed in New Jersey.
‘While the causes of the Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster are still debated, it is very probable that the general development of the use of hydrogen in transport was put aside for decades as a result.’
Cunliffe argued that some of the technologies being developed in the crypto world could mean lower costs, greater speed and more transparency for investors.
‘A succession of crypto winters will not, in the end, help the development and adoption of these technologies and the reaping of the benefits that they may offer,’ he added.
Cunliffe called for tech industry pioneers to work with regulators and other authorities to develop the right regulation.
And he also drew an analogy with the dotcom crash two decades ago when the valuations of early online firms slumped.
‘The technology did not go away but rather re-emerged in a different form, focused on the development of platforms which have now come to dominate internet commerce,’ he said.
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VCF® brand of OTC female contraceptives underscores the importance of contraceptive solutions that champion women in the wake of Roe v. Wade.
NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, VCF continues to stand by its mission to provide holistic contraceptive products that prioritize women's health.
The landmark ruling has marked a profound change in society, bringing to light the importance of reproductive choice and the need for more women-controlled options to prevent unwanted pregnancy. For decades, VCF® has advocated for holistic health with VCF® Vaginal Contraceptive Film® and VCF® Contraceptive Gel as the only non-hormonal over-the-counter line of contraceptive products in a market which has, historically, left many of these options in the hands of men, essentially depriving women of rightful control and autonomy of their own bodies.
VCF®upholds its commitment to support women's rights to choose confidence and intimacy without fear of repercussions. VCF® Contraceptive Film® and VCF® Contraceptive Gel are safe, effective, and trusted contraceptive products that place women's health and right to choose front and center.
With limited access and even fewer options for non-hormonal birth control, VCF® remains a trusted contraceptive option for women that is reimbursable under the Affordable Care Act and can be immediately purchased at over 30,000 stores nationwide. For women with declining options, VCF® is offering free samples, available through its website vcfsample.com.
VCF® products are manufactured by Apothecus Pharmaceutical Corp., a leader in personal intimacy products for over three decades. Apothecus brands are driven by innovation, taking pride in the quality of products that its dedicated team of professionals produces, The unique delivery systems its products utilize are of the highest quality, allowing for a revolutionary approach to film technology advancements that provide vital products for women's health. Learn more on the VCF website, or send an email to info@VCFcontraceptive.com.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
506 PM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LITCHFIELD...CENTRAL BERKSHIRE...NORTHEASTERN
DUTCHESS AND EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...
At 506 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Rowe to near Lenox, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Pittsfield, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Copake, Sheffield, Pine
Plains, New Lebanon, Becket, Austerlitz, Ancram, Millerton, Hancock,
Housatonic, Berkshire, Dalton, Lanesborough, Hinsdale, Stockbridge
and Hillsdale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
464 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
FAIRFIELD
IN NEW JERSEY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
BERGEN ESSEX HUDSON
PASSAIC UNION
IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
BRONX KINGS (BROOKLYN) NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)
ORANGE PUTNAM QUEENS
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) ROCKLAND
WESTCHESTER
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HOUSTON, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeta Energy Corp. was awarded the Coup de Coeur Scale-Up prize at the 2022 World Materials Forum. This prize is awarded based on jury selection according to three criteria: 1) confirmed economic viability, 2) sizeable impact on using less materials smarter and longer, and 3) a demonstrated breakthrough – whether technical or organizational – in new materials or processes. Firms are only eligible for consideration if they have fewer than fifty employees. Zeta won the award by demonstrating it could scale its manufacturing processes for its breakthrough battery technology based on a carbon nanotube anode and sulfurized carbon cathode. This combination of an innovative anode and cathode enables dramatic increases in energy density while avoiding the polysulfide shuttle effect that has, until now, held back lithium sulfur batteries. The Zeta batteries also do not use nickel, manganese or cobalt, significantly limiting both price volatility and political risk.
Zeta's CEO Charles Maslin said "Zeta Energy is thrilled to have received the World Material Forum Scale-up Challenge award. Professor Victoire de Margerie and the WMF represent the most accomplished and brightest companies in our industry and there is really no bigger honor than receiving this recognition and validation from such an esteemed group. Special thanks to Zeta's Chief Commercial Officer Michael Liedtke for attending the award ceremony." [Michael Liedtke is shown receiving the award in the photo above.]
Michael Liedtke added, "It was a great honor to receive this award during the gala dinner at the World Material Forum in Nancy. One can hardly imagine a more appropriate setting for such an event. Being recognized by a group of industry experts for all the hard work the Zeta team did over the last couple of years means so much to all of us. The check we received that night already found a spot in our laboratory in Houston where it is permanently displayed for everyone to see and appreciate."
Zeta Energy's battery technology is expected to enable breakthrough improvements in electric vehicles and grid energy storage, as well as many other applications. All of Zeta Energy's materials can be sourced close to its manufacturing locations, relieving it from dependence on international supply chain constraints.
Zeta Energy Corp. is a US-based privately-held corporation focused on developing and commercializing high performance, safe, rechargeable batteries that are lower cost and sustainably manufactured. Zeta has filed more than thirty patents on its proprietary carbon nanotube anode and sulfur cathode technology. The company may from time to time disclose public material events via its website at http://www.ZetaEnergy.com or its social media accounts at the following locations:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zeta-energy-corp/about
https://twitter.com/ZetaEnergy
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HOUSTON, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeta Energy Corp. was awarded the Coup de Coeur Scale-Up prize at the 2022 World Materials Forum. This prize is awarded based on jury selection according to three criteria: 1) confirmed economic viability, 2) sizeable impact on using less materials smarter and longer, and 3) a demonstrated breakthrough – whether technical or organizational – in new materials or processes. Firms are only eligible for consideration if they have fewer than fifty employees. Zeta won the award by demonstrating it could scale its manufacturing processes for its breakthrough battery technology based on a carbon nanotube anode and sulfurized carbon cathode. This combination of an innovative anode and cathode enables dramatic increases in energy density while avoiding the polysulfide shuttle effect that has, until now, held back lithium sulfur batteries. The Zeta batteries also do not use nickel, manganese or cobalt, significantly limiting both price volatility and political risk.
Zeta's CEO Charles Maslin said "Zeta Energy is thrilled to have received the World Material Forum Scale-up Challenge award. Professor Victoire de Margerie and the WMF represent the most accomplished and brightest companies in our industry and there is really no bigger honor than receiving this recognition and validation from such an esteemed group. Special thanks to Zeta's Chief Commercial Officer Michael Liedtke for attending the award ceremony." [Michael Liedtke is shown receiving the award in the photo above.]
Michael Liedtke added, "It was a great honor to receive this award during the gala dinner at the World Material Forum in Nancy. One can hardly imagine a more appropriate setting for such an event. Being recognized by a group of industry experts for all the hard work the Zeta team did over the last couple of years means so much to all of us. The check we received that night already found a spot in our laboratory in Houston where it is permanently displayed for everyone to see and appreciate."
Zeta Energy's battery technology is expected to enable breakthrough improvements in electric vehicles and grid energy storage, as well as many other applications. All of Zeta Energy's materials can be sourced close to its manufacturing locations, relieving it from dependence on international supply chain constraints.
Zeta Energy Corp. is a US-based privately-held corporation focused on developing and commercializing high performance, safe, rechargeable batteries that are lower cost and sustainably manufactured. Zeta has filed more than thirty patents on its proprietary carbon nanotube anode and sulfur cathode technology. The company may from time to time disclose public material events via its website at http://www.ZetaEnergy.com or its social media accounts at the following locations:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zeta-energy-corp/about
https://twitter.com/ZetaEnergy
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A helicopter crash last month that killed six people in West Virginia occurred when the aircraft hit a rock face 15 minutes after takeoff from a local airport, federal investigators said in a preliminary report Tuesday.
Investigators have not yet released any information about the cause of the accident. A final report could take a year or two to complete, they said.
The flight on June 22 was the last scheduled for the day during a multiday reunion for helicopter enthusiasts where visitors could sign up to ride or fly the historic Huey helicopter, described by organizers as one of the last of its kind still flying.
The helicopter was flown by the 114th Assault Helicopter Company, “The Knights of the Sky,” in Vinh Long, Vietnam, throughout much of the 1960s, according to the website for MARPAT Aviation, a Logan County flight school that operated the helicopter. After the Huey returned to the U.S. in 1971, the website says, it was featured in movies such as “Die Hard, “The Rock” and “Under Siege: Dark Territory.”
During the reunion, people who made a donation could fly the helicopter with a “safety pilot” seated in the left front seat, according to the report. People could take a ride on the helicopter for a suggested donation.
