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Lawton/Fort Sill Chamber hosts State of Tourism luncheon
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce hosted their monthly luncheon this afternoon, with the focus being on tourism in Oklahoma.
Krista Smith-Ratliff, the Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, says tourism is the third largest industry within Oklahoma, making it a vital asset to the state’s growth.
In fact, the Lawton Fort Sill area had a record-breaking year with tourism, thanks to our outdoor recreational activities, something that Ratliff hopes continues in the years to come.
“It’s been so amazing to see the transition from, a Lawton-Fort Sill that people aren’t familiar with, to a transition where people are like ‘oh yeah, I know where Lawton’s at, in southwest Oklahoma.’ And, that’s not only happening statewide, but nationwide, and that’s exactly what we want,” said Ratliff.
She says Lawton-Fort Sill is an amazing place, and they want it to get the recognition that it deserves.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Verrica Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Verrica" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VRCA). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Verrica and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
In December 2020, Verrica submitted its New Drug Application ("NDA") to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") seeking regulatory approval of VP-102 for the treatment of molluscum. Then, on September 20, 2021, after the market closed, Verrica announced receipt of a Complete Response Letter ("CRL") due to deficiencies at a facility of Verrica's contract manufacturer in connection with the Company's NDA.
On this news, the Company's stock price fell $1.00 per share, or 8.3%, to close at $11.03 per share on September 21, 2021.
In November 2021, Verrica resubmitted the NDA for VP -102, claiming "[t]he resubmission addresses the successful resolution of inspection deficiencies" at the manufacturing facility. Finally, on May 24, 2022, after the market closed, Verrica announced receipt of another Complete Response Letter regarding the VP-102 NDA citing "deficiencies identified during a general reinspection of Sterling Pharmaceuticals Services, LLC (Sterling), the contract manufacturing organization (CMO) that manufacture's Verrica's bulk solution drug product."
On this news, Verrica's stock price fell $3.55 per share, or 63.8%, to close at $2.01 per share on May 25, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Countries on Africa’s east coast are increasingly turning to climate funding initiatives to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities, aid biodiversity and take climate action.
On the margins of the high-level political forum on sustainable development currently underway at the United Nations headquarters in New York, African coastal and island states and conservation groups outlined plans to boost ocean conservation and economic development through a system of “ blue bonds” — a method of financing projects that would also benefit ocean health.
Following on from Africa’s Great Green Wall, which spans across the continent’s Sahel region, east African nations are now seeking funds for the Great Blue Wall initiative, which aims to protect marine areas across the coastline. Both blue and green finance refers to funding aimed at preventing environmental damage and combating climate change while creating sustainable ecosystems.
“The blue bond is a powerful example of the critical role that the capital markets can play in supporting sustainable objectives,” said Jorge Familiar, Vice President of the World Bank.
The Great Blue Wall initiative, launched last year by ten western Indian Ocean states during the U.N.’s climate conference in Glasgow, aims to create a network of coastal and marine protected areas which supporters say would restore and conserve some 2 million hectares of ocean, capture 100 million tons of carbon dioxide and secure livelihoods for over 70 million people.
The project spans the continent’s east coast — from Somalia to South Africa — and includes the island states of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia and the French territories, Mayotte and Reunion.
Jean-Paul Adam, who heads the climate division at the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, said the blue wall initiative would recognize “the true value the environment has in future wealth creation and empowerment of local communities”.
“We need to dramatically upscale private sector investment into green and blue sectors,” he said. Less than one percent of so-called blue and green bonds, which are used for marine and land projects respectively, are issued for African countries.
“The next steps are to make these markets more accessible to African countries,” he added.
The U.N. says many of the financial climate promises made by richer countries are not being committed to in full, meaning that many African nations are unable to take necessary adaptation and mitigation measures against the effect of climate change.
In its latest assessment, the African Development Bank said that between $1.3 trillion and $1.6 trillion is needed by 2030 to implement climate action in line with nationally determined contributions — targets set by individual countries to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees F) and no more than 2C (3.6 F). But blue bonds are currently just a fraction of ocean conservation funding, the bank added.
“Bonds alone are not a panacea for the financing gap but they can allow us to raise large amounts,” Adam said.
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This story has been corrected to show that it is countries on Africa’s east coast that are turning to climate funding.
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered at a theater in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday to commemorate the life of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire last month.
Walker was remembered by family and friends as a shy, kind, thoughtful man with a quiet sense of humor. There were also calls from those who spoke at the funeral about the need for justice for Walker and other Black men and women killed by police.
“We thank you God that Jayland’s life has touched so many people around the world,” said Pastor Robert DeJournett of Akron’s St. Ashworth Temple Church of God in Christ “I’m believing that this is gonna be the last time that we have to do this. But God, we’re going to continue to push and push and push until a change is gonna come.”
Mourners, some wearing “Black Lives Matter” and “Zero Threat, Zero Violence, Justice for Jayland” T-shirts passed by Walker’s casket before the funeral.
“When I think about Jayland, I think about someone who had the biggest heart,” said Robin Elerick, a cousin of Walker’s who spoke at the service. “He was so sweet and so authentically genuine, and that’s what I’ll always remember about him.”
Walker’s best friend, through tears, recalled how they were like brothers and listened to music together including one of Walker’s favorite rappers, Jadakiss.
“I don’t want anybody to try to make it seem like my best friend was a bad dude,” said Dupri Whatley. “Because he was not. If it wasn’t for him, I probably wouldn’t be where I’m at now.”
Bishop Timothy Clarke, of the First Church of God in Columbus, preached about how Walker’s death, and the deaths of other men and women, cannot be normalized.
“We must not try to act as if this is all right,” Clarke said. “This is not all right. There’s nothing right about this. We should not be here, and Jayland should not be in that box.”
An attorney for Walker’s family, Bobby DiCello, said during a news conference following the funeral that the United Nations Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality Law Enforcement has committed to examine Walker’s death.
DiCello said Akron and its police department need to make policy changes such as installing dashboard cameras in police cruisers. He insisted that Akron city officials need to publicly apologize to Walker’s family.
“We’re going to hold them accountable for every single bullet they fired in this case,” DiCello said,
Walker was killed June 27 at the end of a vehicle and foot chase that followed an attempted traffic stop. He wasn’t armed when he was shot, but authorities said Walker had fired a shot from his car 40 seconds into the vehicle chase. Police body camera footage released by the city on July 3 shows Walker wearing a ski mask, jumping out the front passenger door of his still-moving car and then running into a parking lot.
That blurry footage does not clearly show what authorities say was a threatening gesture before he was shot by eight officers, seven of whom are white and one who is Black.
Investigators haven’t confirmed how many rounds were fired or how many times he was shot. The Summit County medical examiner’s office said it found more than 60 wounds on Walker’s body but hasn’t said how many were entrance and exit wounds.
Akron police released a photo that showed an unloaded handgun, an ammunition clip and what appeared to be a wedding ring on the driver’s seat of Walker’s car.
Less than 24 hours before the Akron pursuit, an officer in nearby New Franklin Township had tried to stop a car believed to be Walker’s for the same equipment violations that led to the Akron chase. A police supervisor called off the pursuit when the driver crossed the township border into Akron.
Akron has seen daily protests city officials released body camera footage from the eight officers on July 3. Downtown Akron is under a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Akron police asked the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to handle the investigation into the shooting. BCI’s findings will be turned over to the Summit County prosecutor’s office to present evidence to a grand jury to determine if any officers will be charged criminally. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/jayland-walkers-funeral-follows-days-of-protest-in-akron/ | 2022-07-13T22:58:55Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/jayland-walkers-funeral-follows-days-of-protest-in-akron/ | true |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eugenio Suárez smacked a three-run homer, Chris Flexen pitched six solid innings to win his fourth straight start and the Seattle Mariners got their ninth straight win by beating the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Wednesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Jesse Winker, Adam Frazier and Cal Raleigh hit solo home runs for Seattle, which last won nine in a row in 2003 (May 27 through June 5). The surging Mariners also have won 17 of 20 for the first time since April 2-23, 2002.
“We’re winning games a lot of different ways and I think that’s the mark of a really good team,” said Winker, who returned after a six-game suspension for his role in a fight with the Los Angeles Angels on June 26.
Juan Soto, who was caught in a rundown between third and home on Nelson Cruz’s double to end the seventh, tried to help the Nationals in the ninth inning with a three-run homer off Penn Murfee with two outs to make it 6-4. But Paul Sewald retired Cruz for his 11th save.
“At the end of the day, it feels more terrible when I hit the ball. Because the things that happened on the bases and everything, you can see how close the game (would) be,” said Soto, who now has 18 home runs and a 14-game hitting streak.
Flexen (6-8) had a 3-0 lead before he threw a pitch and proceeded to give up one run on six hits, while walking two and striking out one. He has a 2.88 ERA over his past seven starts.
“To get an early lead like that forces you to want to step on the gas even more and stay in the zone,” Flexen said. “I just tried to attack and compete and put us in a situation to win.”
The Nationals, who have lost five straight and 11 of 12, also saw production from Keibert Ruiz, who had a double and a single.
Washington starter Josiah Gray (7-6) allowed five runs on six hits, three of them home runs, in five innings. He walked three and struck out seven.
Gray struggled with his control early, walking two of the first three batters in the first inning before Suárez homered to left on an 0-1 fastball.
“He had trouble settling in,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said of Gray. “Oftentimes the most vulnerable starting pitchers are is in that first inning. He really didn’t have a feel for the strike zone and we took advantage.”
Winker’s and Frazier’s solo shots came in the fourth.
Washington loaded the bases against Flexen with no outs in the fifth, but settled for Luis Garcia’s sacrifice fly to make it 5-1 before Flexen retired Josh Bell and Cruz around a walk to Soto.
The second game is a makeup of the game rained out Tuesday.
ROSTER MOVE
The Nationals announced after the game they had called up RHP Tyler Clippard and placed RHP Tanner Rainey on the 60-day injured list with a right UCL sprain. Clippard, 37, was 4-1 with a 2.48 ERA and one save at Triple-A Rochester. He previously spent seven years with Washington (2008-14) and was 34-24 with a 2.68 ERA and 34 saves. Rainey, 29, went 1–3 with 12 saves and a 3.30 ERA in 29 games this season.
BRAWL SUSPENSIONS DONE
Mariners’ All-Star center fielder Julio Rodríguez served a one-game suspension stemming from his involvement in the brawl with the Angels. All of the sanctioned Mariners have now served their suspensions.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Nationals: LHP Josh Rogers (left shoulder impingement) pitched 5 1/3 innings in a rehab start with Double-A Harrisburg Tuesday night. He allowed four runs on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts. … RHP Hunter Harvey (right pronator strain) made his first major league appearance since April 20 and pitched a scoreless sixth inning.
UP NEXT
Mariners RHP Erik Swanson (0-0, 0.79 ERA) will serve as the opener in Game 2 of the twinbill and LHP Tommy Milone, previously announced as the opener, will follow. The Nationals will start RHP Erick Fedde (5-6, 5.01 ERA), who has never faced the Mariners.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two members of a helicopter crew battling a forest fire on the Greek island of Samos died when it crashed into the sea, authorities said Wednesday.
A Romanian national and a Greek liaison officer died in the crash, while two Moldovan nationals survived, a Coast Guard spokeswoman told the Associated Press.
The Soviet-era Mi-8 helicopter, leased for firefighting operations from Ukraine, took off from Samos at 4:39 p.m. and crashed off the island at 5:55 p.m.
Nine vessels, five from the Coast Guard, two from the army and two private, as well as a helicopter, took part in the rescue operation, the spokeswoman said.
All the island’s 27 firefighters plus four planes and a helicopter were fighting the blaze in a forested area on Samos, which lies close to the Turkish coast. The flames were being fanned by high winds, the Fire Service said.
Uvalde CISD officer Ruben Ruiz can be seen looking at his phone in the first few minutes of the police response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary. He is the husband of slain teacher Eva Mireles. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Firefighting-helicopter-crashes-off-Greek-island-17303251.php | 2022-07-13T23:04:57Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Firefighting-helicopter-crashes-off-Greek-island-17303251.php | true |
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JEROME, Ariz. (AP) — More than 1 million people a year visit the small north-central Arizona town of Jerome, the former home to one of Arizona’s largest copper mines and now a hub for artists.
But police have a problem these days. They say some residents are yelling at tourists over parking in the 504-acre town that has a population of about 450.
“It has come to our attention that some people visiting our town on short visits and using lawful short term parking passes are being yelled at or having notes left on their cars by local residents,” police said on the department’s website Monday. “Yelling at, or leaving notes could, in some cases, constitute harassment under Arizona Revised Statutes.”
If any resident feels there may be a parking violation, they are being asked to notify the police department to investigate.
There was no immediate word Wednesday from police if their warning has alleviated the parking squabbles.
Jerome is located 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Phoenix. The town was designated a National Historic District by the federal government in 1967. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Some-residents-in-Jerome-yelling-at-tourists-over-17303266.php | 2022-07-13T23:07:26Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Some-residents-in-Jerome-yelling-at-tourists-over-17303266.php | true |
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois will soon have a new Department of Public Health director and its first electric vehicles coordinator after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced those appointments in recent days.
Dr. Sameer Vohra, a Springfield pediatrician, will still need approval from the state Senate to become the permanent replacement for former Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who retired as the state’s health director to lead Sinai Health System, a nonprofit safety net hospital.
Until then he will serve in an “acting” capacity.
Vohra is a general pediatrician who holds degrees in law and public policy, with a recent focus on improving health outcomes in central and southern Illinois, according to the governor’s office. He serves as an associate professor of pediatrics at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, where he received his medical doctorate.
Vohra said in a news release he was humbled by the announcement.
“Gov. Pritzker, along with the dedicated staff of IDPH, have served our state admirably during the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said. “I am honored to lead this agency into the future, continuing to keep us safe from emerging illnesses, supporting our public health workers, and promoting wellness in every community across Illinois.”
Vohra’s job, which will officially begin Aug. 1, comes with a salary of $185,673. At that time, he will replace Amaal Tokars, an Ezike deputy who has been filling the post since the former director’s departure. She’ll remain an assistant director.
Vohra completed a residency in pediatrics and a Master of Arts in public policy at the University of Chicago, and has a juris doctorate from SIU School of Law, where he graduated first in his class. He completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University.
“Dr. Vohra is accomplished in every sense of the word,” Pritzker said in a statement announcing the appointment. “His experience and education transcend sectors and fields, bringing a well-rounded perspective to this agency. As a leader in state and national health policy, I have absolute confidence in Dr. Vohra’s ability to continue shaping a stronger IDPH for the 21st century.”
Pritzker’s announcement of a new IDPH director came as he continued to scale back the scope of his executive orders related to a COVID-19 disaster declaration that has been ongoing in 30-day periods since March 2020.
His latest executive order, issued Tuesday, decreased the level of testing required for unvaccinated health care workers.
Unvaccinated workers at skilled nursing facilities, homes for the developmentally disabled and other long-term care facilities will be required to test weekly only when COVID-19 transmission levels are at a moderate level, and twice weekly at substantial or high levels as classified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Testing is not required where transmission levels are low, according to the governor’s order.
For hospitals and other facilities, weekly testing is required where transmission levels are high, while no testing is required in areas of lower transmission.
The latest executive order does not reissue vaccine mandates for emergency services personnel or higher education employees or students.
Mandates will remain in place at K-12 schools and day cares.
Pritzker’s latest disaster declaration runs through July 24, and he noted in a June 30 interview with Capitol News Illinois he plans to continue to issue the orders while ramping down their scope.
“We have significantly reduced the number of things that fall under our executive orders with regard to COVID,” he said. “In fact, if you look back every month, a little bit less, a little bit less, we're ramping down things. Some of them are hugely important to keep people safe even now. And we're not entirely out of the pandemic. So, we want to make sure that we're helping people as we ramp down the executive orders. Most importantly, what we've done has worked, we've kept thousands of people alive, who otherwise would have passed away.”
As of Friday, there were 71 counties at medium or high COVID-19 community level in Illinois, a different metric than the “transmission” levels noted in the executive order. Community level takes into account rates of transmission, as well as new COVID-19 hospital admissions and the number of staffed beds available.
There were 1,342 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Tuesday night, up about 200-300 from the same time last month but still far off the pandemic highs of January, when more than 7,000 Illinoisans were hospitalized. COVID-19 patients occupied 150 intensive care unit beds, also far below pandemic highs when more than 1,200 ICU beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.
EV coordinator
Included in the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act energy reform which passed last year was a requirement that the state hire an electric vehicles coordinator within the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
On July 1, Megha Lakhchaura was appointed to that role at a salary of $180,000 annually. She’ll lead the state’s push to put 1 million EVs on state roads by 2030 through a number of incentives in state law and the rollout of expanded charging infrastructure.
She previously served since 2018 as the director of policy in North America for EVBox, an electric vehicle supply equipment company based in Amsterdam. Prior to that she was policy director for the rooftop solar and battery storage provider Sunrun Inc., and was a public utilities regulatory analyst for the California Public Utilities Commission. | https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/pritzker-announces-new-idph-pick-further-scales-back-covid-19-orders/article_eac14460-02ef-11ed-a5a7-379fd0780648.html | 2022-07-13T23:08:04Z | https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/pritzker-announces-new-idph-pick-further-scales-back-covid-19-orders/article_eac14460-02ef-11ed-a5a7-379fd0780648.html | false |
MINOT, N.D. (KXNET) — An event to raise awareness about art in the community will take place Thursday.
The Minot Area Council of the Arts is hosting Thursdays Downtown for the second year.
Main street will be closed from Central Avenue to Second Avenue South beginning at 3 p.m.
This event will feature local live music that is free, bounce houses, arts and crafts stands and food trucks.
“This is a great time to see what not only main street has but what Minot has for arts. It’s free to attend, you can listen to the music, you can sit down and enjoy the atmosphere. You can look around at all the different shops and the vendors that we have out on the street,” said Minot Area Council of the Arts Executive Director Justin Anderson.
It was a big deal for the organizers to make this geared towards families.
They also hope to use this event as a way to introduce different art forms to those who may be new to the art scene.
“The tremendous art opportunities that Minot has to offer. These bands are really extremely talented and the crafters that are out are very talented and if you’re not familiar with that part of Minot, this is your chance to do it,” added Anderson.
While Minot is small compared to cities such as Nashville and Los Angeles, you will still be able to find artists who are just as talented.
“I think that on the scale that this is everything extremely accessible when you get to bigger cities they have, you know, a lot of the same elements but it’s not necessarily as accessible for everybody and for the size of the community here, even compared to those larger cities, like there’s a lot going on in Minot, there’s always something to do that’s arts-related,” said Minot Area Council of the Arts Operations and Special Project Coordinator Chandell Lattin.
Activities will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the Music starts at 6 p.m.
Thursdays Downtown will take place every Thursday from now through August 4. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/downtown-minot-showcases-its-art-scene/ | 2022-07-13T23:08:17Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/downtown-minot-showcases-its-art-scene/ | false |
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Democrats in Congress have introduced a slew of new legislation to try to restore access to abortion nationwide and protect access to contraception, as Conservative states eye restrictions beyond abortion.
Republicans on Capitol Hill deny that new abortion restrictions put women’s lives in danger.
“Every state abortion law triggered by overturning Roe includes an exception to save the life of the mother,” said Kansas Senator Rodger Marshall.
But Democrats, like Senator Patty Murray, say the new legal uncertainty is putting women in danger as health care providers try to avoid breaking the law.
“Some have already been instructed to observe patients until they have unstable vital signs before acting. That is absolutely barbaric,” she said.
Democrats vow to fight to re-instate abortion rights by passing an updated version of the Women’s Health Protection Act in the House.
“Next, the Senate must act and we should not let filibuster rules stand in the way,” said State Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.).
Because it’s unlikely Democrats have enough support to change the rules in the Senate, they plan to call for unanimous consent on a bill to protect women who travel out of state for an abortion. Republicans are likely to block the measure.
Democrats also have several bills aimed at protecting access to contraception, something Marshall says is unnecessary.
“Here’s the myth, Republicans want to end contraception and family planning. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Marshall said.
But Democrats fear that state efforts to ban abortion from the moment of fertilization could result in outlawing emergency contraceptives, IUDs and IVF. | https://www.yourbasin.com/washington/washington-dc/democrats-aim-to-restore-abortion-access/ | 2022-07-13T23:08:32Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/washington/washington-dc/democrats-aim-to-restore-abortion-access/ | false |
Twitter is telling its employees that it's not planning any companywide layoffs, but there could be some restructuring and organization changes as it heads into a legal battle over the potential sale to Elon Musk.
The San Francisco company included the communication in a filing Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
It also says Twitter is losing workers at a slightly higher rate than in normal economic times, but attrition is in line with current tech industry trends. The company says it will monitor turnover “to ensure that we can quickly identify any areas of concern and help mitigate where possible.”
Twitter said it had planned to offer packages to retain employees, and on June 20, it had asked Musk to agree to programs that had been approved by the board and its compensation committee. The filing said that Musk has “not provided his consent to implement these programs.”
