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JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia.
More rainstorms are forecast in coming days as rescue crews continue the struggle to get into hard-hit areas, some of them among the poorest places in America.
The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches (20-27 centimeters) over 48 hours. But some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday and Gov. Andy Beshear warned the death toll could rise further.
“From everything we’ve seen, we may be updating the count of how many we lost for the next several weeks,” Beshear said. “In some of these areas, it’s hard to know exactly how many people were there.”
Patricia Colombo, 63, of Hazard, Kentucky, became stranded when her car stalled in floodwaters on a state highway. Colombo began to panic when water started rushing in. Though her phone was dead, she saw a helicopter overhead and waved it down. The helicopter crew radioed a ground team that plucked her to safety.
Colombo stayed the night at her fiance’s home in Jackson and they took turns sleeping, repeatedly checking the water with flashlights to see if it was rising. Though her car was a loss, Colombo said others had it worse in a region where poverty is endemic.
“Many of these people cannot recover out here. They have homes that are half underwater, they’ve lost everything,” she said.
It’s the latest in a string of catastrophic deluges that have pounded parts of the U.S. this summer, including St. Louis earlier this week and again on Friday. Scientists warn climate change is making weather disasters more common.
As rainfall hammered Appalachia this week, water tumbled down hillsides and into valleys and hollows where it swelled creeks and streams coursing through small towns. The torrent engulfed homes and businesses and trashed vehicles. Mudslides marooned some people on steep slopes.
Rescue teams backed by the National Guard used helicopters and boats to search for the missing. Beshear said Friday that at least six children were among the victims and that the total number of lives lost could more than double as rescue teams reach more areas. Among those who died were four children from the same family in Knott County, the county coroner said Friday.
President Joe Biden said in a social media post that he spoke Friday with Beshear and offered the federal government’s support. Biden also declared a federal disaster to direct relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties.
The flooding extended into western Virginia and southern West Virginia.
Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six counties in West Virginia where the flooding downed trees, power outages and blocked roads. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin also made an emergency declaration, enabling officials to mobilize resources across the flooded southwest of the state.
More than 20,000 utility customers in Kentucky and almost 6,100 in Virginia remained without power late Friday, poweroutage.us reported.
Extreme rain events have become more common as climate change bakes the planet and alters weather patterns, according to scientists. That’s a growing challenge for officials during disasters, because models used to predict storm impacts are in part based on past events and can’t keep up with increasingly devastating flash floods and heat waves like those that have recently hit the Pacific Northwest and southern Plains.
“It’s a battle of extremes going on right now in the United States,” said University of Oklahoma meteorologist Jason Furtado. “These are things we expect to happen because of climate change. … A warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor and that means you can produce increased heavy rainfall.”
The deluge came two days after record rains around St. Louis dropped more than 12 inches (31 centimeters) and killed at least two people. Last month, heavy rain on mountain snow in Yellowstone National Park triggered historic flooding and the evacuation of more than 10,000 people. In both instances, the rain flooding far exceeded what forecasters predicted.
The floodwaters raging through Appalachia were so swift that some people trapped in their homes couldn’t be immediately reached, said Floyd County Judge-Executive Robbie Williams.
Just to the west in hard-hit Perry County, authorities said some people remained unaccounted for and almost everyone in the area suffered some sort of damage.
“We’ve still got a lot of searching to do,” said Jerry Stacy, the county’s emergency management director.
More than 330 people have sought shelter, Beshear said. And with property damage so extensive, the governor opened an online portal for donations to the victims.
Beshear predicted that it would take more than a year to fully rebuild.
The governor got a look at the flooding from aboard a helicopter Friday.
“Hundreds of homes, the ballfields, the parks, businesses under more water than I think any of us have ever seen in that area,” the governor said. “Absolutely impassable in numerous spots. Just devastating.”
Portions of at least 28 state roads in Kentucky were blocked due to flooding or mudslides, Beshear said. Rescue crews in Virginia and West Virginia worked to reach people where roads weren’t passable.
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LONDON (AP) — U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss cemented her place as front-runner in the race to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, winning endorsement Saturday from an influential former rival for the top job.
Tom Tugendhat, who was eliminated from the contest in earlier rounds of voting by Conservative lawmakers, said Truss had the “resolution, determination, and passion” to be prime minister.
The endorsement is a blow to ex-Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, the other finalist in the race for the next Conservative leader. The winner will be decided by votes from about 180,000 party members across the country.
Polls give Truss an edge with Tory members, though Sunak is more popular with the general public, who don’t have a say in the race. The winner will be announced Sept. 5 and will automatically become prime minister, replacing Johnson, who stepped down as Conservative leader this month after three years in office following months of ethics scandals.
Tugendhat, a prominent figure from the party’s centrist “One Nation” group, wrote in the Times of London newspaper that Truss had “the foreign-affairs experience to build alliances and keep our country safe.”
Truss also secured backing this week from Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who is highly regarded by party members for his handling of Britain’s response to the war in Ukraine. Wallace said Truss’s international experience as Britain’s top diplomat and commitment to increased military spending gave her “the edge.”
Sunak, who was the favorite candidate among Tory lawmakers who whittled down the field of candidates from an initial 11 contenders, is struggling to gain momentum. He has accused Truss of peddling unrealistic promises, especially on the economy. Truss says she will cut taxes immediately to ease the cost-of-living crisis, while Sunak argues it is vital to get inflation under control first.
Sunak said Truss’s tax cuts would give a “sugar rush” but ultimately pour “fuel on the fire” of inflation that is already at a 40-year high.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — One month into his presidency, Joe Biden made clear his distaste for even naming the man he had ousted from the Oval Office, declaring, “I’m tired of talking about Trump.”
“The next four years, I want to make sure all the news is the American people,” he said in a CNN town hall.
But now, Biden is eagerly naming and singling out the erstwhile “former guy” in prepared remarks and on social media, elevating Donald Trump in a way that Biden and White House aides didn’t do during the first 18 months of his term.
Speaking virtually to a group of Black law enforcement executives this past week, Biden accused the former president of stoking a “medieval hell” for police officers who fended off Jan. 6 rioters, adding that “Donald Trump lacked the courage to act.”
Biden’s Twitter feed repeated those words — a jarring sight for a White House that has tried to expunge any references to the former president and, in particular, his name.
And when Biden emerged from isolation after a bout with COVID-19, he pointedly noted that he could continue working from the White House residence while Trump had to be airlifted to the hospital for treatment after his own diagnosis, at a time when vaccines were not available and the then-president took a cavalier approach to mitigation measures.
For some Democrats, Biden’s willingness to engage directly with Trump was overdue.
“It’s like Lord Voldemort, right? You gotta say his name and show that you’re not afraid of him,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y. “It’s good to see that the president is naming Donald Trump, as we all should.”
Biden’s increasingly combative posture comes as a stream of revelations pour out about Trump and his conduct during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and amid growing speculation that the Republican will launch a comeback bid as early as this fall.
Despite Biden’s sinking approval ratings, even among members of his own party, he still consolidates the vast majority of Democratic voters behind him when presented as the party’s choice against Trump in a hypothetical 2024 campaign.
The first major effort from Biden to zero in on Trump came Jan. 6, 2022, when he delivered a speech on the one-year anniversary of the riot. Biden condemned his predecessor for holding a “dagger at the throat of democracy” by spreading repeatedly disproven lies that Trump did not lose in 2020.
But even then, Biden refused to call out Trump by name, inviting questions about why.
“I did not want to turn it into a contemporary political battle between me and the president,” Biden explained after his remarks at the Capitol. “It’s way beyond that.”
Other Democrats say Biden, who campaigned on unifying a country riven by partisanship, was right to steer the spotlight away from Trump at a time when Democrats had regained control of Washington for the first time in a decade and were set to embark on an ambitious agenda and move on from the chaotic Trump years.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said he, too, struggled how much to focus on the former president once Trump left office.
“I think a lot of us just hoped he would go away and if we stopped talking about him, everybody else would stop talking about him,” he said. “But that’s not how it’s turned out. He’s running for president and he still runs the Republican Party, and I don’t think we can disengage anymore.”
This past week, Biden left no doubt he was prepared — perhaps even eager — to directly challenge Trump in a way he hadn’t before.
In prerecorded remarks to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives’ annual conference, Biden made repeated references to the “defeated” former president who did nothing as law enforcement officers worked for hours to protect the Capitol as lawmakers met to certify Biden’s victory.
“The police were heroes that day. Donald Trump lacked the courage to act,” Biden said in his remarks. “The brave women and men in blue all across this nation should never forget that.”
Biden’s Twitter feeds amplified those words and promoted his repeated references to Trump. A tweet a day later noted that the “ex-president” opposes limiting “military-style weapons” that Biden says need to be barred.
On Wednesday, Biden’s release from isolation and his celebratory remarks in the Rose Garden offered him another chance to invoke Trump and their differences on a separate issue.
“When my predecessor got COVID, he had to get helicoptered to Walter Reed Medical Center. He was severely ill. Thankfully, he recovered,” Biden said. “When I got COVID, I worked from upstairs of the White House.” Biden emphasized that the vaccines, at-home tests and anti-viral treatments he enjoyed during his recovery were readily available to the American public.
White House aides believe those two topics — law and order, and management of the pandemic — are among the areas where Biden can make the strongest contrast with the previous administration. Biden himself has made no secret he is hungry to run against Trump again, telling an Israeli television station recently that he “would not be disappointed” about a potential rematch.
As for the former president, Biden’s tweets and comments have not come up in recent conversations between Trump advisers, according to two people familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private discussions.
“Joe Biden and the Democrats are destroying America, just like President Trump predicted,” Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich said. “From a recession at home to wars abroad, there’s nothing Joe Biden can say that will distract from the suffering he has inflicted on the American people. His interns should stop writing lame Tweets and start writing a resignation letter.”
Biden’s new, more confrontational stance is another way that the White House has tried to draw a clearer contrast with Republicans before the November elections as Democrats are battered with the traditional headwinds faced by the incumbent party and contending with voter discontent over inflation and the general direction of the country.
Republicans are skeptical the strategy will work, even as Trump flirts with formally announcing a 2024 bid before the fall vote. They also worry his candidacy could tear away focus from the GOP’s effort to make the elections a referendum on the Democrats’ stewardship of Washington.
“I get it. If I was being held responsible for 9.1% inflation and a wobbly economy and southern border disarray, I’d probably try and change the subject too,” said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate.
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said Biden’s largely tempered public persona and his careful tendencies were what made him appealing to a broad swath of voters.
“But I think he’s coming to the same conclusion that the majority of the country has come to, which is that the former president attempted a coup d’etat,” Schatz said. “Although President Biden tries to avoid inflammatory rhetoric, I think he’s found that there’s no other way to say it.”
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Yankees’ Judge becomes first player to 40 hrs, then smashes grand slam for No. 41
Posted/updated on: July 30, 2022 at 6:16 pmBy ESPN.com
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge became the first big leaguer with 40 homers this season, smashed a grand slam for No. 41 and robbed a home run in right field as the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 11-5 on Friday night.
A free agent at the end of the season, Judge is on pace for 66 home runs, which would top Roger Maris’ club record of 61 in 1961. Judge, Maris and Babe Ruth in 1928 are the only Yankees with at least 40 homers by the end of July.
“He’s amazing,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s just doing some really special things.”
Judge was lavished with “MVP!” chants throughout the night, none louder than after his slam in the eighth cemented yet another Yankees rally. He also had a single and finished with six RBIs, giving him a major league-leading 89.
He has eight homers and 19 RBIs in nine games since the All-Star break, but claims he feels no different at the plate.
“Just like any other time,” he said.
Judge recorded his ninth multi-homer game to set the Yankees’ single-season record, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. He was tied going into the game with Gleyber Torres (2019), Álex Rodríguez (2007), Mickey Mantle (1961) and Babe Ruth (1927) for the most by a Yankee in a single season.
“Just takes the magic wand and does his thing,” Yankees ace Gerrit Cole said.
Judge began the game by reaching over the right-field fence to rob MJ Melendez of a homer, then hit a 449-foot, two-run shot in the third inning. It was his second homer in three at-bats after he hit a game-ending drive in the ninth inning of a 1-0 win against Kansas City on Thursday night.
“Hitting a homer is still above robbing one for me right now, but it’s still fun,” Judge said.
Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber came into the night second in the majors with 32 homers. Judge hit a career-high 52 homers while winning AL Rookie of the Year in 2017.
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BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Henrik Stenson overcame a double bogey on his third hole Saturday with a long eagle putt and enough birdies for a 2-under 69 at windy Trump National Bedminster and a three-shot lead over Dustin Johnson in the LIV Golf Invitational.
Two weeks ago, Stenson had just missed the cut in the British Open and was still the Ryder Cup captain for Europe. Now the 46-year-old Swede is 18 holes away from a $4 million prize, more than double the biggest check of his career.
“It was a bit of a grind at times, and then we kind of came through with some really good shots and made some nice putts,” Stenson said.
He was at 9-under 133, as only 13 players from the 48-man field remained under par.
“Overall, I’m pleased, and we’re at the races,” Stenson said.
Johnson has hit the ball consistently well for two days at Trump National and got enough putts to fall for a 69, leaving him three back and in the final group with Stenson.
Talor Gooch had the best round by three shots, a 64 that moved him into a tie for third at 5 under along with Patrick Reed (73) and Carlos Ortiz (70).
Reed started the second of three rounds tied with Stenson and was keeping pace until he began the back nine with three straight bogeys. He rallied with an eagle late in his round to remain in the mix going into Sunday.
With fast greens, the wind made it tougher to score. Only 14 players shot par or better.
Phil Mickelson was not on that list again. Mired in a slump since a self-imposed four-month layoff, Mickelson could only manage a 73 and was tied for 40th, 15 shots out of the lead.
Since his return, Mickelson has a 74.5 scoring average, including the U.S. Open and British Open, with his lone score under par in the first LIV Golf event outside London.
Stenson is still new to this 54-hole event with a shotgun start, though good golf means he will be starting on the first hole for the second straight time on Sunday, a degree of normalcy for him. What hasn’t been normal is being criticized for pledging his support to Europe in March in becoming Ryder Cup captain, and then signing with the rival league four months later.
Europe has stripped him of is captaincy for the 2023 matches in Italy.
“It’s certainly been a busy and emotional week, no question, or 10 days,” Stenson said. “But I was very happy with how I managed to channel the concentration and go out and play the best round of the season yesterday. Like I said, I didn’t have my best stuff today, but I was still focused and good attitude, and that’s what kept me in the ballgame.”
The Swede hasn’t lost his dry humor. Asked if he had a chip on his shoulder, Stenson replied, “I don’t see any.”
Johnson, who had been No. 1 in the world longer than any player since Tiger Woods, was the biggest player to sign with Saudi-backed LIV Golf two months ago as it was about to launch.
His last victory was in early 2021 at the Saudi International. He hasn’t won a PGA Tour-sanctioned tournament since the Masters in November 2020. He has finished eighth and fourth in is two LIV events, which was worth $1.9 million.
Johnson wasn’t aware when he finished on No. 1 that Stenson had made bogey on the par-5 18th to end his round, reducing the Swede’s margin to three shots.
“He’s definitely in reach for sure, especially around this course,” Johnson said.
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PHOENIX (AP) — An interviewer asked Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters to pick a “subversive thinker” whom people should know more about.
Masters gave it some thought and came up with a risky response for someone running for elected office.
He picked the Unabomber.
“I’ll probably get in trouble for saying this,” Masters responded. “How about, like, Theodore Kaczynski?”
Masters was careful to point out he doesn’t condone the bombings that killed three people and injured dozens between 1978 and 1995 and terrorized the nation until Kaczynski’s arrest in 1996. But Master’s March interview on an obscure podcast is emblematic of the provocative style that has helped the 35-year-old first-time candidate connect with the segment of Republican primary voters eager to confront Democrats, technology companies and other enemies of the right in the midterm elections.
Boosted by Donald Trump’s endorsement, Masters is gobbling up most of the attention in a primary defined above all else by fealty to the former president. The winner of Tuesday’s election will take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, one of the GOP’s top targets.
The primary does not fit easily into the Trump vs. GOP establishment pattern that has defined so many contests this year, including the race for Arizona governor. All the major candidates aggressively sought Trump’s imprimatur and have not been shy about advancing his false claims of election fraud from the 2020 presidential election. GOP Gov. Doug Ducey declined to run and the party’s mainstream has not coalesced around any particular candidate.
Masters faces businessman Jim Lamon, who founded and sold a solar energy company, and Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who started the race as the best-known candidate but has been weighed down by fierce criticism from Trump. Retired Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, the former head of the Arizona National Guard, and Justin Olson, a former lawmaker and member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, have struggled to gain traction.
As for the Unabomber, Masters said he doesn’t endorse all of Kaczynski’s views, but “there’s a lot of insight there.” Kaczynski’s 35,000-word manifesto, which blames technological progress for societal ills, has found a loyal following.
“He had a lot to say about the political left, about how they all have inferiority complexes and fundamentally hate anything like goodness, truth, beauty, justice,” Masters said.
Despite a venture capital career tied closely with Silicon Valley startups, Masters is running as a critic of Big Tech and is calling for regulating social media giants such as Facebook, which he says is unfair to conservatives.
It’s an interesting position for a candidate who owes virtually his entire professional career to Facebook’s first investor, billionaire Peter Thiel. Masters took a class from Thiel as a Stanford law student and formed an enduring bond. They wrote a book together, Masters worked for Thiel’s investment firm and foundation, and the billionaire is now bankrolling Masters’ run for Senate through a super political action committee to which he’s so far contributed $15 million.
Trump last week called Masters “a brilliant mind who truly supports the MAGA movement and America First.” MAGA refers to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” theme.
Masters was once a strident libertarian whose online posts as a college student have been fodder for his rivals. He called for unrestricted immigration and wrote that “the U.S. hasn’t been involved in a just war in over 140 years,” a period that notably excludes World War II. Masters later told Jewish Insider, which first reported on the comments, that he “went too far.” He’s been critical of his rivals and the media for dwelling on his writings as a teenager.
More recently, he’s an immigration hard-liner who espouses the “ great replacement theory,” accusing Democrats of trying to flood the nation with millions of immigrants “to change the demographics of our country.” He called Democratic leaders “psychopaths” and posed with a rifle declaring “this is designed to kill people,” saying the Second Amendment is not about hunting.
Trump’s support has been “great for my campaign,” Masters said, and he doesn’t plan to play down the endorsement if he’s nominated.
“Do you know how many independents I meet who say, like, ‘We’re sorry, we voted for Biden. Please bring back the mean tweets because we want $2 gas, we want a border,’” Masters said.
After trying hard but failing to get the Trump endorsement, Lamon says the former president got it wrong in Arizona. At a recent campaign stop in Tempe, he claimed Trump endorsed Masters because of business ties to Thiel.
“All of these writings Masters did about open borders, open free drug trade and blah, blah, blah — I don’t think President Trump knew that when he endorsed,” Lamon told a woman who wanted to know why Trump wasn’t supporting him. He later said he wasn’t worried about alienating the former president or his supporters, pointing to Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania as another example of Trump making a bad endorsement of a Republican Senate candidate.
“How’s Oz working out for us? Oz has got a boatload of experience compared to Masters,” Lamon said in an interview, noting polls that show Oz trailing Democrat John Fetterman.
Lamon, an Army veteran, is drawing from the fortune he built over a career in the energy sector.
“He would let the Border Patrol do their job,” said Bob Wallace, a 68-year-old retiree from Mesa, who is supporting Lamon. “Not play nursemaid to thousands and thousands of illegals. He would rather have them do their job, which is stopping them at the border.”
Brnovich, in his second term as attorney general, is the only major candidate with experience in elected office. But he’s seen his star fade since Trump soured on him because he did not deliver what Trump wanted most — indictments of election officials who he claims, without any evidence, illegally deprived him of a second term as president.
Brnovich initially vouched for the integrity of the 2020 election and sat alongside the governor and secretary of state as they certified the election results. More recently, he says he’s looking into discredited allegations of irregularities in Maricopa County.
At one recent debate, Brnovich was repeatedly heckled by the crowd as he tried to speak.
“Look, I’m respecting you, please respect me and let me finish my answer,” he eventually clapped back. “If the truth hurts, then just shut the hell up, all right? Let me just talk.”
Kelly will be a formidable opponent for whoever emerges from the GOP primary. A former astronaut and Navy pilot, Kelly is the husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt. He has worked to build a profile as a moderate since he was elected in a 2020 special election to finish the term of the late Republican Sen. John McCain,
Kelly is a fundraising powerhouse and raised $52 million through the end of June for what is likely to be one of the most expensive campaigns in the country this year, with half of it still in his bank account. He’s using that fortune to bolster his image with a barrage of positive television ads as the Republicans remain focused on one another.
Republicans, meanwhile, have struggled mightily with fundraising. The candidates combined have raised less than half of Kelly’s haul, with much of that money coming from Lamon himself.
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PRESTONBURG, Ky. (AP) — Some residents of Appalachia returned to flood-ravaged homes and communities on Saturday to shovel mud and debris and to salvage what they could, while Kentucky’s governor said search and rescue operations were ongoing in the region swamped by torrential rains days earlier that led to deadly flash flooding.
Rescue crews were continuing the struggle to get into hard-hit areas, some of them among the poorest places in America. Dozens of deaths have been confirmed and the number is expected to grow.
In the tiny community of Wayland, Phillip Michael Caudill was working Saturday to clean up debris and recover what he could from the home he shares with his wife and three children. The waters had receded from the house but left a mess behind along with questions about what he and his family will do next.
“We’re just hoping we can get some help,” said Caudill, who is staying with his family at Jenny Wiley State Park in a free room, for now.
Caudill, a firefighter in the nearby Garrett community, went out on rescues around 1 a.m. Thursday but had to ask to leave around 3 a.m. so he could go home, where waters were rapidly rising.
“That’s what made it so tough for me,” he said. “Here I am, sitting there, watching my house become immersed in water and you got people begging for help. And I couldn’t help,” because he was tending to his own family.
The water was up to his knees when he arrived home and he had to wade across the yard and carry two of his kids out to the car. He could barely shut the door of his SUV as they were leaving.
In Garrett on Saturday, couches, tables and pillows soaked by flooding were stacked in yards along the foothills of the mountainous region as people worked to clear out debris and shovel mud from driveways and roads under now-blue skies.
Hubert Thomas, 60, and his nephew Harvey, 37, fled to Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonburg after floodwaters destroyed their home in Pine Top late Wednesday night. The two were able to rescue their dog, CJ, but fear the damages to the home are beyond repair. Hubert Thomas, a retired coal miner, said his entire life savings was invested in his home.
“I’ve got nothing now,” he said.