A private pilot, two “pilot rated” passengers and three others were killed in the crash.
Investigators said wreckage from the crash was found 26 feet (8 meters) across a roadway, as well as in a ditch at the base of a rock face. Additional wreckage including pieces of Plexiglas, a section of a tail rotor blade were found about 40 feet (12 meters) above the wreckage on a ledge of the steep rock face.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
352 PM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern
Wharton, west central Brazoria and northwestern Matagorda Counties
through 430 PM CDT...
At 350 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Van Vleck, or 8 miles west of Sweeny, moving
southwest at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Bay City, El Campo, Markham, Van Vleck, Boling-Iago and Danevang.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2933 9596 2924 9588 2902 9580 2879 9609
2918 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 049DEG 17KT 2907 9584
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Afro-Colombian politician who studied in the Soviet Union and fled his homeland after being kidnapped by a paramilitary group has been tapped to become Colombia’s first Black ambassador to the United States.
In a brief message posted on Twitter on Tuesday, leftist President elect Gustavo Petro wrote that Luis Gilberto Murillo would take Colombia’s most important diplomatic post when he’s sworn into office next month.
Murillo, 55, has a long record maneuvering in Washington’s power circles, having established himself there more than two decades ago when fleeing death threats from right wing paramilitary groups.
Among his powerful supporters is Rep. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who helped craft aid programs for the traditionally marginalized Afro-Colombian population as part of negotiations over a U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement.
Murillo also has U.S. citizenship — something he’ll have to renounce to take up his diplomatic post.
But as ambassador for Colombia’s first leftist government, he’ll need more than deep connections to stabilize a bilateral relationship in what some fear could be a rocky transition.
During the hard fought presidential campaign, Petro, a former guerrilla, took aim at forced coca eradication and extradition — centerpieces of the U.S.-backed drug war in Colombia — as well as the free trade agreement with the U.S. he blames for impoverishing local farmers.
He’s also vowed to immediately re-establish diplomatic relations with Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government in neighboring Venezuela.
Murillo’s own background could help ease any tensions, according to Adam Isacson, a longtime observer of Colombia for the Washington Office on Latin America
During Colombia’s latest presidential election, Murillo ran as the vice presidential candidate for Sergio Fajardo, a centrist politician from Medellin. He only endorsed Petro after his own candidate failed to get enough votes to qualify for a run-off vote.
“His appointment is probably reassuring to a lot of people in the Biden administration,” said Isacson. “He’s not a hard leftist and he’ll be able to maneuver pretty well to show people that Petro isn’t a radical either.”
Murillo was born into a poor family in the largely Afro-Colombian province of Choco, along Colombia’s Pacific Coast. The region is one of Colombia’s poorest and home to a large population of descendants of African slaves who have long been underrepresented in business and politics.
He studied engineering in the Soviet Union on a scholarship, along the way meeting his Russian wife. He served twice as governor of his home province and has also been Colombia’s environment minister.
In 2000, Murillo was kidnapped by paramilitary groups and later fled to Washington with his family. One of his first jobs in the capital was to work as a bouncer at a night club. Eventually he found work in several international development agencies including the World Bank.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer for disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh said Tuesday that investigators have indicated they intend to pursue murder charges against him for the deaths of his wife and son, who were fatally shot outside their home more than a year ago.
Lawyer Jim Griffin said in a statement that the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division told Murdaugh family members they plan to seek indictments from a grand jury later this week.
“We won’t have any comment until charges are actually brought against Alex,” Griffin said.
Officials with both state police and the attorney general’s office would not comment on whether authorities were pursuing the indictments, which were first reported by news and opinion website FITSNews.
Murdaugh already faces dozens of criminal charges that have piled up in the months since his wife Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, were killed. But until now he has not been charged in connection with his wife and son’s deaths; he’s repeatedly denied any role in those killings.
The deaths led to at least a half-dozen investigations into Murdaugh and his finances resulting in charges that he stole $8.5 million from people who hired him and that he lied to police in saying he was shot by a stranger on a roadside when — officials say — he really asked a friend to kill him so his surviving son could collect a $10 million life insurance policy.
Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot several times between 9 and 9:30 p.m. the night of June 7, 2021, outside their home on the family’s land near Islandton, authorities said. Their bodies were found near dog kennels, according to Colleton County Coroner Richard Harvey.
At the time, authorities reported that Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies and called 911. His family told “Good Morning America” that Murdaugh had been visiting his father in the hospital and checking on his mother when the killings happened.
The South Carolina Supreme Court also disbarred Murdaugh on Tuesday, confirming the inevitable after Murdaugh’s attorneys declined to contest arguments at a June disbarment hearing. In the order, the state Supreme Court noted their decision “in no way” affects ongoing investigations.
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CLEVELAND, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown (MCR Cleveland Tenant LLC) values the relationship we have with our customers and understands the importance of protecting payment card information. Through this notice we are notifying a small number of customers who used a payment card in the food and beverage area of our Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown between September 24, 2021 through May 5, 2022. This notice explains the incident, measures we have taken, and steps customers may consider taking as well.
We recently received a report from a third party suggesting that a payment card security incident may have occurred. We immediately launched an investigation and engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist. We also notified the payment card brands and are cooperating with law enforcement.
On May 2, 2022, the investigation identified unauthorized code on a point-of-sale system in the food and beverage area that was designed to access payment card data and send it to a third party. The code accessed the card number and expiration date for payments made directly in the food and beverage area from September 24, 2021 through May 5, 2022. Hotel reservations and food and beverage charges made to a guest room were not involved.
It is always advisable for customers to review their payment card statements for any unauthorized activity and immediately report any unauthorized charges to your card issuer using the number on the back of the payment card.
We regret that this incident occurred and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.
For more information regarding this incident customers may visit, https://cleveland2022dataincident-com.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html or you can call 855-674-1396, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. ET.
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ST. LOUIS, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arch Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ARCH) will discuss its second quarter 2022 financial results in an investor conference call that will be broadcast live on Thursday, July 28 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Interested participants may access the conference call by dialing 800-289-0720 approximately five to 10 minutes prior to the start time. For participants calling from an overseas location, please dial +1 323-701-0160. No passcode is needed. The call will also be webcast and will be accessible via the "investor" section of the Arch website at http://investor.archrsc.com. Following the live event, a replay and an audio download will be available on the site.
Arch's second quarter 2022 earnings release will be distributed via PR Newswire before the market opens on July 28 and will be posted to the company's website at that time.
Arch Resources is a premier producer of high-quality metallurgical products for the global steel industry. The company operates large, modern and highly efficient mines that consistently set the industry standard for both mine safety and environmental stewardship.
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WGN-TV) — The family of Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old wounded in the Highland Park parade shooting, said the boy is now in critical condition.
Cooper was alert and talking last week but a spokesperson for the family issued a statement Tuesday that said Cooper has a partially collapsed lung a fever due to a new infection.
Cooper underwent a “esophagram procedure” Monday that revealed a tear in his esophagus has reopened.
“As a result, he is facing an urgent, complex, and lengthy surgery” Tuesday to repair the tear, the statement said.
The surgery will be his seventh and is a “particularly high risk given his age and current condition,” the statement said.
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Jason Simon placed an order for a Tesla Model 3 this April, eager to own an electric vehicle.
He heard from Tesla in June that his car was ready, but he backed out of the purchase, losing the $250 order fee he paid. Simon told CNN Business his feelings changed this spring after Tesla CEO Elon Musk struck a deal to buy Twitter. Musk has since backtracked and indicated that he wants out of the deal to purchase the social media company.
Simon is one of many electric vehicle buyers who have developed new, stronger feelings about Musk and Tesla in recent weeks.
Driving a Tesla has long been a way for consumers to signal values on the environment and sustainability.
Consumers connect deeply with brands that share their values, or represent what they aspire to be, according to Americus Reed, a marketing professor at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Tesla has benefited from a powerful, identity-based loyalty that's emerged with car buyers, and it rivals top brands like Apple and Nike.
"The intensity of the relationship for those that are really into Tesla is off the charts," Reed said.
Some car buyers are increasingly drawn to, or away from, Tesla, because of a range of beliefs that align or clash with Musk, including politics, freedom of speech, and company culture, according to interviews with 12 recent car buyers.
In recent months Musk has called Democrats the party of "division & hate," joked about putting cocaine back in Coca-Cola, compared Twitter's CEO to Joseph Stalin, challenged Russian president Vladimir Putin to a one-on-one fight for Ukraine, and warned that "the woke mind virus will destroy civilization."