The employee question-and-answer document attached to the filing says that teams across the company are making changes so it operates responsibly and efficiently in the current environment. That means restructuring and organizational changes are possible “as we continue to align with our revised business needs.”
Twitter sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday, trying to force him to complete his $44 billion takeover of the social media company by accusing him of “outlandish” and “bad faith” actions that have caused the platform irreparable harm and “wreaked havoc” on its stock price.
Back in April, Musk pledged to pay $54.20 a share for Twitter Inc., which agreed to those terms after reversing its initial opposition to the deal. But the two sides have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said Friday that he was backing away from his agreement to buy the company.
Twitter’s lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court asserts that “Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests.”
Part of Musk’s argument for terminating the deal is his allegation that Twitter broke the acquisition agreement when it fired two top managers and laid off a third of its talent-acquisition team. But in its lawsuit, Twitter reveals communications from Musk starting shortly after the deal was signed showing his concerns about “headcount and expense growth” and his desire for more aggressive cost-cutting.
Twitter said Musk “refused to approve — or even discuss — Twitter’s proposed retention programs for key employees.”
“Musk had notice back in early May of many of the actions about which he now complains for the first time,” the lawsuit says. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Twitter-Attrition-up-a-bit-companywide-layoffs-17303505.php | 2022-07-13T23:11:13Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Twitter-Attrition-up-a-bit-companywide-layoffs-17303505.php | false |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Supreme Court justice should stay out of ruling in a longstanding public education funding case because many years ago she represented some of the plaintiffs in the litigation and filed briefs in the matter, Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday.
Lawyers for House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger filed a recusal motion request for Associate Justice Anita Earls. The state's highest court has scheduled oral arguments for Aug. 31 in the latest iteration of litigation over inequities in the public schools and what financial obligations the state has to help eliminate them.
The GOP legislators' lawyers said Earls, one of four Democrats on the seven-member court, helped in 2005 to represent Charlotte-Mecklenburg school students who successfully entered as a legal party into the “Leandro” litigation — named after an original plaintiff. And she and other lawyers also signed a brief in 2012 on behalf of 10 organizations supporting the plaintiffs' position that was on appeal at the time, according to the document. Earls signed it at the time on behalf of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.
The Republicans' lawyers wrote that the state Code of Judicial Conduct says judges should disqualify themselves when they previously participated in the case as a lawyer for the parties. The U.S. Supreme Court also has raised concerns over when judges presides over a case in which they have participated as a lawyer, the motion reads.
Other parties in the cases can weigh in on the motion. Under rules released by the state Supreme Court in December, the individual justice identified in a recusal motion can either decide on their own whether or not to participate in a case or ask the rest of the court to do so.
The justices agreed in March to take again the Leandro case when a trial judge last year directed state officials to move $1.75 billion from state coffers to state agencies and spend on a remedial education spending plan. The state Court of Appeals blocked the directive, saying that only the legislature can appropriate state funds. Parties earlier this month began filing their chief appellate briefs for the upcoming arguments.
In landmark rulings in the Leandro case in 1997 and 2004, the state Supreme Court declared there was a constitutionally protected right to obtain the “opportunity for a sound basic education” and that the state had not lived up to that mandate. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Lawyers-want-NC-justice-to-stay-out-of-school-17303509.php | 2022-07-13T23:12:19Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Lawyers-want-NC-justice-to-stay-out-of-school-17303509.php | true |
On this Wednesday, July 13, edition of Sundial:
Florida’s election police
Florida’s new election police has its first-ever leader.
The Office of Election Crimes and Security was created just this year, championed by Governor Ron DeSantis and his administration.
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It’s going to be led by a familiar figure. Pete Antonacci is an attorney who has held multiple important government positions in Florida throughout the years — from his role as Palm Beach County’s state attorney to Broward County’s Supervisor of Elections,and many more public service jobs in between.
He’s earned the reputation as “Mr. Fix-It," writes Gary Fineout, a reporter with POLITICO covering politics and policy.
“For the most part, he garnered good marks. There weren't any major black eyes with Broward. One of the biggest things was the vote got counted in Broward in 2020 relatively quickly and without many problems,” said Fineout about Antonacci taking over as Broward’s Supervisor of Elections in the aftermath of the 2018 recount.
He joined to discuss this controversial new position and the challenges that will come with it.
Emergency response training for residents
The next storm that comes around, it could be you or your neighbor that gets to an emergency situation before the first responders arrive.
Would you know what to do?
The city of Miami is bringing back a federally funded program that trains and equips people to join a Community Emergency Response Team, or a 'CERT' team.
To explain, Robert Hevia joined Sundial on Wednesday. He is the outgoing Emergency Manager and Assistant Fire Chief with the City of Miami Fire Rescue. He soon takes over as the city’s Deputy Fire Chief.
"The community is the first responder. And that's true even for you and for me in my home. If there's an emergency, or something happens, and we walk over, we're there before the professional responders arrive. Right? Even if 9-1-1 takes five minutes to get there, you know for the first 5 minutes, it's your neighbor that's there," Hevia said.
You can find out more about the program, here.
A legendary local sports broadcaster
Sports fans who have lived in Miami and Broward counties over the last fifty years have likely come across the name Hank Goldberg.
He was a broadcaster in the 70s for the Miami Dolphins. He later started doing football and horse racing reports for ESPN. He passed away recently at the age of 82.
The broadcast icon had a couple of radio shows in Miami and he was someone who always wanted to break the big story.
Joe Zagacki, who worked closely with Goldberg, joined Sundial to look back at his life and his role in sports radio in Miami.
Zagacki is the radio play-by-play voice of the Miami Hurricanes. | https://www.wlrn.org/podcast/sundial/2022-07-13/floridas-election-police-emergency-response-training-for-residents-a-legendary-local-sports-broadcaster | 2022-07-13T23:13:31Z | https://www.wlrn.org/podcast/sundial/2022-07-13/floridas-election-police-emergency-response-training-for-residents-a-legendary-local-sports-broadcaster | true |
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The University of Central Florida has removed anti-racist statements from departmental websites, a move that one professor has decried as an “infringement on academic freedom” in the wake of the passage of a Republican-backed law that restricts how race can be taught.
Ann Gleig, a religious studies professor, said in an email Wednesday that the anti-racist statement on the philosophy department's website and those of other departments have been taken down. The philosophy department's statement was crafted in the summer of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, she said.
“This is a complete infringement of academic freedom," Gleig said. “The statement was crafted over a period of time with dialogue and input across a twenty person plus faculty trained in philosophy, religion and cultural studies and the humanities."
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis last spring signed into law what he has called the “Stop WOKE Act.” Restricting how race is discussed in schools, colleges and workplace training programs, the law prohibits any teaching that could make students or workers feel they bear personal responsibility for historic wrongs because of their race, color, sex or national origin.
The law, which took effect July 1, bars instruction that an individual’s “moral character or status as either privileged or oppressed is determined by his or her race, color, sex, or national origin."
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the anthropology department's website at UCF said, “We acknowledge that many of us are born with unearned privilege, while others are denied basic human rights."
“We decry this history, commit ourselves to rectifying it, and stand with those working to build an antiracist future for our nation," the statement said.
In an email, UCF spokesperson Chad Binette said the school recently removed departmental statements that could be seen as “potentially inconsistent with our commitment to creating a welcoming environment — one where faculty objectively engage students in robust, scholarly discussions that expand their knowledge and empower them to freely express their views and form their own perspectives."
Asked in a follow-up email what was “potentially inconsistent" with the statements, Binette didn't immediately respond. He said the university would be working with departments “to ensure statements better align with our university values.”
“UCF is committed to building a culture that values respect, civil discourse, and creating a sense of belonging," said Binette, the school's assistant vice president of communications.
But Democratic state Rep. Carlos G. Smith, a UCF graduate, slammed the move on Wednesday.
“The DeSantis regime has made the anti-racist mission of my alma mater AGAINST THE LAW,” Smith tweeted. “This is a consequence of HB 7 and the Governor’s out-of-control censorship agenda. This is not freedom.” | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/UCF-removes-anti-racist-statements-from-17303436.php | 2022-07-13T23:13:33Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/UCF-removes-anti-racist-statements-from-17303436.php | true |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation’s relentless surge didn’t merely persist in June. It accelerated.
For the 12 months ending in June, the government’s consumer price index rocketed 9.1%, the fastest year-over-year jump since 1981.
And that was nothing next to what energy prices did: Fueled by heavy demand and by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, energy costs shot up nearly 42% in the past 12 months, the largest such jump since 1980.
Even if you toss out food and energy prices — which are notoriously volatile and have driven much of the price spike — so-called core inflation soared 5.9% over the past year.
Consumers have endured the pain in everyday routines. Unleaded gasoline is up 61% in the past year. Men’s suits, jackets and coats, 25%, Airline tickets, 34%. Eggs 33%. Breakfast sausage, 14%.
Under Chair Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve never anticipated inflation this severe or persistent. Yet after having been merely an afterthought for decades, high inflation reasserted itself with ferocious speed as shortages of labor and supplies ran up against a propulsive rise in demand for goods and services across the economy.
In February 2021, the consumer price index was running just 1.7% above its level a year earlier. From there, it accelerated — past 2% in March, past 4% in April and 5% in May. By December, consumer prices hit the 7% year-over-year barrier. And on and on it went: 7.5% in January, 7.9% in February. And the increases have topped 8% every month since March.
The United States has endured worse inflation before, but not in many decades. The post-World War II inflation peak reached nearly 20% in 1947, a result of the lifting of wartime price curbs, supply shortages and pent-up consumer demand. The inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s peaked at 14.8% in March 1980 before the Fed exorcized high prices with aggressive rate hikes that caused brutal back-to-back recessions in 1980 and 1981-1982.
For months, Powell and some others characterized high inflation as merely a “transitory” phenomenon while the economy rebounded from the pandemic recession faster than anyone had anticipated. No longer. Now, most economists expect inflation to remain painfully elevated well after this year, with demand outstripping supplies in numerous areas of the economy.
So the Fed has radically changed course by imposing a succession of large rate hikes. The central bank is making a high-risk bet that it can slow the economy enough to rein in inflation without weakening it so much as to trigger a recession.
The overall economy looks healthy for now, with a robust job market and extremely low unemployment. But many economists warn that the Fed’s steady credit tightening will likely cause a downturn.
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WHAT’S CAUSED THE SPIKE IN INFLATION?
Good news — mostly. When the pandemic paralyzed the economy in the spring of 2020 and lockdowns kicked in, businesses closed or cut hours and consumers stayed home as a health precaution, employers slashed a breathtaking 22 million jobs. Economic output plunged at a record-shattering 31% annual rate in 2020’s April-June quarter.
Everyone braced for more misery. Companies cut investment and postponed restocking. A severe recession ensued.
But instead of sinking into a prolonged downturn, the economy staged an unexpectedly rousing recovery, fueled by vast infusions of government aid and emergency intervention by the Fed, which slashed rates among other things. By spring of last year, the rollout of vaccines had emboldened consumers to return to restaurants, bars, shops, airports and entertainment venues.
Suddenly, businesses had to scramble to meet demand. They couldn’t hire fast enough to fill job openings or buy enough supplies to meet customer orders. As business roared back, ports and freight yards couldn’t handle the traffic. Global supply chains seized up.
With demand up and supplies down, costs jumped. And companies found that they could pass along those higher costs in the form of higher prices to consumers, many of whom had managed to pile up savings during the pandemic.
Critics blamed, in part, President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, with its $1,400 checks to most households, for overheating an economy that was already sizzling on its own. Many others assigned a greater blame to supply shortages. And some argued that the Fed kept rates near zero far too long, lending fuel to runaway spending and inflated prices in stocks, homes and other assets.
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IS HIGH INFLATION AFFECTING JUST THE UNITED STATES?
Not by a long shot. Prices are rising just about everywhere in the world, in part a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has elevated energy and food prices, and in part because of the supply chain bottlenecks that have driven U.S. prices up.
Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union, says it expects year-over-year inflation to hit 8.6% last month from a year earlier in the 19 countries that share the euro currency, and up from an annual increase of 8.1% in May.
The International Monetary Fund has forecast that consumer prices in the world’s advanced economies will jump 5.7% this year, the most since 1984. The IMF foresees 8.7% inflation in poorer emerging market and developing countries, the highest such rate since 2008.
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HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
No one knows for sure. Elevated consumer price inflation could endure as long as companies struggle to keep up with consumers’ demand for goods and services. A recovering job market — employers added a record 6.7 million jobs last year and a healthy average of 457,000 a month so far this year — means that Americans as a whole can afford to keep spending.
The Fed foresees inflation staying above its 2% annual target into 2024. But relief from higher prices might be coming. Oil prices have been tumbling on fears of an economic downturn. Jammed-up supply chains are showing some signs of improvement, at least in industries like transportation. Commodity prices have begun to fall. Pay increases have slowed. And surveys show that Americans’ expectations for inflation over the long run have eased — a trend that often points to more moderate price increases over time.
What’s more, the Fed’s pivot toward an aggressively anti-inflationary policy could eventually reduce consumer demand. Inflation itself is eroding purchasing power and might force some consumers to shave spending.
At the same time, new COVID variants could cloud the outlook — either by causing outbreaks that force factories and ports to close and further disrupt supply chains or by keeping more people home and reducing demand for goods.
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HOW ARE HIGHER PRICES AFFECTING CONSUMERS?
The strong job market is boosting workers’ pay, though not enough to offset higher prices. The Labor Department says that after accounting for higher consumer prices, hourly earnings for private-sector employees fell 3.6% last month from a year earlier, the 15th straight drop.
There are exceptions: After-inflation wages rose more than 4% for hotel workers and 3% for those working in bars. | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/explainer-why-us-inflation-is-so-high-and-when-it-may-ease/ | 2022-07-13T23:14:31Z | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/explainer-why-us-inflation-is-so-high-and-when-it-may-ease/ | true |
WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
624 PM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON AND EAST CENTRAL ONONDAGA COUNTIES...
At 624 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Manlius, or
near Syracuse, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Syracuse, De Witt, Sullivan, Chittenango, Manlius, Fayetteville,
Minoa, East Syracuse, Cazenovia and Lyndon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ONONDAGA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
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(NEXSTAR) – It’s that time year again, a guilt-free excuse to enjoy salty, crispy deliciousness, all in the name of National French Fry Day.
In honor of the annual July 13 celebration, restaurants like McDonald’s and Wendy’s are even giving away fries. It’s worth remembering, however, that fries, like so many culinary staples in the U.S., often have their own unique, regional style.
The team at Google Trends looked at the most searched types of fries in 2022 and found that there were indeed differences by state.
By far, sweet potato fries were the most searched this year, followed by carne asada fries and home fries.
Carne asada fries were most searched in western states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California, while home fries dominated in West Virginia and a handful of northeastern states.
Steak fries dominated search in just two states, South Dakota and Arkansas. Truffle fries were tops in Florida and Mississippi.
When it comes to the sheer number of searches for “fries,” Nevada led all others, according to the team at Google, followed by Utah and Rhode Island.
There also seems to be increased interest in making one’s own French fries, as searches for “how to cut potatoes into fries” doubled in the past year.
And if you’re surprised at the popularity of sweet potato fries, you may want to brace yourself for the dipping sauces people have apparently been researching to pair with them: maple dipping sauce, aioli, marshmallow dip, sour cream and cinnamon dip, respectively. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/national-fry-day-see-the-most-sought-after-fries-by-state-according-to-google/ | 2022-07-13T23:17:29Z | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/national-fry-day-see-the-most-sought-after-fries-by-state-according-to-google/ | true |
WALNUT, Iowa (AP) — One person will killed Wednesday when a truck hauling grain collided with a freight train in western Iowa.
The truck and Iowa Interstate Railroad train collided at a crossing south of Walnut at about 2:30 p.m., and the train dragged the truck and trailer up to 150 yards, according to the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office. KETV-TV reports the truck was on fire when first-responders arrived.
The sheriff's office said one person was killed.
The crash caused at least two rail cars to derail.
The rail crossing has signals, which appeared to be working when the crash occurred, the sheriff's office said.
The truck was hauling a grain product used in the production of ethanol. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/1-person-dies-in-W-Iowa-when-truck-collides-with-17303604.php | 2022-07-13T23:18:54Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/1-person-dies-in-W-Iowa-when-truck-collides-with-17303604.php | true |
Kelly Ripa says 'freezing' Michigan weather convinced youngest son Joaquin Consuelos, 19, to get his driver's license... after years of riding bike 'everywhere'
Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos' youngest son Joaquin Consuelos is ready to hit the road.
The 51-year-old star revealed that Joaquin, 19, finally got his driver's license during Wednesday's episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan.
She said that it was 'big day in our house' as Joaquin has long been using his bicycle to get around.
Milestone: Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos' youngest son Joaquin Consuelos is ready to hit the road. The 51-year-old star revealed that Joaquin, 19, finally got his driver's license during Wednesday's episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan; Kelly seen in 2021
The New Jersey native admitted that the freezing weather in Michigan, where her son goes to school, finally made him cave and get the license.
'He had his bicycle which he rode everywhere. And he's like, "No, I'm fine with a bicycle." And then Michigan winter rolled in,' she told her co-host Ryan Seacrest.
'Then he's like, "I think I am going to need to get a driver's license because it's freezing here."'
While a number of new drivers get their license at around 16 years old, Ripa said Joaquin getting his was still a big wake-up call for her.
'Big day': She said that it was 'big day in our house' as Joaquin has long been using his bicycle to get around
Happy family: Consuelos and Ripa married back in 1996. They have two other children, 21-year-old Lola and 25-year-old Michael (L to R: Michael, Kelly, Mark, Lola, Joaquin)
'It was one of those things where I was like, "How can the newborn baby have a driver's license?"' she said.
However, her husband, Mark Consuelos, quickly reminded her that her son wasn't a child anymore.
'And Mark was like, "Calm down, he's 19. My nieces have had their driver's license for 4 years now,"' she laughed.
Vacation: The two have had children for so long, that Ripa said they just went on their first vacation alone since having kids
Lots to do: 'There was some work involved in this trip but that's not what we were doing. We just went rock climbing. We went to the Amangiri [resort], out in Utah
Consuelos and Ripa married back in 1996. They have two other children, 21-year-old Lola and 25-year-old Michael.
The two have had children for quite a lot of time, and Ripa said they just went on their first vacation alone since having kids.
'This is our first vacation in 25 years without children and parents. … It's usually us, with the kids or … kit and caboodle,' she said.
She continued, 'As it turns out, we had the time of our lives,' she later shared. 'There was some work involved in this trip but that's not what we were doing. We just went rock climbing. We went to the Amangiri [resort], out in Utah. It is luxury. It's like, the kind of trip we would take without kids.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11011367/Kelly-Ripa-reveals-youngest-son-Joaquin-Consuelos-19-got-drivers-license.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-13T23:19:23Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11011367/Kelly-Ripa-reveals-youngest-son-Joaquin-Consuelos-19-got-drivers-license.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
About 25 years have passed since an ex-girlfriend joined an attempt to take my sister Tina to Atlantic City.
Tina, now deceased, had never been to the famous New Jersey shore destination. She also had cerebral palsy. Her condition ranked similar to that of Sam Frisby, Jr.’s, although he benefits from two loving parents and family.
Tina had lived much of her life as a ward of the State of New Jersey.
Frisby, Jr.’s condition likely rates slightly less severe than Tina’s. Mind you, that observation holds no professional expertise, it’s simply a bird’s eye view from being in Frisby’s presence over the years.
So, our attempt for an Atlantic City visit underscored challenges faced by Tina and others with her condition, especially regarding movement and access.
While AC had built ramps which allowed access to beach areas, there were no extended hard plastic runways which exist today. Maneuvering a wheelchair with thin tires through sand required a Herculean effort.
A similar perseverance has been necessary to survive Trenton political leaders who have failed this city greatly. Of course, some have cultivated more negative headlines than others but this Class of 2022, including Mayor Reed Gusciora, has served without luster while in celebration of a lust for controversy and harsh words.
The latest flap involves West Ward Councilwoman Robin Vaughn apparently involved in a troubling exchange with Teska Frisby, a city council candidate, mother of Sam Frisby, Jr. and spouse of his dad, a Mercer County commissioner.
Vaughn allegedly made some unflattering remarks about the Frisbys, including a dreadfully offbeat snide comment regarding them being “disabled.”
Reached on Wednesday, Vaughn denied the Teska Frisby allegation. She told The Trentonian nothing of the sort happened and challenged Frisby to produce evidence of her account of their interaction.
The Frisbys responded like most parents, fiercely angry about the Vaughn putdowns, especially regarding Sam, Jr.
Articles about the incident failed to note that Frisby, Jr. has earned distinction as an ordained minister. Plus, he’s steps away from high school graduation.
Disabled? Perhaps. Still, Sam Frisby, Jr. has surpassed the accomplishments of many physically mobile humans.
Sam Frisby, Jr. enjoys a life powered by the Huey Lewis-like power of love. Can you feel it? Hmmm. Hmmm.
“For the past 21 years, from the moment he wakes up, til the moment he heads off to sleep, Sam has received our love and attention,” Teska Frisby said.