Harvey Thomas, an EMT, said he fell asleep to the sound of light rain, and it wasn’t long until his uncle woke him up warning him that water was getting dangerously close to the house.
“It was coming inside and it just kept getting worse,” he said, “like there was, at one point, we looked at the front door and mine and his cars was playing bumper cars, like bumper boats in the middle of our front yard.”
As for what’s next, Harvey Thomas said he doesn’t know, but he’s thankful to be alive.
“Mountain people are strong,” he said. “And like I said it’s not going to be tomorrow, probably not next month, but I think everybody’s going to be okay. It’s just going to be a long process.”
At least 25 have people died — including four children — in the flooding, Kentucky’s governor said Saturday.
“We continue to pray for the families that have suffered an unfathomable loss,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. ”Some having lost almost everyone in their household.”
Beshear said the number would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims of the record flash flooding. Crews have made more than 1,200 rescues from helicopters and boats, the governor said.
“I’m worried that we’re going to be finding bodies for weeks to come,” Beshear said during a midday briefing.
The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches (20-27 centimeters) over 48 hours. But some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday. About 18,000 utility customers in Kentucky remained without power Saturday, poweroutage.us reported.
It’s the latest in a string of catastrophic deluges that have pounded parts of the U.S. this summer, including St. Louis earlier this week and again on Friday. Scientists warn climate change is making weather disasters more common.
As rainfall hammered Appalachia this week, water tumbled down hillsides and into valleys and hollows where it swelled creeks and streams coursing through small towns. The torrent engulfed homes and businesses and trashed vehicles. Mudslides marooned some people on steep slopes.
President Joe Biden declared a federal disaster to direct relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties.
The flooding extended into western Virginia and southern West Virginia.
Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six counties in West Virginia where the flooding downed trees, power outages and blocked roads. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin also made an emergency declaration, enabling officials to mobilize resources across the flooded southwest of the state.
The deluge came two days after record rains around St. Louis dropped more than 12 inches (31 centimeters) and killed at least two people. Last month, heavy rain on mountain snow in Yellowstone National Park triggered historic flooding and the evacuation of more than 10,000 people. In both instances, the rain flooding far exceeded what forecasters predicted.
Extreme rain events have become more common as climate change bakes the planet and alters weather patterns, according to scientists. That’s a growing challenge for officials during disasters, because models used to predict storm impacts are in part based on past events and can’t keep up with increasingly devastating flash floods and heat waves like those that have recently hit the Pacific Northwest and southern Plains.
“It’s a battle of extremes going on right now in the United States,” said University of Oklahoma meteorologist Jason Furtado. “These are things we expect to happen because of climate change. … A warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor and that means you can produce increased heavy rainfall.”
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IRVINE, Scotland (AP) — Lydia Ko was joined by Celine Boutier at the top of the leaderboard after day three of the Women’s Scottish Open on Saturday.
France’s Boutier shot a 5-under-par 67 — five birdies on the front nine — to make up four shots on the New Zealander, who could manage only a 1-under 71.
“I really like links golf and playing in windy conditions. I feel like my ball flight is pretty low and so I never really have trouble keeping it down which is an advantage here because the ball doesn’t get affected as much,” Boutier said. “And I had some good memories of playing well in the past so that’s always helpful.”
Ko offset three bogeys with a birdie finish at Dundonald Links.
“My irons were not as sharp so I don’t think I set myself up for as many easier kind of 15 feet and birdie opportunities,” she said. ”I know it wasn’t the best golf I’ve played, but I was able to scramble around. I don’t think it was as bad as I think, and I think because I had two really low rounds it makes me compare more to the past couple days.”
Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc started and finished with birdies for a 66 which lifted her to second place alongside Germany’s Leonie Harm on 14 under, one shot off the lead.
Eun-Hee Ji of South Korea (70) and Lilia Vu of the United States (71) were two off the lead going into the last round.
No. 1-ranked Jin Young Ko was at 1 under overall, and defending champion Ryann O’Toole at 4 under.
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NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no sorcery to Aaron Judge’s recent success, although it looks that way, even close up.
“Just takes the magic wand and does his thing,” Yankees ace Gerrit Cole said.
No doubt, this is Judge’s show. He added a new trick Friday night, too — making someone else’s homer disappear.
Judge became the first big leaguer with 40 homers this season, smashed a grand slam for No. 41 and robbed a home run in right field as New York rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 11-5 Friday night.
“He’s amazing,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s just doing some really special things.”
Isiah Kiner-Falefa lined a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning as New York completed its major league-leading 29th comeback victory.
It only seems as though Judge has had a hand in all of them.
“It’s like a steady dose of amazingness,” Cole said.
A free agent at the end of the season, Judge is on pace for 66 home runs, which would top Roger Maris’ club record of 61 in 1961. Judge, Maris and Babe Ruth in 1928 are the only Yankees with at least 40 homers by the end of July, per MLB.com.
Judge was lavished with “MVP!” chants throughout the night, none louder than after his slam in the eighth cemented yet another Yankees rally. He also had a single and finished with six RBIs, giving him a major league-leading 89.
He has eight homers and 19 RBIs in nine games since the All-Star break, but claims he feels no different at the plate.
“Just like any other time,” he said.
Judge and Anthony Rizzo homered early on a rainy night in the Bronx, but Kansas City came back against Cole, with Whit Merrifield’s two-run single in the fifth ending a scoreless drought of 31 2/3 innings for the Royals.
Salvador Perez followed Merrifield with a go-ahead, three-run homer in his return from the injured list for a 5-3 lead.
New York erased it by batting around during a messy eighth inning that followed a 23-minute rain delay.
Rizzo and Gleyber Torres hit one-out singles, then shortstop Maikel Garcia booted Josh Donaldson’s grounder off the slick infield.
Andrew Benintendi’s bases-loaded grounder was gloved by diving first baseman Nick Pratto, but pitcher Scott Barlow (4-4) failed to cover first, giving Benintendi an RBI single — his first hit with the Yankees after a trade from the Royals on Wednesday.
Barlow’s next pitch skipped near Aaron Hicks’ feet, and plate umpire Chris Guccione called an RBI hit by pitch. That ruling was reversed via video replay, but Hicks walked a few pitches later on a full count to make it 5-5.
Kiner-Falefa then ripped a single to left, and Jose Trevino followed with an RBI groundout for a 7-5 edge. DJ LeMahieu walked before Judge clubbed his fourth career slam off Jackson Kowar.
Albert Abreu (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth against a Kansas City team that waived him June 21.
The 6-foot-7 Judge began the game by reaching over the right-field fence to rob MJ Melendez of a homer, then hit a 449-foot, two-run shot in the third inning. It was his second homer in three at-bats after he hit a game-ending drive in the ninth inning of a 1-0 win against Kansas City on Thursday night.
“Hitting a homer is still above robbing one for me right now, but it’s still fun,” Judge said.
Cole was overpowering — except for the fifth inning. He was pulled after six with nine strikeouts and no walks. Five of the seven hits he allowed came in the fifth, and all five runs charged against him came in the inning.
SAVLY’S BACK
Perez, last year’s major league home run champion, batted third as the designated hitter barely a month after surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb.
The seven-time All-Star flied out to left field and struck out in his first two at-bats, then launched a no-doubter to left-center off Cole. Perez admired his high fly ball from the batter’s box and pumped his fist after rounding second.
“Salvy being Salvy, just reminding us how special he is,” manager Mike Matheny said.
Kansas City initially estimated the 32-year-old Perez would need eight weeks to recover after surgery June 24, but doctors assured the club he was ready for big league action.
PROMISING START
Garcia got his first career hit with an infield single in the third, Kansas City’s first hit of the game. He reached after shortstop Kiner-Falefa had trouble getting the ball out of his glove. Garcia also hit a clean single in the fifth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Royals: SS Bobby Witt Jr. was out of the lineup for a fifth straight game with right hamstring soreness, but Matheny is optimistic Witt will play before the end of the weekend. … 3B Emmanuel Rivera was optioned to Triple-A to make space for Perez.
Yankees: RHP Luis Severino (strained right lat) could resume throwing Monday if he progresses as hoped this weekend.
UP NEXT
Yankees LHP Nestor Cortes (8-3, 2.48 ERA) makes his second start Saturday since pitching in the All-Star Game. He’ll face Royals veteran RHP Zack Greinke (3-6, 4.35), who could be traded before Tuesday’s deadline. New York will celebrate its annual Old-Timers’ Day prior to the game, although the usual exhibition game of retired Yankees was called off because too many former players are recovering from surgeries.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Pleasant conditions will last into Sunday, but central Indiana turns much more humid next week.
TONIGHT: Clouds will steadily increase from the south leaving mostly cloudy skies in the early morning hours. Low temperatures will be in the mid 60s.
TOMORROW: Partly cloudy skies, more clouds in southern communities where a stray shower is possible late in the day. High temperatures in the low 80s.
MONDAY: Dry start, but a cold front will be swinging through late in the day bringing a spotty chance at showers and storms. High temperatures in the mid 80s.
8-DAY FORECAST: A lingering rain chance is possible on Tuesday, then expect more summer heat. Temperatures will be back into the 90s for the middle to end of the week with humidity high for the entirety of the work week. | https://www.wishtv.com/weather/weather-blog/humidity-increases-next-week/ | 2022-07-31T01:09:41Z | https://www.wishtv.com/weather/weather-blog/humidity-increases-next-week/ | true |
The Prime Minister insists he's willing to take a risk on a referendum, to 'uplift our whole nation'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants Australians to consider a draft question — released by the government this weekend — asking whether the constitution should be changed to create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Key points:
- Anthony Albanese has announced the question he wants to ask the Australian public at a referendum
- Legislation for the Voice will not be written until after the referendum has happened
- Indigenous people want the government to make the referendum and Voice discussion accessible for communities
He told ABC's Insiders program that a referendum could be as powerful as the national apology to the Stolen Generations and the Mabo decision.
"This is an opportunity for us to demonstrate our maturity as a nation, to uplift our whole nation. And I'm very hopeful that we can do so," he said.
"I recognise that it's a risk, but if you don't try then you have already not succeeded."
A Voice to Parliament, created via a referendum, was the key recommendation of hundreds of Aboriginal people at Uluṟu in 2017.
There is now a push from the Opposition and the Greens for more detail on what role and function the body would have.
The Voice has been described as an advisory body that would permanently give frank and fearless advice to the federal parliament.
But the Prime Minister has suggested there will be limitations to the power a Voice would have, stamping out the claims from the previous government that it would become a "third chamber" of parliament.
"We're a democratic nation, and parliaments, in the end, they're the accountable body," he said.
'Use your voice and be heard'
The Prime Minister made his pledge at Garma, a cultural festival hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation in north-east Arnhem Land.
This year, there's been a reunion of sorts, as clans come together for the celebration, for the first time since the pandemic began.
It has been 17 years since Gumatj and Rirratjingu woman Yirrmala Mununggurritj was last at the Garma Festival.
Ms Mununggurritj says honouring the legacy of her late elders and amplifying the voices of women was her main priority.
"Now that my grandmother's not with me anymore I'm just here living her legacy, continuing her work which means so much to me … I feel so close to her here," she said.
She has been busy encouraging young women at the festival to have their say in policy-heavy discussions about topics that affect them.
"Shame is a big thing for Indigenous women and girls in my community, but I'm trying to teach them that it's a good thing to speak up, use your voice and be heard," she said.
She has also returned in time for a significant step forward on the path to constitutional recognition for Indigenous people, the announcement of a question that could be asked at a referendum on a Voice to Parliament.
After hearing snippets of the Prime Minister's speech on Thursday, Ms Mununggurritj said she would like to see the government make an effort to make the language used throughout the referendum campaign more accessible for young people.
"I've got a little bit of an understanding of it [the referendum] but I'm still learning about my other culture in the English world, just like many others," she said.
"They should make it more interesting, so that we can be more excited about it and want to actually learn about it.
"I think I heard him [Mr Albanese] talk about racism which is pretty important … because me as a young kid I grew up being racially discriminated against … I'm just glad that he came here [to Garma] to put us [Indigenous people] and these things on the map."
Voice legislation will not come before a referendum, PM says
For some, the announcement of a draft question for a referendum has brought a sense of relief that after years of delays, action is finally being taken on the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
But for others, it's what the government hasn't announced that is causing doubts.
The Prime Minister wants the question and proposed changes to the constitution to be clear and simple — but that comes at the cost of leaving it to the parliament to determine the composition, powers and function of the Voice.
"The legislation of the structure of the Voice won't happen before the referendum," Mr Albanese said.
"What some people are arguing for is having a debate about the consequences of a constitutional change, before you have any idea of whether the constitutional change should happen," he said.
Mr Albanese said he did not want the debate leading up to the vote to suffer the same pitfalls as failed referendums.
"We were looking for all of the detail and saying well if you disagree … with one out of the 50 [clauses], but 49 are okay — vote no," he said.
"We're not doing that. We're learning. We're learning from history.
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Manatee, Sarasota County beaches burdened by bacteria
SARASOTA, Fla. - No swim advisories are up at several Bay Area beaches.
The Florida Department of Health says water testing showed high levels of bacteria a multiple beaches in Manatee and Sarasota Counties and is warning beachgoers to stay out of the water.
"We're seeing a number of beaches with no swim advisories now because of the recent rains that we've had and a lot of runoff into the water, that's increasing those bacteria levels. You can also get increased bacteria levels in the waters when people stir up the bottom of the water," Florida Department of Health in Manatee County Communications Director Christopher Tittel said.
READ: Florida to put millions of dollars toward restoring waterways, tackling red tide
As of Saturday morning, the no swim advisories were in effect in Manatee County at Bayfront Park North, Manatee Public Beach North, Coquina Beach North and Palma Sola South.
In Sarasota County, Bird Key Park/Ringling Causeway, Venice Fishing Pier and Brohard Beach are also under no swim advisories.
According to the Florida Department of Health, water testing results from July 25 and July 26 showed elevated levels of enterococcus bacteria in the water.
"If you swallow any of that water, you could end up with intestinal difficulties, stomach aches. You might get diarrhea. We're particularly concerned about people who have open cuts and wounds going into the water as well, because you really don't want any bacteria that's in that water," Tittel said.
READ: Hillsborough County to crack down on use of harmful fertilizers during rainy season
People who are elderly or who have a weak immune system can especially vulnerable. While the beaches do remain open, health officials are asking beach-goers not to swim until the advisory is lifted. The next round of testing will take place on Monday.
"We certainly encourage people to go to our beaches, our beautiful beaches here. But, you know, maybe staying on the on the sand is probably a good idea. Playing volleyball, sun, sun, tanning, sunbathing is probably a good way, a way to go if you're going to go to the beach this weekend," Tittel said. | https://www.fox13news.com/news/manatee-sarasota-county-beaches-burdened-by-bacteria | 2022-07-31T01:18:00Z | https://www.fox13news.com/news/manatee-sarasota-county-beaches-burdened-by-bacteria | false |
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Indiana lawmakers gathered for the start of a special session on Monday, July 25, to consider bills that ban abortion, send financial support to families and provide inflation relief. In the last week they’ve debated four bills – three Senate measures, one House measure – to tackle those topics.
On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris advocated for reproductive rights at the state library during a roundtable with Democratic state and federal lawmakers. At the same time, hundreds of abortion advocates gathered at the Statehouse. More than 250 people signed up to testify on the bill in a Senate committee Monday.
— Benjamin Thorp (@sad_radio_lad) July 25, 2022
For several hours leading up to the abortion rally, chants of “my body, my choice” could be heard throughout the capitol. The protests were organized by a number of advocacy groups including the ACLU of Indiana and Planned Parenthood.
Anti-abortion activists also gathered at the Statehouse and called for further restrictions to the abortion ban being considered by lawmakers. Protests were held at the Statehouse throughout the week.
Abortion ban
Testimony
More than three dozen Hoosiers spent hours testifying Monday, July 25 in the first public hearing on Indiana’s proposed abortion ban. And not a single one spoke in support of the bill.
Religious leaders, medical professionals, students and others testified against the bill.
Ariel Ream is an Indianapolis resident who is in the middle of undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment. She said she's at high risk of complications if she does get pregnant. And she said she might have to stop trying to get pregnant if the bill becomes law.
"I can't tell you what that means to me when my husband says to me, 'I'm scared to have a baby through IVF because I don't know if you'll live and I don't know if I can get you the care you need in time to survive it,'" Ream said. "It simply is just too vague. When is enough? When am I hemorrhaging enough to be able to get care?"
Anti-abortion rights advocates said the bill doesn’t go far enough. People like Noblesville student Emma Duell don’t believe in compromise on this issue. They want an abortion ban, with no exceptions.
“I don’t believe this is moral and I don’t believe this is just. I don’t believe children should be murdered based on their circumstance of conception," Duell said. "What happened the night they were conceived – something they have no control over – should not affect whether they are protected from abortion violence or not.”
The Senate testimony had to be continued on Tuesday.
Committee amendments
Indiana Senate Republicans added further restrictions to their proposed abortion ban Tuesday.
The measure, SB 1 (ss), bans abortions except in cases of rape and incest and when the life of the pregnant person is at risk.
But a Senate committee changed the rape and incest exception. Now, an abortion could only be performed if the pregnancy is less than eight weeks “post-fertilization.” If the pregnant person is younger than 16 years old, then they can access abortion in cases of rape and incest up to 12 weeks after fertilization.
The committee made two other changes to the bill. One would ensure that when a doctor terminates a pregnancy because the fetus can’t survive outside the womb – one of the only kind of abortions the measure would allow – it must be reported like any other abortion. The other change Republicans approved affects affidavits pregnant people must sign if they want an abortion in cases of rape or incest. The amendment requires that affidavit to be included in the person’s permanent health record, which critics worry could make it less confidential.
Senate amendments
The Indiana Senate rejected an effort Thursday that would’ve deleted rape and incest exceptions from its proposed abortion ban, SB 1(s).
Sen. Mike Young proposed an amendment that would have limited exceptions in the ban – only when the life of the pregnant person is at risk. Exceptions, he said, equal death.
“And what you’re telling me is if they rape the woman, we oughta kill the baby,” Young said. “That is not right and I will never, ever accept that.”
The debate on Young’s amendment alone took two hours. And lawmakers on both sides of the vote professed their religious beliefs on the floor to defend their position.
Sen. Mike Gaskill (R-Pendleton): "I'm up here today to represent Jesus."
— Brandon J. Smith (@brandonjsmith5) July 29, 2022
Gaskill says he knows senators who vote for the amendment will face consequences for doing so, including not getting re-elected.
Eighteen Republicans joined Democrats in voting against Young’s proposal. Sen. Sue Glick (R-LaGrange), the author of the abortion ban bill, said rape and incest victims shouldn’t have choice taken away from them.
“Don’t foster that evil on them after the evil they’ve already suffered,” Glick said.
Lawmakers considered 32 other changes to the abortion ban. Most were offered by Democrats, and the vast majority were rejected. Some amendments would’ve deleted provisions in the bill while others proposed adding more support for pregnant people.
Sen. Aaron Freeman’s (R-Indianapolis) amendment would allow the Indiana attorney general to take over prosecution of cases if a local prosecutor “categorically” refuses to prosecute certain laws. He said prosecutors shouldn’t get to pick and choose which laws to enforce.
Sen. Liz Brown (R-Fort Wayne) successfully pushed an amendment affecting abortions performed in cases of rape and incest. The bill requires victims to sign an affidavit before they can access abortion care. Brown’s amendment requires those affidavits to be notarized. And she also stripped out language in the bill explicitly ensuring the documents are confidential.
Democrats also successfully added a pair of amendments to the bill. Current law requires a pregnant minor to get their parents’ consent to get an abortion. Sen. Tim Lanane’s (D-Anderson) amendment said that if the minor is pregnant by their parent, legal guardian or custodian, that parental consent requirement doesn’t apply.
And under an amendment from Sen. Jean Breaux (D-Indianapolis), the state maternal mortality review committee will study the abortion ban’s impact on maternal mortality over the next few years.
Senate final passage
The ban passed the state Senate by a single vote Saturday. To send the measure to the House, the Senate needed a “constitutional majority” or 26 votes. The bill passed, 26-20.
The measure that now goes to the House, SB 1 (ss), bans abortion except in cases of rape or incest or when the life of the pregnant person is at risk. For the rape and incest exceptions, the victim must sign an affidavit and get it notarized. And even then, if they're 16 years old or older, they only have eight weeks to access abortion care. If they're younger than 16, they have 12 weeks.
In three hours of debate Saturday, only one person spoke in favor of the bill: its author, Sen. Sue Glick (R-LaGrange). And she called it an imperfect framework.
“We’re trying to hit an area or a place that we can live with, if you will – that we can protect as many people as possible,” Glick said.
Ten Republicans voted against the bill. Some said the measure goes too far, and others explained their vote, saying it doesn’t go far enough to ban abortion in the state.
Senate inflation relief, family financial supports
A Senate committee unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would spend $50 million on financial supports and resources for pregnant people, children and families.
Republicans intend the measure, SB 2 (ss), to be a companion to their abortion ban, which is expected to put significant strain on existing resources.
Many organizations that provide such services testified in support of the bill. But many also shared a common refrain: more money is good. But $50 million isn’t enough.
The committee also unanimously advanced an inflation relief measure that would allow the average Hoosier household to save about $20 a month for the next six months.
That legislation, SB 3 (ss), would suspend, for six months, the state sales tax you pay on your utility bills – electricity, water, gas, internet and phone. It also caps the sales tax on gasoline and rolls back a one-penny-per-gallon gas tax increase. But those are unlikely to make a difference at the pump.
The rest of the money in the bill would be spent on state construction projects and paying down teacher pension fund debt.
SB 2 (ss) was easily sent to the House on Friday. The bill’s author, Sen. Travis Holdman (R-Markle), acknowledged that he’d like to see more money, especially for mental health.
And SB 3 (ss) was sent to the House on Saturday, after debate on Thursday over the Senate’s abortion ban ran late.
Important to note: The House and Senate are pretty far apart on what inflation relief and wraparound services spending should look like. The House – like Gov. Eric Holcomb – wants to send $225 checks to eligible Hoosiers in addition to several tax exemptions for dependent or adopted children. It also expands Medicaid coverage to include labor and delivery services for people likely to qualify.
READ MORE: Indiana Senate approves nearly total abortion ban by a single vote
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House inflation relief, family financial supports
The House Ways and Means Committee passed its version of inflation relief Tuesday that would send a $225 check to eligible Hoosiers.
Indiana residents who were not required to file tax returns with the state in 2021 would be able to sign an affidavit in order to claim their $225 return.
That was a sticking point for members of the Indiana Department of Revenue. They said that could include anywhere from 300,000 to 800,000 additional Hoosiers and require a massive effort to verify each affidavit.