Simon said he felt for the Tesla employees who had stock in the company. Tesla stock has fallen 31% since Musk struck a deal to purchase Twitter. The S&P 500 has fallen 11% in the same timeframe.
Simon thought the falling stock price suggested a lack of confidence in Tesla as its busy CEO — Musk also leads SpaceX — took on another project. While Musk has since said he wants out of the deal, he now potentially faces a lengthy court battle if Twitter chooses to bring legal action against him.
"There's people down the line that aren't him that worked a long time to earn that stock," said Simon, a business executive in Philadelphia who said he's "deadly serious" about his employees getting chances to earn.
"That's real-life stuff to those people," Simon said. "It's pretty uncool."
Steven Kronenberg of California canceled an order for a Tesla solar roof this spring after seeing Musk announce his support of Republicans.
He also said he didn't like seeing Tesla face a lawsuit from a California civil rights agency for its treatment of Black workers.
"If someone wants to spend money at Hobby Lobby, or Chick-fil-A or Tesla, they can do that," Kronenberg told CNN Business. "I have plenty of other options." (Chick fil-A had donated for a time to organizations that were critical of same-sex marriage and Hobby Lobby was at the center of a Supreme Court ruling that the Affordable Care Act couldn't force closely held companies to cover certain contraceptives for employees.)
Kronenberg said he's ordering an electric vehicle from a Tesla competitor.
Businesses have historically seen some impact from taking political stances. Budweiser appears to have lost popularity in conservative counties after its 2017 Super Bowl ad favored immigration, while Ben & Jerry's gained support in liberal countries for its support of same-sex marriage and Black Lives Matter, according to Vanitha Swaminathan, a marketing professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
Reed, the Pennsylvania professor, described Musk as a "lightning rod" that people either love or hate. He views Musk and Tesla as immune to damage from Musk's recent behavior because people are already so split over him. Musk can benefit from provoking strong feelings, rather than indifference.
"If you're a public figure it's probably better to be edgy," Reed said. "Like, eh, whatever, the CEO of Ford, who cares?"
Swaminathan said that Musk's potential risk to Tesla's sales and brand may not be too significant as the automaker has a strong brand and is known for its innovativeness.
"Tesla's own brand reputation could act as an insurance policy and limit the damage that the CEO's position has on the brand," Swaminathan said.
Erik Corkran of Colorado has long been fond of Musk, whom he views as an inspirational voice for individual freedom. Corkran, who leans libertarian, said he likes to be unbounded, and has done much freelance work in his career. He loves his Tesla Model X that he bought earlier this year.
Corkran said he cares about social justice topics like gender and race, but he feels they are becoming too large a focus in schools at the expense of math or science. Corkran watched this spring as Musk encountered a backlash as he moved to purchase Twitter and weighed in on politics.
"You know what," Corkran said he recalled thinking in May. "I'll throw down $100. I'll get a Cybertruck." While Tesla's Cybertruck is not yet available -- production was initially said to start in late 2021 but it has been delayed until 2023 -- potential buyers can reserve the opportunity to purchase one for a $100 deposit.
He's hoping to get delivery in 2024, when Musk has said the truck will be available.
Lisa Morris, who lives in Louisiana, ordered a Tesla this year to save on fuel costs during a long drive she frequently makes to get her granddaughter from school. She said she'll be the first of her friends to own a Tesla.
Morris has strong feelings about politics, and says as a businessperson she would "rather have 1,000 Republican customers, than 100,000 Democrat [customers]."
Morris said she was even happier with the purchase after Musk announced he would no longer support Democrats.
"The man should keep doing it and never hold his opinion back," said Morris, who added that she doesn't respect businesses that hide their support of Republicans.
Scott Wilson of California, who owns a Model Y, placed an order for a second Tesla this year. But he said he's had second thoughts, and he considered canceling the order.
"I don't want Tesla cars to become the new MAGA hat," Wilson said. "I don't want to be seen as a rich jerk, and I don't want to be seen as a political conservative, libertarian free speech warrior."
For now, Wilson has kept his order. He said it's helped that Musk has seemed calmer on Twitter the past couple weeks.
Other car buyers say Musk's efforts outside Tesla and his political views don't factor at all into their decisions.
Steven Cohn, who purchased a Model 3 this year, said he views Musk as the American dream, and admires what he's done to fight climate change. But he also finds Musk's political views to be "a little on the regressive side."
"I'll make my purchase decisions based on what I feel is the best value for me and my family," Cohn said. "Not based on a political party."
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ST. LOUIS, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arch Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ARCH) will discuss its second quarter 2022 financial results in an investor conference call that will be broadcast live on Thursday, July 28 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Interested participants may access the conference call by dialing 800-289-0720 approximately five to 10 minutes prior to the start time. For participants calling from an overseas location, please dial +1 323-701-0160. No passcode is needed. The call will also be webcast and will be accessible via the "investor" section of the Arch website at http://investor.archrsc.com. Following the live event, a replay and an audio download will be available on the site.
Arch's second quarter 2022 earnings release will be distributed via PR Newswire before the market opens on July 28 and will be posted to the company's website at that time.
Arch Resources is a premier producer of high-quality metallurgical products for the global steel industry. The company operates large, modern and highly efficient mines that consistently set the industry standard for both mine safety and environmental stewardship.
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On July 16, prospective homebuyers will meet industry experts – face-to-face for free.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of South Floridians will attend the annual Florida Homebuying Fair at Volunteer Park on Saturday, July 16.
The free event gives prospective but often-overwhelmed homebuyers the chance to meet Realtors®, mortgage brokers, title companies, appraisers, and HUD-certified housing counselors. It's an informative and no-pressure environment.
Purchasing a home in the current market is not an easy task. "At Consolidated Credit our housing counselors interact with people who have financial goals, and for many South Florida families, buying a home is one of the most critical on their list," says Sandra Tobon Consolidated Credit's Director of Housing & Community Outreach.
At the fair people will have the opportunity to ask the experts about the options and steps they need to take to buy a home. The event will put people in front of community resources to assist them on their homebuying journey.
The Florida Homebuying Fair has earned a reputation as the go-to location for free one-on-one HUD-approved counseling. This coaching – available in English and Spanish – lets Floridians with weak credit devise a plan to get them into a home while still sticking to a budget. There are similar services for veterans and current military service members.
Sponsored by major financial institutions, the Florida Homebuying Fair has become the must-attend event for local homebuyers.
WHEN: Saturday, July 16, 2022, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
WHERE: Volunteer Park, 12050 W Sunrise Blvd., Plantation, FL 33323 (Map)
For information, call 888-881-3576 or visit http://www.thehomebuyingfair.com/
About: In nearly 30 years, Consolidated Credit has helped over 10 million people overcome challenges with debt and financial issues. Its mission is to assist families throughout the United States to end financial crises and solve money management issues through education and professional counseling.
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Limited Time Savings on Top Performing Products
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prime Day is here! For two days only, HOOVER® is offering some of the biggest savings of the year on Amazon! Now is the perfect time to score top performing products at a HUGE discount.
HOOVER® is offering three exclusive promotions until midnight on July 13, 2022 that includes savings up to 40 percent!
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"We love Prime Day. It gives us the opportunity to provide huge savings to our consumers on some of the best products in our portfolio," says Brittany Doyle, VP of Marketing and E-Commerce of TTI Floor Care North America. "With more consumers looking for real solutions to stay ahead of those unexpected messes, we are excited to offer a range of products that can solve that consumer need at a discounted price point."
For more than 100 years, Hoover has been one of the most trusted brands in America, and consumers appreciate how Hoover's innovation can help simplify their lives. HOOVER® designs powerful, easy-to-use products that clean the entire home from floor to ceiling. The comprehensive line of products includes cordless stick vacuums, uprights, carpet cleaners, portable spot carpet cleaners, hard floor cleaners, and cleaning solutions. HOOVER® is a brand of TTI Floor Care North America, whose portfolio of leading brands also includes Oreck®, Dirt Devil® and HOOVER® Commercial. TTI Floor Care North America is a subsidiary of Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. For more information, visit www.hoover.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The toll of drug-resistant “superbug” infections worsened during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
After years of decline, 2020 ushered in a 15% increase in hospital infections and deaths caused by some of the most worrisome bacterial infections, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, a CDC expert, called it “a startling reversal” that he hopes was a one-year blip.
CDC officials think several factors may have caused the rise, including how COVID-19 was treated when it first hit the U.S. in early 2020.
Antimicrobial resistance happens when germs like bacteria and fungi gain the power to fight off the drugs that were designed to kill them. The misuse of antibiotics was a big reason — unfinished or unnecessary prescriptions that didn’t kill the germs made them stronger.
