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Maggie's legacy: Divisive Thatcher looms over UK Tory race
LONDON (AP) - Two people are running to be Britain´s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher.
The late former prime minister dominated Britain in the 1980s, and has left a large and contested legacy. Critics see her as an intransigent ideologue whose free-market policies frayed social bonds and gutted the country's industrial communities. But for the governing Conservative Party, Thatcher is an icon, an inspiration and the presiding spirit who made Britain fit for the modern era.
In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher, who died in 2013 at 87.
Asked who was Britain´s greatest prime minister? Both candidates unhesitatingly say Thatcher. Sunak made a key speech in the late leader´s hometown of Grantham, declaring himself a proponent of "common-sense Thatcherism," while his wife and children took selfies in front of the Iron Lady´s bronze statue.
Truss talks about her own modest origins, inviting comparisons to grocer´s daughter Thatcher, and adopts poses and outfits - bold blue dresses, pussy-bow blouses - that echo the distinctive style of Britain´s first female prime minister.
Historian Richard Vinen of King´s College London says Truss is an "Instagram Thatcher."
FILE - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher poses for a photo in this 1980 photo. Two people are running to be Britain's next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/File)
Victoria Honeyman, associate professor of British politics at the University of Leeds, says Thatcher is "a talisman" for Conservatives. Robert Saunders, a historian of modern Britain at Queen Mary University of London, believes "she has become a creature of myth."
"Like Thor´s hammer, Thatcher´s handbag can bestow godlike powers on those deemed worthy to lift it," Saunders wrote on the Unherd website.
In one sense, the Thatcher fixation is easily explained. She led the Conservatives to three successive election victories and was never defeated at the ballot box. She was eventually brought down - like Johnson - by her own party, ousted in 1990 after 11 years in power.
"Every Conservative leader since Margaret Thatcher has failed," said Vinen, author of the book "Thatcher´s Britain."
John Major lost the party power in 1997, and the three leaders after him kept the Tories in opposition. Prime Minister David Cameron gambled on a 2016 referendum that, against his wishes, took Britain out of the European Union. His successor Theresa May was defeated by Brexit infighting, and Johnson has been given the boot by Conservative lawmakers after months of ethics scandals.
Thatcher´s decade in power, through war and peace, boom and bust, also offers rich pickings for acolytes to choose from. She was a wartime leader who defeated Argentina over the Falkland Islands, a democrat who stood up to the Soviet Union and saw the Cold War end, a union-bashing capitalist who unleashed the power of the financial markets.
"You can basically cherry-pick what you want," Honeyman said.
That selective memory is at work when today´s Conservatives, who are overwhelmingly pro-Brexit, say Thatcher would have supported the decision to leave the EU. Vinen says "it´s almost sacrilegious" to point it out, but "Thatcher was actually pro-European for most of her time in office."
Thatcher´s economic legacy is also contested. Truss and Sunak both claim to be offering Thatcherite economics, but their policies are very different. Truss says she will boost borrowing and cut taxes immediately to ease Britain´s cost-of-living crisis, while Sunak says it´s vital to get the country's soaring inflation rate under control first.
Both can point to decisions Thatcher made in support of their stances, although Vinen thinks Sunak´s inflation-busting focus is closer to Thatcher economically.
"She (didn´t) believe that you can lower tax unless you cut spending," he said.
Britain´s new leader will be elected by about 180,000 members of the Conservative Party, many of whom regard Thatcher as a heroine. Millions of other British voters remember her differently.
Thatcher privatized state-owned industries, sold off public housing and defeated Britain´s coal miners after a bitter, year-long strike. Under her leadership, industries shut and millions were thrown out of work, especially in the north of England.
Johnson, whose Conservative hero is Winston Churchill rather than Thatcher, secured a huge election victory in 2019 by winning over voters in northern England's post-industrial towns who had never considered supporting the Conservatives before.
Honeyman said that Johnson's successor would be wise not to laud Thatcher too loudly if they hope to hang onto those northern districts, where people still talk about the closure of factories and mines "and about the impact that that had upon their communities, about the way it fractured people´s lives."
"This isn´t ancient history for some of these people," she said. "This is their lived experience."
Those memories are not so vivid for the 47-year-old Truss, who was a teenager when Thatcher left office. Sunak, now 42, was just 10 years old in 1990.
But 84-year-old Conservative veteran Norman Fowler, who served in Thatcher´s government and is now speaker of the House of Lords, warned the candidates against "overdoing it" with the Iron Lady worship.
"I was in her Cabinet, shadow and real, for 15 years," Fowler told Times Radio. "Even I wouldn´t say that she was perfect in every way. And therefore, the party need not model itself entirely upon her. So I would give it a rest."
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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to the media on returning to No. 10 Downing Street from Buckingham Palace, in London, May 11, 1980. Two people are running to be Britain's next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/John Redman, File)
FILE This file combo shows the remaining candidates in the Conservative Party leadership race, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, right and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. Two people are running to be Britain's next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to the crowd after she was reelected as Britain's Premier, in Downing Street, London, Friday, June 12, 1987. Two people are running to be Britain's next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)
FILE - Britain's new Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Two people are running to be Britain's next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
FILE - Liz Truss, Britain's Foreign Secretary leaves a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Two people are running to be Britain's next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
FILE - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to supporters from Conservative Party headquarters in London, June 12, 1987, after claiming victory in Britain's general election. Two people are running to be Britain's next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Two people are running to be Britain's next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Britain's former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is handed a copy of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher's book to sign, at an event at Manor Farm, in Ropley, as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister, near Winchester, England, Saturday July 30, 2022. (Chris J Ratcliffe/PA via AP)
FILE - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, US President Ronald Reagan walk with other politicians to an afternoon session of the World Economic Summit. Two people are running to be Britain's next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Helmuth Lohmann, File) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11066057/Maggies-legacy-Divisive-Thatcher-looms-UK-Tory-race.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-31T07:29:13Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11066057/Maggies-legacy-Divisive-Thatcher-looms-UK-Tory-race.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Guatemala's Giammattei unharmed after gunmen fire on military guarding entourage
By Sofia Menchu
GUATEMALA CITY, July 30 (Reuters) - Guatemalan military exchanged fire with the passengers of a car as it approached the location of President Alejandro Giammattei's entourage on Saturday, though the president was elsewhere and was unharmed, an army spokesman said.
Military officials stopped the vehicle as it neared a checkpoint guarding the presidential delegation during a visit by Giammattei to the area of Huehuetenango, 300 km (190 miles) east of capital Guatemala City, the spokesman said.
The occupants of the car opened fire on the soldiers, who returned fire. Giammattei was about 2 km (a mile) away at the time.
"We inform the people of Guatemala and the international community that the president is unharmed and was evacuated from the area in a timely manner," a government statement said.
One of the gunmen, who is Mexican, was injured in the confrontation, the statement said. The others fled in the car towards the Mexican border about 80 km (50 miles) away, it said.
Four Guatemalans were later detained by the Mexican military, the Guatemalan government said. Two rifle grenades were also found over the border in Mexico.
A press representative for Mexico's Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Sofia Menchu; Additional reporting by Tomas Bravo; Writing by Cassandra Garrison; Editing by Stephen Eisenhammer and William Mallard) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11065941/Guatemalas-Giammattei-unharmed-gunmen-fire-military-guarding-entourage.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-31T07:31:53Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11065941/Guatemalas-Giammattei-unharmed-gunmen-fire-military-guarding-entourage.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Blue Jays look to take 4-game series from Tigers
The Toronto Blue Jays have not had an easy time with the visiting Detroit Tigers, but they have a chance to win the four-game series Sunday afternoon regardless.
Despite being outhit 10-4 on Saturday, the Blue Jays took advantage of Tigers mistakes to win 5-3.
The key hit was a three-run homer by Teoscar Hernandez against Derek Law, who hit a batter and committed an error on a potential double-play comebacker in the four-run sixth inning. Law also had a wild pitch in the inning.
"He didn't execute a (cutter) to a good offense and didn't field his position on a comebacker that could've got him out of the inning," Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. "As we've said for three straight days, extra runners and extra outs against these guys is dangerous."
The Tigers do have some excellent relievers, who are attracting interest as the trade deadline approaches, but Hinch stayed with Law, who was just promoted from Triple-A Toledo.
"We're gassed in the `pen," Hinch said. "We had to try to get to the finish line, so we tried to squeeze some outs out of some guys. I was going to get (Alex) Lange in there, and when the game flipped, I'm not going to put him in a loss."
The Tigers won two of three from the San Diego Padres to start the week and still could gain a split with the Blue Jays.
"There's no column for moral victories," Hinch said. "We've been playing better, and these are good teams we're playing. I like the at-bats all the way until the very end. We were a couple feet away from tying the game, but you want to win these."
Unlike the Tigers, the Blue Jays are out to add before the deadline.
"I think everybody wants the team to do something," Hernandez said. "Everybody is talking about it. We're just waiting to hear who we're going to get, or how many players we're going to get. If we get some help -- welcome. And we'll just continue to do our jobs.
"For me, I try not to think about it. Just focus on my job and let the front office do their job. But, of course, everyone is waiting for the last hours to be done so we can focus on the rest of the season, whether we have new players or not."
The Blue Jays, with a 4-2 advantage, have clinched the season series with the Tigers.
The Blue Jays will start right-hander Jose Berrios (7-4, 5.20 ERA) in the series finale on Sunday. He will be opposed by right-hander Garrett Hill (1-2, 5.57).
In 13 career outings (12 starts) against Detroit, Berrios is 6-2 with a 4.80 ERA. Hill has never faced Toronto.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled in the first inning Saturday to extend his hit streak to 11 games, during which he is batting .432 with one homer and six RBIs. He is batting .340 with three homers and 16 RBIs in July.
Tigers right fielder Victor Reyes was 2-for-4 with a walk Saturday. It was his ninth multi-hit game of the season, three of which have come against the Blue Jays.
Toronto recalled right-hander Trent Thornton from Triple-A Buffalo and optioned right-hander Max Castillo to Buffalo on Saturday.
With Law selected from Toledo, Detroit returned right-hander Bryan Garcia to Triple-A. Garcia started the game on Friday and did not factor in the decision.
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New York City declares monkeypox a public health emergency
The World Health Organisation declared monkeypox a global health emergency on July 23 and San Francisco's mayor on Thursday announced a state of emergency over the growing number of cases.
New York: Officials in New York City have declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus, calling the city "the epicentre" of the outbreak. The announcement Saturday by Mayor Eric Adams and health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said as many as 1,50,000 city residents could be at risk of infection. The declaration will allow officials to issue emergency orders under the city health code and amend code provisions to implement measures to help slow the spread.
In the last two days, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency declaration and the state health department called monkeypox an "imminent threat to public health."
New York had recorded 1,345 cases as of Friday, according to data compiled by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. California had the second-most, with 799.
"We will continue to work with our federal partners to secure more doses as soon as they become available," Adams and Vasan said in the statement. "This outbreak must be met with urgency, action, and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a public health emergency reflects the seriousness of the moment."
The World Health Organisation declared monkeypox a global health emergency on July 23 and San Francisco's mayor on Thursday announced a state of emergency over the growing number of cases.
The once-rare disease has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades but was not known to spark large outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread widely among people until May, when authorities detected dozens of epidemics in Europe, North America and elsewhere.
To date, there have been more than 22,000 monkeypox cases reported in nearly 80 countries since May, with about 75 suspected deaths in Africa, mostly in Nigeria and Congo. On Friday, Brazil and Spain reported deaths linked to monkeypox, the first reported outside Africa. Spain reported a second monkeypox death Saturday.
The virus spreads through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact as well as sharing bedding, towels and clothing. In Europe and North America, it has spread primarily among men who have sex with men, though health officials emphasise that the virus can infect anyone.
The type of monkeypox virus identified in this outbreak is rarely fatal, and people usually recover within weeks. But the lesions and blisters caused by the virus are painful.
Representatives of several small and medium pharma companies have suggested that the government adopt a "one molecule-one MRP" formula instead of trade margin rationalisation (TMR) on non-scheduled drugs to reduce their prices. | https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/new-york-city-declares-monkeypox-a-public-health-emergency/93246390 | 2022-07-31T07:35:13Z | https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/new-york-city-declares-monkeypox-a-public-health-emergency/93246390 | false |
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Associated Press
WIEJKOWO, Poland (AP) — More than 1,000 years after his death in what is now Poland, a European king whose nickname lives on through wireless technology is at the center of an archaeological dispute.
Chronicles from the Middle Ages say King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson of Denmark acquired his nickname courtesy of a tooth, probably dead, that looked bluish. One chronicle from the time also says the Viking king was buried in Roskilde, in Denmark, in the late 10th century.
But a Swedish archaeologist and a Polish researcher recently claimed in separate publications that they have pinpointed his most probable burial site in the village of Wiejkowo, in an area of northwestern Poland that had ties to the Vikings in Harald’s times.
Marek Kryda, author of the book “Viking Poland,” told The Associated Press that a “pagan mound” which he claims he has located beneath Wiejkowo’s 19th-century Roman Catholic church probably holds the king’s remains. Kryda said geological satellite images available on a Polish government portal revealed a rotund shape that looked like a Viking burial mound.
But Swedish archaeologist Sven Rosborn, says Kryda is wrong because Harald, who converted from paganism to Christianity and founded churches in the area, must have received an appropriate grave somewhere in the churchyard. Wiejkowo’s Church of The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands atop a small round knoll.
Historians at the Danish National Museum in Copenhagen say they are familiar with the “suggestion” that Wiejkowo is Harald’s burial place.
Rosborn detailed his research in the 2021 book ”The Viking King’s Golden Treasure” and Kryda challenged some of the Swede’s findings in his own book published this year.
Harald, who died in 985, probably in Jomsborg — which is believed to be the Polish town of Wolin now — was one of the last Viking kings to rule over what is now Denmark, northern Germany, and parts of Sweden and Norway. He spread Christianity in his kingdom.
Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson named its Bluetooth wireless link technology after the king, reflecting how he united much of Scandinavia during his lifetime. The logo for the technology is designed from the Scandinavian runic letters for the king’s initials, HB.
Rosborn, the former director of Sweden’s Malmo City Museum, was spurred on his quest in 2014 when an 11-year-old girl sought his opinion about a small, soiled coin-like object with old-looking text that had been in her family’s possession for decades.
Experts have determined that the cast gold disc that sparked Maja Sielski’s curiosity dated from the 10th century. The Latin inscription on what is now known as the “Curmsun disc” says: “Harald Gormsson (Curmsun in Latin) king of Danes, Scania, Jomsborg, town Aldinburg.”
Sielski’s family, who moved to Sweden from Poland in 1986, said the disc came from a trove found in 1841 in a tomb underneath the Wiejkowo church, which replaced a medieval chapel.
The Sielski family came into the possession of the disc, along with the Wiejkowo parish archives that contained medieval parchment chronicles in Latin, in 1945 as the former German area was becoming part of Poland as a result of World War II.
A family member who knew Latin understood the value of the chronicles — which dated as far back as the 10th century — and translated some of them into Polish. They mention Harald, another fact linking the Wiejkowo church to him.
The nearby Baltic Sea island and town of Wolin cultivates the region’s Viking history: it has a runic stone in honor of Harald Bluetooth and holds annual festivals of Slavs and Vikings.
Kryda says the Curmsun disc is “phenomenal” with its meaningful inscription and insists that it would be worth it to examine Wiejkowo as Harald’s burial place, but there are no current plans for any excavations.
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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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Located along a remote stretch of Highway 395, the Fort Independence Travel Plaza touts a dozen gas pumps, clean restrooms and made-to-order meals for travelers visiting California’s Eastern Sierra.
The facility, which provides revenue for a Paiute Indian tribe, is about to quadruple in size thanks to an $8 million federal grant that will help build a new gas station with room for cultural displays and locally made products.
It’s one of hundreds of tourism-related projects nationwide that are collectively getting about $2.4 billion from the American Rescue Plan, according to an Associated Press analysis of funds flowing from last year’s wide-ranging coronavirus relief law.
The money is paying for graffiti-resistant trash cans in Portland, Oregon, culturally diverse music festivals in Nashville, Tennessee, sports facilities in various cities and new marketing campaigns to attract tourists to particular states — sometimes in direct competition with one another.
“Our goal is to get people traveling again. Period,” said Dave Lorenz, chairman of the National Council of State Tourism Directors and the Michigan travel director.
Despite high fuel prices, Americans do seem to be hitting the road. After a plunge at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. travel spending this year is projected to top $1 trillion — up 45% from its 2020 low point, according to the U.S. Travel Association.
That corresponds with a similar increase in state tourism office budgets, which have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels thanks to the federal aid.
A coronavirus relief law signed by former President Donald Trump opened the potential for federal money to be used for local tourism projects.
The subsequent pandemic relief law signed by President Joe Biden expanded that. The American Rescue Plan contained $750 million for grants for tourism, travel and outdoor recreation through the federal Economic Development Authority. It also included the tourism, travel and hospitality sector among dozens of eligible uses — alongside health care, housing and unemployment programs — for a $350 billion pool of flexible aid sent to state, local, territorial and tribal governments.
Those governments had budgeted more than $1.6 billion from those flexible funds for about 550 tourism, travel and hospitality projects as of the end of March, according to an Associated Press analysis of recently released data from the U.S. Treasury.
Those tourism projects include $425,000 in Portland to replace 200 trash cans with ones that have larger openings and harder-to-deface surfaces made of such things as metal slats or wire mesh. The city cited ″a substantial increase in the amount of trash, graffiti, and vandalism” during the pandemic, asserting that new garbage cans will “create a safer, more welcoming environment for visitors to our parks,” according to a description in the Treasury Department data.
Nashville, known for its country music scene, allotted $750,000 to reach “culturally diverse visitors.” That’s helping fund renovations at a once-prominent Black music venue, subsidize choir concerts at Fisk University and pay for an annual jazz and blues festival occurring in July, among other things.
The goal is to “build up the other genres without pushing country music down,” said Butch Spyridon, CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.
Of the tourism grants awarded through the Economic Development Authority, $510 million was divided among states and territories according to a formula that took into account job losses in their leisure and hospitality sectors. An additional $240 million was set aside for competitive grants, which are still being doled out.
One of those grants went to the Fort Independence Indian Reservation, a 220-member tribe that plans to add more than 60 jobs at its enlarged travel center.
“Part of tourism is getting from A to B, and one of the stops along the way is our reservation,” explained tribal vice chair Alisa Lee. “When we have been able to educate people about our community, our tribe and our culture, that is a form of tourism.”
Other competitive grants included $2.2 million to help replace old snowmaking equipment at Frost Fire Park ski resort in North Dakota, $1.6 million to help build a new Mardi Gras museum in Louisiana and $1.2 million to build locker rooms, concession facilities and a pavilion for a cross-country course at Middle Georgia State University.
University President Christopher Blake said in a statement that the project has the potential “to transform it into a recreational dynamo” that generates nearly $1 million a year in economic activity.
Several states also projected big returns on their federal tourism dollars, according to grant plans obtained by the AP through an open-records request.
Alabama plans to spend nearly $2.7 million to build three boat piers at reservoirs along the Coosa River. The state said regional fishing tournaments can lure $200,000 into an economy and national tournaments up to $1 million.
Oregon used a $9.1 million grant to help produce promotional videos and pictures of scenery that could be embedded into TV broadcasts of the World Athletics Championships that occurred this month in Eugene. The international broadcasts could yield between $224 million and $374 million in visitor spending and “spur economic development and opportunity for decades to come,” the Oregon Tourism Commission said in a grant plan submitted to federal officials.
Tourism projects generally seem like an appropriate use of the federal pandemic relief funds because the industry initially was one of the hardest hit, said Sean Moulton, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight.
But “as you give more flexibility,” Moulton said, “you run the risk of the money being used in ways that in retrospect you say that wasn’t the most effective.”
The city of Fort Worth, Texas, has directed $52 million of its flexible American Rescue Plan money for an expansion of its convention center. Of that, $40 million was categorized as tourism aid in a 2021 year-end report submitted to the Treasury Department.
The Treasury revised its rules in January to discourage big spending on convention centers and stadiums, stating that large capital expenditures to aid the travel and tourism industries are “not reasonably proportional to addressing the negative economic impacts of the pandemic.”
Fort Worth is moving ahead with the project anyway. The city reclassified the aid as a replacement for revenue lost during the pandemic — a category with the broadest flexibility under Treasury rules.
California got the largest tourism grant allocation, about $46 million. The state directed all of that — plus an additional $95 million of flexible federal pandemic aid — to its nonprofit tourism entity, which conducts national and international marketing.
Other states also have used the federal aid to try to draw visitors to their parks, shopping areas, restaurants and resorts.
While Michigan targets tourists in the neighboring Great Lakes region, Ohio is countering by expanding advertising into 11 new markets, including additional Michigan cities.
Missouri, meanwhile, is casting a broader net into the upper Midwest and the South. Thanks to a two-thirds increase in its tourism budget, Missouri is planning to expand advertising beyond its bordering states to reach potential travelers from Alabama, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
“In order to stay competitive with the states that we consider competition, it was going to be important for us to up our game,” Missouri Tourism Director Stephen Foutes said. | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/federal-tourism-aid-funds-gas-stations-trash-cans-jazz/ | 2022-07-31T07:59:26Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/federal-tourism-aid-funds-gas-stations-trash-cans-jazz/ | false |
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP)Sauce Gardner was relaxing on the plane ride from the NFL draft in Las Vegas to his new playing home in New Jersey when the magnitude of what was happening really started to sink in.
The former Cincinnati cornerback was the No. 4 overall pick by the New York Jets. And sitting there with him were wide receiver Garrett Wilson, the 10th overall selection out of Ohio State, and Jermaine Johnson, who went 26th out of Florida State.
They were a trio of friends and first-rounders – on their way to help turn around the fortunes of a frustrated franchise.
”We were really like, it was meant for all of us to be on the same team,” Gardner said Saturday.
Gardner and Johnson trained together in Texas leading up to the draft in April, along with eventual Jets selections Breece Hall (second round) and Micheal Clemons (fourth round), among others.
”For us to all end up on the same team is like a blessing,” Gardner said. ”I don’t think I’m just like a good luck charm, but it’s like every team I end up on, there’s always something unique about it.”
Like his Bearcats team that made it to the College Football Playoff last season for the first time in school history before losing to Alabama in the Cotton Bowl.
”This program, it reminds me of Cincinnati a lot,” Gardner said. ”And I think this year, we’re going to make a huge change.”
The Jets and their fans are counting on it.
New York has gone 11 seasons without making the playoffs, the longest active postseason drought in the league. The Jets are coming off a 4-13 campaign, the first under coach Robert Saleh, but their impressive draft haul had the organization giddy.
It marked just the second time in franchise history during the modern draft era – since 1970 – the Jets had more than two picks in the opening round and first since they had a record four selections in 2000.
Six picks after general manager Joe Douglas took Gardner to fill a massive need in the secondary, he gave quarterback Zach Wilson an explosive playmaker in Garrett Wilson. He wasn’t done, though, swinging a deal with Tennessee to get back into the first round to take Johnson to boost the pass rush.
Now all three players will be bonded forever – by high hopes that their Jets legacy will be marked by lots of winning.
”I know none of us have an issue with those expectations,” Johnson said.
There’s a certain swagger with which all three carry themselves. Gardner’s diamond-encrusted ”SAUCE” medallion on draft night was a clear display of that. Their confidence on the field belies their rookie status.
”We all have the same mindset of just being the best teammates we can,” Johnson said. ”You know, we’re rookies, so we’ve got to earn our keep, especially to earn it to have a voice on this team. And that comes with doing things the right way, going 110% and being a good teammate.
”So, I mean, we’re all on that track and we’ll see what happens.”
So far, so good through four camp practices.
Gardner has been solid while rotating with Bryce Hall in the competition for a starting spot opposite D.J. Reed.
”I mean, that boy’s a dog, he’s really a dog,” said Garrett Wilson, who has matched up against Gardner several times this summer. ”He’s really handsy, good with his hands, and puts himself in the right scenario a lot of the time.”
Wilson has been one of the early standouts on offense, making several impressive catches and building quick chemistry with his quarterback.
”He’s very, very athletic,” Saleh said. ”He’s got unbelievable body control and power. He’s got great hands. He’s explosive in and out of his breaks. He’s very wiggly in and out of his breaks. He is talented.”
Johnson is working in a rotation on the Jets’ deepest and arguably best unit, a defensive line that includes seasoned veterans such as Quinnen Williams, Carl Lawson and John Franklin-Myers and youngsters such as Johnson, who had 12 sacks last season and was the ACC defensive player of the year.
”He’s phenomenal, bro,” Williams said of Johnson. ”He’s a very vocal guy, a very explosive guy, a very talented guy. … He’s an animal, bro.”
It’s still just practice, of course. And there are still a few weeks before even the first preseason game.
But Gardner, Wilson and Johnson have been passing the early tests – while leaning on each other as fellow first-rounders.
”It takes a lot of pressure off because you have people to talk to that are going through the same things you’re going through, the same expectations,” Wilson said. ”When you’re a first-round pick, you’re expected to come in and make an impact right away.
”I feel like we’ve been holding each other to high standards. But also we know that this is all new to each of us and we’re able to bounce things off of each other, talk to each other. And it’s been really good, for sure.”
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Head of the Harbor in dispute over fire protection costs
Head of the Harbor Village and St. James Fire District officials are embroiled in a dispute over the cost of the district’s fire and emergency services, with a Jan. 16 village hearing looming for the contract that would offer coverage this year.
The village is not part of the district, but has for years contracted with it for coverage because it does not have its own fire department. Under the 2019 contract under consideration, the district would charge the village $399,156, a 25 percent increase over 2018. District commissioners said that increase is only the first in a series needed for the village to pay its fair share; village trustees said the increase breaks with a pricing method both sides have used for years.
“They sprung this on us,” Mayor Douglas Dahlgard said at a Dec. 19 village board meeting. “It really wasn’t fair.”
Previously, the fire district based the fee it charged the village on a formula that derived the average cost of protection per household by dividing the total district budget by the number of households served. Under that formula, the average cost per household was more than $600. In 2018, when the total district budget was $2.7 million and the village had about 525 homes, the district charged the village $319,325.
That charge was incorporated in the village tax bill, yielding an effective coverage rate of $68.54 per $1,000 of assessed value, trustee Jeffrey Fischer said at that meeting. The district tax rate last year was $126.77 per $1,000 of assessed value, and for 2019 the rate is $127.27 per $1,000.
Fire commissioners said that the average cost formula is unfair because property values tend to be significantly higher in the village than in the hamlet of St. James. “You’re equating one of St. James’ two-bedroom houses to Mr. Mercer’s property,” Commissioner William Kearny said in an interview, referring to billionaire Robert Mercer, whose estate is in the village.
Commissioners said the village fee should be based directly on the assessed value of property there. They said that raising the amount the village pays would allow them to drop the overall district tax rate and increase services. They intend in coming years to raise protection fees until they equal what villagers would pay as district residents. Kearny said little incentive to negotiate gentler terms, paraphrasing a comment he said he’d heard numerous times from residents at district meetings last year: “Why am I, the working class of St. James, supporting the quote wealthy people of Head of the Harbor?”
Another factor was the public advocacy from Dahlgard and some village residents for the district to keep open the historic firehouse on Route 25A, and to base an engine there. Kearny and Edward Springer, Sr., an outgoing commissioner, said they resented what they saw as management interference from a customer.
Their strategy could prod the village to join the district or to find a new protector, something trustees said they tried without success this year.
Other solutions, which Dahlgard said might come only with help from the Town of Smithtown, could be consolidation of protection services, redrawing some of the lines of the many districts that now cover the area or combining some districts.
“If you look at New York City, they have one fire department, five boroughs, and it works,” he said.
Thomas McKevitt, a municipal law expert and Nassau County legislator, said the village’s options are limited, at least in the near term. Village officials “ have to provide” fire service, he said, and “they made a choice quite some time ago that they would rather contract than have their own department.” | https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/head-of-harbor-fire-a28490 | 2022-07-31T08:05:04Z | https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/head-of-harbor-fire-a28490 | true |
Best-sellers
Fiction
1. THE 6:20 MAN by David Baldacci. When his ex-girlfriend turns up dead in his office building, an entry-level investment analyst delves into the halls of economic power.
2. THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware. A decade after her first year at Oxford, an expectant mother looks into the mystery of her former best friend's death.
3. THE HOTEL NANTUCKET by Elin Hilderbrand. The new general manager of a hotel far from its Gilded Age heyday deals with the complicated pasts of her guests and staff.
4. SPARRING PARTNERS by John Grisham. Three novellas: "Homecoming," "Strawberry Moon" and "Sparring Partners."
5. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin. Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.
6. UPGRADE by Blake Crouch. Logan Ramsay's genome has been hacked, and he is the only person who can prevent this from happening to the public at large.
7. RISING TIGER by Brad Thor. The 21st book in the Scot Harvath series. The American spy faces dangers on a mission in an unfamiliar culture.
8. THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave. Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
9. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
10. HORSE by Geraldine Brooks. The story of a racehorse, an enslaved groom, and an itinerant painter reverberates in three different eras.
Nonfiction
1. TANQUERAY by Stephanie Johnson and Brandon Stanton. A profile of a performer who was a well-known burlesque dancer in New York City.
2. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVITUDE by Mark Leibovich. A staff writer at The Atlantic details how some Republicans shifted their loyalty to Donald Trump.
3. BATTLE FOR THE AMERICAN MIND by Pete Hegseth with David Goodwin. The "Fox & Friends Weekend" host makes his case for what he calls classical Christian education.
4. FINDING ME by Viola Davis. The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success.
5. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY by David Sedaris. The humorist portrays personal and public upheavals of his life in its seventh decade and the world in the time of a pandemic.
6. LEADERSHIP by Henry Kissinger. The former secretary of state profiles the statecraft strategies of Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher and others.
7. JAMES PATTERSON by James Patterson. The author's life, from growing up in small-town New York to working in the advertising industry to becoming a successful storyteller.
8. KILLING THE KILLERS by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. The 11th book in the conservative commentator's Killing series gives an account of the global war against terrorists.
9. CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner. The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father who is the leader of indie rock project Japanese Breakfast describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.
10. AN IMMENSE WORLD by Ed Yong. The Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer explains the sensory perceptions and ways of communication used by a variety of animals.
Paperback fiction
1. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens.
2. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover.
3. VERITY by Colleen Hoover.
4. UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover.
5. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Paperback fiction
1. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.
2. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
3. ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks.
4. EDUCATED by Tara Westover.
5. THE BOMBER MAFIA by Malcolm Gladwell.
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal is holding a legislative election Sunday, a vital test for opposition parties who are trying to minimize the ruling party’s influence before the 2024 presidential election amid worries that President Macky Sall may seek a third term.
About 7 million voters are eligible to elect 165 deputies in the National Assembly amid a politically tense atmosphere in the West African nation. Violent protests broke out last year after Sall’s main opponent, Ousmane Sonko, was arrested on rape charges, and more than a dozen people were killed. Sonko, who came in third in the 2019 election, denies the allegations and his supporters have been vocal about their opposition to the president.
This year, he and another of Sall’s major opponents were disqualified as candidates, which sparked more widespread anger and protests in which three people died in June.
Senegal, with a population of 17 million, is known for its stability in a region that has seen coups in three countries since 2020 and where leaders have changed laws to remain in power for third terms.
Sunday’s election will give a clearer indication of what could happen in 2024.
“For (the ruling party), it is a question of doing everything to maintain an absolute majority in the National Assembly in order to be able to govern quietly until 2024 … and guarding the possibility of passing certain laws to prepare for all eventualities at the end of Sall’s second term,” said Mame Ngor Ngom, a political analyst.
Even though Sonko’s candidacy was rejected by the Constitutional Council, he has organized opposition supporters across Senegal. A victory for the opposition “would be synonymous with the rejection of a possible third candidacy for Sall and a probable victory in the next presidential election,” Ngom said.
Sall’s Benno Bokk Yakaar ruling party currently holds 75% of the legislature’s seats.
Serigne Thiam, a political science expert at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, says the opposition is pushing the subject of a possible third term over other issues.
“If the opposition wins, the president will no longer be able to think of a third term. On the other hand, if the ruling power wins the ballot, its supporters can push the president towards a third term,” he warns.
Sall hasn’t talked about a third term but has promised to speak Monday, the day after the election.
Dissatisfaction with Sall has risen as possible adversaries — including the popular former mayor of Dakar, Khalifa Sall, and ex-president Abdoulaye Wade’s son Karim Wade — have been targeted by the judiciary and disqualified from running for office. Many accuse Sall of using his power to eliminate opponents.
Anger has also grown amid economic worries as prices for fuel and food have skyrocketed due to the war in Ukraine.
Senegal’s former prime minister and head of the ruling party, Aminata Touré, appealed to the country’s youth to vote.
“The youth must participate massively in the vote in thanks to the President Macky Sall for the extraordinary work he has done for Senegal,” he declared in Kédougou in the southeast.
Interior Minister Antoine Félix Abdoulaye Diom toured polling stations around the country and declared that all the arrangements had been made for a smooth vote, despite floods in the past few weeks.