It is one potential solution for older Hoosiers, Hoosiers with disabilities and Hoosiers who didn’t make enough to file taxes.
Republicans and Democrats in the House clashed Thursday over the scope of a bill that includes family financial supports and offers inflation relief to Hoosiers. The majority of the more than 20 amendments considered focused on what kinds of support families and children should get.
Several amendments did pass, including one concerning an advisory board for doulas and another that would place signage at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles directing questions about pregnancy, adoption and foster care to IN.gov.
The House quickly finalized its inflation relief and family supports bill on Friday before sending it to the Senate. During the final discussion of HB 1001(ss), Democrats reiterated one final time that the bill was good – but didn’t go far enough in supporting families and children.
Speaker of the House Todd Huston (R-Fishers) said it was difficult voting down some Democrat amendments.
“Look, they are hard to defeat,” he said. “In a lot of ways they make a lot of sense. But you have to look holistically.”
But Huston said, at the end of the day his vote came with no “buts.”
“I will enthusiastically vote the green button on this bill,” he said. “It’s the right thing for taxpayers, it’s the right thing for all Hoosiers, it’s the right thing for women and children. I appreciate your support on this bill.”
What’s next?
Each bill will go through a similar process in the opposite chamber. The Senate bills on abortion, inflation relief and family financial supports will likely be heard on first reading in the House on Monday and will be assigned to a committee.
The Senate is expected to wait until Wednesday for a committee hearing on HB 1001 (ss).
Both chambers remain pretty fair apart on what inflation relief and family financial support should look like.
If any changes are made to the abortion bill, SB 1(ss), in the House, those changes may either be accepted by the Senate or the two chambers will go to a conference committee to work out an agreement. If the Senate accepts the changes to the bill, the full chamber takes what’s called a concurrence vote – an up or down vote on whether the bill should be sent to the governor. If the legislation goes to conference committee and both sides can reach an agreement on what the final legislation should look like, both chambers must take one more vote on the measure’s final version.
With the family financial supports and inflation relief bills, the chambers could choose HB 1001 (ss) to be the vehicle for a final agreement on both, together. Or they could choose to use the two Senate bills to advance the concepts separately – or even a mix of House and Senate legislation. Beyond that, the process is the same: if there are changes to the bills in either chamber, there will then be concurrence votes or conference committee.
They have until Aug. 14 to complete their work.
Indiana Public Broadcasting's Brandon Smith contributed to this story.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
01-03-10-14-18-39
(one, three, ten, fourteen, eighteen, thirty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $2,050,000
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
01-03-10-14-18-39
(one, three, ten, fourteen, eighteen, thirty-nine)
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
No matter what happens in this unsettling world, at least Batman is on the case.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "BATMAN")
WILLIAM DOZIER: (As narrator) Fear not, America. They are still on duty, that legendary duo.
INSKEEP: The promo for Batman and Robin in a 1960s TV show applies today as Batman turns 80. NPR's Glen Weldon reports on a hero who's adapted to changing times.
GLEN WELDON, BYLINE: Eighty years old and still kicking and punching - lots of punching. Punching is kind of his thing. We don't have to go over his origin story. You know the drill - dark alley, a mugger, dead parents. What you might not know is that when he began back in Detective Comics 27 in 1939, his co-creators, Bill Finger and Bob Kane, had him kill folk a lot. In his first year alone, he sent 24 criminals to their deaths, plus two vampires, a pack of werewolves and a handful of giant mutants because, you know, comics. And he always did it with a grim smile.
It didn't last. His publishers worried that parents would balk at all that violence. So just one year in, they course corrected by introducing his sidekick, Robin the Boy Wonder, to lighten the tone. It worked.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "BATMAN")
BURT WARD: (As Robin) Holy jack-in-the-box.
ADAM WEST: (As Batman) Exactly, Boy Wonder.
WELDON: Batman was the first comics hero to pivot like that, to be nimble enough to react to changes in his audience. It's one reason he took off right away in the 1940s, leaping from comic books to daily newspaper strips. He got a recurring stint on Superman's radio show and even a couple of movie serials to himself.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "BATMAN: THE ELECTRICAL BRAIN")
KNOX MANNING: (As narrator) Yes, Batman, clad in the somber costume which has struck terror to the heart of many a swaggering denizen of the underworld.
WELDON: The lightness just kept increasing into the 1960s, when it came to a head on national TV. Here, at the height of the counterculture, Batman was a real square.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "BATMAN")
WEST: (As Batman) Watch it, chump. Pedestrian safety.
WELDON: When that '60s "Batman" television series ended, the comics would course correct again. Batman ditched Robin and went back to being a lone avenger of the night because the fans wanted him to. The movies took their cue from the comics. But even there, the cycle kept turning. Director Tim Burton made a couple dark "Batman" movies in the '80s and '90s. Then Joel Schumacher made a couple - let's call them light - "Batman" movies. And more recently, Christopher Nolan came along to make Batman grim and gritty again with a "Dark Knight" trilogy.
You can find fans of every version of Batman in some surprising places, including the U.S. Congress. Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, who's made cameo appearances in five "Batman" films, was born just a year after Batman was, and the Dark Knight got his hooks in early.
PATRICK LEAHY: Picked up my first "Batman" comic when I was 4 or 5 years old, and I loved it. I couldn't wait for the next one.
WELDON: It may seem odd that a lawmaker like Leahy finds such an affinity for a costumed law-breaker. But for him, it's what Batman stands for that matters.
LEAHY: He put other people first. He didn't live the comfortable life that he could with his wealth and everything else. Instead, he tried to help others - may or may not agree with his tactics every time, but he's trying to help others. That's not a bad motive to have in life.
WELDON: That motive is the one thing about him that doesn't change. So whether you like your Batman all gothic and whispery...
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "BATMAN")
MICHAEL KEATON: (As Batman) I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) What are you?
KEATON: (As Batman) I'm Batman.
WELDON: ...Or seriously aggro (ph)...
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "BATMAN BEGINS")
CHRISTIAN BALE: (As Batman) Where were the other drugs going?
MARK BOONE JUNIOR: (As Flass) I never knew. I don't know. I swear to God.
BALE: (As Batman) Swear to me.
WELDON: ...Or maybe you want to learn the Heimlich maneuver. There's a Batman for that.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "SUPER FRIENDS")
OLAN SOULE: (As Batman) You know, Robin, quite often, people choke on a piece of food they're eating.
CASEY KASEM: (As Robin) Right. What can you do for them?
SOULE: (As Batman) Well, if I were choking, you'd stand behind me, wrap your arms around my waist, then make a...
WELDON: Take your pick. Grim and gritty, light and campy or somewhere in between, they're all valid. They're all just a guy who wants to help. They're all Batman. Glen Weldon, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.keranews.org/2019-03-29/batman-turns-80 | 2022-07-31T01:24:45Z | https://www.keranews.org/2019-03-29/batman-turns-80 | true |
WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
San Bernardino County in southern California...
* Until 545 PM PDT.
* At 458 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Hwy 173 Between Lake Arrowhead And Hesperia, or 8 miles northeast
of Lake Arrowhead, moving southwest at 25 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...
San Bernardino, Apple Valley, Lake Arrowhead, Lucerne Valley,
Highland, Running Springs, Skyforest, Hwy 18 Between Running
Springs And Skyforest, Hwy 18 Between Running Springs And Big Bear
and Hiwy 330 Between San Bernardino And Running Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT
FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
At 501 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Apple Valley,
moving southwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Victorville, Apple Valley and I-15 Between Victorville And Barstow.
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The 84th annual Warren County Farmers’ Fair and 22nd annual Hot Air Balloon Festival kicked off Saturday at the fairgrounds off Route 519 in Harmony Township.
The fair’s first nightly headlining event featured Rafter Z Rodeo Bull Riding & Barrel Racing in the main arena. | https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment/2022/07/bull-riding-and-barrel-racing-help-kick-off-84th-warren-county-farmers-fair-photos.html | 2022-07-31T01:37:59Z | https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment/2022/07/bull-riding-and-barrel-racing-help-kick-off-84th-warren-county-farmers-fair-photos.html | true |
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Parliament set to tackle territory rights
Academics are urging the federal parliament to support a bid to restore territory rights when the proposal is introduced next week.
Labor backbenchers Alicia Payne and Luke Gosling will attempt to gain parliamentary support for their bill, which would allow territory governments to legislate on voluntary assisted dying.
The NT government passed a world-first law to legalise euthanasia in 1995.
But the so-called Andrews Bill - named after former Liberal MP Kevin Andrews who introduced it in opposition to the legislation - passed federal parliament in 1997, invoking a constitutional power which enables federal parliament to overturn territory laws.
While every state government has since passed laws to allow terminally ill adults to decide how to end their lives, the ACT and NT have been prevented from doing so.
Leaders at the University of Canberra (UC) and Charles Darwin University (CDU) say passing the bill would restore the right of self-determination to the citizens of the ACT and NT.
The proposal from the territory MPs will address a "long-standing blight" on Australian democracy, UC vice-chancellor Paddy Nixon said.
"It is not our usual practice to speak out on legislation before the parliament, but this legislation is critical," he said.
"UC and CDU are the only universities in Australia established under territory legislation and so the rights of Territorians are of critical importance to us."
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will allow Labor MPs a conscience vote on the matter when it is presented to parliament.
Northern Territory MP Luke Gosling is confident his bid to restore territory rights will have the support necessary to pass both houses.
"All we are doing is saying we're sick of being treated as second-class citizens, and I use those words when I talk to our (parliamentary) colleagues," he told Darwin radio 104.9M on Wednesday.
"I am confident that territorians will receive the support of the parliament and we'll all right that wrong."
But Catholic Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn Christopher Prowse has written to federal parliamentarians, urging them to "deeply reflect" on the proposition.
He argues the proposal does not aim to restore all territory rights, but is rather solely aimed at allowing legislation "for state-sanctioned killing through euthanasia".
"My view is that a radical change to society's most foundational law - overturning the prohibition on the intentional killing of citizens - is ethically unjustifiable, cannot ensure legal protection of the vulnerable and would fail to uphold the dignity of the dying," he wrote in the letter.
The ACT is prevented from establishing its own police force or developing censorship legislation, but these issues are not presented as limiting democracy, he said.
"Legislation directly and specifically aimed at enabling lethal injections is difficult to reconcile with (parliament's) responsibilities to the common good or the dignity of the person," he said.
But Mr Gosling said the proposal will ensure the "conscience decision" is made by the territories, not the Commonwealth.
"It's a matter of record that I want to see palliative care strengthened and I'll keep advocating for that," he said.
"I'll work with NT colleagues to make sure that if there is legislation in the future on voluntary assisted dying that there's appropriate safeguards in there to ensure that vulnerable people are protected." | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11060257/Parliament-set-tackle-territory-rights.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-31T01:43:31Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11060257/Parliament-set-tackle-territory-rights.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
700 PM CDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Dallam
County through 800 PM CDT...
At 700 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Ware, or 20 miles north of Dalhart, moving southeast
at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Dalhart, Ware and Conlen.
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.
LAT...LON 3650 10260 3650 10257 3628 10219 3607 10223
3605 10273 3633 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 306DEG 13KT 3634 10264
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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College Soccer Both Trine programs recognized for academics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The United Soccer Coaches announced on Friday their College Team Academic Awards for the 2021-22 school year. Both the Trine University men’s and women’s soccer programs were mentioned as recipients of the academic honor.
In total, there were 782 collegiate soccer teams (294 men, 488 women) who posted the necessary academic totals, and Trine was one of 145 schools to have both men’s and women’s teams recognized.
To be eligible for the USC Team Academic Award, a program must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. | https://www.kpcnews.com/sports/latest/eveningstar/article_ba8cfb18-f012-5f38-bdad-e9fb21055a1e.html | 2022-07-31T01:53:41Z | https://www.kpcnews.com/sports/latest/eveningstar/article_ba8cfb18-f012-5f38-bdad-e9fb21055a1e.html | true |
Three batches of Banana Boat's Hair and Scalp sunscreen are being recalled.
The recall comes after tests detected trace levels of the carcinogen benzene.
No injuries or deaths related to the products have been reported.
Specifically, the recalled products are 6 ounce Banana Boat Hair and Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 with lot codes 20016AF (expiration date December 2022), 20084BF (expiration date February 2023), and 21139AF (expiration date April 2024).
The products were sold to retailers and online, the company said.
All retailers have been notified, and customers who purchased the recalled products can get a full refund from Banana Boat.
If you have the products listed above, you are encouraged to throw them out. | https://www.wptv.com/money/consumer/recalls/banana-boat-hair-scalp-sunscreen-recalled | 2022-07-31T01:58:26Z | https://www.wptv.com/money/consumer/recalls/banana-boat-hair-scalp-sunscreen-recalled | true |
Experts say gas prices likely to continue dropping through Labor Day
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Gas prices across Alabama are continuing to drop. The state’s average as of July 30th is $3.81. That is down .65 cents from just on month before.
It’s also down .15 cents in one week and Clay Ingram with Alabama AAA said you can expect to see this trend going into August. He said it may not continue to drop 15 cents each week, but predicts a few cents each time.
He said during August and September, gas prices usually start dropping anyway as summer travel winds down. He said Labor Day is not a holiday that causes major gas price hikes, but a gas plateau. Ingram predicts prices will stay the same that holiday weekend and continue dropping for fall.
“Demand starts to drop a little bit and our prices usually follow suit,” Ingram said. “Hopefully, we will see prices continue to drop throughout the end of the year.”
Ingram said prices are expected to keep dropping throughout the year, because right now there are no oil supply issues. He said they could start rising again if there are any worldwide changes in supply.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
841 PM CDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DE SOTO...SOUTHWESTERN CADDO PARISHES IN
NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND EAST CENTRAL PANOLA COUNTIES...
At 841 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Deberry, or 19 miles east of Carthage, moving southeast at 10
mph. This storm has begun to weaken, but still may be capable of
producing damaging winds.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Stonewall, Keachi, Longstreet, Keat Chie and Kickapoo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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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Latest COVID-19 variant continues to spread in Central Florida communities
The latest COVID-19 variant continues to spread throughout the state and the Central Florida community.
"I would say our numbers are pretty high when it comes to percentage," Alan Harris said.
Harris, Seminole County's emergency manager, says plenty of people are getting COVID-19 and feeling crummy.
"We're seeing that in the workforce at the local government level, we've had a lot of people out sick with COVID," Harris said.
The latest statewide numbers for new cases show just under 150,000 new cases over the past two weeks, 3,000 higher than the two weeks before that.
Statewide positive tests are just under 21%, a slight drop from two weeks ago.
Keeping in mind, positivity is likely higher since many are home testing and never reporting the result.
"Thankfully the symptoms aren't as horrible as the delta variant or even the alpha, but this variant is very affective at spreading through the community," Harris said.
A look at Central Florida shows county by county has everybody 20% or higher.
Seminole County is just under 26%, with each county reporting at least one out of every five tested being positive. Orange County is just under 21%.
Everybody's thinking back to school right now since summer break is nearing its end.
So, what is Harris' guidance for parents when it comes to COVID-19 shots before school starts?
"We suggest they contact their pediatrician and see what the pediatrician suggests. We don't like to make a blanket statement on something like that. It's an individual case-by-case basis at this point," Harris said.
Harris says hospitalizations are up slightly, but nothing like the delta surge, and he pointed out there are choices when it comes to effective treatment for COVID-19.
"This new variant came along and people are getting sick and some are getting pretty sick at home, not enough to go to the hospital, but sick enough that they're getting antibody treatment and they feel better in 24 hours," Harris said.
Harris says people still need to use all precautions when around friends and relatives who are medically vulnerable to COVID-19. | https://www.wesh.com/article/latest-covid-numbers-central-florida/40761449 | 2022-07-31T02:03:40Z | https://www.wesh.com/article/latest-covid-numbers-central-florida/40761449 | true |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Pick 10" game were:
10-12-17-20-22-24-29-34-38-43-45-48-51-54-55-57-58-67-71-73
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
746 PM CDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Portions of northwest Louisiana and northeast Texas,
including the following counties and parishes, in northwest
Louisiana, Bossier, Caddo and De Soto. In northeast Texas,
Harrison and Panola.
* WHEN...Until 945 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 744 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause
urban and small stream flooding. Between 1 and 2 inches of
rain have fallen across far Southern Caddo Parish into
portions of South Shreveport, as well as far Northern Desoto
Parish.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Shreveport, Bossier City, Greenwood, Stonewall, Deberry,
Elysian Fields, Keithville, Spring Ridge, Forbing, Robson,
Taylortown, Sligo and Koran.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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SILVER SPRING, Md., July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on additional steps it has taken that will lead to more infant formula available in the U.S. under the agency's recent increased flexibilities.
Company: Danone's Nutricia (Netherlands)
Product(s): Pepticate and Pepticate Syneo
Type of Formula: Specialty - Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula
Estimated Quantity:
Pepticate: 50,000 cans (about 44 thousand pounds or over 605,000 full-size, 8-ounce bottles)
Pepticate Syneo: 24,000 cans (about 24 thousand pounds or nearly 327,000 full-size, 8-ounce bottles)
Availability: Pepticate Syneo will be shipped in August while Pepticate will be shipped in September
More Information and Where to Find the Products:
Pepticate and Pepticate Syneo will be available through medical and retail channels including national and regional home health care state and government programs such as USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), MMCAP (state GPO, Medi-Cal and Tri-Care as well as several wholesale outlets and pharmacies).
The FDA is exercising enforcement discretion for the importation of the infant formula products listed above following the review of information provided pertaining to nutritional adequacy and safety, including microbiological testing, labeling and additional information about facility production and inspection history.
The agency is leveraging a number of flexibilities to bolster the supply of products that serve as the sole source of nutrition for many infants while ensuring the infant formula can be used safely and provides adequate nutrition. The FDA remains in further discussions with manufacturers and suppliers regarding additional supply to ensure there's adequate infant formula available wherever and whenever parents and caregivers need it.
The FDA issued guidance on May 16 that outlined a process by which the agency would not object to the importation of certain infant formula products intended for a foreign market or distribution in the U.S. of products manufactured here for export to foreign countries. This guidance also may provide flexibilities to those who manufacture infant formula products domestically and may be able to further increase the quantity of domestically-produced product for the U.S. market. The agency has posted a webpage that will be updated with information about additional products headed to the U.S.
Ongoing FDA Steps to Increase Availability of Safe, Nutritious Infant Formula
The agency's around-the-clock work as part of the all-of-government efforts has already begun to improve supply and availability. The agency expects that the measures and steps it is taking, and the resumption of production at the Abbott Nutrition's Sturgis, Mich., facility, will mean more and more supply is on the way or on store shelves moving forward.
The FDA continues to advise against making infant formulas at home or diluting formula. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to work with their child's health care provider for recommendations on changing feeding practices, if needed. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also has additional information available at HHS.gov/formula, including information to help families find infant formula.
The agency also monitors online marketplaces for fraudulent products and works with major online retailers to remove violative and harmful products offered for sale on their sites. Additionally, since many of these fraudulent products originate overseas, the agency targets and examines these products at ports of entry. The FDA also monitors and follows up on various external signals such as consumer complaints about potential counterfeit and fraudulent products.
The FDA will continue to dedicate all available resources to help ensure that safe and nutritious infant formula products remain available for use in the U.S. and will keep the public informed of progress updates.
Additional Information:
- Infant Formula Information and Ongoing FDA Efforts to Increase Supply
- Enforcement Discretion to Manufacturers to Increase Infant Formula Supplies
- HHS.gov/formula
- HHS.gov/news
- FDA Investigation of Cronobacter Infections: Powdered Infant Formula (February 2022)
- Powdered Infant Formula Recall: What to Know
- CDC Information on Cronobacter Infection and Infants
Media Contact: FDA Office of Media Affairs, 301-796-4540
Consumer Inquiries: 888-723-3366
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
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Blake’s 3 saves, Uhre’s 2 goals help Union beat Dynamo 6-0
Mikael Uhre scored twice and Andre Blake had his 10th shutout of the season Saturday night as Philadelphia defeated the Houston Dynamo 6-0 for the Unions fifth consecutive win.
Uhre scored his first goal for the Union (12-2-9) in the first minute of first-half stoppage time, assisted by Oliver Mbaizo. He tacked on a goal in the 48th minute, assisted by Alejandro Bedoya. The 27-year-old, in his first MLS season, has scored five goals in the last five games.
Daniel Gazdag, Jack McGlynn, Julian Carranza and Quinn Sullivan also scored for Philadelphia.
The Union outshot the Dynamo (7-12-4) 16-11, with eight shots on goal to one for the Dynamo.
Blake saved the only shot he faced for the Union.
The Union next play on Saturday against Cincinnati on the road, and the Dynamo will visit the Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until August 5, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC), if they purchased the Company's securities between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Teladoc and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On April 27, 2022, the Company disclosed a host of negative financial results, including revenue of $565.4 million, below consensus estimates by $3.23 million, net loss per share of $41.58, primarily driven by a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $6.6 billion or $41.11 per share, and revised FY 2022 revenue guidance to $2.4 - $2.5 billion and adjusted EBITDA guidance to $240 - $265 million, which the Company largely attributed to increased competition in its BetterHelp and chronic care businesses.
On this news, shares of Teladoc fell $22.48 per share, or 40.15%, to close at $33.51 per share on April 28, 2022.
The case is Schneider v. Teladoc Health, Inc., et al., No. 22-cv-04687.
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By WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party on Saturday delayed a decision on potentially reordering its primary calendar for the 2024 presidential election until after November’s midterm elections.
The Democratic National Committee’s rules committee had planned to decide during meetings in Washington beginning next week whether to recommend that presidential voting should continue to begin with Iowa and New Hampshire. That’s amid calls by some party leaders and activists that more diverse states, including the current No. 3 and No. 4, Nevada and South Carolina, should move up.
The committee was also mulling adding a fifth early primary contest prior to “Super Tuesday” when a large number of states traditionally vote.
But rules committee co-chairs Jim Roosevelt Jr. and Minyon Moore wrote in a memo to members that “after speaking with many of you over the past several weeks about the last few steps of this process, it has become clear that the best way to move forward with the final stage of this process is to postpone the committee’s decision on the pre-window rule until after the midterm elections.”
The committee will still meet beginning Friday, but now doesn’t plan to make a decision until after Election Day, Nov. 8 — meaning that the primary calendar decision won’t affect key congressional races. Iowa and New Hampshire had argued that possibly losing their positions going first and second could hurt Democrats in the states’ top races, especially since the Republican Party has already said Iowa will continue to lead off its 2024 primaries.
“Following the midterm elections, we will reconvene to update our evaluation of the applicant pool and work towards a final decision to present to the full DNC for a vote, which DNC leadership has assured us they will make happen as soon after the midterm elections as is possible,” Roosevelt and Moore wrote, adding that “we will continue to work with applicants in the coming weeks to hammer out final details.”