Before the pandemic, health officials said U.S. superbug infections appeared to be going down. Deaths fell 18% between 2012 and 2017, when about 36,000 Americans died from drug-resistant infections. The government credited hospitals for using antibiotics more judiciously, and for isolating patients who might spread the germs.
The CDC doesn’t have 2020 data on all superbugs, partly because health officials had to focus on COVID-19. But it does have data from seven kinds of bacterial and fungal infections that were detected in hospital patients, including MRSA and a bug called CRE that’s known as “the nightmare bacteria.”
The CDC saw increases of 15% or more in infections and deaths from that group of germs.
One possible reason: From March to October 2020, almost 80% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 received an antibiotic, CDC officials said. Use of certain kinds of antibiotics jumped as doctors aggressively used a variety of drugs to fight not only the coronavirus but also bacterial co-infections that might sweep over their weakened patients.
By 2021, overall use of antibiotics dropped. And Srinivasan noted that the use of catheters, ventilators and other medical devices may also be down. Those devices, which are used on severely ill patients, can become inroads into patient’s bodies for drug-resistant germs.
Still, any uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations — like the one being seen in the U.S. currently — increases that risk, he said.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and Israel have taken a step toward normalizing diplomatic ties, the Polish president said Tuesday, as the Israeli ambassador officially presented his credentials in Warsaw.
President Andrzej Duda tweeted that he and Israeli President Issac Herzog have “agreed that it’s time to return to normal relations.”
He said the “first step” was taken when Israeli Ambassador Yacov Livne officially presented his credentials on Tuesday.
Israel expects Poland to appoint an ambassador too, and Duda said he hopes it would happen “soon.”
Relations between the two nations that share difficult history soured in recent years amid spats over Poland’s laws that were seen as whitewashing the deeds of some Poles during the Holocaust and banning claims for restitution of seized property by Holocaust victims and their relatives.
Israel recalled its ambassador in the fall of 2020 and Poland’s ambassador to Israel was instructed to end his mission prematurely in the summer of 2021.
Ties have since improved in the wake of Israel-Polish cooperation on the Ukrainian refugee crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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SAMI MOKBEL: Unvaccinated stars are giving Premier League clubs a HUGE headache with travel restrictions hampering their pre-season plans... there is frustration over an issue that can be settled so easily
- Premier League clubs are still gripped by Covid-19 despite vaccine availability
- Chelsea confirmed Ruben Loftus-Cheek and N’Golo Kante did not travel on the club’s tour of the USA due their personal vaccination status
- Palace are taking 10 senior outfield players on their pre-season tour, with several key men staying behind. It is unknown what the players' vaccination status are
- There's frustration at both clubs that season preparations are being impacted
- The scenario of paying footballers millions of pounds only for them to be unavailable to play and train as normal comes as an irritation to clubs
Over 19 months have passed since the NHS administered the first vaccine, yet English football continues to be gripped by Covid-19.
On Saturday, Chelsea confirmed Ruben Loftus-Cheek and N’Golo Kante, who are paid in the region of £20million in combined wages a year, did not travel on the club’s tour of the USA due their vaccination status.
On Monday, it emerged Crystal Palace were taking just 10 senior outfield players on their tour of Singapore and Australia, with key men Wilfried Zaha, Eberechi Eze, Marc Guehi and Michael Olise among those staying behind.
The Eagles are not revealing whether those not travelling cannot make the trip because they are unvaccinated, instead saying absent players do not meet the entry requirements or are ‘not currently fit’.
It doesn’t take a detective to arrive at the correct conclusion.
There is frustration at both clubs that preparations for the new season are being impacted by an issue that is so easily settled.
Chelsea midfielders N'Golo Kante (left) and Ruben Loftus-Cheek (right) will miss their pre-season tour of the United States because of their Covid-19 vaccination status
The absence of the two midfielders will affect Thomas Tuchel's pre-season preparations
Clubs have tried to influence players but are powerless to force them to have the jab. Paying footballers millions of pounds only for them to be unavailable to play and train as normal comes as an irritation to clubs.
One agent who has unvaccinated stars on his books says his clients have ‘trust issues’ in believing the overwhelming scientific evidence in favour of being vaccinated. The chances of them changing their minds appears slim.
At the very top of the game, where player power is king, the issue is unlikely to be resolved any time soon.
It is a different story outside of the top flight. Sportsmail has been told of lower league footballers, originally unvaccinated, who have altered their stance in order to secure transfers — and pay rises — this summer after the buying club insisted they would only complete a deal if they agreed to have the jab.
Some clubs are taking matters into their own hands this summer, using their relationships with agents to pressurise the unvaccinated into reconsidering.
Meanwhile, at Crystal Palace, Wilfried Zaha (left) and Michael Olise (right) were both been left behind in the UK
Christian Benteke is another high-profile player who has not travelled with Vieira's squad
Many players remain unmoved. One who saw a family member fall drastically ill still refuses to have the jab.
Whether a player’s vaccination status truly has a telling impact on a club’s decision to sign a player is open to doubt — although Sportsmail knows of at least one EFL side who are refusing to sign any unvaccinated footballers this summer.
But if a manager believes an unvaccinated player can make the difference between success and failure, many would make the signing and cope with the consequences later.
Nevertheless, it is undeniable that vaccination status is emerging as a significant factor for clubs during the summer window.
England defender Marc Guehi has also been left out of the squad, as has Eberechi Eze (right)
Some clubs are already preparing for the worst this winter. Asking non-vaccinated players to use separate changing and shower facilities next season is said to be among the options being considered as teams look at ways of ensuring the chances of an outbreak are kept to a minimum.
The relaxation of Covid protocols in the UK offers clubs some room to manoeuvre — a luxury not afforded to teams in France and Italy, where vaccination is compulsory for players.
But while society moves out of the Covid era, football clubs are still being hampered.
And, for many clubs, signing non-vaccinated players is simply more trouble than it’s worth.
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The January 6 committee today focused on Donald Trump's desperate effort to hold on to power after losing the election.
"You have to show strength and you have to be strong," the president said on Jan. 6, 2021.
The committee highlighting a mid December meeting convened by Trump with attorney Rudy Giuliani and others.
"The meeting has been called unhinged. Not normal in the craziest meeting of the Trump presidency," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-MD, said.
At that meeting, strategies for Trump to remain in office were discussed, including having the military seize voting machines — an idea rejected by Attorney General Bill Barr.
"I said absolutely not, there's no probable cause and I'm not going to seize any machines," Barr said.
Failing at solutions, Trump in the overnight hours sends his infamous December 19 tweet calling on supporters to come to D.C. January 6, the day Biden's win was to be certified, tweeting "Will be wild."
"The time for action is now," right-wing media personality Alex Jones said.
His supporters heading that call. And on that day, Trump — knowing groups including the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers came heavily armed — ordered metal detectors removed and directed them to the Capitol.
"You'll never take back our country with weakness," Trump said on Jan. 6, 2021.
The committee seeking to establish possible early coordination between the groups and Donald Trump and his allies.
Also today, videotaped testimony from Trump White House Counsel Pat Cipollone.
"Did I believe he should concede the election? At a point in time, yes I did," Cipollone said.
The committee making the case the president knew he lost but convinced millions of Americans he won.
"They put their faith and their trust in Donald Trump. They wanted to believe in him. They wanted to fight for their country, and he deceived them," Rep. Liz Cheney, R-WY, said.
The committee looking to connect the dots between a president determined to overturn an election, engaging in a scheme to achieve it that culminated in a violent mob attacking America's democracy.
There is at least one more hearing to go, the committee says sometime next week it will cover the more than three hours during which Donald Trump refused to stop the violence during the insurrection. | https://www.wtva.com/recap-of-tuesdays-jan-6-hearing/article_7b08dda0-0221-11ed-8a99-27fbcb0ae71a.html | 2022-07-12T22:34:23Z | https://www.wtva.com/recap-of-tuesdays-jan-6-hearing/article_7b08dda0-0221-11ed-8a99-27fbcb0ae71a.html | false |
HOUSTON, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeta Energy Corp. was awarded the Coup de Coeur Scale-Up prize at the 2022 World Materials Forum. This prize is awarded based on jury selection according to three criteria: 1) confirmed economic viability, 2) sizeable impact on using less materials smarter and longer, and 3) a demonstrated breakthrough – whether technical or organizational – in new materials or processes. Firms are only eligible for consideration if they have fewer than fifty employees. Zeta won the award by demonstrating it could scale its manufacturing processes for its breakthrough battery technology based on a carbon nanotube anode and sulfurized carbon cathode. This combination of an innovative anode and cathode enables dramatic increases in energy density while avoiding the polysulfide shuttle effect that has, until now, held back lithium sulfur batteries. The Zeta batteries also do not use nickel, manganese or cobalt, significantly limiting both price volatility and political risk.