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4 teens shot in spray of bullets at Fla. apartment complex
GOULDS, Fla. (WFOR) - Four teens have been hospitalized after being shot at a Florida apartment complex. Residents say the gun violence in their community has to stop.
Four teens were walking just after 5 p.m. Friday alongside Cutler Manor Apartments in Goulds when investigators say they were sprayed with bullets. The victims were two 13-year-olds and two 15-year-olds.
The bullets hit the teens multiple times, and they were all taken to the Ryder Trauma Center. One is in critical but stable condition. The others are listed in stable condition.
So far, no one has been arrested. It’s unclear where the shooter fired from or how they got away.
Charlie Williams owns the Cool Bear Ice Cream shop across the street and says this isn’t the first time he’s seen shootings happen in this complex.
“We just heard the shots, and a couple of customers got down from the shots being fired over there,” he said. “This is our community, right? We need it to stop.”
Romania Dukes with Mothers Fighting for Justice lost her son to a stray bullet in the complex eight years ago.
“This has to stop. How many more kids have to get shot? How many more kids have to die before you guys get it? Enough is enough. You have to speak up,” she said.
Police are urging anyone with information about who was behind the shooting to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.
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WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 1, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
1235 AM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County Mountains excluding
the Santa Monica Range, Ventura County Mountains and the Santa
Clarita Valley.
* WHEN...From 10 AM PDT this morning through this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Low-water crossings may be flooded. Debris flows may be a concern
in and around the Bobcat, Lake, Ranch 2 and Dam Burn areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms from late this
morning through this evening. Some of these showers and
thunderstorms may produce heavy downpours with rainfall rates
exceeding one inch per hour. Weak flow aloft will cause these
storms to be slow moving, allowing them to produce rain in
any one area for an extended period of time. This will
increase the threat for dangerous flash flooding.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to
flash flooding. Flash flooding is a VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
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TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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Zone Forecasts for the South Plains Area
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
TXZ035-312130-
Lubbock-
Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
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TXZ026-312130-
Childress-
Including the cities of Childress and Kirkland
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 104. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
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TXZ021-312130-
Parmer-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, and Farwell
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
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TXZ022-312130-
Castro-
Including the cities of Dimmitt and Hart
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ023-312130-
Swisher-
Including the cities of Tulia and Happy
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ024-312130-
Briscoe-
Including the cities of Silverton and Quitaque
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 99.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ025-312130-
Hall-
Including the cities of Turkey and Memphis
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ027-312130-
Bailey-
Including the city of Muleshoe
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ028-312130-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ029-312130-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ030-312130-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ031-312130-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ032-312130-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 104. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ033-312130-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ034-312130-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ036-312130-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ037-312130-
Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ038-312130-
King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ039-312130-
Yoakum-
Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ040-312130-
Terry-
Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ041-312130-
Lynn-
Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ042-312130-
Garza-
Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ043-312130-
Kent-
Including the city of Jayton
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ044-312130-
Stonewall-
Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The joy in the room is palpable when the cast of “Aladdin Jr.” closes out its performance by singing the “Glee” version of “Don’t Stop Believin’.”
The song isn’t even part of the show, but it’s the traditional show-closer for Penguin Project performances, which pair kids with special needs (known in the program as “actors”) with theater kids (“mentors”) to put on a show and, hopefully, foster some new friendships.
“I think that the goal is that they build their own community,” said Ian Mairs, director of Apex Theatre Studio, the organization that is bringing the national Penguin Project to St. Augustine. “Some of these kids were not even talking for the first two weeks. The difference is amazing.”
Mairs has put together a cast of about 20 kids, who will put on performances of “Alladin Jr.,” based on the Disney film, July 23 and 24 at Flagler College in St. Augustine. They’ve been rehearsing three times a week for 16 weeks to get ready for the shows.
They rehearse in a strip mall near the entrance to the World Golf Village, in a room with black-painted walls and parents sitting on one side, copies of the “Aladdin Jr.” script book in hand. The kids bounce a ball and sing silly songs as they wait for their castmates to arrive, then get down to rehearsing the 15 or so songs in the show. A staff member, Isabel Dondero, sits at a piano and rhythmically speaks the words to a new song, then leads the cast as they sing it, accompanied by the soundtrack.
They’re serious about learning their parts, but not so serious that they can’t break into a game of Duck-Duck-Goose. When they are working through a new song-and-dance routine, though, they’re all business, with mentors working one-on-one with the actors.
On stage, the actors will have the showcase roles.
“I always wanted to be the Genie,” said 13-year-old Sophie Somaru, who said she has a little theater experience and, in fact, is the Genie in “Aladdin Jr.” Mentors don’t have any lines but will be there, right next to the actors, in case the actor needs to be fed a line or needs to be reminded of where to stand for the next scene.
Actors, mentors paired so audience members can’t tell which is which
Andy Morgan, a developmental pediatrician in Illinois and founder of the national Penguin Project program, said the pairing of actors and mentors is designed so audience members can’t tell which is which. “On stage, I don’t want you to know who’s who,” he said this spring during a visit to Jacksonville, where he and Mairs launched the St. Augustine program.
Morgan, who has a background in theater, put on the first Penguin Project show in 2004. It has since spread to 51 locations around the country, including Bunnell, Winter Haven and Tampa in Florida and Brunswick, Statesboro and Forsythe County in South Georgia. The Brunswick program held its sixth annual production last month and the Bunnell program, at Flagler Playhouse, is planning its first performance, “Annie Jr.,” for summer 2023.
The national program is for ages 10-23, but Mairs has several actors who are even younger. Many of the actors in the national program are autistic or have severe ADHD, but Morgan said he’s worked with blind children and kids in wheelchairs. The only restriction he has is on behavior — absolutely no bullying is allowed.
“We do not discriminate based on disability or special need, and everyone is nice to everyone else,” Morgan said. “People are often afraid to talk about disabilities. The bottom line is you are what you are. We all have challenges, one way or another.”
The actors might be out of tune, in the wrong place or unintelligible. So what, Morgan said. “Intelligibility is not an issue; it’s heart.”
There is no charge to participate for actors and mentors. That’s not a mandate from the national organization, but none of the chapters charge to participate, and none of them have lost money since the program started, Morgan said.
For many of the actors, the Penguin Project is their first chance to go on stage, and, almost without fail, they end up loving it, Morgan said.
“These children have very few social interactions. Their parents have very few social networks. They love coming because they have friends,” he said. “This has become the primary extracurricular program that these kids are in.”
Morgan said he’s still not sure who gets more out of the program, the actors or the mentors. He’s not aware of any mentors going on to become professional actors, but he said several have gone on to work with special-needs children. “It’s life-changing for everybody, for the actors, for the mentors, for the parents,” he said. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Program-opens-a-whole-new-world-for-kids-with-17341029.php | 2022-07-31T08:25:25Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Program-opens-a-whole-new-world-for-kids-with-17341029.php | false |
TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for The Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
TXZ012-017-010000-
Potter-Randall-
Including the cities of Amarillo, Bushland, Buffalo Lake, Canyon,
and Umbarger
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs
in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ317-010000-
Palo Duro Canyon-
Including the city of Palo Duro Canyon State Park
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs 100-105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ002-010000-
Sherman-
Including the city of Stratford
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ007-010000-
Moore-
Including the cities of Dumas, Four Way, and Masterson
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy, then becoming partly cloudy in the
morning, then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ003-010000-
Hansford-
Including the cities of Spearman and Gruver
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Decreasing clouds. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ008-010000-
Hutchinson-
Including the city of Borger
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Decreasing clouds. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ004-010000-
Ochiltree-
Including the cities of Farnsworth, Perryton, Wolf Creek Park,
and Waka
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Decreasing clouds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows
around 70. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ009-010000-
Roberts-
Including the cities of Codman, Lora, and Miami
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southwest. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ005-010000-
Lipscomb-
Including the cities of Booker, Higgins, and Follett
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Decreasing clouds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ010-010000-
Hemphill-
Including the cities of Canadian, Glazier, and Lake Marvin
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ011-010000-
Oldham-
Including the cities of Vega, Wildorado, and Boys Ranch
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early then clearing. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs
in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ016-010000-
Deaf Smith-
Including the cities of Dawn, Hereford, and Bootleg
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ013-010000-
Carson-
Including the cities of Panhandle, Pantex, White Deer,
and Skellytown
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming
southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows around 70. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ018-010000-
Armstrong-
Including the cities of Claude, Washburn, Wayside, and Goodnight
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ014-010000-
Gray-
Including the cities of Kingsmill and Pampa
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight.
Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ019-010000-
Donley-
Including the city of Clarendon
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ015-010000-
Wheeler-
Including the cities of Briscoe, Wheeler, Lela, Shamrock,
and Twitty
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ020-010000-
Collingsworth-
Including the cities of Lutie, Wellington, Dozier, and Samnorwood
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming southwest with gusts up
to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs 100-105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
in the lower 70s.
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CHICAGO (AP) — 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 was in the White Sox’s lineup hitting leadoff Saturday against Oakland after he 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.
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.
Anderson had two singles on Saturday and was at the plate in the ninth when Gavin Sheets scored from third on Zach Jackson’s wild pitch to give Chicago a 3-2 win. Following the game, Anderson declined to speak to reporters about the suspension.
Before the contest La Russa said he watched video from the incident and said, “I think there’s an argument to be made in Tim’s favor, so we’ll see.
“Did you see how the interaction happened?” La Russa added. “The way we see it, there’s an argument to be made that the umpire didn’t move back, he was moving forward as well.”
Anderson missed the first two games of 2022 as punishment for making contact with an umpire during a bench-clearing incident last September. He was also suspended a game in April after directing an obscene gesture toward fans, but that ban was overturned on appeal.
Anderson is batting .310 with six homers and 25 RBIs.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Having fans at training camp is not an annoyance to Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel.
It’s part of his story, a tale that involves how a lost hat led to him coaching in front of Dolphins fans for the first time Saturday at training camp.
The year was 1993, and the Denver Broncos were holding training camp in Greeley, Colorado. McDaniel was 10 years old, Greeley was home at the time and he was obsessed with the Broncos.
One day while jostling for an autograph from a player named Robert Delpino, McDaniel’s Charlotte Hornets hat got knocked away, never to be found again.
Broncos video coordinator Gary McCune went to a nearby mall and purchased a new hat to bring to the highly distraught boy the next day. McCune met McDaniel’s mother. They got married, a heartwarming story that made headlines in Denver.
McDaniel’s obsession with football only kept growing. He eventually became a Broncos ballboy. The rest, as they say, is history.
“I love having fans at practice,” McDaniel said. “It’s kind of true to my heart. Because that’s literally full circle. Training camp practice in Greeley, Colorado, for the Denver Broncos is where this whole thing for me started. There is a connection that I think you can have with the fans.”
Like all teams, the Dolphins will make a handful of practices open to fans during training camp. In the super-secretive world of the NFL, prying eyes are rarely a good thing, which is why teams err on the side of caution on public days and tend to keep things relatively basic.
“For all opponents watching, nothing that you see today will ever run again,” McDaniel said. “It is a challenge. You have to think about it. And you just have to be very mindful of it. Listen, people are going to have an idea of what you are and how you play. And a lot of people do similar things in the National Football League with regard to scheme. But if there’s certain things that you have lined up for certain opponents, you have to plan around that.
“The good thing is when you’re not going to be able to control what gets out into the interwebs. So, you do adjust, to a degree.”
That said, the Dolphins were happy to put on a show.
They might be about a half-century removed from their last championship — plans were unveiled Saturday for the anniversary celebration of the 1972 perfect season — but the support never seems to be lacking. Season tickets will sell out for the first time in team history in the next few days, and the Dolphins will soon have their first-ever waiting list for tickets.
McDaniel has made sure players are aware of the support, noting that they shouldn’t feel entitled to have it automatically.
“Our fans always just come with the energy, no matter what we’re doing on the field,” linebacker Jerome Baker said. “I always appreciate that the fans, the community and the organization, they’re all just behind us as a whole.”
The Dolphins did their part to feed into the energy for the first open session Saturday. When the team emerged from the indoor facility and came out for stretching, they greeted by a standing ovation from fans who started arriving more than 2 hours earlier for seats in the bleachers. It didn’t take long for wide receiver Tyreek Hill to rile the fans up with a backflip and a short speech.
“Get your popcorn ready,” Hill said.
Offensive lineman Blaise Andries then smashed a couple cans of beverages into his head, and practice was off and running. Fans cheered stretching, cheered Tua Tagovailoa completing short passes, completing 30-yard passes. They cheered just about anything.
“It’s a competitive advantage,” McDaniel said. “It’s kind of why you do what you do. … It’s just another reason for us to go about our daily process with a fine-tooth comb, to make sure that we pay them back for their investment in us.”
And maybe there was a 10-year-old kid in the stands who, 29 years from now, will be coaching in the NFL.
“That’s why I didn’t allow any ambitious children to practice,” McDaniel said.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)Gonzala Higuain had his first MLS hat trick and Christopher McVey scored the equalizer – his first MLS goal – in the seventh minute of stoppage time to help Inter Miami to a 4-4 tie with Cincinnati on Saturday.
McVey took a pass from Corentin Jean, cut back to evade a defender and blasted a rising shot off the crossbar into the net for Miami (7-10-5) to cap the scoring.
Higuain opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, gave Miami a 2-1 lead in the 37th and converted from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time to take a 3-2 advantage into halftime.
Brenner and Brandon Vazquez scored two goals each for Cincinnati (7-8-8).
Miami visits the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday, while Cincinnati will host the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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564 FPUS54 KAMA 310806
ZFPAMA
Zone Forecast Product for The Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
TXZ012-017-010000-
Potter-Randall-
Including the cities of Amarillo, Bushland, Buffalo Lake, Canyon,
and Umbarger
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs
in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ317-010000-
Palo Duro Canyon-
Including the city of Palo Duro Canyon State Park
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs 100-105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ002-010000-
Sherman-
Including the city of Stratford
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ007-010000-
Moore-
Including the cities of Dumas, Four Way, and Masterson
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy, then becoming partly cloudy in the
morning, then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ003-010000-
Hansford-
Including the cities of Spearman and Gruver
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Decreasing clouds. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ008-010000-
Hutchinson-
Including the city of Borger
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Decreasing clouds. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ004-010000-
Ochiltree-
Including the cities of Farnsworth, Perryton, Wolf Creek Park,
and Waka
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Decreasing clouds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows
around 70. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ009-010000-
Roberts-
Including the cities of Codman, Lora, and Miami
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southwest. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ005-010000-
Lipscomb-
Including the cities of Booker, Higgins, and Follett
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Decreasing clouds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ010-010000-
Hemphill-
Including the cities of Canadian, Glazier, and Lake Marvin
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ011-010000-
Oldham-
Including the cities of Vega, Wildorado, and Boys Ranch
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early then clearing. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs
in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ016-010000-
Deaf Smith-
Including the cities of Dawn, Hereford, and Bootleg
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ013-010000-
Carson-
Including the cities of Panhandle, Pantex, White Deer,
and Skellytown
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming
southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening. Lows around 70. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ018-010000-
Armstrong-
Including the cities of Claude, Washburn, Wayside, and Goodnight
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ014-010000-
Gray-
Including the cities of Kingsmill and Pampa
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight.
Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows around 70.
$$
TXZ019-010000-
Donley-
Including the city of Clarendon
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ015-010000-
Wheeler-
Including the cities of Briscoe, Wheeler, Lela, Shamrock,
and Twitty
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ020-010000-
Collingsworth-
Including the cities of Lutie, Wellington, Dozier, and Samnorwood
305 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming southwest with gusts up
to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs 100-105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 100. Lows
in the lower 70s.
$$
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TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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304 FPUS54 KLUB 310746
ZFPLUB
Zone Forecasts for the South Plains Area
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
TXZ035-312130-
Lubbock-
Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ026-312130-
Childress-
Including the cities of Childress and Kirkland
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 104. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ021-312130-
Parmer-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, and Farwell
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ022-312130-
Castro-
Including the cities of Dimmitt and Hart
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ023-312130-
Swisher-
Including the cities of Tulia and Happy
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ024-312130-
Briscoe-
Including the cities of Silverton and Quitaque
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 99.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ025-312130-
Hall-
Including the cities of Turkey and Memphis
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ027-312130-
Bailey-
Including the city of Muleshoe
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ028-312130-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ029-312130-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ030-312130-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ031-312130-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ032-312130-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 104. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ033-312130-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ034-312130-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ036-312130-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ037-312130-
Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ038-312130-
King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ039-312130-
Yoakum-
Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ040-312130-
Terry-
Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ041-312130-
Lynn-
Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ042-312130-
Garza-
Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ043-312130-
Kent-
Including the city of Jayton
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ044-312130-
Stonewall-
Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
246 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service San Diego CA
201 AM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM TODAY...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by heavy rain from afternoon and evening
thunderstorms.
* WHERE...The San Bernardino and Riverside County Mountains, and the
Apple and Lucerne Valleys.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 10 PM today.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in road flooding and
low-lying, flood-prone locations. Mud and rockslides are possible.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Thunderstorms with heavy rain will form over the Mountains
and High Deserts again this afternoon.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Monitor radar.
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TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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091 FPUS54 KCRP 310755
ZFPCRP
Zone Forecast Product for South Texas
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
TXZ343-312200-
Coastal Nueces-
Including the cities of Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ443-312200-
Nueces Islands-
Including the city of Port Aransas
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ243-312200-
Inland Nueces-
Including the cities of Robstown, Tuloso, and Bishop
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to east 15 to 20 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ234-312200-
Victoria-
Including the cities of Victoria and Bloomington
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph
after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ239-312200-
Webb-
Including the cities of Laredo, Bruni, and Orvil
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 104. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ242-312200-
Inland Kleberg-
Including the cities of Kingsville, Loyola Beach, Ricardo,
and Riviera
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to east 15 to 20 mph this
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ342-312200-
Coastal Kleberg-
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to east 15 to 20 mph this
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ442-312200-
Kleberg Islands-
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to east 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 80. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ344-312200-
Coastal San Patricio-
Including the cities of Portland and Ingleside
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 80. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ244-312200-
Inland San Patricio-
Including the cities of Sinton, Mathis, Taft, and Odem
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ245-312200-
Coastal Aransas-
Including the cities of Rockport and Fulton
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ345-312200-
Aransas Islands-
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 80.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ346-312200-
Coastal Refugio-
Including the cities of Bayside and Austwell
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ246-312200-
Inland Refugio-
Including the cities of Refugio and Woodsboro
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ247-312200-
Inland Calhoun-
Including the city of Long Mott
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ347-312200-
Coastal Calhoun-
Including the cities of Seadrift, Port Lavaca, and Port O Connor
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 80. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 80s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ447-312200-
Calhoun Islands-
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 80.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ233-312200-
Goliad-
Including the city of Goliad
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
$$
TXZ232-312200-
Bee-
Including the cities of Beeville, Skidmore, Pettus, and Pawnee
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
$$
TXZ241-312200-
Jim Wells-
Including the cities of Alice, Orange Grove, and Premont
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ231-312200-
Live Oak-
Including the cities of George West and Three Rivers
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ240-312200-
Duval-
Including the cities of Freer, Benavides, and San Diego
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ229-312200-
La Salle-
Including the cities of Cotulla and Encinal
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 104. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 106. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 105 to 110.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 105 to 110.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ230-312200-
McMullen-
Including the cities of Calliham, Cross, Loma Alta, and Tilden
255 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 104. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TC/BF
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TX Shreveport LA Zone Forecast for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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National Weather Service Shreveport LA
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
TXZ096-312115-
Red River-
Including the cities of Clarksville and Bogata
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 104.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ108>111-312115-
Franklin-Titus-Camp-Morris-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Mount Pleasant, Pittsburg,
Daingerfield, Lone Star, Naples, and Omaha
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ112-312115-
Cass-
Including the cities of Atlanta, Linden, Hughes Springs,
and Queen City
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ126-138-312115-
Marion-Harrison-
Including the cities of Jefferson and Marshall
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ137-312115-
Gregg-
Including the city of Longview
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ125-312115-
Upshur-
Including the cities of Gilmer and Big Sandy
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ124-312115-
Wood-
Including the cities of Mineola, Winnsboro, Quitman, and Hawkins
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 104.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ136-312115-
Smith-
Including the city of Tyler
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent. Heat index values up to 104 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 104 in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Heat index values up
to 104.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ149-312115-
Cherokee-
Including the cities of Jacksonville and Rusk
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 104.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Heat index values up
to 104.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ150-312115-
Rusk-
Including the city of Henderson
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ151-312115-
Panola-
Including the city of Carthage
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ153-312115-
Shelby-
Including the city of Center
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 104.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to
105.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
upper 90s. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ152-312115-
Nacogdoches-
Including the city of Nacogdoches
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 104.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 104 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
50 percent. Heat index values up to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ165-312115-
Angelina-
Including the city of Lufkin
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Heat index values up to 104 early in the evening.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 104 early in the
evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs around
100. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ166-167-312115-
San Augustine-Sabine-
Including the cities of San Augustine, Hemphill, and Pineland
340 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat index values up to 106.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in
the upper 90s. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
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Floods strike new blow in place that has known hardship
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Maggie's legacy: Divisive Thatcher looms over UK Tory race
LONDON (AP) — Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. Truss even dresses in outfits that evoke the Iron Lady. But while Conservatives adore Thatcher, she is a contentious figure elsewhere in Britain. Critics see her as an intransigent ideologue whose free-market policies frayed social bonds and gutted industrial communities.
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Is Danish king who gave name to Bluetooth buried in Poland?
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Biden tests positive for COVID-19, returns to isolation
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Wildfires in West explode in size amid hot, windy conditions
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
326 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...
The combination of warm temperatures and high dewpoints will
produce heat indices around 105 degrees today. Residents with
outdoor activities planned are urged to drink plenty of water,
wear light weight and light colored clothing, and take frequent
breaks from the heat. Young children and pets should never be left
unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. This is
especially true during warm or hot weather when car interiors can
reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.
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The 'Ted Lasso' of the Lionesses: The US coach behind Lucy Bronze, Alessia Russo and Sarina Wiegman who encouraged 'alpha female' competition between his players
- Anson Dorrance, 71, coached several Lionesses including manager Wiegman
- The US coach believes in encouraging female players to be competitive
- Star defender Lucy Bronze said his influence was a 'turning point' in her career
As the Lionesses take on Germany in the Euro 2022 final, they can count on the support of an England-loving US coach who taught them how to be 'alpha females'.
Anson Dorrance, head coach of women's football at the University of North Carolina, taught Lucy Bronze, Alessia Russo, Lotte Wubben-Moy and manager Sarina Wiegman during his career.
Dorrance, 71, who coaches the Tar Heels, told The Times that three out of four of the sensational goals scored by the Lionesses in their semi-final against Sweden 'had Tar Heels written all over them'.
Describing the Lionesses he had coached in the past, Dorrance said they were 'wonderful human beings'.
Anson Dorrance, 71, head coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, coached several of the Lionesses throughout his career
Dorrance first met and began working with star defender Lucy Bronze when she was just 12 years old
Alessia Russo was recruited by Dorrance at the University of North Carolina in 2017
England head coach Sarina Wiegman was scouted by Dorrance in 1988 after he saw her playing for a Dutch team in a tournament in China
During his time coaching at the University of North Carolina, Dorrance mentored and trained more players who went on to play at a national level than any other coach.
He also led the Tar Heels to more national championship wins than any other team.
While coaching at the university in the small community of Chapel Hill, Dorrance became known for encouraging competitiveness among female players - and argued there was no reason why they shouldn't be as fiery as the male footballers.
He said: 'When I started coaching women for the first time, I was really upset with this bizarre dichotomy that when a young boy has competitive fire, he’s put on a pedestal, but when a woman is competitive, all of a sudden she’s excoriated, called the B-word like there’s something wrong with her.'
He added his approach was to encourage the 'alpha female' side of players, in a cut-throat culture.
Dorrance is a self-titled Anglophile who loves everything English and will no doubt be cheering the Lionesses to victory as they take on Germany in the Euro 2022 final
Dorrance recruited Lotte Wubben-Moy in 2017 at the same time as Alessia Russo
Russo and Wiegman, two of Dorrance's prodigies, were pictured hugging after England's victory over Spain in the quarter final
'We tell these kids: if you’re an alpha female, your home is with the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill,' he said.
Dorrance's reputation has seen him compared to Ted Lasso, the title character in the popular comedy about an American football coach who is put in charge of an English football team.
His influence on the Lionesses began in 1988 when he scouted Sarina Wiegman to play for the University of North Carolina after watching her playing for a Dutch team at a tournament in China.
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Star defender Lucy Bronze, 30, first began training with Dorrance at the University of North Carolina's summer camps when she was 12 years old. In 2009, she joined the college as a full-time student.
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In 2017, Dorrance signed Alessia Russo, 23, and Lotte Wubben-Moy, 23, after receiving recommendations of their talent.
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He said: 'These aren’t just great soccer players, these are wonderful human beings, extraordinary examples of the human race . . . hard-working, humble, sweet, thoughtful kids with deep character and incredible moral fibre.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11066107/The-Ted-Lasso-coach-Bronze-Russo-Wiegman-taught-alpha-females.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-31T09:39:43Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11066107/The-Ted-Lasso-coach-Bronze-Russo-Wiegman-taught-alpha-females.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
González, Bart hit back-to-back HRs, Giants outlast Cubs 5-4
By BEN ROSS
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luis González and Joey Bart homered on consecutive pitches in the fourth inning and the San Francisco Giants withstood a late rally by Chicago and beat the Cubs 5-4. Austin Slater doubled home Darin Ruf in the bottom of the third to start the scoring for San Francisco. Yermín Mercedes followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0. After David Villar led off the bottom of the fourth with a single, González hit a two-run homer off Cubs starter Drew Smyly. On the next pitch, Bart homered to left to put the Giants up 5-0. San Francisco starter Jakob Junis pitched four scoreless innings, allowing five hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Tyler Rogers (2-3) followed with two perfect innings and was credited with the win. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/07/30/gonzalez-bart-hit-back-to-back-hrs-giants-outlast-cubs-5-4/ | 2022-07-31T09:46:14Z | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/07/30/gonzalez-bart-hit-back-to-back-hrs-giants-outlast-cubs-5-4/ | true |
Nunes beats Peña to regain UFC women’s bantamweight belt
DALLAS (AP) — Amanda Nunes won a unanimous five-round decision over Julianna Peña in the main event of UFC 277 on Saturday night at American Airlines Center to regain the women’s bantamweight championship that she lost last December. In the co-main event, Brandon Moreno defeated Kai Kara-France with a third-round TKO to win the interim championship in the men’s flyweight division. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/07/30/nunes-beats-pena-to-regain-ufc-womens-bantamweight-belt/ | 2022-07-31T09:46:32Z | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/07/30/nunes-beats-pena-to-regain-ufc-womens-bantamweight-belt/ | true |
Deadline target Tyler Mahle strong for Reds vs Orioles
By JEFF WALLNER
Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Tyler Mahle recovered from a rocky start to pitch well in a potential trade deadline audition, Joey Votto hit one of Cincinnati’s three homers and the Reds beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2. Jonathan India and Jake Fraley also connected for Cincinnati, which is selling pieces to contenders after dealing Luis Castillo to Seattle on Friday night. Mahle could be the next player out before Tuesday’s deadline. Mahle’s outing got off to a rough start when he allowed three straight singles and balked in a run, giving the Orioles a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Those were the only runs Mahle allowed. He struck out seven and did not walk batter. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/30/deadline-target-tyler-mahle-strong-for-reds-vs-orioles/ | 2022-07-31T09:49:35Z | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/30/deadline-target-tyler-mahle-strong-for-reds-vs-orioles/ | false |
Pelosi confirms trip to Asia, but no mention of Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) - The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, confirmed Sunday she will visit four Asian countries this week but made no mention of a possible stop in Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing, which claims the island democracy as its own territory.
Pelosi said in a statement she is leading a congressional delegation to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan to discuss trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, security and “democratic governance.”
Pelosi has yet to confirm news reports that she might visit Taiwan. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against meddling in Beijing’s dealings with the island in a phone call Thursday with his American counterpart, Joe Biden.
Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make its decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step U.S. leaders say they don’t support. Pelosi, head of one of three branches of the U.S. government, would be the highest-ranking elected American official to visit Taiwan since then-Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997.
The Biden administration didn’t explicitly urge Pelosi to avoid Taiwan but tried to assure Beijing there was no reason to “come to blows” and that if such a visit occurred, it would signal no change in U.S. policy.
“Under the strong leadership of President Biden, America is firmly committed to smart, strategic engagement in the region, understanding that a free and flourishing Indo-Pacific is crucial to prosperity in our nation and around the globe,” Pelosi’s statement said.
Taiwan and China split in 1949 after the communists won a civil war on the mainland. Both sides say they are one country but disagree over which government is entitled to national leadership. They have no official relations but are linked by billions of dollars of trade and investment.
The United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, but maintains informal relations with the island. Washington is obligated by federal law to see that Taiwan has the means to defend itself.
Washington’s “One China policy” says it takes no position on the status of the two sides but wants their dispute resolved peacefully. Beijing promotes an alternative “One China principle” that says they are one country and the Communist Party is its leader.
Members of Congress publicly backed Pelosi’s interest in visiting Taiwan despite Chinese opposition. They want to avoid being seen as yielding to Beijing.
Beijing has given no details of how it might react if Pelosi goes to Taiwan, but the Ministry of Defense warned last week the military would take “strong measures to thwart any external interference.” The foreign ministry said, “those who play with fire will perish by it.”
The ruling party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, has flown growing numbers of fighter planes and bombers around Taiwan to intimidate the island.
“The Air Force’s multi-type fighter jets fly around the treasured island of the motherland, tempering and enhancing the ability to maintain national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” military spokesman Col. Shen Jinke said on Sunday, referring to Taiwan.
Pelosi said her delegation includes U.S. Reps. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Mark Takano, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; Suzan DelBene, vice chair of the House Ways and Means Committee; Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and chair of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Andy Kim, a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees.
A visit to Taiwan would be a career capstone for Pelosi, who increasingly uses her position in Congress as a U.S. emissary on the global stage. She has long challenged China on human rights and wanted to visit Taiwan earlier this year.
In 1991, as a new member of Congress, Pelosi irked Chinese authorities by unfurling a banner on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing commemorating those killed when the Communist Party crushed pro-democracy protests two years earlier.
“It’s important for us to show support for Taiwan,” Pelosi, a Democrat from California, told reporters this month.
But she had made clear she was not advocating U.S. policy changes.
“None of us has ever said we’re for independence, when it comes to Taiwan,” she said. “That’s up to Taiwan to decide.”
On Friday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tried to tamp down concerns.
“There’s no reason for it to come to that, to come to blows,” Kirby said at the White House. “There’s no reason for that because there’s been no change in American policy with respect to One China.”
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Mascaro reported from Washington.
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A meeting occurs whenever a quorum of the board discusses association business
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Dear Poliakoffs,
Our association board of directors schedules workshop meetings of the full board without notice to owners. They discuss business and projects but never follow through with a regularly scheduled board meeting. Owners are never informed on association business. A friendly board member advised me that their association attorney told the board that it's legal to have this workshop meeting if nothing is voted on.
Signed, P.P.
Dear P.P.,
I absolutely disagree with the advice given by the association’s attorney, and I think they are playing with fire in the event anyone was to sue the association.
The Condominium Act, at Section 718.112, Fla. Stat., says “meetings of the board of administration at which a quorum of the members is present are open to all unit owners.” A quorum of your board is, in fact, meeting—and so that meeting should be open to the owners (and noticed, etc.). The only argument otherwise is that the term “meeting” requires that the board members vote on items of business. But that doesn’t make logical sense. Does that mean if they intend to vote on something, but simply don’t, then that in fact was not a “meeting”? That can’t be the deciding factor. In my opinion when a quorum of the board is together and discussing association business, it’s a meeting and should be noticed and open to the owners. Now, conversely, I have no issue with the board getting together socially and not discussing association business, without that get together being noticed; and similarly, the Condominium Act expressly authorizes directors to discuss issues via email, so long as they do not conduct a vote by email—so that is always an option for the board as well.
While you said you lived in a condominium, note that the HOA Act is even more explicit. Section 720.303, Fla. Stat. says that “a meeting of the board of directors of an association occurs whenever a quorum of the board gathers to conduct association business.” Again, to justify “workshop” meetings you would have to argue that “conducting association business” requires that the directors intend to vote, which I think is a very aggressive argument. Boards meet regularly to discuss lots of matters that don’t require a vote, and it’s all part of conducting the association’s business. If the statutes intended to make voting the de facto definition of a meeting, it would have said so (for example, “a meeting of the board of directors of an association occurs whenever a quorum of the board gathers to vote on business items.”)
Dear Poliakoffs,
We live in a condo complex where each building has an originally installed single elevator in need of replacement due to maintenance problems and code violations. The elevator upgrade project, in progress, leaves residents without an elevator. During this elevator outage the building fire exit stairs are the only access to upper floors. For anyone living above the first floor, regardless of their medical condition, the association has taken the position that it has no responsibility for any resident who cannot go up and down stairs to leave or return to their unit. Is this correct? Due to a medical condition my wife cannot use the stairs, and so she has been effectively evicted from the unit.
Signed, P.C.