Somebody say, Praise God! Now someone else flip this story and say that Sam Frisby, Jr. lives as blessed and highly favored. Dismiss the human aspect of the negative and join me on a positive higher plane, a supernatural existence where the physical constraints of wheelchairs have no bearing on a person’s ability to rise.
An irate resident phoned last weekend and preached about this being the last straw with Ms. Vaughn. Suddenly, the caller and other residents have morphed into champions of the disabled.
“This is where I draw the line,” she said.
Naturally, I asked where her anger had been when this space challenged Mayor Gusciora’s installation of gates at Cadwalader Park. Those obstructions had an objective to keep certain people out of specific areas of the park although they made life more difficult for people with disabilities.
Imagine being a parent and forced to park in a remote parking lot then asked to maneuver your child 300 yards to the playground. Whether dealing with a wheelchair, walker or stroller, the gates prevented drive-ups to the playground and other areas.
“So, you’re making this about Reed?”, the caller asked. Nope. This is about us and our inability to deal with life beyond politics. We, the people, have failed to live up to our responsibility as overseers of good government.
We the people would have understood that this decision, especially executed without transparency, should have been dismantled.
We, the people, live trapped by words like Democrat, Republican and Progressive, instead of being first labeled as human.
A marvelous by-product of this most recent group of leaders involves expectations. With no or extremely low expectations, no real disappointments occur.
What’s next with this latest city saga? Frisby intends to pursue several legal challenges to Ms. Vaughn, including harassment charges.
Stay tuned.
L.A. Parker is a Trentonian columnist. Find him on Twitter @LAParker6 or email him at LAParker@Trentonian.com. | https://www.trentonian.com/2022/07/13/trenton-residents-should-drop-their-disability-act-l-a-parker-column/ | 2022-07-13T23:21:21Z | https://www.trentonian.com/2022/07/13/trenton-residents-should-drop-their-disability-act-l-a-parker-column/ | false |
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced a $2 million plan Wednesday for dealing with what he described as a critical shortage of police officers in the city, including recruitment bonuses, reimbursement of moving costs and possible tuition assistance.
Seattle has lost more than 400 officers since 2019 as the department was heavily criticized for its sometimes violent response to racial justice protests and City Council members embraced calls to defund police following the killing of George Floyd.
Harrell's plan includes $1 million the City Council already approved spending for recruitment and hiring bonuses. That money came from savings in unspent officer salaries.
“We want the right numbers of officers and the right kind of officers,” Harrell said. “It crosses racial lines, it crosses socioeconomic lines that people want to feel safe, and they have a right to feel safe.”
The Seattle Police Department remains down 372 officers out of a force approved for more than 1,300. That's hurt emergency response times, prompted the department to stop responding to low-priority calls and required officers to work overtime, hurting morale.
The current number of officers is Seattle’s lowest in 30 years. Seattle’s population has soared in that time. About 40% of the department's detectives have had to handle patrol duties, severely cutting the number available to investigate serious crime.
Harrell wants to offer signing bonuses of up to $30,000 for lateral transfers from other police departments and up to $7,500 for new officers — amounts that would make Seattle competitive with other cities trying to recruit and retain police, he said.
He called for reimbursing candidates’ applicant fees, travel expenses and relocation costs, and said he wanted a study conducted to determine the feasibility of paying tuition for college students who commit to working for the department for at least five years.
The plan also calls for redoubling efforts to attract officer candidates from minority communities in Seattle and expanding career-advancement opportunities for current officers.
The city is negotiating a contract with the Seattle Police Officers Guild, and Harrell suggested retention bonuses or other economic incentives would likely be part of those negotiations.
Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz said the department will need to keep the officers it has and add 500 over the next five years. So far this year, though, 109 have left, while fewer than three dozen. Half of the new hires this year are people of color, Diaz said. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Seattle-considers-bonuses-tuition-help-to-17303558.php | 2022-07-13T23:21:38Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Seattle-considers-bonuses-tuition-help-to-17303558.php | false |
NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Applied Molecular Transport Inc. ("Applied Molecular" or the "Company") (NYSE: AMTI). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Applied Molecular and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On July 6, 2022, Applied Molecular issued a press release "announc[ing] top-line Phase 2 results from the MARKET combination trial for AMT-101 in biologic-naïve patients with moderate-to-severe UC [ulcerative colitis]." The press release stated in part, that "the data from the MARKET trial did not demonstrate added clinical benefit in the combination arm compared to the adalimumab alone arm at week 8." On this news, Applied Molecular's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on July 6, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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Global leader in lithium-ion batteries, Panasonic Energy, reaches agreement with one of the nation's leaders in economic development, Kansas, aiming to advance the EV industry in the US
TOPEKA, Kan., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., a Panasonic Group company, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly jointly announced that the state of Kansas has approved an Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) state incentive* application submitted by Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd.The agreement would make the state the location for a proposed US-based lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility, pending approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors.
Panasonic Energy plans to develop the project at a property in Kansas, which is expected to drive significant economic activity and opportunities for the local economy and could create up to 4,000 new jobs and result in an investment of approximately $4 billion. The company has identified a site in De Soto, Kansas for this potential project.
"This project will be transformative for the Kansas economy, providing high-quality, high-tech jobs while bringing a new industry to the state that is forging a more sustainable future," said Governor Laura Kelly. "This is a significant milestone for Kansas that is sure to drive economic growth and development."
"With the increased electrification of the automotive market, expanding battery production in the US is critical to help meet demand," said Kazuo Tadanobu, President, CEO of Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. "Given our leading technology and depth of experience, we aim to continue driving growth of the lithium-ion battery industry and accelerating towards a net-zero emissions future."
Panasonic Energy is a global leader in lithium-ion batteries, with a 100-year history of innovation in batteries spanning both battery cell technology and battery business operations. Panasonic Energy plans to expand its production of EV batteries, as the automotive industry shifts to more sustainable electric technologies. The company has contributed to achieving greater efficiency and economies of scale necessary to drive this transformation, and the planned facility in Kansas supports the company's commitment to contribute to society by reducing global carbon emissions.
"Kansas has an impressive history of being home to a skilled manufacturing workforce," said Kris Takamoto, Executive Vice President of Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., Head of EV Battery Business. "We appreciate Kansas's dedication to sustainability and its commitment to and growth in the clean and renewable energy space."
The announcement comes five years after Panasonic Group began production of lithium-ion batteries at Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA) in Sparks, Nevada. PENA is now one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery factories, surpassing six billion EV battery cells shipped. While PENA's operations in Sparks, Nevada will continue, the new facility in Kansas is intended to further support Panasonic's long-term commitment to advancing the EV industry in the US.
*An incentive program established by the State of Kansas to attract investment in the state, available to qualified companies within specific industry sectors that agree to invest at least $1.0 billion.
Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., established in April 2022 as part of the Panasonic Group's switch to an operating company system, provides innovative battery technology-based products and solutions globally. Through its automotive lithium-ion batteries, storage battery systems and dry batteries, the company brings safe, reliable, and convenient power to a broad range of business areas, from mobility and social infrastructure to medical and consumer products. Panasonic Energy is committed to contributing to a society that realizes happiness and environmental sustainability, and through its business activities the Company aims to address societal issues while taking the lead on environmental initiatives. For more details, please visit https://www.panasonic.com/global/energy/
A global leader in developing innovative technologies and solutions for wide-ranging applications in the consumer electronics, housing, automotive, industry, communications, and energy sectors worldwide, the Panasonic Group switched to an operating company system on April 1, 2022 with Panasonic Holdings Corporation serving as a holding company and eight companies positioned under its umbrella. Founded in 1918, the Group is committed to enhancing the well-being of people and society and conducts its businesses based on founding principles applied to generate new value and offer sustainable solutions for today's world. The Group reported consolidated net sales of 7,388.8 billion yen for the year ended March 31, 2022. Devoted to improving the well-being of people, the Panasonic Group is united in providing superior products and services to help you Live Your Best. To learn more about the Panasonic Group, please visit: https://holdings.panasonic/global/
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Biden admin: Pharmacies can’t discriminate on reproductive health scripts
(AP) - The Biden administration is warning pharmacies not to discriminate against women who may seek reproductive health prescriptions, including some that might be involved in ending a pregnancy.
The Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that pharmacies receiving federal money from programs such as Medicare and Medicaid cannot discriminate in how they supply medications or advise patients on prescriptions.
The agency noted that discrimination against people based on their pregnancy or related conditions would be a form of sex discrimination.
The announcement comes as the administration seeks to ensure reproductive health services for women following last month’s Supreme Court decision that ended a constitutional right to abortion.
On Monday, the administration told hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk. The government said federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws in jurisdictions that now ban the procedure without any exceptions. Now, all states provide an exception for the life of the mother.
President Joe Biden also has signed an executive order to try to protect some access to the procedure, but he also has acknowledged that his administration is limited in what it can do. He noted earlier this month that an act of Congress would be required to restore nationwide access to abortion services, and he has urged Americans angered by the Supreme Court’s ruling to vote in November.
Wednesday’s actions, like those outlined Monday, do not reflect new policy. They aim to remind care providers of their existing obligations under federal law.
“We are committed to ensuring that everyone can access health care, free of discrimination,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “This includes access to prescription medications for reproductive health and other types of care.”
The department’s guidance to pharmacies outlined several hypothetical examples of potential discrimination. They include a pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription of mifepristone followed by misoprostol to help manage complications from a miscarriage after a pregnancy loss.
That combination of drugs also is commonly used in medication abortions.
A pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription of misoprostol prescribed to help deal with severe stomach ulcer complications may be discriminating based on disability, HHS said. The agency noted that the pharmacy also may be discriminating if it refuses to stock the drug based on its alternate use.
HHS also cited as another example of potential discrimination: a pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription for methotrexate to halt an ectopic pregnancy, which grows outside the womb and is not viable.
The federal agency said people who believe their rights have been violated should visit an online portal for the Office for Civil Rights to file a complaint.
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Energy bills: Homes could be heated by floodwater from disused mines
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Wales' disused coal mines could get a new lease of life as a green energy source to heat homes.
Investigations will be carried out to find the best spots to pump naturally heated water from underground to communities.
The Welsh government is spending £450,000 on the project which it hopes will help cut energy bills and Wales' carbon footprint.
When Wales' pits closed, the pumps were switched off and the mines flooded.
Now ministers hope that the water, which is naturally heated underground, can be used to help Wales become carbon neutral by 2050.
The Coal Authority's Gareth Farr said water would be extracted from the disused mines and put through a heat exchanger, where some heat is recovered, before it is amplified by a heat pump.
"Then the heat is pumped around a heat network to homes, businesses and all parts of the local community and the water is returned underground," he said.
The Coal Authority will spend the cash on feasibility studies to map where heat can be taken from water in disused mines and used to benefit communities by heating homes, schools and businesses.
Mr Farr said: "Each mine water heat scheme will be bespoke, but the ultimate end game will be that consumers won't be paying any more than they currently are for their heating and hopefully they will eventually be paying significantly less."
He said to get to the water bore holes often had to be drilled. Once complete, they are then hidden beneath the ground with pipes for the water and heat network.
Gas currently heats most Welsh homes. But by 2025 newly built houses will not be connected to the gas mains.
Wales' climate change minister, Julie James, said: "It's very exciting that communities could be metres from a technology-ready alternative to traditional heating methods."
In Gateshead, England, a £9m programme has become the largest mine water heat scheme in the UK.
It will provide as much as half of the required heat to buildings on the network including homes, businesses and public buildings.
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In Wales there have been stumbling blocks.
Plans for a mine water scheme in Caerau, Bridgend county, stopped in recent months despite a feasibility study concluding it was achievable.
Bridgend council said it provided valuable information but that the scheme would have been too expensive.
A spokesman said: "The council and its partners agreed to consider alternative options, and to develop and submit a re-profiled programme to the Wales European Funding Office instead."
A similar scheme in Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, has seen water from a thermal spring used to heat the primary school and pavilion.
Water is pumped from the spring at about 21C to a nearby heat exchanger.
The heat then goes to pumps in the pavilion. Underground pipes also carry heat to the school across the road.
Rhondda Cynon Taf council's climate change cabinet member, Christina Leyshon, said: "This technology could also be used in the coal mines of south Wales which are just below our feet and potentially bring cheaper energy to our communities and energy that lasts for the long term as well.
"These are long term projects and we have to look to the future. The main thing is that we can reduce our carbon footprint here in RCT and throughout Wales."
Ms James said she believed making homes more energy efficiency was essential in dealing with climate change.
She said: "We need to think innovatively and ensure we meet out renewable energy needs of the future, so I'm looking forward to hearing what the Coal Authority discover as part of their work."
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Cyclist `overwhelmed with kindness´ after 4,000-mile charity ride across America
A British cyclist said he has been “overwhelmed with kindness” after completing a 4,000-mile ride across the US, raising more than £25,000 for charity.
Antony Butcher, from Ilkley, West Yorkshire, completed his three-month-long challenge on Wednesday to raise money for people living with multiple sclerosis.
The 32-year-old, who works in student support at the University of Leeds, decided to take on the challenge in honour of his mother Teresa, who was diagnosed with MS when he was a teenager.
He told the PA news agency: “After five years of planning and three months of cycling, crossing the finish line felt unreal – I’m still trying to get my head around it.
“I’ve been overwhelmed with kindness and I am so grateful for all the support I’ve had.
“The best part of the trip was all of the wonderful people – who put me up, paid for my meals, and cheered me on.
“I cannot find words to describe how I am feeling today, I can barely begin to process it.”
Mr Butcher started his journey in Times Square, New York, and climbed around 120,000 feet (36,600m) during the ride – which is four times the height of Mount Everest.
He was greeted at the finish line in San Francisco by his wife and volunteers from the MS Society.
Mr Butcher said: “When I first flew out I remember saying goodbye to my wife and thinking ‘what have I let myself in for’.
“To say I have cycled across America, it just feels incredible.
“I faced some of my toughest climbs whilst cycling at altitude through the desert, with nothing between the towns where I set off and arrived each day.
“The toughest bit was the hills of Nevada – the most mountainous state in America.”
Although this has been Mr Butcher’s biggest challenge yet, he has been raising money for charity for almost 20 years.
He took on his first challenge when he was just 17, cycling the length of Britain from Land’s End to John O’Groats and raising £3,000 for the MS Society.
Mr Butcher said: “MS is a horrible condition, it is horrible to watch someone you love fight a battle that is unwinnable and know there is nothing you can do to help them.
“There is nothing I can do to help my mum, but maybe the money raised to help people living with MS and the research into the disease, can help other people out there avoid this terrible condition.”
Mr Butcher said his mother has been following his journey over the past three months and said her support has been “incredible”.
“I’ve been speaking to my mum along the way and it’s been incredible to have such love and support from her,” he said.
“She’s had a little map up on the wall tracking where my progress is and I’m looking forward to seeing her now I’ve crossed the finish line.”
However, he admitted he will need to do one more thing before they can be reunited.
“I’ve gone for the Forrest Gump look… my wife has already got me booked in for a hair cut,” he added. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11011789/Cyclist-overwhelmed-kindness-4-000-mile-charity-ride-America.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-13T23:30:59Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11011789/Cyclist-overwhelmed-kindness-4-000-mile-charity-ride-America.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KRON) — The CEO of a tech company has been charged with the 1992 strangulation murder of Laurie Houts in California. He could face life in prison if convicted, according to the County of Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office.
On Saturday police arrested John Kevin Woodward, 58, the President and CEO of Readytech, at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City when he arrived from Amsterdam. He was then charged with the murder of Laurie Houts—his roommate’s girlfriend—in Mountain View 30 years ago.
In September of 1992 a passerby noticed Houts dead in her vehicle on Crittenden Lane in Mountain View. The rope that had been used to kill her was still around her neck. Footprints were visible on the windshield interior, a sign that she struggled for her life.
Investigations quickly steered law enforcement towards Woodward as a prime suspect. He was reportedly jealous of Houts because he developed an “unrequited romantic attachment” to her boyfriend, Woodward’s roommate. Woodward reportedly had no alibi.
Woodward was tried twice for the murder throughout the late 1990s. The second case was dismissed by a judge citing insufficient evidence after a jury could not reach a verdict. Woodward then moved to the Netherlands after the case was dismissed.
In 2021, newly developed forensic technology was able to tie Woodward to the scene via the rope that was used to strangle Houts. The DA’s office filed a case in January of this year and a nationwide warrant was activated for his arrest.
Rob Baker, the Deputy District Attorney with the Cold Case Unit, said the process of arresting Woodward was particularly complicated because he lives in the Netherlands. Homeland Security worked with the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security to learn when Woodward would be returning to the United States. “Prior to COVID, he [Woodward] regularly returned to the Bay Area at least once a year, typically in the summer,” Baker said.
Last Wednesday, Homeland Security informed the DA’s Office and the Mountain View Police Department that Woodward would be arriving at JFK on Saturday. By Friday, investigators from the DA’s office and the Mountain View Police Department were traveling to New York to assist with the arrest. Woodward was arrested by Homeland Security when he got off the plane, and was taken into custody in New York.
Baker said that Woodward waived extradition in a New York courtroom on Monday afternoon. Mountain View Police will escort Woodward back to California and book him into Santa Clara County Jail by July 29. After he has been booked, he will face arraignment on the complaint charging him with the murder of Houts. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/tech-ceo-arrested-in-1992-cold-case/ | 2022-07-13T23:31:50Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/tech-ceo-arrested-in-1992-cold-case/ | false |
Florida couple arrested after child found unconscious with head in a toilet
Multiple children were found injured in the Kissimmee hotel
A Florida couple was arrested on July 5 after a child was found unconscious with its head on a toilet, according to police.
The couple, Larry Rhodes, 22 and Bianca Blaise, 25 were arrested on July 5 after deputies responded to calls reporting a drowning and an individual's head in a toilet, according to Click Orlando. Sheriff's deputies responded to a Knights Inn in Kissimmee.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office released information to the outlet reporting that there were eight people in the room, which included Rhodes, Blaise, and six children who ranged from 5 years old to one person who was less than one year old.
One of the children didn't have a pulse and was also breathless, and officials conducted CPR on the individual. The child was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for a life-threatening brain bleed and was on life support, according to the report.
The deputies reported that another child had other injuries that were visible, including swollen eyes and blood that could be seen in their mouth. A separate child reportedly had injuries and bruises on their face.
Other children reportedly had injuries ranging from bruises to hemorrhaging to a left eyeball
Rhodes and Blaise told deputies that there was a "physical altercation between siblings."
FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED IN DEADLY BROWARD COUNTY HIT-AND-RUN THAT KILLED 2 CHILDREN, INJURED 4
Conversations between deputies and nearby hotel occupants show that one person heard a "thud" from the room between 5-15 minutes before the deputies arrived.
When deputies later interviewed Blaise, she described how she and Rhodes were disciplining the children, which included "whoopings" and forcing them to do exercises, according to the news outlet.
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Actor Kevin Spacey due in London court charged with sex offenses
LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is due to appear in a London court on Thursday where he is expected to enter a plea to accusations of sex offenses dating back almost 20 years.
Spacey is accused of five offenses in Britain - four counts of sexual assault by touching, and a more serious charge of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. Prosecutors say Spacey forced a man to have oral sex.
He made his first court appearance last month where his lawyer said the actor "strenuously" denied all the allegations. He was granted unconditional bail and on Thursday is due at London's Old Bailey central criminal court.
If found guilty of sexual assault, he could face a six-month prison sentence or an unlimited fine, while the other offense carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
Police said the alleged assaults occurred between March 2005 and April 2013 - four in the British capital and one in Gloucestershire in the west of England. They involved one man who is now in his 40s and two men now in their 30s.
Spacey, once one of Hollywood's biggest stars, has largely disappeared from public view since being accused of sexual misconduct five years ago.
The 62-year-old, who won Oscars for best actor in "American Beauty" and best supporting actor in "The Usual Suspects," was dropped from the TV show "House of Cards" and removed from the movie "All the Money in the World" after the accusations came to light. (Reporting by Michael Holden Editing by Alexandra Hudson) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11011767/Actor-Kevin-Spacey-London-court-charged-sex-offenses.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-13T23:33:55Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11011767/Actor-Kevin-Spacey-London-court-charged-sex-offenses.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRO) between October 28, 2021 and May 2, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important than July 25, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Spero Therapeutics securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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Add dental care to another area we’re seeing costs surge
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - One area seeing costs surge that we haven’t highlighted yet: dental care.
UAB Associate Professor David Becker, PhD, said inflation hasn’t been equal across the board.
He said certain sectors have been impacted more and quicker than others.
But as far as dental care costs surging, Becker said contracts with insurance companies are driving factors.
“It kind of dampens the pace, though, at which this occurs. It’s not as if I’m a dentist and my energy costs, or my labor costs rise, I can’t immediately go out and adjust the prices on the shelves like at the grocery store,” said Becker. “That happens much more quickly. Dentists have to wait until there’s a new negotiation cycle with insurance carriers to get those higher rates passed along to pass on the cost of labor costs or other costs to get rates higher.”