Zeta's CEO Charles Maslin said "Zeta Energy is thrilled to have received the World Material Forum Scale-up Challenge award. Professor Victoire de Margerie and the WMF represent the most accomplished and brightest companies in our industry and there is really no bigger honor than receiving this recognition and validation from such an esteemed group. Special thanks to Zeta's Chief Commercial Officer Michael Liedtke for attending the award ceremony." [Michael Liedtke is shown receiving the award in the photo above.]
Michael Liedtke added, "It was a great honor to receive this award during the gala dinner at the World Material Forum in Nancy. One can hardly imagine a more appropriate setting for such an event. Being recognized by a group of industry experts for all the hard work the Zeta team did over the last couple of years means so much to all of us. The check we received that night already found a spot in our laboratory in Houston where it is permanently displayed for everyone to see and appreciate."
Zeta Energy's battery technology is expected to enable breakthrough improvements in electric vehicles and grid energy storage, as well as many other applications. All of Zeta Energy's materials can be sourced close to its manufacturing locations, relieving it from dependence on international supply chain constraints.
Zeta Energy Corp. is a US-based privately-held corporation focused on developing and commercializing high performance, safe, rechargeable batteries that are lower cost and sustainably manufactured. Zeta has filed more than thirty patents on its proprietary carbon nanotube anode and sulfur cathode technology. The company may from time to time disclose public material events via its website at http://www.ZetaEnergy.com or its social media accounts at the following locations:
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This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET's guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals.
On Prime Day a lot of the focus is on deals of more well-known gadgets, including Amazon and Apple devices, as well as TVs, security cameras and networking products. But sometimes it's the small items -- like a $16 universal travel adapter that I bought -- that get overlooked. Sure, there's only a $4 Prime Day discount on the Ougrand Worldwide Travel Power Adapter, but a discount is a discount and I needed one of these adapters for an international trip my kid was taking soon so he could charge his mobile devices abroad.
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While the adapter plugs cover a wide variety of countries, including those in Europe and Africa, which was important for me, the key extra feature I was looking for was a USB-C connection to go along with the USB-A ports so he could use his USB-C to Lightning cable along with a USB-C to USB-C cable. The Ougrand was the cheapest one I could find with USB-C that had a decent amount of positive reviews on it. To be clear, this is a generic Chinese travel adapter that I haven't tried personally, but for the price it seems decent enough.
I found a second Universal Travel Adapter from Tessan that has even more USB-C ports and I thought might be better. However, the shipping times were longer for that adapter and there were no user reviews on it, so I stuck with the Ougrand. But it seems worth considering if you're not traveling right away. I may even get the Tessan before Prime Day ends on July 13. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/this-must-have-travel-accessory-is-only-16-for-prime-day/ | 2022-07-12T22:34:56Z | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/this-must-have-travel-accessory-is-only-16-for-prime-day/ | true |
The median sales price for a home in metro Detroit has topped $300,000, up more than 10 percent in June from the same period a year ago, according to data from RE/MAX of Southeastern Michigan.
The median sale price of $312,725 is a "pretty significant jump," said Jeanette Schneider, president of RE/MAX of Southeast Michigan. She said that as far as she's aware, it's the first time prices in the region have been this high. In Wayne County, the median home price is above $200,000, and median prices in Detroit are up nearly a third over last June, to $87,000.
"I think that's pretty amazing," said Randy Miller, team leader of the Randy Miller Homes team at RE/MAX Encore in Clarkston. "That's a huge milestone for us, it really is."
Schneider said she expects the increases to moderate, but said they will continue.
The increases have been validated with appraisals over the past several months said Robert Warren, a team member with Woelkers Group at RE/MAX Dream Properties in Northville and Livonia.
"When we're talking about price points, it's basically going up everywhere," he said. "If you go in any direction, you're going to see a genuine uptick in values."
Schneider said more homes are coming on the market as empty nesters who waited out much of the pandemic have decided it's a good time for them to cash out. They then become buyers, she said, rejoining the pool.
"The demand hasn't diminished," Schneider said. "Prices are still going up because sellers can get it." | https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/metro-detroit-median-home-prices-hit-new-record-above-300000 | 2022-07-12T22:35:49Z | https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/metro-detroit-median-home-prices-hit-new-record-above-300000 | false |
BOSTON, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of STAG Industrial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: STAG) maintained the monthly common stock dividend at $0.121667 and declared the following third quarter common stock dividends:
THIRD QUARTER 2022 COMMON STOCK DIVIDENDS DECLARED
About STAG Industrial, Inc.
STAG Industrial, Inc. is a real estate investment trust focused on the acquisition, ownership, and operation of industrial properties throughout the United States. As of March 31, 2022, the Company's portfolio consists of 551 buildings in 40 states with approximately 110.1 million rentable square feet.
For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.stagindustrial.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by the Company, contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and includes this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe the Company's future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words "believe," "will," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "should," "project" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, among others, statements about the expected redemption, including the redemption date. You should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control and which could materially affect actual results, performances or achievements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, the risk factors discussed in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as updated by the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, there is no assurance that the Company's expectations will be realized. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, the Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein (or elsewhere) to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter said Tuesday it has sued Elon Musk to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.
Musk and Twitter have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said Friday he was backing off of his April agreement to buy the company.
The chair of Twitter’s board, Bret Taylor, tweeted Tuesday that the board has filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery “to hold Elon Musk accountable to his contractual obligations.”
Twitter’s lawsuit opens with a sharply-worded accusation that “Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests.”
“Having mounted a public spectacle to put Twitter in play, and having proposed and then signed a seller-friendly merger agreement, Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law — is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away,” the suit says.
The trial court in Delaware frequently handles business disputes among the many corporations, including Twitter, that are incorporated there.
Musk alleged Friday that Twitter has failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts on its service. Twitter said last month that it was making available to Musk a ″fire hose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets.
The company has said for years in regulatory filings that it believes about 5% of the accounts on the platform are fake. Musk is also alleging that Twitter broke the acquisition agreement when it fired two top managers and laid off a third of its talent-acquisition team. | https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/nation-world/twitter-sues-to-force-elon-musk-to-complete-acquisition/507-fc2c393b-afda-4d53-916c-ad405daceb00 | 2022-07-12T22:42:56Z | https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/nation-world/twitter-sues-to-force-elon-musk-to-complete-acquisition/507-fc2c393b-afda-4d53-916c-ad405daceb00 | false |
Starbucks closing 16 US stores for safety issues
Starbucks is closing 16 stores around the country because of repeated safety issues, including drug use and other disruptive behaviors that threaten staff.
The coffee giant is closing six stores in its hometown of Seattle, six in Los Angeles, two in Portland, Oregon and one each in Philadelphia and Washington. Starbucks said employees at those stores will be given the opportunity to transfer to other stores.
Starbucks said Tuesday the closures are part of a larger effort to respond to staff concerns and make sure stores are safe and welcoming. In a letter to employees, Starbucks´ senior vice presidents of operations Debbie Stroud and Denise Nelson said the company´s stores aren´t immune from problems like rising drug use and a growing mental health crisis.
"We know these challenges can, at times, play out within our stores too. We read every incident report you file - it´s a lot," Stroud and Nelson wrote.
But the company also faced criticism from some workers who said they weren´t consulted or given any options besides closure.
"We think it is not fair that we were not allowed to be a part of this decision about our working conditions, nor for Starbucks to claim they could not provide a safe experience for our workplace," said Mari Cosgrove, an employee at one of the Seattle stores that is closing.
FILE - This file photo taken on June 26, 2019, shows a Starbucks sign outside a Starbucks coffee shop in downtown Pittsburgh, Pa. Starbucks is closing 16 stores around the country because of repeated safety issues, including drug use and other disruptive behaviors that threaten staff. The coffee giant said Tuesday, July 12, 2022, the closures are part of a larger effort to respond to staff concerns and make sure stores are safe and welcoming. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
The closures took on heightened significance because of an ongoing unionization effort at Starbucks´ U.S. stores. More than 189 U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since late last year, according to the National Labor Relations Board. Starbucks opposes the unionization effort.
Two of the Seattle stores that are closing have voted to unionize, while one of the Portland stores has petitioned to hold a union vote. Last month, Starbucks also closed a unionized store in Ithaca, New York, because of operational problems, including an overflowing grease trap.