Dear P.C.,
This is an extremely difficult situation. Of course, the condominium has no control over the fact that the property was built with a single elevator, or that those elevators require replacement. I would check your declaration to see if the association is responsible for “incidental damage” caused by the association maintaining the common elements. I have seen cases where a condominium had to displace unit owners due to repairs required in their units and the court held the association responsible for relocation costs and housing, as the court felt those constituted damages incidental to the association’s maintenance. Without a clause like that I think you would have a hard time holding the association responsible. While I absolutely appreciate that you are upset over your loss of the use of your home, you also need to recognize that the association (and your neighbors generally) are no happier about this than you are—and they are all dealing with their own issues related to the shutdown (walking dogs, having visitors, getting deliveries, etc.).
Ryan Poliakoff, a partner at Backer Aboud Poliakoff & Foelster, LLP, is a Board Certified Specialist in condominium and planned development law. This column is dedicated to the memory of Gary Poliakoff, pioneer of the community association legal industry, tireless advocate, and author of treatises, books and hundreds of articles. Ryan Poliakoff and Gary Poliakoff are co-authors of New Neighborhoods—The Consumer’s Guide to Condominium, Co-Op and HOA Living. Email your questions to condocolumn@gmail.com. Please be sure to include your location.
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At the Police Training Academy in Madison, Wis., there are 46 recruits in two groups for the class of 2022. Nikki Acker, 36, is one of nine female trainees in the group who are new to policing.
Part of their training today is how to handcuff a person. Their shoes squeak on the blue floor mats as they practice.
Acker used to be a teller at a credit union and worked in property management. She's 5'4" and never imagined being a police officer until she got a job working as a clerk in the records department.
"I guess I had in my mind the stereotype of these big guys with military backgrounds," she laughs, "and once I started learning more and getting involved in reading reports and seeing the calls, I learned that they're so much more than that."
They're often people with good communication skills, she says, problem-solving skills — and she felt that type of job was something she could do.
Despite all the controversy surrounding policing, her husband and friends encouraged her to try it.
"And if I don't, who does?" she says.
Women in policing
Women make up just 12% of the law enforcement officers in the country and 3% of police leadership. One of the efforts to increase those numbers is called the 30x30 initiative.
The program aims to have women make up 30 percent of the recruits in police training classes by 2030.
Maureen McGough, chief of staff at the Policing Project at New York University School of Law, is one of the founders of the initiative.
"It's not just about getting women in the door," she says, "but on transforming police agencies by taking a deep look at policies, procedures and culture."
Nearly 200 agencies across the country have signed onto the project. Interest surged after the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the protests that followed. The Madison Police Department was one of the first to pledge its support.
The agency already has one of the highest percentages of female police officers on the job — 28% of Madison's 509 sworn police officers. That's a distinction the department emphasizes in a recruitment video.
Several decades ago, a former police chief focused on creating a more diverse police force — convinced that it would be beneficial. Other leaders stayed true to the commitment.
"There's been a lot of scrutiny of the profession, understandably and justifiably so," says Madison Asst. Police Chief Paige Valenta, the highest-ranking woman on the force.
While many agree that police departments should reflect the communities they serve, critics argue that efforts to hire women and people of color can't eliminate longstanding bias and racism in policing.
Valenta says the challenging atmosphere has made recruiting difficult throughout the country.
"It's not traditionally been a profession that's been very welcoming to women," says Valenta. "S0, I do think there's a long way to go nationally, but I do think that we have been doing a lot of good things and are way ahead of the curve in Madison."
Bringing change started small
Some changes designed to improve the experience of women in the ranks are simple, low-cost steps, says Valenta — like using inclusive language and saying "patrol officer" instead of "patrolman."
Women can wear a load-bearing vest instead of a belt full of equipment around the waist. Sgt. Theresa Magyera, who oversees recruitment and training at the Academy, says despite changes there are still barriers.
"The really difficult part of the job revolves around kids and families," Magyera says. "I was in patrol when I got pregnant, and I stayed working until I was 14 weeks pregnant."
Pregnant officers can be assigned light duty and work inside. Madison police stations also have breast-feeding rooms for officers with infants.
Magyera did not return to a patrol assignment. Instead, she landed the 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. shift as the Academy's training director. New recruits are often assigned to afternoons or night shifts and that makes finding daycare for children challenging. Female officers with children who work a daytime shift often don't try for promotions so they can keep their family-friendly hours. Something a male officer rarely has to contemplate.
What can also be daunting are the physical aspects of the entrance exam. For example, applicants must be able to do 15 pushups to get in the door, then 18 at the beginning of training and 23 at the end. Magyera says the training team offers help to women and men who don't pass the fitness test on the first try.
"We allow them a second-chance opportunity," Magyera says. "We give them specific exercises to help them increase their pushup count or their sit-up count and they come back and they pass it and that's a huge win for us."
On her way to answer a dispatch call, patrol officer Nicole Schmitgen chuckles as she remembers her struggle. "I was still in grad school when I applied the first time. I couldn't get my pushups."
She succeeded the second time, after other recruits and her sister helped her train.
"I'm hopeful that people, especially women, can realize that this isn't just about the physical aspect of things," she cautions. "Does it help to be fit? Absolutely. But I would say that's only 10 to 20 % of my job."
Benefits and criticism of female cops
Nearly 270,000 people live in Madison. The crime rate is lower than the rest of the country and other cities its size like Fort Wayne, Ind., and Reno Nev. In 2020, there were reports of 738 violent crimes, according to FBI data.
Officer Schmitgen patrols solo — answering 9-1-1 calls and keeping an eye out for trouble in Madison's central district around the state capital and part of the University of Wisconsin campus.
Her patrol car is a rolling office. The dispatch radio is stationed low under the dash. There's a computer and also a rifle. This is Schmitgen's second year on the job. She has a master's degree in social work and says what drew her to law enforcement was Madison's record of community policing and its high percentage of female officers.
She adds while people think policing is about guns, drugs and driving fast — it's more about communication and helping people.
Almost on cue, there's a call on the radio — a dispatcher says officers need to check for a woman at her apartment. She's known to have dementia, and a worried friend says she left a hospital.
Schmitgen types on the computer — looking for more information — and an alert with a picture of the woman pops up. At the apartment, there's no answer but later, police find the woman — safe and sound.
Schmitgen is on to the next call. The summer is a busy time, she says, and the reaction she gets as a female police officer varies.
"I've had calls where the victim is a survivor of sexual assaults and they prefer speaking to a woman and that's my purpose. That's why I'm here," she says. "And then there's where I am being catcalled, I'm being called a bitch, I'm being called everything under the sun. It comes in waves."
University of Wisconsin Law Professor Keith Findley is a member of Madison's Police Civilian Oversight Board. He says a plethora of research shows that women on the force have a positive impact on police departments and communities. He says they are often better at communicating and de-escalating tense situations.
"They are sued less frequently than male counterparts, they make fewer discretionary arrests, especially of non-white residents," Findley says. "They use force less frequently, and excessive force less frequently, than their male counterparts."
Findley says research also shows female police officers are trusted more in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, both of which are policed more heavily.
Some communities say gender doesn't always bring change
But not everyone agrees. Brandi Grayson scoffs at the idea of gender changing the culture of policing. She's the CEO of the non-profit Urban Triage, a support organization for Black residents and Black communities.
She's also been at the forefront of protests over the deaths of Black men killed by police — including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014 and George Floyd in Minneapolis two years ago.
There also have been protests in Madison over fatal police shootings, including the 2015 death of Tony Robinson, a biracial man. Authorities ruled the white officer involved had used lawful deadly force.
Less than 7% of Madison's population is African-American, but Blacks made up 47 percent of those arrested during the first quarter of this year. Police records show that in the nearly 30,000 calls to police during that time, force was used in .21% or 64 of the encounters. Assistant Chief Valenta says it can be complicated to determine whether there's less force used by males or females since it's often a combination of female and male officers responding to a call.
But Grayson maintains it makes little difference if a female police officer is in a patrol car. She says institutions train people to behave in certain ways and even though Madison's police department is already 28% female, it hasn't made a dent in the deep racial disparity when it comes to arresting and incarcerating African-Americans and specifically black youth.
"Maybe, they don't yell as much, but they still arrest us. Maybe they don't shoot us, but we still get arrested, we still get ticketed," she says. "And often times, when you are part of a vulnerable population — and I say vulnerable, I mean oppressed, women are oppressed as well, right? You have to conform or you're out."
It's that allegiance "to the blue," says Grayson, that makes it impossible for the addition of more women or people of color to change policing. She considers the 30x30 initiative more public relations than a reform.
"Until we are honest about what's needed — which means defunding police and investing in people, investing in resources and opportunities and the things we know decrease community violence and decrease arrests — then what are we talking about?" she asks.
Grayson adds there may be a few instances of female police officers acting compassionately, but she says that's just not enough because there are so many other instances of Black youth and Black people being harmed by police.
Ivonne Roman, a co-founder of the 30x30 initiative, argues that the project will make change. She's a former chief of the Newark, N.J., police department, and says while it is difficult to shift the culture of policing, 30% of marginalized people in any group is a tipping point.
"(That's) where they are able to say, 'This isn't right and this is affecting us negatively,' and they don't feel there will be negative consequences associated with it."
Roman says as the 30x30 initiative grows, the influence of a critical mass of women in law enforcement will be key in redefining what policing means.
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The Federal Reserve has engaged in a significant campaign to try to rein in inflation. The Fed has made one 25-basis-point hike, one 50-basis-point hike and two 75-basis-point hikes already. The latter hike, in May, was the largest hike since 1994. Analysts now expect we may end the year near 3%.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has made it clear that the current inflation rate is unacceptable, and that the Central Bank will continue taking aggressive measures to stamp it out. This accelerated rate-hiking campaign has been a major contributor to the stock market’s uneven performance over the past six months. Let’s zoom out though: What do higher interest rates mean for stocks and what can investors do to prepare themselves?
First, The Bad News
Overall, the effect of rising interest rates is a negative one for the stock market. It’s an old adage that traders shouldn’t fight the Fed, after all. When the Fed is raising interest rates, it is in effect reducing the amount of liquidity in the financial system. This acts as a sort of gravity that drags down most assets. When you take dollars out of the pool of capital sloshing around the markets, you typically see a drop in the housing market, stocks, cryptocurrency and so on.
The effect is particularly pronounced in what are known as long-duration assets. These refer to investments which produce little to no profits or cash flows today. Rather, the value of the investment comes from the potential for tremendous growth in future years.
In a world with zero interest rates, there was little opportunity cost to owning Bitcoin (BTC-USD) or a hot cloud SaaS company. After all, it’s not like the bank was paying any interest on savings accounts. So why not shoot for the stars with more speculative investments?
Now that interest rates are going up dramatically on fixed-income investments, however, there’s a much clearer tradeoff. People can suddenly get meaningful cash flows from buying bonds. Also, certain investments in areas such as energy and commodities are throwing off huge dividends. There’s suddenly a much larger opportunity cost to owning a cryptocurrency or tech stock that doesn’t produce profits or pay dividends today.
The Fed is a primary driver in deflating asset bubbles for precisely this reason. By making it costlier to invest in speculative holdings, rising interest rates tend to nip investor enthusiasm in the bud.
In other words, a Fed rate hike cycle demands that investors proceed with caution. But it’s hardly a death knell for the market either.
Rising Interest Rate Beneficiaries
Certain segments of the economy can directly benefit certain stocks and sectors. Banks, for example, make money on the spread between the rates they obtain on loans such as mortgages and the rates they have to pay out to depositors for savings accounts, checking accounts, and so on.
Typically, in a rising rate environment, banks are able to collect a larger spread between these rates, leading to rising profitability. A bank like Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), for example is trading at just 9.4 times forward earnings now and offers a reasonable dividend yield.
Another beneficiary of rising interest rates are stock brokerages such as Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW). Brokerages typically pay little if any interest on their customers’ cash deposits. But they are allowed to invest said customer cash into fixed income products. Thus interest rates surging creates a large additional profit stream from that idle cash for the brokerage industry.
A third winner in a rising rates environment can be commodities and energy companies. In many cases, such as we are seeing now, higher interest rates are directly tied to higher inflation and soaring prices of raw materials. As long as the current inflationary wave keeps up, firms such as oil & gas producers, fertilizer manufacturers, and copper and iron ore miners should perform well.
The 60/40 Portfolio
Traditionally, many financial advisors have offered some variation of the 60/40 portfolio as an ideal mix. This refers to a portfolio of 60% equities such as the S&P 500 or Nasdaq index funds and a 40% allocation to bonds.
Bonds and stocks tend to have a fairly low correlation to each other. Bonds often go up in price during bad economic periods, as people seek the safe haven of fixed income. Meanwhile, stocks tend to rally during strong economic periods. Thus, these assets play off each other, with one tending to do well when the other is underperforming. With consistent rebalancing between the stock and bond portions of a portfolio, investors can leverage this dynamic to booth smooth and enhance their returns.
How does this effect impact things in 2022? Right now, bonds have dropped dramatically. Recall that when interest rates go up, than means bond prices are going down, and vice versa. Thanks to the swift economic recovery since 2020, economic activity and inflation surged, which reduced demand for bonds.
This has caused the iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:TLT), which owns long-duration U.S. government bonds, to plunge this year. TLT is down 21% year-to-date, and is now trading back at 2018 prices. That could make it an interesting time to buy some bonds and counterbalance a portfolio’s equity exposure.
The Bottom Line
To be frank, overall, higher interest rates are a negative for stock market investors. However, it’s not necessarily anywhere as bad as certain pundits may make it out to be. While certain sectors such as technology usually fare poorly in a rising-rates environment, a tactical investor can find significant opportunities in a higher interest rate environment.
On the date of publication, Ian Bezek held a long position in GS stock. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.
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This past week, in the midst of many competing events, the nation's news-aware and money-savvy cohorts gave their undivided attention to a professorial-looking fellow calmly reading from a piece of paper.
The bespectacled reader was Jerome Powell, who bears a weighty title as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank. While he is unknown to most Americans, his economic power is sometimes said to rival that of the president himself.
And while few voters may be thinking of Powell as they go to the polls in November, all will be coping with economic conditions strongly influenced by Powell's little-known institution.
The Fed is the latest Washington power center trying to smile for its closeup — caught in the bright glare of contemporary media attention. Like the Supreme Court, which has been barricaded behind new fencing since it overturned the federal protection for abortion rights, the Fed governors have preferred to exercise their extraordinary authority quietly in near anonymity.
The same could be said for top decisionmakers at the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and others responsible for fighting the COVID and monkeypox viruses. Scientists such as Dr. Anthony Fauci have become household names and symbols, praised as saviors and condemned as tyrants.
The curtain has even been drawn back on the Constitution-based oddity known as the Electoral College, an assembly of 535 actual persons who meet at a specified interval every four years and elect the president. Normally a routine exercise noticed by few, the Electoral College has become another focal point in the current congressional investigation of former President Trump's efforts to stay in office after losing the 2020 election.
That particular investigation has even pierced some of the murkiness of the Secret Service, which cannot account for the loss of critical text messages during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
All these institutions are usually run by individuals who operate with little public notice and speak in the code of their own professional expertise. Each agency has its unwritten protocols — which have minimal oversight and scant public knowledge.
And they have an extraordinary level of authority. While their top officials have been appointed by a president at some point, they all operate with remarkable independence thereafter.
The special case of the Fed
Secretive as many parts of the government may be, there are moments when any may be subject to exposure. This past week, it was showtime for the Fed.
Powell was on TV to read out a number set by an internal committee of the Board, a committee he also chairs. It is called the Federal Open Market Committee, and it votes on the "federal funds rate" which governs the cost of loans between financial institutions.
The FOMC consists of the seven presidentially appointed governors of the Federal Reserve and five from among the 12 presidents of the regional Federal Reserve Banks (New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond, Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Dallas, Kansas City, and San Francisco).
The image has long been that of a crusty collection of aging white males who tend to be conservative financiers. The current board, however, has come to look a good deal more like the country.
The seven presidentially appointed members include the recently confirmed Vice Chair Lael Brainard and two other women. Two of the seven are African Americans, both appointed by President Biden. In partisan terms, three are Republicans, including Powell, and four are Democrats. Three were appointed (or re-appointed) by Trump, four by Biden.
This week, the change in the federal funds rate — the number the nation was waiting to hear — came in at 75, as in 75 basis points (or three-quarters of one-percent). It was instantly fed into countless computer programs and repeated endlessly in the media all over the world.
It moved the financial markets globally in real time, and the remarks Powell read from his notes on old-fashioned paper this week actually cheered some investors and helped the stock market indices to their best 3-day rally in months and the S&P 500 to its best month since 2020.
The federal funds rate can also determine the fate of individual businesses and the direction of entire industries. Not to mention the trajectories of presidents and their political parties.
Powell made clear the FOMC's intent was to restrain the effects of inflation, which last month came in at an annualized rate of more than 9%. As has been widely noted, that was the highest in four decades. This week another number, the "personal consumption expenditures" price index (PCE), came in "hotter" than expected, pointing to the likelihood our current inflation is already in double-digit territory.
The other number, which got far more attention, was this week's Gross Domestic Product reading for June. It showed the economy grew in nominal dollars in the first six months of the year but actually shrank by a little less than a percentage point when the numbers are adjusted for inflation.
That made for the second three-month period in a row with such a reading (the shrinkage for the first quarter of the year had been 1.6 percent). That met one common definition for a recession (although not the one preferred by most economists).
The moment vs. the momentum
After his announcement this week, Powell also read comments suggesting more rate hikes would be likely but not automatic. He noted that the latest increase, the fourth this year, brought the benchmark as high as 2.5% – a hefty move considering that the Fed's rate had been, in effect, zero — an extreme reached twice in recent history. The first was in 2009 in the so-called "Great Recession," the second in the recession of 2020-2021 the followed the onset of COVID.
Powell stuck around onstage answering reporters' questions about recession. The chairman made it clear he did not see a recession at the moment, due to strong production and sales numbers and the continuing strength of hiring in the job market. The unemployment rate is a strikingly low 3.6% as of June.
Powell may well be right about the moment, but he knows that's not the same as the momentum. His own policies contemplate pushing the economy toward, if not into, a recession. That is how those policies seek to break the inflationary cycle.
Politically, the obvious takeaway from such a moment would be that people struggling with higher prices might soon be working fewer hours or losing their jobs entirely. And the consequences of that have been pretty clear in midterm elections for generations.
Still, in the complex economic and political environment of our post-COVID world, it is possible that past experiences are less than perfect predictors.
The performance of equity markets such as the S&P 500 late in the week was taken as evidence the economic picture might be brighter than imagined.
The hope is that the fastest rate hikes since Fed Chairman Paul Volcker's reign of terror began in 1979 can have the desired effect without anything approaching the same degree of collateral damage.
There may be no such thing as a perfect "soft landing," but Powell at this point can at least hope for what he calls "softish."
A storied past
The Fed is now 109 years old, a creation of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 during what we now call the Progressive Era. President Woodrow Wilson and his first session of Congress had the rather idealistic notion of removing certain key economic decisions from the pressures of politics and the markets.
Its initial purpose was to manage the money supply, maintain value and prevent the kind of panics that had periodically plagued the economy in the 1800s. Since World War II, however, it has become increasingly imperative for the Fed to also mind levels of unemployment in making its calculations. This "dual mandate" has complicated Fed operations ever since, and Powell alluded to it this week.
Powell is the 16th person to chair the Fed and the latest to struggle with those decisions and pressures. While some have been more successful than others, all have been caught in the crossfire of criticism while in the job and especially after leaving it. Some who were hailed as heroes in their tenure have subsequently borne blame for bad things that happened later.
Alan Greenspan was dubbed an economic "Maestro" by some journalists (and one biographer) for his 18 years as charman (1987-2006), a period when even sharp increases in the federal funds rate often had relatively manageable consequences. But after he retired, Greenspan was faulted by some for the rapid rise in home valuations and alternative debt instruments that led to the crash of 2008 and the "Great Recession" that followed.
Reagan stuck with the medicine and its medicine man
Volcker, who chaired the Fed from the fateful summer of 1979 until Greenspan took over has been lionized as the man who beat double-digit inflation. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter at a point when inflation had reached nearly 14%, Volcker immediately set about persuading the Board of his day that drastic measures were mandatory
"At the time, the resulting inflationary psychology was so deeply embedded that almost everyone despaired at purging it," wrote financial journalist Robert Samuelson in his book The Great Inflation and its Aftermath in 2008. "Only the unexpectedly savage recession of 1981-82, when unemployment peaked at nearly 11 percent, succeeded in doing so."
That "savage" recession had already begun by the summer of 1981, when Volcker and his board continued raising the federal funds rate past 20%. Volcker was not cooling the economy so much as strangling it.
Even before that recession struck with full force, the "stagflation" of the 1970s had proved too much for Carter. While other issues mattered in Carter's loss to Republican Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election, economics had set the stage.
Reagan stuck by the medicine and the medicine man. Volcker and his board raised the federal funds rate as high as 20% in 1981. Srre enough, Republicans suffered losses around the country in the midterms of 1982, especially in governorships. But Reagan's working majority of Republicans and conservative Democrats in Congress survived largely intact. He reappointed Volcker the following year, as the medicine continued to prove effective against the underlying disease.
Widely vilified as the man who brought on double-digit joblessness in the early 1980s, Volcker had the satisfaction of seeing both the unemployment number and the inflation rate beaten back down into low-single digits during his second term as chairman. He retired but returned to advise the policymakers dealing with the Wall Street crisis in 2008.
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BEIJNG (AP) — The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, confirmed Sunday she will visit four Asian countries this week but made no mention of a possible stop in Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing, which claims the island democracy as its own territory.
Pelosi said in a statement she is leading a congressional delegation to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan to discuss trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, security and “democratic governance.”
Pelosi has yet to confirm news reports that she might visit Taiwan. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against meddling in Beijing's dealings with the island in a phone call Thursday with his American counterpart, Joe Biden.
Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make its decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step U.S. leaders say they don't support. Pelosi, head of one of three branches of the U.S. government, would be the highest-ranking elected American official to visit Taiwan since then-Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997.
The Biden administration didn't explicitly urge Pelosi to avoid Taiwan but tried to assure Beijing there was no reason to “come to blows” and that if such a visit occurred, it would signal no change in U.S. policy.
“Under the strong leadership of President Biden, America is firmly committed to smart, strategic engagement in the region, understanding that a free and flourishing Indo-Pacific is crucial to prosperity in our nation and around the globe,” Pelosi’s statement said.
Taiwan and China split in 1949 after the communists won a civil war on the mainland. Both sides say they are one country but disagree over which government is entitled to national leadership. They have no official relations but are linked by billions of dollars of trade and investment.
The United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, but maintains informal relations with the island. Washington is obligated by federal law to see that Taiwan has the means to defend itself.
Washington's “One China policy” says it takes no position on the status of the two sides but wants their dispute resolved peacefully. Beijing promotes an alternative “One China principle” that says they are one country and the Communist Party is its leader.
Members of Congress publicly backed Pelosi’s interest in visiting Taiwan despite Chinese opposition. They want to avoid being seen as yielding to Beijing.
Beijing has given no details of how it might react if Pelosi goes to Taiwan, but the Ministry of Defense warned last week the military would take “strong measures to thwart any external interference.” The foreign ministry said, "those who play with fire will perish by it.”
The ruling party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army, has flown growing numbers of fighter planes and bombers around Taiwan to intimidate the island.
“The Air Force’s multi-type fighter jets fly around the treasured island of the motherland, tempering and enhancing the ability to maintain national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” military spokesman Col. Shen Jinke said on Sunday, referring to Taiwan.
Pelosi said her delegation includes U.S. Reps. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Mark Takano, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; Suzan DelBene, vice chair of the House Ways and Means Committee; Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and chair of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Andy Kim, a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees.
A visit to Taiwan would be a career capstone for Pelosi, who increasingly uses her position in Congress as a U.S. emissary on the global stage. She has long challenged China on human rights and wanted to visit Taiwan earlier this year.
In 1991, as a new member of Congress, Pelosi irked Chinese authorities by unfurling a banner on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing commemorating those killed when the Communist Party crushed pro-democracy protests two years earlier.
“It’s important for us to show support for Taiwan,” Pelosi, a Democrat from California, told reporters this month.
But she had made clear she was not advocating U.S. policy changes.
"None of us has ever said we’re for independence, when it comes to Taiwan,” she said. “That’s up to Taiwan to decide.”
On Friday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tried to tamp down concerns.
“There’s no reason for it to come to that, to come to blows,” Kirby said at the White House. “There’s no reason for that because there’s been no change in American policy with respect to One China.”
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Snow-day pay a hot topic for workers
Monday's blizzard-related company shutdowns, with so many employees scheduled to be off for the holidays, gave rise to a big day-after question: If you took Monday as a vacation day and your colleagues got a paid snow day, will that somehow carry over to you? Will you be charged for a vacation day or allowed to carry one over?
"I don't blame them for asking. I can see where the question comes from," said Patty O'Connell, co-chairwoman of the Hauppauge Industrial Association's human resources committee and vice president of human resources at People's Alliance Federal Credit Union. Indeed on Tuesday, the subject was "the hot topic of the day," she said, in her office as well as among other employers, with some opting to pony up a carry-over day and others, like O'Connell, saying no way.
People's Alliance employees who took Monday as vacation will not be getting anything extra, she said. The thinking: The blizzard represented "circumstances we could not control. Those who were scheduled and ready and willing to come in to work on a snow day will get paid for the day, even though we were closed. Those scheduled to take vacation day will get vacation pay. At the end of the day, everyone is whole," getting paid for a 40-hour week.
Jeffrey M. Schlossberg, chairman of the employment law group at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek Pc in Uniondale, said he advised a client who had 15 employees off on Monday not to offer an extra day. It's not unlike being on vacation, getting sick and asking to trade the vacation day for a sick day, said Schlossberg.
He called the blizzard "the perfect storm of circumstances," given its timing at the start of such a popular vacation week. If this were, say, November, he said, "the issue really wouldn't have come up."
Still, some employers took a different tack. Diane Pfadenhauer, an employment attorney in Northport, said that given the magnitude of the storm, employers could give a little.
The nine employees who had scheduled paid time off at Austin & Williams, an advertising and marketing agency in Hauppauge, are getting a carry-over vacation day, said Ken Greenberg, president and chief executive. The office was closed, so they couldn't have come to work if they had wanted to, he said, plus "we know people are working hard, and we're trying to be a good family here."
On the receiving end of such largesse was Lisa M. Strahs-Lorenc, director of educational services at Long Island Works Coalition, a division of Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey. She had taken Monday off and got an e-mail Sunday night saying the offices in Melville would be closed due to hazardous conditions.
She found out Wednesday that, yes, she would get a carry-over vacation day, so Thursday she plans to go clothes shopping with a holiday gift certificate. The extra day "was very generous, and I am so appreciative," said Strahs-Lorenc, 56, of Port Jefferson Station. "It's a happy ending."
What they said
Wayne Miller, co-owner of an Islandia-based ambulette company called Choice Medical Transport, said 32 of his 47 drivers made it to work Monday. Miller, 62, of Islip Terrace, said his company brought more than 95 dialysis patients to treatment, and he said he never considered closing: "Dialysis is an emergency." He said the employees who failed to show can either lose a day's wages or deduct a day from their vacation time. "I will not pay them," he said. "I do expect my people in."
Bill Worth, sales manager at John Hancock Financial Network in Hauppauge, said his office was closed Monday and workers can make up the time by tacking on an extra hour of work in the morning and at night. He said he and his colleagues were pleased with the decision. "It was handled in a very professional manner," said Worth, 46, of Ronkonkoma. "It's the best way to do it. Right after the holidays, you don't want to deduct eight hours from someone's paycheck."
Joyce Barron, 49, of Smithtown, works at Adecco, a staffing agency with headquarters in Melville. She said her office opened late on Monday and that just a fraction of her co-workers came to work. Barron said employees who stayed home would find the day cut from their personal or vacation time. "This is a headquarters, so when we are not open, it affects 900 other branches," she said. "For a company of our size, we have to think of all of the ramifications."
Mashaun Cabbagestalk, 28, spent nearly two hours digging himself out of his West Islip home Monday morning. Cabbagestalk, who works for a big-box retailer, was supposed to report to work at 7 a.m. but couldn't make it. He called his boss and was told most of the staff had trouble getting to work. His employer was understanding, but that doesn't ease the sting of losing a day's pay, especially around the holidays. "It wasn't really my fault," he said. "Basically, I lost $100." | https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/jobs/snow-day-pay-a-hot-topic-for-workers-v79130 | 2022-07-31T10:43:36Z | https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/jobs/snow-day-pay-a-hot-topic-for-workers-v79130 | false |
Sunderland cyclist killed in hit-and-run crash
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A cyclist has died after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run crash.
The man in his 40s was hit by a blue BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe on Hylton Road in Sunderland shortly after 01:20 BST, Northumbria Police said.
The car, which was possibly carrying passengers, left the area before officers arrived, the force added.
Detectives are appealing for the driver of the BMW and anyone else who was in the vehicle to come forward as soon as possible.
The victim's family has been told and is being supported by specialist officers.
Sgt Dave Roberts said: "Clearly this is a very serious and sad incident that has resulted in a man's death. Our thoughts are with his family at this devastating time.
"They deserve to know the full circumstances surrounding this incident and we are committed to identifying and tracing the occupants of the vehicle involved."
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — British musician Sting interrupted a concert in Warsaw on Saturday evening to warn his audience that democracy is under attack worldwide and to denounce the war in Ukraine as “an absurdity based upon a lie.”
He asked a popular Polish actor, Maciej Stuhr, to come onstage to translate his warning that democracy is “in grave danger of being lost unless we defend it.”
“The alternative to democracy is a prison, a prison of the mind. The alternative to democracy is violence, oppression, imprisonment and silence,” Sting said and then ran his hand across his neck in a throat-cutting gesture.
The 70-year-old delivered his message in a country that borders Ukraine, where Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24 that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions. Poland has become the place of refuge for more Ukrainians than any other country.
“The war in the Ukraine is an absurdity based upon a lie. If we swallow that lie, the lie will eat us,” Sting said. He appeared to be referring to justifications Russia has tried to give for its invasion, including a Russian claim that it seeks to “de-Nazify” Ukraine, a democracy led by a Jewish president.
Those in the audience at Warsaw's National Stadium would have also understand a reference to their own country.
Sting drew strong applause in particular when he said that democracy is something messy and frustrating “but it is still worth fighting for.”
Poland's populist government is often accused by the European Union and human rights organizations of eroding democratic norms with its efforts to tighten control over the courts and media, reduce the reproductive rights of women and engage in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
After his speech he performed “Fragile,” whose lyrics include the words that "nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could." | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/sting-warns-during-warsaw-concert-of-threats-to-democracy/MFCM5TLABVCFLNBEOBROLBCGEI/ | 2022-07-31T10:56:24Z | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/sting-warns-during-warsaw-concert-of-threats-to-democracy/MFCM5TLABVCFLNBEOBROLBCGEI/ | true |
Cubs’ David Ross, Giants’ Joc Pederson take center stage
Chicago Cubs manager David Ross and San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson figure to again have all eyes on them as they get an opportunity to continue a friendly rivalry Saturday night when the clubs meet for a third consecutive time in San Francisco.
The teams have split the first two games of a four-game set that has featured impressive pitching and an eye-catching gesture made by Ross to Pederson early in Thursday’s series opener.
The Cubs and Giants are meeting for the first time since last September, by which point Pederson had been traded from the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves.
The veteran moved on to San Francisco in free agency in the spring, and on Thursday was seeing Ross — and the Cubs — for the first time in more than a year since the Chicago-Atlanta deal last July 15.
According to both parties, they exchanged pleasantries before Ross, standing in the visitors’ dugout at Oracle Park, was caught on television flashing two middle fingers in Pederson’s direction.
Before Friday’s rematch, Ross and Pederson were left to explain the friendly banter that led overnight to a social-media frenzy.
“I should definitely know better,” Ross said. “It was kind of my hello to a friend of mine on the other side and just got caught on camera. Poor taste.”
Confirmed Pederson, noting he wasn’t going to make the same mistake: “Yeah, he was just making a joke. Nope. Not gonna get me.”
An All-Star this season for the Giants, Pederson went 0-for-2 with a walk in Thursday’s 4-2 Giants win before seeing no action in Friday’s 4-2 loss in the rematch.
The longtime Los Angeles Dodger hit just .230 with 11 home runs in 73 games for the Cubs last season.
He’s never faced the Cubs’ scheduled Saturday starter, left-hander Drew Smyly (3-5, 3.93 ERA). Pederson and Smyly were teammates and World Series champions with the Braves last year.
Smyly pitched for the Giants during the 2020 season, going 0-1 with a 3.42 ERA in seven games (five starts).
He has faced the Giants three times in his career, twice as a starter, and has gone 1-0 with a 2.63 ERA. That includes a one-inning relief stint for the Braves last September in which he pitched a scoreless eighth inning in a 2-0 loss in San Francisco.
The 33-year-old has gone unbeaten in his last five starts bridging a monthlong absence due to an oblique strain. He’s gone 2-0 with a 3.86 ERA in those games, having allowed just two earned runs in 10 1/3 innings in his last two outings.