Sixteen states and Puerto Rico made presentations before the committee to be first — or at least in the top five, before the rules committee earlier this summer. The party is considering factors like diversity, electoral competitiveness and logistical feasibility in making its decision.
That means scrutinizing states’ racial and ethnic makeup, union membership rates and how big they are in terms of population and geography, can affect possibilities for direct voter engagement and the costs of travel and advertising.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
917 PM CDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DALLAM AND HARTLEY COUNTIES...
At 917 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles east of
Amistad, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Dalhart, Hartley and Conlen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
857 PM CDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DALLAM AND HARTLEY COUNTIES...
At 857 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dalhart, moving
east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Dalhart, Hartley and Conlen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
841 PM CDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DE SOTO...SOUTHWESTERN CADDO PARISHES IN
NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND EAST CENTRAL PANOLA COUNTIES...
At 841 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Deberry, or 19 miles east of Carthage, moving southeast at 10
mph. This storm has begun to weaken, but still may be capable of
producing damaging winds.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Stonewall, Keachi, Longstreet, Keat Chie and Kickapoo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily Derby" game were:
1st:5 California Classic-2nd:11 Money Bags-3rd:2 Lucky Star, Race Time: 1:41.23
(1st: 5 California Classic, 2nd: 11 Money Bags, 3rd: 2 Lucky Star; Race Time: one: 41.23)
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
935 PM CDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DALLAM AND HARTLEY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
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 has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
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Hard Rock Chapter House now powered by clean, resilient and affordable energy
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Hard Rock Chapter House on the Navajo Nation can now boast clean energy after a recent installation of free solar + battery storage system after partnering with Sunnova Energy International Inc., Generac Power Systems, Inc. and San Francisco based non-profit, Empowered by Light.
“For many years now, our people have been opposed to coal mining on our lands and we still feel the effects of the mining today. With this new project, we can finally shift to renewables and show our entire community the benefits and resilience of nature by harnessing clean energy from the sun to power our daily activities at the chapter house, while combating climate change,” said Jay Begay, Hard Rock Chapter House president. “Our community relies on the essential services provided at the chapter house because we live in a very remote area. The Chapter’s goal is to continuously develop these services, and with the extra bill savings from our new solar + storage system, we aim to do just that – expand and better our resources for the people we serve.”
To bring this project to life, Sunnova worked with Fusion Power, a Sunnova Dealer, to design a top-of-the-line Sunnova SunSafe® solar + storage system to meet the needs of the community.
Sunnova and Generac worked together to equip and fund the 18-kilowatt solar system and 36kWh PWRcell™ energy storage system. Sunnova is providing a 25-year bumper-to-bumper Sunnova Protect® service warranty for the entire system.
“We’re honored that we were able to help create a first of its kind solar + storage system in the Navajo Nation that includes our service. Even though the chapter house is remote, in times of need this system will play a critical role in ensuring the community will have clean and reliable back-up power for years to come,” said Kelsey Hultberg, EVP, Communications and Sustainability, Sunnova.
Through EBL, Sunnova identified this project as a key candidate for Sunnova’s adaptive solar + storage solution, with the goal of offsetting the chapter house’s electricity bills and providing resiliency for the community.
With over 270 sunny days a year, the Navajo Nation is the largest contiguous premium solar resource area in the Western United States, according to ScienceDirect.
This abundant clean energy resource can power scalable solar installations like the solar + storage system, and create not only savings, but also promote solar as an education, work force development and cultural preservation tool.
“About 14,000 Navajo families are still living without access to electricity, so in addition to having more resources for the community thanks to the utility bill savings from the Sunnova system, the Chapter House can continue serving as a great resource for the community when the grid fails,” said Moira Hanes, Executive Director and Co-Founder, EBL. “Community members can continue to gather, and also cook food, get emergency supplies, and stay warm in the winter since many homes don’t have a heat source.”
- Ex-Ganado football star’s career goes South — in a good way, as coach at Georgia Tech
- Three contestants vie for next Miss Navajo Nation
- Navajo mystery series "Dark Winds" seeks true storytelling
- Election season in full swing on the Navajo Nation; five candidates announce run
- Navajo Nation mails 110,000 hardship checks
- ‘Prey,’ the latest movie in the ‘Predator’ film franchise to be released in full Comanche
- ‘Dark Winds’ TV series based on Tony Hillerman books to film on Navajo Nation in October; extras being sought
- Navajo Nation Council recognizes Dr. Louva Dahozy at summer session
- Piccadilly craze hits Navajo reservation
- Where's my check? Navajo tribal members seek answers for when hardship checks will arrive
- Navajo mystery series "Dark Winds" seeks true storytelling
- Phoenix man drowns in Oak Creek
- Yavapai County deputy killed in line of duty
- Ex-Ganado football star’s career goes South — in a good way, as coach at Georgia Tech
- ‘Dark Winds’ TV series based on Tony Hillerman books to film on Navajo Nation in October; extras being sought
- Navajo Nation mails 110,000 hardship checks
- Where's my check? Navajo tribal members seek answers for when hardship checks will arrive
- Election season in full swing on the Navajo Nation; five candidates announce run
- New Mexico duo indicted for kidnapping, murder in Indian Country
- Three contestants vie for next Miss Navajo Nation
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Dallam County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Hartley County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 828 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest
of Dalhart, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Hail damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Dalhart, Hartley and Conlen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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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Norwegian Cruise Line is gearing up to launch an entirely new class of ships that will redefine the line’s upscale, contemporary offering including numerous firsts not previously found on other ships. In August, pop superstar Katy Perry, who herself enjoys cruising, will christen Norwegian Prima in Reykjavik, Iceland, as its godmother. This is the first of six ships in the Prima class. Norwegian is the first major cruise line to hold a christening ceremony in the country.
The company officially took delivery of the ship this week in its final preparations for its inaugural sailing in late August. Norwegian Prima has space for 3,100 passengers plus the highest crew-to-passenger ratio in the Norwegian fleet.
Other exciting features on the ship include the largest and first-of-its-kind, three-level race track at sea (dubbed the Prima Speedway) and “The Drop,” the world's first free-fall dry slide, which sends you into a 10-story plunge on the side of the ship that reaches more G-forces than an accelerating F1 race car.
According to Fincantieri, this is the “most impressive and complex” ship it has ever built given its onboard amenities and high skyline. It is the first Norwegian ship that was built at the Italian shipyard.
By 2027, the company will add five more of these new-build, Prima class ships to its fleet. Norwegian Cruise Line president and CEO Harry Sommer explains what this new class of ships will offer and why now is the right time to introduce this new product.
What makes Prima different, and why launch now?
There are some exciting new features aboard the ship that will really surprise regular customers. This includes a new food hall, completely redesigned theater, new entertainment offerings like live game shows and plenty of glamorous interior design touches. Another feature is Ocean Boulevard, a 44,000 sq. ft. long deck that wraps around the entire ship putting passengers up front with the ocean at all times.
Norwegian Prima will have the first outdoor sculpture garden for the cruise line as well as $6 million of artwork on board including a collection of NFT pieces that guests can view online before, during and after their sailing.
These ships are also going to be bigger than our other ships providing more space for each passenger as well as more crew on board to take care of them. Now is the right time as the world reopens and demand for cruising rises. During its debut week, sales for Norwegian Prima sailings broke records achieving the best sales day and best initial booking week sales in the company’s 55-year history.
What kind of entertainment is onboard?
Entertainment is a big component of Norwegian Prima (and the brand overall), and many of the shows on board are actually developed in-house. Norwegian is rare in that it has its own wardrobe department that creates costumes and design materials for shows, too.
The three-floor theater features special seating that can easily transition from a multi-tiered theater to a completely flat space to become a night club. The setup also allows performers the opportunity to spend more time interacting with the audience.
Unlike most other cruise ships that only use the theater space for evening entertainment, Norwegian Prima will host, full-scale, familiar game shows, including “The Price is Right,” “Supermarket Sweeps” and “Press Your Luck.” These won’t just be cruise ship remakes; instead, they will offer the full experience including a full-size money wheel from “The Price is Right,” and large-scale supermarket layout for “Supermarket Sweeps.” Prizes for winners will include cars and appliances, among other things, just like the TV programs.
Will the cabins be the same as other ships?
The Prima class of ships will have the largest cabins in the fleet including both inside and balcony or ocean-facing cabins. It will also have a variety of suites with 13 different categories including the biggest three-bedroom suite on a new cruise ship at the moment.
Nearly 20 percent of bookings are for Haven suites, indicating the desire for top-of-the-line experiences.
Suites are located in The Haven, which spans eight decks on the back of the ship providing epic views of the ocean and destination that the ship visits. Guests in The Haven dine in a dedicated restaurant, have access to their own panoramic spa facilities and enjoy access to their own club lounge for refreshments throughout the day.
In the standard stateroom category, Norwegian Prima will have the largest-ever inside, oceanview and balcony staterooms as well as the biggest-ever bathrooms and showers.
The focus is to make this class of ships more upscale and premium in every way from the food and beverage elements to accommodations and entertainment. It will be noticeable throughout the ship. Well-known designers are responsible for the look with dynamic lighting fixtures and art everywhere including a bespoke 7,300-pound chandelier hanging in the main atrium.
What’s new for the dining scene onboard?
This is especially exciting as there will be more outdoor dining venues on the sides of the ship. Norwegian Prima is home to the company’s first food hall, which will have a variety of international food stations. This includes a Texas roadhouse-style barbecue with rotisserie-prepared meat and brisket, seafood grill, ramen and noodle bar and tapas truck. These will all be complimentary and in addition to the traditional buffet and a la carte venues on board. Two full-service Starbucks will also be available on the ship.
Passengers can visit the various food stalls or enjoy table service by ordering via tablets, much like you see in many airport terminals today. New restaurants will include a Mediterranean outlet named Palomar, a hibachi-style Japanese venue and a new sushi house. Menus in the main dining rooms are getting a revamp, too, including a build-your-own-pasta option where guests can customize their meal with their choice of pasta, sauce and toppings.
In the same food hall, Norwegian has built its first Indian bistro, including two tandoor ovens. Indian cuisine has always been popular at buffets, and the line wanted to test out offering a separate Indian dining venue.
At Le Bistro, guests can dine amid three, floor-to-ceiling Austrian chandeliers, valued at 70,000 euros each, and gold leaf wall coverings. It is one of several specialty dining options on the ship. Later this winter, the company will begin a new initiative investing more than $100 million annually in the food and beverage experience on all of its ships.
The ship will feature the first sustainability-focused cocktail and wine bar with zero-waste preparation for each drink. Beverage ingredients use materials that are normally discarded like coffee grounds and banana peels. There’s even a “croissant Mai Tai” cocktail. Norwegian will also begin bottling its own cocktails on board for to-go enjoyment. Coming later this year is the company’s first private label, bio-dynamic and sustainable gin on board.
Are there new attractions on board?
It’s hard to miss The Drop, the winding slide that dangles off the side of the ship. Many guests also enjoy walking the circumference of the ship, and Ocean Boulevard wraps around the ship giving them up close views of the ocean. There’s also a three-level racetrack for the adventurous to zoom around the ship.
Spa goers will find new fitness and spa amenities on board including the first charcoal sauna at sea to boost circulation and metabolism as well as a two-story cascading indoor spa waterfall. Like other ships, the thermal spa area will also feature heated lounge chairs, an ice room and flotation salt pool among other services. This space is in the front of the ship providing panoramic views; the fitness center has also been moved to the front of the ship.
New to the spa menu is the Welnamis bed, which uses computer-controlled acoustic and vibrational therapy to ease the brain into deep relaxation. Norwegian Prima is a game changer for the company and the industry, and now is the right time to launch such an exciting product as the travel rebound begins. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/ramseyqubein/2022/07/30/norwegian-prima-unveiled-with-new-dining-and-entertainment-venues-for-summer-2022-debut/ | 2022-07-31T03:02:38Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/ramseyqubein/2022/07/30/norwegian-prima-unveiled-with-new-dining-and-entertainment-venues-for-summer-2022-debut/ | false |
Deshaun Watson gets muted reaction at Browns’ open practice
By BRIAN DULIK
Associated Press
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson sprinted onto the field to a light round of cheers Saturday at the Cleveland Browns’ first open practice of training camp. The noticeably muted reaction reflected the uncertainty surrounding Cleveland’s controversial new quarterback. Watson was the focal point as the Browns worked out in front of a near-capacity crowd at their suburban headquarters. He briefly waved while running to the middle of the practice fields, but did not speak with the media. The 26-year-old quarterback is awaiting a decision from retired judge Sue L. Robinson. She’s determining if Watson violated the NFL’s personal conduct policy after being accused of sexual misconduct by 24 massage therapists. A lengthy suspension is possible. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/30/deshaun-watson-gets-muted-reaction-at-browns-open-practice/ | 2022-07-31T03:02:45Z | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/30/deshaun-watson-gets-muted-reaction-at-browns-open-practice/ | true |
Jake Paul match at MSG off over Rahman’s weight issues
NEW YORK (AP) — Jake Paul’s boxing match at Madison Square Garden next week has been canceled after his promotional team said opponent Hasim Rahman Jr. did not intend to honor the contracted weight limit. Most Valuable Promotions said Saturday that Rahman had signed a contract July 5 to weigh a maximum of 200 pounds. However, he still weighed so much that New York State Athletic Commission said it would not sanction the bout at less than 205 pounds. Though Paul agreed to the fight at that weight, MVP said Rahman’s team told them Saturday they would pull out of the fight unless it was agreed to at 215 pounds. Instead, it was canceled. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/30/jake-paul-match-at-msg-off-over-rahmans-weight-issues/ | 2022-07-31T03:03:03Z | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/30/jake-paul-match-at-msg-off-over-rahmans-weight-issues/ | false |
Young woman travelling solo in her car around Australia shares her top tips for a smooth ride and how much the adventure costs per month after clocking up 50,000km
- Laura Waddell, 22, is the adventurous traveller driving solo around Australia
- The avid traveller has driven more than 50,000 in her Hyundai i30
- She's been on the road for the past 18 months exploring gorgeous destinations
- Inside the car is a bed, fridge, storage, power and solar panel on top
- She spends $1K a month on food, fuel, accommodation and tourist attractions
For the past 18 months Laura Waddell has been travelling around Australia in her tiny Hyundai i30 exploring popular destinations and gorgeous secluded beaches across the country.
The 22-year-old from NSW started her trip in 2019 but Covid restrictions stopped her in her tracks.
She finally picked up where she left off in January 2021 and has since driven more than 50,000km through Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and the Outback by herself.
'I have always wanted to travel and enjoyed getting out and about around our beaches and national parks, so I decided to road trip Australia to better explore our beautiful country,' Laura told FEMAIL.
From skydiving and bungee jumping in tropical north Queensland to snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef and exploring lava tubes in the Outback, the young traveller has had some adventurous experiences.
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Avid traveller Laura Waddell (pictured) has been driving solo in her Hyundai i30 for the past 18 months
From skydiving and bungee jumping in tropical north Queensland to snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef and exploring lava tubes in the outback, Laura has had some adventurous experiences
'I have always wanted to travel and enjoyed getting out and about around our beaches and national parks, so I decided to road trip Australia to better explore our beautiful home country,' Laura told FEMAIL
Rather than spending thousands on a new caravan she decided to tweak her Hyundai i30 two wheel drive - which she purchased after a driving incident.
'At the end of 2019 I was in a car accident which wrote off my first car, I was very lucky but it did mean I had to quickly get a new car to be able to get to work, so I ended up buying the i30,' she said.
'Not long after this I decided to commit to the idea of road tripping Australia and wanted to make it work with what I had.'
From the outside, the car looks exactly like a regular vehicle with a small solar panel mounted on the roof rack.
But inside there's a quaint setup complete with a bed, fridge, storage compartments, power point, curtains, gas cooker, cooking and cleaning gear.
From the outside, the car looks exactly like a regular town car with a small solar panel mounted on the roof rack, but inside awaits a quaint setup
Laura started her venture in North New South Wales and headed to Queensland where she visited tropical destinations
Laura started her venture in northern NSW and headed to Queensland where she visited Noosa, Airlie Beach, the Whitsundays and Cairns.
'Since then I've been lucky enough to travel anywhere from remote outback communities to the Daintree Rainforest or more recently the snow in the Victorian High Country,' she said.
'I've also been able to tick off destinations like the most easterly point of Australia at Byron Bay, the most northerly point of the mainland (the tip of Cape York) up in remote north Queensland and the most southerly point of Australia right down at Cockle Creek in Tasmania.'
Some of her personal favourite locations she's visited include Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Cairns, Adelaide, Great Ocean Road, Bay of Fires and the Victorian High Country.
Laura said she's spent an average of $1,000 per month over the past year on the road - which includes food, fuel, accommodation, tourist attractions and tours.
Some of her personal favourite locations she's visited include Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Cairns, Adelaide, Great Ocean Road, Bay of Fires and Vic High Country
Laura said for the past year living on the road she's spent an average of $1000 per month - which includes food, fuel, accommodation, tourist attractions and tours
Surprisingly, Laura said she doesn't feel lonely on the road and is always meeting new people.
'This is a question I get asked a lot (if I feel lonely) and I think everyone does get lonely from time to time but in general I don't find solo travel to be lonely,' she said.
'There are a lot of other travellers on the road at the moment - both old and young - and I find that being on your own actually helps you to be more open to meeting new people.'
Laura said she doesn't consider herself to be an 'overly confident person' but is 'fairly independent'.
'I do believe to travel on your own you need to be confident in your own abilities and be able to problem solve,' she said.
Surprisingly, Laura said she doesn't feel lonely on the road and is always meeting new people
Laura uses backpacking and hiking gear to keep her warm, safe and dry inside the car or outside in a tent.
'My car doesn't have Wifi however it does have power so I am able to recharge and use my data or hotspot straight from my phone,' she said.
'In regards to cooking and eating I can often use caravan or campground facilities but am fairly self sufficient with everything I need already with me.'
The back seats were removed and timber boxes were built for added storage space under her bed.
'We also installed a deep cycle battery to allow me to have power and a fridge which runs off solar. When I am not traveling I can simply unscrew and take out the timber boxes to have a regular car back,' she said.
While on the road Laura says safety is a huge priority and she uses apps like Wikicamps to read reviews of campgrounds and caravan parks.
'I always have a back-up plan for if the area I plan to visit or stay in doesn't feel right and make sure to let family know where I will be and roughly how long for if I'm going out of phone range - all of which helps me to avoid feeling unsafe on the road,' she said.
When asked what advice she'd give to others wanting to travel around the country, Laura said you'd be surprised how inexpensive it is.
'You definitely don't need the best or most expensive set up out there to have an incredible time, there is so much that you can do on a budget or with what you have,' she said.
'Your budget can be totally up to you and how you like to travel, there are plenty of ways to save and stretch your money further or alternatively lots of job opportunities.'
She also recommends taking the time to really experience the places you visit, and to stay safe. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11034521/Young-woman-travelling-solo-car-Australia.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-31T03:04:16Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11034521/Young-woman-travelling-solo-car-Australia.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Kmart shopper uses a wine rack to store pantry food containers
Smart Kmart shopper gets praised by hundreds online after using wine rack to organize her pantry food containers
- Aussie mom Nicole chose to store 30 Kmart food containers in a wine rack
- After sharing photos online, she was praised for the ‘genius’ idea
- The mother of two doesn’t drink wine and was looking for a storage solution
- Other customers have used similar containers to organize their refrigerator
A savvy Kmart shopper has chosen to use a wine rack to organize her food storage containers.
Mother Nicole, from New South Wales, was praised by others online for her ‘genius’ idea after she shared photos to a popular Facebook group.
“I thought I’d share my idea with all of you (I’m not a wine drinker), so I used these storage containers to fill the wine rack in my kitchen island with all the stash foods. I just need to label them,” she wrote in the statement. caption.
“Really helps get things back in the right place.”
The photos show that the 30 1.9L flip-lock food containers fit perfectly in every compartment of the wine rack in Nicole’s kitchen.
Mother Nicole kept 30 containers of Kmart in an unused wine rack (pictured)
“I thought I’d share my idea with all of you (I’m not a wine drinker), so I used these storage containers to fill the wine rack in my kitchen island with all the stash foods. I just need to label them,” she wrote in the statement. caption. The containers were used to store dry food such as rice and pasta
Nicole used the convenient $6.50 containers to store her dry foods such as pasta, treats, nuts, and instant coffee.
In the comments, she added how the containers will keep the food fresh for at least five weeks.
Others in the online community called the idea “genius” and “brilliant.”
“I’m going to do the same with my built-in wine rack!” one woman wrote, another added: ‘Aren’t you smart!’
A third woman wrote: ‘Can you turn them around? That way you can see what’s inside and you’re less likely to accidentally open one when you take it out.’
Nicole listened to the tip and turned them all over, which not only looked better but also made it easier to see the contents of the containers.
In the comments, another woman suggested turning the containers over to see what’s inside, which Nicole did to make it easier on herself (pictured)
Earlier this year, another customer showcased her impressive refrigerator organization with similar budget containers from Kmart.
Milk, cheese and sauces were neatly lined up on the fridge door, while all other items were placed on the shelves.
“Love Kmart’s new clear containers! My fridge looks great,” the mother wrote online.
All of Kmart’s containers and products cost less than $10 and have hundreds of positive reviews online.
Earlier this year, a Sydney mom transformed her fridge using affordable Kmart containers (pictured)
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Crypto clients beg for their cash back after lender's crash
Clients of a crashed crypto lender Celsius are fighting to get their money back
An Irishman at risk of losing his farm. An American having suicidal thoughts. An 84-year-old widow's lost life savings: People caught in the meltdown of crypto lender Celsius are pleading for their money back.
Hundreds of letters have poured in to the judge overseeing the firm's multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy and they are heavy with anger, shame, desperation and, frequently, regret.
"I knew there were risks," said a client whose letter was unsigned. "It seemed a worthwhile risk."
Celsius and its CEO Alex Mashinsky had billed the platform as a safe place for people to deposit their crypto currencies in exchange for high interest, while the firm lent out and invested those deposits.
But as the value of highly volatile crypto currencies plummeted -- bitcoin alone has shed over 60 percent since November -- the firm faced mounting troubles until it froze withdrawals in mid-June.
The company owed $4.7 billion to its users, according to a court filing earlier this month, and the endgame is unclear.
The letters -- posted to a public online court docket -- come from around the world and recount tragic results of users' money being frozen.
"From that hard-working single mom in Texas struggling with past-due bills, to the teacher in India with all his hard-earned money deposited in Celsius -- I believe I can speak for most of us when I say I feel betrayed, ashamed, depressed, angry," wrote one client who signed their letter E.L.