Starbucks Workers United, the labor group organizing the effort, said it intends to file unfair labor practice charges against Starbucks on behalf of the two unionized stores that are closing in Seattle.
But Starbucks insisted the closures weren´t related to the unionization drive.
"Opening and closing stores is part of our business operations," a spokesperson for the company said. "This is really rooted in safe and welcoming stores."
U.S. labor law doesn´t prevent Starbucks from closing its stores for business reasons. But it can´t close a store - whether it´s unionized or not - in retaliation against labor organizers.
In the letter to employees, Starbucks said it is willing to make adjustments to ensure store safety, including modifying operating hours and moving furniture - or removing it - in order to give employees a clearer view of the store. The company said it's testing alarm systems and sensors to alert employees if someone is in a restroom.
Starbucks also noted an effort - now in eight cities - called Outreach Worker, which connects store employees to nonprofit groups who can help with patrons who are chronically homeless, mentally ill or abusing drugs.
The company also said restrooms at some stores might be closed if they become a safety hazard.
That's a reversal from 2018, when Starbucks issued a policy allowing anyone to use its restrooms even if they didn't buy anything. That decision was made after a Starbucks employee called police to report two Black men who were denied the use of a restroom and asked to leave. The men, who were in Starbucks waiting for a business meeting, were arrested; they later reached a settlement with Starbucks. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11007561/Starbucks-closing-16-US-stores-safety-issues.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-12T22:53:28Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11007561/Starbucks-closing-16-US-stores-safety-issues.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Feds release 1st report on W.Va. fatal helicopter crash
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A helicopter crash last month that killed six people in West Virginia occurred when the aircraft hit a rock face 15 minutes after takeoff from a local airport, federal investigators said in a preliminary report Tuesday.
The Vietnam-era Bell UH-1B "Huey" helicopter struck the rock face in an area about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) from Logan County Airport in Amherstdale, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said in the report. The cockpit and cabin then crashed into a roadway and a guardrail and were consumed by fire.
Investigators have not yet released any information about the cause of the accident. A final report could take a year or two to complete, they said.
The flight on June 22 was the last scheduled for the day during a multiday reunion for helicopter enthusiasts where visitors could sign up to ride or fly the historic Huey helicopter, described by organizers as one of the last of its kind still flying.
The helicopter was flown by the 114th Assault Helicopter Company, "The Knights of the Sky," in Vinh Long, Vietnam, throughout much of the 1960s, according to the website for MARPAT Aviation, a Logan County flight school that operated the helicopter. After the Huey returned to the U.S. in 1971, the website says, it was featured in movies such as "Die Hard, "The Rock" and "Under Siege: Dark Territory."
During the reunion, people who made a donation could fly the helicopter with a "safety pilot" seated in the left front seat, according to the report. People could take a ride on the helicopter for a suggested donation.
FILE - Emergency personnel look over the site of a helicopter that crashed in Blair, W.Va., on June, 23, 2022. The helicopter crash that killed six people occurred when the aircraft hit a rock face 15 minutes after takeoff from a local airport, federal investigators said in a preliminary report, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)
A private pilot, two "pilot rated" passengers and three others were killed in the crash.
Investigators said wreckage from the crash was found 26 feet (8 meters) across a roadway, as well as in a ditch at the base of a rock face. Additional wreckage including pieces of Plexiglas, a section of a tail rotor blade were found about 40 feet (12 meters) above the wreckage on a ledge of the steep rock face.
There were no known witnesses to the accident, according to the report. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11007581/Feds-release-1st-report-W-Va-fatal-helicopter-crash.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-12T22:53:35Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11007581/Feds-release-1st-report-W-Va-fatal-helicopter-crash.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A helicopter crash last month that killed six people in West Virginia occurred when the aircraft hit a rock face 15 minutes after takeoff from a local airport, federal investigators said in a preliminary report Tuesday.
The Vietnam-era Bell UH-1B “Huey” helicopter struck the rock face in an area about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) from Logan County Airport in Amherstdale, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said in the report. The cockpit and cabin then crashed into a roadway and a guardrail and were consumed by fire.
Investigators have not yet released any information about the cause of the accident. A final report could take a year or two to complete, they said.
The flight on June 22 was the last scheduled for the day during a multiday reunion for helicopter enthusiasts where visitors could sign up to ride or fly the historic Huey helicopter, described by organizers as one of the last of its kind still flying.
The helicopter was flown by the 114th Assault Helicopter Company, “The Knights of the Sky,” in Vinh Long, Vietnam, throughout much of the 1960s, according to the website for MARPAT Aviation, a Logan County flight school that operated the helicopter. After the Huey returned to the U.S. in 1971, the website says, it was featured in movies such as “Die Hard, “The Rock” and “Under Siege: Dark Territory.”
During the reunion, people who made a donation could fly the helicopter with a “safety pilot” seated in the left front seat, according to the report. People could take a ride on the helicopter for a suggested donation.
A private pilot, two “pilot rated” passengers and three others were killed in the crash.
Investigators said wreckage from the crash was found 26 feet (8 meters) across a roadway, as well as in a ditch at the base of a rock face. Additional wreckage including pieces of Plexiglas, a section of a tail rotor blade were found about 40 feet (12 meters) above the wreckage on a ledge of the steep rock face.
There were no known witnesses to the accident, according to the report. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Feds-release-1st-report-on-W-Va-fatal-helicopter-17300677.php | 2022-07-12T22:53:51Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Feds-release-1st-report-on-W-Va-fatal-helicopter-17300677.php | false |
A man who joined the pro-Trump mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol apologized Tuesday to officers who protected the building after telling lawmakers that he regrets being duped by the former president's lies of election fraud.
During a hearing before the U.S. House committee that's investigating the insurrection, Stephen Ayres testified that he felt called by former President Donald Trump to come to Washington.
He described being swept up by Trump's bogus claims, and believing as he marched to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 that Trump would join them there and that there was still a chance the election could be overturned.
“I felt like I had like horse blinders on. I was locked in the whole time," said Ayres, who is scheduled to be sentenced in September after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor in the riot.
His message to others: “Take the blinders off, make sure you step back and see what’s gong on before it’s too late.”
“It changed my life,” he said. “And not for the good.”
Ayres, who was not accused of any violence or destruction on Jan. 6, said he worked for a cabinet company in northeast Ohio for 20 years, but lost his job and sold his home after the riot. He was joined by his wife at the hearing.
After the hearing, Ayres approached officers in the committee room who have testified about being verbally and physically attacked by the angry mob. Ayres apologized for his actions to Capitol Police Officers Aquilino Gonell and Harry Dunn, Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges and former MPD officer Michael Fanone.
The officers appeared to have different responses to Ayres’ attempt to make amends.
Fanone told The Associated Press that the apology was not necessary because “it doesn’t do s--- for me.” Hodges said on CNN that he accepted the apology, adding that “you have to believe that there are people out there who can change.”
Gonell, who recently found out that the injuries he succumbed to on Jan. 6 won’t allow him to be a part of the force any longer, said he accepted the sentiment from Ayres, but it doesn’t amount to much.
“He still has to answer for what he did legally. And to his God. So it’s up to him,” the former sergeant said.
Dunn, who didn’t stand up when Ayres approached him, said he does not accept his apology.
The Jan. 6 House committee that's investigating the insurrection sought to use Ayres' testimony to show how Trump's Dec. 19, 2020, tweet calling his supporters to Washington mobilized not only violent far-right extremist groups, but average Americans to descend on the nation's capital.
Ayres described being a loyal follower of Trump on social media before Jan. 6 and said he felt he needed to heed the president’s call to come to Washington, D.C., for the “Stop the Steal” rally.
“I was very upset, as were most of his supporters,” Ayres said when asked about Trump’s unfounded election claims. Asked by Rep. Liz Cheney if he still believes the election was stolen, Ayres said, “Not so much now.”
Ayres said he wasn’t planning to storm the Capitol before Trump’s speech “got everybody riled up.” He had believed the president would be joining them at the Capitol.
“Basically, we were just following what he said,” Ayres said.
Ayres said he and friends who accompanied him to Washington decided to leave the Capitol when Trump sent a tweet asking rioters to leave. If Trump had done that earlier in the day, “maybe we wouldn't be in this bad of a situation,” Ayres said.
Ayres said it makes him mad that Trump is still pushing his bogus claims about the election.
“I was hanging on every word he was saying,” he said. “Everything he was putting out, I was following it.”
His testimony echoed the words of many Capitol rioters who have expressed remorse for their crimes at sentencing hearings.