Smyly is slated to duel Giants right-hander Jakob Junis (4-2, 2.98), who has made two appearances, one as a starter, since suffering a strained hamstring last month. He’s coming off a 4 1/3-inning start during which he allowed just one run in a 7-0 loss at Arizona on Monday.
The 29-year-old has made just one start against the Cubs, allowing one run over five innings in a 3-1 Kansas City loss in 2018. He did not get a decision.
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DENVER (AP)Colorado Rockies closer Daniel Bard has signed a $19 million, two-year contract to stay with the team through 2024.
Bard, 37, was the subject of trade rumors ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, but the deal announced Saturday will keep the closer where he is.
The hard-throwing righty is 3-3 with 21 saves and a 1.91 ERA in 37 games this season. His 21 saves were fifth in the National League and tied for seventh in the majors entering Saturday.
Bard broke into the majors with Boston in 2009 and spent five seasons with the Red Sox. His team in Boston ended with control issues after just two games in 2013.
He briefly retired from baseball and served as a player mentor for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2018-19, then signed with the Rockies in 2020.
He earned NL Comeback Player of the Year honors in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, going 4-2 with six saves and a 3.65 ERA in 23 games. He regressed in 2021 with a 7-8 record, 20 saves and a 5.21 ERA but has bounced back this season.
In three seasons with the Rockies, Bard is 14-13 with a 3.94 ERA and 47 saves, which rank seventh all-time in franchise history.
Bard will play out his $4.4 million, one-year deal this year, then make $9.5 million in 2023 and `24.
He’s eligible for several bonuses: $100,000 for winning MVP, Cy Young, Mariano Rivera/Trevor Hoffman Reliever of the Year or World Series MVP Awards, $75,000 for League Championship Series MVP, $50,000 for second-through-fifth in MVP and Cy Young or second-through-third in Reliever of the Year voting, $100,000 for Comeback Player of the Year, and $25,000 for All-Star and Gold Glove selections.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana state senators narrowly passed a near-total abortion ban Saturday during a rare weekend session, sending the bill to the House after a contentious week of arguments over whether to allow exceptions for rape and incest.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 26-20 after about three hours of debate, passing the bill with the minimum 26 votes needed to send it on to the House, which Republicans also control.
The bill would prohibit abortions from the time a fertilized egg implants in a uterus. Exceptions would be allowed in cases of rape and incest, but a patient seeking an abortion for either reason would have to sign a notarized affidavit attesting to the attack.
Indiana is one of the first Republican-controlled states to debate tighter abortion laws since the U.S. Supreme Court last month overturned the precedent establishing a national right to an abortion.
But the GOP splintered after the rape and incest exceptions remained in the bill Thursday when an amendment failed that would have stripped out those exceptions.
Ten Republican senators voted against the legislation Saturday, including a handful who support abortion rights.
One of them, Republican Sen. Vaneta Becker of Evansville, said the measure will interfere with women’s medical choices, their lives and free will by setting strict limits on abortion access in Indiana.
“Women deserve to have us protect their lives and free will. Senate Bill 1 destroys both. Shame on us for doing this,” she said, noting that only eight of Senate’s 50 members are women.
“We are considering dictating medical decisions with blinders and ignorant of the astounding, unintended consequences we are creating,” Becker warned, saying the Senate is “just making a mess.”
Republican Sen. Mike Young, whose amendment calling for no exceptions except for the life of the mother previously failed, said he voted against the bill not because he agrees with its opponents but because he has qualms with some aspects of the legislation he hopes are addressed.
Young said one provision that concerns him states that a doctor can perform an abortion if he believes a woman’s life is in danger but it doesn’t require the doctor to inform that woman that her life is in danger.
“She may never know the reasons why. I just think it’s important when a person makes the most important decision of their life they ought to know if their life is in danger, and what are the reasons why it’s in danger,” he said.
GOP Sen. Sue Glick of LaGrange, who authored the abortion bill, said during the debate she doesn’t expect the legislation approved by the Senate to be the final version the legislature passes. She called the Senate bill “an expression of where we believe the state of Indiana is right now.”
The legislation’s passage “is a huge step forward in protecting the life of the unborn children in our state,” Glick said in a statement after the bill’s approval.
“We have put together a bill that would not criminalize women and would protect the unborn whose voices have been silenced for the past 50 years under Roe v Wade,” she added.
Ten of the Senate’s 11 Democrats voted against the bill, with the 11th member absent for Saturday’s debate.
Democratic Sen. Tim Lanane of Anderson condemned the bill as a product of a male-dominated Legislature that’s poised to take away the control that pregnant women should have over their own bodies.
“This is the government, the male-dominated government of the state of Indiana, saying to the women of this state, you lose your choice,” he said. “We’ve told you — papa state, big state government — is going to tell you what you will do with your body. And I don’t think we’re ready for that.”
The bill now heads to the House, where proposed changes could come as soon as next week — the second week of lawmakers’ three-week special session. Lawmakers must adjourn their session by Aug. 14.
House Speaker Todd Huston on Friday declined to discuss specifics of the Senate bill. But he said he supports the rape and incest exceptions.
Gov. Eric Holcomb said earlier this summer that he had no “red lines” on what anti-abortion measures lawmakers might consider. But on July 12 Holcomb sidestepped taking a stance on how far the Republican-dominated Legislature should go in restricting abortions in its special session.
A national poll this month found an overwhelming majority of Americans believe their state should generally allow abortion in specific cases, including if a woman’s life is endangered or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Few think abortion should always be illegal, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.
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Plans submitted for 6 homes in south Suffolk village
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Plans for six homes in Monks Eleigh have been submitted to Babergh District Council.
The project involves land north of The Street, in the South Suffolk town.
Planning documents show the proposal includes a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced properties, with varying numbers of bedrooms from one to four, and ranging from single to two-storeys.
The planning statement for the project, prepared by Ben Elvin Planning Consultancy, says: "The applicant recognises that there would be modest benefits from the construction of the new dwellings and from the contribution made by future occupants into the local economy.
"The site is located in a location where there is opportunity to access facilities and services in the village on foot or by bicycle.
"It is also the case that the social aspect of this proposal will be strengthened by the opportunity for walking, cycling and recreating in the locality."
A decision on the scheme is expected in the latter part of August. | https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/housing/monks-eleigh-plans-for-6-homes-submitted-9179610 | 2022-07-31T11:12:44Z | https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/housing/monks-eleigh-plans-for-6-homes-submitted-9179610 | true |
KOTA KINABALU, July 31 — Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) has no objection to tabling the anti-hopping bill at the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) and further discussions is needed for this to happen, said the coalition’s secretary-general Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun.
Masidi, who is also state Local Government and Housing Minister, said obviously GRS component party leaders will need to sit down and discuss the matter but is positive the move to table the bill will be accommodated.
He said the anti-hopping bill can establish stability in governing the state and it is good for Sabah politics.
“It is a question of when (to table the bill), whether we need to have a special session just for this or perhaps we want to consider having it passed during the budget session in either November or December, we have no problem as far as (the state) government is concerned.
“But I can’t say for sure because I’m not the (DUN) Speaker, I can’t decide which agenda has to be decided (in DUN sitting), but what I’m saying is that obviously we have no objection for that purpose (to table the bill),” he told reporters here today.
He was met at the state-level Warriors’ Day celebration and launching of the National Month celebrations and Fly the Jalur Gemilang campaign for the state at Padang Merdeka here that was officiated by Sabah Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin.
On Thursday, the Constitution (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 2022 to create a provision prohibiting members of the Parliament (MPs) from changing parties, received the support of more than two-thirds of MPs, with 209 out of 220 MPs being in favour.
Also on Thursday, Parti Bersatu Sabah president Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili, who is also Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs), said it is important for the Sabah and Sarawak DUN to quickly table the anti-hopping law because the amendment did not apply to the two DUNs.
Yesterday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said that he had been informed that Sabah, Selangor, Penang and Negri Sembilan would amend their constitutions to enable the amendment to be enforced in those states. — Bernama | https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/07/31/grs-has-no-objection-to-tabling-anti-hopping-bill-in-sabah-assembly-says-sec-gen/20280 | 2022-07-31T11:16:57Z | https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/07/31/grs-has-no-objection-to-tabling-anti-hopping-bill-in-sabah-assembly-says-sec-gen/20280 | false |
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BERLIN (AP) — Rising concern over the impact of a potential Russian gas cutoff is fueling the debate in Germany over whether the country should switch off its last three nuclear power plants as planned at the end of this year.
The door to some kind of extension appeared to open a crack after the Economy Ministry in mid-July announced a new “stress test” on the security of electricity supplies. It's supposed to take into account a tougher scenario than a previous test, concluded in May, that found supplies were assured.
Since then, Russia has reduced natural gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany to 20% of capacity amid tensions over the war in Ukraine. It cited technical issues that Germany says are only an excuse for a political power play. Russia recently has accounted for about a third of Germany's gas supply, and there are concerns it could turn off the tap altogether.
The main opposition Union bloc has made increasingly frequent demands for an extension of the nuclear plants' lives. Similar calls are coming from the smallest party in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government, the pro-business Free Democrats.
“A lot speaks for not switching off the safe and climate-friendly nuclear power plants, but if necessary using them until 2024,” Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the Free Democrats' leader, told Sunday's Bild am Sonntag newspaper. He called for Economy Minister Robert Habeck, who is responsible for energy, to stop the use of gas to generate electricity.
Calls for extending the use of nuclear power are awkward for the other two governing parties, Scholz's center-left Social Democrats and, particularly, Habeck's environmentalist Greens. Opposition to nuclear power is a cornerstone of the Greens' identity; a Social Democrat-Green government launched Germany's exit from nuclear power two decades ago.
A government made up of then-Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Union and the Free Democrats set the nuclear exit's current form in 2011, shortly after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. It calls for the three still-operational reactors to go offline at the end of December.
Habeck has long argued that keeping those reactors running would be legally and technically complex and do little to address the problems caused by a shortfall of gas, arguing that natural gas isn’t so much a factor in generating electricity as in fueling industrial processes and providing heating.
“We have a heating problem or an industry problem, but not an electricity problem — at least not generally throughout the country,” he said in early July.
In this year’s first quarter, nuclear plants accounted for 6% of Germany’s electricity generation and gas for 13%. Lindner said “we must work to ensure that an electricity crisis doesn't come on top of the gas crisis.”
Some Greens have indicated a degree of openness in recent days to allowing one or more reactors to keep running for a short period with their existing fuel rods, if the country faces a power supply emergency — though not to a longer extension.
Others aren't impressed by the idea. That “is also a lifetime extension” for the reactors that would require a change to the existing law, “and we won't touch that,” prominent Green lawmaker Juergen Trittin — Germany's environment minister when the nuclear phaseout was first drawn up — told Saturday's Tagesspiegel newspaper.
Critics say that isn't enough anyway. Opposition leader Friedrich Merz has urged the government to order new fuel rods for the remaining reactors immediately. Senior opposition lawmaker Alexander Dobrindt called for three already-shut reactors to be reactivated and told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that “in this situation, lifetime extensions for nuclear energy of at least five more years are conceivable.”
And Scholz's position? Government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said last week that he is waiting for the results of the “stress test,” which are expected in the coming weeks.
The government has already given the green light for utility companies to fire up 10 dormant coal-fired power plants and six that are oil-fueled, and plans also to clear the way for dormant lignite-fired plants to be reactivated. Another 11 coal-fired power plants scheduled to be shut down in November will be allowed to keep operating. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Germany-argues-over-nuclear-shutdown-amid-gas-17341130.php | 2022-07-31T11:32:01Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Germany-argues-over-nuclear-shutdown-amid-gas-17341130.php | true |
Wearing her signature Glock on her hip, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert speaks to a crowd June 23 at Warehouse 25Sixty-five Kitchen and Grill in Grand Junction during a watch party for her primary reelection bid in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.
A Garfield County judge earlier this month dismissed a complaint by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert asking for a permanent protection order against the head of a political action committee that has been targeting her reelection bid.
In her original complaint, filed in Garfield County court the day of the June primary, the first-term congresswoman claimed that David Wheeler, president of the American Muckrakers PAC, had been harassing her for more than a month.
“For approximately the past 30 days, an individual by the name of David Wheeler, both individually and through his organization American Muckrakers PAC Inc., has posted fabricated, false and incendiary claims that I worked as a paid escort, was a stripper, had multiple abortions, harmed my family in a drunk driving incident and a host of other completely false and disgusting lies,” Boebert wrote in her complaint.
“I understand that, as public official (sic) and a public figure, I am subject to public scrutiny and strongly support the First Amendment rights of the American people, but David Wheeler’s actions have expanded to physical and verbal threats that has caused me to fear for my safety and the safety of my family,” she added. “I have been repeatedly stalked, contacted, harassed and threatened by David Wheeler.”
Boebert said at a May event, Wheeler “physically grabbed my right hand and would not let go until after I forcibly pulled it away.”
Boebert’s campaign did not return requests for comment.
The congresswoman is well known for openly carrying a Glock on her hip, often saying she does so to protect herself and her family.
Wheeler, who said he was escorted to Boebert by her own staff, said it was nothing more than a handshake until she realized whose hand she was shaking.
“I posted pictures of a lake in a state park, mountains near Silt, and a street sign, ‘Panoramic,’ that described those photos,” Wheeler told The Daily Sentinel. “Boebert then told the court that she felt ‘physically threatened’ by those photos and when I shook her hand at a debate.”
In her complaint, Boebert said Wheeler posted pictures of himself on social media near her Silt home, asked to speak at the same church where she was slated to speak, and spoke to friends, customers and employees at her now closed restaurant, Shooter’s Grill.
She also wrote that Wheeler posted pictures of her family, something Boebert has often done herself.
“David Wheeler’s totality of conduct, including repeated threats, physical actions and conduct concerning direct contact with me and publicly communicating information about my location and my family’s home, have caused me to fear for my safety and the safety of my family,” Boebert wrote. “Furthermore, in recent days his conduct has escalated, and he has become more threatening and brazen in his behavior.”
Wheeler’s group started targeting Boebert’s then primary race against state Sen. Don Coram to be the GOP nominee for the 3rd Congressional District not long after it helped defeat one of Boebert’s Republican colleagues in the U.S. House, Rep. Madison Cawthorn, in his primary reelection bid.
Garfield County District Judge John Neiley had granted a temporary restraining order pending a full court hearing. At that July 20 hearing, Garfield County Judge Paul Metzger dismissed the case because Wheeler was never served with the restraining order and neither Boebert nor her attorney appeared at the hearing.
In an affidavit, Garfield County Sheriff’s Deputy Erin Winton wrote that she tried to serve Wheeler with the temporary protection order the day after it was filed, but he had already left for North Carolina by then.
Wheeler said Winton should have forwarded it to the sheriff in his home county, saying he alerted that sheriff about the order. He also said he wanted to be served so he would have had a chance to confront her directly.
“Boebert will regret wasting the court’s time,” Wheeler said. “We will use her own words against her in an upcoming legal action.”
Wheeler said he’s also filed a complaint against Boebert with the House Office of Congressional Ethics, saying her attempts at the restraining order were nothing more than retaliation.
“Lauren Opal Boebert is under a spell that mysteriously makes her believe she is always above the law,” he said. “Do Coloradans really want such a drama queen as their U.S. representative?” | https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/court-rejects-boeberts-request-for-protection-order/article_9de461e4-0f75-11ed-944e-4f6d50936864.html | 2022-07-31T11:32:39Z | https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/court-rejects-boeberts-request-for-protection-order/article_9de461e4-0f75-11ed-944e-4f6d50936864.html | false |
Green spaces across Ayrshire have been honoured with a top accolade.
Five parks in South Ayrshire – Belleisle Park, Rozelle Park, Fullarton Estate, Newton Park and Ayr Cemetery – and Auchinleck Community Development Initiative’s The Knowe Garden Centre in East Ayrshire were all presented with a Green Flag Award.
The international Green Flag Award, administered by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful, celebrates well-maintained parks and greenspaces, and supports the opportunities that they provide to enable exercise, improve mental wellbeing and safe areas for play.
The parks were amongst 2,208 across the UK achieving the status this year – with a record 85 announced in Scotland.
Kaye Hannah, garden centre manager at Auchinleck Community Development Initiative, said the award “means a lot” after the charity transformed a 2.5-acre piece of waste ground into a well-stocked community garden, which is complete with pollinator plants, shrubs and carbon-busting trees.
Kaye said: “The board, staff and volunteers are proud and delighted to get this recognition for everyone who has contributed over the years.
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“Our garden is for the whole community to enjoy; we host community social events, provide job and volunteering opportunities and training in horticulture and gardening.
“It is a peaceful and relaxing place for everyone to enjoy in the heart of our village.
“We are proud to supply plants, hanging baskets and planters to local hotels and community groups along with our rapidly-growing loyal local customer base.”
Councillor Martin Kilbride, South Ayrshire Council’s portfolio holder for buildings, housing and environment, praised the council’s grounds team and said: “I’m delighted that five of our fantastic parks have been recognised by receiving the Green Flag Award.
“Our grounds maintenance team go above and beyond to maintain our parks and green spaces around South Ayrshire, and this is a testament to their continuous hard work.
“I’d also like to thank the range of community groups who help us to keep these areas looking their best.”
Jamie Ormiston, beaches and parks officer at Keep Scotland Beautiful, added: “Receiving this prestigious international benchmark recognises all the hard work that has gone into maintaining and managing these precious green open spaces.”
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Stargazers, it’s your time to shine.
Every year, the second half of the summer season offers some of the best opportunities to see shooting stars and even fireballs, as two successive meteor showers — the Delta Aquariids and the Perseids — converge to grace our skies.
The Delta Aquariids fly roughly from July 18 to August 21, reaching a maximum rate of 20 meteors per hour during their nightly peak around 2 a.m., according to the website EarthSky.org. This meteor shower can be more faint than the Perseids that follow, favoring dark nights and viewing locations in the southern U.S. Nevertheless, because they converge with the more-visible Perseids, they’ll help increase stargazers’ chances of seeing meteors over peak nights in late July and early August.
Peaking a few weeks after the Delta Aquariids, the beloved and well-known Perseid meteor shower is lighting up our skies now through September 1. While the Perseid peak is technically August 11-13, those dates coincide with a full moon this year, meaning some of the meteor shower’s brilliance will be obscured by moonglow over those nights.
For that reason, it’s recommended that the best time to watch the Perseids is a few weeks before the actual peak: from late evening to dawn in early August, when the moon is absent or just a sliver.
In years with perfect viewing conditions — namely, a truly dark and cloudless sky with no moon — Perseids watchers can report 90 or more meteors per hour.
While that might not be the case this year, you’ll no doubt still see some magic if you set aside the time to gaze skyward on these remaining summer nights.
Learn more about all things night sky at earthsky.org.
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Drone explosion hits Russia’s Black Sea Fleet HQ
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A drone-borne explosive device detonated Sunday at the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, injuring six people, officials said.
The explosion at the headquarters in the city of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 caused cancellation of observances of Russia’s Navy Day holiday.
The Black Sea Fleet’s press service said the drone appeared to be homemade. It described the explosive device as “low-power” but Sevastopol mayor Mikhail Razvozhaev said six people were injured in the blast.
There was no immediate information on where the drone began its flight; Sevastopol is about 170 kilometers (100 miles) south of the Ukrainian mainland and Russian forces control much of the mainland area along the Black Sea.
Fighting continued elsewhere in Ukraine. The mayor of the major port city of Mykolaiv, Vitaliy Kim, said shelling killed one of Ukraine’s richest men, Oleksiy Vadatursky, and his wife. Vadatursky headed a grain production and export business.
In the Sumy region in Ukraine’s north, near the Russian border, shelling killed one person, the regional administration said.
Three people died in attacks over the past day in the Donetsk region, which is partly under the control of Russian separatist forces, said governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Sunday on Twitter that images of a prison where at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war died in an explosion on Friday indicated that the blast came from within the building in Olenivka, which is under Russian control.
Russian officials have claimed the building was attacked by Ukraine with the aim of silencing POWs who might be giving information about Ukrainian military operations.
Satellite photos taken before and after the attack show that a small, squarish building in the middle of the Olenivka prison complex was demolished, its roof in splinters.
Podolyak said those images and the lack of damage to adjacent structures showed that the building was not attacked from the air or by artillery and contended the evidence was consistent with a hyperbaric bomb set off inside.
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A new Beyonce album is like a solar eclipse in pop music: rare and spectacular. But what are some other summer releases? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Reanna Cruz from the Switched on Pop podcast.
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A new Beyonce album is like a solar eclipse in pop music: rare and spectacular. But what are some other summer releases? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Reanna Cruz from the Switched on Pop podcast.
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Dems seem headed for climate, health win after ups and downs
It’s been more than a year in the making and has seen plenty of ups and downs. Now, a Democratic economic package focused on climate and health care faces hurdles but seems headed toward party-line passage by Congress next month.
Approval would let President Joe Biden and his party claim a triumph on top priorities as November’s elections approach. They have not forgotten that they came close to approving a far grander version of the bill last year, only to see Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., one of their most conservative and contrarian members, torpedo it at the eleventh hour.
This time, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has crafted a compromise package with Manchin, to the surprise of everyone, transforming the West Virginian from pariah to partner. The measure is more modest than earlier versions but still checks boxes on issues that make Democrats giddy.
Here's what they face:
WHAT'S IN IT?
The measure would raise $739 billion in revenue over 10 years and spend $433 billion. More than $300 billion would be left for trimming federal deficits.
Those are meaningful cuts in red ink. But they’re tiny compared with the $16 trillion in new debt the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates will accumulate over the next decade.
The package would save consumers and the government money by curbing prescription drug prices, and it would subsidize private health insurance for millions of people. It would bolster the IRS budget so the tax agency can collect more unpaid taxes.
The plan would foster clean energy and offshore energy drilling, a balance demanded by Manchin, a champion of fossil fuels. It also would collect new taxes from the largest corporations and wealthy hedge fund owners.
It's a fraction of the $3.5 trillion package that Biden proposed early in his presidency, which also envisioned sums for initiatives such as paid family leave and universal preschool. It's also smaller than the roughly $2 trillion alternative the House passed last November after Manchin demanded cuts then derailed the deal anyway, citing inflation fears.
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IT'S NOW CALLED THE “INFLATION REDUCTION ACT,” BUT ...
... will it do that? It certainly could, but there are dissenters.
First, some context.
By one inflation measure the Federal Reserve studies closely, prices jumped 6.8% in June from a year ago, the biggest increase in four decades. That followed government figures showing the economy shrank anew last quarter, fueling recession worries.
“Improved tax collection, drug savings, and deficit reduction would put downward pressure on inflation,” the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said Friday. In what passes for a rave review, the bipartisan fiscal watchdog group called the legislation “exactly the kind of package lawmakers should put in place to help the economy in a number of ways.”
“Deficit reduction is almost always inflation-reducing," Jason Furman, a Harvard University economics professor who was a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, wrote Friday in The Wall Street Journal. He said the measure would also “reduce inflation by slowing the growth of prescription-drug prices."
A more sobering assessment came from the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Wharton Budget Model, which analyzes economic issues.
“The act would very slightly increase inflation until 2024 and decrease inflation thereafter," the group wrote Friday. “These point estimates are statistically indistinguishable from zero, thereby indicating low confidence that the legislation will have any impact on inflation."
A chorus of Republicans say Democrats' bill would be widely damaging. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., calls it “a giant package of huge new job-killing tax hikes, Green New Deal craziness that will kill American energy, and prescription drug socialism that will leave us with fewer new life-saving medicines."
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CHANGES AHEAD
The 725-page measure will probably still change somewhat.
Schumer said this past week that Democrats planned to add language aimed at reducing patients' costs of insulin, the diabetes drug that can cost hundreds of dollars monthly.
Insulin price curbs were a highlight of Democrats' bigger package last year, including a $35 monthly cap for patients who get the drug through Medicare or private insurers. But that fell out this year as the measure was trimmed.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have produced a bill capping insulin's price. That measure's prospects diminished after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated it would cost about $23 billion and actually increase the price of insulin. The two lawmakers also haven't produced the 10 Republicans who would be needed to succeed in the 50-50 Senate, where most bills need 60 votes.
It's unclear what the Democrats' new insulin language would do. Prior language that required private insurers to set a $35 monthly insulin cap may violate the chamber's rules, which only allow provisions primarily affecting the federal budget.
In addition, under the process Democrats are using to move the measure through the chamber by a simple majority, with Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote, it would face multiple amendments in a voting session that can run through the night, and there is no telling whether some will pass.
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PROSPECTS
Every Republican seems poised to vote “no.”
Democrats will need all 50 of their own votes in the Senate, where unpredictable Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., has yet to state her view.
Democrats can lose no more than four House votes to succeed there. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday that when the Senate approves the package, “We’ll pass it.”
Schumer wants Senate passage next week. He acknowledged that timeline is “going to be hard" because it will take time for the chamber's parliamentarian to make sure the bill conforms to Senate rules.
This will also take luck. All 50 Democrats, including both independents who support them, will have to be healthy enough to show up and vote.
That's not guaranteed. The latest, extremely contagious COVID-19 variant is spreading around the country. And the chamber has 33 senators who are 70 years old or more, including 19 Democrats.
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., 77, was the latest senator to announce he'd contracted the disease. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., 82, has been out after hip surgery. Both are expected back next week. | https://www.wgal.com/article/dems-seem-headed-for-climate-health-win-after-ups-and-downs/40760617 | 2022-07-31T12:11:45Z | https://www.wgal.com/article/dems-seem-headed-for-climate-health-win-after-ups-and-downs/40760617 | true |
The new government in Sri Lanka has resumed bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund, but rolling blackouts and food and fuel shortages continue.
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The new government in Sri Lanka has resumed bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund, but rolling blackouts and food and fuel shortages continue.
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Odisha Health Minister holds review meeting on Monkeypox, says keeping an eye on situation in country
"The State is fully prepared to and taking all necessary steps in view of the scare of Monkeypox virus, Government is keeping an eye on the situation in the country," the Minister said after the meeting. Das further said that there is no need to panic, however, added that people need to be vigilant.
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das on Saturday held a review meeting on Monkeypox with senior officials and said that the state is taking all necessary steps in view of the virus while also keeping an eye on the situation in the country.
An expert committee for the treatment of Monkeypox at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack has been formed by the Health department.
"The State is fully prepared to and taking all necessary steps in view of the scare of Monkeypox virus, Government is keeping an eye on the situation in the country," the Minister said after the meeting.
Das further said that there is no need to panic, however, added that people need to be vigilant.
"The steps have also been taken by the department to make the testing facility available at ICMR, Bhubaneswar. We have requested the Centre to provide kits. There is no need to panic. People need to be vigilant and adhere to guidelines," he said.
He further stated that by August 10, training will be imparted to the paediatric, skin and medical specialists and one Integrated Counselling & Testing Center (ICTC) from each district at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
As per the health department, they will be trained on symptoms and other aspects related to monkeypox after that a nodal officer will be appointed for monkeypox in each district of the state.
All the medical colleges in the state have been directed to reserve at least two beds for the suspected Monkeypox cases.
Meanwhile, amid the growing concerns over monkeypox, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday said the government is ready and alert against viral disease.
According to NCDC director Dr Sujeet Singh, 15 testing labs have been started for monkeypox infection testing all over the country.
"If any suspected case arrives then we immediately conduct the test. 15 testing labs and our NCDC lab have also started doing the test. Surveillance is also going on. As per the situation, we also modify our strategy and the government is ready and alert," said Dr Singh.
"We are constantly doing meetings with all top officials of the Union Health Ministry to keep a close check on the overall situation," he added.
Notably, India has reported four cases of monkeypox so far, of which three cases are from Kerala while one is from Delhi. Following this, the central government is on an alert even as the count of infections in some other countries has risen. | https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/policy/odisha-health-minister-holds-review-meeting-on-monkeypox-says-keeping-an-eye-on-situation-in-country/93250769 | 2022-07-31T12:18:47Z | https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/policy/odisha-health-minister-holds-review-meeting-on-monkeypox-says-keeping-an-eye-on-situation-in-country/93250769 | true |
On one wall of the Sells Agency in downtown Little Rock hangs a large, framed print of a pencil maze, the kind where one draws a line from the perimeter to the center finish, avoiding dead ends and box canyons as you go. The illustration could be a former marketing piece or maybe it's just another imagination trigger for a creative team on deadline. But whatever its actual purpose, the artwork serves as an apt illustration of Mike Sells' life journey, always seeking a way forward, learning as he goes.
"If I were doing the same thing now that I was doing yesterday -- if I hadn't learned new things from when I started -- I'd be bored to tears," he says. "One of the benefits of this industry is there's always something new."
Sells has been in the advertising game for decades with a client roster laden with heavy-hitters -- and those aspiring to be -- to show for it. Meeting Sells for the first time, what you see is what you get, but there's a lot to look at, each underlying tranche earned by design, by accident and quite often, the hard way. Each lesson brings him a little closer to who he is, what he does and how he does it, so he seeks out new subject matter at every opportunity.
"In this business you have to have a stick-to-itiveness and a desire to always be learning," he says. "Until a year and a half ago, I had never heard of cyclocross as a sport, and I've been a cycling fan my whole life. That was a lot of fun to learn and now, we've done advertising and marketing for two world-caliber cyclocross events, and we're working on a third."
Sells' approach has made him and his firm (which includes a second office in Fayetteville) exceptionally flexible, which is not to say unfocused. Sells Agency's creative work is distinguished by its intentionality and clarity of message, the virtues of which are relentlessly hammered home by its president.
"I drive a lot of people around here crazy about words having meanings and to be really precise," he said. "Some of my favorite questions are, 'What are you really saying?' and 'Can you say that in a different way?'
"I'll be in a meeting and people will say something, and I think to myself later, 80% of the people in there didn't understand what they were trying to say, but nobody asked. We have to seek to understand, and we can't seek to understand if we're not asking questions and listening hard to those words."
THEATER KID
There's a lot about Sells that doesn't satisfy assumptions. For instance, despite making his living communicating messages, he doesn't fit the mold of lifelong wordsmith. In fact, math and science came more naturally to him, a fact that unfolds into another seeming contradiction: He was a science and math whiz who didn't dream of going into left-brained engineering or IT, but theater.
"First year at Hall High School, I was hanging out with some folks, and they tried out for the play," he says. "I'm like, 'OK, I'll give it a shot.' I got a tiny part, but I was like, 'this is cool.'"
That experience led to bigger productions, notably the Arkansas Children's Theater production of "Grease" the following year, which proved a turning point.
"Somehow or another, beside the fact that I can't dance and I can't sing, I got a role as one of the T-Birds. I was Sonny Latierri, the only T-Bird who doesn't have a solo," he says. "[The show] got rave reviews from the Gazette and the Democrat. It ran for, I think, four performances and then it was over. Then some months later, we did a revival of it because of public demand. I was smitten."
Sells' acting work landed him multiple theater scholarship offers, one of them to Hendrix College in Conway. He wasn't there long when he met a coed who would come to play the biggest supporting role in his life. From the start, the two displayed a set of skills and abilities that, while dramatically different, completed the other.
"I drove her crazy freshman year, because we took the same algebra class. I showed up for the first day of class and didn't show up again until it was time to take a test," he says. "I was never there, and I made an A while she was laboring on all the math stuff.
"Well, she sat down the night before our Shakespeare paper was due and wrote, without any mistakes, a 12-page paper and got an A+. I labored on that thing, rewrote it, went to go visit the professor a couple of times, got corrections and still got a B-.'"
As senior year wore down, the now-serious couple faced their first big test as Sells pondered his next move as an actor.
"At one time the plan was, I was going to move to New York City, wait tables, live in a van down by the river if I had to in order to give acting a shot," he says. "Part of that was influenced by the fact two people I had been in theater with had both done it successfully. Both of them went to New York and ended up on Broadway within two years.
"Then, I started dating my best friend, and I decided I really loved this person and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. I didn't think it was responsible to say, 'I want to get married, but you're going to have to wait 'til I see if I can make it in theater or come with me.' It dawned on me this is not really practical. [Acting] was losing its luster, if you will."
NOT A NICKEL
Sells wasn't completely out of the woods with Bari's father just yet. He no longer had to overcome being a wanna-be actor, but he wasn't flush with backup prospects either.
"I grew up going to Trinity Methodist Church in the George Wayne Martin Sanctuary. Bari's dad is George Wayne Martin. Talk about pressure," he said. "I'm two weeks out from graduation. I don't have a nickel. I got nothing."
Fate intervened through a friend with connections at a Little Rock advertising firm, Brooks Pollard. In short order, Sells landed a job, got the girl and earned his degree, a fairy tale trifecta that hid the fact a real-world education was just beginning. Over the next few years, his career volleyed him back and forth on both sides of the advertising desk -- as advertising director for a major bank and an insurance home office and two tours at what is now CJRW. And that doesn't even count his brush with becoming a G-Man.
"One day I'm sitting in bed with my wife, drinking coffee, reading the newspaper and there's an ad from the FBI about a hiring fair for special agents at the Holiday Inn West," he said. "That sounds cool, I thought, I'll try that. What the heck?"