While the letters vary in their level of sophistication about the crypto world -- from self-confessed novices to all-in evangelists -- and the monetary impacts range from a few hundred dollars to seven-figure sums, nearly all agree on one thing.
"I have been a loyal Celsius customer since 2019 and feel completely lied to Alex Mashinsky," wrote a client who AFP is not identifying to protect his privacy. "Alex would talk about how Celsius is safer than banks."
Many of the letters point to the CEO's AMA (Ask Mashinsky Anything) online chats as key to their confidence in him and the platform, which presented itself as stable until days before it froze users' funds.
- Repeated assurances before fall -
"Celsius has one of the best risk management teams in the world. Our security team and infrastructure is second to none," the firm wrote on June 7.
"We have made it through crypto downturns before (this is our fourth!). Celsius is prepared," the firm wrote.
The message also said the company had the reserves to pay its obligations, and withdrawals were being processed as normal.
One client, who reported having $32,000 in crypto locked up at Celsius, noted the impact.
"Right up until the end, the retail investor received assurance," the client wrote to the judge.
But that changed quickly, and on June 12 Celsius announced the freeze: "We are taking this action today to put Celsius in a better position to honor, over time, its withdrawal obligations."
Some clients got the news in a message from the company.
"By the time I finished the e-mail, I had collapsed onto the floor with my head in my hands and I fought back tears," wrote one man who had about $50,000 in assets with Celsius.
The clients who said they were hardest hit, including a man who said he placed $525,000 he got from a government loan on Celsius, disclosed they had considered killing themselves.
Others reported heavy stress, lack of sleep and feelings of deep shame for putting their retirement savings or their children's college money into a platform that was far riskier than they knew.
"As a private unregulated company, Celsius does not come under any requirement for disclosure," is how the Washington Post summarized the situation.
Celsius did not reply to a request for comment on the clients' letters.
For people like one 84-year-old woman, who only had her roughly $30,000 in crypto savings on Celsius for a month, their hope lies in the bankruptcy proceedings.
"It's just not unusual for people to come out of something like this with zero," said Don Coker, an expert witness on banking and finance.
"Obviously I feel sorry for anyone who loses an investment like this, but it is just something where they need to be aware of the risks," he said. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-11065783/Crypto-clients-beg-cash-lenders-crash.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-31T03:05:58Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-11065783/Crypto-clients-beg-cash-lenders-crash.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
LEADING OFF: Twins hurting, Mets rolling, Judge rules
A look at what´s happening around the majors Sunday:
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OUCH!
Holding a slim lead in the AL Central, the Minnesota Twins will be without two dangerous hitters for a while.
The team placed outfielder Max Kepler and infielder Miguel Sanó on the 10-day injured list Saturday, a big setback for a squad with playoff hopes.
Sanó´s return to the IL with left knee inflammation is particularly tough because he had returned just four days earlier from missing 75 games after having surgery in May to repair torn meniscus in the knee. He apparently aggravated the knee during his recent rehab assignment.
Minnesota Twins' Max Kepler walks in the dugout after being replaced with a pinch runner during the third inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
The Twins say he will undergo an MRI when they return to Minneapolis after a weekend series at San Diego.
Sanó went 0 for 6 in his three games back.
Kepler broke the fifth toe on his right foot when he was hit by a pitch at Detroit last Sunday. He had gone through workouts and the Twins hoped to keep him on the active roster but decided to shut him down.
Kepler was hitting .244 with nine homers and 39 RBIs.
ALL RISE
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has been on an incredible tear since the All-Star break, hitting .436 with nine homers and 21 RBIs in 10 games. He went deep again in Saturday's victory over Kansas City, becoming the second-fastest player in major league history to reach 200 career home runs.
Judge's 200th homer came in his 671st career game. Philadelphia´s Ryan Howard achieved the feat in 2009 in his 658th game.
Eligible for free agency after the season, Judge has 42 homers and is on pace for 67. He is tied with Sammy Sosa and two behind Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire for the most before Aug. 1 in MLB history. Bonds holds the season record with 73 homers in 2001.
The American League-leading Yankees try for a four-game sweep. They´ve won seven straight against Kansas City and 10 of the last 11.
A potential trade candidate, Zack Greinke (3-6, 3.44 ERA) pitches for the Royals against Jordan Montgomery (3-3, 3.50). Greinke is 0-3 with a 9.22 ERA in six career starts and one relief appearance at Yankee Stadium.
BEST OF THE METS
Taijuan Walker (8-2, 2.67 ERA) and the NL East-leading New York Mets go for their sixth straight victory and a three-game sweep in Miami when they take on Pablo López (7-5, 3.03) and the Marlins.
Through 100 games, the Mets (63-37) have the second-best record in club history. The 1986 World Series championship team was 68-32 at the same point.
The Marlins lost their sixth in a row at home. They have not homered at home since July 5 - a stretch of 11 games.
E-ROD EMERGES
Tigers left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez will report to Detroit´s spring training facility in Florida and could pitch for Class A Lakeland next week.
Rodriguez signed a $77 million, five-year contract last November but hasn´t pitched for the Tigers since May 18, when he left a game against Tampa Bay in the first inning with sprained ribs. He was then placed on the restricted list June 13 due to personal reasons.
The ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher is 1-3 with a 4.38 ERA in eight starts. The Tigers spent big on him and shortstop Javier Báez last winter but have struggled this season, going into Sunday´s game at Toronto 41-61.
T.A. IN TROUBLE
Major League Baseball suspended Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson for three games and fined the All-Star an undisclosed amount Saturday for making contact with plate umpire Nick Mahrley during an argument.
Anderson has appealed the suspension, and he´ll remain active until his appeal is heard. It´s the third time he´s been disciplined by MLB in the past year, including a one-game ban overturned on appeal earlier this season. He missed the first two games of this season as punishment for making contact with an umpire last September.
Anderson and manager Tony La Russa were ejected Friday in a 7-3 loss to the Athletics after a heated exchange over a called strike from reliever Domingo Acevedo that appeared to be high. The tip of Anderson´s helmet appeared to make contact with Mahrley, although La Russa said Saturday he thinks replays show Mahrley leaned into Anderson.
GUARD DOWN
Guardians breakout slugger Josh Naylor is sidelined and set to meet with team doctors after experiencing numbness in the same right ankle he severely injured in June 2021.
Naylor was scratched from the lineup Saturday before a 6-4 loss to the Rays, and manager Terry Francona said Naylor will be evaluated when the team returns home after Sunday´s series finale.
"He was on his way to go get loose and said it went numb on him and it was hard for him to walk," Francona said. "It´s hard to imagine that something significant happened when he was on his way to get loose, so that´s hopeful."
In a game at Minnesota on June 27, 2021, Naylor was in right field and chasing a shallow flyball when he collided with second baseman Ernie Clement on Jorge Polanco´s single.
Naylor is hitting .282 with 14 homers, 53 RBIs and an .846 OPS in 70 games this season.
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Minnesota Twins' Miguel Sano flies out during the second inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
New York Yankees' Aaron Judge hits a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Saturday, July 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Busch started his Saturday by joining past winners at the hallowed Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a class photo on the Yard of Bricks.
He was seated next to Arie Luyendyk, in front of Marcus Ericsson, Alexander Rossi and Helio Castroneves — a combined eight Indy 500 titles flanking NASCAR’s only active driver with multiple Cup championships.
And yet Busch still doesn’t have a contract for next season. His longtime sponsor is pulling out of NASCAR at the end of the season, and if Joe Gibbs Racing doesn’t find a deep-pocketed replacement for M&M’s and Mars Inc., Busch will have to find a job elsewhere.
It’s an unfathomable predicament for Busch, the 2015 and 2019 NASCAR champion and winner of 60 career Cup races, with all but four won since joining JGR in 2008. He wants to stay in the No. 18 Toyota, but the clock is ticking.
“It’d be like Dale Earnhardt in 1998, three or four years after winning his last championship, being on the free agency market and not having a ride. That just sounds crazy,” Busch said. “I don’t know what to do, how to fix that.”
Despite his credentials, Busch knows he’s going to have to take a pay cut. The motorsports business model relies on corporate funding, and the market is radically different from what it was when he signed his first deal with Gibbs in 2007 and even when he signed his last extension in 2019.
“You talk about what you want, and I think you are insinuating that I’m asking for the sky on salary or something like that, and I’ve already admitted I’m willing to take concessions,” Busch said. “I feel like the market is different than what it was years ago, and I’m willing to race for under my market value.
“You gotta have sponsorship in this sport to go forward. It’s not as simple as being a basketball player and being Michael Jordan or LeBron James and being a really good player, and then the team losing a sponsor and then saying ‘OK, Michael, LeBron, we gotta let you go. We can’t afford you.’”
Rival driver Kevin Harvick said he’d welcome Busch at Stewart-Haas Racing.
“There’s no way Kyle Busch doesn’t have a lot of options,” Harvick said. “Kyle is still one of the best that’s ever come through this garage. There’s a lot of teams that can say that they’ve never had one of those types of drivers. He literally could rebuild an organization if somebody took a chance that hasn’t had one of those types of drivers.”
Busch acknowledged that the stress has made for “a lot of sleepless nights” as NASCAR heads into Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. NASCAR will race the road course for the second consecutive year; Busch finished 20th last year but won back-to-back Brickyard 400s on the oval in 2015 and 2016.
Busch has one victory this season and is playoff eligible. But his current organization, JGB, was rocked when Denny Hamlin and Busch were stripped of their 1-2 finish Sunday at Pocono Raceway because their Toyotas failed inspection — an escalation because the series won’t tolerate any nonsense with its new Next Gen car.
“It’s excessive for what it was, but I get the process for the car and making sure the example is out there,” Busch said of the penalty.
So typically bold and brash, Busch was more muted on that and almost all topics because he’s clearly concerned about what’s next in his racing career.
He said he’s talking to teams all across the NASCAR garage and can’t even keep all the conversations straight. He knows he has the skills to step away from full-time NASCAR racing and craft a schedule of bucket-list races across multiples series, but it’s probably a last-ditch option.
Busch wants to keep his seat at Gibbs, end of story.
“My first goal is to be at Joe Gibbs Racing and be with Toyota and have nothing change,” Busch said. “If the musical-chairs music stops and I’m still standing, and I don’t have a seat, I’m screwed. So I have to continue to talk and evaluate each place and each situation and find something.”
RUDD RETURNS
Indianapolis is hosting a shared event between NASCAR and IndyCar this weekend, and the speedway staff used the opportunity to gather as many living winners as possible for the group photo.
It made for a therapeutic Saturday for NASCAR star Ricky Rudd, the one-time Ironman who essentially left the sport behind when he retired at the end of the 2007 season. His appearance was the first time he’d been to a track since calling it quits.
Rudd had been at an air show in Wisconsin with a friend when IMS president Doug Boles reached out to him about the photo.
“So yesterday at 3 o’clock we pulled in and here we are,” said Rudd, who mingled with his former rivals and met Mario Andretti for the first time.
Sentinel Sports Final
Rudd won 23 races over a 33-year career and held the mark for consecutive starts at 788 before Jeff Gordon broke the record in 2015.
JONES EXTENSION
Erik Jones and Petty GMS announced a multi-year extension for Jones to continue driving the No. 43 Chevrolet.
Jones joined Richard Petty Motorsports in 2021 and stayed in the car this season when GMS Racing and RPM merged. He has seven top-10 finishes this season and is 18th in the standings.
“I’m really excited to have this deal done and finally be able to talk about it,” Jones said. “Each week I feel like we get better and better and put ourselves in contention to win. Knowing where I’ll be driving allows us to really focus on building the team and making our cars better.”
ODDS AND ENDS
Tyler Reddick won the pole in Saturday qualifying, bettering Austin Cindric by 0.252 seconds to get his second career pole. Chase Briscoe qualified third and was followed by Christopher Bell and Joey Logano. ... Hamlin said he brought the trophy from Pocono to IMS to give to Chase Elliott, who was deemed the winner despite finishing third. “It will be transported to Chase. I told Chase and we had some good texts back and forth.” | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/nascar/os-sp-nascar-indy-preview-0731-20220731-hmvauwihqvb2bbyj4bl3pejbiu-story.html | 2022-07-31T03:12:59Z | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/nascar/os-sp-nascar-indy-preview-0731-20220731-hmvauwihqvb2bbyj4bl3pejbiu-story.html | true |
Late error allows Phillies to squeak by Pirates
An error in the 10th inning brought home the go-ahead run as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies extended their win streak to four games on Saturday with a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
With things tied 1-1 and Yerry De Los Santos (0-3) on the mound, Matt Vierling hit a grounder toward shallow right. First baseman Michael Chavis fielded it and threw over to third to try and cut down automatic runner Didi Gregorius, but the ball scooted past third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes, allowing Gregorius to score.
J.T. Realmuto hit a solo homer for the Phillies, who have won the first three games of a four-game series.
Philadelphia starter Ranger Suarez pitched six scoreless innings and recorded eight strikeouts and one walk. He allowed just three hits.
Corey Knebel (3-5) pitched the ninth and 10th to pick up the win.
Cal Mitchell homered for the Pirates, who have lost six straight.
Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller gave up one run and five hits in six innings with three walks and three strikeouts. He has made 19 consecutive starts at home without a win.
Suarez had a perfect game into the fourth, setting down the first 11 hitters he faced in order. He also struck out the leadoff batter in each of the first four innings.
With two outs in the fourth, Hayes walked, and Michael Chavis singled to left for the Pirates' first hit. Suarez then hit Ben Gamel to load the bases but got Diego Castillo to fly out.
However, Mitchell had to continually work with runners on base -- including a bases-loaded jam with just one out in the first -- but kept getting by without yielding a run.
That is, until the sixth, when Realmuto led off with his 10th homer of the season for a 1-0 Phillies lead.
With two outs in the seventh, Mitchell homered to right to bring Pittsburgh even. It was Mitchell's fourth homer of the season and second of the series.
--Field Level Media | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11065833/Late-error-allows-Phillies-squeak-Pirates.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-31T03:15:39Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11065833/Late-error-allows-Phillies-squeak-Pirates.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
906 PM CDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DALLAM AND HARTLEY COUNTIES...
At 906 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dalhart, moving
east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Dalhart, Hartley and Conlen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
906 PM CDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DALLAM AND HARTLEY COUNTIES...
At 906 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dalhart, moving
east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Dalhart, Hartley and Conlen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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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Shiner’s Brooks adds commitment to Texas A&M
Published: Jul. 30, 2022 at 9:32 PM CDT|Updated: 55 minutes ago
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Shiner running back/athlete Dalton Brooks announced on Saturday that he’s committed to Texas A&M. Brooks is the second high-profile Aggie commit on Saturday, following Denton Ryan’s Anthony Hill Jr.
Brooks is rated a four-star prospect and is a two-time state champion with the Shiner Commanches. In both 2020 and 2021, the Commanches went undefeated. Last year as a junior, Brooks was named the TSWA 2A Offensive Player of the year and District 13-2A unanimous MVP. Brooks was named the 2A DI state championship offensive MVP in 2020 as a sophomore, District 13-2A Defensive MVP, and first-team all-state.
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NEW YORK, July 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VRCA) between May 28, 2021 and May 24, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 5, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Verrica 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 Verrica class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6828 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 August 5, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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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) there were manufacturing deficiencies at the facility where Verrica's contract manufacturer produced bulk solution for VP-102 (a drug device combination of Verrica's topical solution, cantharidin, administered through a single-use precision applicator for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum); (2) these deficiencies were not remediated when Verrica resubmitted its New Drug Application ("NDA") to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for VP-102 for molluscum; (3) the foregoing presented significant risks to Verrica obtaining regulatory approval of VP-102 for molluscum; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Verrica's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Show Me Cash" game were:
04-24-30-31-33
(four, twenty-four, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $63,000
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Show Me Cash" game were:
04-24-30-31-33
(four, twenty-four, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $63,000 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Show-Me-Cash-game-17340806.php | 2022-07-31T03:39:05Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Show-Me-Cash-game-17340806.php | true |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
6-7-4-0
(six, seven, four, zero)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
6-7-4-0
(six, seven, four, zero) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Evening-game-17340885.php | 2022-07-31T03:53:03Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Evening-game-17340885.php | false |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants shortstop Thairo Estrada left Saturday night's game against the Chicago Cubs after being hit by a pitch in the helmet in the fifth inning.
Cubs reliever Mark Leiter Jr., recalled earlier Saturday from Triple-A Iowa, hit Estrada with an 84 mph changeup, sending him to the ground immediately. Estrada was on his back and spoke to training staff, eventually getting helped to his feet and back to the clubhouse.
Jason Vosler pinch-ran for Estrada and took over at shortstop. Leiter remained in the game for Chicago.
Estrada, 26, is batting .262 with nine home runs and 41 RBI this season. | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Estrada-leaves-Giants-game-with-Cubs-after-hit-17340865.php | 2022-07-31T03:55:21Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Estrada-leaves-Giants-game-with-Cubs-after-hit-17340865.php | true |
Manipulating data, destroying documents, altering staff training records, retesting samples and only recording those that pass – drug companies have been caught doing all these things.
The only thing stopping them: the element of surprise in the hands of strong regulators. The regulators may still be vigilant, but the pandemic put the brakes on unannounced inspections. Restoring them could save lives.
When prescription drug manufacturing largely migrated to China and India in the 1990s and early 2020s, major regulatory agencies were unprepared for the shift. Instead of inspections, they mostly relied on the manufacturers’ honour system.
Even though 54 percent of finished products and 74 percent of active ingredients were manufactured outside the United States in 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted only 440 inspections of offshore factores, compared with 1148 inspections of US factories..
Unannounced inspections continued in the US, but overseas manufacturers were given notice, allowing them time to clean house or alter documents. Regulators worried about international relations and logistical issues such as lining up translators.
The results were less than ideal.
It took a whistleblower to alert the FDA that Ranbaxy Laboratories, one of the largest generic-medicine manufacturers in the world, was allegedly falsifying drug quality data and manufacturing drugs it knew had impurities and would not maintain their expected shelf life. In 2013, with 1600 documented issues, Ranbaxy pled guilty and paid a US$500-million penalty to the US government to resolve false-claims allegations, good-manufacturing-practice violations and making false statements to the FDA. This was nearly a decade after the World Health Organization withdrew three Ranbaxy antiretrovirals due to the appearance of fraudulent data in 2004.The FDA stepped up its oversight in 2007, and by 2019 annual foreign manufacturing inspections were up to 966, shrinking the number of plants never inspected to 16 percent.
But drug manufacturing quality issues persist.
Millions of pills or vials of injectable medication have been recalled because of impurities or contaminants, or issues with product dissolution. Cancer-causing nitrosamines have been found in some commonly used blood pressure (valsartan, losartan, irbesartan), blood-sugar reducer (metformin), acid reducer (ranitidine, nizatidine), smoking cessation (varenicline) and muscle spasm (orphenadrine citrate) products in the US. They get into the products when manufacturers use contaminated solvents and catalysts (agents that drive the chemical reactions needed to produce active ingredients). European and FDA rules call for manufacturers of active ingredients to test for nitrosamines and for manufacturers using these active ingredients to create final products to test them as well. But there can still be a disconnect between the rules and how well the facilities follow them.
One of the major producers of the nitrosamine-contaminated active ingredients valsartan and losartan was Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals, a company with a history of quality issues. When the FDA inspected the company in 2017, it found the manufacturer had not disclosed that drug batches had failed to meet US quality standards and instead erroneously recorded passing grades.
The pandemic all but shut down inspections of foreign manufacturers, with only three FDA overseas inspections from March 2020 to the end of the year.
Both the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the FDA have piloted remote inspections to continue providing oversight. In April 2022 the FDA was set to restart more routine foreign inspections, but both the EMA and FDA are looking to retain aspects of their remote inspection process.The EMA is clear that these remote inspections are not a sufficient substitute for in-person inspections.
For the past several years the major regulatory agencies have been collaborating, so that if one inspects a facility, the results are shared and redundancy is reduced.
Meanwhile, FDA laboratory analysis on active ingredients and finished products has occurred at a low level from 2013 and continues to this day (but with no disclosure of findings since 2017). In 2013, just 55 products were analysed for cause (customer or health-professional complaints or adverse events) and 12 were randomly assessed. In 2015 and 2017, the number of products analysed for cause fell to 15 and eight, respectively, while the number randomly sampled increased to 40 and 55.
Much progress has been made from the 1990s to the present in terms of the number of inspections of manufacturing plants in India and China, remote inspections, regulatory cooperation across countries, and the initiation of limited laboratory testing of the products themselves. Many facilities had to be taken offline and revamped to meet quality standards and other companies voluntarily took their facilities offline to pre-emptively revamp them.
But the COVID-19 pandemic has set regulators back in terms of in-person inspections, they need more unannounced inspections, and they need more inspectors who can speak the local language so they are not beholden to the companies to provide them. Greater use of laboratory verification of product quality would also boost the incentive for manufacturers to adhere to quality standards.
(Dr C. Michael White is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Connecticut. He has written more than 470 published research articles assessing the safety and effectiveness of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, substances of abuse, and dietary supplements, including articles in JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine and The Lancet.) | https://en.setopati.com/International/159238 | 2022-07-31T04:04:36Z | https://en.setopati.com/International/159238 | true |
Giants defensive backs want a chance to jell...and be healthy
Walter Thurmond III sat in front of his locker stuffing his belongings into a black plastic bag. It's normally a strange day when the players clean out their lockers, but for Thurmond it was especially odd. The cornerback was brought in to help bolster the secondary, bring attitude and an ability to cover slot receivers. But he tore his pectoral in Week 2 and was one of the first of the key defensive players to land on injured reserve.
"I only played a game and a half really in the regular season," Thurmond said. "That was pretty weak to say the least. I really want to be out there being competitive. It's tough watching from the sideline and having them go through the different things that they went through, other guys getting injured."
Thurmond, who signed a one-year deal with the Giants last offseason, said he wants to return. If he does, and other cornerbacks return healthy after a season that crippled what was thought to be a strength of the defense, the Giants feel they should be able to reach the potential they fell short of in 2014.
"I want to be here," Thurmond said. "There's a lot of potential with the team. Great coaching staff, great group of guys, great organization. We just had some bad luck this year."
Thurmond went on injured reserve. So did Prince Amukamara. And Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was hurt and playing at less-than-full capacity for most of the season.
"We just need to have the time to jell," Thurmond said. "There were some guys who were vital parts who wound up getting injured so we were never really at full strength. We always knew the potential that we had as a defense. Unfortunately we never had the chance to be able to show that. Hopefully this is a situation where guys who got injured can come back stronger, come back and pick up where we left off."