He's among about 840 people who have been charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot. More than 330 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanor charges punishable by no more than one year in prison. More than 200 have been sentenced.
In his court case, Ayres admitted that he drove from Ohio to Washington on the eve of the “Stop the Steal” rally to protest Congress’ certification of the Electoral College vote count. He entered the Capitol through the Senate Wing doors and remained inside for about 10 minutes, joining other rioters in chanting.
In a Facebook post four days before the riot, Ayres attached an image of a poster that said “the president is calling on us to come back to Washington on January 6th for a big protest."
In another Facebook post before the riot, he wrote, “Mainstream media, social media, Democrat party, FISA courts, Chief Justice John Roberts, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, etc....all have committed TREASON against a sitting U.S. president! !! All are now put on notice by ‘We The People!’”
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Associated Press reporters Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick and Nomaan Merchant contributed to this report from Washington.
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For full coverage of the Jan. 6 hearings, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siege.
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Burlington, VT — The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals ratified a new contract for UVM Medical Center nursing staff. Back in February, the UVM Medical Center and the nurses union accepted a proposal to increase salaries by 10 percent that month, far in advance of when staff would usually see wage increases at the beginning of the fiscal year. Now that the new contract has been ratified, staff can expect another 10 percent raise over the next 20 months.
New contracts for nursing staff are typically re-negotiated every three years. The negotiation for this new contract comes a year late, after it was decided to extend the previous contract another year due to the pandemic.
“We were absolutely being impacted by the staffing shortages that we have felt, you know, everywhere really, but in healthcare in particular after Covid,” said Peg Gagne, Chief Nursing Officer at the UVM Medical Center. “And so, we wanted to get the wages out to the nurses early.”
Stephen Leffler, the President of the UVM Medical Center noted that at the beginning of the pandemic, they were losing nurses, and had trouble hiring more staff. “In February, we agreed to the wage part of the contract six months early,” said Leffler. “And we agreed on the hospital side to start paying those wages in February.”
The negotiation of the remainder of the contract began in May and the committee met twelve times. They wanted to focus on changes they could make to improve recruitment and retention.
“I think we ended up with a good package that included some additional compensation in the form of differentials and some improvements to the contract that really should set us up well to enhance our ability to recruit and retain nurses,” said Gagne.
In addition to salary increases, the contract also outlines additional compensation in the form of differentials, especially for harder-to-fill shifts.
“We are starting to see a trend that less people are leaving and we’re doing a little better at hiring,” said Leffler. “So it’s too early to know for sure, but we’re encouraged by what we’re seeing and we’re very hopeful.”
Gagne says she is proud of the contract they came up with, and thinks it’ll be a good step forward for staff. Some other benefits laid out in the contract include an improved on-call pay, and support for additional professional development and education. | https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/uvm-medical-center-nurses-will-see-wage-increases-per-new-contract/ | 2022-07-12T22:54:45Z | https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/uvm-medical-center-nurses-will-see-wage-increases-per-new-contract/ | true |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday that it killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Syria in a drone strike.
U.S. Central Command said in a news release that Maher al-Agal was killed Tuesday and an unidentified senior official in the Islamic State group was seriously injured. The Pentagon said there were no civilian casualties, though it wasn’t possible to immediately confirm that information.
The U.S. carried out the strike outside Jindaris, a town in northwest Syria close to the Turkish border.
The attack “takes a key terrorist off the field and significantly degrades the ability of (IS) to plan, resource, and conduct their operations in the region,” said President Joe Biden in a statement. “And, like the U.S. operation in February that eliminated (IS’s) overall leader, it sends a powerful message to all terrorists who threaten our homeland and our interests around the world.”
The Islamic State group at the height of its power controlled more than 40,000 square miles (103,600 square kilometers) stretching from Syria to Iraq and ruled more than 8 million people. While the group’s territorial state collapsed in 2019, its leaders have turned to guerilla tactics and have been able to “efficiently restructure themselves organizationally,” according to the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a nonpartisan think tank.
The strike on al-Agal comes months after the head of the group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, killed himself during a raid on his hideout by American special forces. The U.S. said Al-Qurayshi blew himself up along with members of his family.
According to a war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, al-Agal was a former prominent commander of the Islamic State group during its control of Raqqa and had since moved farther north to Afrin in 2020 under Turkish-backed factions. He was most recently a commander in a Turkish-backed faction called Jaysh Al-Sharqiyyah.
U.S.-led coalition forces have also targeted al-Qaeda-linked militants in Syria over the years. Last month, a U.S. drone strike killed a senior leader of the Horas al-Din group, Abu Hamzah al Yemeni.
CENTCOM has said that violent extremist organizations “continue to present a threat to America and our allies, and … al-Qaeda-affiliated groups have used the rebel-held enclave in northwestern Syria as a safe haven.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/pentagon-us-killed-isis-leader-in-syria-in-drone-strike/ | 2022-07-12T22:54:48Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/pentagon-us-killed-isis-leader-in-syria-in-drone-strike/ | true |
Professional soccer coming to Huntsville
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - On Monday morning, Huntsville Mayor, Tommy Battle, made an exciting announcement about Joe Davis Stadium.
Battle announced that professional soccer is coming to Huntsville. The city is partnering with the Nashville Soccer Club to form an MLS NEXT Pro soccer team.
Nashville SC CEO Ian Ayre is excited about the expansion to the Rocket City.
“It’s quite obvious in spending time in Huntsville that the same raw ingredients exists here,” Ayre said. “We could not be more excited about bringing our MLS NEXT Pro team to Huntsville and the amazing stadium project.”
The new professional team will play at Joe Davis Stadium.
Along with Battle at the announcement was Urban and Economic Development Director Shane Davis.
According to a press release from MLS NEXT Pro, the team will make Joe Davis Stadium its home once the renovation is complete in May 2023.
MLS NEXT Pro started its inaugural season in March with 21 clubs. The league is a professional men’s soccer league that serves as a development league to help young players make the jump to MLS.
More details on the team’s name and branding will be released in the future.
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WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service RENO NV
215 PM PDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...Heat, Smoke, and Thunderstorms Chances Continue...
* HEAT - An extended period of above normal temperatures is
expected into this coming weekend, though not as hot as today.
While no records are anticipated, heat levels may get to the
point to consider reducing, canceling or rescheduling strenuous
activities to a cooler time of the day. Higher risk people,
such as infants, the elderly, or sick individuals should remain
in the coolest available place. Never leave children or animals
in a vehicle for any amount of time!
* SMOKE - Smoke from the Washburn Fire near Yosemite will impact
areas of the Eastern Sierra, Tahoe Basin, and western Nevada
into tonight and Wednesday. Widespread haze should be
anticipated. The potential of denser smoke remains uncertain,
however pockets of reduced air quality are possible especially
between Minden and Bridgeport. For the latest air quality
conditions and recommendations go to fire.airnow.gov.
* THUNDERSTORMS - A few thunderstorms remain possible through this
evening and overnight tonight. While coverage will be mainly
isolated, the biggest concerns with any storms that develop will
be for strong and erratic outflow winds and dry lightning. It
looks like the region will have a break from storms Wednesday
into Thursday with additional thunderstorms possible Friday
through the weekend. These storms could impact outdoor events
and recreation each afternoon and evening.
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Tom Green County in west central Texas...
Northeastern Irion County in west central Texas...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 431 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Arden, moving
northwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Arden around 450 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Us-
67 Near The Irion-Tom Green County Line.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
512 PM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central
Colorado, north central Wharton and south central Austin Counties
through 545 PM CDT...
At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of Eagle Lake, moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Eagle Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2972 9626 2969 9617 2946 9621 2955 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 027DEG 14KT 2966 9624
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Fort Bend,
east central Waller and west central Harris Counties through 545 PM
CDT...
At 515 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cypress, or 9 miles northwest of Addicks Park Ten, moving southwest
at 15 mph.
Katy and Cinco Ranch.
LAT...LON 2996 9573 2991 9565 2975 9576 2989 9592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 046DEG 13KT 2991 9573
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Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, woman charged with posing as sick Marine vet, to plead guilty
Published: Jul. 12, 2022 at 4:30 PM EDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island woman who authorities say pretended to be a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer to fraudulently collect about $250,000 in veterans benefits and charitable contributions has agreed to plead guilty.
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 31-year-old Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, of East Greenwich, signed an agreement under which she will admit to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, forgery, and fraudulent use of medals.
Prosecutors say there’s no record of Cavanaugh ever serving in the U.S. military. She worked as a social worker at a veterans’ hospital.