Dentists also provide services to patients who don’t have insurance, so those prices for services could possibly change even quicker.
And Becker also points out, as more of us tighten our budget, some may put off preventative dental appointments, which could end up costing you even more in the long run.
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Representatives of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and nonprofit Offshore Wind 4 Kids hold a student workshop Wednesday on the Atlantic City beach, showing them how to build model wind turbines.
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Students assemble model wind turbines at Atlantic Shores' Educational Community Outreach center.
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Students make their way to the beach to test their model wind turbines Wednesday in Atlantic City.
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Representatives from Atlantic Shores and Offshore Wind 4 Kids work with students from the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City and the Egg Harbor Township Police Activities League.
ATLANTIC CITY — For most kids, the perfect summer day may include building sandcastles on the beach or splashing around in the water, but for some, like Britney Gilhernandez, who is interested in technology, Wednesday was a good day to learn about wind turbines and energy.
“I found it interesting how windmills are able to power energy, so I wanted to see other ways windmills can be used,” said Gilhernandez, 11, who took part in a workshop on the Boardwalk sponsored in part by Offshore Wind 4 Kids.
Offshore Wind 4 Kids, an organization that teaches children about engineering and technology via offshore wind, and Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, one of the main companies contracted to build and maintain New Jersey’s largest offshore wind turbine project, partnered on the workshop, the first for the company’s Educational Community Outreach center.
Gilhernandez was one of 30 to 40 kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City and Egg Harbor Township’s Police Activities League who spent the day learning from industry professionals about engineering, renewable energy and how to work together to build their own model offshore wind turbines. The children ranged in age from 8 to 15 years old.
Gilhernandez, who is interested in having a career in tech when she’s older, said she learned about different types of wind turbines and how they are built, as well as where the offshore wind turbines are being built, which she found the most interesting.
Being on the beach with the model wind turbine and playing with Lego windmills was also a plus.
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“My brother is into technology, so he might be jealous,” said Gilhernandez, the youngest of her two sisters and one brother.
Atlantic Shores’ Community and Industry Engagement’s Satsuki Sokol, along with Offshore Wind 4 Kids Director William Beuckelaers, kicked off the workshop with background about offshore energy, the major components of windmills and the benefits of renewable energy.
“It’s about being a good neighbor,” said Sokol, who noted Atlantic Shores’ commitment to the community by giving city kids the opportunity to learn about the wind industry, while being transparent about their goals. “There are other work options in Atlantic City other than working in the casinos. We’re committed to getting kids excited about science and technology, so they understand it and can embrace it. “
In a joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDF Renewable North America that started in 2018, the Atlantic Shores Leasing Area was approved after a two-year federal review process for a wind project 10 to 20 miles off the coast between Atlantic City and Barnegat Light. The project will span 185,000 acres. When it is finished, it will provide enough energy to power nearly 1.5 million homes, starting in 2027.
Jennifer Daniels, development director for Atlantic Shores, said the project will ensure her organization is “here for a long time” and will benefit the area.
“Projects like this benefit everyone, so we want to make sure Atlantic City gets the benefits of jobs and economic development,” said Daniels, who said the industry will provide opportunities in engineering, administration, communication, safety and manufacturing.
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Juan Carlos Puente, chief financial officer of Atlantic Shores, said the company was committed to spending $850 million in the state, developing supply chains and creating manufacturing plants and jobs.
“It’s very important to us as a company to explain what building a wind farm entails. Events like this help kids think about future careers and what building a wind farm requires,” Puente said.
Mahki Rowe, 12, said he had never built a wind turbine before, but learning about it was fun.
“I like building stuff, and my dad is a construction worker, so when I grow up, I want to be like him,” Rowe said.
Building the wind turbine with his friends was Rowe’s favorite part of the day and inspired him to be a “technical builder” when he grows up.
Atlantic Shores said this was the first of many workshops it will host at its ECO building at 3711 Atlantic Ave. A formal grand opening of the building is set in August after delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of protesters have marched on New Jersey’s Capitol to urge Gov. Phil Murphy to deny permits to any future project that involves the burning of fossil fuels. Environmentalists listed a litany of proposed projects around the state that they want the governor to reject, including power plants and transport facilities for liquefied natural gas. The Democratic governor did not see or hear Thursday's protest because he was in Washington attending a White House meeting on offshore wind energy development. Seventeen-year-old Rey Watson of Whitehouse Station says she came to the protest out of frustration that those in power are not doing enough to address climate change.
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Representatives of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and nonprofit Offshore Wind 4 Kids hold a student workshop Wednesday on the Atlantic City beach, showing them how to build model wind turbines.
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Company Now Has Ten Coil Coating Lines in North America
PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VORTEQ Coil Finishers (VORTEQ or the Company), a leading provider of coil coating services for aluminum and steel products, today announced the acquisition of the coil coating assets owned by Almexa Alumino S.A. DE C.V. (Almexa). As part of the transaction, the former Almexa coil coating operation, located in Mexico City, will be renamed VORTEQ Mexico. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
This transaction becomes the fourth add-on acquisition for VORTEQ in the last six years. Now operating ten continuous coil coating lines, VORTEQ offers the broadest geographical reach in the pre-painted metals industry for a wide range of metal products and multiple end use markets across North America.
"The addition of VORTEQ Mexico will drive significant growth for us, much like our highly successful acquisitions completed in 2016, 2018, and 2019," says Jim Dockey, VORTEQ's Chief Executive Officer. "The transaction will add incremental capacity, additional capabilities, and geographic reach to our extensive North American footprint. Additionally, it also fortifies VORTEQ's long-term strategic alliance with Almexa as the exclusive channel to the U.S. market for Almexa's 3105 common alloy coil, which now can be painted by VORTEQ in Mexico."
Matt Homme, Managing Partner of Shadowbriar Capital Partners (Shadowbriar) adds, "The Almexa transaction is a highly compelling acquisition for VORTEQ, further strengthening the Company's North American leadership position in aluminum coil coating. Shadowbriar will continue to support the outstanding VORTEQ team as the Company looks to further deepen its processing capabilities, geographical reach, and strategic partnerships."
About VORTEQ Coil Finishers
Since 1982, VORTEQ has been a trusted American source for quality coil coated steel and aluminum. With ten distinctly different coil coating lines strategically located in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, Tennessee, California and Mexico City, VORTEQ differentiates itself by offering a broad range of metal coil coating services to the industry. VORTEQ works with customers in diverse markets to offer industry specific services including wide and narrow coil coating, printing, slitting and embossing for a diverse range of building products, transportation, automotive, signage, energy and lighting end markets. For further information about VORTEQ, please visit www.vorteqcoil.com.
About Shadowbriar Capital Partners
Shadowbriar is a Los Angeles based private equity firm that seeks to make control investments in leading lower middle-market industrial businesses that demonstrate strong potential. Shadowbriar looks to partner with outstanding management teams on a long-term basis to drive significant growth, both organically and through post-closing add-on acquisitions. For more information on Shadowbriar, please visit www.shadowbriar.com.
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A former University of Delaware catcher who played in two NCAA Tournaments is the new interim manager of the Toronto Blue Jays.
John Schneider was named to replace Charlie Montoyo, who was fired Wednesday, the day after a 4-3 win over the Phillies.
Schneider played three seasons with the Hens, before being taken in the 13th round of the 2002 MLB Draft by the Blue Jays.
He spent all six of his professional seasons in the minors, reaching AAA Syracuse in 2003 and 2005-07.
Schneider retired, and was named hitting coach of Toronto's Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, and has worked his way up to the Majors in 2019, working three seasons with the team's catchers before being promoted to bench coach this year.
Schneider becomes the third former Blue Hen player to coach in the Majors, joining 1980 Phillies World Series manager Dallas Green and Lee Elia, who also served as Phillies manager from 1987-88. | https://www.wdel.com/news/former-ud-catcher-named-interim-manager-of-the-blue-jays/article_a2f38512-02ea-11ed-bbc3-1bfc9d504893.html | 2022-07-13T23:38:27Z | https://www.wdel.com/news/former-ud-catcher-named-interim-manager-of-the-blue-jays/article_a2f38512-02ea-11ed-bbc3-1bfc9d504893.html | true |
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- We are continuing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Action News and Accuweather.
Meteorologist Adam Joseph gives us a look at how much things have changed over the years when it comes to forecast technology.
50 years of AccuWeather: How has weather technology changed?
By Adam Joseph
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News of a 10-year-old Ohio girl traveling to Indiana for a medical abortion made national headlines in recent weeks, with President Joe Biden even citing the case moments before signing an executive order aimed at protecting abortion access in the U.S.
The executive order was in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which federally protected the right to abortion. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, individual states can now decide whether to ban, restrict or permit abortions.
“This isn’t some imagined horror. It’s already happening. Just last week, it was reported that a 10-year-old girl was a rape victim in Ohio — 10 years old — and she was forced to have to travel out of the state, to Indiana, to seek to terminate the [pregnancy] and maybe save her life,” Biden said.
VERIFY viewer LJ reached out to us to ask if we could “confirm the Biden story about the 10-year-old rape victim seeking an abortion or is this misinformation from the administration?”
THE QUESTION
Is the story of a 10-year-old traveling to Indiana for an abortion true?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, the story of a 10-year-old traveling to Indiana for an abortion is true.
WHAT WE FOUND
A 27-year-old Columbus, Ohio, man was arrested and charged with one count of rape involving a 10-year-old victim. The girl became pregnant and had to travel to Indiana for a medical abortion due to Ohio’s ban on the procedure.
According to Franklin County Municipal Court records obtained by VERIFY, Columbus police arrested Gerson Fuentes on July 12.
Police were able to obtain a search warrant for Fuentes’ DNA, and during an interview with detectives, he admitted to the rape, records show.
Fuentes appeared in court for arraignment on July 13 and was given a $2 million bond. He is currently being held in the Franklin County jail.
According to a report from Columbus-based WBNS, a VERIFY sister station, during the arraignment, Columbus police detective Jeffrey Huhn testified that the investigation began after police received a report from Franklin County Children Services from a parent who said her daughter was pregnant.
Huhn said Fuentes admitted to raping the victim on at least two occasions. Huhn also said that the victim underwent a medical abortion in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 30.
In Ohio, abortions are banned at six weeks into the pregnancy, or around the time a heartbeat can be detected. Exceptions exist if the mother’s life is endangered, but there is no exception for rape or incest. The state also prohibits abortions performed in response to genetic anomaly.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost previously questioned the legitimacy of the report of the girl traveling over state lines to get the procedure, WBNS reported.
Following the arrest, Yost issued the following statement: “My heart aches for the pain suffered by this young child. I am grateful for the diligent work of the Columbus Police Department in securing a confession and getting a rapist off the street. Justice must be served and BCI [Bureau of Criminal Investigation] stands ready to support law enforcement across Ohio putting these criminals behind bars.”
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Target Corporation ("Target" or the "Company") (NYSE: TGT). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Target and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 18, 2022, Target announced its first quarter 2022 financial results in a press release. The Company also provided guidance, expecting second quarter 2022 "operating income margin rate [to] be in a wide range centered around first quarter's operating margin rate of 5.3 percent." Just three weeks later, on June 7, 2022, Target revised its guidance, expecting the second quarter 2022 operating margin rate to "be in a range around 2%." The Company attributed the change to "a set of actions to right-size [Target's] inventory for the balance of the year[.]"
On this news, Target's stock price fell $3.69 per share, or 2.31%, to close at $155.98 per share on June 7, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Countries on Africa’s east coast are increasingly turning to climate funding initiatives to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities, aid biodiversity and take climate action.
On the margins of the high-level political forum on sustainable development currently underway at the United Nations headquarters in New York, African coastal and island states and conservation groups outlined plans to boost ocean conservation and economic development through a system of “ blue bonds” — a method of financing projects that would also benefit ocean health.
Following on from Africa’s Great Green Wall, which spans across the continent’s Sahel region, east African nations are now seeking funds for the Great Blue Wall initiative, which aims to protect marine areas across the coastline. Both blue and green finance refers to funding aimed at preventing environmental damage and combating climate change while creating sustainable ecosystems.
“The blue bond is a powerful example of the critical role that the capital markets can play in supporting sustainable objectives,” said Jorge Familiar, Vice President of the World Bank.
The Great Blue Wall initiative, launched last year by ten western Indian Ocean states during the U.N.’s climate conference in Glasgow, aims to create a network of coastal and marine protected areas which supporters say would restore and conserve some 2 million hectares of ocean, capture 100 million tons of carbon dioxide and secure livelihoods for over 70 million people.
The project spans the continent’s east coast — from Somalia to South Africa — and includes the island states of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia and the French territories, Mayotte and Reunion.
Jean-Paul Adam, who heads the climate division at the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, said the blue wall initiative would recognize “the true value the environment has in future wealth creation and empowerment of local communities”.
“We need to dramatically upscale private sector investment into green and blue sectors,” he said. Less than one percent of so-called blue and green bonds, which are used for marine and land projects respectively, are issued for African countries.
“The next steps are to make these markets more accessible to African countries,” he added.
The U.N. says many of the financial climate promises made by richer countries are not being committed to in full, meaning that many African nations are unable to take necessary adaptation and mitigation measures against the effect of climate change.
In its latest assessment, the African Development Bank said that between $1.3 trillion and $1.6 trillion is needed by 2030 to implement climate action in line with nationally determined contributions — targets set by individual countries to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees F) and no more than 2C (3.6 F). But blue bonds are currently just a fraction of ocean conservation funding, the bank added.
“Bonds alone are not a panacea for the financing gap but they can allow us to raise large amounts,” Adam said.
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This story has been corrected to show that it is countries on Africa’s east coast that are turning to climate funding.
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HOOK ‘EM: Fishing champions crowned in a Vidalia pavilion
Published 11:40 am Wednesday, July 13, 2022
BY MAIA BRONFMAN
In the polarized sunglasses of a youth bass fishing champion, it’s possible to see a reflection of yourself.
There were about 100 reflections in Vidalia on Saturday afternoon, one per eye, two eyes per head, two heads per boat, 26 boats. Anglers gathered after three days of fishing in Concordia Parish for the final weigh-in of the Bass Tactix youth national tournament.
Three kids in camouflage visors played with beetles on the floor of the pavilion as Richard Parker, BassTactix Director, and Jimmy Allgood, owner of MidSouth Broadcasting, readied to announce the winners.
Beau England, Eli French and Lake Johnson, from the Alabama Bass Academy, sat in a boat a few yards from the shaded cover of the municipal pavilion as they waited for the weigh-in to conclude.
The active target fish finder attached to the bow and the underwater radar screen next to the steering wheel would have both revealed dirt if they were turned on.
England and Johnson didn’t have any bass to weigh that afternoon, so they waited for the prize ceremony away from the crowd.
England said the day of fishing was “Tough, slow and hot.”
The Louisiana bass, England said, hide deeper than the Decatur, Alabama, bass that he’s used to from home. Reeling them in from the deep causes too quick a pressure change for the wannabee bottom-feeders, so their swim bladders inflate. An inflated swim bladder could be fatal, and there’s a penalty for dead fish.
Jacob Goodwin, from the same bass academy, ran towards Johnson and England’s boat with an insulated Bass Pro Shops bag trailing behind him in the grass.
“I need ice, my fish is dying,” Goodwin said as he climbed onto the stern.
England and Johnson stepped to the back of the boat where they loaded ice from their cooler into Goodwin’s bag. They hadn’t needed it themselves.
Johnson and England resumed their conversation after Goodwin ran back to the pavilion to unsuccessfully attempt to revive his bass.
French had left Johnson and England’s boat to stand around the tanks, where the older competitors held their bagged bass in murky water.
They had been there for about 45 minutes, said Levi Thibodeaux, who later won. His hands, picked by bass teeth, held nylon straps connected to a mesh bag which kept his bass trapped but alive.
French told the older boys a story from his day.
“There was some guy with a go-pro pointing at me. He said ‘am I in your way?’ I was like ‘I’ll hook you in the back of the head,” French said.
“Floosh,” French motioned as if he was casting a rod.
Thibodeaux prefers to fish in the adult leagues like Fishing League Worldwide and Major League Fishing, where the prize money is usually higher. Basstactix’s $2500 prize for youth nationals was an exception.
He and Tanner Powe, the runner-up from Waynesboro, are often competitors. They chatted over the tank while they waited to be weighed.
“Coming to the Red River?” Thibodeaux asked Powe. Thibodeaux is continuing the tournament circuit before going home. He said he wants to turn pro.
Powe pointed out that Thibodeaux had already won a boat.
Brianna Tucker, a Suzuki-sponsored pro, stood above a group of Alabama Bass Academy entrees. She was volunteering for the program as a boat driver.
She said professional bass-fishing as a woman can be lonely. She travels by herself because of norms and fishes alone because of rules.
“It’s my God time,” she said about all the waiting on the water. She also said she thinks a lot about where the bass are and how to get them to bite.
In Concordia Parish, Tucker said, the fish aren’t in the grass like they are back home. Instead, Louisiana has Cypress trees and mud.
They also have to avoid the hornet nests at eye-level, two feet above the water, and the cottonmouth snakes that might latch on to their frog lures. | https://m.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/07/13/hook-em-fishing-champions-crowned-in-a-vidalia-pavilion/ | 2022-07-13T23:42:14Z | https://m.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/07/13/hook-em-fishing-champions-crowned-in-a-vidalia-pavilion/ | false |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KRON) — The CEO of a tech company has been charged with the 1992 strangulation murder of Laurie Houts in California. He could face life in prison if convicted, according to the County of Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office.
On Saturday police arrested John Kevin Woodward, 58, the President and CEO of Readytech, at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City when he arrived from Amsterdam. He was then charged with the murder of Laurie Houts—his roommate’s girlfriend—in Mountain View 30 years ago.
In September of 1992 a passerby noticed Houts dead in her vehicle on Crittenden Lane in Mountain View. The rope that had been used to kill her was still around her neck. Footprints were visible on the windshield interior, a sign that she struggled for her life.
Investigations quickly steered law enforcement towards Woodward as a prime suspect. He was reportedly jealous of Houts because he developed an “unrequited romantic attachment” to her boyfriend, Woodward’s roommate. Woodward reportedly had no alibi.
Woodward was tried twice for the murder throughout the late 1990s. The second case was dismissed by a judge citing insufficient evidence after a jury could not reach a verdict. Woodward then moved to the Netherlands after the case was dismissed.
In 2021, newly developed forensic technology was able to tie Woodward to the scene via the rope that was used to strangle Houts. The DA’s office filed a case in January of this year and a nationwide warrant was activated for his arrest.
Rob Baker, the Deputy District Attorney with the Cold Case Unit, said the process of arresting Woodward was particularly complicated because he lives in the Netherlands. Homeland Security worked with the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security to learn when Woodward would be returning to the United States. “Prior to COVID, he [Woodward] regularly returned to the Bay Area at least once a year, typically in the summer,” Baker said.
Last Wednesday, Homeland Security informed the DA’s Office and the Mountain View Police Department that Woodward would be arriving at JFK on Saturday. By Friday, investigators from the DA’s office and the Mountain View Police Department were traveling to New York to assist with the arrest. Woodward was arrested by Homeland Security when he got off the plane, and was taken into custody in New York.
Baker said that Woodward waived extradition in a New York courtroom on Monday afternoon. Mountain View Police will escort Woodward back to California and book him into Santa Clara County Jail by July 29. After he has been booked, he will face arraignment on the complaint charging him with the murder of Houts. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/tech-ceo-arrested-in-1992-cold-case/ | 2022-07-13T23:42:57Z | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/tech-ceo-arrested-in-1992-cold-case/ | true |
BENSALEM, Pa., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Verrica" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VRCA).
Class Period: May 28, 2021 – May 24, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 5, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Verrica investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that there were manufacturing deficiencies at the facility where Verrica's contract manufacturer produced bulk solution for VP-102; (2) that these deficiencies were not remediated when Verrica resubmitted its NDA for VP-102 for molluscum; (3) that the foregoing presented significant risks to Verrica obtaining regulatory approval of VP-102 for molluscum; and (4) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRO) between October 28, 2021 and May 2, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important than July 25, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Spero Therapeutics securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Spero Therapeutics class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6561 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 25, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the data submitted in support of the New Drug Application ("NDA") of Tebipenem HBr, an oral carbapenem-class antibiotic to treat complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis for adults, were insufficient to obtain U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approval; (2) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (3) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero Therapeutics's operations; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has declared an “energy emergency” in response to supply disruptions and skyrocketing energy prices in Europe, an official said Wednesday.
There is “unlikely to be enough gas in Europe for the autumn and winter heating season,” said Gergely Gulyás, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff.
Hungary will increase its domestic energy production capacities to ensure adequate supply, Gulyás told a news conference in Budapest. Gulyás cited Russia’s war in Ukraine and consequent sanctions from the European Union as the cause of what he called an “energy crisis” on the continent.
“The prolonged war and the sanctions from Brussels have caused energy prices to rise dramatically across Europe, and in fact a major part of Europe is already in an energy crisis,” Gulyás said.