Thurmond said he believes he can do that. He's just begun bench pressing and doesn't think his injury will linger into the 2015 season. Amukamara, too, said he expects to be ready for the offseason program in April. He had a torn biceps that required surgery and is a few weeks away from returning to strength exercises like curls and pushups.
Amukamara said he missed out on his big goal for 2014, which was making the Pro Bowl. He was particularly excited about that opportunity since the game will be played in his hometown of Glendale, Ariz., the week before the Super Bowl.
"I felt like I was ascending pretty good," he said. "It's just a bummer."
Amukamara said he was glad he was able to be the team's top cornerback for a few weeks.
"Whether that was because of DRC being injured a little or due to my play," he said, "I felt that was one of the goals that I wanted to accomplish."
Now all that's left is to get ready for next year. If the Giants can reassemble their cornerbacks and make a run with them the way 2014 was projected to play out, they should be in good shape.
"I know everyone is licking their chops to see [Victor] Cruz, [Rueben] Randle and Odell [Beckham Jr.] together," Amukamara said of the offensive triumvirate that most focus on when they think optimistically about 2015. "On the defensive side I think it's going to be great to have another year with DRC and the same defensive backfield." | https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/giants-defensive-backs-want-a-chance-to-jell-and-be-healthy-u95850 | 2022-07-31T04:15:18Z | https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/giants-defensive-backs-want-a-chance-to-jell-and-be-healthy-u95850 | true |
Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool's effective options from the substitutes' bench had a major say on Saturday's Community Shield triumph and will continue to play a key role for the Reds this season.
Premier League sides will be permitted to make five changes during matches during the upcoming campaign, a law change that has been welcomed by the German after several demands for this adjustment to be made.
Liverpool and Manchester City each had six substitutions available to them during Saturday's curtain-raiser at the King Power Stadium, an allowance Klopp made full use of by introducing Darwin Nunez, Harvey Elliott, James Milner, Naby Keita, Fabio Carvalho and Curtis Jones during proceedings. Pep Guardiola, on the other hand, deployed only three individuals in a bid to turn the tide in his team's favour.
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Left impressed by Liverpool's ability to take back control of the contest, Klopp is under no illusions just how much of a game-changer five subs could be having witnessed the benefits at the home of Leicester City.
"Both teams used what was available today - that's what we could have expected and that's what happened," he said. "The first line I liked a lot, it was really good how Bobby [Firmino] used the decisive spaces and kept City away from our goal. There were ups and downs in the game and, in the end, both teams fought really hard to make the decision in the last minute or so. It was really cool.
"When you see the squad and who they [Man City] could bring on, it's very experienced and has proven quality. We have space to prove quality from the bench and I'm really excited by what's coming there. I loved Harvey's [Elliott] impact and Millie, I'm not sure which level he can reach this year to be honest. It looks very promising with Millie, Curtis and Naby... wow, when he came on! The boys who were not involved today are in good shape as well. That was the impression I had after pre-season, but then you need a real game to show how far you are. I thought it was absolutely OK."
A manager known to strive for perfection at all times, the Sky Blues' solitary strike highlighted how there remains room for improvement going forward under Klopp. An arranged behind-closed-doors friendly pencilled in for the day after the Reds' opening Premier League fixture made clear the manager is not fully satisfied with the fitness levels of his squad, a message he reiterated after the full-time whistle had blown.
"I liked the whole game. I even liked the problems in the game, especially when you win it in the end. I really like the problems because you can work and I know we have to work," added Klopp.
"We have to extend our pre-season for at least two weeks; there is no other chance. We cannot go into a normal rhythm and play games at the weekend, then we are not prepared for the three games a week we will have in three or four weeks. It was, for me, a really nice watch. It is the most difficult opponent you could get, they don't get worse, they strengthen and improve and develop."
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DETROIT (AP) — Tony Finau shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to match Taylor Pendrith at 21-under 195 with a round left in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
The 3M Open winner last week in Minnesota, Finau is trying to become the first to win consecutive regular-season tournaments in three years.
A stroke a ahead entering the round, Pendrith birdied four of the last five holes for a 66.
Rookie of the year front-runner Cameron Young (65) was four strokes back. He matched the Detroit Golf Club record with a 63 on Friday.
Stephan Jaeger was five shots back after a 65.
Patrick Cantlay, No. 4 in the world ranking, was six shots behind after a 66.
Pendrith was the second-round leader after setting the tournament 36-hole record at 15-under 129.
The 31-year-old PGA Tour rookie from Canada missed nearly four months this year with a broken rib,.
The duel in Detroit seemed like match play with Pendrith and Finau taking turns pulling and falling into ties and moving ahead.
Pendrith opened with 6-foot birdie putt to take a two-shot lead. Finau pulled within a stroke on the next hole, making a 20-foot chip from the greenside rough for birdie.
“Stay hot, Tony!” a fan shouted.
Pendrith, who had his share of fans back home in Ontario, looked cool as calm as he bumped fists with two young boys as he walked to the third tee.
Finau pulled into the lead with a 15-foot putt at No. 3, then Pendrith pulled his 3-foot putt to miss an opportunity to stay ahead.
Pendrith’s errant tee shot to the left on the par-5 631-yard fourth hole put him in the No. 6 greenside rough, leaving him behind several towering tees in his path to the green. He he hit a shot 104 yards to the hole, an approach within 16 feet and made the putt to restore his one-stroke lead.
Pendrith took a two-stroke lead at No. 6, making a 7-foot putt that curled in the right side.
Finau equaled Pendrith at 18 under at the turn after making birdies at Nos. 7 and 8 while Pendrith missed a 1-foot putt and make bogey on the ninth hole.
Pendrith ended up behind a tree again at No. 13, forcing him to chip back onto the fairway and leading to a bogey that dropped him him into a second-place tie with Young.
Finau took a two-shot cushion with an 8-foot birdie putt at 14.
Pendrith, who won twice on PGA Tour Canada, bounced back from his second bogey with three straight birdies to pull back into a tie with two holes to play.
Finau went ahead at 17 with a birdie, and Pendrith tied it again with a birdie on the 54th hole.
If Finau can outlast the competition to win Sunday, he will be the first to win two straight regular-season events since since Brendon Todd in 2019.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:
02-03-04-06-07-09-11-12-16-18-21
(two, three, four, six, seven, nine, eleven, twelve, sixteen, eighteen, twenty-one) | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Evening-17340847.php | 2022-07-31T04:27:21Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Evening-17340847.php | false |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
1-1-5
(one, one, five)
¶ Top Prize $500
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
1-1-5
(one, one, five)
¶ Top Prize $500 | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17340910.php | 2022-07-31T04:27:23Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17340910.php | false |
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
8-3-6, WB: 3
(eight, three, six; WB: three)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
8-3-6, WB: 3
(eight, three, six; WB: three) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Night-game-17340844.php | 2022-07-31T04:28:19Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Night-game-17340844.php | true |
WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
859 PM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 900 PM PDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
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PRESTONBURG, Ky. (AP) — Some residents of Appalachia returned to flood-ravaged homes and communities on Saturday to shovel mud and debris and to salvage what they could, while Kentucky’s governor said search and rescue operations were ongoing in the region swamped by torrential rains days earlier that led to deadly flash flooding.
Rescue crews were continuing the struggle to get into hard-hit areas, some of them among the poorest places in America. Dozens of deaths have been confirmed and the number is expected to grow.
In the tiny community of Wayland, Phillip Michael Caudill was working Saturday to clean up debris and recover what he could from the home he shares with his wife and three children. The waters had receded from the house but left a mess behind along with questions about what he and his family will do next.
“We’re just hoping we can get some help,” said Caudill, who is staying with his family at Jenny Wiley State Park in a free room, for now.
Caudill, a firefighter in the nearby Garrett community, went out on rescues around 1 a.m. Thursday but had to ask to leave around 3 a.m. so he could go home, where waters were rapidly rising.
“That’s what made it so tough for me,” he said. “Here I am, sitting there, watching my house become immersed in water and you got people begging for help. And I couldn’t help,” because he was tending to his own family.
The water was up to his knees when he arrived home and he had to wade across the yard and carry two of his kids out to the car. He could barely shut the door of his SUV as they were leaving.
In Garrett on Saturday, couches, tables and pillows soaked by flooding were stacked in yards along the foothills of the mountainous region as people worked to clear out debris and shovel mud from driveways and roads under now-blue skies.
Hubert Thomas, 60, and his nephew Harvey, 37, fled to Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonburg after floodwaters destroyed their home in Pine Top late Wednesday night. The two were able to rescue their dog, CJ, but fear the damages to the home are beyond repair. Hubert Thomas, a retired coal miner, said his entire life savings was invested in his home.
“I’ve got nothing now,” he said.
Harvey Thomas, an EMT, said he fell asleep to the sound of light rain, and it wasn’t long until his uncle woke him up warning him that water was getting dangerously close to the house.
“It was coming inside and it just kept getting worse,” he said, “like there was, at one point, we looked at the front door and mine and his cars was playing bumper cars, like bumper boats in the middle of our front yard.”
As for what’s next, Harvey Thomas said he doesn’t know, but he’s thankful to be alive.
“Mountain people are strong,” he said. “And like I said it’s not going to be tomorrow, probably not next month, but I think everybody’s going to be okay. It’s just going to be a long process.”
At least 25 have people died — including four children — in the flooding, Kentucky’s governor said Saturday.
“We continue to pray for the families that have suffered an unfathomable loss,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. ”Some having lost almost everyone in their household.”
Beshear said the number would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims of the record flash flooding. Crews have made more than 1,200 rescues from helicopters and boats, the governor said.
“I’m worried that we’re going to be finding bodies for weeks to come,” Beshear said during a midday briefing.
The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches (20-27 centimeters) over 48 hours. But some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday. About 18,000 utility customers in Kentucky remained without power Saturday, poweroutage.us reported.
It’s the latest in a string of catastrophic deluges that have pounded parts of the U.S. this summer, including St. Louis earlier this week and again on Friday. Scientists warn climate change is making weather disasters more common.
As rainfall hammered Appalachia this week, water tumbled down hillsides and into valleys and hollows where it swelled creeks and streams coursing through small towns. The torrent engulfed homes and businesses and trashed vehicles. Mudslides marooned some people on steep slopes.
President Joe Biden declared a federal disaster to direct relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties.
The flooding extended into western Virginia and southern West Virginia.
Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six counties in West Virginia where the flooding downed trees, power outages and blocked roads. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin also made an emergency declaration, enabling officials to mobilize resources across the flooded southwest of the state.
The deluge came two days after record rains around St. Louis dropped more than 12 inches (31 centimeters) and killed at least two people. Last month, heavy rain on mountain snow in Yellowstone National Park triggered historic flooding and the evacuation of more than 10,000 people. In both instances, the rain flooding far exceeded what forecasters predicted.
Extreme rain events have become more common as climate change bakes the planet and alters weather patterns, according to scientists. That’s a growing challenge for officials during disasters, because models used to predict storm impacts are in part based on past events and can’t keep up with increasingly devastating flash floods and heat waves like those that have recently hit the Pacific Northwest and southern Plains.
“It’s a battle of extremes going on right now in the United States,” said University of Oklahoma meteorologist Jason Furtado. “These are things we expect to happen because of climate change. … A warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor and that means you can produce increased heavy rainfall.”
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AP journalist Patrick Orsagos contributed to this report. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/kentucky-governor-death-toll-from-flooding-rises-to-25/ | 2022-07-31T04:34:55Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/kentucky-governor-death-toll-from-flooding-rises-to-25/ | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alexander Rossi snapped a 49-race losing streak that dated all the way back to the 2019 IndyCar season by winning at one of his favorite tracks — ensuring he ends his Andretti Autosport career on a high note.
Rossi won Saturday on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where his 2016 victory in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 jumpstarted his American motorsports career. Rossi’s last victory was at Road America in the 10th race of the 2019 season.
“It’s a relief,” Rossi sighed on the victory podium. “There’s been support for me for so long. Shoutout to Andretti Autosport in their continued belief. We’ve still got some more to go, but this was a really great track for us to do it at – back at home in Indianapolis. That was really amazing.”
The long slump led him to seek a fresh start and the California native will leave Andretti at the end of his seventh season to drive next year for Arrow McLaren SP. It was Michael Andretti who gave Rossi a shot in IndyCar when he’d washed out of Formula One and returned to the United States seeking to continue his career.
Rossi’s surprise victory as a rookie in the celebrated 100th running of the Indy 500 made him a star and earned him loyal sponsorship that has weathered his long drought. Some of his issues the last three seasons have been team inflicted — errors, mechanical failures and a full Andretti team meltdown earlier this month at Mid-Ohio — and Saturday was hardly a perfect day for the organization.
Colton Herta controlled the early part of the race but slowed from the lead right before the halfway mark.
“Nothing I can do,” he radioed as he tried to cruise his underpowered Honda back to pit lane.
He later walked alone down pit lane back to the paddock as the race continued without him.
“Man that is sad,” Herta tweeted. “We showed what we can do, we’ll keep going til we win again.”
Rossi sympathized with his teammate.
“I do feel for Colton, I do. But I’m thankful something finally came our way,” Rossi said. “I think Colton was definitely strong, and we had pretty much the same race car, and that (battle) would’ve been interesting. But it was the 27’s turn. And that’s awesome.”
Meanwhile, Andretti rookie Devlin DeFrancesco drew the ire of Conor Daly as tempers flared when DeFrancesco ran Daly off the track.
“Devlin needs to be kicked out of this racing series! He’s an idiot!” Daly screamed over his radio.
There’s been speculation that Michael Andretti is reconsidering bringing DeFrancesco back for a sophomore season.
Christian Lundgaard, a rookie from Denmark who made his IndyCar debut in this race a year ago, finished second to give Rahal Letterman Lanigan its first podium of the season. It also gave Honda-powered drivers a 1-2 finish.
Will Power finished third for Team Penske and the Chevrolet driver cycled back to the top of the IndyCar standings for the third time this season. He now holds a nine-point lead over Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, who started last and finished 11th.
Scott McLaughlin finished fourth and was followed by Josef Newgarden as the Penske drivers worked together to cross the finish line in a row. Newgarden was only cleared to race on Saturday by IndyCar’s medical staff after collapsing and hitting his head last Sunday at Iowa Speedway.
The race started with six drivers separated by 44 points with five races remaining in the IndyCar season. The six drivers are now separated by 52 points, with a 10th-place finish by reigning series champion Alex Palou costing him ground.
UP NEXT: IndyCar returns next Sunday to the downtown streets of Nashville for a second consecutive season. Ericsson is the defending race winner.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Match 4" game were:
08-10-11-15
(eight, ten, eleven, fifteen)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Match 4" game were:
08-10-11-15
(eight, ten, eleven, fifteen) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Match-4-game-17340906.php | 2022-07-31T04:46:54Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Match-4-game-17340906.php | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Lotto Plus" game were:
05-25-32-36-38-41
(five, twenty-five, thirty-two, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty-one)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Lotto Plus" game were:
05-25-32-36-38-41
(five, twenty-five, thirty-two, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty-one) | https://www.michigansthumb.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Plus-game-17340892.php | 2022-07-31T04:48:31Z | https://www.michigansthumb.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Plus-game-17340892.php | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of mega-mergers and flashy high-tech corporate hookups, the biggest U.S. book publisher’s plan to buy the fourth-largest for a mere $2.2 billion may seem somewhat quaint. But the deal represents such a key test for the Biden administration’s antitrust policy that the Justice Department is calling an out-of-the-ordinary witness to The Stand: author extraordinaire Stephen King.
In Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of rival Simon & Schuster, which would reduce the “Big Five” U.S. publishers to four, the administration is burnishing its antitrust mettle and its fight against corporate concentration.
The Justice Department has sued to block the merger. The trial opens Monday in federal court in Washington.
The government contends the merger would hurt authors and, ultimately, readers, if German media titan Bertelsmann is allowed to buy Simon & Schuster from U.S. media and entertainment company Paramount Global. It says the deal would thwart competition and give Penguin Random House gigantic influence over which books are published in the U.S., likely reducing how much authors are paid and giving consumers fewer books to choose from.
An appearance at some point by King, whose works are published by Simon & Schuster, will be a highly unusual for an antitrust trial and will draw wide attention.
The publishers are fighting the lawsuit. They counter that the merger would strengthen competition among publishers to find and sell the hottest books. It would benefit readers, booksellers and authors, they say.
A look at the case:
PUBLISHING HEAVYWEIGHTS:
The two New York-based publishers each have impressive stables of blockbuster authors who’ve sold multiple millions of copies and have scored multimillion-dollar deals. Within Penguin Random House’s constellation are Barack and Michelle Obama, whose package deal for their memoirs totaled an estimated $65 million, Bill Clinton (he received $15 million for his memoir), Toni Morrison, John Grisham and Dan Brown.
Simon & Schuster counts Hillary Clinton (she received $8 million for hers), Bob Woodward and Walter Isaacson.
And King. His post-apocalyptic novel “The Stand,” published in 1978, swirled around a deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza.
Bruce Springsteen split the difference: His “Renegades: Born in the USA,” with Barack Obama, was published by Penguin Random House; his memoir, by Simon & Schuster.
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THROWING THE BOOKS AT THEM
The Justice Department contends in its suit that as things now stand, No. 1 Penguin Random House and No. 4 Simon & Schuster (by total sales) compete fiercely to acquire the rights to publish the anticipated hottest-selling books. If they are allowed to merge, the combined company would control nearly 50% of the market for those books, it says, hurting competition by reducing advances paid to authors and diminishing output, creativity and diversity.
The Big Five — the other three are Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan — dominate U.S. publishing. They make up 90% of the market for anticipated top-selling books, the government’s court filing says. “The proposed merger would further increase consolidation in this concentrated industry, make the biggest player even bigger, and likely increase coordination in an industry with a history of coordination among the major publishers,” it says.
The Justice Department case reaches beyond the traditional antitrust concern of concentration raising prices for consumers, pointing to the impact on consumers’ choices and viewing authors as workers as well as sellers of products in the global marketplace of ideas. The notion is that fewer buyers (publishers) competing over the same talent pool reduces sellers’ (authors) bargaining power.
The case “potentially creates a precedent that could be used in the labor area,” says Rebecca Allensworth, an antitrust expert who is a law professor at Vanderbilt University.
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BIDEN’S COMPETITION CRUSADE
The Biden administration is staking out new ground on business concentration and competition, and the government’s case against the publishers’ mergers can be viewed as an important step.
President Joe Biden has made competition a pillar of his economic policy, denouncing what he calls the outsized market power of an array of industries and stressing the importance of robust competition to the economy, workers, consumers and small businesses. He has called on federal regulators, notably the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, to give greater scrutiny to big business combinations.
Biden issued an executive order a year ago targeting what he labeled anticompetitive practices in tech, health care, agriculture and numerous other parts of the economy, laying down 72 actions and recommendations for federal agencies. Targets range from hearing aid prices to airline baggage fees.
Another trial on competition starting Monday in federal court: The Justice Department is suing to block UnitedHealth Group, which runs the biggest U.S. health insurer, from acquiring health-tech company Change Healthcare. The government contends the $13 billion deal would hurt competition and put too much health care claim information in the hands of one company.
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PUBLISHERS MAKE THEIR CASE
Hold on, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster say as they prepare to enter trial: The merger would actually strengthen competition among publishers to find and sell the hottest books, by enabling the combined company to offer greater compensation to authors.
It would benefit readers, booksellers and authors, the publishers say, by creating a more efficient company that would bring lower prices for books. The government has failed to show harm to consumers as readers because the merger wouldn’t push up prices, the companies contend.
“The U.S. publishing industry is robust and highly competitive,” they say in their filing. “More readers are reading books than ever before, and the number grows every year. Publishers compete vigorously to reach those readers, and the only way they can compete effectively is to find, acquire and publish the books readers most want to read. … The merger at issue in this case will encourage even more competition and growth in the U.S. publishing industry.”
The companies reject the government’s central focus on the market for anticipated best-selling books — defined as those acquired for advances to authors of at least $250,000. They represent only a tiny sliver, about 2%, of all books published by commercial companies, according to the companies’ filing.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
10-11-28-44-47-52
(ten, eleven, twenty-eight, forty-four, forty-seven, fifty-two)
Estimated jackpot: $8,750,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
10-11-28-44-47-52
(ten, eleven, twenty-eight, forty-four, forty-seven, fifty-two)
Estimated jackpot: $8,750,000 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17340884.php | 2022-07-31T05:09:08Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17340884.php | false |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — People were socializing. Someone may have been giving a speech, but Elise Grenier couldn’t tell you what was said.
She was too distracted by the hand-painted wallpaper, its romanticized scenes by an artist who possibly had never traveled to the United States. The slow deterioration of the masterpiece in the Old Louisiana Governor’s Mansion's dining room was all Grenier noticed.
“I couldn’t even concentrate, because of the damage,” she said. “All I could do was look at the damage and think, ‘I wish somebody would let me restore it.‘”
Her wish came true in July, when the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Museum Division hired Grenier to restore not only the dining room wallpaper, but damaged bits and pieces in the rotunda and East Room.
Grenier is a Louisiana-born art conservator whose business, Grenier Conservation, has restored quite a few key Louisiana public artworks, including LSU’s Allen Hall frescoes, ceiling art in the Louisiana State Capitol’s Memorial Hall and Conrad Albrizio’s frescoes at the Louisiana Exhibition Museum in Shreveport.
She’s also done maintenance work on a Banksy mural in New Orleans.
Now, her attention is solely focused on the wallpaper, which, she says, is a work of fine art in itself. The wallpaper is only one of three sets in the United States. The other two can be found in the White House in Washington, D.C., and at Brown University.
And it only makes sense that the Old Governor’s Mansion would share this decor with the White House, being that Gov. Huey Long partly expressed his dream of becoming president by designing the mansion as a smaller version of the White House.
With one exception.
“Huey Long had the wallpaper put into the dining room when the mansion was built in 1930,” Grenier said. “The White House didn’t put their wallpaper until 30 years later, in 1961.”
Which prompts some speculation.
Did Jackie Kennedy visit the Old Mansion when her husband brought his presidential campaign to the Crowley Rice Festival in 1959? She did, after all, spearhead the White House’s restoration in 1961. Then again, maybe it’s just coincidence. The fact is the wallpaper was placed in the White House later, and it’s not in the dining room.
“At the White House, it’s in one of the reception rooms,” Grenier said. “The interesting thing about the White House was that their set was recovered from a house in Maryland, a very old historic house that was going to be demolished. It was called the Stoner House — a nice, historic house built by a wealthy merchant in Thurmont, Maryland. The other set is in the Commons Room at Brown University.”
The wallpaper in the Governor's Mansion appears as it did when it was installed — one continuous mural telling the story of an American landscape that technically doesn’t exist.