Cavanaugh’s attorney said he has no comment on the case at this time.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Afro-Colombian politician who studied in the Soviet Union and fled his homeland after being kidnapped by a paramilitary group has been tapped to become Colombia’s first Black ambassador to the United States.
In a brief message posted on Twitter on Tuesday, leftist President elect Gustavo Petro wrote that Luis Gilberto Murillo would take Colombia’s most important diplomatic post when he’s sworn into office next month.
Murillo, 55, has a long record maneuvering in Washington’s power circles, having established himself there more than two decades ago when fleeing death threats from right wing paramilitary groups.
Among his powerful supporters is Rep. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who helped craft aid programs for the traditionally marginalized Afro-Colombian population as part of negotiations over a U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement.
Murillo also has U.S. citizenship — something he’ll have to renounce to take up his diplomatic post.
But as ambassador for Colombia’s first leftist government, he’ll need more than deep connections to stabilize a bilateral relationship in what some fear could be a rocky transition.
During the hard fought presidential campaign, Petro, a former guerrilla, took aim at forced coca eradication and extradition — centerpieces of the U.S.-backed drug war in Colombia — as well as the free trade agreement with the U.S. he blames for impoverishing local farmers.
He’s also vowed to immediately re-establish diplomatic relations with Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government in neighboring Venezuela.
Murillo’s own background could help ease any tensions, according to Adam Isacson, a longtime observer of Colombia for the Washington Office on Latin America
During Colombia’s latest presidential election, Murillo ran as the vice presidential candidate for Sergio Fajardo, a centrist politician from Medellin. He only endorsed Petro after his own candidate failed to get enough votes to qualify for a run-off vote.
“His appointment is probably reassuring to a lot of people in the Biden administration,” said Isacson. “He’s not a hard leftist and he’ll be able to maneuver pretty well to show people that Petro isn’t a radical either.”
Murillo was born into a poor family in the largely Afro-Colombian province of Choco, along Colombia’s Pacific Coast. The region is one of Colombia’s poorest and home to a large population of descendants of African slaves who have long been underrepresented in business and politics.
He studied engineering in the Soviet Union on a scholarship, along the way meeting his Russian wife. He served twice as governor of his home province and has also been Colombia’s environment minister.
In 2000, Murillo was kidnapped by paramilitary groups and later fled to Washington with his family. One of his first jobs in the capital was to work as a bouncer at a night club. Eventually he found work in several international development agencies including the World Bank.
“It is a great responsibility to lead bilateral relations with the US,” Murillo said on Twitter. “We will work to strengthen the paths of peace and carry out coordinated work to bring greater prosperity to our two nations.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/afro-colombian-politician-tapped-as-ambassador-to-washington/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-07-12T23:01:25Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/afro-colombian-politician-tapped-as-ambassador-to-washington/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | true |
D.C. United officially names Wayne Rooney as new head coach originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
A soccer legend is returning to the nation’s capital.
D.C. United officially announced on Tuesday that the club is naming Wayne Rooney as their head coach, to take effect as soon as the English national receives his work visa. In the meantime, interim head coach Chad Ashton will remain in charge of the team.
“Wayne is a soccer legend and one of the most exciting and dynamic up-and-coming managers in our sport,” said Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan, Co-Chairmen of the team. “He has an understanding of our league and what it takes to be successful in Major League Soccer thanks to his two-year stay with us as a player. The passion he showed while wearing Black-and-Red electrified our city and our club and we are so excited to welcome him back as our Head Coach.”
Rooney makes a return to Washington after spending two seasons in Black and Red in 2018-19. As team captain during that span, the striker scored 23 goals and tallied 15 assists in 48 appearances. In just that short stint in D.C., Rooney was named an All-Star, MLS Best XI, and was an MVP finalist.
Rooney, 36, most recently served as manager of English Championship side Derby County. He held that position for just about 18 months before he resigned three weeks ago. He could become the D.C. United's first long-time coach since Hernan Losada was fired back in April.
Rooney’s playing career speaks for itself. Before joining D.C. United, the forward cemented himself as one of the game’s best scorers in the English Premier League and English national team. He didn’t skip a beat once he got to Washington, as he electrified the city with plays like this, not soon to be forgotten:
The head coach does have his work cut out for him, though. D.C. United started the 2022 campaign off somewhat well but has cooled off considerably since then. They have the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference and the second-worst goal differential in MLS with -14.
Most recently, the club took a 7-0 beating at the hands of Philadelphia last week. All is not bleak, though, as forward Taxi Fountas was just named an MLS All-Star earlier Tuesday. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/d-c-united-officially-names-wayne-rooney-as-new-head-coach/3297740/ | 2022-07-12T23:01:38Z | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/d-c-united-officially-names-wayne-rooney-as-new-head-coach/3297740/ | false |
Twitter sues Musk to force him to complete $44B acquisition
(AP) – Twitter sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.
Musk and Twitter have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said Friday he was backing off of his April agreement to buy the company.
Twitter’s lawsuit opens with a sharply-worded accusation: “Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests.”
“Having mounted a public spectacle to put Twitter in play, and having proposed and then signed a seller-friendly merger agreement, Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law — is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away,” the suit says.
Twitter filed its lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery, which frequently handles business disputes among the many corporations, including Twitter, that are incorporated there.
As part of the April deal, Musk and Twitter had agreed to pay each other a $1 billion breakup fee if either was responsible for the deal falling through. The company could have pushed Musk to pay the hefty fee but is going farther than that, trying to force him to complete the full $44 billion purchase approved by the company’s board.
“Oh the irony lol,” Musk tweeted after Twitter filed the lawsuit, without explanation.
The arguments and evidence laid out by Twitter are “very strong and compelling” and likely to get a receptive ear in the Delaware court, which doesn’t look kindly on sophisticated buyers backing off of deals, said Brian Quinn, a law professor at Boston College.
“They make a very strong argument that this is just buyer’s remorse,” Quinn said. “You have to eat your mistakes in the Delaware Chancery Court. That’s going to work very favorably for Twitter.”
Musk alleged Friday that Twitter has failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts on its service. Twitter said last month that it was making available to Musk a ″fire hose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets.
The company has said for years in regulatory filings that it believes about 5% of the accounts on the platform are fake. Musk is also alleging that Twitter broke the acquisition agreement when it fired two top managers and laid off a third of its talent-acquisition team.
Twitter’s suit repeatedly emphasizes Musk’s contemplation of starting a Twitter competitor -- an alternative option he sometimes aired publicly and sometimes privately to Twitter’s executives and board members. While the company has said it cooperated in providing the spam bot data he requested, the lawsuit suggests there was concern that disclosing too much “highly sensitive information” could expose Twitter to competitive harm if shared.
The biggest surprise for Quinn was how much evidence Twitter has -- for instance, communications with Musk about whether to retain or lay off employees, as well as the billionaire’s own public tweets -- to reject his arguments for backing out.
“They are marshaling many of Musk’s own tweets to hoist him on his own petard,” he said.
When Musk offered to buy the company and take it private in mid-April, the board initially tried to block him by deploying a financial maneuver that would have made the acquisition prohibitively expensive.
By April 25, though, Twitter had reconsidered the offer, concluding that selling the company to Musk for $54.20 a share was in the best interest of shareholders. In a joint press release, Musk pledged to “unlock” the social media company’s potential by loosening restrictions on speech and rooting out fake accounts.
But his confidence didn’t last long. Tesla’s stock — Musk’s primary source of wealth — plummeted amid a broader stock market selloff in May, and Musk soon seemed less enthusiastic about owning Twitter.
Twitter’s suit calls Musk’s tactics “a model of hypocrisy,” noting that he had emphasized plans to take Twitter private in order to rid it of spam accounts. Once the market declined, however, Twitter noted that “Musk shifted his narrative, suddenly demanding ‘verification’ that spam was not a serious problem on Twitter’s platform, and claiming a burning need to conduct ‘diligence’ he had expressly forsworn.”
Similarly, the company charges that Musk operated in bad faith, accusing him of requesting company information in order to accuse Twitter of providing “misrepresentations” about its business to regulators and investors.
Musk “has been acting against this deal since the market started turning, and has breached the merger agreement repeatedly in the process,” the suit charges. “He has purported to put the deal on ‘hold’ pending satisfaction of imaginary conditions, breached his financing efforts obligations in the process, violated his obligations to treat requests for consent reasonably and to provide information about financing status, violated his non-disparagement obligation, misused confidential information, and otherwise failed to employ required efforts to consummate the acquisition.”
Twitter’s lawsuit alleges that the company “has suffered and will continue to suffer irreparable harm” as a result of Musk’s contractual breaches that “cast a pall over Twitter and its business.”
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