Sells advanced to the final round -- making the list for a 14-week proving program at Quantico -- just in time for the bureau to freeze hiring, ending his crime-fighting career before it even started. A few years later, his father Bob launched Sells Agency and, burned out on agencies and bored with the shuffling pace of corporate life, Mike offered to build up the advertising book to match Bob's extensive PR accounts. The relationship clicked, and Mike's been there ever since, taking over as president in 1997.
"He really makes sure that he understands the client," says Jim Cargill, president and CEO of Arvest Bank's Central and Southwest Arkansas region. "He's learned how we operate. He's learned our language. He's learned what our objectives are and how we get there.
"He's very thorough and he's always very genuinely inquisitive. Because of that, I end up feeling that I'm talking with somebody who really has not just an understanding, but a sincere interest in what we're doing and how we're getting it done."
The years have taught Sells much, especially as technology and social media have mushroomed, something he's handled with a deft touch.
"We have been earlier adopters than a lot of agencies on all things digital because to me, it was just another medium," he says. "We create messages to connect with consumers on behalf of a client. Making that happen on a programmatic, contextually targeted display ad online is no different than making an effective newspaper ad 30 years ago.
"The bigger challenge is the hype around some of the technology. It gets ahead of itself. QR codes were all the rage 10 years ago, and every client thought they needed one. But have you seen the QR code adoption rate and how many people are actually downloading that specialty QR code reader so they can go to your website that doesn't say anything? I mean, let's all just slow down."
If Sells' strategy of hurrying to the front only to wait for the market to catch up seems a dichotomous collision of old and new thinking, that's precisely what it is, reheating fundamental strategies until malleable enough to fit into modern context. It's not everyone's approach, but like everything else that's kept the agency relevant for this long, the numbers back up his strategy.
"Advertising is part art and part science. At the end of the day, it's a business expense, so it has to have a business purpose," he says. "The last study I read said the average tenure of an agency-client relationship was less than two years. Our average tenure with clients is a lot longer than that, and I think it's because we have some fundamental service standards that I demand of everybody and hopefully model for everybody.
"At the same time, the worst thing we can do is just sit around here and lament that we can't do what we could do three years ago. There's always going to be progress. There was a time when television was a radical new thing compared to printed newspapers. At any point, in this business at least and probably in any business, if you stop being a lifelong learner you're in trouble."
YOUNG LIFE
Along the way, Sells has also invested his time, expertise and resources into Young Life, helping bring that same message of continuous learning to young people in the context of their spirituality. Over the years, he's seen the program work in the lives of hundreds of kids, starting with himself.
"The trajectory of my life was going in the wrong direction in the 10th grade," he says. "It's a miracle I'm alive. I don't really like to talk about it, but the first two-thirds of my 10th-grade year I was drinking, I was smoking. I had a Camaro and I was driving like a bat out of you-know-where. I was going off the rails.
"I kind of got a wake-up call where it was like, OK, I don't know what to do, but I know I can't keep doing this. I found myself in this nowhere land because I had alienated all my previous friends, and it was too dangerous for me to hang out with my current friends. I landed somewhere in the middle."
Providence crossed his path with some upperclassmen who took an interest in the lost teen, inviting him to play some disc golf and basketball and finally inviting him to a Young Life function. What he experienced there helped put his life back in order.
"I had grown up in church, and I'd heard a lot of church talk," he says. "I don't want to say I didn't hear it, but it was said to me in a way at Young Life that got through. It's not about me; there's a God out there that loves me despite what a moron I am. I became a Christian at Young Life camp. My faith meant something to me in that it was mine, I owned it, I wasn't borrowing it from my family or from my heritage."
Now after almost 20 years at various levels of the organization, Sells' fingerprints are all over the ministry and its growth according to Jud Jones, Young Life regional director over Arkansas and Louisiana.
"He's a starter, he's an initiator, he's a developer, but the biggest thing about my friend Mike Sells is that he doesn't quit," Jones says. "When we met, I was in the first couple years of trying to rebuild Young Life in Arkansas, and it was very hard. He basically said, 'Hey, I'm going to help you,' and he did. He's persistent because he believes in the mission and he believes in people. He's walked with me through thick and thin and, as a friend, I would do anything for him.
Sells currently serves on the organizing committee for the River Classic (theriverclassic.com), a September bike ride to raise funds specifically to reach inner city kids.
"When you get into the inner city, the resources aren't there, but they have the same needs," Sells says. "We have this fundraiser bike ride to help raise money to allow the kids from the poorer parts of town to have the camp experience I had. I love working on that."
It's particularly gratifying, he says, to be organizing an athletic event, not only as a longtime cyclist and triathlete, but because he knows how fleeting good health can be, having watched the people he loves most struggle to maintain theirs. That starts with Bari, who's battled MS most of her life and who endured some gut-wrenching stretches during the pandemic. With each turn, as the two college sweethearts take on the journey through the disease, Sells learns new lessons on faith, fidelity and how to find God when times are darkest.
"Our life has made me realize the importance of a right theological framework for how to view life when it comes to health and when it comes to going through difficult times," he says. "We've got to expect those and understand it's not that we're not being blessed, but we have to look for the blessing inside that.
"What's the blessing inside MS? Well, we're closer than we were before this started. We now know we can get through really difficult things and still be cleaved together in marriage. We know we're committed. And maybe other people who are going through a difficult time can hear about us or witness us and go, 'If they can do it, I can do it.' That's just human nature. I do that with my bike all the time. If that guy can climb that mountain, I can climb that mountain."
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Dems seem headed for climate, health win after ups and downs
It’s been more than a year in the making and has seen plenty of ups and downs. Now, a Democratic economic package focused on climate and health care faces hurdles but seems headed toward party-line passage by Congress next month.
Approval would let President Joe Biden and his party claim a triumph on top priorities as November’s elections approach. They have not forgotten that they came close to approving a far grander version of the bill last year, only to see Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., one of their most conservative and contrarian members, torpedo it at the eleventh hour.
This time, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has crafted a compromise package with Manchin, to the surprise of everyone, transforming the West Virginian from pariah to partner. The measure is more modest than earlier versions but still checks boxes on issues that make Democrats giddy.
Here's what they face:
WHAT'S IN IT?
The measure would raise $739 billion in revenue over 10 years and spend $433 billion. More than $300 billion would be left for trimming federal deficits.
Those are meaningful cuts in red ink. But they’re tiny compared with the $16 trillion in new debt the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates will accumulate over the next decade.
The package would save consumers and the government money by curbing prescription drug prices, and it would subsidize private health insurance for millions of people. It would bolster the IRS budget so the tax agency can collect more unpaid taxes.
The plan would foster clean energy and offshore energy drilling, a balance demanded by Manchin, a champion of fossil fuels. It also would collect new taxes from the largest corporations and wealthy hedge fund owners.
It's a fraction of the $3.5 trillion package that Biden proposed early in his presidency, which also envisioned sums for initiatives such as paid family leave and universal preschool. It's also smaller than the roughly $2 trillion alternative the House passed last November after Manchin demanded cuts then derailed the deal anyway, citing inflation fears.
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IT'S NOW CALLED THE “INFLATION REDUCTION ACT,” BUT ...
... will it do that? It certainly could, but there are dissenters.
First, some context.
By one inflation measure the Federal Reserve studies closely, prices jumped 6.8% in June from a year ago, the biggest increase in four decades. That followed government figures showing the economy shrank anew last quarter, fueling recession worries.
“Improved tax collection, drug savings, and deficit reduction would put downward pressure on inflation,” the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said Friday. In what passes for a rave review, the bipartisan fiscal watchdog group called the legislation “exactly the kind of package lawmakers should put in place to help the economy in a number of ways.”
“Deficit reduction is almost always inflation-reducing," Jason Furman, a Harvard University economics professor who was a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, wrote Friday in The Wall Street Journal. He said the measure would also “reduce inflation by slowing the growth of prescription-drug prices."
A more sobering assessment came from the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Wharton Budget Model, which analyzes economic issues.
“The act would very slightly increase inflation until 2024 and decrease inflation thereafter," the group wrote Friday. “These point estimates are statistically indistinguishable from zero, thereby indicating low confidence that the legislation will have any impact on inflation."
A chorus of Republicans say Democrats' bill would be widely damaging. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., calls it “a giant package of huge new job-killing tax hikes, Green New Deal craziness that will kill American energy, and prescription drug socialism that will leave us with fewer new life-saving medicines."
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CHANGES AHEAD
The 725-page measure will probably still change somewhat.
Schumer said this past week that Democrats planned to add language aimed at reducing patients' costs of insulin, the diabetes drug that can cost hundreds of dollars monthly.
Insulin price curbs were a highlight of Democrats' bigger package last year, including a $35 monthly cap for patients who get the drug through Medicare or private insurers. But that fell out this year as the measure was trimmed.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have produced a bill capping insulin's price. That measure's prospects diminished after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated it would cost about $23 billion and actually increase the price of insulin. The two lawmakers also haven't produced the 10 Republicans who would be needed to succeed in the 50-50 Senate, where most bills need 60 votes.
It's unclear what the Democrats' new insulin language would do. Prior language that required private insurers to set a $35 monthly insulin cap may violate the chamber's rules, which only allow provisions primarily affecting the federal budget.
In addition, under the process Democrats are using to move the measure through the chamber by a simple majority, with Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote, it would face multiple amendments in a voting session that can run through the night, and there is no telling whether some will pass.
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PROSPECTS
Every Republican seems poised to vote “no.”
Democrats will need all 50 of their own votes in the Senate, where unpredictable Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., has yet to state her view.
Democrats can lose no more than four House votes to succeed there. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday that when the Senate approves the package, “We’ll pass it.”
Schumer wants Senate passage next week. He acknowledged that timeline is “going to be hard" because it will take time for the chamber's parliamentarian to make sure the bill conforms to Senate rules.
This will also take luck. All 50 Democrats, including both independents who support them, will have to be healthy enough to show up and vote.
That's not guaranteed. The latest, extremely contagious COVID-19 variant is spreading around the country. And the chamber has 33 senators who are 70 years old or more, including 19 Democrats.
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Drone explosion hits Russia’s Black Sea Fleet HQ
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A drone-borne explosive device detonated Sunday at the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, injuring six people, officials said.
The explosion at the headquarters in the city of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 caused cancellation of observances of Russia’s Navy Day holiday.
The Black Sea Fleet’s press service said the drone appeared to be homemade. It described the explosive device as “low-power” but Sevastopol mayor Mikhail Razvozhaev said six people were injured in the blast.
There was no immediate information on where the drone began its flight; Sevastopol is about 170 kilometers (100 miles) south of the Ukrainian mainland and Russian forces control much of the mainland area along the Black Sea.
Fighting continued elsewhere in Ukraine. The mayor of the major port city of Mykolaiv, Vitaliy Kim, said shelling killed one of Ukraine’s richest men, Oleksiy Vadatursky, and his wife. Vadatursky headed a grain production and export business.
In the Sumy region in Ukraine’s north, near the Russian border, shelling killed one person, the regional administration said.
Three people died in attacks over the past day in the Donetsk region, which is partly under the control of Russian separatist forces, said governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Sunday on Twitter that images of a prison where at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war died in an explosion on Friday indicated that the blast came from within the building in Olenivka, which is under Russian control.
Russian officials have claimed the building was attacked by Ukraine with the aim of silencing POWs who might be giving information about Ukrainian military operations.
Satellite photos taken before and after the attack show that a small, squarish building in the middle of the Olenivka prison complex was demolished, its roof in splinters.
Podolyak said those images and the lack of damage to adjacent structures showed that the building was not attacked from the air or by artillery and contended the evidence was consistent with a hyperbaric bomb set off inside.
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This past week, in the midst of many competing events, the nation's news-aware and money-savvy cohorts gave their undivided attention to a professorial-looking fellow calmly reading from a piece of paper.
The bespectacled reader was Jerome Powell, who bears a weighty title as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank. While he is unknown to most Americans, his economic power is sometimes said to rival that of the president himself.
And while few voters may be thinking of Powell as they go to the polls in November, all will be coping with economic conditions strongly influenced by Powell's little-known institution.
The Fed is the latest Washington power center trying to smile for its closeup — caught in the bright glare of contemporary media attention. Like the Supreme Court, which has been barricaded behind new fencing since it overturned the federal protection for abortion rights, the Fed governors have preferred to exercise their extraordinary authority quietly in near anonymity.
The same could be said for top decisionmakers at the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and others responsible for fighting the COVID and monkeypox viruses. Scientists such as Dr. Anthony Fauci have become household names and symbols, praised as saviors and condemned as tyrants.
The curtain has even been drawn back on the Constitution-based oddity known as the Electoral College, an assembly of 535 actual persons who meet at a specified interval every four years and elect the president. Normally a routine exercise noticed by few, the Electoral College has become another focal point in the current congressional investigation of former President Trump's efforts to stay in office after losing the 2020 election.
That particular investigation has even pierced some of the murkiness of the Secret Service, which cannot account for the loss of critical text messages during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
All these institutions are usually run by individuals who operate with little public notice and speak in the code of their own professional expertise. Each agency has its unwritten protocols — which have minimal oversight and scant public knowledge.
And they have an extraordinary level of authority. While their top officials have been appointed by a president at some point, they all operate with remarkable independence thereafter.
The special case of the Fed
Secretive as many parts of the government may be, there are moments when any may be subject to exposure. This past week, it was showtime for the Fed.
Powell was on TV to read out a number set by an internal committee of the Board, a committee he also chairs. It is called the Federal Open Market Committee, and it votes on the "federal funds rate" which governs the cost of loans between financial institutions.
The FOMC consists of the seven presidentially appointed governors of the Federal Reserve and five from among the 12 presidents of the regional Federal Reserve Banks (New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond, Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Dallas, Kansas City, and San Francisco).
The image has long been that of a crusty collection of aging white males who tend to be conservative financiers. The current board, however, has come to look a good deal more like the country.
The seven presidentially appointed members include the recently confirmed Vice Chair Lael Brainard and two other women. Two of the seven are African Americans, both appointed by President Biden. In partisan terms, three are Republicans, including Powell, and four are Democrats. Three were appointed (or re-appointed) by Trump, four by Biden.
This week, the change in the federal funds rate — the number the nation was waiting to hear — came in at 75, as in 75 basis points (or three-quarters of one-percent). It was instantly fed into countless computer programs and repeated endlessly in the media all over the world.
It moved the financial markets globally in real time, and the remarks Powell read from his notes on old-fashioned paper this week actually cheered some investors and helped the stock market indices to their best 3-day rally in months and the S&P 500 to its best month since 2020.
The federal funds rate can also determine the fate of individual businesses and the direction of entire industries. Not to mention the trajectories of presidents and their political parties.
Powell made clear the FOMC's intent was to restrain the effects of inflation, which last month came in at an annualized rate of more than 9%. As has been widely noted, that was the highest in four decades. This week another number, the "personal consumption expenditures" price index (PCE), came in "hotter" than expected, pointing to the likelihood our current inflation is already in double-digit territory.
The other number, which got far more attention, was this week's Gross Domestic Product reading for June. It showed the economy grew in nominal dollars in the first six months of the year but actually shrank by a little less than a percentage point when the numbers are adjusted for inflation.
That made for the second three-month period in a row with such a reading (the shrinkage for the first quarter of the year had been 1.6 percent). That met one common definition for a recession (although not the one preferred by most economists).
The moment vs. the momentum
After his announcement this week, Powell also read comments suggesting more rate hikes would be likely but not automatic. He noted that the latest increase, the fourth this year, brought the benchmark as high as 2.5% – a hefty move considering that the Fed's rate had been, in effect, zero — an extreme reached twice in recent history. The first was in 2009 in the so-called "Great Recession," the second in the recession of 2020-2021 the followed the onset of COVID.
Powell stuck around onstage answering reporters' questions about recession. The chairman made it clear he did not see a recession at the moment, due to strong production and sales numbers and the continuing strength of hiring in the job market. The unemployment rate is a strikingly low 3.6% as of June.
Powell may well be right about the moment, but he knows that's not the same as the momentum. His own policies contemplate pushing the economy toward, if not into, a recession. That is how those policies seek to break the inflationary cycle.
Politically, the obvious takeaway from such a moment would be that people struggling with higher prices might soon be working fewer hours or losing their jobs entirely. And the consequences of that have been pretty clear in midterm elections for generations.
Still, in the complex economic and political environment of our post-COVID world, it is possible that past experiences are less than perfect predictors.
The performance of equity markets such as the S&P 500 late in the week was taken as evidence the economic picture might be brighter than imagined.
The hope is that the fastest rate hikes since Fed Chairman Paul Volcker's reign of terror began in 1979 can have the desired effect without anything approaching the same degree of collateral damage.
There may be no such thing as a perfect "soft landing," but Powell at this point can at least hope for what he calls "softish."
A storied past
The Fed is now 109 years old, a creation of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 during what we now call the Progressive Era. President Woodrow Wilson and his first session of Congress had the rather idealistic notion of removing certain key economic decisions from the pressures of politics and the markets.
Its initial purpose was to manage the money supply, maintain value and prevent the kind of panics that had periodically plagued the economy in the 1800s. Since World War II, however, it has become increasingly imperative for the Fed to also mind levels of unemployment in making its calculations. This "dual mandate" has complicated Fed operations ever since, and Powell alluded to it this week.
Powell is the 16th person to chair the Fed and the latest to struggle with those decisions and pressures. While some have been more successful than others, all have been caught in the crossfire of criticism while in the job and especially after leaving it. Some who were hailed as heroes in their tenure have subsequently borne blame for bad things that happened later.
Alan Greenspan was dubbed an economic "Maestro" by some journalists (and one biographer) for his 18 years as charman (1987-2006), a period when even sharp increases in the federal funds rate often had relatively manageable consequences. But after he retired, Greenspan was faulted by some for the rapid rise in home valuations and alternative debt instruments that led to the crash of 2008 and the "Great Recession" that followed.
Reagan stuck with the medicine and its medicine man
Volcker, who chaired the Fed from the fateful summer of 1979 until Greenspan took over has been lionized as the man who beat double-digit inflation. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter at a point when inflation had reached nearly 14%, Volcker immediately set about persuading the Board of his day that drastic measures were mandatory
"At the time, the resulting inflationary psychology was so deeply embedded that almost everyone despaired at purging it," wrote financial journalist Robert Samuelson in his book The Great Inflation and its Aftermath in 2008. "Only the unexpectedly savage recession of 1981-82, when unemployment peaked at nearly 11 percent, succeeded in doing so."
That "savage" recession had already begun by the summer of 1981, when Volcker and his board continued raising the federal funds rate past 20%. Volcker was not cooling the economy so much as strangling it.
Even before that recession struck with full force, the "stagflation" of the 1970s had proved too much for Carter. While other issues mattered in Carter's loss to Republican Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election, economics had set the stage.
Reagan stuck by the medicine and the medicine man. Volcker and his board raised the federal funds rate as high as 20% in 1981. Srre enough, Republicans suffered losses around the country in the midterms of 1982, especially in governorships. But Reagan's working majority of Republicans and conservative Democrats in Congress survived largely intact. He reappointed Volcker the following year, as the medicine continued to prove effective against the underlying disease.
Widely vilified as the man who brought on double-digit joblessness in the early 1980s, Volcker had the satisfaction of seeing both the unemployment number and the inflation rate beaten back down into low-single digits during his second term as chairman. He retired but returned to advise the policymakers dealing with the Wall Street crisis in 2008.
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Former dinner lady who tipped the scales at 22st reveals how she shed 12st in 18 months because she wanted to be an active grandmother
- Alison Berry lost 12 stone in just 18 months after the birth of her first grandson
- The former dinner lady, aged 63, from South Tyneside, weighed 22st
- Being hospitalised was a massive wake up call and she transformed her life
A former dinner lady has revealed how she shed 12st in just 18 months because she wanted to live to see her grandson grow up.
At her heaviest, Alison Berry, 63, weighed 22st and was heavily dependent on medication she needed for diverticulitis, a debilitating condition that was causing her to go to the toilet up to 40 times a day.
Alison, from South Tyneside, had been overweight her entire adult life and was in denial over how long she had to adopt lasting healthy habits.
But that all changed after she suffered a bad flare up of her condition, which resulted in Alison being gravely ill and hospitalised.
Former dinner lady Alison Berry has revealed how she shed 12st in just 18 months because she wanted to live to see her grandson grow up. Pictured, after her weight loss
At her heaviest, Alison Berry, 63, weighed 22st and was heavily dependent on medication she needed for diverticulitis, a debilitating condition that was causing her to go to the toilet up to 40 times a day. Pictured, Alison Berry before her weight loss
Thankfully she survived, which was a massive wake up call, as she realised that time was running out.
After embarking on her healthy food plan and a simple walking routine, Alison shed 11st 7lb in 18 months and is medication free.
Reflecting on her journey so far, Alison explains how her decision to finally shed the weight came after her daughter gave birth to her first grandson, Joseph.
She said: 'I cried myself to sleep often worrying that my life would be cut short by my medical condition and weight. Then my daughter in-law gave birth to my first adorable grandson Joseph.
'My daughter in-law and son asked if I would look after him for two days a week when she returned to work, and it was all I wanted to do.
'I wanted to be the best Nana ever who could take her grandchildren everywhere, play on the floor with them, take them swimming, climb inside their pop-up tents and chase them round the garden.
'The reality is that I couldn't even cut my own toenails, and I certainly couldn't fit inside the tents.'
Alison had been overweight her entire adult life and was in denial that she had plenty of time to become healthier. Pictured, after her weight loss
Reflecting on her journey so far, Alison (pictured after her weight loss) explains how her decision to finally shed the weight came after her daughter gave birth to her first grandson, Joseph
After embarking on a healthy food plan and a simple walking routine, Alison shed 11st.7lb in 18 months and is medication free
Something had to change, and quickly, and having tried 'every diet under the sun to no avail', Alison joined Slimming World at her heaviest and started using products from The Skinny Food Co.
She loves homemade meals, especially homemade burgers, and uses the brand's low-calories sauces to make healthy substitutions.
She says: 'I don't just have a sweet tooth, I have a mouth filled with sweet teeth - it was a real problem.'
Alison (pictured before weight loss) revealed how she would start every day with a full-fat can of coke with a handful of chocolate bars for breakfast and would then graze all day whilst at work
Alison joined Slimming World at her heaviest and started using products from The Skinny Food Co. Pictured, after her weight loss
Alison describes how she would have a full-fat can of coke with a handful of chocolate bars for breakfast and would then graze all day whilst at work.
Nowadays, Alison describes herself as an 'adrenaline junkie' trying to make up for lost time, making the most out of every single day.
She says: 'I was once asked to step off a fairground ride because I was too big to fit inside the safety strap.
'Since then, I've been on the world's fastest zip-line, fire walks, completed a tree-top assault course, and I'm absolutely desperate to do a wing-walk. Life is good now I've lost my weight.'
From being gravely ill and thinking her life was at a standstill, Alison is now medication-free and more confident than ever.
Nowadays, Alison describes herself as an 'adrenaline junkie' trying to make up for lost time, making the most out of every single day. She has been on the world's fastest zip-line and fire walks
She said: 'Don't wait a minute longer - your new life is waiting for you, no matter your age or circumstance.
'I won't say losing weight was easy, but with determination it sure is worth it. Leave that old, sad life behind and take the plunge.
'Take each day as it comes and enjoy the process. I used to be afraid of walking to the shop in case people laughed at me, now I walk with my head held high with a big smile on my face - and you can too.'
Alison added: 'I used to hide in the background and make fat-jokes about myself, trying to beat others to the punchline - now I live life with a big smile on my face and enjoy every minute.
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Single speed camera in north London installed to stop motorists driving down street in 'low traffic neighbourhood' rakes in £1MILLION in fines in just 18 months
- Islington Council installed the device last year, making £900,000 in £130 fines
- Furious motorists have lashed out, claiming the device is hardly visible
- London drivers have been hit with 755,098 fines worth £33.6million due to LTNs
- The scheme has fueled anger and caused deep divisions within communities
Angry drivers have had to fork out almost £1million worth of fines in only 18 months because of one traffic camera, even though the device and warning signs are reportedly not obvious.
The aim of the traffic camera, which was installed by Islington Council in North London last year, has been to prevent motorists driving on a low traffic neighbourhood (LTNs) street.
The schemes include pop-up cycle lanes, wider pavements and closing streets to cars. The new rules are enforced using warning signs and CCTV cameras.
Furious drivers have lashed out, claiming the device is hardly visible, as one told The Sun: 'I had no idea it was there because the setting of the planters (plant pots on road) was so wide and the signage so high.'
Angry drivers have had to fork out almost £1million worth of fines in only 18 months because of one traffic camera, even though the device and warning signs are reportedly not obvious
Via a Freedom of Information request, the newspaper revealed the camera has made £900,000 in £130 fines since it was put up in 2021.
Rakhia Ismail, president of Islington Conservatives, said: 'To make that amount of money from just one camera, especially in the middle of a cost of living crisis, is really shameful.
'They are picking the pockets of vulnerable residents who are already struggling.
'They are just interested in the money, not how it affects local people.'
But Rowena Champion, Islington Council's transport spokesman, said: 'We're committed to creating a cleaner, greener, healthier borough, where it is easier for everyone to travel.
The aim of the traffic camera, which was installed by Islington Council, North London last year, has been to prevent motorists driving on a low traffic neighbourhood street
'We work hard to make sure signage is adequate, unambiguous and compliant with regulations, to provide advance warning for drivers.
'Through the people-friendly streets programme, the council is making it easier for the 70 per cent of households that do not own a car to walk, cycle, scoot and use buggies and wheelchairs.'
This comes in the wake of the revelation that Lambeth Council in South London issued almost £22million in low traffic neighbourhood fines in a year.
Meanwhile, at the end of May a single set of traffic cameras in the City of London was revealed to have raked in an astonishing £15.2million worth of penalty charges over three years.
Bank Junction, bordered by the Bank of England, the Royal Exchange and Mansion House, has been restricted to buses and cyclists only from 7am to 7pm since 2017 - with £130 fines for wrongdoers, reduced to £65 if paid within 14 days.
But thousands of motorists have not cottoned on, with an eye-watering £3.2million haul in 2021 equating to 40 per cent of such fines levied in the Square Mile, Freedom of Information requests by Bloomberg revealed.
Although takings collapsed by almost half from 2019 - when it raised £6.16m, followed by £5.78m in 2020 - it is still one of the most lucrative traffic spots in the capital.
Bank Junction was once heavily used by motorists but now has signs warning drivers to use alternative routes - although many of those who have been fined complain the warnings are still not obvious enough.
LTNs have created deep divides within communities. Some fiercely oppose the schemes while others stand in support
The FOI data also showed other major crossroads in London that restrict some types of vehicles have also become major sources of revenue for local authorities with those in Newham, Hackney, Enfield and Lambeth raising a total of £57million.
Newham alone raised more than £33m in 2020 and 2021 after introducing a swathe of restrictions.
Outside the City, the most lucrative junction in 2021 was Browning Road North in Newham, which pulled in £2.43m; followed by Pritchard's Road in Hackney - £1.39m; Culmington Road in Ealing - £960,000 and Meadway N14, Enfield - £820,000.
Local authorities argue restrictions cut pollution, and help fund essential services, including road maintenance.
A spokesman for the City of London corporation said any surplus raised by fines was 'ringfenced by law to highways and transport-related activities such as resurfacing'.
It was reported in May that motorists in the capital were clobbered with a huge 755,098 fines worth nearly £33.6million in total in the year since April last year for breaching new road rules as part of low-traffic neighbourhoods.
There were reports of paramedics having to wait up to 20 minutes to get to a patient who had collapsed in an alleyway because their ambulance was blocked by new bollards installed as part of the council traffic scheme in Ealing, west London
13-year-old Matthieu and his family are some of the people who have been negatively affected by LTNs.
'[Matthieu] has a rare genetic condition,' explained his other Elodie. 'He is profoundly deaf and has ASD [Autism spectrum disorder]. He has severe and complex needs and is very delayed cognitively.'
Despite Matthieu's difficulties, Elodie and her husband, along with Matthieu's two older siblings, ensure the boy has as full and rich a life as possible. That includes being picked up by car every morning from home in Islington, North London, to his special-needs school in neighbouring Camden.
The four-mile journey used to take 25 minutes. It now takes up to 50 minutes in slow-moving, sometimes solid traffic.
'He doesn't understand sitting in traffic and gets very agitated and becomes aggressive because he's distressed,' said Elodie.
A few weeks ago, an 11-mile round trip — from school to a hospital appointment then back home — took three hours.
Elodie shakes her head as she tries to explain the effect it has had on the family.
'Matthieu is non-verbal. It's very distressing to see your child upset at the best of times, but when you ask them, they can't verbalise it. It's tough.'
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In 2012, Dana Cardile says she was at her then-boyfriend's house in Yonkers, N.Y. They were arguing, and he called the police. It was around 9 p.m. A group of officers arrived and told Cardile to show them her driver's license.
She alleged later in a lawsuit that on the way to retrieve her license from her car, she was violently assaulted by four male officers — pushed to the ground, kicked, grabbed by her throat and lifted to her feet, and repeatedly thrown against the trunk of her car. Cardile claimed that what happened was unprovoked. Officers took her to a holding cell, and after she requested medical care, according to her lawsuit, the police took her to a Yonkers hospital several hours later. There, she was treated for a fractured hand and injuries to her arm and shoulder.
"The uniform makes them feel like 'we can do what we want, and you sit there and shut up,'" says Cardile, who was 37 at the time of the incident.
In her federal civil rights lawsuit, filed two years after the incident, Cardile alleged that the officers used unreasonable and excessive force. The city of Yonkers denied wrongdoing — but settled with Cardile for $50,000.
Civil suits like this are often the only recourse citizens have for holding police officers accountable, and for some people the only way to obtain any sense of justice.
Yonkers is a small city just north of New York City. The Yonkers Police Department does not look like the community it serves. Yonkers is 19% Black and 40% Latino. But the police force of about 600 officers is nearly 75% white, according to the department.
NPR obtained records of payouts by the city of Yonkers for incidents of alleged police misconduct that took place between 2007 and 2020. When the city of Yonkers settled cases, it was made clear that the city and the officers involved in the lawsuits denied any wrongdoing.
We focused on this period because the incidents that resulted in payouts occurred as the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating the Yonkers Police Department and recommending areas for reform.
Even with the extra scrutiny from the Justice Department, the payouts by the city over alleged misconduct did not seem to have signaled that there were deeper systemic issues within the police department. Over the years, the number of incidents that resulted in a payout fluctuated: They peaked at 17 in 2012, dropped to a low of two in 2016, and bumped back up to eight in 2018.
Among our findings:
Christina Gilmartin, director of communications for the mayor of Yonkers, says lawsuits are settled for a variety of reasons and stressed that there is no admission of liability.
"Typically," she says, "there is some investigation after a claim is filed. Decisions are made based on the strength of the claim, the assessment of the damages, the anticipated cost of defense."
Settlements are paid for out of general tax revenues, she says, and are approved by the city council.
And according to Frank DiDomizio, public information officer for the Yonkers Police Department, "the Police Department does not play a role in the settlements."
He also noted, in a statement to NPR, that "we are an agency that averages 160,000 calls for service per year." He added that the NPR investigation only identified about 300 officers named in lawsuits over roughly 15 years, a tiny fraction "compared to the total contacts with the public."
"There is no policy ... of using less force."
When the Department of Justice began investigating the Yonkers Police Department in the summer of 2007, it was looking for a pattern of unlawful policing.
The Justice Department found what it called "significant concerns."
Two years into its investigation, it outlined findings in a 26-page letter to the city. It said that the Yonkers police did not have a "comprehensive" policy on the use of force, and that its manual contained little guidance for officers about when and how to use force.
Rather than providing definitions or legal standards of "reasonable" or "justified" force, the DOJ found that the Yonkers Police Department left it up to individual officers to define these terms for themselves. For example, its manual instructed officers to apply force to "appropriate" areas of the body, without giving further explanation. Regarding its policy on "deadly" use of force, the manual did not classify actions such as using an object to strike someone on the head, or putting them in a chokehold, as potentially fatal. The DOJ said the manual's piecemeal approach was "dangerous" and noted that the Yonkers police manual lacked information about how officers might use de-escalation techniques in lieu of force.
"There is no policy, nor even a suggestion, of using less force," the Justice Department concluded.
It outlined key areas of reform for the police department, including a recommended revamp of its use of force policies, and changes in how incidents involving force are reported.
The Justice Department inquiry was prompted by Karen Edmonson, who lives in Yonkers and worked for the Yonkers NAACP at the time. Around 2006, residents were reaching out to her with their stories about police misconduct. She says the first complaint she received was from a man who said he was assaulted by officers, then assaulted again in the waiting area of a Yonkers hospital where they took him for treatment. "I'll never forget that case," Edmonson says. "I was so furious about that."
Edmonson started spreading the word that she was collecting more stories. She opened up "town halls," at places like the public library, where people could come and describe what they experienced with police. "I called it therapy. People were coming and venting; they wanted to be heard. And I was listening," she says.
Eventually, Edmonson collected about 60 complaints of officer misconduct and forwarded those to the DOJ. "My job was to show the pattern," she said. "That was the only way to get the DOJ to come in."