“It’s called ‘Scenic America,’ inspired by French artists’ engravings of American sites from the 1820s,” Grenier said. “French artist Jean-Julien Deltil designed the wallpaper, but I’m not sure if he had ever come to America. This might be his impression of how he thought America would be.”
Nevertheless, Jean Zuber and Co. produced the “Scenic America” wallpaper in 1834 in Alsace, France, where it has been operating since 1797. And the amazing part? The wallpaper is still available for purchase.
Grenier researched the company while spending her days surrounded by Deltil’s idealized 1834 American world where diverse races and ethnicities harmonize in romantic scenes of New York City and the bay from the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey, the fortification of West Point on the Hudson River, a view of Boston and its harbor, the natural bridge of Virginia and Niagara Falls.
Once visitors get their bearings on this continuous carousel, the landscape somehow becomes recognizable. And there are plenty of visitors who have viewed it while Grenier worked.
The Secretary of State’s office added the Old Louisiana Governor’s Mansion to its Museum Division in November 2021 and has since opened it to visitors free of charge.
“I am incredibly excited that the Old Governor’s Mansion is now under the care of the Department of State,” Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin said. “This beautiful piece of our state’s social and political history joins the eight other museums currently under my care as Secretary of State.”
The building previously had been operated by Preserve Louisiana, formerly the Foundation for Historical Louisiana.
The mansion also served as home to the Louisiana Art & Science Museum from 1964 to 1978.
“Lots of visitors remember when the planetarium was here,” said Sondra Mott, event coordinator for the Secretary of State and the mansion’s manager. “We still have a switch for it on the breaker box.”
And before the planetarium opened the universe for a 14-year flow of museum visitors and school years from behind the mansion, the building was home to nine governors, beginning with Huey Long.
Louisiana’s governors previously lived in an old house known as the Knox Mansion, which stood on the same spot. Long enlisted the aid of prison inmates to tear it down, which led to the Louisiana legislature’s unsuccessful attempt to impeach the governor in 1930.
“I consider it my role as its caretaker to be an incredible privilege and responsibility,” Ardoin said. “The mansion is our very own White House and is one of the most iconic remnants and reminders of Huey Long’s legacy as governor of Louisiana.”
Cost of construction was almost $150,000 with an added $22,000 for the finest damask and velvet drapes, crystal chandeliers and other high-end pieces.
That included the wallpaper, which Grenier said, involved a woodblock printing process.
“According to documentation from the Old Governor’s Mansion files, 1,674 woodblocks were needed to produce it,” Grenier said. “The woodblock method requires a separate wood carving for each color present. Each wood block was lowered through a pulley system on the color pad, then lifted and lowered onto the paper to receive the design.”
The paper is printed with tempera paint, and the colors are not water resistant.
“The sky, that blends from a light to a dark blue would have been applied by hand before the scenes were printed,” Grenier said.
Grenier used Caran d’Ache color pencils in the restoration, but she emphasizes that they weren’t used for touch-ups.
“I used them to keep the wallpaper intact,” she said. “This is basically tempera paint on paper, and that’s about the most delicate thing that there is to deal with in restoration. As long as nothing happens to it, it’s going to be fine, but by its very nature, tempera paint on paper is a lot more delicate than say, faux finishes, which are directly on the plaster.”
And since tempera paint wallpaper isn’t water resistant, water-based solutions can’t be used in its restoration when it suffers dings and scratches.
Grenier looks around the room now. The paper has been reattached in the places where it had separated from the wall, cracking has been smoothed over and dings have disappeared.
And though the paper now looks as it appeared when it was first installed, the wallpaper’s story isn’t perfect.
“The paper was also not correctly aligned on some of the seams when it was first applied in 1930,” Grenier said. “It was designed in a continuous flow, and it does great in a circular room. It’s in a circular room in the White House, but here, it’s interrupted by the window.”
But it works, and now Grenier takes a moment to take in Jean-Julien Deltil’s world.
“It really is a beautiful piece of fine art,” she said. “After years of looking at it, I’m so happy that I finally had a chance to restore it.” | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/State-s-Old-Governor-s-Mansion-s-wallpaper-a-17340955.php | 2022-07-31T05:11:15Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/State-s-Old-Governor-s-Mansion-s-wallpaper-a-17340955.php | true |
WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
829 PM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY...
At 829 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Olancha, moving west at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, trees, and power lines. Blowing
dust may reduce visibilities on area roadways including
Highway 395.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Inyo County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
04-06-10-14-18
(four, six, ten, fourteen, eighteen)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
04-06-10-14-18
(four, six, ten, fourteen, eighteen)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17340883.php | 2022-07-31T05:17:19Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17340883.php | true |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
04-14-17-29-35
(four, fourteen, seventeen, twenty-nine, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $150,000
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
04-14-17-29-35
(four, fourteen, seventeen, twenty-nine, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $150,000 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Hit-5-game-17340907.php | 2022-07-31T05:17:50Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Hit-5-game-17340907.php | false |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
10-11-28-44-47-52
(ten, eleven, twenty-eight, forty-four, forty-seven, fifty-two)
Estimated jackpot: $8,750,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
10-11-28-44-47-52
(ten, eleven, twenty-eight, forty-four, forty-seven, fifty-two)
Estimated jackpot: $8,750,000 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17340884.php | 2022-07-31T05:18:14Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17340884.php | false |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
2-6-5, FIREBALL: 6
(two, six, five; FIREBALL: six)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
2-6-5, FIREBALL: 6
(two, six, five; FIREBALL: six) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Night-game-17340896.php | 2022-07-31T05:18:52Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Night-game-17340896.php | false |
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JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Evelyn Smith lost everything in the floods that devastated eastern Kentucky, saving only her grandson's muddy tricycle. But she's not planning to leave the mountains that have been her home for 50 years.
Like many families in this dense, forested region of hills, deep valleys and meandering streams, Smith's roots run deep. Her family has lived in Knott County for five generations. They've built connections with people that have sustained them, even as an area long mired in poverty has hemorrhaged more jobs with the collapse of the coal industry.
After fast-rising floodwaters from nearby Troublesome Creek swamped her rental trailer, Smith moved in with her mother. At age 50 she is disabled, suffering from a chronic breathing disorder, and knows she won't be going back to where she lived; her landlord told her he won't put trailers back in the same spot. Smith, who didn't have insurance, doesn't know what her next move will be.
“I’ve cried until I really can’t cry no more," she said. "I’m just in shock. I don’t really know what to do now.”
For many people who lost their homes, connections with family and neighbors will only grow in importance in the aftermath of the floods, which wiped out homes and businesses and engulfed small towns. Still, in a part of the state that includes seven of the 100 poorest counties in the nation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, they may not be enough for people already living on the margins.
“People who are poor in east Kentucky are really some of the most disadvantaged people in our entire country,” said Evan Smith, an attorney with the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, which provides free legal services for low-income and vulnerable people. “And for those who have now lost vehicles, homes, loved ones, it’s hard for me to see how they bounce back from this."
“I mean, people will,” Smith added. "People are more resilient than we can imagine at times. But without some type of state and national help, I don’t know what we’re going to do.”
He thinks some people who can afford to leave will do so, with younger people — less likely than their elders to try to rebuild where they are — more likely to look for jobs elsewhere.
Coal once dominated the economy of this corner of the Appalachian Mountains, offering the best-paying jobs in a place that had difficulty sustaining other kinds of work, but production has plunged by some 90% since the heyday of 1990, according to a state report. And as production declined, the jobs went away.
The record floods “couldn’t have come at a worse time,” said Doug Holliday, a 73-year-old attorney in Hazard, Kentucky, who represents miners with black lung disease and other health problems.
”The coal business has been petering out and a lot of people have left," Holliday said. "The people who are left live paycheck-to-paycheck or on Social Security, and most of them live in mobile homes on the very edge of the economy."
Holliday thinks an old friend died in one of those mobile homes, which was swept away by floodwaters and hasn't been seen since. He isn't the only one trying to account for people in what Gov. Andy Beshear called “one of the worst, most devastating flooding events" in Kentucky's history.
There's a chance the legacy of the coal industry, diminished though it is, made the flooding worse. The hardest hit areas of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches (20-27 centimeters) of rain over 48 hours, and the degradation of the land wrought by coal mining might have altered the landscape enough to help push rivers and creeks to crest at record levels.
“Decades upon decades of strip mining and mountaintop-removal mining leaves the land unable to help absorb some of that runoff during periods of high rainfall,” said Emily Satterwhite, director of Appalachian Studies at Virginia Tech.
The North Fork of the Kentucky River reached 20.9 feet (6.4 meters) in Whitesburg — more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) over the previous record — and crested at a record 43.5 feet (13.25 meters) in Jackson, said National Weather Service meteorologist Brandon Bonds.
Melinda Hurd, 27, was forced from her home in Martin, Kentucky, on Thursday afternoon when the Big Sandy River rose to her front steps — and then kept coming.
“As soon as I stepped off my steps it was waist high," she said. She is staying with two of her dogs at Jenny Wiley State Park in Prestonsburg, about 20 minutes from her home.
Hurd’s neighbors weren’t as lucky; some were stuck on their roofs, waiting to be rescued.
“I know our whole basement is destroyed," she said. "But I feel very, very lucky. I don’t think it will be a total loss.”
Hurd works a cash job caring for an elderly woman, meaning she has no insurance or benefits.
Hurd’s home also flooded in 2009 on Mother’s Day, nearly destroying everything inside. She received financial help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency then, and will likely need more help this time around.
At a briefing with Beshear, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said more help is on the way. And the governor opened an online portal for donations to flood victims.
Satterwhite said many residents will want to remain, kept in place by attachments to extended families and support networks that sustain them through good times and bad.
Smith, the woman who salvaged her 2-year-old grandson’s trike, said fast-rising water forced her from her trailer around 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
“Everything in it has got mud all over it,” she said. “There’s probably 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 centimeters) of mud in the rooms. The walls are all water-logged all the way up.”
Despite all that, she's not leaving Knott County. She doesn't think she ever could.
“It’s the mountains," she said. “It’s the land, it’s the people that connect together to make it a home.”
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Ex-NFL player Kevin Ware charged in girlfriend’s killing
HOUSTON (AP) - A former NFL player was charged with murder Thursday in the killing of his girlfriend, whose remains were found months after she was reported missing last year.
Kevin Ware, who played tight end in 2003 and 2004 for Washington and San Francisco, is also charged with tampering with evidence, specifically a corpse, in the death of Taylor Pomaski. If convicted of murder, he faces up to life in prison.
Pomaski, 29, was last seen in April 2021 at a house party in the Houston suburb of Spring. Her remains were found in December.
“We encourage anyone who has knowledge about what happened between Kevin and Taylor to come forward,” said Lacy Johnson, the prosecutor with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office handling the case.
Ware, 41, has been jailed since June 2021 in neighboring Montgomery County on unrelated drug and gun charges.
Ware’s attorney, Coby DuBose, didn’t immediately reply to a phone message or email seeking comment.
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Insects and spiders: just patiently waiting for us to get off their planet. | https://www.thefarside.com/2022/07/30 | 2022-07-31T05:38:32Z | https://www.thefarside.com/2022/07/30 | false |
DRESHER, Darlene Louise
Darlene Louise Dresher, 83, of Springfield, passed away July 29, 2022, in the Ohio Masonic Home. She was born July 14, 1939, in New Carlisle, Ohio, the daughter of Don and Margaret (Mumma) Moyer. Darlene enjoyed swimming, sunning, vacationing, all kinds of large animals and online shopping. She had been employed as a waitress at Frisch's and Perkin's Restaurants. Survivors include one son, Mark Carpenter and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Dresher, daughters, Debbie Lee and Brenda Cochran and her parents. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 4:00PM until 6:00PM Friday in the JONES-KENNEY-ZECHMAN FUNERAL HOME. Condolences may be shared at www.jkzfh.com.
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FINKE, Thomas L.
96, of Kettering, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, July 27 2022, at home surrounded by family. Tom was born on December 7, 1925, in Dayton to the late Herbert and Rose (Gosiger) Finke. He was preceded in death by his 3 brothers, Herb, Jim and Paul and his sister, Virginia (Finke) Zahn. Tom is survived by his loving wife of 73 years, Betty (Frost) Finke, his 5 wonderful children, Tom (Mami Yamamoto) Finke, Mark (Marie) Finke, Mindy (Tom) Hemmelgarn, Julie Finke and Ellen (Mike) McCarthy, his 2 grandchildren, Jessie (Bryan) Fletcher and Chris (Kaylyn Fisher) Hemmelgarn and his great-granddaughter, Gemma Fletcher. Tom loved his God and his family. He was a people lover and an avid fisherman. He brought joy and laughter to everyone he met, and he will be deeply missed. In loving memory of Tom, contributions may be made to Chaminade-Julienne High School, 1-937-461-3740, www.cjeagles.org. Tom's family will receive friends on Monday, August 15 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at Tobias Funeral Home, 5471 Far Hills Ave. A Memorial Mass will be held on Tuesday, August 16 at 11:00am at St. Henry Catholic Church, 6666 N Springboro Pike. For details regarding the service or to share a special memory or leave a message for his family, please visit: www.tobiasfuneralhome.com.
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Ellen Sue Warfel
98, of Springfield, passed away at the Springfield Masonic Community on Wednesday morning, July 27, 2022. She was born on November 7, 1923, in Springfield to Joseph L. and Jessie Helen (Rider) Smith. Sue graduated from Springfield High School with the Class of 1942. She served as a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Sue was employed by Bert and Bill Sayre at Sayre's Appliance for 20 years. She also worked at and retired from American Insurance Co. Sue has made many friends throughout her life and lived independently at Villa Park for the past 20 years. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends. She is survived by her very caring son, Dale Lee Warfel; special daughter-in-law, Sheila Jean Warfel; special granddaughters, Tess Ann and Kristen Lynn Warfel; and great-grandchildren, Kaden, Haddix and Dax. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Wayne Lee Warfel and Roger O. Humphrey. At Sue's request, her body was donated to The Ohio State University Medical School. No services will be observed. The LITTLETON & RUE FUNERAL HOME is serving the family. Memories and condolences may be shared at
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Father arrested after toddler overdoses on heroin, sheriff says
GOLDEN MEADOW, La. (WVUE) - A 41-year-old Louisiana father has been arrested after his child accidentally overdosed on his heroin, officials say.
Authorities in Golden Meadow say they received a call of a toddler not breathing around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre did not say how old the child was, WVUE reports.
Webre says a bystander began performing lifesaving measures on the child until an ambulance arrived.
Once at the hospital, authorities say medical staff determined the child had suffered an opioid overdose. The child was stabilized and airlifted to a second hospital for further treatment.
Authorities say the child’s father, Dontrell Williams Sr., eventually admitted to having heroin in his vehicle, which the child “accidentally ingested.” They believe Williams disposed of the drugs before authorities arrived.
Williams was booked into the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex on suspicion of second-degree cruelty to juveniles, possession of heroin and violation of a drug-free zone - due to the proximity of a school. His bail was set at $56,000.
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WATTS, Riley E. "Wink"
Age 89, of Dayton, departed July 24, 2022. Service 11:00 AM, Monday, August 8, 2022, at Phillips Temple CME Church. H H Roberts, Dayton, OH.
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Today in Korean history
Aug. 1
1943 -- Japan begins conscripting Koreans into the military during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. Japan's leaders had long hesitated to implement a conscription system in Korea after the annexation of the country in 1910 due to fears that Koreans, once armed as part of the Japanese military, could revolt at any time. But with an expanding war in China and the start of the Pacific War, Japan had no choice but to introduce the system as it needed to secure sufficient manpower.
1972 -- At least 25 people are killed when a bus falls off a cliff in Gangwon Province, northeastern South Korea.
1976 -- Gimpo International Airport opens. The facility served as the country's biggest gateway until Incheon International Airport opened in 2001.
1983 -- South Korea and 24 countries agree to full automation of international calls.
1991 -- The National Police Agency is created, as the Roh Tae-woo government reformed the National Security Headquarters under the Ministry of Home Affairs and turned it into a more independent organization as part of efforts to ensure its autonomy and political neutrality.
2000 -- A new medical system takes effect in South Korea with the aim of preventing drug abuse by drawing a clear line between the roles of doctors and pharmacists. The measure prohibits doctors from selling medicine and pharmacists from writing prescriptions.
2008 -- The government disapproves a request by disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-suk to resume his work on human stem cell research.
2010 -- Two South Korean folk villages, Hahoe and Yangdong, located in the southern part of the country, are added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in recognition of their Confucian cultural characteristics.
2012 -- South Korea and Turkey sign a bilateral free trade deal in the Turkish capital of Ankara. South Korea's trade minister says the trade volume between the two countries is expected to grow to US$10 billion in two to three years and up to $20 billion in the future.
2018 -- The U.N. Command holds a ceremony at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 65 kilometers south of Seoul, to mark the return of 55 sets of remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War.
2019 -- A North Korean soldier crosses the inter-Korean land border and expresses a desire to defect to South Korea. The man was spotted moving southward along the Imjin River after crossing the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
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FM says S. Korea-Japan summit feasible when forced labor issues are resolved
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(2nd LD) PPP floor leader apologizes over text conversation with president
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(LEAD) DP lawmaker says repatriated N.K. fishermen were not headed to S. Korea
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DP lawmaker says repatriated N.K. fishermen were not headed to S. Korea
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New COVID-19 cases at 73,589; serious cases hit 2-month high | https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220731000800320 | 2022-07-31T06:05:17Z | https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220731000800320 | true |
JOHNSON COUNTY, Ark. – Authorities with the Arkansas State Police are investigating a shooting in which a deputy with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department was injured.
According to the ASP, the shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday on the 200 block of Ivy Lane when officials were in an armed stand-off with 44-year-old Christiana Beasley who had barricaded herself in the home.
Officials with the ASP said that during the incident, deputy Brent Scott sustained a non-life threatening wound from a gunshot reportedly fired by Beasley.
Special agents with the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division arrested Beasley on charges of capital murder and she was later placed in custody. | https://www.fox16.com/news/arkansas-state-police-investigating-shooting-incident-that-left-johnson-county-deputy-injured/ | 2022-07-31T06:19:57Z | https://www.fox16.com/news/arkansas-state-police-investigating-shooting-incident-that-left-johnson-county-deputy-injured/ | false |
LINCOLN — A Nebraska farmer participated in the annual Asia Soy Excellence and Protein Summit June 21 to 22 in Bali, Indonesia. The focus of the conference was the future of soy in Southeast Asia, according to a press release.
The conference is organized by U.S. Soybean Export Council and U.S. soy industry partners.
Greg Greving, a soybean farmer from Chapman, was on hand for the event and noted the value of spending time together with customers in person.
“Meetings with buyers are vital to our industry,” Greving said. “We need to have the contact for the contracts to follow. Getting together face-to-face is like me performing maintenance on my tractor. You have to take care of it for performance and longevity.”
Southeast Asia is an important trade partner for Nebraska farmers, with over $781 million worth of Nebraska soybean exports sold to Indonesia alone over the past 10 years. At the conference, product and ingredient innovation was a key topic of discussion, covering new plant-based beverages, soy in both animal and plant-based meats, and bioprocesses, cultured and alternative protein development.
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Stakeholders from Southeast Asia soy food and beverage industries convened for the annual two-day event along with senior food science and nutrition managers, leaders in R&D and quality assurance, health professionals and university and government officials.
Dialogues and presentations around the sustainable practices of U.S. soy helped differentiate and elevate the benefits of U.S. soy in food use and show its potential to help bring a lower carbon footprint for soy in the Southeast Asia region.
Nearly 300 participants joined either in person or virtually to learn about U.S. food soybean production and perspectives on trends, forecasts, policy, trade and sustainability.
“The presentation and discussion started from traditional soy products, which is rooted to our culture, up to the sophisticated innovative products such as Ominimeat and cultivated protein or lab grown meat,” said Yunawati Gandasasmita, head of corporate tegulatory affairs for nutrition and beverage at PT Kalbe Farma.
Attendees were given a demo of the Specialty U.S. Soy Database, which features nearly 300 soybean varieties, qualitative attributes and information on how to source U.S. identity preserved soybeans and supplier contact information.
Sustainability was an important subject, with discussions around how U.S. Soy can be part of a more sustainable food system in Southeast Asia. Presentations covered everything from how soy can help accomplish The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to food security and sustainability challenges to soy’s role in new agri-food innovations.
The event concluded with “Taste Tempe-tion,” a hands-on Tempe making and tasting session that demonstrated soy’s use in the popular Indonesian food.
“The chefs’ recipes demonstrated how delicious and versatile soy protein is,” said Linda Funk, president of Flavorful Insight. | https://nptelegraph.com/lifestyles/nebraska-soybean-farmer-participates-in-indonesia-conference/article_a1fc4f64-104f-11ed-b00d-f3f097ec1926.html | 2022-07-31T06:26:08Z | https://nptelegraph.com/lifestyles/nebraska-soybean-farmer-participates-in-indonesia-conference/article_a1fc4f64-104f-11ed-b00d-f3f097ec1926.html | false |
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Anna Stone, left, and Emily Bullington, right, of Elite Performance Academy, help 4-year-old Miriam Miller Legaci Sharp design a tutu for her stuffed animal during the Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District’s Teddy Bear Picnic on Saturday at Ritter Park in Huntington.
Anna Stone, left, and Emily Bullington, right, of Elite Performance Academy, help 4-year-old Miriam Miller Legaci Sharp design a tutu for her stuffed animal during the Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District’s Teddy Bear Picnic on Saturday at Ritter Park in Huntington.
HUNTINGTON — Children and their stuffed animals had a “bear”-y good time at Ritter Park on Saturday.
The Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District hosted its annual Teddy Bear Picnic in a shelter at the park. Picnic-style refreshments, story time, sing-along, games and more were provided to attendees during the family-friendly event.
Kids and their teddy bears played with a parachute in Ritter Park and made crafts, including tutus for the bears, during the sunny afternoon.
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SAMUEL H. BAUER, 61, of Rutland, Ohio, passed away Thursday July 28, 2022. Funeral service will be conducted at noon Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, W.Va., with Pastor Joe Nott officiating. Burial will be in Baden Presbyterian Cemetery. Sam was born December 21, 1960 in Pt. Pleasant, W.Va., a son of the late Manford Harold and Clara Evelyn Gleason Bauer. He is survived by his wife, Pebbles Bauer, with whom he just celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary. He is also survived by his son, Nathan (Mandi) Spencer; grandchildren, Nicholas and Layla Spencer; brother, Manford "Butch" Bauer; and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Sam was a faithful employee of Toyota (Buffalo, W.Va.). He loved spending time with his wife and family, fishing and collecting bottles. Visitation will be Tuesday from 11 a.m. till service time at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home. Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, is assisting the family. Online condolences may be sent to www.chapmans-mortuary.com.