The Central European country will boost its annual production of natural gas from 1.5 billion cubic meters to 2 billion cubic meters, increase the extraction of lignite (brown coal) and put a currently non-functioning lignite-fired power plant back online, Gulyás said.
Energy exports will be banned, and Hungary’s only nuclear power plant will also increase its production by extending its operating times, he added. The measures will go into effect in August.
The announcements came after Orbán convened a meeting of his Cabinet earlier Wednesday to discuss what he called an “energy emergency” in Europe.
Hungary is heavily dependent on fossil fuels from Russia, and last year signed a 15-year agreement with Russian energy company Gazprom for the purchase of natural gas. Hungary gets around 65% of its oil and 85% of its gas from Russia.
But after Moscow launched its war against Ukraine, the EU, of which Hungary is a member, sought to target Russian oil exports with sanctions.
But the nationalist Orbán fought vigorously against such measures, arguing that blocking Russian oil would cripple his country’s economy. The autocratic leader managed to negotiate a concession which allowed a temporary exemption for oil imports delivered by the Russian Druzhba pipeline to certain landlocked countries like Hungary.
Earlier on Wednesday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said at a meeting of regional foreign ministers that Hungary would seek to buy an additional 700 million cubic meters of gas before autumn, but didn’t specify from where. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/hungary-declares-energy-emergency-over-threat-of-shortages/ | 2022-07-13T23:48:26Z | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/hungary-declares-energy-emergency-over-threat-of-shortages/ | false |
Police find guns stashed ‘behind candy bars’ at gas stations in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46/Gray News) - Police in Atlanta reported at least seven separate incidences in 2022 where officers have recovered guns stashed inside gas stations and convenience stores.
“We often get consent to go inside and we remove guns from behind candy bars, in the cooler – areas where it’s been stashed to protect a drug trade that is operating out of there,” said Interim Police Chief Darin Schierbaum.
Schierbaum highlighted the recoveries as part of a quarterly report to the City Council’s Public Safety committee.
“Because a drug trade in your district is a ticking time bomb for violence and that is where we’re recovering those,” he said.
According to Schierbaum, Atlanta officers recovered more than 1,200 guns in 2022 – an increase of 11% compared to 2021.
A spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Department said these recoveries in gas stations are a part of proactive sweeps by K9 patrols.
Oftentimes members of the public will call the police, alerting them of potentially criminal activity happening at a gas station or convenience store, according to a department spokesperson.
Upon arrival, the suspected criminals have typically dispersed, but police have repeatedly recovered firearms and drugs left behind.
Schierbaum said that four of Atlanta’s 83 homicides this year occurred at gas stations; 76 of the 83 homicides were by the use of a firearm.
He said that compared to the first quarter of 2022, homicides decreased by 11% in the second quarter.
In addressing safety at gas stations, two local leaders have proposed new initiatives calling for enhanced security cameras at gas stations.
DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and Atlanta City Councilmember Keisha Sean Waites, proposed legislation to address the violent and property crimes happening at gas stations.
“Anyone applying for a permit for a gas station in the city of Atlanta would be required to have cameras at their facility and store that data for 90 days,” Waites said, who will formally introduce her legislation before Atlanta’s Public Safety committee next week.
She said this legislation will not impact current gas stations.
“That footage would be able to aid and assist should we have any situation where we have property crimes or vandalism or burglaries,” she said.
Cochran-Johnson said Tuesday that her initiative must still be approved by the Board of Commissioners before it goes into action.
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- The confluence of trendline and 100-MA has acted as a hurdle for the pound bulls.
- A (40.00-60.00) range by the RSI (14) hints at a consolidation ahead.
- An establishment below the psychological support of 1.2000 has activated a longer-term downside bias.
The GBP/USD pair is displaying a lackluster performance in the early Tokyo session as the traded range is peanuts against usual. After a volatile Wednesday, the cable looks to turn sideways to ease-off standard deviation first and then will look for a decisive move. On a broader note, after surrendering the psychological support of 1.2000, odds are favoring for a downside bias. Therefore, investors should take more precautions on taking longs.
The greenback bulls have comfortably defended the confluence of the downward sloping trendline plotted from June 27 high at 1.2324 and the 100-period Simple Moving Average (SMA) near 1.1950. Also, the cable has slipped below the 20-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 1.1900, which signals that the short-term trend has also turned southwards.
Meanwhile, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has shifted into the 40.00-60.00 range, which signals a consolidation ahead.
The cable is expected to display more losses if the asset drops below Monday’s low at 1.1866. An occurrence of the same will drag the asset to the round-level support of 1.1800, followed by a 26 March 2020 low at 1.1777.
Alternatively, a decisive move above Friday’s high of 1.2056 will send the asset towards July 4 high at 1.2161. A breach of the latter will drive the cable towards June 28 high at 1.2292.
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California shark attack victim released from hospital, doctor says he narrowly escaped death
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THE CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. ## CONTINUING COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY'S SHARK ATTACK IN PACIFIC GROVE.. THE SWIMMER IS LISTED IN GOOD CONDITION.. AND EFFORTS NOW UNDERWAY TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO CAME TO HIS AID.. AS HEROES.. WE GET THE STORY FROM ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ.. THESE THREE GOOD SAMARITANS BEING HAILED AS HEROES FOR COMING TO THE RESCUE OF STEVE BRUEMMER, A SWIMMER WHO WAS ATTACKED BY A GREAT WHITE SHARK OFF LOVERS POINT WEDNESDAY MORNING.. EFFORTS NOW UNDERWAY TO NOMINATE THEM FOR AN AMERICAN RED CROSS.. HEROES AWARD (RED CROSS 11:24 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HONORING THEM :26 THEY'RE HEROIC INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THEIR HOME COMMUNITY I'M SURE THE SAME THING'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN BUT :34 WHAT THEY DID NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD DO THAT KNOWING THERE WAS STILL A SHARK IN THE WATER :38 BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK TWICE :40 THEY WENT IN AND RESCUED THIS GENTLEMAN AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE'S ALIVE TODAY :45) AFTER BEING BROUGHT TO SHORE BY THE GOOD SAMARITANS.. THE 62 YEAR OLD BRUEMMER UNDERWENT 2 HOURS OF SURGERY.. HE'S CURRENTLY LISTED IN GOOD CONDITION.. HIS DOCTOR SAID HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE GOOD SAMARITANS.. BRUEMMER MIGHT NOT HAVE SURVIVED THE ATTACK.. (10:26 THEY WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE REAL HEROES OF THE SITUATION WITHOUT SOMEONE ON THE BEACH READY TO GO OUT AND BRING HIM BACK IN AND PEOPLE AND THEN PEOPLE ON THE BEACH READY WITH TORNIQUETS HE COULD'VE ALSO LOST HIS LIFE IN JUST THE FACT THAT NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE OR NO ONE ABLE TO BRING HIM IN HE COULD'VE DIED IN THE WATER :42 THE BYSTANDERS WERE CRUCIAL IN SAVING HIS LIFE :46) THE GOOD SAMARITANS ARE FROM YOUR LEFT.. HEATH BRADDOCK, A SURFER FROM MOSS LANDING.. AIMEE JOHNS, A NURSE FROM FOLSOM AND HER HUSBAND PAUL BANDY A SACRAMENTO POLICE OFFICER.. ALL WERE IN THE WATER THAT DAY.. AND BANDY SAID HE DID WHAT HE'S TRAINED TO DO.. (:01 AS A POLICE OFFICER I RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES ALL THE TIME SO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO GO IT WAS JUST HOW FAST WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE :08) BANDY AND HIS WIFE AIMEE WERE IN TOWN CELEBRATING THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.. STAYING HERE AT THE COLTON INN.. IN A SHOW OF GOOD WILL.. MANAGEMENT COMPED THEM
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Video above: Efforts are underway to recognize the good Samaritans who helped save a shark attack victimA California man who was attacked by a great white shark while swimming near Lovers Point Beach has finally gone home, according to a spokesperson with Natividad Hospital. Steve Bruemmer, 62, narrowly escaped death according to his doctor who spoke to sister station KSBW a day after the attack.“It could’ve been much, much worse he could’ve not made it out of the water,” said Bruemmer’s doctor Nicholas Rottler, a trauma surgeon at Natividad Medical Center.Rottler said the shark came within a millimeter of severing a major artery.Bruemmer was in the hospital and rehab for three weeks before being released on Wednesday.
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Steve Bruemmer, 62, narrowly escaped death according to his doctor who spoke to sister station KSBW a day after the attack.
“It could’ve been much, much worse he could’ve not made it out of the water,” said Bruemmer’s doctor Nicholas Rottler, a trauma surgeon at Natividad Medical Center.
Rottler said the shark came within a millimeter of severing a major artery.
Bruemmer was in the hospital and rehab for three weeks before being released on Wednesday. | https://www.kcra.com/article/california-shark-attack-victim-released-from-hospital-doctor-says-he-narrowly-escaped-death/40606661 | 2022-07-13T23:49:24Z | https://www.kcra.com/article/california-shark-attack-victim-released-from-hospital-doctor-says-he-narrowly-escaped-death/40606661 | false |
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police are patrolling the streets of Johannesburg’s Soweto township, following a spate of bar shootings that have rocked the nation.
The country’s abundance of guns held illegally is partially to blame for the shootings in which 22 people were killed at three different taverns this past weekend, community activists said.
At least 16 people were shot dead at a tavern in the township of Soweto while four others were killed in Pietermaritzburg and two were shot dead in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg. One of those wounded in the Soweto shooting died in hospital on Tuesday, raising the death toll in that incident to 16.
It’s not known if the different shootings are linked but regional and ethnic rivalries, an organized crime extortion ring, competition between bar owners and political enmities are all possible motivations for the shootings, say analysts.
In all three incidents, the suspects opened fire on patrons before speeding off in their vehicles and notably the attackers did not rob the victims.
According to police, the gunmen in the Soweto shooting used high-caliber rifles including AK-47s, leaving 137 empty cartridges found on the scene. This has raised concerns about how criminals are able to access such high-powered weapons.
The illegal guns circulating in South Africa contributes to the country’s high crime rate, according to activists. An average of 23 people are shot and killed in South Africa daily, according to the country’s annual crime statistics.
Many of the weapons used by criminals have been stolen from police and private security firms, according to Gun Free South Africa. More than 12,900 people were arrested for possession of illegal firearms and ammunition in 2020/2021, according to official statistics.
More than 3,400 police firearms had been reported stolen or unaccounted for in the last five years, according to the country’s official opposition, the Democratic Alliance. In January this year, the country’s parliamentary committee on policing heard that 158 guns went missing at the Norwood police station in Johannesburg.
“The most effective way to reduce gun deaths is to reduce gun availability. Right now we have guns flooding into the legal market, and then they move into the illegal market,” said Gun Free South Africa director Adele Kirsten.
“We know that the majority of these move from the hands of the private security industry and from fraud and corruption in the police,” said Kirsten.
Addressing the Soweto community this week South Africa Police Minister Bheki Cele said police would search houses to find the illegal guns that were used to terrorize the community.
“We have heard that illegal guns are everywhere in this community, we will be deploying the police here,” said Cele.
Soweto residents have decried the abundance of illegally held guns in the area, with some telling The Associated Press that they often hear gunshots at night.
“The reason why we don’t feel safe is because we don’t know whether the people responsible for the shooting are still in our township or not,” Anele Msompi said in the Xhosa language. “We are not safe. We can’t walk in the street, or even go to the shops without feeling nervous, anxious. We are afraid because these people could still be here with us.”
Another resident of the Nomzamo part of Soweto, Nkosimpendulo Mbhele, called on police to do more to reduce the number of guns in the area.
“I would like for our government could go door-to-door and collect all the illegal firearms, and arrest those found with illegal firearms,” said Mbhele. “They must operate during the day and at night, and go through all these shacks and houses here, because we often get mugged. You can’t even walk through this veld (field) because you may bump into thugs who will rob you at gunpoint.”
In a separate development, police arrested the owner of Enyobeni Tavern in East London where 21 teenagers were found dead last month. The owner was arrested on Saturday and two of his employees were arrested on Tuesday and will face charges for violating liquor trading laws and selling alcohol to children, according to the police. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/south-africas-many-illegal-guns-a-factor-in-bar-shootings/ | 2022-07-13T23:49:45Z | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/south-africas-many-illegal-guns-a-factor-in-bar-shootings/ | false |
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A family of 11 in Fairfield, Ohio, was saved from tragedy earlier this month when a complete stranger knocked on their door in the middle of the night to let them know their house was aflame.
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Everyone managed to escape the home without injury.
“That’s an angel,” Ellis said of Strong. “She saved our family, no exaggeration about that. She stayed and she saved our family. I mean, the house was ablaze.”
Strong said she was so focused on helping these strangers that she didn’t have time to notice how worried she was.
“I definitely can see that I’m scared, but I don’t remember feeling as scared as I look in the video,” she told WLWT. “I just remember feeling like, ‘I got to get these people out of here. I got to get them across the street.’”
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of LMP Automotive Holdings, Inc. ("LMP" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LMPX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether LMP and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 19, 2022, LMP disclosed in filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that on May 16, 2022, the Company's management and audit committee "concluded that the Company's previously issued condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the quarters ended March 31, 2021, June 30, 2021, and September 30, 2021 . . . are required to be restated and should no longer be relied upon primarily due to the following errors: (i) the improper identification and elimination of intercompany transactions, (ii) incorrect estimates of chargeback reserves for finance and insurance products, and (iii) certain financial statement misclassifications impacting various balance sheet and income statement financial statement captions in the Relevant Periods."
On this news, LMP's stock price fell $0.20 per share, or 4.48%, to close at $4.26 per share on May 20, 2022.
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TOKYO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Would you dare to be photographed at your worst moment? With PITERA™ Essence, you will. Witness the living proof of Crystal Clear Skin, even when it's meant to be your worst moment, through SK-II's boldest PITERA™ stress test yet.
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At the heart of SK-II, PITERA™ is a naturally derived skincare ingredient crafted from a proprietary yeast fermentation process that is exclusive to SK-II. PITERA™ Essence is SK-II's signature and most awarded best-seller globally. Containing over 90% PITERA™, it is nicknamed "Miracle Water" by millions of women from around the world for transforming skin to Crystal Clear Skin. Every 3 seconds, 1 bottle of PITERA™ Essence is sold in the world[1].
The "Late Night Portraits" campaign features a series of stunning photographs starring SK-II's beloved brand ambassadors including MINA of global girl group TWICE, Japanese actress Ayaka Miyoshi, Japanese comedian Naomi Watanabe as well as SK-II's longest-standing brand ambassador, Japanese actress Kaori Momoi, all courageously captured at their worst moment.
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The time of the day she's at her worst? Late at night. If daily skin fluctuations are not tackled, visible skin problems in the long-term will be accelerated due to an accumulation of these daily fluctuating skin concerns.
In SK-II's PITERA™ 24/7 Skin Fluctuation Study, SK-II discovered that after regular use of PITERA™ and a bottle of PITERA™ Essence as her skincare essential, her skin fluctuations are dramatically stabilized, and her skin transforms to Crystal Clear Skin. How is this possible?
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"It was an unusual experience to be photographed at night without makeup. But when the cameras started clicking, I felt at ease knowing that my skin fluctuations have been stabilized by PITERA™. I'm happy and impressed at how well my skin turned out, as even late at night, my skin remained Crystal Clear," said MINA.
"I was eager to participate in Late Night Portraits because I was curious about how well my skin would stand up to the test. My skin turned out radiant and truly looked its best even at my worst moment. I hope my Late Night Portrait will convince everyone to be more conscious of starting a skincare routine early," said Ayaka Miyoshi.
"What a bold and cool idea it was to do a bare skinned late night photoshoot. My skin fluctuates frequently during the day and I have noticed before that late night is my worst moment. However, with PITERA™, my skin stayed Crystal Clear and looked amazing," said Naomi Watanabe.
"I really like how SK-II is unafraid to push boundaries. The idea of putting our skin to the test with Late Night Portraits intrigued me and, as a long-time user of PITERA™ Essence, I felt confident about the condition of my skin even late at night," said Kaori Momoi.
"Late Night Portraits" builds on SK-II's growing collection of stories about its iconic PITERA™ and PITERA™ Essence. Through the years, SK-II has been on a journey to bring to life the legend of PITERA™ as well as stories of PITERA™ Essence and transformation to Crystal Clear Skin in new and meaningful ways for its consumers over generations. This started from authentic celebrity testimonials in its early days to bold challenges with 2017's "Face The Wild Face the Camera" with National Geographic, 2018's "Bare Skin Project" with Magnum Photos, an industry-first beauty entertainment web-series with 2019's "Bare Skin Chat" and "PITERA Masterclass", an iconic skincare campaign remake with 2021's "My Pitera™ Story", as well as 2022's "PITERA™ & Me", SK-II's first-ever self-directed film series by its newest Gen Z brand ambassadors.
"Our latest SK-II campaign "Late Night Portraits" builds on our iconic PITERA™'s legacy of miraculous skin transformation and is underpinned by our desire to solve one of the greatest skin frustrations and problems of our consumers—young women of today." shared Sue Kyung Lee, CEO, Global SK-II. "Based on our latest breakthrough study about the phenomenon of daily skin fluctuations in young women and the discovery of how she can look up to almost 10 years older within a day, we embarked on this bold stress-test to uncover the condition of PITERA™-powered skin in her worst moment. Inspired by our celebrity ambassadors' courage in stepping up to do a bare skinned photoshoot late at night, I did my own "Late Night Portrait" during World PITERA™ Day. With PITERA™ as the essential, I can personally testify that late-night Crystal Clear Skin is indeed possible."
"Late Night Portraits" by SK-II can be viewed here.
About SK-II
For more than 40 years, SK-II has touched the lives of millions of women around the world through skin and life transformation. The fascinating story behind SK-II began with a quest to understand why elderly sake brewers had wrinkled faces, but extraordinarily soft and youthful-looking hands. These hands were in constant contact with the sake fermentation process. It took years of research for scientists to isolate SK-II's iconic ingredient PITERA™, a naturally-derived skincare ingredient crafted from a proprietary yeast fermentation process exclusive to SK-II. Since then, SK-II with PITERA™ has become a special secret shared by celebrities all over the world such as Chloe Grace Moretz, Simone Biles, Tangwei, Chun Xia, Haruka Ayase and Kasumi Arimura and Naomi Watanabe. For the latest news and in-depth information, please visit http://www.sk-ii.com.
About PITERA™
Iconic and exclusive to SK-II, PITERA™ is a naturally derived "miracle" skincare ingredient crafted from a proprietary yeast fermentation process that only SK-II owns. Packed with over 50 micro-nutrients – vitamins, amino acids, minerals and organic acids – the unique composition of PITERA™ harnesses the vital force of nature and is one that can't be achieved artificially or synthetically. PITERA™ resembles skin's Natural Moisturizing Factors. Skin recognizes and welcomes it, allowing it to be absorbed quickly and deeply into your skin delivering all goodness.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital says it's increasing its investment by $1.4 billion for a strategic plan that includes programs advancing the study and treatment of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
Located in Memphis, Tennessee, the hospital says the additional funding is part of a six-year expansion plan that launched last year and it will raise the operating and capital budget to $12.9 billion. The new funding will affect scientific operations, clinical care, global medicine and infrastructure.
The number of new jobs will increase from 1,400 to 2,300, while funds for construction, renovation and capital needs will rise from $1.9 billion to $2.3 billion.
The plan, which started in July 2021, marks the hospital’s largest strategic expansion in its 60-year history, hospital officials said.
“The heart of the plan — accelerating progress globally — remains the same,” said Dr. James R. Downing, St. Jude president and CEO. “This expansion ensures employees have ample resources and bandwidth to achieve that important goal.” | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/st-jude-expanding-investment-for-research-additional-jobs | 2022-07-13T23:59:42Z | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/st-jude-expanding-investment-for-research-additional-jobs | false |
Police find guns stashed ‘behind candy bars’ at gas stations in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46/Gray News) - Police in Atlanta reported at least seven separate incidences in 2022 where officers have recovered guns stashed inside gas stations and convenience stores.
“We often get consent to go inside and we remove guns from behind candy bars, in the cooler – areas where it’s been stashed to protect a drug trade that is operating out of there,” said Interim Police Chief Darin Schierbaum.
Schierbaum highlighted the recoveries as part of a quarterly report to the City Council’s Public Safety committee.
“Because a drug trade in your district is a ticking time bomb for violence and that is where we’re recovering those,” he said.
According to Schierbaum, Atlanta officers recovered more than 1,200 guns in 2022 – an increase of 11% compared to 2021.
A spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Department said these recoveries in gas stations are a part of proactive sweeps by K9 patrols.
Oftentimes members of the public will call the police, alerting them of potentially criminal activity happening at a gas station or convenience store, according to a department spokesperson.
Upon arrival, the suspected criminals have typically dispersed, but police have repeatedly recovered firearms and drugs left behind.
Schierbaum said that four of Atlanta’s 83 homicides this year occurred at gas stations; 76 of the 83 homicides were by the use of a firearm.
He said that compared to the first quarter of 2022, homicides decreased by 11% in the second quarter.