Edmonson said she had hoped the DOJ's intervention would help reform the department and set things right: "My goal was for institutional best practices, to make it stop, and to make it a better police department."
Some reforms did take place. But our investigation found that despite the complaints Edmonson collected and the more than 100 payouts by the city of Yonkers while the Justice Department was providing oversight, incidents of alleged police abuse continued.
From broken bones to missing teeth
In state and federal court documents, plaintiffs claimed they were punched, kicked, tackled, or choked — sometimes as officers used racial slurs. Many alleged they were beaten with officers' batons or guns. Some claimed that officers kneeled on their backs and necks while they were face down on the ground.
One plaintiff alleged that officers put him in the back of a police car after arresting him, sprayed mace directly in his face and shut the doors, leaving him without ventilation. He claimed that police then took him to the parking lot of a local hospital and assaulted him again before bringing him inside for treatment. In a different case, a man alleged that as he was being choked and kicked by police, another officer arrived on the scene, called it a "party," and asked the other officers, "How could y'all start without me?"
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In almost half of the 102 cases we reviewed, people said they were hospitalized. Plaintiffs alleged in court documents that they had suffered a range of injuries: broken and fractured bones, head traumas, internal bleeding, loss of consciousness, eyes swollen shut, broken and missing teeth, and wounds that needed to be closed up with stitches or staples. Some claimed they faced repeated surgeries and chronic pain.
Most of the payouts in these cases were relatively small — sometimes as little as $1,500. The largest was a $1.15 million settlement to a woman severely injured by an officer who had responded to a call at a local bar. According to allegations in court records, she suffered a broken jaw, severe bruising to her face and other injuries.
Ray Fitzpatrick, an attorney who represents the city of Yonkers, said that since this large payout in 2017, the city has not seen any incidents involving use of force that are "very, very troubling." But our investigation found that the city paid $268,500 to settle 12 lawsuits alleging excessive use of force that occurred since that payout in 2017. In one, a man alleges that as he was retrieving his driver's license from his car, he was tasered and beaten. He claims he had to be treated for fractures to his face at a Yonkers hospital. While not admitting wrongdoing, the city of Yonkers settled his case for $50,000.
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Rewarding repeat offenders
After we had amassed a list of payouts over alleged misconduct, NPR discovered that the names of certain officers appeared over and over again. Ten officers were named in four or more settled cases for incidents that allegedly happened since 2007, and six officers were named in six or more cases.
There may be even more such cases since the court documents we reviewed left many officers unnamed. We counted more than 300 officers who were identified by name. Many others appeared simply as "John Doe."
We found that one officer, Alex Della Donna, was involved in at least nine settlements over alleged misconduct that happened after the DOJ started its investigation. The city has paid out $402,500 for cases that he was involved in. One case is still being litigated, although Della Donna retired at age 45 in late 2021.
NPR made numerous attempts to contact Della Donna, by phone and by email and through the police union, but was unable to reach him.
A plaintiff in one of those cases, who was 15 at the time, stated in her court complaint that police stopped her for driving a stolen vehicle. She alleges that police pointed a weapon at her, opened the driver's side door and pulled her out. She claims she hit the ground face first. She alleges that Della Donna and four other male officers severely beat her, that she suffered a broken nose and several missing teeth, and needed to be hospitalized. In her complaint, she says she heard officers laughing at her missing teeth; then she lost consciousness. She received a $33,000 settlement.
Another woman alleged in a court complaint that Della Donna coerced her to have sex with him at least seven times in an unmarked vehicle while he was on duty, promising her that in exchange he would get her drug charges dropped. In the court complaint, she claimed she was worried the charges could lead her to being deported and losing her children. She claims that she became suicidal. She received a $20,000 settlement.
Della Donna faced a disciplinary hearing 11 months after the suit alleging sexual assault was filed. His supervisors wrote that "his sexual relationship with a criminal defendant exhibited a ... lack of professionalism that reflected unfavorably upon the department." They revoked 30 days of paid leave and ordered him to retake an ethics training course.
In general, officers who were involved in frequent payouts were rarely disciplined, and when they were, their penalties were light.
That wasn't Della Donna's first disciplinary hearing. In another incident, according to department disciplinary records, Della Donna allegedly pinned down a man being held in the city jail. The records say he used his knee on the man's neck, even though the man wasn't resisting. Della Donna's supervisors revoked four days of paid leave.
Despite that disciplinary hearing and several subsequent lawsuits alleging misconduct, Della Donna received 14 departmental awards. In total he received 59 awards throughout the course of his nearly 15 years with the Yonkers Police Department.
This was part of another pattern we discovered: Even as the city of Yonkers was paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars involving complaints against these 10 officers, the Yonkers Police Department was rewarding many of them.
One officer, for example, was promoted to sergeant just three years after the city made the last of four payments in cases in which he was one of the defendants. Three of the four cases resulted in a settlement; the other was a jury verdict. The city paid out more than $417,000 in those cases. From the time of the first lawsuit to the last, the officer received 38 departmental awards.
Another officer, now retired, has been named in six cases — all alleging excessive force. The city has so far paid out more than $130,000 to settle those cases. In response to a request, the city could not provide any disciplinary records for this officer. During the years the city was negotiating the settlements, the officer received eight departmental awards.
Overall, of the 10 officers named at least four times in lawsuits where the city made a payout, seven of them received some kind of department commendation.
The Yonkers Police Department says the awards and any payouts for alleged misconduct are separate matters. "Officers receive departmental awards for specific incidents that they are involved in, exclusive from any previous events," says DiDomizio, the public information officer for the Yonkers Police Department.
He added: "Only the details surrounding a particular event are taken into consideration when reviewing departmental recognitions. Although an Officer may have had an incident(s) in the past that resulted in litigation, it does not preclude them from being recognized for an exemplary job during another incident that is deserving of an award."
"A couple of dollars to shut up?"
Victims who got paid said they still feel that justice wasn't done. What they wanted was for the cops to be held accountable.
The Yonkers Police Department — because of the oversight from the Department of Justice and reforms pushed by former Police Commissioner John Mueller — has made changes.
In 2017, it updated its use of force policy to include de-escalation practices and techniques. It now requires officers to issue verbal warnings, when "practical." And it requires officers to de-escalate a situation if a subject being arrested stops resisting.
Officers must also now wear name tags.
The number of times officers reported using force went down while Mueller was in charge, and the crime rate in Yonkers went down too. Mueller left the force in April of this year.
However, complaints leading to payouts, though up and down over the years, persist.
The department and the city of Yonkers say the settlements are meant to compensate people for harm done. Andrew Quinn, a lawyer for the union representing Yonkers police officers, said that settlement amounts are determined by estimating how much income a person and their dependents will have lost while recovering from injuries.
For some people, the settlements are meaningful, according to Rose Weber, a civil rights lawyer who has represented many plaintiffs in Yonkers. "From the perspective of many of my clients, who are very low-income, what seems like a low settlement to you or me, could be life-changing for them." She recalled one plaintiff who was able to get off the streets and pay rent in an apartment for a year or so after receiving his settlement.
Edmonson, the former NAACP activist who held the public "town halls" that helped get the Justice Department involved in Yonkers, sees it differently.
"People who came and told their stories wanted to see certain officers go to jail. Others wanted to feel heard and feel a sense of some justice," she says. " It's not about getting money. Money won't fix the emotional trauma."
Cardile, the woman who claims she was pushed to the ground and pulled up by the neck at her boyfriend's house, says the $50,000 settlement she received was not entirely satisfying.
"I didn't care about the money," she said. "They were giving me a couple of dollars to shut up? I wanted those officers to lose their jobs, or their pensions."
Without accountability, Cardile said of officers who engage in misconduct, "they're free to do this to somebody else."
METHODOLOGY: HOW WE COMPILED THE DATA
Records of payouts to plaintiffs involving police misconduct are not easily tracked. We asked the city of Yonkers through a public records request for cases it settled. It had to create a list and it identified 140 cases. We independently found 10 other cases. We then narrowed the overall list in the following ways:
— We eliminated cases in which the incident happened before 2007, the year the Justice Department began investigating the Yonkers police.
— We did not count cases where we learned from the city's legal department that payouts took place before a court case was filed.
— We did not count cases where we could not locate court documents in federal or state court databases.
We tried to corroborate as much information as possible — including the specific allegations against officers — in court records.
That winnowed our list from the 140 cases the city said it settled to the 102 cases we analyzed here.
Of the 102 cases, 95 were settlements in which the city paid out money to the plaintiff but admitted no wrongdoing. Seven payouts were jury verdicts in which the city and/or the officer was found liable after the plaintiff had the opportunity to make their case in court.
Among those cases, we counted the allegations asserted in the court complaints; most cases included multiple allegations. The categories of allegations that we cite are derived from those court records, either from the type of violation claimed under the law, or in some instances, from the background facts alleged to support the claim. In some cases, we combined categories that were similar. For example, we combined the separate allegations of assault, battery, and excessive force into one category: assault and/or excessive force. There are more allegations listed in court records that we did not include.
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Growing up, thriller author Megan Miranda spent time at her grandparent's house in the Poconos. There wasn't any cell service — it was just her and her family out there in the woods, cut off from society. "During the day, it would be this grand adventure," recalls Miranda. "But at night I would just stare out into the darkness thinking, 'what is out there?' "
So began Miranda's long obsession with the duality of nature — at once, a beautiful serene place, and also, with just a slight change of perspective, a terrifying one.
"You step inside the woods and it feels like legends can almost be real," she says on a recent hike near her home in North Carolina. "It's a place where things are hidden, but also you can hide. It's just a great place for thrillers."
Nature — woods, lakes, and the ocean — has become a consistent, often menacing character in Miranda's more than a dozen thrillers. Her latest novel, The Last To Vanish, takes readers to a small hiking town in North Carolina, pushed up against the Appalachian Trail. There, 7 people have disappeared in the woods over the last 25 years. Were they all accidents — hikers doomed by nature — or was it something more sinister?
As we hike through the wetlands trail near Miranda's home, the green trees glisten from recent rain, the air thick with moisture. The woods are lush and full in mid-July and you can't really see past 20 feet. It was on a hike just like this that the idea for Last to Vanish came to her.
"It had just rained," explains Miranda as we walk, "and inside the woods, it still sounded like it was raining. I took out my phone right then and started taking notes. It reminded me of this idea of echoes of the past, of a town where everything you are seeing already happened. I went home and started writing immediately."
That seed of an idea turned into a much more complex web. The main character, a young woman named Abby, is an outsider who moved to the small fictional town of Cutters Pass a decade ago. She works at the inn at the base of the mountain, the last place so many hikers were seen alive.
From The Last To Vanish:
He arrived at night in the middle of a downpour. The type of conditions more suitable for a disappearance. I was alone in the lobby, removing the hand-carved walking sticks from the barrel behind the registration desk, replacing them with our stash of sleek navy umbrellas when someone pushed through one of the double doors at the entrance. The sound of rain cascading over the gutters, the rustle of hiking pants, the screech of boots on polished floors. A man stood just inside as the door fell shut behind him, with nothing but a black raincoat and some sob story about his camping plans. Nothing to be afraid of. The weather. A hiker.
The room where Miranda writes her thrillers is on the second floor of her home in Davidson, North Carolina. There are elements of her new book around the room: hiking sticks she and her husband got on a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains lean against a bookshelf and there are pictures of her and her family hiking, hung up around her desk.
Her method of writing includes keeping spreadsheets that detail the story. "I don't have a murder wall," Miranda explains with a laugh, "it's all on a piece of paper." Columns include dates, plot points, major turning points (ex: a body is found), and clues (ex: there's glass in her toes, blood in the hall but nowhere else.)
She pulls out the spreadsheet for The Last To Vanish. "I'll try not to give any spoilers," she says as she trails her finger down the page. It lands on a clue halfway down: a window is left open in a cabin. "I remember writing that and thinking like, is that something I will use or is that something I won't use?" she says. It's not giving away too much to divulge that the open window ends up being important.
A thriller writer who is scared of many things
On our hike, we pass a pond filled with frogs. We stop to listen, enchanted by the sounds of the woods. The recent rain has made the trail muddy, and as we navigate a few patches, I notice Miranda is deep in thought; her writing brain spinning. Spending time in the woods can do that to you.
"Right now, I was like, 'What would this be like to run on when it's a little muddier?' How can I use that? It changes so much, whether it's been rainy, or what season of the year it is." She looks off to the side of the trail, into the dense landscape of trees and bushes. "You know, we're focused on the trail right now, but there's this whole other part to it where you'd get quite tangled if you ran away," I ask her if she's always thinking about running away. "I'm not," she says laughing, "I just have that on my mind."
Growing up, Miranda's mom was an avid mystery book reader who brought her daughter to the library once a week. Miranda remembers leaving the library holding a stack of books. Nancy Drew was an early favorite — but she's always loved books that had an element of wilderness to them: Hatchet, Where The Red Fern Grows, and Bridge to Terabithia.
The question of the unknown — the what-ifs — was always alluring to Miranda, who started solving mysteries, first in the field of science — working in biotech after college and becoming a high school science teacher — before she tried her hand at writing thrillers.
As we make our way down the trail, I ask Miranda what scares her. "I have an overactive imagination, so I am afraid of many things," she says. She's especially afraid of being alone in the woods at night. Feeling vulnerable and on edge, not knowing what else is out there. "The idea that you hear footsteps behind you and you can't see it and they stop when you stop," she says, "that to me is this terrifying idea." That feeling when the hair on the back of your neck stands up, you feel the tension in your shoulders, and you have a sharp focus on just getting to safety — that's the feeling Miranda is trying to capture in her books.
And yet, it's intriguing that someone who spends her life writing books with tension and murder is seemingly afraid of most things. How does someone who scares so easily, not just read — but write — thrillers?
"I think it's almost a safe way to explore it," she says, "It is like you're taking a journey and you know you're making it through to the other side. I think there is a comforting element and that relief at the end of it." Because in fiction, unlike in life, the murders and the mysteries have a resolution, or an answer or an explanation, which is really the safest way to feel scared.
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A man was left with a broken elbow and a 'facial fracture' after being attacked at a beauty spot. Police say the victim was assaulted by another man while he was in the Serpentine Walks area of Buxton.
Now officers are appealing for witnesses following the incident, which took place off Burlington Road - close to Pavilion Gardens, at around 6pm on July 16.
A spokesperson for Derbyshire Police said: "We’re appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in a Buxton. The man was in the Serpentine Walks area off Burlington Road, close to the Pavilion Gardens, on Saturday July 16 when he was assaulted by another man at around 6pm.
"The man required hospital treatment for his injuries which include a broken elbow and facial fracture."
Witnesses are asked to contact the force on 101 and quote incident 22*410708.
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Champions Bayern were ultimately comfortable winners against cup holders RB Leipzig, thanks in part to Sadio Mane's first semi-competitive goal. Meanwhile, RB have linked with two prominent names for key positions.
However many goals Sadio Mane goes on to score in a Bayern Munich shirt, few will come easier than his first in a German Super Cup which was more comfortable for Bayern than the scoreline suggests.
With 31 minutes played in the semi-competitive season-opener, Serge Gnabry burst beyond the static RB Leipzig defense and cut the ball back across for Maneto tap home from six yards with just his seventh touch of the game.
It was so easy, and it wasn't the first or the last time that RB were caught looking like statues in poor first half on Saturday night, as Bayern flew into a 3-0 halftime lead.
Fifteen minutes earlier, they had inexplicably tried to pass out from the back in their own crowded penalty area directly after a Bayern corner, inevitably losing possession. Jamal Musiala had time to take a touch, then another, and then fire home without a single defender closing him down.
And then, just before halftime, RB collectively failed to react to a short Bayern corner. Musiala played a neat one-two with Thomas Müller and crossed for Benjamin Pavard to tap home.
It was well worked, as any RB Leipzig defender would be able to testify, since they were all stood watching it up close.
Meanwhile, on the few occasions the hosts ventured forward, an improvised front three of Christopher Nkunku, Emil Forsberg and Dominik Szoboszlai struggled to offer the outlet that an out-and-out striker would.
An out-an-out striker like Germany international Timo Werner who, according to reports in Germany, is interested in returning to Leipzig, where he scored 93 goals in 158 appearances between 2016 and 2020 before moving to Chelsea for €53m.
According to the local Leipziger Volkszeitung newspaper, RB chief executive Oliver Mintzlaff has been in contact with Werner for several weeks, while tabloid BILD report that there has also been official contact between the two clubs.
Transfermarkt also claim that "RB are confident that a Werner return is feasible," adding: "A transfer is a long process but there is evidently great optimism."
Speaking as a pundit for German broadcaster SAT.1 during the game, former RB Leipzig sporting director and head coach Ralf Rangnick said: "A move for Timo Werner would make absolute sense to give RB a pacey player up front and another option going forward."
But with such a move unlikely to materialize at halftime, it was down to head coach Domenico Tedesco to rectify the situation. And he did, abandoning his 3-4-3 formation in favor of a straightforward 4-4-2 with a diamond midfield, and introducing the creative Dani Olmo in midfield and Andre Silva as a target man up front.
Suddenly, RB could link up better, and goals from Marcel Halstenberg (header), Nkunku (penalty) and Olmo (counterattack) either side of a Serge Gnabry strike saw RB reduce the deficit to 4-3.
But as they pushed for an equalizer in injury time, Leroy Sane broke free to make it 5-3 and seal the victory for Julian Nagelsmann's side.
Like most of RB Leipzig's transfer dealings since the departure of sporting director Markus Krösche in April 2021, any move for Timo Werner will likely be led by CEO Mintzlaff, supported by technical director Christian Vivell, head of sport Florian Scholz and head of professional football Frank Aehlig.
The key position of sporting director remains vacant – but reports in Germany this weekend suggest that could change come January, with reports that RB have been in contact with former Borussia Mönchengladbach sporting director Max Eberl.
Eberl unexpectedly stepped down from his role at Gladbach in January this year, suffering from burnout and saying he was "worn out and tired." He has since been on a break, his Gladbach contract on hold indefinitely.
But, according to Sky Deutschland, discussions between RB and Eberl are "advanced," although BILD claim that, despite two meetings, Eberl has "declined for the time being."
Speaking to SAT.1 ahead of the Super Cup against Bayern, Mintzlaff insisted, without naming names, that: "We are in good talks with the candidate."
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Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, abortion opponents are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts.
One anti-abortion group has proposed model legislation that would ban all abortions except to prevent the death of a pregnant woman. New legal frontiers could include prosecuting doctors who defy bans, and skirmishes over access to medication abortions already are underway. Others hope to get more conservatives elected in November to advance an anti-abortion agenda.
“For Republicans, the post-Roe world will be significantly different, from a legal perspective,” said Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School. “For the last 50 years, Republicans have been on the offense by chipping away on the edges of Roe. Now they are going to be playing defense in all 50 states.”
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade said abortion is not a right under the Constitution, creating an opening for states pushing to get more restrictions on the books. Most recently, lawmakers in West Virginia and Indiana have pushed ahead with new restrictions, with varying success.
James Bopp Jr., general counsel for National Right to Life, has worked on model legislation for states, but said with few legislatures in session “the process of adopting new laws is really just beginning.”
It recommends banning all abortions except to prevent the death of a pregnant woman, though it provides language for states that want to make exceptions in cases of rape or incest. It also recommends criminal penalties for any person, including a doctor, who knowingly or intentionally causes or aids an “unlawful abortion.”
The model law would not criminalize a woman who gets an abortion.
A memo attached to the model language suggests anyone who aids and abets or conspires to cause an “unlawful abortion” also could be prosecuted, including those who provide instructions on how to self-administer or get an abortion deemed unlawful under the law. That person would have to know the woman was seeking an abortion and intentionally help her to get one.
“General providing of information is protected by the First Amendment,” Bopp said.
It also has language that allows for prosecution of a person — other than a pharmacist or drug manufacturer — who knows a woman plans to use an abortion-inducing drug to cause an unlawful abortion, and intentionally delivers the drug or advertises such a drug for sale.
But in the meantime, Bopp said abortion opponents are looking to November, when they hope to elect anti-abortion candidates who will enact such laws.
With that goal in mind, many conservatives are taking a “cautious pause” on the abortion issue, according to Larry Jacobs, a politics professor at the University of Minnesota.
“Republicans have a much better chance of winning competitive races around the country talking about inflation, crime and Joe Biden,” Jacobs said. “When they are talking about abortion, they are doing Democrats a favor.”
Conservatives also see new courtroom battles on the horizon.
Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas solicitor general who is now a private practice attorney, came up with some of the key components of a Texas law that bans abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected. His innovation was to make violations enforceable through lawsuits filed by citizens, rather than the government.
Mitchell, who represents Texas and South Dakota in abortion lawsuits and has helped lawmakers in multiple states develop abortion bans and restrictions, said future legal fights could center around those who pay for abortions for people living in states with bans that are not being enforced due to court injunctions.
“Abortion is still a criminal offense in every state with a trigger law or pre-Roe ban, regardless of whether a state-court injunction is in effect,” Mitchell said in an email to The Associated Press. He said an injunction doesn’t actually block a law as many believe, but temporarily keeps it from being enforced.
He said employers or those who help fund abortions in states such as Utah, Kentucky, Louisiana, or West Virginia are violating the law and could be prosecuted. He said if bans exist but are on hold, abortion providers could be prosecuted retroactively.
“And the mere risk of potential lawsuits may be enough to deter abortion providers from offering abortions to out-of-state residents, especially when these lawsuits can be brought,” he wrote, “not only against the physician but everyone else involved.”
Melissa Murray, a professor at New York University School of Law, said the question of whether those who pay for out-of-state abortions could be charged is “uncharted ground.” Employers and funds could argue they’re exercising their free speech rights, she said in an email. “That said, a state could argue that (the groups) are facilitating the violation of a criminal law — essentially, they’re functioning as accomplices.”
The fear of prosecution has already led to victories of sorts for abortion foes; some clinics have shut down over the confusion, reopened, then shut down again. It has also led doctors to withhold emergency treatment until it became clear that a fetus was dead or a woman’s life was at stake.
Erin Hawley, a lawyer at the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom and the wife of Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, expects continuing litigation over medication abortions.
She pointed to a court battle underway in Mississippi, where drugmaker GenBioPro is suing the state over its provisions that make it harder to get a prescription for mifepristone, a drug that can induce abortion. The state’s policies are at odds with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, which courts have generally found take precedence over state law.
But Hawley said that might not apply here.
“It’s always a big deal for a federal agency or law to trump state law,” Hawley said.
Some states are taking different approaches.
In Louisiana, the State Bond Commission voted last week to withhold a $39 million line of credit for a New Orleans sewer and water project to “send a message” after city and local officials said they would not enforce that state’s abortion ban. The law is currently blocked by a court and not enforceable anyway.
Texas sued the federal government in mid-July after the Biden administration issued guidance that stated hospitals are required to provide abortions if necessary to save a mother’s life.
Next week, Kansas voters will consider the first statewide referendum on abortion since Roe was overturned. If approved, it could make Kansas the fifth state to declare its constitution doesn’t grant the right to abortion and would open the door for the Legislature to further restrict or ban abortion.
Bopp said while court battles and midterm elections are the current focus, abortion opponents would eventually like to see federal and state constitutional amendments that would explicitly protect the unborn, though he acknowledged that would be a challenge.
“A constitutional amendment has been one of our goals. But this requires a hell of a consensus,” he said.
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The best selfies are the ones taken by robots on other planets.
A decade ago it was a sky crane, a be-mohawked NASA engineer named Bobak and a $2.5 billion rover called Curiosity that took my career in a new direction.
Mainly, it was the high-resolution photos that NASA's state-of-the-art rolling robot sent back from its new permanent home on Mars that got me. At the time, for the first time in human history, Earth was a world suddenly full of photographs of almost everything and everyone, thanks to smartphones. But it was the crisp photos of a completely empty world that seemed most meaningful to me, for reasons I still struggle to put into words 10 years later.
Late on a Sunday night on Aug. 5, 2012 -- the eve of my 33rd birthday -- I braced with the rest of humanity as NASA pulled off a never-before-attempted maneuver, using a system dubbed sky crane to lower its most advanced mobile Martian laboratory to the red planet's surface. Basically, a special descent system came to a hover just above the ground, lowered Curiosity on cables, detached itself and flew away to crash-land at a safe distance.
NASA called the high stakes landing "seven minutes of terror." If it didn't work perfectly, years of engineering work and billions of dollars would be wasted.
Of course, it did work, and in the process, mission control cameras caught flight director Bobak Ferdowsi at work in his trademark mohawk, and catapulted him to viral internet fame.
In a weird way, Ferdowsi -- aka "NASA Mohawk Guy" -- became the image most associated with the Curiosity landing.
But I was awestruck by the images coming back from Mars, even before Curiosity's landing. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter returned a photo of the rover making its parachute-assisted descent through the thin Martian atmosphere, with the clear, barren landscape of another planet below as a backdrop.
Remember, this was 2012. The iPhone had been around for only five years. As a technology journalist, my days were consumed by the battle for smartphone supremacy between Apple and Android, the rise of Instagram and a now-shocking amount of excitement over something called Google Glass.
The mobile and social revolutions were quite literally eating the world, even helping to topple oppressive regimes in the Arab Spring the previous year.
And yet, such inspiring stories started to seem to me more the exception that proved the rule: Social platforms paired with ubiquitous devices boasting not one but two cameras encouraged an emerging culture of oversharing and self-obsession. I recall that around the time I started to feel this way, I hadn't expected to become such a grumpy old man in my early 30s.
Fortunately, the image of Curiosity drifting toward a completely alien and empty world, alongside images of Ferdowsi and colleagues celebrating an accomplishment over a decade in the making, was the perfect antidote for my creeping misanthropy.
The prospect of using emerging technology to push our field of view ever further out into the universe, or into the nooks and crannies of unexplored worlds, seemed infinitely more inspiring than the latest new iPhone feature.
The images that rolled in from Curiosity over the months and years that followed revealed a world that was foreign but also discordantly familiar. Mars is a dry, dead and dusty world of desolation, but it does look an awful lot like parts of the southwestern United States, which I've called home for much of my adult life. The color landscapes sent back by the rover could easily fit into a photo album of any number of hikes I've taken in parts of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
As Curiosity was roving these unexplored yet eerily recognizable locales, NASA's Kepler Space Telescope was expanding my mind and our understanding of the universe even further with its regular discoveries of planets beyond our solar system.
For centuries, humans could only speak of less than a dozen planets that we knew of. It wasn't until the 1990s that astronomers spotted the first exoplanet. Kepler added thousands of new worlds to our running catalog, which is surely missing billions yet to be discovered -- billions of billions, even.
It's hard to consider which smartphone app offers the perfect filter for a sunset selfie once you've begun to ponder what sunsets from other suns look like.
Without ever declaring a shift, I began writing less about tech and more about science, particularly planetary science and astronomy. And, of course, whatever Elon Musk and SpaceX and the other billionaire space bros got up to. Say what you will about them, but it's clear that Musk and Jeff Bezos both had similar epiphanies that shifted part of their focus from tech to space. I get it, and I want to see where it takes them and us.
Eight years after Curiosity survived its seven minutes of terror, it was followed by the Perseverance rover, which carried a tiny helicopter called Ingenuity. The landing in February of 2021 and Ingenuity's flights in the months that followed were a welcome distraction from the second year of a grinding pandemic.
If I'm honest, COVID-19 has made me wonder if I'm focusing too much on space. Maybe I've been a bit negligent, even decadent, in turning my gaze away from so many problems on Earth to quite literally make a career of just pondering the cosmos.
The jury is still out on that for me, but it's now 10 years after I first became captivated by a robot named Curiosity and the world briefly fell in love with an engineer named Bobak sporting a punk haircut. I think about the decade he spent with countless other engineers and scientists working toward that seven minutes of terror. That team solved the problem of how to gently place a wheeled science laboratory on another planet none of us has ever visited and never will. That's problem solving acumen on an insane level.
Curiosity inspired me to ponder the cosmos, but it inspired some more-capable specimens of our species to pursue the cosmos. I suspect that tackling challenges that are literally otherworldly in scope will actually make those more pressing challenges here at home a little less insurmountable.
So with an earnestness that I feel toward very few robots: Happy anniversary, Curiosity, and thanks. | https://www.cnet.com/science/space/features/nasas-curiosity-rover-landed-on-mars-10-years-ago-it-changed-my-life/ | 2022-07-31T13:30:18Z | https://www.cnet.com/science/space/features/nasas-curiosity-rover-landed-on-mars-10-years-ago-it-changed-my-life/ | false |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 1, 2022
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FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
817 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...The Flood Advisory continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Canadian River at Amarillo 19N affecting Potter County.
For the Canadian River...including Amarillo 19N...elevated river
levels are forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you encounter a flooded roadway, turn around and find an
alternative route.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued Sunday afternoonthis afternoon at
430 PM CDT.
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Canadian River at Amarillo 19N.
* WHEN...Until tomorrow evening.
* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, Dirt road that runs east alongside the
river channel becomes flooded. This road leads to Rosita Creek
Flats Recreation Area, where primitive camping occurs.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 5.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise to 5.5 feet early this
morning. It will then fall to 5.4 feet and begin rising again
this morning. It will rise to 6.0 feet just after midnight
tonight. It will then fall again and remain below flood
stage.
- Action stage is 6.0 feet.
- Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Head coach John Rankin was sent to the stand as 10-man Hamilton had to settle for a point in a 1-1 draw at home to Morton.
Accies opened the scoring in the 12th minute through Andy Ryan’s close-range header from Brian Easton’s cross.
The home side found themselves reduced to 10 men after 38 minutes when Shaun Want, who had been booked in the opening seconds for his part in a melee, was shown a second yellow card for bringing down Jaze Kabia in the box.
Grant Gillespie stepped up to level for Morton from the penalty spot.
Rankin was sent off for his protests as the teams came off for half-time, but it was Hamilton’s Steve Lawson who had the first noteworthy chance of the second half when his 22-yard effort was held by the goalkeeper.
Morton’s Alex King was denied by Ryan Fulton and Robbie Muirhead almost snatched it at the death as the game ended all square. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3547006/10-man-hamilton-held-to-draw-by-morton-as-john-rankin-sent-to-stands/ | 2022-07-31T13:34:03Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3547006/10-man-hamilton-held-to-draw-by-morton-as-john-rankin-sent-to-stands/ | true |
The sound of one of this year's Grammy-nominated reggae albums, Harlem-Kingston Express Live, may seem perplexing at first. But don't let the blend of swing and dub confuse you: That's just the unique sound of pianist Monty Alexander.
Alexander's music has variously been described as bebop, calypso and reggae. But after 50 years in music and more than 70 albums, he's earned the right to call his music simply his own.
Alexander grew up in Jamaica playing the piano and the accordion, and he was versed in the up-and-coming popular music of the island.
"When I left Jamaica for the first time in the early '60s, there was no such name [as reggae]," Alexander says in an interview with All Things Considered host Audie Cornish. "And they had just begun to label that other music ska, Jamaica ska, and I was one of the musicians playing on those early recordings. I was about 15 years old."
After moving to the U.S., Alexander found success on the jazz club scene, playing with several heavyweight artists on his way up. In his quest to fit in, Alexander says his calypso roots took a back seat for the early portion of his career.
"When you come from another place and you have a chance to get in with the folks of whatever avenue you're going down ... you're trying to fit in, and in order to fit in, you have to leave your stuff behind," Alexander says.
After many years and visits back to his native Jamaica, Alexander began to incorporate sounds from his homeland into his music.
"I left the calypso and the island rhythms behind me, but they were always there in the back of my brain," Alexander says. "And years and years go by, and then I started to go back to Jamaica more frequently, and I realized how much I really loved home, and I started to bring back the roots rhythms."
The result was a multifaceted sound that eludes genre categorization and, consequently, a name.
"Monty Alexander music, that's all I can come up with," he says. "I have so many different directions that I can go in and make something out of it that I'm constantly being motivated by that. So my music is alive, it's right now, it's here and now. That's it."
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(WGN) — It’s an invisible disease and a rare condition that starts in childhood. It’s a devastating diagnosis, but there is some new progress toward treating neurofibromatosis — or NF.
The first sign is a distinctive marking on the skin, something that looks like a birthmark. But what lies beneath can cause debilitating symptoms and damage to vital structures in the body.
Three-year-old Sam Mohideen has NF, and looking at him alongside his siblings, Max and Maria, you’d never know his health challenges.
“Sam is a ball of energy but he is also the happiest, kindest third child that I know,” said his father, Shahan Mohideen. “He loves his family. He loves being in the thick of it. He is fearless, and he is just fun.”
Dr. Robert Listernick, an academic general pediatrician with Lurie Children’s Hospital, said the first sign of the condition is typically a birthmark.
“In young children, usually the presenting sign is birthmarks that we call ‘café au lait’ spots, coffee with milk,” Listernick said. “We call them birthmarks, but they are often not present at birth but develop in the first several years of life.”
Erin Mohideen, Sam’s mother, said that’s what she thought the marks on her son were.
“I thought they were birthmarks, honestly,” Sam’s mother Erin Mohideen said. “He had a few freckles. He had a few ‘café au lait spots,’ and so I thought, ‘Look at this special kid with some different skin, that’s OK, right?’”