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Wildfires in western US balloon in size amid hot and windy conditions
Wildfires in California and Montana ballooned in size overnight amid hot and windy conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighbourhoods, forcing evacuation orders for more than 100 homes on Saturday, while a blaze in Idaho was spreading.
In California’s Klamath National Forest, the fast-moving McKinney fire, which started on Friday, went from charring just over one square mile (1 sq km) to scorching as much as 62 square miles (160 sq km) by Saturday in a largely rural area near the Oregon state line, according to fire officials.
The fire burned down at least a dozen homes and wildlife was seen fleeing the area to avoid the flames.
Klamath National Forest spokeswoman Caroline Quintanilla said: “It’s continuing to grow with erratic winds and thunderstorms in the area and we’re in triple digit temperatures.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday as the fire intensified. The proclamation allows him more flexibility to make emergency response and recovery effort decisions and access federal aid.
It also allows “firefighting resources from other states to assist California crews in battling the fires”, according to a statement from the governor’s office.
Meanwhile, in Montana, the Elmo fire nearly tripled in size to more than 11 square miles (about 28 sq km) within a few miles of the town of Elmo.
Roughly 200 miles (320km) to the south, Idaho residents remained under evacuation orders as the Moose fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest charred more than 67.5 square miles (174.8 sq km) of timbered land near the town of Salmon. It was 17% contained.
A significant build-up of vegetation was fuelling the McKinney fire, said Tom Stokesberry, regional spokesman for the US Forest Service.
“It’s a very dangerous fire – the geography there is steep and rugged, and this particular area hasn’t burned in a while,” he said.
A small fire was also burning nearby, outside the town of Seiad, he said.
With lightning predicted over the next few days, resources from all over California are being brought in to help fight the region’s fires, he added.
McKinney’s explosive growth forced crews to shift from trying to control the perimeter of the blaze to trying to protect homes and critical infrastructure like water tanks and power lines, and assist in evacuations in California’s northernmost county of Siskiyou.
Deputies and law enforcement officers were knocking on doors in the county seat of Yreka and the town of Fort Jones to urge residents to get out and safely evacuate their livestock on to trailers. Automated calls were being sent to land phone lines as well because there were areas without mobile phone service.
More than 100 homes were ordered to be evacuated and authorities were warning people to be on high alert. Smoke from the fire caused the closure of portions of Highway 96.
The Pacific Coast Trail Association urged hikers to get to the nearest town, while the US Forest Service closed a 110-mile (177km) section of the trail from the Etna Summit to the Mount Ashland Campground in southern Oregon.
Oregon state Representative Dacia Grayber, who is a firefighter, was camping with her husband, who is also in the fire service, near the California state line when gale-force winds awoke them just after midnight.
The sky was glowing with strikes of lightning in the clouds, while ash was blowing at them, though they were in Oregon, about 10 miles (16km) away. Intense heat from the fire had sent up a massive pyrocumulonimbus cloud, which can produce its own weather system including winds and thunderstorms, Ms Grayber said.
“These were some of the worst winds I’ve ever been in and we’re used to big fires,” she said. “I thought it was going to rip the roof top tent off of our truck. We got the heck out of there.”
On their way out, they came across hikers on the Pacific Coast Trail fleeing to safety.
“The terrifying part for us was the wind velocity,” she said. “It went from a fairly cool, breezy night to hot, dry hurricane-force winds. Usually that happens with a fire during the day but not at night. I hope for everyone’s sake this dies down but it’s looking like it’s going to get worse.”
In western Montana, the wind-driven Elmo fire forced evacuations of homes and livestock as it raced across grass and timber, according to The National Interagency Fire Centre, based in Idaho. The agency estimated it would take nearly a month to contain the blaze.
Smoke shut down a portion of Highway 28 between Hot Springs and Elmo because of the thick smoke, according to the Montana Department of Transportation.
Crews from several different agencies were fighting the fire on Saturday, including the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Fire Division. Six helicopters were making drops on the fire, aided by 22 engines on the ground.
In Idaho, more than 930 wildland firefighters and support staff were battling the Moose fire on Saturday and protecting homes, energy infrastructure and the Highway 93 corridor, a major north-south route.
A red flag warning indicated that the weather could make things worse with the forecast predicting “dry thunderstorms” with lightning, wind and no rain.
In Hawaii, fire crews and helicopters were fighting flames on Maui near Paia Bay on Saturday evening.
The Maui County Emergency Management Agency said roads have been closed and have advised residents and travellers to avoid the area. It is unclear how many acres have burned. A red flag warning is in effect Sunday.
Meanwhile, crews made significant progress in battling another major blaze in California that forced evacuations of thousands of people near Yosemite National Park earlier this month. The Oak fire was 52% contained by Saturday, according to a Cal Fire incident update.
As fires raged across the West, the US House of Representatives on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the region cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fuelled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses in recent years.
The legislative measure approved by federal politicians combines 49 separate Bills and would increase firefighter pay and benefits, boost resilience and mitigation projects for communities affected by climate change, protect watersheds, and make it easier for wildfire victims to get federal assistance.
The Bill will now go to the Senate, where California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein has sponsored a similar measure.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alexander Rossi snapped a 49-race losing streak that dated all the way back to the 2019 IndyCar season by winning at one of his favorite tracks — ensuring he ends his Andretti Autosport career on a high note.
Rossi won Saturday on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where his 2016 victory in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 jumpstarted his American motorsports career. Rossi’s last victory was at Road America in the 10th race of the 2019 season.
“It’s a relief,” Rossi sighed on the victory podium. “There’s been support for me for so long. Shoutout to Andretti Autosport in their continued belief. We’ve still got some more to go, but this was a really great track for us to do it at – back at home in Indianapolis. That was really amazing.”
The long slump led him to seek a fresh start and the California native will leave Andretti at the end of his seventh season to drive next year for Arrow McLaren SP. It was Michael Andretti who gave Rossi a shot in IndyCar when he’d washed out of Formula One and returned to the United States seeking to continue his career.
Rossi’s surprise victory as a rookie in the celebrated 100th running of the Indy 500 made him a star and earned him loyal sponsorship that has weathered his long drought. Some of his issues the last three seasons have been team inflicted — errors, mechanical failures and a full Andretti team meltdown earlier this month at Mid-Ohio — and Saturday was hardly a perfect day for the organization.
Colton Herta controlled the early part of the race but slowed from the lead right before the halfway mark.
“Nothing I can do,” he radioed as he tried to cruise his underpowered Honda back to pit lane.
He later walked alone down pit lane back to the paddock as the race continued without him.
“Man that is sad,” Herta tweeted. “We showed what we can do, we’ll keep going til we win again.”
Rossi sympathized with his teammate.
“I do feel for Colton, I do. But I’m thankful something finally came our way,” Rossi said. “I think Colton was definitely strong, and we had pretty much the same race car, and that (battle) would’ve been interesting. But it was the 27’s turn. And that’s awesome.”
Meanwhile, Andretti rookie Devlin DeFrancesco drew the ire of Conor Daly as tempers flared when DeFrancesco ran Daly off the track.
“Devlin needs to be kicked out of this racing series! He’s an idiot!” Daly screamed over his radio.
There’s been speculation that Michael Andretti is reconsidering bringing DeFrancesco back for a sophomore season.
Christian Lundgaard, a rookie from Denmark who made his IndyCar debut in this race a year ago, finished second to give Rahal Letterman Lanigan its first podium of the season. It also gave Honda-powered drivers a 1-2 finish.
Will Power finished third for Team Penske and the Chevrolet driver cycled back to the top of the IndyCar standings for the third time this season. He now holds a nine-point lead over Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, who started last and finished 11th.
Scott McLaughlin finished fourth and was followed by Josef Newgarden as the Penske drivers worked together to cross the finish line in a row. Newgarden was only cleared to race on Saturday by IndyCar’s medical staff after collapsing and hitting his head last Sunday at Iowa Speedway.
The race started with six drivers separated by 44 points with five races remaining in the IndyCar season. The six drivers are now separated by 52 points, with a 10th-place finish by reigning series champion Alex Palou costing him ground.
UP NEXT: IndyCar returns next Sunday to the downtown streets of Nashville for a second consecutive season. Ericsson is the defending race winner.
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JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia.
More rainstorms are forecast in coming days as rescue crews continue the struggle to get into hard-hit areas, some of them among the poorest places in America.
The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches (20-27 centimeters) over 48 hours. But some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday and Gov. Andy Beshear warned the death toll could rise further.
“From everything we’ve seen, we may be updating the count of how many we lost for the next several weeks,” Beshear said. “In some of these areas, it’s hard to know exactly how many people were there.”
Patricia Colombo, 63, of Hazard, Kentucky, became stranded when her car stalled in floodwaters on a state highway. Colombo began to panic when water started rushing in. Though her phone was dead, she saw a helicopter overhead and waved it down. The helicopter crew radioed a ground team that plucked her to safety.
Colombo stayed the night at her fiance’s home in Jackson and they took turns sleeping, repeatedly checking the water with flashlights to see if it was rising. Though her car was a loss, Colombo said others had it worse in a region where poverty is endemic.
“Many of these people cannot recover out here. They have homes that are half underwater, they’ve lost everything,” she said.
It’s the latest in a string of catastrophic deluges that have pounded parts of the U.S. this summer, including St. Louis earlier this week and again on Friday. Scientists warn climate change is making weather disasters more common.
As rainfall hammered Appalachia this week, water tumbled down hillsides and into valleys and hollows where it swelled creeks and streams coursing through small towns. The torrent engulfed homes and businesses and trashed vehicles. Mudslides marooned some people on steep slopes.
Rescue teams backed by the National Guard used helicopters and boats to search for the missing. Beshear said Friday that at least six children were among the victims and that the total number of lives lost could more than double as rescue teams reach more areas. Among those who died were four children from the same family in Knott County, the county coroner said Friday.
President Joe Biden said in a social media post that he spoke Friday with Beshear and offered the federal government’s support. Biden also declared a federal disaster to direct relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties.
The flooding extended into western Virginia and southern West Virginia.
Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six counties in West Virginia where the flooding downed trees, power outages and blocked roads. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin also made an emergency declaration, enabling officials to mobilize resources across the flooded southwest of the state.
More than 20,000 utility customers in Kentucky and almost 6,100 in Virginia remained without power late Friday, poweroutage.us reported.
Extreme rain events have become more common as climate change bakes the planet and alters weather patterns, according to scientists. That’s a growing challenge for officials during disasters, because models used to predict storm impacts are in part based on past events and can’t keep up with increasingly devastating flash floods and heat waves like those that have recently hit the Pacific Northwest and southern Plains.
“It’s a battle of extremes going on right now in the United States,” said University of Oklahoma meteorologist Jason Furtado. “These are things we expect to happen because of climate change. … A warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor and that means you can produce increased heavy rainfall.”
The deluge came two days after record rains around St. Louis dropped more than 12 inches (31 centimeters) and killed at least two people. Last month, heavy rain on mountain snow in Yellowstone National Park triggered historic flooding and the evacuation of more than 10,000 people. In both instances, the rain flooding far exceeded what forecasters predicted.
The floodwaters raging through Appalachia were so swift that some people trapped in their homes couldn’t be immediately reached, said Floyd County Judge-Executive Robbie Williams.
Just to the west in hard-hit Perry County, authorities said some people remained unaccounted for and almost everyone in the area suffered some sort of damage.
“We’ve still got a lot of searching to do,” said Jerry Stacy, the county’s emergency management director.
More than 330 people have sought shelter, Beshear said. And with property damage so extensive, the governor opened an online portal for donations to the victims.
Beshear predicted that it would take more than a year to fully rebuild.
The governor got a look at the flooding from aboard a helicopter Friday.
“Hundreds of homes, the ballfields, the parks, businesses under more water than I think any of us have ever seen in that area,” the governor said. “Absolutely impassable in numerous spots. Just devastating.”
Portions of at least 28 state roads in Kentucky were blocked due to flooding or mudslides, Beshear said. Rescue crews in Virginia and West Virginia worked to reach people where roads weren’t passable.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Wildfires in California and Montana exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighborhoods, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes Saturday, while an Idaho blaze was spreading.
In California’s Klamath National Forest, the fast-moving McKinney fire, which started Friday, went from charring just over 1 square mile (1 square kilometer) to scorching as much as 62 square miles (160 square kilometers) by Saturday in a largely rural area near the Oregon state line, according to fire officials. The fire burned down at least a dozen residences and wildlife was seen fleeing the area to avoid the flames.
“It’s continuing to grow with erratic winds and thunderstorms in the area and we’re in triple digit temperatures,” said Caroline Quintanilla, a spokeswoman at Klamath National Forest.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Saturday as the fire intensified. The proclamation allows Newsom more flexibility to make emergency response and recovery effort decisions and access federal aid.
It also allows “firefighting resources from other states to assist California crews in battling the fires,” according to a statement from the governor’s office.
Meanwhile in Montana, the Elmo wildfire nearly tripled in size to more than 11 square miles (about 28 square kilometers) within a few miles of the town of Elmo. Roughly 200 miles (320 kilometers) to the south, Idaho residents remained under evacuation orders as the Moose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest charred more than 67.5 square miles (174.8 square kilometers) in timbered land near the town of Salmon. It was 17% contained.
A significant build-up of vegetation was fueling the McKinney fire, said Tom Stokesberry, a spokesman with the U.S. Forest Service for the region.
“It’s a very dangerous fire — the geography there is steep and rugged, and this particular area hasn’t burned in a while,” he said.
A small fire was also burning nearby, outside the town of Seiad, Stokesberry said. With lightning predicted over the next few days, resources from all over California were being brought in to help fight the region’s fires, he said.
McKinney’s explosive growth forced crews to shift from trying to control the perimeter of the blaze to trying to protect homes and critical infrastructure like water tanks and power lines, and assist in evacuations in California’s northernmost county of Siskiyou.
Deputies and law enforcement were knocking on doors in the county seat of Yreka and the town of Fort Jones to urge residents to get out and safely evacuate their livestock onto trailers. Automated calls were being sent to land phone lines as well because there were areas without cell phone service.
Over 100 homes were ordered evacuated and authorities were warning people to be on high alert. Smoke from the fire caused the closure of portions of Highway 96.
The Pacific Coast Trail Association urged hikers to get to the nearest town while the U.S. Forest Service closed a 110-mile (177-kilometer) section of the trail from the Etna Summit to the Mt. Ashland Campground in southern Oregon.
Oregon state Rep. Dacia Grayber, who is a firefighter, was camping with her husband, who is also in the fire service, near the California state line when gale-force winds awoke them just after midnight.
The sky was glowing with strikes of lightening in the clouds, while ash was blowing at them, though they were in Oregon, about 10 miles (about 16 kilometers) away. Intense heat from the fire had sent up a massive pyrocumulonimbus cloud, which can produce its own weather system including winds and thunderstorms, Grayber said.
“These were some of the worst winds I’ve ever been in and we’re used to big fires,” she said. “I thought it was going to rip the roof top tent off of our truck. We got the heck out of there.”
On their way out, they came across hikers on the Pacific Coast Trail fleeing to safety.
“The terrifying part for us was the wind velocity,” she said. “It went from a fairly cool breezy night to hot, dry hurricane-force winds. Usually that happens with a fire during the day but not at night. I hope for everyone’s sake this dies down but it’s looking like it’s going to get worse.”
In western Montana, the wind-driven Elmo fire forced evacuations of homes and livestock as it raced across grass and timber, according to The National Interagency Fire Center, based in Idaho. The agency estimated it would take nearly a month to contain the blaze.
Smoke shut down a portion of Highway 28 between Hot Springs and Elmo because of the thick smoke, according to the Montana Department of Transportation.
Crews from several different agencies were fighting the fire on Saturday, including the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Fire Division. Six helicopters were making drops on the fire, aided by 22 engines on the ground.
In Idaho, more than 930 wildland firefighters and support staff were battling the Moose fire Saturday and protecting homes, energy infrastructure and the Highway 93 corridor, a major north-south route.
A red flag warning indicated that the weather could make things worse with the forecast calling for “dry thunderstorms,” with lightning, wind and no rain.
In Hawaii, fire crews and helicopters have been fighting flames Saturday evening on Maui near Paia Bay. The Maui County Emergency Management Agency said roads have been closed and have advised residents and travelers to avoid the area. It is unclear how many acres have burned. A red flag warning is in effect Sunday.
Meanwhile, crews made significant progress in battling another major blaze in California that forced evacuations of thousands of people near Yosemite National Park earlier this month. The Oak fire was 52% contained by Saturday, according to a Cal Fire incident update.
As fires raged across the West, the U.S. House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the region cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses in recent years.
The legislative measure approved by federal lawmakers Friday combines 49 separate bills and would increase firefighter pay and benefits; boost resiliency and mitigation projects for communities affected by climate change; protect watersheds; and make it easier for wildfire victims to get federal assistance.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has sponsored a similar measure.
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Father arrested after toddler overdoses on heroin, sheriff says
GOLDEN MEADOW, La. (WVUE) - A 41-year-old Louisiana father has been arrested after his child accidentally overdosed on his heroin, officials say.
Authorities in Golden Meadow say they received a call of a toddler not breathing around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre did not say how old the child was, WVUE reports.
Webre says a bystander began performing lifesaving measures on the child until an ambulance arrived.
Once at the hospital, authorities say medical staff determined the child had suffered an opioid overdose. The child was stabilized and airlifted to a second hospital for further treatment.
Authorities say the child’s father, Dontrell Williams Sr., eventually admitted to having heroin in his vehicle, which the child “accidentally ingested.” They believe Williams disposed of the drugs before authorities arrived.
Williams was booked into the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex on suspicion of second-degree cruelty to juveniles, possession of heroin and violation of a drug-free zone - due to the proximity of a school. His bail was set at $56,000.
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Report: Stacey Abrams Coming Up Short in the 1 Demographic She Needs to Dominate to Win
On November 8, Georgians will be voting for their next governor, but candidate Stacey Abrams is falling behind as she is lacking black support.
A new poll from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed that GOP incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp is about five points ahead of Stacey Abrams in the gubernatorial race.
Unfortunately for Abrams, identity politics doesn’t seem to be playing in her favor at the moment.
She may be a black woman, but she has only garnered about 80 percent of black support in Georgia.
Though that is much more than Kemp’s 10 percent, AJC reported that Georgia Democrats usually have more than 90 percent of the black electorate supporting them.
“It’s not ideal territory for Abrams, whose campaign to become the nation’s first black woman elected governor hinges on motivating core supporters,” AJC reported.
So what could be driving black voters away from Georgia Democrats?
One reason could be that many black voters disapprove of President Joe Biden as president, and he is at the top of the Democratic Party.
“Nearly one-third of Black voters disapprove of President Joe Biden’s record as president,” AJC reported.
Abrams could also be losing support because she has supported the defund the police movement in the past.
She sits on the board of The Marguerite Casey Foundation, which is a nonprofit she joined in 2021 that has supported abolishing and defunding police, the Daily Caller reported.
Meanwhile, crime rates soared in Georgia and Atlanta, WXIA News has reported.
In 2021, Georgia homicides jumped 55 percent.
So, after suffering from higher crime rates, Georgians may not be as favorably inclined toward electing a governor who has a history of wanting to defund law enforcement.
Abrams, and anyone else, should not be so bold as to just assume Georgia’s black population would support her just because she is black and a Democrat. That is an ignorant and biased assumption.
With her falling behind Kemp in the polls, it looks like Abrams could be facing another defeat.
The last time around Abrams lost to Kemp by just 1.4 percentage points though. So this is still a tight race and one of the most important and watched races this coming fall.
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Beverly June Mudd
July 5, 1938 - July 25, 2022
BUHL - Beverly June Mudd, 84, of Buhl, Idaho passed away peacefully on July 25, 2022 at her residence with family by her side. June was born at home in Bayfield, Colorado to Lawrence and Dorothy Hoskins on July 5, 1938.
June's youngest years were spent in Perryton, Texas but later she moved with her mother and siblings to Paramount, California during the state's "golden age" where she enjoyed visiting the beach, attending roller derby matches, and was able to "test" the rides at Disney Land prior to its opening in 1955. In 1954, June once again moved with her family relocating to Buhl, Idaho.
Shortly thereafter, June married and within the next three years gave birth to three children that she would later raise single handedly. In 1980, June married Duane Mudd. Later, the pair adopted a grandson that they raised from the time the child was a baby. Together, they created a home that became a beacon where their children, family, and friends could set their bearings when in need of love, support, and overall good cheer. Through thick and thin, June remained by Duane's side for forty-two years until his death.
June was an active member of the Buhl Church of Christ where she especially enjoyed praising God through the singing of traditional acapella hymns. Her church brothers and sisters became some of her closest friends and she cherished her time with them while participating in ice cream socials, board games, and ocean cruises.
The one thing June treasured more than anything in life, however, was seeing smiles on her children and grand-children's faces often "going overboard" to assist in meeting that end. June enjoyed shopping, watching true crime television, and later in life, cruising the seas with her husband and close friends visiting places like Alaska, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Panama, among others.
June was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Lawrence and John Hoskins; and sisters, Ardith Pipkin and Billie Weaver.
June is survived by her sister, Frances Bell; daughters, Colleen (Jerrett) Roach and LaDawn (Jeff) Hoogland; and sons, Marty (Juanita) Hawkins and Sheldon (Mandi) Mudd; 10 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Buhl Church of Christ, 829 Broadway Ave. North in Buhl, with graveside services at West End Cemetery, Buhl.
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In his column “Neutralism returns — and gets more powerful” (Ideas, July 24), Stephen Kinzer writes, “Many countries recoil from us-versus-them confrontations like the one [President] Biden is now promoting. They prefer to resolve disputes through compromise and to maintain good ties even with countries they fear or dislike.” Biden did not promote a confrontation, rather it was Russian President Vladimir Putin who attacked peaceful Ukraine without provocation, and after many Western leaders went to Moscow and pleaded with him not to invade.
Kinzer seems to be promoting the common human trait of “go along to get along,” take the path of least resistance. Many individuals followed this instinct, willingly or not, when the Nazis took over their countries during World War II. It was the United States and others who freed them from this bondage, which was a corruption of the human spirit. And when the Berlin Wall fell, East German Stasi files revealed Germans who collaborated with the Communist government and Soviets to inform on their family members and friends. Again, without the US-led West containing the Soviet Union until it eventually fell, those Eastern countries would not have gained their freedom.
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Kinzer labels the countries that will not take a stand against Russian aggression “Abstainers.” If the Abstainers ever become the dominant force on this earth, it will mark the end of any meaningful human civilization — certainly a world I would not want to live in.
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