In addressing safety at gas stations, two local leaders have proposed new initiatives calling for enhanced security cameras at gas stations.
DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and Atlanta City Councilmember Keisha Sean Waites, proposed legislation to address the violent and property crimes happening at gas stations.
“Anyone applying for a permit for a gas station in the city of Atlanta would be required to have cameras at their facility and store that data for 90 days,” Waites said, who will formally introduce her legislation before Atlanta’s Public Safety committee next week.
She said this legislation will not impact current gas stations.
“That footage would be able to aid and assist should we have any situation where we have property crimes or vandalism or burglaries,” she said.
Cochran-Johnson said Tuesday that her initiative must still be approved by the Board of Commissioners before it goes into action.
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
544 PM CDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Lavaca
County through 630 PM CDT...
At 544 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Speaks, or 17 miles southeast of Hallettsville, moving west at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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...
Yoakum, Hallettsville, Speaks, Ezzell, Worthing, Koerth, Mount Olive,
Vienna, Wied, Mont and Sweet Home.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2929 9662 2921 9674 2923 9710 2930 9717
2950 9712 2937 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 100DEG 24KT 2930 9671
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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JACKSON, Miss. — A defendant in a Mississippi welfare fraud case said in a court document she directed $1.1 million in welfare money to former NFL star Brett Favre at the direction of former Gov. Phil Bryant.
After pleading guilty in April to criminal charges, Nancy New, 69, and her son Zachary New, 39, agreed to testify against others in what the state auditor has called Mississippi’s largest public corruption case in the past two decades.
Her court filing is in a civil case filed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services against Mississippi Community Education Center Inc., once run by the New family. In the 29-page document, her attorneys say she was acting at the direction of MDHS officials in the awarding of various contracts and allocation of funds.
The filing was dated Monday and was first reported by Mississippi Today, a nonprofit digital news operation that has reported extensively on the welfare scandal.
She specifically mentions Bryant regarding $1.1 million in money paid to Favre “in consideration for Favre speaking at events, keynote speaking, radio and promotional events, and business partner development.”
A spokesperson for the former governor released a statement denying the accusations, according to WAPT-TV.
“These allegations made against Gov. Bryant are false. Every claim against these individuals was discovered and prosecuted as a result of an investigation Gov. Bryant requested of the state auditor,” the statement said.
The state auditor has demanded repayment of $77 million of misspent welfare funds, including the $1.1 million paid to the retired NFL quarterback.
Favre has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing and has repaid the money. He has said that he didn’t know the money he received came from welfare funds, and has denied the auditor’s allegations that he was paid for events he didn't attend. Favre also said his charity had provided millions of dollars to poor children in Mississippi, where he lives, and Wisconsin, where he was a star with the Green Bay Packers. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/defendant-ex-governor-ordered-payments-to-nfls-brett-favre/2022/07/13/205cb3aa-0306-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html | 2022-07-14T00:10:43Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/defendant-ex-governor-ordered-payments-to-nfls-brett-favre/2022/07/13/205cb3aa-0306-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html | false |
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — This week, the Purdue University Campus welcomes back the Herrick Conferences.
650 attendees have come to West Lafayette for the 50th anniversary. These people from 30 different countries talk about the future of compressor engineering, refrigeration, air-conditioning and high performance buildings.
One focus of many researchers is reducing carbon emissions.
"40% of all energy in the US is used in buildings," Herrick Conferences General Chair and Purdue Mechanical Engineering Professor Eckhard Groll said. "Typically for air conditioning in the summer, for heating in the winter; it's a large energy consumer. If we can reduce this energy, then we don't have to produce as much."
352 papers are being presented. Groll said that the pandemic has influenced the world of ventilation research.
"Whenever we have a crisis situation there will be funding available to do more research and to better understand, then develop new technology that can appropriately prepare the air to create these safe environments," Groll said.
He also said that safety is a main concern and the focus for many researchers.
"We still want to keep every human the most comfortable, the most productive, safe too, in a safe environment," Groll said. "What people that are attending this conference are looking at is the distribution of airborne diseases in buildings through the ventilation system. Commercial buildings are all ventilated to meet indoor air standards. So, you're bringing fresh air in all the time, but you're also re-circulating some air."
Each of the 352 presenters have just 20 minutes to share their findings and answer questions.
The conference ends on Thursday. | https://www.wlfi.com/community/herrick-conferences-celebrate-50-years/article_e4845d28-02e8-11ed-863b-23cb94e98961.html | 2022-07-14T00:13:45Z | https://www.wlfi.com/community/herrick-conferences-celebrate-50-years/article_e4845d28-02e8-11ed-863b-23cb94e98961.html | true |
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
_____
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
544 PM CDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Lavaca
County through 630 PM CDT...
At 544 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Speaks, or 17 miles southeast of Hallettsville, moving west at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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...
Yoakum, Hallettsville, Speaks, Ezzell, Worthing, Koerth, Mount Olive,
Vienna, Wied, Mont and Sweet Home.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2929 9662 2921 9674 2923 9710 2930 9717
2950 9712 2937 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 100DEG 24KT 2930 9671
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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Wausau Pilot & Review
Two men are facing homicide charges in connection with the overdose death of a woman who was 8 months pregnant, according to court documents.
The woman died June 1 at a home on Indiana Avenue in Stevens Point. Police say the woman had a significant level of Fentanyl in her system at the time of her death.
Charges of first-degree reckless homicide are being recommended for 35-year-old Laron Chaz Thomas, and 27-year-old Isaiah Solis, both of Wisconsin Rapids. Police say their investigation traced the fatal dose of drugs to the two men.
Thomas is facing additional drug-related charges in Wood County in two separate open cases. | https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2022/07/13/2-charged-in-overdose-death-of-pregnant-woman/ | 2022-07-14T00:23:28Z | https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2022/07/13/2-charged-in-overdose-death-of-pregnant-woman/ | true |
Florida woman surprised to see 'inflation fee' on restaurant bill
The price of a meal at one national restaurant chain just got more expensive.
Macaroni Grill is now charging a $2 "temporary inflation fee." The fee is tacked on the bottom of customers' bills.
Customer Alison Burke said she was surprised but "completely understands" the need for the restaurant to do that.
Loyal Macaroni Grill customers sister station WESH talked to say they don't mind.
"We had the most wonderful service. Everyone was so helpful and friendly. Great meal. Good time out with friends. Definitely worth it," Burke said.
Macaroni Grill does warn customers with a sign on the door that the supply chain shortage and inflation are impacting their cost of doing business.
The restaurant's website goes on to say, in part: It would have been easy to simply raise menu prices, as many restaurants have done, but considers the fee a temporary solution.
However, some family-owned restaurants were downright appalled.
Julie Casey is the owner and chef of the Outpost in Maitland.
"Personally, I think it's branding suicide," she said.
Casey says she's constantly re-engineering their menu to adjust to the economy, just like her customers.
"We're all suffering. Macaroni Grill is not the only one suffering. Consumers are suffering too. So in essence it feels like a punishment to the consumer for coming into Macaroni Grill," Casey said. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/inflation-fee-restaurant-florida/40607203 | 2022-07-14T00:26:22Z | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/inflation-fee-restaurant-florida/40607203 | false |
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Asia's biggest celebrities put PITERA™ Essence to its boldest stress test yet
In the late hours of the night to capture Crystal Clear Skin, even when it's meant to be at its worst
TOKYO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Would you dare to be photographed at your worst moment? With PITERA™ Essence, you will. Witness the living proof of Crystal Clear Skin, even when it's meant to be your worst moment, through SK-II's boldest PITERA™ stress test yet.
"Late Night Portraits" is SK-II's latest feat to showcase the power of its exclusive and iconic PITERA™ and PITERA™ Essence.
At the heart of SK-II, PITERA™ is a naturally derived skincare ingredient crafted from a proprietary yeast fermentation process that is exclusive to SK-II. PITERA™ Essence is SK-II's signature and most awarded best-seller globally. Containing over 90% PITERA™, it is nicknamed "Miracle Water" by millions of women from around the world for transforming skin to Crystal Clear Skin. Every 3 seconds, 1 bottle of PITERA™ Essence is sold in the world[1].
The "Late Night Portraits" campaign features a series of stunning photographs starring SK-II's beloved brand ambassadors including MINA of global girl group TWICE, Japanese actress Ayaka Miyoshi, Japanese comedian Naomi Watanabe as well as SK-II's longest-standing brand ambassador, Japanese actress Kaori Momoi, all courageously captured at their worst moment.
In this bold stress-test, celebrities had their skin prepped with nothing but PITERA™ for the shoot and were photographed bare skinned.
Unveiled at the first-ever World PITERA™ Day in Tokyo on July 13, 2022, SK-II's "Late Night Portraits" campaign is inspired by SK-II's latest first-in-the-world PITERA™ 24/7 Skin Fluctuation Study on the skin of young women. The breakthrough studies, conducted 24/7 for over six weeks, goes beyond SK-II's pioneering longitudinal skin research to uncover how women's skin condition-texture, pores, redness, dullness, hydration and barrier function fluctuates greatly within a day, even looking up to almost 10 years older due to multiple daily stressors.
The time of the day she's at her worst? Late at night. If daily skin fluctuations are not tackled, visible skin problems in the long-term will be accelerated due to an accumulation of these daily fluctuating skin concerns.
In SK-II's PITERA™ 24/7 Skin Fluctuation Study, SK-II discovered that after regular use of PITERA™ and a bottle of PITERA™ Essence as her skincare essential, her skin fluctuations are dramatically stabilized, and her skin transforms to Crystal Clear Skin. How is this possible?
PITERA™ by SK-II is welcomed in by skin like its own because PITERA™ has a unique composition that resembles skin's Natural Moisturizing Factors. This allows PITERA™ to be absorbed quickly and deeply* into skin delivering all its goodness of over 50 micronutrients. PITERA™ is the essential skincare ingredient proven to stabilize skin fluctuations and provide visible transformation to Crystal Clear Skin. Skin is transformed to Crystal Clear Skin even when it's meant to be her worst moment.
"It was an unusual experience to be photographed at night without makeup. But when the cameras started clicking, I felt at ease knowing that my skin fluctuations have been stabilized by PITERA™. I'm happy and impressed at how well my skin turned out, as even late at night, my skin remained Crystal Clear," said MINA.
"I was eager to participate in Late Night Portraits because I was curious about how well my skin would stand up to the test. My skin turned out radiant and truly looked its best even at my worst moment. I hope my Late Night Portrait will convince everyone to be more conscious of starting a skincare routine early," said Ayaka Miyoshi.
"What a bold and cool idea it was to do a bare skinned late night photoshoot. My skin fluctuates frequently during the day and I have noticed before that late night is my worst moment. However, with PITERA™, my skin stayed Crystal Clear and looked amazing," said Naomi Watanabe.
"I really like how SK-II is unafraid to push boundaries. The idea of putting our skin to the test with Late Night Portraits intrigued me and, as a long-time user of PITERA™ Essence, I felt confident about the condition of my skin even late at night," said Kaori Momoi.
"Late Night Portraits" builds on SK-II's growing collection of stories about its iconic PITERA™ and PITERA™ Essence. Through the years, SK-II has been on a journey to bring to life the legend of PITERA™ as well as stories of PITERA™ Essence and transformation to Crystal Clear Skin in new and meaningful ways for its consumers over generations. This started from authentic celebrity testimonials in its early days to bold challenges with 2017's "Face The Wild Face the Camera" with National Geographic, 2018's "Bare Skin Project" with Magnum Photos, an industry-first beauty entertainment web-series with 2019's "Bare Skin Chat" and "PITERA Masterclass", an iconic skincare campaign remake with 2021's "My Pitera™ Story", as well as 2022's "PITERA™ & Me", SK-II's first-ever self-directed film series by its newest Gen Z brand ambassadors.
"Our latest SK-II campaign "Late Night Portraits" builds on our iconic PITERA™'s legacy of miraculous skin transformation and is underpinned by our desire to solve one of the greatest skin frustrations and problems of our consumers—young women of today." shared Sue Kyung Lee, CEO, Global SK-II. "Based on our latest breakthrough study about the phenomenon of daily skin fluctuations in young women and the discovery of how she can look up to almost 10 years older within a day, we embarked on this bold stress-test to uncover the condition of PITERA™-powered skin in her worst moment. Inspired by our celebrity ambassadors' courage in stepping up to do a bare skinned photoshoot late at night, I did my own "Late Night Portrait" during World PITERA™ Day. With PITERA™ as the essential, I can personally testify that late-night Crystal Clear Skin is indeed possible."
"Late Night Portraits" by SK-II can be viewed here.
About SK-II
For more than 40 years, SK-II has touched the lives of millions of women around the world through skin and life transformation. The fascinating story behind SK-II began with a quest to understand why elderly sake brewers had wrinkled faces, but extraordinarily soft and youthful-looking hands. These hands were in constant contact with the sake fermentation process. It took years of research for scientists to isolate SK-II's iconic ingredient PITERA™, a naturally-derived skincare ingredient crafted from a proprietary yeast fermentation process exclusive to SK-II. Since then, SK-II with PITERA™ has become a special secret shared by celebrities all over the world such as Chloe Grace Moretz, Simone Biles, Tangwei, Chun Xia, Haruka Ayase and Kasumi Arimura and Naomi Watanabe. For the latest news and in-depth information, please visit http://www.sk-ii.com.
About PITERA™
Iconic and exclusive to SK-II, PITERA™ is a naturally derived "miracle" skincare ingredient crafted from a proprietary yeast fermentation process that only SK-II owns. Packed with over 50 micro-nutrients – vitamins, amino acids, minerals and organic acids – the unique composition of PITERA™ harnesses the vital force of nature and is one that can't be achieved artificially or synthetically. PITERA™ resembles skin's Natural Moisturizing Factors. Skin recognizes and welcomes it, allowing it to be absorbed quickly and deeply into your skin delivering all goodness.
[1] Based on past 12-month FTE sales data worldwide, as of 30-Jun-2021
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WASHINGTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he has appointed NASA Administrator Bill Nelson as one of four new members of the Cancer Cabinet, part of the President's Cancer Moonshot.
"Far too many Americans have been touched by cancer. Ending cancer as we know it has the power to save lives, unite our country, and inspire the world. It is a mission that represents NASA's ambition to propel humanity forward – for science, for healing, for hope," said Nelson. "NASA uses the unique microgravity environment on the International Space Station to conduct cutting-edge research with our partners, such as the Mayo Clinic, with the goal of treating serious medical conditions, including blood cancers like leukemia, lymphomas, and multiple myeloma. NASA is no stranger to moon shots, and we're all in on ending cancer as we know it."
Five months ago, the President re-ignited the Cancer Moonshot to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years and improve the experience of patients and families living with and surviving cancer. As a part of the Cancer Moonshot, the Cancer Cabinet provides leadership counsel and advice across the federal government on cancer-related programs and priorities.
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Dr. Alondra Nelson, deputy assistant to the president and performing the duties of director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, have announced the following five Cancer Cabinet Priorities, to:
- Close the screening gap
- Understand and address environmental and toxic exposures
- Decrease the impact of preventable cancers
- Drive innovation from discovery to patients, and
- Improve the experience for patients and caregivers
The Cancer Cabinet is now expanded to include NASA, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Labor, and the White House Gender Policy Council, adding to the more than 20 departments, agencies, and White House components that make up the cabinet.
For more information about the research and development on the International Space Station, visit:
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Aemetis, Inc. ("Aemetis" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AMTX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Aemetis and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 12, 2021, Aemetis issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of 2021. Among other items, Aemetis reported GAAP earnings per share of -$0.69, missing consensus estimates by $0.16, and revenue of $42.8 million, missing consensus estimates by $6.26 million.
On this news, Aemetis's stock price fell $2.02 per share, or 16.25%, to close at $10.41 per share on May 12, 2021.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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(NEXSTAR) – It’s that time year again, a guilt-free excuse to enjoy salty, crispy deliciousness, all in the name of National French Fry Day.
In honor of the annual July 13 celebration, restaurants like McDonald’s and Wendy’s are even giving away fries. It’s worth remembering, however, that fries, like so many culinary staples in the U.S., often have their own unique, regional style.
The team at Google Trends looked at the most searched types of fries in 2022 and found that there were indeed differences by state.
By far, sweet potato fries were the most searched this year, followed by carne asada fries and home fries.
Carne asada fries were most searched in western states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California, while home fries dominated in West Virginia and a handful of northeastern states.
Steak fries dominated search in just two states, South Dakota and Arkansas. Truffle fries were tops in Florida and Mississippi.
When it comes to the sheer number of searches for “fries,” Nevada led all others, according to the team at Google, followed by Utah and Rhode Island.
There also seems to be increased interest in making one’s own French fries, as searches for “how to cut potatoes into fries” doubled in the past year.
And if you’re surprised at the popularity of sweet potato fries, you may want to brace yourself for the dipping sauces people have apparently been researching to pair with them: maple dipping sauce, aioli, marshmallow dip, sour cream and cinnamon dip, respectively. | https://cw33.com/news/texas/national-fry-day-see-the-most-sought-after-fries-by-state-according-to-google/ | 2022-07-14T00:31:05Z | https://cw33.com/news/texas/national-fry-day-see-the-most-sought-after-fries-by-state-according-to-google/ | false |
Since the closure of the Bozeman Swim Center in May, many families have had to relocate to other swim centers such as Bogert Pool and Lewis and Clark.
“We highly used the swim center pool, it’s been really inconvenient to have it closed,” says Jeneal Bergman of Bozeman.
Bergman is just another resident that has been frustrated with the closure of the Bozeman Swim Center.
Save Our Pool has been popping up all over Bozeman with signs at many street corners. This organization is helping put some pressure on reopening the pool as fast as possible for the community. Jon Henderson, Strategic Services Director of Bozeman, understands and has heard their message loud and clear.
“It’s a grassroots community group that’s formed to help encourage this conversation and dialogue with our elected officials,” Henderson said.
With the pool closure, Henderson and the City of Bozeman are working diligently to get the swim center to its former glory. He is well aware of the community disruption this closure has caused.
“Since the pool closed we very much understand the disruption that this is causing for the local swim clubs and the community at large,” he said. “And for the last several weeks now, we have received a number of public comments through weekly commission meetings and written record. We’ve heard loud and clear from a wide variety of groups.”
When the pool was first closed due to structural issues, there was a lot of uncertainty whether or not it would be able to reopen. Henderson is optimistic for the return of the swim center.
He says, “we’re confident at this point that we’ll be able to find a solution. We’re going to be working over the next month to finalize designs and provide design drawings to a bidding community and hoping to find a local contractor that’s willing to take the job.”
Not only is the potential to reopen the swim center looking great, but another facility might also be underway in the near future.
“Once we are able to find a solution and reopen that swim center, we are going full press on a larger facility on the west side of town, which were hoping to bring to voters next fall” stated Henderson.
Henderson also shared how much he and his team understand the community’s frustrations and hoped to get the swim center back on its feet soon.
“We fully understand the disruption and anxiety that this has created within the community, but we’re working tirelessly to exhaust every opportunity and option,” he said. | https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/bozeman-swim-centers-future-reopening-looking-hopeful-city-officials-say | 2022-07-14T00:35:01Z | https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/bozeman-swim-centers-future-reopening-looking-hopeful-city-officials-say | false |
Joy Hofmeister tours Southwest Oklahoma listening to the communities needs
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Citizens of southwest Oklahoma want their voice heard, and state superintendent Joy Hofmeister gave them her ear. She’s in Lawton visiting schools, Native American, and faith base centers to make sure locals in this area know she cares and wants to help.
Fawn Tsatoke, the President and Co-Founder of Kiowa missing and murdered indigenous people, said she’s grateful that anyone who is running for any type of position in the state of Oklahoma would want to come here and listen to them.
“So I was thankful just for the fact that she wanted to listen secondly because she actually did pay to our words and what we were saying. I watched her throughout the whole time answer the questions and she seems genuine,” said Tsatoke.
Fawn also said she has high hopes after this meeting, but she still has a few more questions in the future.
This wasn’t Joy Hofmeister’s only stop, she also visited Lawton Public schools, Boys & Girls Club, and St. John Baptist church.
“So I think it’s really important to be in the community, and not just to stay at the capitol complex and think that you can make decisions that are good. We have to listen to the people that these decisions impact. So that’s what I am doing today listening and learning,” said Hofmeister.
She said she has put over 5 hundred thousand miles on her car traveling across Oklahoma because she wants to hear in person about the communities needs.
" I want to take all that I have been receiving from community members who are saying, they want to support teachers in t classroom and our kid’s education and also equally important. Access to quality and affordable health care safe communities,” said Hofmeister
Kayyssa Whitley, the Vice president of the Kiowa missing and murdered indigenous people, said she has high hopes that Hofmeister will do something with the information given to her today.
“There was a lot of good information that was poured into her today and I think that all of the Indian countries are counting on her to take that information with her and actually do something about it. Because the reality of I is that we are people in need and she’s going to be in a position to help,” said Whitley.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volume is delighted to announce a partnership with Kleros, Aglaé Ventures, and CommComm happening from July 22nd-24th raising over $168k worth of prize money up for grabs to over 1,000 developers, creators, product managers, designers, and experts within the Web3.0. The Hackathon kicks off a new level of momentum across the Ethereum ecosystem.