What looks like a birthmark is an indication of a deeper problem — a tumor that runs all the way down Sam’s arm to the base of his thumb. The benign lesion, called a plexiform neurofibroma, arises from the nerve covering. It’s too complex to be removed.
“Unfortunately, it’s involving the brachial plexis, which is a big bundle of nerves here which might affect function,” Listernick said, pointing to a location near the armpit.
But there’s now hope for children with the condition.
“2020 was a horrible year for the world. For the NF community, it was a great year because we now have the first FDA-approved drug,” Listernick said.
Patients with neurofibromatosis lack a gene that suppresses tumor growth. A type of drug known as a biologic, Selumetinib, can prevent growth and actually shrink lesions while taking away the pain.
Erin and Shahan Mohideen recently learned Sam has more lesions.
“He has additional tumors near his spine, in his chest cavity, on his neck and then one in the back of his brain,” Erin Mohideen said. “I don’t know what the future holds. We don’t know what that looks like.”
For patients with the inherited disease, tumors range in size and location and can cause damage to bones, organs and nerves. Some patients are born with scoliosis or develop it over time.
“About 15% of children with NF1 develop a tumor on the optic nerve and that can cause vision loss,” Listernick added.
Listernick the new treatment will be “a life changer for many patients with NF1.”
“Knowing that that is an option and knowing that is in our back pocket in case something goes wrong with Sam is great,” Shahan Mohideen said.
Right now, the soon-to-be preschooler is carefree and not hindered by his condition.
“Knowing and showing his resilience and zest for life in battling through this I think is important to show,” Shahan Mohideen said.
The Children’s Tumor Foundation has resources for patients and families. Sam’s family also has a team for the Shine A Light NF Walk.
For more information from the Neurofibromatosis Network, go to its website. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/what-looks-like-a-birthmark-could-be-a-sign-of-a-rare-condition-in-children/ | 2022-07-31T13:48:36Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/what-looks-like-a-birthmark-could-be-a-sign-of-a-rare-condition-in-children/ | false |
The new government in Sri Lanka has resumed bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund, but rolling blackouts and food and fuel shortages continue.
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The new government in Sri Lanka has resumed bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund, but rolling blackouts and food and fuel shortages continue.
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PAUL Lee and Jio Jalalon saved Magnolia Chicken Timplados from an early exit in the 2022 Philippine Cup, combining to put away a hard-earned 112-106 overtime victory over NLEX on Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Lee drained the the three-pointer with 11.1 seconds left that sent the game into overtime before Jalalon took over in the extra session to help the Hotshots progress to the semifinals against TNT in a rematch of last season’s Philippine Cup Finals.
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“I’m very proud because hindi kami nag-give up. We were down but hindi kami nag-give up," said Magnolia coach Chito Victolero. "That’s mental toughness, the grit and the determination of the players.”
Magnolia, seeded third at the end of the eliminations, had to get its act together after squandering a four-point lead in the middle of a 7-0 run that put the sixth-seeded NLEX ahead, 97-94.
Lee finished with 21 points including five threes, the biggest one coming from the corner that tied the match at 97.
Jalalon added 16 including seven in overtime. He drained a desperation three to beat the shotclock and give Magnolia a 106-100 lead with 1:46 left before setting up Calvin Abueva for another basket inside.
So surprised was Jalalon to see the Hail Mary basket go in that he pointed towards the sky, grateful for converting the shot.
The Hotshots' great escape spoiled the effort of NLEX sophomore Calvin Oftana, who finished with 32 points - just two off his career high.
Ian Sangalang had 24 points and 11 rebounds including a putback that started an 8-0 run that pushed Magnolia’s lead to 108-100.
Don Trollano scored 22 points and nailed back-to-back threes to cut the deficit to two, but NLEX couldn’t get any closer as Abueva nailed two free throws to increase the lead to 110-106.
The scores:
Magnolia 112 – Sangalang 24, Lee 21, Jalalon 16, Barroca 14, Abueva 13, Dela Rosa 12, Corpuz 6, Dionisio 4, Wong 2.
NLEX 106 – Oftana 32, Trollano 22, Alas 17, Chua 10, Semerad 8, Quinahan 8, Rosales 5, Varilla 2, Nieto 2, Soyud 0.
Quarters: 26-30; 51-54; 79-78; 97-97; 112-106.
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MERALCO finally overcame Barangay Ginebra in a playoff series with a 106-104 win on Sunday in Game Three of the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Raymond Almazan became the unlikely hero of the Bolts in the crucial moments, converting a three with one minute left in the game to regain the lead and settle the final score after the Gins grabbed a one-point lead on the previous play on a three by LA Tenorio.
The Bolts held on to the lead until the final buzzer to advance to the semifinals against their perennial finals opponent on the same venue where they lost last season’s Governors’ Cup finals against the Gin Kings.
The Bolts led by as many as 21 points and fought off a rally by the Kings to pull off the series win. Ginebra still had a chance to send the game into overtime but Stanley Pringle missed a jumper on its final possession.
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Alongside her royal duties, the Queen of England is somewhat of a property tycoon, owning £13 billion worth of property.
This includes six royal residences, half of the UK’s shoreline and almost all of Regent Street.
She owns Trafalgar Square, home to Nelson’s Column and the British National Gallery.
However, perhaps a little more unconventionally, the Queen even has a fast-food McDonald’s branch.
Nested 80 miles outside of London at the Banbury Gateway Shopping Park, on the edge of Oxfordshire, the Maccy D’s is open to the public.
While there is doubt as to whether the Queen has or will ever visit, it seems to have more of a regal aesthetic then over branches- leather sofas, digital menu boards, Eames chairs, laminate floors and table service.
With drive-thru services available 11am to 10pm, maybe the Queen is more likely to pull up in the Bentley on her way to Balmoral.
Afterall, Princess Diana was famously known to have made secret McDonald’s trips when her young princes were home from boarding school.
The retail park also has a branch of Starbucks, along with high street chains such as Marks & Spencer, Next and Primark.
It is not the first time a McDonald's franchise has been on land owned by the Queen. She used to own a branch on the Bath Road Retail Park in Slough, but sold the land for £177million in 2016.
The Queen’s portfolio is not just property- she also owns all the swans on the River Thames and all of the dolphins in the UK.
Though, what owning swans or dolphins technically means today remains to be seen.
Her Majesty's Royal Palace also extends to the crown jewels, the Tower of London and, by extension, the Tower's famed flock of ravens.
It's all to do with the Crown Estate - which the Queen effectively owns.
The Crown Estate belongs to the reigning monarch 'in right of The Crown' - which is currently Queen Elizabeth II.
It's not private property - it cannot be sold by the monarch, nor do revenues from it belong to the monarch, it's just technically overseen by the royals.
Under the Crown Estate Act of 1961, the estates are managed by a board who have a duty to maintain and enhance their value - as a result, they are often huge tourist attractions.
The terms state that any private landlords and developers must pass on their profits to the Treasury each year - which then dispenses 15% to the monarchy through the Sovereign Grant.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Daniil Kvyat spent nearly two years waiting anxiously to race again.
After being relegated to reserve driver for last year’s Formula One season, he watched helplessly as his team withdrew from the world endurance series in March when the governing body imposed sanctions against Russians because of their country’s invasion of Ukraine.
On Sunday, the ,28-year-old with three F1 podium finishes will finally take the green flag — as the first Russian to start a Cup race. He’ll start 36th alongside Erik Jones on Indy’s 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course.
“I was very excited to get in the car here,” a relieved Kvyat said Saturday. “For me, it was like when the car started, ‘I was like, yes, we’re going on track. Finally, we’re going racing.’ Yes, this is really cool, so yeah, very, very excited.”
Kvyat last competed at Abu Dhabi in mid-December 2020. He finished 13th in the race and 14th in points during the COVID-19-shortened season, posting seven top-10 results in 17 starts.
It wasn’t enough to convince AlphaTauri to re-sign Kvyat and he settled for a second-tier job with the European-based Alpine Team.
Now, like other former F1 drivers, Kvyat seems to have found a new home on American soil.
He thanked NASCAR for opening its arms after he was spurned by FIA, and he hopes to follow in the footsteps of other international drivers who have made successful transitions from Europe.
Romain Grosjean posted two runner-up finishes on Indy’s road course last year, his rookie IndyCar season. Two-time world champ Fernando Alonso nearly won the Indianapolis 500 in his debut year, and Juan Pablo Montoya won one of his two 500s and two Cup races after leaving F1.
Kvyat might not be at that level yet. But he’s paired with Loris Hezemans, a 25-year-old Dutchman, on Team Hezeberg. Hezemans qualified 34th for the first European-based Cup team.
And Kvyat has already recognized some of the distinct challenges American racers face.
“In Formula One, it’s a bit different. The sponsors, they choose you and they pay you — I always get paid,” he said. “Here, you have to acquire your own people and I’m ready to acquire more people behind me.”
Kvyat’s team would appreciate a schedule expansion courtesy of additional sponsorship money. IndyCars could be an option, too.
But, for now, Kvyat is content with competing in as many races as possible this season, finding a full-time ride in the future and avoiding any more long layoffs.
“I’m very open-minded to perhaps do a full season here one day, maybe next year,” he said. “But I need to get up to speed on the ovals, try oval racing and of course want to be competitive. I don’t want to come to just drive. I want to be competitive. It means me being in the right place, getting the right experience, being in the right car.”
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Commonwealth Games
WATCH: Shafali Verma scalps her maiden international wicket against Pakistan in Commonwealth Games 2022
Shafali Verma scalped her maiden international wicket against Pakistan at the ongoing 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
If you think Shafali Verma can only strike those big monstrous sixes on the cricket field, you could not have been more wrong. The 18-year-old scalped her maiden international wicket against Pakistan at the ongoing 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games earlier today.
Bowling just for the second time in her T20I career, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur entrusted Shafali Verma to bowl two crucial overs of the Pakistan innings.
Verma was thrown the ball in the 15th over of the first innings with Pakistan comfortably placed at 78-4 and looking for the final flourish. The youngster ran riot soon after. She kept things extremely tight and produced three wickets in 2 overs - two of which were run outs.
Bowling the last over of her spell, Shafali Verma bowled a loopy off spinner to Fatima Sana. The Pakistani batter tried to swing hard, but could only manage the toe end of the bat and dragged it back to Verma who took a good low catch in her follow through to gift herself her maiden international wicket.
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Sadr's followers camp out in Iraq parliament for 2nd day
BAGHDAD July 31, 2022 19:16 ISTHundreds of followers of an influential Shia cleric are camped out inside the Iraqi parliament, after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day
Hundreds of followers of an influential Shia cleric were camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliament, after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day.
The protesters — followers of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr — pledged to hold an open-ended sit-in to derail efforts by their rivals from Iran-backed political groups to form the country's next government.
The developments have catapulted Iraq's politics to center stage, plunging the country deeper into a political crisis as a power struggle unfolds between the two major Shia groups.
On Sunday, the sit-in appeared more of a joyous celebration that a political protest — followers of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr were dancing, praying and chanting slogans inside the parliament, in praise of their leader.
In between, they took naps on mattresses lining the grand halls.
It was a scene starkly different from the one on Saturday, when the protesters used ropes and chains to topple cement walls around the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, then flooded into the assembly building. It was the second such breach last week, but this time they did not disperse peacefully.
Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and sun grenades at first, to try to repel the demonstrators. The Ministry of Health said about 125 people were injured in the violence — 100 protesters and 25 members of the security forces. Within a few hours, the police backed off, leaving the parliament to the protesters.
Outside the building, garbage from food packages and other trash littered the street leading up to the parliament gate while trucks bused in giant couldrons of steaming rice and beans to feed the protesters.
There was also humor inside the parliament Sunday among al-Sadr's followers.
One protester, Haidar Jameel assumed the seat of Parliament Speaker Mohammed Halbousi — among the most powerful political figures in Iraq — and from it, looked on at his rowdy fellow protesters in the assembly.
After al-Sadr's followers took over the parliament, Mr. Halbousi suspended future sessions until further notice.
“This is an open-ended sit-in, we will not return until our demands are met,” he declared.
Boxes of bottled water were piled up on the street and tents were erected. A small child handed out sweets, teenagers sold juice from sacks.
The takeover of the parliament showed al-Sadr was using his large grassroots following as a pressure tactic against his rivals in the Coordination Framework — an alliance of Shia parties backed by Iran and lead by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki — after his party was not able to form a government despite having won the largest number of seats in the federal elections held last October.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge became the second-fastest player in major league history to reach 200 career home runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 8-2 on Saturday.
“Excited to get that one out of the way,” Judge said. “Me and (Aaron Hicks) were kind of racing — he’s about to get to 100 and I was trying to get to 200, so we had a little race going on.”
The 6-foot-7 slugger’s 200th homer came in his 671st career game, behind just Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard, who achieved the feat in 2009 in 658 games.
Judge, who gave his first home run ball to his parents, was able to get his 200th from a “good family” without a big negotiation. He believes this one will go to his parents, as well.
DJ LeMahieu homered and had an RBI single, and Matt Carpenter homered for the 15th time in 40 games for New York, which won its third straight after dropping a pair of games to the New York Mets.
The American League-leading Yankees have won seven straight against the Royals and 10 of the last 11.
Whit Merrifield had a third-inning double for his 1,000th career hit and Salvador Perez had a sacrifice fly for the Royals, who have lost five straight.
A day after becoming the first player with 40 home runs this season, Judge fouled off two breaking balls from starter Jonathan Heasley before sending a 2-2 fastball into the right-center field seats for a two-run drive in the second inning. It was one of his two hits, and he also walked twice.
“He smoked it,” New York manager Aaron Boone said. “I told him the right fielder would have been moving in if I hit that same ball.”
“I feel like the big numbers, it’s always tough to get past those,” Judge said. “To get that out of the way, plus a win, is pretty sweet.”
Judge has 42 homers this season 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.
A free agent at the end of the season, Judge has nine homers and 21 RBIs with a .436 batting average in 10 games since the All-Star break. After hitting just one homer in his first 13 games, Judge has connected for 36 over his last 79 games and is on pace to surpass Roger Maris’ club record of 61, set in 1961.
“I can’t imagine a person more equipped to go through something like that,” Boone said of Judge. “I know, at his core, what he’s about and that’s this team and us winning and nothing will get in the way of that.”
Yankees All-Star Nestor Cortes (9-3) allowed two runs in five innings. He struck out five and walked two and turned in a nifty fielding play in the second, nabbing Hunter Dozier at third after slipping to the ground while fielding MJ Melendez’s grounder. Cortes has a 2.60 ERA over five July starts.
“Had a little bit of traffic throughout the game that he was able to navigate, but overall, I thought he threw the ball well,” Boone said.
Heasley (1-6), who was reinstated from the injured list prior to the game after missing 17 games with right shoulder tendonitis, allowed six runs over 3 1/3 innings in his first start since July 9.
The Yankees took advantage of back-to-back Kansas City errors in the fourth to break the game open. Rookie Maikel Garcia dropped Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s pop up and Merrifield whiffed on Nicky Lopez’s throw on Jose Trevino’s grounder to allow Kiner-Falefa to reach third. LeMahieu singled to center to chase Heasley, and Andrew Benintendi delivered a sacrifice fly against reliever Wyatt Mills. LeMahieu finished with three hits.
“You make mistakes against good teams, they’re going to make you pay,” Kansas City manager Mike Matheny said. “They made us pay.”
Aroldis Chapman threw a scoreless inning and Clarke Schmidt worked the final three for his second career save.
Garcia singled in the fourth to drive in Kansas City’s second run for his first career RBI.
Prior to the game, New York held its annual Old-Timers’ Day ceremony for the first time since 2019, although the traditional playful exhibition game was not held.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Royals: RHP Zack Greinke, originally scheduled to pitch Saturday, was given an extra day of rest and will now pitch Sunday. … SS Bobby Witt Jr. returned to the lineup after missing five games with right hamstring soreness. … RHP Jackson Kowar was optioned to Triple-A Omaha to make room for Heasley. … Perez (left thumb) started behind the plate for the first time since June 21, after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ligament.
Yankees: OF Giancarlo Stanton (left Achilles tendonitis) has yet to resume baseball activities. … 1B Anthony Rizzo (rest) was given the day off.
UP NEXT
Greinke (3-6, 3.44 ERA) takes to the mound for Kansas City in the series finale. A potential trade candidate, Greinke is winless in six career starts (seven appearances) at Yankee Stadium, holding an 0-3 record with a 9.22 ERA. He’ll be opposed by LHP Jordan Montgomery (3-3, 3.50 ERA).
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SAN ANTONIO — A northeast side home has a gaping hole in the wall after a driver crashed into it early Sunday morning.
Police responded to the 7400 block of Midcrown Drive around 3:30 a.m. for reports of an accident. Police say that the man who ran into the home stayed on the scene after the crash.
Thankfully, nobody was injured inside when the car crashed into the home, and neither was the driver.
Police are still investigating what caused the crash. Officers did not specify if alcohol was a factor in the crash, however the driver was taken into custody.
First responders stayed on the scene and made sure the home was safe for the residents. Firefighters also cleared the area of debris and sealed up the hole in the home with plastic until the homeowners can get the damage repaired.
No other details were provided and no injuries were reported.
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BBC investigates complaint from family of veteran radio presenter, 72, who died two months after he was 'forced to retire' following 47 year career
- Radio presenter Richard Cartridge diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2016
- His family claim the BBC treated him as a 'weak old man' following his diagnosis
- Daughter Lucy claims he felt 'bullied' by colleagues and received £20 cut in pay
- The 72-year-old died just six weeks into his retirement during pandemic in 2020
- BBC spokesperson said that the organisation remains in contact with his family
The BBC has launched an investigation after the family of a radio presenter who died two months into retirement complained about his treatment following a life changing diagnosis.
Richard Cartridge, 72, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2016, worked at the BBC for 47 years, but his family claim he was treated as a 'weak old man' following his diagnosis.
His daughter Lucy claims he was treated differently in the workplace by senior staff, had his pay cut by £20 and felt 'bullied' by his colleagues, according to The Sun.
Richard Cartridge, 72, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2016, worked at the BBC for 47 years
The 32-year-old said she feels the BBC is 'directly responsible' for his death, six weeks after he left his job.
She claims issues began when her father requested to work as a BBC Radio Solent host from home, but was refused.
Several months in the coronavirus pandemic, in June 2020, he was told his contract with the BBC would not be renewed.
In his final broadcast, he told listeners: 'I don't know what I'm going to do now.'
Mr Cartridge, who had left a staff job at the organisation in 2006 and had returned on a freelance basis, was admitted to hospital shortly afterwards and died just six weeks later.
Daughter Lucy said her father was a 'shell of a person' when she last saw him and added that he received 'no care or empathy' from the BBC.
She has now written directly to Director General of the BBC Tim Davie.
A spokesperson for the BBC said: 'Richard Cartridge was a much loved presenter and our sympathies are with his family. We have spoken to his daughter Lucy and remain in contact.'
In his final broadcast, Mr Cartridge (pictured) told listeners: 'I don't know what I'm going to do now.'
Mr Cartridge was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2016 - four years before his death
Mr Cartridge was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2016 - four years before his death.
The disease is a long-term degenerative disorder which affects the central nervous system, in turn affecting the motor system.
Symptoms of the disease usually emerge slowly and as it progresses, non-motor symptoms become more common.
Early symptoms include tremors, rigidity, slowness in movement and difficulty in walking. The person may also experience cognitive problems, which may present with depression, anxiety and apathy.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 1, 2022
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FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
817 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...The Flood Advisory continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Canadian River at Amarillo 19N affecting Potter County.
For the Canadian River...including Amarillo 19N...elevated river
levels are forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you encounter a flooded roadway, turn around and find an
alternative route.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued Sunday afternoonthis afternoon at
430 PM CDT.
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Canadian River at Amarillo 19N.
* WHEN...Until tomorrow evening.
* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, Dirt road that runs east alongside the
river channel becomes flooded. This road leads to Rosita Creek
Flats Recreation Area, where primitive camping occurs.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 5.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise to 5.5 feet early this
morning. It will then fall to 5.4 feet and begin rising again
this morning. It will rise to 6.0 feet just after midnight
tonight. It will then fall again and remain below flood
stage.
- Action stage is 6.0 feet.
- Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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BUDAPEST – Formula One's former race director Michael Masi has described the abuse he received on social media following last season's controversial call at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won his first world title after overtaking Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton on the last lap following a heavily disputed restart procedure.
Hamilton led comfortably until a crash by Nicholas Latifi brought out the safety car with five laps remaining. Verstappen stopped under yellow flags for fresher tires, and Masi flipped his decision and let the five lapped drivers separating Verstappen from Hamilton pass the safety car under yellow. But not all eight, which would have taken longer.
Governing body FIA concluded Masi had made a “human error ” but acted in good faith. Masi was replaced in his role and then left the FIA entirely three weeks ago to relocate back to Australia.
In an interview with Australia's NewsCorp, the 44-year-old Australian recalled feeling like “the most hated man in the world” as he revealed the level of hostility he endured online via hundreds of toxic messages.
“They were shocking. Racist, abusive, vile, they called me every name under the sun. And there were death threats. People saying they were going to come after me and my family,” Masi said in the interview. “And they kept on coming. Not just on my Facebook but also on my LinkedIn, which is supposed to be a professional platform for business. It was the same type of abuse.”
The interview Masi gave to the Sunday Telegraph carried screenshots of some of the messages, with Masi saying he was relieved not to have more social media platforms where people could attack him.
“Thankfully, I don't have an Instagram account. Or Twitter, I don't have any of that,” Masi said. “Being old-school I do however have Facebook, which I used to stay in touch with family and friends. I opened my messages that night to check in with them. I did not know I could receive them from people I did not know. But I was wrong. I was confronted with hundreds of messages.”
Masi tried initially to blank out all of it.
“I just thought I would ignore it and get on with it because I knew it could take me to a very dark place. I tried to cut myself off mentally and I thought I could," he said. “I mostly kept it all to myself ... The FIA knew but I think I downplayed it all to everyone, including them.”
But the toll on Masi's mental health was already considerable.
“I remember walking down the street in London a day or two later. I thought I was okay until I started looking over my shoulder,” he said. “I was looking at people and wondering if they were going to get me.”
He fought a private inner battle as he dealt with the abuse in his own way.
“I only talked to my close family — but only briefly. I also lost my appetite,” he said. “It did have a physical effect but it was more mental. I just wanted to be in a bubble. I just wanted to be alone, which was very challenging.”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told The Associated Press in a recent interview that Masi had been treated terribly and the criticism was deeply unfair.
“To me that was tantamount to bullying. He was hung out to dry by a couple of teams, and I think that’s absolutely not right,” Horner told the AP. “It’s unacceptable, the guy is getting threats towards his family and so on.”
Masi regrets not seeking professional help.
“I probably should have,” he said. “I should have gone and spoken to someone in a professional sense. But in saying that, I had some amazing people around me that could see it and were checking in daily. I was super fortunate to have that support network.”
Masi is not able to talk about the decision itself because of a non-disclosure agreement with the FIA.
“The whole experience has made me a much stronger person,” he said. “I have just had the longest break in my professional career and I have used that time to reconnect with family and friends. I have also done all that self-maintenance you can neglect when you are in the grind.”
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Release highlights of Linux Mint 21 "Vanessa" with details about the new features, updates and download details.
Linux Mint 21 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.
The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa” MATE Edition.
System requirements: 2GB RAM (4GB recommended for a comfortable usage). 20GB of disk space (100GB recommended). 1024×768 resolution (on lower resolutions, press ALT to drag windows with the mouse if they don’t fit in the screen).
GCIDE version 0.53 is available for download.
To enhance the security of your system, the Debian developers have updated the policy of using GPG keys. The Ubuntu 22.04 and Debian 11 prompted to manage OpenPGP as keyring files instead.
An ISO image file is an archive of files and directories compressed using the ISO 9660 format. It is suitable for writing CD or DVD discs, sector by sector. When you download an operating system or even some games, they give you their ISO image file. Either you can uncompress/mount them on your system or burn a CD/DVD disc using the ISO image file. However, we have already written a detailed guide on how to mount and unmount an ISO image on Linux. Therefore, today’s focus will be on creating an ISO image file from a collection of files or media devices in Linux.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Xtreme Download Manager on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Xtreme Download Manager (XDM) is a free and open-source download manager. XDM seamlessly integrates with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox Quantum, Opera, Vivaldi and other Chroumium and Firefox based browsers, to take over downloads and saving streaming videos from web. It is available cross-platform for Linux, Windows and macOS. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Xtreme Download Manager on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well.
In AWS, an IAM Role is an AWS identity like an IAM user. AWS IAM service is a very intricate service which, if not configured wisely, can lead to potential security issues. They are attached with policies which decide what this identity is allowed to do and not allowed to do. It is not attached to a single person, but can be assumed by anyone who requires it. Instead of long term credentials (password or access keys) like an IAM user, an IAM role has temporary security credentials. When a user, application, or a service needs access to AWS resources for which they do not hold permissions, they use/assume a specific role for this purpose. Temporary security credentials are then used for this task.
The HydraUSB3 V1 is a development kit that accommodates the WCH CH569 microcontroller. This device was designed to create projects that involve streaming or high speed protocols (i.e. SerDes and HSPI) via USB3.0. As previously mentioned, the MCU compatible with this development kit is the WCH CH569 which is based on the 32-bit RISC-V3A core. According to the datasheet, this chip “integrates super-speed USB3.0 host and device controller (built-in PHY), GbE controller, dedicated high-speed SerDes controller (built-in PHY, can drive optical fiber directly), high-speed parallel interface (HSPI), digital video port (DVP), SD/EMMC interface controller and encryption/decryption module.”
The HydraUSB3 V1 is a development kit that accommodates the WCH CH569 microcontroller. This device was designed to create projects that involve streaming or high speed protocols (i.e. SerDes and HSPI) via USB3.0.
As previously mentioned, the MCU compatible with this development kit is the WCH CH569 which is based on the 32-bit RISC-V3A core. According to the datasheet, this chip “integrates super-speed USB3.0 host and device controller (built-in PHY), GbE controller, dedicated high-speed SerDes controller (built-in PHY, can drive optical fiber directly), high-speed parallel interface (HSPI), digital video port (DVP), SD/EMMC interface controller and encryption/decryption module.”
Techbase is a Polish-based company tackling global chip shortage and supply chain issues with a remote platform to speed up development. As of now, the devices offered for remote access are the ModBerry 500 CM4 and the ClusBerry-2M. The ModBerry 500 CM4 is an industrial computer based on the Raspberry Pi CM4 powered by the quad-core Cortex A72. This device can be highly customized with upgraded RAM, eMMC flash and other peripherals. LinuxGizmos covered this device last year, however the specs will also be listed at the end of the article for reference.
Techbase is a Polish-based company tackling global chip shortage and supply chain issues with a remote platform to speed up development. As of now, the devices offered for remote access are the ModBerry 500 CM4 and the ClusBerry-2M.
The ModBerry 500 CM4 is an industrial computer based on the Raspberry Pi CM4 powered by the quad-core Cortex A72. This device can be highly customized with upgraded RAM, eMMC flash and other peripherals. LinuxGizmos covered this device last year, however the specs will also be listed at the end of the article for reference.
The amount of work involved in fixes means that the 32-bit Linux kernel won’t be getting the same treatment as the 64-bit version of the OS.
Over the last twelve years, the CHERI project has been working on addressing the first two of these problems by extending conventional hardware Instruction-Set Architectures (ISAs) with new architectural features to enable fine-grained memory protection and highly scalable software compartmentalisation, prototyped first as CHERI-MIPS and CHERI-RISC-V architecture designs and FPGA implementations, with an extensive software stack ported to run above them. The academic experimental results are very promising, but achieving widespread adoption of CHERI needs an industry-scale evaluation of a high-performance silicon processor implementation and software stack. To that end, Arm have developed Morello, a CHERI-enabled prototype architecture (extending Armv8.2-A), processor (adapting the high-performance Neoverse N1 design), system-on-chip (SoC), and development board, within the UKRI Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Programme (see our earlier blog post on Morello). Morello is now being evaluated in a range of academic and industry projects.
STT told Yle it was investigating the possibility of an information leak, with STT CEO Kimmo Laaksonen saying the organisation had been in touch with the authorities since the breach.
According to officials in these countries, these entities that [broke] into the Pakistani military systems downloaded malwares, which after being installed in the targeted computer system, retrieved a large number of documents, presentations, including encrypted files, that were stored in them. The said malware was sent to the target that were embedded in emails that had purportedly come from superior officers. Some of the files that were transferred from the military computer systems were related to satellite communications, military communication and nuclear facilities.
Microsoft invented the Win95 desktop from scratch. Its own previous Ones (e.g. Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows NT 3.51 and OS/2 1.x) looked nothing like it. The task bar, the Start menu, the system tray, "My Computer", "Network Neighbourhood", all that: all original, *patented* Microsoft designs. There was nothing like it before. (The closest was Acorn's RISC OS, with an "icon bar" that works very differently, on the Archimedes computer. A handful of those were imported to North America, and right after, NeXT "invented" the Dock, and then Microsoft invented the task bar which is quite a bit more sophisticated. Read on
In July 2022, Xfce 4.16 users received a new version (4.16.3) of Xfce Settings, which is probably the most important component of the lightweight desktop environment as it lets you manage all the settings, that brought a few bug fixes and several language translations. Mousepad 0.5.10 simple text editor for Xfce was released as well in July 2022 with improvements to encoding conversion when saving or opening files, the ability to update the charset when a byte order mark is detected, and several bug fixes, including one for a memory leak in menu item realignment.
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Youth found dead
Apparently upset over a failed love relationship, a 21-year-old youth is said to have ended his life by hanging himself to death from a ceiling at his residence in Om Nagar locality of Kalaburagi on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Rajkumar, a native of Betjewargi village in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district. He was working as a food delivery boy.
M.B. Nagar Police have registered a case.
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(The Hill) – Commerce Department data this week found the U.S. economy shrank for the second quarter in a row, sparking a new debate about whether the nation is in a recession.
Negative growth in two consecutive quarters fulfills a common definition for a recession — and it’s the official way of making such a call in some countries.
But it’s not in the U.S., where a relatively under-the-radar group — the National Bureau of Economic Research’s (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee — is in charge of making an official call on whether the country is in a recession.
So what is this group, and how does it make its proclamations?
The group within the NBER that actually makes the call on the recession is the Business Cycle Dating Committee.
It has eight members, who are among the foremost economists in the nation, and who all who work at top academic institutions across the country: Robert Hall of Stanford, Robert Gordon of Northwestern, James Poterba of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Valerie Ramey of the University of California-San Diego, Christina Romer of UC-Berkeley, David Romer of UC-Berkeley, James Stock of Harvard and Mark Watson of Princeton.
Christina Romer served as chairwoman of the council of economic advisers under President Obama, and Poterba is the president of the NBER.
The NBER’s formal definition of a recession is broad. According to its frequently asked questions page, the NBER’s traditional definition is “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and that lasts more than a few months.”
It considers the depth, diffusion and duration of the decline in economic activity. While the committee’s view is that each “needs to be met individually to some degree, extreme conditions revealed by one criterion may partially offset weaker indications from another.”
Economists say that the NBER looks at many different indicators to make a call on whether the economy is in a recession.
“It actually looks at a wide variety of economic indicators to make that designation,” said Alex Durante, an economist with the Tax Foundation think tank. “They look at employment, personal income, durable goods, housing permits — so the GDP is certainly part of it, but they’re looking at other indicators, as well.”
Employment is one factor that is crucial in looking at today’s economy. The job market in the U.S. is red hot, even as the Commerce Department has found the economy to have shrunk the last two quarters.
The White House, which has been pushing back on the idea that there is a recession, has pointed out that unemployment is at a historically low rate of 3.6 percent.
The panel did find that a recession occurred in April 2020, after much of the U.S. economy shut down at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. It concluded in July 2021 that the recession had lasted two months — the shortest on record in the nation’s history.
Durante said a pronouncement on the current recession — if indeed it exists — likely won’t come until 2023.
“This is obviously difficult for policymakers who want to stay on top of these conversations, but usually, NBER doesn’t make the designation until after a year,” he said. “That’s because they want to make sure they have enough data, but also because the data tends to be revised.”
Indeed, it is possible the Commerce Department data that found a 0.9 percent contraction of the economy in the second quarter could be revised. It’s a small enough decrease to fit into the typical margin of error by which the department can correct its first-draft predictions.
The origins of the NBER lie in the oil industry.
According to a short history of the NBER written in 1984 by former Vice President of Research Solomon Fabricant, the organization traces its history in part to initiatives made in the early part of the 20th century by the newly formed Rockefeller Foundation, the philanthropic organ built off the vast oil fortune made by John D. Rockefeller.
In 1914, Harvard Business School Dean Edwin Gay “had taken a leading part, at the request of the executive secretary of the newly established Rockefeller Foundation, in preparing a memorandum outlining the organization and functions of an institute for economic research analogous to the already established Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. The proposed institute would engage in scientific and impartial investigations ‘of such scope as to be beyond the power of our existing university research facilities,’” Fabricant wrote.
Half a century later, the Commerce Department began citing the NBER’s work on the business cycle, which lent it a kind of governmental legitimacy, according to The Washington Post.
But NBER research hasn’t been immune from controversy.
A recent investigation by The Guardian found that Alan Krueger, a former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, had been paid $100,000 by Uber while writing a paper published under the NBER about Uber that argued it had been a creator of good jobs. Published in 2016 as part of an NBER working paper series, the revelation of the payment attracted academic criticism.
An NBER spokesperson said Krueger’s work as a consultant for Uber was clearly disclosed.
“The cover page of the NBER working paper disclosed the fact that Alan Krueger was working as a consultant for Uber when the paper was written, and that his co-author was an employee and stockholder of Uber. The same acknowledgments were included in the version of the paper that was published, after peer review, by the Industrial and Labor Relations Review,” the statement emailed to The Hill said.
According to its website, the NBER is a research institution that receives money from the government but also makes money from investments.
“NBER research is supported by grants from government agencies or private foundations, by corporation and individual contributions, and by income from the NBER’s investment portfolio,” the website says.
It says the groups that contribute the most to its research projects are the National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Social Security Administration and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
“The NBER conducts research but does not make policy recommendations or carry out advocacy on the basis of research findings,” the group says of itself. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/is-there-a-recession-only-an-under-the-radar-group-gets-to-decide/ | 2022-07-31T15:01:04Z | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/is-there-a-recession-only-an-under-the-radar-group-gets-to-decide/ | true |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 1, 2022
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FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
817 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...The Flood Advisory continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Canadian River at Amarillo 19N affecting Potter County.
For the Canadian River...including Amarillo 19N...elevated river
levels are forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you encounter a flooded roadway, turn around and find an
alternative route.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued Sunday afternoonthis afternoon at
430 PM CDT.
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Canadian River at Amarillo 19N.
* WHEN...Until tomorrow evening.
* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, Dirt road that runs east alongside the
river channel becomes flooded. This road leads to Rosita Creek
Flats Recreation Area, where primitive camping occurs.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 5.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise to 5.5 feet early this
morning. It will then fall to 5.4 feet and begin rising again
this morning. It will rise to 6.0 feet just after midnight
tonight. It will then fall again and remain below flood
stage.
- Action stage is 6.0 feet.
- Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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(iSeeCars) – Sports car ownership is a fantasy for many, but given the price tag and impracticality of these vehicles, sports car ownership is a reality for just 2.8 percent of American drivers.
Which states have the most and least sports cars on the road, and what is the most popular sports car in each state? iSeeCars analyzed over 10 million vehicle sales to find out.
Which State Has the Most Sports Cars?
To determine where sports car ownership is the most popular, iSeeCars calculated the share of sports cars in each state.
- Nevada is the state with the most sports cars on the road, followed by Florida in second.
- The top ten states with the most sports cars have generally moderate climates.
- The states with the least sports cars are Northern, Rocky Mountain, and Midwestern states that have harsh winters.
Most Popular Sports Car in Each State
Along with where sports cars are the most popular, iSeeCars also examined which sports cars are the most popular in each state.
- The Ford Mustang is the most popular sports car in 40 states, while the Dodge Challenger is the most popular in the remaining 10.
- Both the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger are among the most affordable sports cars, with new versions starting at less than $30,000, which broadens their appeal.
- The Dodge Challenger is one of the only sports cars to offer all-wheel drive, and is the most popular sports car mainly among Northern and mountainous states.
- The Chevrolet Camaro is the second-most popular sports car in Iowa, Louisiana, and Wyoming.
While sports cars only capture a small percentage of car buyers, drivers in the most popular sports car states are nearly four times as likely to experience sports car ownership compared to drivers in the least sports-car-popular states. The Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger and Chevrolet Camaro are not only fun-to-drive, they are the most attainable sports cars for American drivers.
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Methodology:
iSeeCars analyzed over 10.9 million used cars from model years 2017 – 2021 sold from July 2021 through June 2022. The number of sports cars was tallied by state, and the resulting percentage shares were used to rank states.
About iSeeCars.com
iSeeCars.com is a car search engine that helps shoppers find the best car deals by providing key insights and valuable resources, like the iSeeCars free VIN check and Best Car rankings. iSeeCars.com has saved users over $342 million so far by applying big data analytics powered by over 25 billion (and growing) data points and using proprietary algorithms to objectively analyze, score and rank millions of new cars and used cars.
This article, Which States Have the Greatest Need for Speed, originally appeared on iSeeCars.com. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/which-states-have-the-greatest-need-for-speed-2/ | 2022-07-31T15:08:04Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/which-states-have-the-greatest-need-for-speed-2/ | true |
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian border guards clashed Sunday with the Afghan Taliban, Iranian media reported, the latest cross-border exchange since the former insurgents seized power in neighboring Afghanistan a year ago.
The official IRNA news agency quoted Meisam Barazandeh, governor of the border country of Hirmand in eastern Iran, as saying that the incident is under investigation. He did not provide details about the clash or report any casualties.
There was no immediate comment from the Taliban.
Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, which is close to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, said the Taliban opened fire on houses on the eastern edge of the county, in the area of Shoqalak, across the border from Afghanistan's Nimruz province.
The report said also that Taliban forces tried to raise the Taliban flag in an area that is not part of the territory of Afghanistan and that after the exchange, calm returned.
Clashes have repeatedly erupted between Iranian security forces and Afghan Taliban forces in various spots along the border since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan last August. The exchanges of fire are often over local issues such as disputes over farmland, water or smuggling, and usually end quickly.
In some of the worst clashes, last December, the Afghan Taliban seized several checkpoints on the Iranian side but soon withdrew, and both sides called the incident a “misunderstanding.” | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Iran-says-border-guards-have-clashed-with-Afghan-17341222.php | 2022-07-31T15:11:04Z | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Iran-says-border-guards-have-clashed-with-Afghan-17341222.php | false |
NEW YORK — Officials in New York City declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus Saturday, calling the city “the epicenter” of the outbreak.
The announcement Saturday by Mayor Eric Adams and health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said as many as 150,000 city residents could be at risk of infection. The declaration will allow officials to issue emergency orders under the city health code and amend code provisions to implement measures to help slow the spread.
In the last two days, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency declaration and the state health department called monkeypox an “imminent threat to public health.”
New York had recorded 1,345 cases as of Friday, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. California had the second-most, with 799.
“We will continue to work with our federal partners to secure more doses as soon as they become available,” Adams and Vasan said in the statement. “This outbreak must be met with urgency, action, and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a public health emergency reflects the seriousness of the moment.”
The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency on July 23 and San Francisco’s mayor on Thursday announced a state of emergency over the growing number of cases.
The once-rare disease has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades but was not known to spark large outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread widely among people until May, when authorities detected dozens of epidemics in Europe, North America and elsewhere.
To date, there have been more than 22,000 monkeypox cases reported in nearly 80 countries since May, with about 75 suspected deaths in Africa, mostly in Nigeria and Congo. On Friday, Brazil and Spain reported deaths linked to monkeypox, the first reported outside Africa. Spain reported a second monkeypox death Saturday.
The virus spreads through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact as well as sharing bedding, towels and clothing. In Europe and North America, it has spread primarily among men who have sex with men, though health officials emphasize that the virus can infect anyone.
The type of monkeypox virus identified in this outbreak is rarely fatal, and people usually recover within weeks. But the lesions and blisters caused by the virus are painful. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-new-york-monkeypox-public-health-emergency-20220731-ipptaoupwraqppulcvhqzo2icu-story.html | 2022-07-31T15:22:49Z | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-new-york-monkeypox-public-health-emergency-20220731-ipptaoupwraqppulcvhqzo2icu-story.html | false |
ITHACA N.Y. (WSYR-TV)– The New York State Police need your help in identifying these suspects.
On July 23, 2022, an elderly victim discovered that her wallet was missing while she was in Cortland. As the day progressed, she noticed that charges began appearing on her card. One purchase was at a Walgreens in Dryden and another was at a Target in Lansing. The victims wallet also contained cash, as of now, the suspects have allegedly spent $1,000.
Anyone with information is asked to call the New York State Police in Ithaca at (607) 347-4463. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/on-the-lookout-suspects-who-racked-up-charges-on-victims-credit-card-around-ithaca/ | 2022-07-31T15:22:55Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/on-the-lookout-suspects-who-racked-up-charges-on-victims-credit-card-around-ithaca/ | true |
Earlier this year, when Amazon.com Inc. signed a development agreement with the city of Loveland to build a massive new logistics center on Byrd Drive near the Northern Colorado Regional Airport, it was a sure sign of an unfolding trend.
As the population and economy of Northern Colorado continue to grow, companies and developers are flocking to build industrial logistics and distribution facilities to support the region’s needs. Even with the state’s population growth slowing, and inflation and supply-chain constrictions dragging on the economy, demand for these types of spaces in Northern Colorado remains at record levels.
“It’s no secret that all of these spec industrial buildings are coming,” said Kelly Jones, economic development director for Loveland. “What’s slightly surprising is the pace they’re coming at now. I can tell you just by looking at the permits and activity in our queue, it’s not slowing down.”
Mike Eyer, first vice president for the commercial brokerage CBRE, said a record 600,000 square feet of industrial space have been leased in Northern Colorado through the first two quarters of 2022. About 900,000 square feet more are in the pipeline to be delivered. Buildings are also being absorbed more quickly than normal, Eyer said. Usually, it takes about a year and a half to two years to fully lease out industrial projects of this scale. Now, most buildings are fully leased out within a year of completion.
“It’s still true on a number of fronts (that the industrial market remains hot),” Eyer said. “There is still a pretty strong appetite from developers looking to gain entry into the market.”
The market they’re trying to enter is one that has experienced robust growth over the past decade. Between 2010 and 2020, Weld and Larimer counties were the second-and-fifth-fastest-growing counties in the state — Weld grew 30 percent, Larimer 20 percent.
Some of the individual municipalities in the region have grown exponentially. Timnath grew 938 percent. Severance and Berthoud each experienced greater than 100% growth. Wellington, Windsor and Johnstown grew more than 75 percent. Lochbuie, Frederick, Firestone, Erie, Dacono, Milliken and Mead grew more than 40 percent. Jobs in Northern Colorado grew by 9.3 percent from 2015 to 2020.
Although statewide population growth slowed in 2021, the state is still expected to reach 6.5 million inhabitants by 2030.
“Assuming the population growth trajectory remains the same, you’ll continue to see a number of these companies come to the area,” Eyer said.
Clyde Wood, president of commercial development for McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc., said it’s no secret why the need for industrial distribution and logistics facilities has increased along with the population.
“I think the connection is pretty clear,” Wood said. “Over the years, as population growth and the new-home market have been robust for several years, those industries that support that growth need space. The connection is pretty clear why we’re seeing so many of those growing and needing space here.”
The list of major companies to move into these types of spaces in Northern Colorado over the past few years is impressive. McWhinney made the first big splash with Centerra Industrial, a 660,000-square-foot campus in Loveland. In 2016, it landed Safelite Group Inc. as one of the area’s first major Class A industrial tenants. Amazon and Home Depot also leased space in Centerra Industrial.
“That was fairly pioneering at the time,” Wood said. “I think that caught a lot of people’s attention.”
Hines Interests LP and U-Haul both also leased space in Loveland on Byrd Drive. Denver developer Etkin Johnson built Axis 25 in the city.
Further south along Interstate 25, Mead has also made itself a logistics hub. It landed a FedEx regional distribution terminal in 2020. Multiple other industrial distribution facilities are underway: Elevation25 by Silver Point Development and Access 25 by The Broe Group.
Access 25 will be the only dual highway-rail-access park in the region, and it has already landed Home Depot as a tenant.
FedEx also has a regional distribution facility in Johnstown in McWhinney’s Iron Horse industrial park.
Then there’s the crown jewel: the 3.87-million-square-foot logistics center Amazon is building in east Loveland. That facility, which is slated to open in 2024, could have 62 loading docks and employ more than 1,000 people.
Many of these companies previously had a presence in the state, but not in Northern Colorado,
“A lot of them have been in Denver and are looking to plant a flag up here,” Eyer said. “Prior to two or three years ago, the region didn’t have the population to support that.”
This means that municipalities that developers and large companies previously wouldn’t have considered are now on the map for potentially massive developments.
“Cities like Loveland and Johnstown, we’re all getting the looks we wouldn’t get 10 years ago,” Jones said. “The speed at which the consumer is wanting products is forcing companies to put their distribution facilities in locations closer to population centers.”
Getting the Amazon logistics center was a multi-year journey for Loveland, one the city hopes will not stop with this facility.
“It’s difficult to land these,” Jones said. “The process we went through was not easy. There is prestige in getting that. It was very competitive. It points other developers toward us … It was a huge coup to earn this from one of the world’s largest companies. Eventually, we would like to keep building this relationship as they get familiar with us. There’s momentum beyond just that facility.”
For other projects in the region, ones that aren’t purpose-built for a company such as Amazon, competition for tenants will be fierce, Eyer said.
“These projects are all very similar,” Eyer said. “The buildings are similar. For the most part the locations are close. It’s a very competitive market. Developers that started construction a year ago have a significant advantage over those starting now because they have a lower cost basis. These buildings are almost like commodities where whoever can offer the most competitive lease rate is going to win.”
How long this trend can continue is dependent on how the region’s population and economy continue to grow. The need for more industrial logistics and distribution facilities should scale along with the area’s growth. At what point — if any — the industrial market could become oversaturated is unknown, but it’s a factor weighing on the mind of experts.
“I would say absolutely,” Wood said. “In Northern Colorado, it’s something we are very focused on. For several years we were the only game in town. We proved the concept that there is demand for Class A industrial space up here. That got the interest of outside developers. They want a piece of the pie, but that pie is not nearly as large as metro Denver. Even though demand is steady, it’s not that deep … We are very cautious about oversupply, but we are still bullish on the market in general.”
Even so, Eyer said, that hasn’t happened yet.
“I think we haven’t reached that saturation point,” Eyer said. “I think we have the demand to handle what is currently being built. It’s impossible to tell how much demand there will be. We’re just not there yet. We’re seeing record leasing activity. I have no doubt we’ll absorb the current construction.” | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/07/31/distribution-boom-developers-flock-to-build-industrial-logistics-distribution-facilities-in-northern-colorado/ | 2022-07-31T15:23:01Z | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/07/31/distribution-boom-developers-flock-to-build-industrial-logistics-distribution-facilities-in-northern-colorado/ | false |
Andhra Pradesh: Power officials told to ready action plan to improve services
VIJAYAWADA July 31, 2022 20:12 ISTEnergy Minister calls for greater public participation
Energy Minister Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy has asked the department officials to prepare an action plan for increasing public participation in power sector from mandal level to towns and cities, and to conduct substation level meetings to improve consumer services.
In a meeting organised in virtual mode with Special Chief Secretary (energy) K. Vijayanand after completion of the Prime Minister’s interaction with electricity consumers as part of the ‘Ujjwal Bharat-Ujjwal Bhavishya’ programme on July 30, Mr. Ramachandra Reddy said that the government was keen on making the power sector vibrant for sustainable development of the State.
Apart from reducing the transmission and distribution (T&D) losses, fixing meters to agricultural pumpsets, taking up renewable energy and pumped hydro storage projects among a slew of initiatives, the State is implementing Central schemes such as the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grama Jyoti Yojana and Integrated Power Development Scheme.
The State government is also laying underground cables in Visakhapatnam as part of the Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project at a cost of about ₹720 crore with financial assistance from the World Bank.
Having rolled out so many programmes, the government felt the need for greater public participation for their success, the Minister said.
Referring to the ‘Ujjwal Bharat Mahotsav’, Mr. Vijayanand said there was an overwhelming response from the stakeholders in 52 locations in 26 districts, where it was organised.
AP-Transco CMD B. Sreedhar, Joint MD B. Malla Reddy (vigilance & security) and I. Prudhvi Tej (HR and admin), DISCOMs’ CMDs K. Santosha Rao (EPDCL) and J. Padma Janardhana Reddy (CPDCL) and NREDCAP VC and MD S. Ramana Reddy and AP-Transco Directors A.K.V. Bhaskar (grid) and K. Muthupandian (finance) were present. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-power-officials-told-to-ready-action-plan-to-improve-services/article65707586.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-31T15:23:57Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-power-officials-told-to-ready-action-plan-to-improve-services/article65707586.ece/amp/ | true |
BEIJING (AP) — Debris from a rocket that boosted part of China’s new space station into orbit fell into the sea in the Philippines on Sunday, the Chinese government announced.
Most of the final stage of the Long March-5B rocket burned up after entering the atmosphere at 12:55 a.m., the China Manned Space Agency reported. The agency said earlier the booster would be allowed to fall unguided.
The announcement gave no details of whether remaining debris fell on land or sea but said the “landing area” was at 119 degrees east longitude and 9.1 degrees north latitude. That is in waters southeast of the Philippine city of Puerto Princesa on the island of Palawan.
There was no immediate word from Philippine authorities about whether anyone on the ground was affected.
China has faced criticism for allowing rocket stages to fall to Earth uncontrolled twice before. NASA accused Beijing last year of “failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris” after parts of a Chinese rocket landed in the Indian Ocean.
The country’s first space station, Tiangong-1, crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2016 after Beijing confirmed it lost control. An 18-ton rocket fell uncontrolled in May 2020.
China also faced criticism after using a missile to destroy one of its defunct weather satellites in 2007, creating a field of debris that other governments said might jeopardize other satellites.
The July 24 launch of the Long March-5B, China’s most-powerful rocket, carried the Wentian laboratory into orbit. It was attached on Monday to the Tianhe main module, where three astronauts live.
The remains of a separate cargo spacecraft that serviced the station fell into a predetermined area of the South Pacific after most of it burned up on reentry, the government announced earlier. | https://phl17.com/nmw/china-says-remains-of-rocket-booster-fall-to-earth/ | 2022-07-31T15:25:39Z | https://phl17.com/nmw/china-says-remains-of-rocket-booster-fall-to-earth/ | true |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Difficulties in finding affordable child care cost Enoshja Ruffin her job three years ago. The mother of six was let go from her position as a counselor for kids with cerebral palsy after she missed three shifts because she had trouble finding babysitters.
After three months on a waiting list, though, she placed her children in a day care center whose cost was covered by government subsidies and the center’s financial assistance program.
“Had I not gotten financial help, I would not be successful. I would not have a degree. I would just be another statistic,” said Ruffin, 28, of Utica, New York, who was able to take college classes while her kids were in day care. She now works as an organizer for the liberal political group Citizen Action.
Democrats in Washington had big ambitions this year to boost child care subsidies nationally as part of a broad domestic spending bill. But with those plans stalled because of a lack of bipartisan support, some states moved ahead with plans of their own.
New York lawmakers passed a state budget in the spring that calls for it to spend $7 billion to make child care more affordable over the next four years.
The legislation will double previous state support for government subsidies that help families shoulder part or all of their child care costs. Eligibility will be expanded to more middle-income families. Under the new rules, a family of four with an annual household income of up to $83,250 will be eligible for subsidies.
New Mexico last spring raised income eligibility for subsidies to the highest level of any state. A family of four with an annual household income of up to $111,000 can now qualify for at least some government aid. Until June 2023, New Mexico will also waive child care copays, which saves families $400 to $900 per month, based on their income level.
Rhode Island lawmakers passed a state budget last month that provides a one-time tax credit of $250 per child to help pay for child care, nearly doubles the number of seats available in government-funded prekindergarten programs, and provides subsidies for child care workers.
All those steps were intended to address an affordability challenge. In 2019, child care centers in the U.S. charged an average of $406 per week for children under 18 months old, $315 per week for children ages 18-35 months and $289 per week for 3- to 5-year-olds.
Ronora James, a child care provider based in Rochester, New York, said she lost staff to fast-food restaurants that offer competitive wages.
Child care workers made an average hourly wage of $13.22 in the U.S. in May 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The minimum wage in New York ranges from $13.20 to $15 per hour, depending on the part of the state.
“People have to go where the money is to survive, and that is an issue for us,” James said.
“In New York City, we have some of the highest minimum wages in the country, but a minimum wage worker has to work 26 weeks at a minimum wage to pay for the child care for their family,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said Monday at an event promoting the state’s child care investments. “That’s asking too much of our families.”
Although child care has seen increasing bipartisan support in recent years, some Republican leaders are cautious about expanding government aid.
“I support steps to create more quality, accessible and reliable child care options, especially as costs continue to rise,” said New York’s GOP Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay in a statement. “However, as we’ve seen repeatedly in state programs, the level of spending and how funds are distributed must be closely monitored. Too often, state-run programs spiral out of control and fail to provide the intended services. Despite the governor’s lofty promises, we can’t allow that to happen here.”
New York’s legislation also increased state reimbursements to child care providers, which the industry said was necessary to help centers remain financially viable.
Since January 2020, the number of center- and family-based child care facilities in the state has shrunk by about 1,326, according to Pete Nabozny, policy director at The Children’s Agenda. Most of those programs are operated by women and people of color, he said.
Some New York lawmakers say they want to eventually make child care freely available as early as kindergarten. Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Sarah Clark, both Democrats, said they hope to get support in the state’s next legislative session for more changes, including expanding eligibility even more and boosting pay for providers.
“I think child care is one of the few places where it’s hard to fix one piece of it. You have to fix the whole system at one time. I’m hoping we can continue to build on what we’ve done so far and do more,” Clark said.
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The first sentence on the campaign website of Alan Sheldon, a Republican candidate for the House District 9 race, states: “I am running because I don’t like the way Landon Brown has been voting since taking office in 2017.”
“Someone needs to stand up for Conservatives in Wyoming House District 9,” he continues.
Rep. Landon Brown, R-Cheyenne, the incumbent candidate and three-term representative of the district, is a moderate Republican. He’s a Trump critic and an outspoken supporter of Rep. Liz Cheney, whom the Wyoming GOP symbolically ousted from the party in November. He’s a member of the Cheney campaign’s state leadership team. Brown condemned Wyoming GOP Chairman Frank Eathorne’s January 2021 comment saying that western states were keeping an eye on secession efforts in Texas.
The decision to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from leadership comes after she repeatedly criticized former President Trump for undermining democracy.
“I’ve certainly alienated myself as an outsider and someone who recognizes when to stand up and speak out about things,” Brown said. “I’m going to have people who vote against a bill just because my name is at the top of it.”
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His voting record is also too moderate for more conservative party members: he’s a proponent of expanding Medicaid, a jointly-funded federal-state health insurance program, so that more people are eligible. He co-sponsored a bill to legalize marijuana. He voted against a bill that would have barred employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccines in most situations.
“I think Landon became a politician, in the worst sense, and he needs to go,” said Michael Gallagher, a district resident who plans to vote for Sheldon.
Brown’s actions have resulted in backlash from his party, which has become increasingly conservative over the years. And it’s made a possible opening for a more conservative candidate to unseat him.
There’s been more competition in Wyoming Republican primary races in recent years, according to Dr. James King, a political science professor at the University of Wyoming. But the number of incumbents who are reelected in the end hasn’t really dropped.
“It’s rare for incumbents to lose,” King said.
Brown didn’t have any Republican challengers for two of the three times that he successfully ran for representative of his district, and only one challenger the other time.
This year, two candidates – Sheldon, a self-described “genuine Conservative” who has worked in the IT and aerospace industries, and Dean Petersen, an army veteran and Cheyenne-based videographer — have jumped on the opportunity to try and unseat Brown.
A state lawmaker who's irked many in his own party is gearing up for a tough primary. His opponents say he's out of step with the GOP.
Rise of incivility
Growing incivility among Republican party members both inside and outside of the Legislature made Brown think twice about running again.
That incivility didn’t start to get “really bad” until Brown’s second term, he said. It went “completely, way over the line” during the coronavirus pandemic. Brown previously told the Star-Tribune that he received death threats and between “10 and 20 vile, hateful” emails during the last legislative session.
“That’s what this Republican party has gotten into, and I’m not there,” he said.
But he decided to pursue another term because there’s still a lot of work to be done, especially when it comes to education.
“I think there are very few people in this state who would say that education is in a good place,” Brown said.
The incivility that Brown has experienced doesn’t seem to have extended into the district’s House race.
“I don’t really bring up Landon’s name, it’s not really necessary,” Petersen said. “I don’t really want to be doing that as a candidate.”
“Dean has not attacked me at all, he’s been very cordial,” Brown said.
Things have been a little more heated between Brown and Sheldon.
“He seems nice enough,” Sheldon said of Brown. “I’ve emailed him several times over the course of his tenure, and he usually gets back with you pretty quickly and is willing to have a conversation, but the conversation usually ends with him telling you why he’s going to vote the way he does, and it really hasn’t been conservative in a lot of ways.”
On Facebook, Sheldon, who has endorsements from Gun Owners of America and Wyoming Right to Life, called Brown out for his support of Cheney and said he’s “oddly tight-lipped about his support for Liz when going door to door.”
“I’m beyond transparent when I talk to people, especially about my support for Liz because they can google my name at [any time] and see it,” Brown said in a text to the Star-Tribune. “Why would I want to hide that?”
“What I appreciate about him is that he’s very transparent about where he does stand, even though he doesn’t win a popularity award for that,” said Angel Decker, a teacher from the district who’s friends with Brown’s wife.
Landon Brown, a moderate Cheyenne Republican, says he had second thoughts about running again after receiving a slew of vile and sometimes threatening messages.
‘Not a real conservative’
Sheldon and Petersen’s main grievance with Brown comes down to what some other Republican legislators have said of the incumbent candidate.
“He’s not a real conservative,” Petersen said.
Petersen and Sheldon both said they believe their district is more conservative than how Brown has represented it. Neither is happy with Brown’s voting record.
Sheldon’s list of disagreements with Brown is particularly long. During his interview with the Star-Tribune, he listed 18 bills that he would have voted on differently than the incumbent: House Bill 31, which created Wyoming’s tomorrow scholarship program (Brown voted yes), House Bill 96, which increased salaries for state elected officials (yes), Senate File 62, which would have required schools to publish a list of all teaching materials used in classrooms (no).
“There are more, but I think you get the idea,” Sheldon said.
“As a representative, I think that he is moderate at best and hasn’t been representing the majority of the district.”
But Brown said he doesn’t agree that it’s right to always vote along strict party lines or that doing so would represent his constituents. As an example, he pointed out that he ran on expanding Medicaid for his first term. (He won the Republican primary that time with about 63% of the vote, according to Ballotpedia).
“I think this purity test is garbage and it’s junk,” Brown said.
Some people in the district like Brown’s willingness to diverge from the party.
“He’s not a true right-winger, he works with both parties to make sure he does what’s right for his constituents,” said Nick Gronski, a resident of the district who went to high school with Brown and plans to vote for him. “I like that he does the research. He’s not so fixed in his own beliefs.”
What the candidates stand for
All three Republican candidates said they’re going door-to-door talking with constituents.
“I knock on people’s doors and most of them are really mad about rising gas prices, most of them are really mad about property tax increases, some of the moral issues about marijuana, boys and girls restrooms have come up, all of that make people mad too,” Petersen said. “I think most people, especially in our district, I get the impression that they’re sort of people like me, who are wondering what the heck happened to our state.”
Petersen’s campaign website doesn’t give too many details about his platform. It says that he’s pro-second amendment, pro-family and conservative (underlined) government and pro-job creation. He’s against state income taxes and legalizing recreational marijuana. (He and Sheldon were both opposed to Brown’s yes vote on a bill that would have done that. “When you look at what marijuana is doing to the state in terms of the cost of incarceration, it just doesn’t make sense,” Brown said.) Petersen also told the Star-Tribune that he wants to support tourism and would be interested to see if he could help people in small farming industries through tax breaks.
“For the most part, I kind of just want adults to be left alone to be adults,” he said.
All three candidates support second-amendment rights; Petersen has a short video posted on his website that shows him holding a gun.
“None of us are happy about some of the things bad people have chosen to do to innocent people in this country,” he says. “However, I promise you that the answer is not taking away guns from good people.”
“His published platform isn’t really detailed, but based on his bullet points, I believe that we have a lot of overlap,” Sheldon said of Petersen. “I think the main difference really is that I have detailed my stance to a greater degree and I believe I am a little bit better prepared for office.”
Sheldon opposes “all unnecessary taxation” and “Corporate Welfare spending.” He wants limited government. He believes marriage is “between a biological man and a biological woman.”
Brown said he thinks neither is really prepared for office and that “they’re just running with national trends” and using “scare tactics” rather than paying attention to issues that concern the district. He pointed to Sheldon’s website, which says he opposes both “MEDICAID and MEDICARE expansion,” even though only Medicaid is under discussion for expansion. Brown said in a text that, in his mind, this proves that Sheldon isn’t “ready to take these issues seriously enough to be educated on the issue…”
“We have to stay focused on the issues we can affect,” he said.
Brown also criticized Sheldon and Petersen’s talk around “bloated government.”
“I think government spending is being wasted on administration,” Sheldon said, pointing in particular to the Department of Education.
But Brown said there are a “good number of constituents” who rely on the government for employment.
“This is a government town, Cheyenne is very government centric,” he said.
“He definitely supports state employees,” Gronski, who’s a state employee, said of Brown. “He doesn’t believe in overspending, but he also believes that the state employees should be taken care of.”
Others in the district aren’t happy with that.
“I find him to be a little bit too fiscally liberal,” Sheri Smith, a stay-at-home mom who plans to vote for Sheldon, said of Brown. “He’s had an opportunity to cut spending and to help with things that would help with the budget, and I just didn’t like how things were handled.”
The primary elections are on Aug. 16. After that, the winning Republican candidate will go head-to-head against Democrat candidate Stephen Latham. | https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/rep-landon-brown-faces-challengers-who-say-hes-not-a-real-conservative/article_bcbe42fc-0f79-11ed-8718-dbd558827229.html | 2022-07-31T15:37:31Z | https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/rep-landon-brown-faces-challengers-who-say-hes-not-a-real-conservative/article_bcbe42fc-0f79-11ed-8718-dbd558827229.html | true |
Viktor Gyokeres grabs late Coventry equaliser to share points with Sunderland
By PA Staff published
Viktor Gyokeres grabbed a Coventry equaliser six mintues from time as Sunderland were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw on their return to the Championship after a four-year absence.
The Black Cats looked to be heading for an opening-weekend victory after Jack Clarke’s 12th-minute header opened the scoring at the Stadium of Light.
But, after Coventry spent most of the second half camped in the Sunderland half, Gyokeres drilled a clinical finish into the bottom corner to earn the visitors a point.
Alex Neil’s starting line-up featured 10 of the players that helped Sunderland out of League One last season – centre-half Dan Ballard was the only newcomer to start – and the Black Cats could not have wished for a better start to life in the Championship.
Just 12 minutes had gone when wing-back Lynden Gooch surged past Jake Bidwell and stood up an inviting cross from the right-hand side. Clarke, who turned his previous loan move from Tottenham into a permanent transfer earlier this summer, was perfectly positioned at the back post to nod home.
Sunderland started with pace and purpose, and Clarke almost claimed a second goal midway through the first half as he received the ball from Alex Pritchard and swept in a crisp first-time effort that Simon Moore saved with his legs.
Coventry were rocked by the intensity of their opponents’ opening salvo, but Mark Robins’ side gradually settled into the game and began to create chances of their own as half-time approached.
Gyokeres shanked a shot wide after breaking clear of Danny Batth down the left, and the visitors would have equalised eight minutes before the interval had it not been for a piece of brilliant goalkeeping from Anthony Patterson.
Jonathan Panzo’s long-range strike was flying in, but Patterson’s fingertips diverted the ball onto the crossbar. Matty Godden should probably have done better with the rebound, but the ball flew at him quickly and he could only direct a header wide.
Godden failed to convert an even more inviting opportunity eight minutes into the second half as Sunderland were punished for some lax play on the edge of their own area. Gustavo Hamer robbed Dan Neil of possession, but while the ball broke invitingly for Godden, the Coventry forward could only sweep a first-time effort wide.
Sunderland’s second-half threat largely revolved around counter-attacking moves, and the hosts went close to extending their lead just before the hour mark. Clarke teed up Ross Stewart for a first-time effort that was heading in before Moore tipped the ball over the bar.
Coventry piled on the pressure as the half wore on and claimed a deserved 84th-minute equaliser.
It was a superb solo goal from Gyokeres, with the Sweden international creating a pocket of space 20 yards out before firing a fine finish into the bottom right-hand corner.
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Pilots with Germany’s Lufthansa back possible strike action
BERLIN (AP) — A union says pilots with Germany’s Lufthansa have voted in favor of possible strike action. It said Sunday that walkouts can still be avoided but called the result an “unmistakable signal” to the company in a pay dispute. The Vereinigung Cockpit union is calling for a 5.5% pay increase this year and an automatic adjustment for inflation starting next year. The union said that 97.6% of pilots who took part in a ballot approved its call. The dispute comes on top of a separate altercation with a union representing Lufthansa ground staff in Germany. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/07/31/pilots-with-germanys-lufthansa-back-possible-strike-action-2/ | 2022-07-31T15:39:00Z | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/07/31/pilots-with-germanys-lufthansa-back-possible-strike-action-2/ | true |
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