Volume, together with sponsorship partners Curve and Vyper will join Ethereum France and EthCC at the official EthCC Hackathon and offer bounties hackers can answer to win great prizes for programming the best new Vyperlang applications that will run on the Ethereum blockchain.
"Vyper is a contract-oriented, pythonic programming language that targets the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) on the Ethereum Blockchain. Finally, Python developers all over the world can enter the Ethereum developer ecosystem with a language built with love for them. Given that Python is now the first language many developers learn at school, we're excited to see what the Paris and online community will create." said Taariq Lewis, Founder, Volume. "The future of blockchain software development begins again with Python. Ethereum was first written in Python so we're happy to see Vyper bring back a familiar structure to building on the EVM."
The EthCC Paris Hack, happening from Friday, July 22nd to Sunday, July 24th in Paris alongside the oversold EthCC Paris 2022 conference.
The event is hosting 300 guests in-person and over 1,000 participants online.
Participants are invited to attend in person and live streamed coding workshops including Introduction to Vyper, Blockchain, NFTs, Solidity, DeFi, Cross-chain, L2, and Rust. Most notable challenges are:
- Best NFT project using Vyper
- Best integration of Curve or Yearn using Vyper
- Best DeFi project using Vyper
Learn more about the event and registration by visiting Vyper's Event Listings https://volm.link/ethcchack.
For blockchain software developers, Volume provides blockchain automation and scheduling software that manages smart contracts on any blockchain, enabling high volume execution to all protocols. Learn more about Volume. Join the Volume community https://discord.gg/3hGEeSJnK8
Curve is DeFi's leading AMM, (Automated Market Maker). Hundreds of liquidity pools have been launched through Curve's factory and incentivized by Curve's DAO. Users rely on Curve's proprietary formulas to provide high liquidity, low slippage, and low fee transactions among ERC-20 tokens. Learn more about Curve.
Vyper is a contract-oriented, pythonic programming language that targets the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Vyper's main's focus is secured smart contracts, simplistic language, and auditability. If you know Python, you are one step closer to being a blockchain developer with Vyper. Learn more about Vyper.
We have seen over the past year that we still need to continue building resilient systems, primitives, and to make it easier to unlock the potential of the creator economy in Web3. EthCC Hack 2022 is an opportunity to take the ideas and lessons learned at one of Ethereum's premier conferences, and put them into action immediately.
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Brazil Congress approves major spending bill
Adds information on bill, context
BRASILIA, July 13 (Reuters) - Brazil's Congress on Wednesday approved the main text of a major pre-election spending package that President Jair Bolsonaro is banking on to lift his flagging re-election hopes, despite expectations it will fan double-digit inflation and hurt Brazil's exchange rate.
Brazil's lower house approved the measure, but still had to vote on two specific amendments to its text. The bill amends the constitution to bypass the country's spending cap and boost social benefits. It now must be formally enacted by both houses in a joint session of Congress.
The package includes a 1,000 reais ($185) payout for self-employed truckers and benefits for taxi drivers. It also increases by 50% the amount paid in the Auxilio Brasil social welfare program.
The new legislation is likely to fan inflation, and may result in fresh monetary tightening, analysts told Reuters. A previous iteration of the bill foresaw federal compensation to the states for fuel tax cuts.
(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Writing by Peter Frontini; Editing by Leslie Adler and Rosalba O'Brien)
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
05-17-19-24-35-38
(five, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-four, thirty-five, thirty-eight)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
05-17-19-24-35-38
(five, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-four, thirty-five, thirty-eight) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Classic-Lotto-47-game-17303673.php | 2022-07-14T00:45:23Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Classic-Lotto-47-game-17303673.php | false |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to federal charges in a 2013 armored car robbery that left a guard dead was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison.
Curtis Johnson Jr., 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lance Africk for his role in the December 2013 robbery at a Chase Bank branch in New Orleans’ Carrollton neighborhood, according to court records and a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Loomis armored car guard Hector Trochez died in an exchange of gunfire with the robbers.
Johnson pleaded guilty to robbery, conspiracy and firearm charges in March. He’s the last of six people sentenced in connection with the case.
Prosecutors said Johnson, Lilbear George, Chukwudi Ofomata and Jeremy Esteves, robbed a Loomis armored vehicle as it was making a delivery of approximately $265,000. A witness saw them drive away in one vehicle, then enter another driven by Robert Brumfield III.
Esteves and Brumfield were convicted and sentenced to 50 years, according to the release from U.S. Attorney Duane Evans. George and Ofomata pleaded guilty and received 40-year sentences. A former girlfriend of George received probation for obstructing justice in the case. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/50-year-sentence-in-robbery-that-left-armored-car-17303657.php | 2022-07-14T00:46:36Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/50-year-sentence-in-robbery-that-left-armored-car-17303657.php | false |
The National Wrestling Coaches Association recently presented Sam Maxson, a rising senior at Temple High School, with the 2021-22 Character and Leadership All-America Award — an honor he was recognized for during a Temple ISD school board meeting on Monday night.
“It was a real shock to find out that I was selected as an All-American,” Maxson said. “Coach called me into his office to tell me and I had no idea. But I am honored, and it shows that I can accomplish anything if I really put my mind to it.”
This year, Maxson — who advanced to the regional championships with the Temple High School wrestling team this season — was one of just 50 wrestlers from Texas to earn the award.
“When you see a kid, you can tell the ones that are special, and Sam is special,” THS head wrestling coach Deryl Clark said. “He was the first person to come to mind when it came time to nominate someone for this award. It was a no-brainer for me. He is just a wonderful young man and that’s really all I can say. He just stood out as someone deserving of this honor.”
The award, which is presented in partnership with the U.S. Marine Corps, is given to athletes who exemplify nine key criteria: dependability, judgment, endurance, initiative, tact, integrity, unselfishness, loyalty and courage.
“Wrestlers and Marines share the same spirit,” Christine Parks, Temple ISD’s chief of communications and community relations, told Maxson during a regular school board meeting on Monday. “They’re warriors and Sam, you’re academic excellence, fighting spirit, mental toughness and work ethic are unmatched, and are an example to your teammates and the student body as a whole.”
Fewer than 200 students nationwide earn this recognition each year, according to the NWCA.
“Congratulations to each of these fantastic individuals who have earned recognition this season,” Mike Moyer, NWCA’s executive director, said in a news release. “It is our honor, with the USMC, to recognize these outstanding young wrestlers who model the high-level traits of character, leadership, and scholarship.”
Temple ISD Superintendent Bobby Ott also commended Maxson.
“Congratulations to you for an incredible job representing the school district in everything you do,” he said. “And I want to also give a shout out to coach Clark. He brought wrestling to Temple four years ago and going into next year, his team is picked to win the region. So in four years look what’s happened.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_30b52a8c-02f9-11ed-80bc-fb0f8239b209.html | 2022-07-14T00:47:41Z | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_30b52a8c-02f9-11ed-80bc-fb0f8239b209.html | false |
WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
703 PM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DELAWARE AND NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES...
At 703 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Roscoe, or 16
miles southeast of Walton, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Rockland, Fremont, Jeffersonville, White Sulphur Springs, Stalker,
Hazel, Livingston Manor, Roscoe, Peabrook and Callicoon Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Aemetis, Inc. ("Aemetis" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AMTX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Aemetis and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 12, 2021, Aemetis issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of 2021. Among other items, Aemetis reported GAAP earnings per share of -$0.69, missing consensus estimates by $0.16, and revenue of $42.8 million, missing consensus estimates by $6.26 million.
On this news, Aemetis's stock price fell $2.02 per share, or 16.25%, to close at $10.41 per share on May 12, 2021.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Curators at an Israeli museum have discovered three previously unknown sketches by celebrated 20th-century artist Amedeo Modigliani hiding beneath the surface of one of his paintings.
The unfinished works by Modigliani, an Italian-born artist who worked in Paris before his death in 1920, came to light after the canvas of “Nude with a Hat” at the University of Haifa’s Hecht Museum was X-rayed as part of a sweeping forensic study of his work for an upcoming exhibit in Philadelphia.
Inna Berkowits, an art historian at the Hecht Museum, said it was “quite an amazing discovery.”
“Through the X-rays, we are really able to make this inanimate object speak,” she told The Associated Press.
Modigliani is considered one of the 20th century’s great Modernist artists. His lived a short, turbulent, Bohemian life in France, where his nude paintings were controversial. His work is typified by slender, elongated necks and faces, a signature style influenced by African and Cycladic Greek art that was just starting to arrive in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Jewish artist died aged 35, penniless.
One of his paintings, “Reclining Nude,” fetched over $170 million when it was sold at auction in 2015, making it one of the most expensive paintings ever sold. Another was sold in 2018 for $157 million at auction.
The high demand for authentic Modigliani works has generated a thriving market for fakes and forgeries.
The last time Italy staged a big Modigliani show, a 2017 exhibit at Genoa’s Palazzo Ducale, museum officials closed the show early after experts alleged that many of the works on display were fakes. A criminal trial has been underway for over a year.
In 2018, X-ray technology revealed a previously unknown Modigliani portrait beneath one of his paintings at London’s Tate Gallery.
Modigliani’s 1908 “Nude with a Hat” is already an unusual painting. Both sides of the canvas have portraits that are painted in opposite directions. Visitors entering the Hecht Museum’s galleries are met by an upside down nude portrait. A likeness of Maud Abrantes, a female friend of the artist, on the reverse side is right-side up.
In 2010, the museum’s curator noticed the eyes of a third figure peeking from beneath Abrantes’ collar. But only this year was the hidden image brought into focus.
“When we decided to do the X-ray, we were only looking to learn a little bit more about the hidden figure underneath Maud Abrantes,” Berkowits said. In addition to a hidden woman wearing a hat, they found two more portraits on the opposite side that were completely invisible to the naked eye: one of a man, and another of a woman with her hair pulled up in a bun.
The “Nude with a Hat” dates from early in Modigliani’s career, not long after he moved to Paris from Italy, when he was struggling to find buyers for his art. The painting was purchased by the museum’s founder in 1983.
The canvas is now known to contain five of his paintings, likely painted one atop the other out of necessity to save money on new canvases. X-ray photography and other noninvasive technologies have found hidden works by other artists such as Degas and Rembrandt.
Berkowits called the artwork “a sketchbook on a canvas,” showing Modigliani’s repeated tries and “never-ending search for artistic expression.” She said there is “no doubt at all” that the painting is authentic.
“He was one of the very first multicultural artists who pulled inspiration from different sources,” said Kenneth Wayne, director of the Modigliani Project, an organization that is working to compile an authenticated collection of the artist’s works. He cited Modigliani’s contemporaries Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse as other examples.
Modigliani sought “an air of the strange and beauty” and achieved that through the incorporation of those foreign styles in his art, Wayne added. Wayne and his colleagues use scientific methods and art expertise to weed out fakes.
The X-ray photography was conducted ahead of a sweeping exhibition of Modigliani’s works at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.
Wayne said a growing number of technical studies like that by the Barnes Foundation have increased confidence in confirming genuine Modiglianis.
The foundation museum said the exhibit opens Oct. 16 and will explore the artist’s working methods and materials based on forensic study of dozens of Modigliani’s paintings and sculptures loaned from collections around the world. | https://fox59.com/news/ap-top-headlines/israeli-museum-finds-sketches-hidden-in-modigliani-painting/ | 2022-07-14T00:53:42Z | https://fox59.com/news/ap-top-headlines/israeli-museum-finds-sketches-hidden-in-modigliani-painting/ | false |
Kourtney Kardashian showcases her edgy fashion sense with metallic shades as she grabs lunch in LA
She has an edgy fashion sense.
And Kourtney Kardashian put it on display as she grabbed a sushi lunch with stepdaughter Atiana de la Hoya, 23, in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The beauty, 43, wore a futuristic pair of silver shades and a navy blue Enfants Riches Deprimes jacket.
Working it! Kourtney Kardashian was looking stylish as she grabbed a sushi lunch with stepdaughter Atiana de la Hoya, 23, in Los Angeles on Wednesday
While the outfit wasn't overtly flashy, Kourtney was still putting on a head-turning display as she strutted down the path with Atiana by her side.
She paired the stylish jacket with a glossy pair of matching midnight blue trousers and chunky combat boots.
Her hair was slicked back into a no-fuss bun with a few loose wisps hanging free on other side of her face.
She also carried her belongings about in a dainty black purse.
Style icon: While the outfit wasn't overtly flashy, Kourtney was still putting on a head-turning display as she strutted down the path with Atiana by her side
Kourtney shared a glimpse of her lunch in a photo she posted to her Instagram Stories.
The post comes as Kourtney's husband Travis Barker continues recovering from a bout of life-threatening pancreatitis. Barker was hospitalized for a week as a result of the scare, but was recently discharged.
The condition, characterized by an inflammation of the pancreas, was brought on by an endoscopic procedure.
Throwing shade! Atiana rocked a pair of edgy white sunglasses
'I went in for an endoscopy Monday feeling great. But After dinner, I developed excruciating pain and have been hospitalized ever since,' he wrote in an Instagram post the following Saturday.
He continued, 'During the endoscopy, I had a very small polyp removed right in a very sensitive area, usually handled by specialists, which unfortunately damaged a critical pancreatic drainage tube.
'This resulted in severe life threatening pancreatitis.'
Throughout the ordeal Barker's daughter Alabama, 16, repeatedly took to social media to ask for prayers for her dad.
In addition to Alabama, Travis shares a son, Landon, 18, with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler.
Once her dad's health improved, Alabama appeared online again to thank fans for their support.
Sharing an image of her pink-manicured hand next to her father's tattooed hand, she wrote: 'Thank you for all of the prayers and love, I appreciate you & love all of you.'
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WEST SALEM, Wis. (WXOW)- West Salem sisters, Grace and Josie Waldenberger, are some of the top rodeo cowgirls in the entire state of Wisconsin. Whether it's roping, riding, or goat tying, the pair can do it all.
"People think I ride bucking horses and bulls, so that's pretty funny. But once I explain it to them, they think it's pretty cool," said Grace.
Both girls are set to compete in the Nationals Final High School Rodeo next week in Gillette, Wyoming. Grace, who recently graduated, qualified in seven events. Josie, a rising sophomore, qualified in two.
It wasn't easy for them to make it this far. Only the top four finishers from each state move on to nationals.
"I don't believe there are a lot of people that realize the amount of dedication that goes in to rodeo," said Chad Waldenberger, the girls' dad.
Part of the sisters' drive to be the best stems for a little bit of a sibling rivalry.
"I don't really want my little sister to beat me. But she's beat me a couple of times," said Grace. "I'm happy for her. When we run back-to-back, I always stand in the arena, yell for her. I'm always trying to help her as much as I can."
"She pushes me everyday. She knows what I'm doing wrong and when I'm doing it, and she'll give me advice," said Josie. "Most of the times she beats me, but there's always a couple of times- we'll be close. It's fun."
It's no surprise that rodeo helps bring the Waldenberger's closer together. They consider it a family affair. It was Grace and Josie's older sister, Jessa, who first showed an interest in riding, and now their dad is one of their biggest fans.
"It's incredibly humbling to watch them succeed the way that they've succeeded," said Chad.
More than 1,600 contestants will go head-to-head during nationals--it's known as one of the largest rodeos in the world.
The girls believe they're ready for the bright lights.
"State finals it gets super loud, everybody is pumped up and stuff," said Grace. "I love that energy, I feel I do better in that." | https://www.wxow.com/sports/west-salem-sisters-to-compete-at-hs-rodeo-nationals-in-wyoming/article_a70a9578-024a-11ed-8bd7-d7c09b160bb5.html | 2022-07-14T00:54:28Z | https://www.wxow.com/sports/west-salem-sisters-to-compete-at-hs-rodeo-nationals-in-wyoming/article_a70a9578-024a-11ed-8bd7-d7c09b160bb5.html | true |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
15-16-27-31-33-36
(fifteen, sixteen, twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-three, thirty-six)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
15-16-27-31-33-36
(fifteen, sixteen, twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-three, thirty-six) | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Double-Play-game-17303676.php | 2022-07-14T00:54:32Z | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Double-Play-game-17303676.php | false |
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The White House said President Joe Biden would try to limit physical contact during his Middle East trip because of concern about rising COVID-19 cases — but the president swiftly reverted to his old-school, back-slapping ways after landing in Israel on Wednesday.
He doled out a few fist bumps after stepping off the plane but then threw an arm around Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and shook hands with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The issue of contact is arising amid intense speculation about Biden’s upcoming meeting with leaders in Saudi Arabia and whether he will shake hands with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who U.S. intelligence officials said probably sanctioned the killing of a critic. The ostensible COVID-19 rule could give Biden cover to avoid a potentially problematic image with the crown prince.
It remained to be seen how Biden would greet other Israeli, Palestinian and Arab leaders during his trip, which includes a summit in Saudi Arabia of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Later Wednesday in Jerusalem at Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to Holocaust victims, Biden held hands and kissed the cheeks of survivors Rena Quint, 86, and Giselle Cycowicz, who is about 95.
“Did you see the president hug me?” Quint asked. “He asked permission to kiss me and he kept on holding my hand and we were told not to touch him.”
A new omicron variant, which is able to more easily evade immunity from vaccinations and previous infections, has revived concerns about the threat of the pandemic.
“We’re trying to minimize contact as much as possible where we can,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters traveling aboard Air Force One with the president.
But such precautions did not appear to be in place on Tuesday before Biden left for the Middle East, when he mingled and shook hands with members of Congress at a White House picnic. And they appear unsupported by science, as COVID-19 is an airborne virus, not one transmitted by touch.
Biden is set to meet with Saudi King Salman and the crown prince when he flies to the kingdom on Friday. The highly anticipated meeting is being closely scrutinized as the White House looks to reset the U.S.-Saudi relationship after a rocky start in the Biden presidency.
As a candidate, Biden had vowed to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” nation for its human rights record. The president last year also angered the Saudis by publicly releasing a U.S. intelligence report that determined that the crown prince, who is often referred to by his initials MBS, likely approved the 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a fierce critic of the kingdom’s leadership.
The Democratic president’s plan to meet MBS has been criticized by human rights activists who accuse Biden of backsliding on a vow to make human rights a central pillar of his foreign policy.
Israeli media reported this week that the White House had told Lapid’s office that Biden would refrain from shaking hands during the visit due to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the U.S. and Israel.
Jean-Pierre did not say whether such a message was conveyed to the Israelis.
Before Biden travels abroad, White House officials work with host nations to coordinate COVID-19 protocols, including testing for anyone expected to come in close contact with Biden. It’s not a perfect system, as Biden often decides to greet people in large crowds that may not have been universally tested. Separately, everyone traveling in the presidential entourage is required to be tested at least once daily, in addition to any host country protocols.
The no-handshake guidance comes as the White House has emphasized that COVID-19 should not disrupt daily life due to the availability of tests and therapeutics. Biden’s prior overseas trips — including a visit to Europe last fall during the surge in cases caused by the delta variant — did not include attempts to curtail Biden’s handshakes.
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Madhani reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writers Josef Federman in Jerusalem and Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian and Darlene Superville in Washington to this report. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/amid-covid-worries-fist-bumps-for-biden-with-exceptions/ | 2022-07-14T00:54:57Z | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/amid-covid-worries-fist-bumps-for-biden-with-exceptions/ | false |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Utah prosecutors have filed a second rape charge against the man authorities believe is a former Rhode Islander who faked his own death to avoid prosecution.
The Salt Lake City District Attorney’s Office charged Nicholas Alahverdian, who’s also gone by the name Nicholas Rossi and a host of other aliases, with first-degree rape Wednesday and issued a no-bail warrant for his arrest.
“We are working with the Utah County Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney on the extradition of Nicholas Rossi from Scotland,” the Salt Lake County District Attorney said in a statement. “The presumption of innocence applies, Nicholas Rossi remains innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.”
United Kingdom authorities confirmed earlier this month that the fingerprints of a man who claims to be Arthur Knight match those of Alahverdian.
Knight was arrested earlier this year after authorities were able to match his DNA with that of Alahverdian, who has already been charged with rape out of Utah County and allegedly died of cancer in Rhode Island two years ago. That DNA was obtained while Knight was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Scotland.
Prosecutors believe Alahverdian moved to Scotland after faking his own death in 2020.
Alahverdian is now awaiting extradition back to the United States after being arrested for reportedly threatening staff at a Glasgow hospital. The court in Scotland determined Knight was a flight risk and denied him bail.
Knight has maintained that authorities have the wrong guy.
In an interview with 12 News in April, Knight claimed he was born Nicholas Brown in Ireland in November 1986. He has no proof of that, however, which he blames on Irish law and a lack of access to his birth certificate and other records from his early life. | https://www.wpri.com/target-12/ri-man-accused-of-faking-his-own-death-facing-2nd-rape-charge-in-utah/ | 2022-07-14T00:56:12Z | https://www.wpri.com/target-12/ri-man-accused-of-faking-his-own-death-facing-2nd-rape-charge-in-utah/ | false |
WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
813 PM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ULSTER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
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Lawyer says ex-boyfriend to plead 'not guilty' in Elnaz Hajtamiri disappearance case
Lawyer says ex-boyfriend to plead 'not guilty' in Elnaz Hajtamiri disappearance case
The Quebec man charged with attempted murder, attempted kidnapping and ultimately kidnapping his former girlfriend, Elnaz Hajtamiri, remains in police custody.
Mohamad Lilo was arrested Tuesday by police, six months after Hajtamiri vanished following an alleged abduction in Wasaga Beach.
Nearly 24 hours after his arrest in the Montreal area and arrival escorted by police at Lake Simcoe Regional Airport, Lilo was before a justice of the peace in a virtual Barrie courtroom Wednesday afternoon.
Lilo is charged in connection to the disappearance of Hajtamiri, his former girlfriend who was hiding in Wasaga Beach on the night of Jan. 12, when family members said three men posing as police claimed they had a warrant for her arrest.
They said she was dragged barefoot from the home and tossed into a white Lexus SUV.
Hajtamiri, who turned 38 in May, hasn't been seen or heard from in the six months since her disappearance.
Police initially charged Lilo with criminal harassment nine days after she went missing.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said Lilo had threatened Hajtamiri and was providing very little help to investigators.
In April, police in York Region arrested Riyasat Singh at a home in Brampton.
Singh, police believe, was one of two men captured on surveillance video in an underground parking garage in Richmond Hill days before Christmas.
That's when and where investigators believe Hajtamiri was attacked with a frying pan. The second suspect, Harshdeep Binner, is still on the run on a Canada Wide Warrant.
The latest charges from police link Lilo for the first time to the alleged attack in Richmond Hill and abduction in Wasaga Beach.
What was said in court Wednesday is protected by a publication ban, including a list of names Lilo is not to communicate with.
Family members confirmed to CTV News that Hajtamiri's vehicle had tracking devices on it at the time of the alleged parking garage attack in December.
Talking with Lilo's lawyer Philippe Grenier in Quebec Wednesday, he confirmed to CTV News that Lilo is pleading not guilty.
Grenier also said if the case goes to trial, it'll be in French and hopes to have his client bailed out at the next available opportunity. The next court date is set for July 18.
While Lilo remains in police custody, the family of Hajtamiri is asking more witnesses to continue to come forward to help bring Elnaz home, now 182 days since she disappeared.
Police have said all along, that their hope is to find Elnaz alive.
The allegations against the accused have not been tested in court.
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(NEXSTAR) – It’s that time year again, a guilt-free excuse to enjoy salty, crispy deliciousness, all in the name of National French Fry Day.
In honor of the annual July 13 celebration, restaurants like McDonald’s and Wendy’s are even giving away fries. It’s worth remembering, however, that fries, like so many culinary staples in the U.S., often have their own unique, regional style.
The team at Google Trends looked at the most searched types of fries in 2022 and found that there were indeed differences by state.
By far, sweet potato fries were the most searched this year, followed by carne asada fries and home fries.
Carne asada fries were most searched in western states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California, while home fries dominated in West Virginia and a handful of northeastern states.
Steak fries dominated search in just two states, South Dakota and Arkansas. Truffle fries were tops in Florida and Mississippi.
When it comes to the sheer number of searches for “fries,” Nevada led all others, according to the team at Google, followed by Utah and Rhode Island.
There also seems to be increased interest in making one’s own French fries, as searches for “how to cut potatoes into fries” doubled in the past year.
And if you’re surprised at the popularity of sweet potato fries, you may want to brace yourself for the dipping sauces people have apparently been researching to pair with them: maple dipping sauce, aioli, marshmallow dip, sour cream and cinnamon dip, respectively. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/national-fry-day-see-the-most-sought-after-fries-by-state-according-to-google/ | 2022-07-14T00:59:08Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/national-fry-day-see-the-most-sought-after-fries-by-state-according-to-google/ | true |
WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
739 PM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ULSTER COUNTY...
At 739 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Willowemoc, or
13 miles northeast of Liberty, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hurley, Woodstock, Woodland Valley Campground, West Shokan, Kenneth L
Wilson Campground, High Falls, West Hurley, Mount Tremper,
Olivebridge, Kerhonkson, Marbletown, Denning, Cherrytown, Glenford,
Palentown, Atwood, Oliverea, Shultis Corners, Pacama and Brodhead.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread
significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately
likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of
a building. This storm may cause serious injury and significant
property damage.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department and the Des Moines Fire Department are searching for a juvenile that went missing in the Raccoon River Wednesday evening.
According to a Twitter post, the Des Moines Police Department and the Des Moines Fire Department responded to a report of a young child going under water and never resurfacing in the river East of 63rd Street.
A water rescue team was deployed to search the river, but the child has not yet been found.
This is a developing story. | https://who13.com/news/juvenile-missing-after-swimming-in-raccoon-river/ | 2022-07-14T01:08:56Z | https://who13.com/news/juvenile-missing-after-swimming-in-raccoon-river/ | false |
WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
658 PM CDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Shelby
County through 730 PM CDT...
At 657 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Joaquin, or 11 miles northeast of Center, moving northeast at 5 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...
Logansport and Joaquin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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.
If on or near the north end of Toledo Bend, get out of the water and
move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out
to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3193 9418 3198 9415 3198 9401 3192 9397
3192 9396 3191 9395 3191 9392 3190 9393
3189 9392 3190 9390 3189 9390 3183 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 210DEG 6KT 3194 9410
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KRON) — The CEO of a tech company has been charged with the 1992 strangulation murder of Laurie Houts in California. He could face life in prison if convicted, according to the County of Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office.
On Saturday police arrested John Kevin Woodward, 58, the President and CEO of Readytech, at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City when he arrived from Amsterdam. He was then charged with the murder of Laurie Houts—his roommate’s girlfriend—in Mountain View 30 years ago.
In September of 1992 a passerby noticed Houts dead in her vehicle on Crittenden Lane in Mountain View. The rope that had been used to kill her was still around her neck. Footprints were visible on the windshield interior, a sign that she struggled for her life.
Investigations quickly steered law enforcement towards Woodward as a prime suspect. He was reportedly jealous of Houts because he developed an “unrequited romantic attachment” to her boyfriend, Woodward’s roommate. Woodward reportedly had no alibi.
Woodward was tried twice for the murder throughout the late 1990s. The second case was dismissed by a judge citing insufficient evidence after a jury could not reach a verdict. Woodward then moved to the Netherlands after the case was dismissed.
In 2021, newly developed forensic technology was able to tie Woodward to the scene via the rope that was used to strangle Houts. The DA’s office filed a case in January of this year and a nationwide warrant was activated for his arrest.
Rob Baker, the Deputy District Attorney with the Cold Case Unit, said the process of arresting Woodward was particularly complicated because he lives in the Netherlands. Homeland Security worked with the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security to learn when Woodward would be returning to the United States. “Prior to COVID, he [Woodward] regularly returned to the Bay Area at least once a year, typically in the summer,” Baker said.
Last Wednesday, Homeland Security informed the DA’s Office and the Mountain View Police Department that Woodward would be arriving at JFK on Saturday. By Friday, investigators from the DA’s office and the Mountain View Police Department were traveling to New York to assist with the arrest. Woodward was arrested by Homeland Security when he got off the plane, and was taken into custody in New York.
Baker said that Woodward waived extradition in a New York courtroom on Monday afternoon. Mountain View Police will escort Woodward back to California and book him into Santa Clara County Jail by July 29. After he has been booked, he will face arraignment on the complaint charging him with the murder of Houts. | https://who13.com/news/national-news/tech-ceo-arrested-in-1992-cold-case/ | 2022-07-14T01:09:37Z | https://who13.com/news/national-news/tech-ceo-arrested-in-1992-cold-case/ | true |
NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. ("17 E&T" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: YQ). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether 17 E&T and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On or around December 4, 2020, 17 E&T conducted its initial public offering, selling 27.4 million American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") priced at $10.50 per ADS. Then, on June 10, 2022, 17 E&T announced its first quarter financial results, reporting a net loss of $3.9 million alongside a nearly 50% fall in revenue from the prior year to $36.82 million.
On this news, 17 E&T's stock price fell $1.65 per share, or 21.31%, to close at $2.40 per share on June 10, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Is This The Last Year For The Fish Sunflower Fields Across Minnesota?
In a post yesterday Johnny Fish, the man behind the pop-up sunflower fields across Minnesota for the last few years announced that this would be the last year for his pop-up fields until he finds a permanent home/place for them to be. The pause on the pop-ups might just be for a year or it could be longer.
Hello Family and Friends!
I just want to tell you what you mean to my family and I and how thankful we are for your enthusiasm, encouragement, and support. To say that these past 6 years have been an adventure is an understatement! We have learned a lot, we have grown, we have been challenged, we have overcome many obstacles and we have met so many amazing people who have become amazing friends.
As we plant and prepare for the 2022 season, we know in our hearts that this will be Fish Sunflower’s final season until we can find a permanent place and home to host the field(s). As much as we want to commit to year after year of Fish Sunflower fields throughout Minnesota, we know that taking this step and this break is wisdom and is right for our family.
We currently have 90% of our equipment at the Elsenpeter Auction ( PostABid.com) to try to recoup a fraction of the cost from the fields last year. If you’d like a piece of Fish Sunflowers, take a look and make a bid!
We went into the 2022 season telling ourselves that we would only plant the fields that were funded, and unfortunately, none of the fields are. We are truly grateful for what financial support has come in, but we haven’t received enough to even cover fertilizer this year. We still went ahead and personally funded a few fields for you to enjoy, but we can no longer personally fund this project. We have sold personal property and taken out of savings to keep this mission going because we truly believe in it. But with the rising costs of everything we can no longer do it on our own.
The goal of this mission is to spread positivity and sunshine- to start a movement based on that - and we believe that we have reached that goal...and we want it to continue! Although the fields may be paused for a time after the 2022 season, the mission does not need to be paused, we can keep it going. How? By being thankful every day, by being the positive algorithm, by paying it forward, and by spreading the sunshine. Let’s continue to turn this state yellow! Continue posting pictures and sharing your stories. We want to see them and hear them, we want to hear how people are spreading sunshine on their community and to each other.
Make the most of the 2022 Fish Sunflowers fields- enjoy them, make memories in them and keep spreading the sunshine!
2022 Fish Sunflowers locations coming soon.
It's hard to believe that Fish began planting his fields 6 years ago, but even in the face of the pandemic the sunflowers and smiles kept coming.
The post details the thought process that Fish went through to reach the decision to pause, which mainly centers around the financial means of planting these fields for people to enjoy, take pictures in, and of course, spread smiles.
So get out there and enjoy the Fish sunflower fields this year, as it might be the last year for them for some time. | https://wjon.com/is-this-the-last-year-for-the-fish-sunflower-fields-across-minnesota/ | 2022-07-14T01:15:34Z | https://wjon.com/is-this-the-last-year-for-the-fish-sunflower-fields-across-minnesota/ | true |
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who authorities say started a new life and family in Ohio after killing his wife and teenage daughter in 1995 when they lived in a New York suburb was sentenced Wednesday to 60 years in prison for his daughter's murder.
A judge in New Britain, Connecticut, imposed the prison time on 78-year-old Robert Honsch, who was convicted of murder by a jury in March for the death of 17-year-old Elizabeth Honsch. Her body was found wrapped in sleeping bags and garbage bags behind a New Britain strip mall in the fall of 1995.
“I think this finally gives the family some peace of mind,” New Britain State’s Attorney Christian Watson said Wednesday. “The sentence ... was a just sentence because of the tragic loss of a young life in Elizabeth.”
Honsch’s lawyer, public defender Justin Smith, asked Judge Laura Baldini to impose the minimum 25-year sentence and said an appeal of the guilty verdict was being considered.
Honsch, who did not say anything at the sentencing, is already serving a life sentence in Massachusetts for killing his wife, 53-year-old Marcia Honsch. Her body was found in western Massachusetts, a week after her daughter's body was discovered.
Both mother and daughter were shot in the head. Authorities still aren't sure where the killings took place. The family lived in Brewster, New York, at the time.
After Marcia and Elizabeth Honsch's bodies were found, their bodies remained unidentified for 19 years. Authorities could not identify them because of a lack of evidence. Several rounds of DNA testing determined they were mother and daughter, but they remained unidentified until a woman from Virginia Beach, Virginia, contacted New York state police in June 2014 looking for relatives unaccounted for since 1995.
During that span, Robert Honsch remarried and had three children. He was found living under an assumed name, Robert Tyree, with his current wife and three children in Dalton, Ohio, when he was arrested in 2014. Authorities said an examination of items found near Elizabeth Honsch’s body connected him to the scene. | https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Man-jailed-for-killing-wife-sentenced-for-17303710.php | 2022-07-14T01:17:03Z | https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Man-jailed-for-killing-wife-sentenced-for-17303710.php | true |
WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
658 PM CDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Shelby
County through 730 PM CDT...
At 657 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Joaquin, or 11 miles northeast of Center, moving northeast at 5 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...
Logansport and Joaquin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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.
If on or near the north end of Toledo Bend, get out of the water and
move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out
to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3193 9418 3198 9415 3198 9401 3192 9397
3192 9396 3191 9395 3191 9392 3190 9393
3189 9392 3190 9390 3189 9390 3183 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 210DEG 6KT 3194 9410
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
806 PM CDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Nacogdoches County through 830 PM CDT...
At 806 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Douglass, or 11 miles west of Nacogdoches, moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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...
Nacogdoches.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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 3153 9487 3153 9489 3155 9490 3158 9489
3157 9492 3159 9492 3160 9493 3161 9492
3168 9482 3155 9464 3149 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 323DEG 5KT 3160 9484
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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How ‘Ms. Marvel’ changed the MCU — and TV itself — for the better
This story contains spoilers for “Ms. Marvel” on Disney+.
Over the course of its six episodes, “Ms. Marvel” has taken its viewers on a whirlwind trip across continents and time. Kamala Khan’s superhero origin story, which concluded Wednesday, saw the Avengers-loving New Jersey teen learning about her hidden supernatural family history while weaving actual historical events into the narrative.
With its youthful tone, inclusive storytelling and loose Marvel Cinematic Universe connections, “Ms. Marvel” has the ingredients to be another MCU show that appeals to audiences beyond the usual Marvel faithful. Now that the series has wrapped, Times TV critic Lorraine Ali and staff writer Tracy Brown discuss what worked, the show’s representational milestones and more.
After ‘WandaVision’s’ rollicking start, Marvel TV has struggled to reach beyond core fans. The joyous and inventive ‘Ms. Marvel’ helps solve that.
Tracy Brown: There are a couple of moments in the “Ms. Marvel” finale that actually made me scream, but there is plenty we should discuss before I derail our conversation by delving into what I thought were the most exciting reveals from the episode.
I cannot overstate how much fun “Ms. Marvel” has been to watch. I don’t want to rehash everything you nailed in your initial review of the series, but it really leaned into the joy and youthful energy and the cultural specificity that I have always believed is the comic book Ms. Marvel’s strengths.
People love to talk about superhero fatigue, or dismiss any film or TV show within the genre, but “Ms. Marvel” is a perfect example of the different kind of storytelling that can happen within the superhero space. When has an American TV show even addressed the Partition of India and Pakistan?
That said, part of Kamala Khan’s legacy is that her comic books appealed to readers who had never checked out superhero comics before. I think outside of a couple of standouts like “WandaVision,” the MCU’s Disney+ shows have struggled to attract an audience beyond existing Marvel fans. Lorraine, I know you are not a stranger to Marvel shows or the genre, but how did you find the full series? How friendly do you think it is to viewers who haven’t kept up with the MCU in its entirety?
Lorraine Ali: Youthful energy and cultural specificity are definitely key ingredients in “Ms. Marvel’s” special sauce. The series has been a joy to watch for many reasons. Though all of Marvel’s Disney+ series have differed from one another in terms of tone and approach, “Ms. Marvel” is truly an outlier, and that’s a good thing.
For starters, our hero Kamala Khan (played by the supremely charismatic Iman Vellani) is an American Pakistani, Muslim teen. Her heritage, gender and faith play a major role in the trajectory of her character and the origins of her power. And the music and artistic flourishes in the series — all the moving animation on billboards, chalkboards, in the sky — feels entirely original. The series has a deep respect for Marvel storylines and mythologies, but it also understands immigrant culture, from clashes between South Asian parents and their American-born children to the journey of an American kid delving into their old-world roots. “Ms. Marvel” naturally blends those worlds together, and the result is a superhero show that doesn’t feel like just another superhero show. In that sense, I think it’s been more accessible for viewers who aren’t invested in the MCU.
Tracy, how do you think it has resonated with the hardcore MCU fanbase? And you are also the child of immigrant parents. Did you see any of yourself in Kamala? I certainly did. I must say that after watching the finale, I know what I’m wearing for Halloween. Now I just need to find “Halal” and “Haram” baseball caps for my son and husband to complete the look.
Everything you need to know about ‘Ms. Marvel’s’ Muslim and Pakistani American heroine, with help from star Iman Vellani and head writer Bisha K. Ali.
Brown: According to reports, “Ms. Marvel” has had sluggish viewership numbers. As you mentioned, the show is about a teenage Pakistani American girl, and there are plenty of people — including among MCU fans — who have no interest in, or will outright reject, a series just on that fact alone. But my feeling is that anybody who was already a Kamala Khan fan, and the people who have been waiting for the MCU to be more inclusive, have embraced it.
I will say the reveal about Kamala’s DNA during the finale will have just about every MCU fan talking about it.
As a nerdy comic book fan who was prone to drawing my favorite characters instead of doing homework as a kid, there are definitely aspects of Kamala I very much relate to. But what I think I appreciated the most about this show is its nuance around growing up a second-generation immigrant kid who embraces all aspects of her identity. I think for a very long time stories around being an Asian American kid with immigrant parents defaulted to a binary — traditional Asian bad, modern American good; traditional parents bad, modern friends and found family good. But that’s not how it is for all of us.
In shows like “Ms. Marvel” and movies like Pixar’s “Turning Red,” we’re getting stories that show how the “tension” comes from a place of love. Kamala clearly loves her parents, and she embraces being Pakistani American and Muslim just as much as she embraces being a giant superhero nerd. It might be hard figuring out how to mesh different parts of our identity together as we grow up, but it’s never about rejecting one or the other.
We’ve touched on how “Ms. Marvel” is a representational milestone for both the MCU and TV in general, but not so much specifically about Kamala’s faith. What was it like for you to see the MCU’s first Muslim superhero? How do you think this series handled that aspect of Kamala’s story?
Ali: The finale’s DNA twist is such a great cliffhanger. And you’re so right about the cross-cultural, cross-generational nuance in the series. It’s rare to find such an intimate yet nonjudgmental immigrant family dynamic onscreen, even in the best TV dramas.
As for how the show integrated themes of Muslim American life into the bigger story? “Ms. Marvel” somehow managed to compete with one of my favorite series, Hulu’s darkly funny sitcom “Ramy,” in terms of portraying the faith through one individual’s journey rather than a monolithic experience. From the early scenes when her friend Nakia (Yasmeen Fletcher) is explaining why she chose to wear a hijab, to the women complaining about the shabbiness of their prayer space at the masjid compared with the men’s area, to their descriptions of the various cliques at the Islamic center (the Mosque Bros, the Pious Boys, the Mini Harami Girls, the Illumin-Aunties), it was so spot-on and so damn funny. And they were never too precious, which was my fear going into the series.
The subplot of her mosque being surveilled by law enforcement was the font of several jokes about the realities U.S. Muslims have faced post-9/11. And I’m assuming all the Islam-centric humor I related to was woven in with Avengers references that I totally missed because I’m not super versed on the Verse. My point is that this fun little series did a lot over six episodes, including combining worlds that initially seemed at odds.
One more thing: In the finale, her sweet father (played by Mohan Kapur) tells her that Kamal means “wonder” or “marvel” in Urdu. It’s then Kamala realizes she shares a name with Carol Danvers, and when her dad says: “Our own little Ms. Marvel.” Call me sappy, but I got a little choked up.
‘Ms. Marvel’ writer G. Willow Wilson and editor Sana Amanat knew Marvel’s first Muslim hero with her own title could be seen as a ‘gimmick.’ They made her a star.
Brown: That scene is so lovely. I got a little misty-eyed watching it too. And it’s also an example of what this show did so well in terms of paying homage to the comics and letting Kamala and the series stand on their own.
Kamala and her dad have a similar conversation in one of the early issues of “Ms. Marvel,” but her dad only mentions Kamal means “perfection” in Arabic. In the comics, the Ms. Marvel name and iconography was something that already existed, because Carol Danvers was Ms. Marvel before she became Captain Marvel. So in the comics, Kamala just took over the name of a hero she admired.
But there has never been a Ms. Marvel in the MCU. In the show, Kamala doesn’t inherit an existing mantle. With her dad’s explanation, she gets to claim the name and identity that’s always been hers. What’s more powerful than that?
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